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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1971
Page
4
Drying conditions in Delta with sunny intervals and high near 90. Humidity and dew points moderate as temperatures rise into the 80s and 90s across Louisiana Arkansas Mississippi through Tuesday with isolated thundershowers in the afternoon and warm nights in the 60s to 70s.
Manned Spacecraft Center in Space Center Houston will lay off 132 civil service employees due to NASA manpower reductions. An additional 69 workers will be reassigned or downgraded. The center’s total government staff falls to about 4,000. Among those cut are 70 engineers scientists and technicians with electronics quality control and electrical and mechanical engineering backgrounds.
Four Monroe area students are among 88 LSU coeds chosen as advisors for new freshmen women this year. The list includes Jan Ethridge Mary J Watkins Mary K Robinson and Jan Ursery. Cadet Richard N Ware IV has completed six weeks at Ft. Knox ROTC basic camp and earned a BS from Northwestern State University in 1971. The Army ROTC program will prepare him for leadership. Kimberly Kay Smith celebrates her first birthday with a family gathering in Monroe.
Washington reports President Nixon’s new economic policies shift limits across groups. Tenants face rent freezes until November 12 with a possible 5000 dollar fine for violations. Shoppers see price controls on most goods, while workers and savers face adjusted salaries and tax changes if Congress acts.
The document lists candidates for state office and party slates. Republicans include J Wesley Ford Shreveport W G Haynes Monroe. Democrats include Huey P Coleman Alexandria Douglas Fowler Coushatta Mervin Harmon Lafayette Eddie Merhige Monroe Jerome A Sauer Marrero Jacob D Starkey Baton Ed Christiansen New Orleans.
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