Monroe City approves talks on multicity power exchange pact
Monroe City Council authorized negotiations with Ruston to form a reciprocal electrical power agreement based on a Ford, Bacon & Davis study. The plan forecasts engineering and economic feasibility through 1985 with a tie along the Illinois Central route and comes after months of behind the scenes talks.
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Louisiana
Monroe
Ruston
Ford, Bacon & Davis, Inc
Ralph Troy
Monroe Utilities Commission
Roy Lange
Washington, D.C
Federal Power Commission
Louisiana Municipal Association
Utilities Division
Lange
Bond Commission Seeks AG Ruling Over Act Powers
The State Bond Commission asks the attorney general to decide if a new legislative act transfers all its powers to the division of administration. Sen. B B Rayburn says he cosponsored to shift project supervision to administration, but he concedes the wording may transfer full authority.
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Baton Rougf
State Bond Commission
Bond Commission
B.B. Rayburn
Bogalusa
Commission
Division of Administration
Rayburn
Record heat top National Weather Service reading in Needles
The National Weather Service reported the highest temperature of 111 degrees for the day at Needles California excluding Alaska and Hawaii. A low of 44 degrees was recorded at Bemidji Minnesota.
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New York
Gloria Ann Williamson Aims For Miss Dogpatch USA Crown
Gloria Ann Williamson of West Monroe leaves for Dogpatch Arkansas to compete in the fifth annual Miss Dogpatch USA Pageant against 25 contenders for the title Miss Dogpatch USA. Also featured in Commission Comments are Monroe Utilities Commission staff Charlotte McGrew Jeffery Jenkins Randy Beckham Fredericka Durham Patsy Long Katie White and William Kelley with monthly employee bios and director notes.
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Gloria Ann Williamson
West Monroe
Dogpatch, Ark
Monroe Utilities Commission
Commission
Charlotte McGrew
Jeffery Jenkins
Randy Beckham
Fredericka Durham
Patsy Long
Katie White
William Kelley
Skylab Rescue Craft Moved To Launch Pad
Skylab 2 rescue vehicle moved to the launch pad at Cape Kennedy as NASA officials plan for a possible mission. If used, the rescue flight would occur by September 25, with Alan Bean, Owen Garriott and Jack Lousma in their Apollo craft, despite two leaky jet steering engines.
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Cape Kennedy
Skylab
William C. Schneider
Schneider
Alan L. Bean
Owen K. Garriott
Jack R. Lousma
Earth
Apollo
Spacelab
Orbiting Space Station
Power blackout plunges Chile into crisis during Allende address
A dynamited power line cut national electricity for 35 minutes, dimming Santiago and 5 million people from Coquimbo to Valparaiso while President Allende laments the outage amid a trucker strike. Officials blame right wing terrorists and consider emergency measures.
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Santiago
UPI
Salvador Allende
Chile
Allende
Daniel Vergara
State Electric Co
Rapel
Coquimbo
Valparaiso
Rancagua
Defense Ministry
Environmental Panel Reports Energy Goals
Washington AP The Council on Environmental Quality CEQ reports energy conservation as the most promising path to reduce environmental harm from energy use. It notes coal systems pollute more but can be controlled with modest cost, and natural gas remains clean though in short supply.
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Washington
Council On Environmental Quality
CEQ
Lake Providence Youth Killed in Wreck Near Nursing Home
A Lake Providence youth was killed and his brother seriously injured when their car flipped on Gould Boulevard near Shady Lake Nursing Home at 10:19 p.m. Frank Jones, 19, died on arrival at East Carroll Parish Hospital. Nathaniel Jones, 16, was taken to a Shreveport hospital with undetermined injuries. Police investigated as Cecil Beasley described the scene and vehicle breakup.
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News + Star News Service
Lake Providence
Gould Boulevard
Shady| Lake Nursing Home
Frank Jones
East Carroll Parish Hospital
Nathaniel Jones
Shreveport
Cecil Beasley
Afternoon Showers Expected In Twin Cities And Louisiana
Residents of the Twin Cities may see warm temperatures with a good chance of afternoon thundershowers. Monroe and vicinity forecast partly cloudy skies through Wednesday with mainly afternoon and evening storms. Highs in the 90s, lows in the 70s, southerly winds 5 to 10 mph. Rain chances 58 percent today, 20 percent tonight, 40 percent Wednesday. FAA notes Monroe Airport high of 92 and low of 73 with 0.01 inch rain in the last 24 hours. Louisiana outlook partly cloudy with scattered afternoon or evening thundershowers, mainly south. highs in the 90s, lows in the 70s.
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Twin Cities
Monroe
Alls
FAA
Louisiana
Iran Accepted For Vietnam Truce Group
Iran was accepted as a member of the four nation International Commission on Control and Supervision of the Vietnam cease fire replacing Canada. The Viet Cong, North Vietnam, South Vietnam and the United States must approve all ICCS members under the January peace accord. Officials cautioned the small ICCS force may not curb violations without full cooperation from all parties.
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Washington
Tran
International Commission On Control and Supervision
Vietnam
Ardeshir Zahedi
Iran
Canada
ICCS
Indonesia
Hungary
Poland
North Vietnam
Tehran
United States
South Vietnam
Vietcong
U.S
Inside The News-Star Table of Contents
The page lists Abby Lowman Broadway Radio-TV Classified Sports Comics Theater Crossword Van Dellen and other sections. It outlines the newspaper's regional coverage across categories including women horoscope weather and editorial items.
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Abby
Lowman
Radio-Tv
van Dellen
Cambodia Ends Bombing Tonight in Longest Air War
Washington reports the last U.S. bomb will drop on Cambodia by midnight EDT ending the longest air war. Estimates show 7.4 million tons of explosives and 2,100 aircrew deaths with 1,260 missing. Pentagon cites costs near 442.8 million for the Cambodia and Laos phase.
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Washington
U.S
Cambodia
Indochina
Vietnam
Laos
United States
Pentagon
Chrysler Plant Closed After Guards Injured Protest
DETROIT AP Chrysler Mack Avenue Stamping Plant shut after two security guards were lightly injured by protesters. The action followed the firing of five workers by the company amid ongoing demonstrations by a group calling itself the Workers' Action Movement. A fired worker was linked to the protest, which halted morningShift operations as protesters sat down in the department.
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Detroit
Chrysler
Mack Avenue
Workers’ Action Movement
Chuckle Motto About Real Men and Hidden Wishes
A humorous line claims real men secretly wish to outsmart horses women and fish. The quip plays on gendered stereotypes in a light tone.
Higher College Costs Hit Ouachita Parish Families
The News-Service reports Ouachita Parish residents with college students face record tuition rises. National surveys show private college costs about 3291 dollars yearly and public colleges about 1492 dollars, with room and board included but excluding books and incidentals. Estimated local enrollment stands at 3550 for next semester, with total parish expenses around 8.47 million dollars.
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News-Star News Service
New York
Ouachita Parish
Office of Education
Cost Of Living Council Faces Phase 4 Price Hikes
On the first day of Phase 4, major firms including Chrysler Armco Steel and Ford Motors signaled price increase requests. Beef slaughter rose to about 100 0 from the prior week as the council previews impact on costs while noting small firms may file later.
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Washington
Charles Emery
Council
Chrysler Corp
Armco Steel Corp
Ford Motors Co
John T. Dunlop
Emery
Internal Revenue Service
IRS
Dawson Ahalt
Office of Economic Policy
Ahalt
United States
Chrysler
American Motors
Armco Steel
Bethlehem Steel Corp
National Steel Corp
Cost of Living Council
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