Nixon to push national issues at veterans event
President Nixon, in a favorable reception to his Watergate speech, will address national issues at the Veterans of Foreign Wars convention in New Orleans and then hold a news conference at his San Clemente estate before Labor Day. He reiterated he was not involved in Watergate and urged moving the matter to the courts.
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Washington
Nixon
White House
New Orleans
San Clemente
Calif
Gerald L. Warren
Warren
Executive Branch
Senate Committee
Phase 4 Oil Rules To Be Ready Friday
Washington AP The Cost of Living Council said Phase 4 oil industry regulations will be ready by Friday and the oil price freeze may lift on Monday. Dunlop noted many firms plan price increases within 30 days and expected Rubber, Steel, Auto sectors to act. Slaughter cattle totals rose to 103000 head on Wednesday.
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Washington
John T. Dunlop
The
Cost of Living Council
Dunlop
Council
Third Skylab Crew Launch Date Chosen
The Skylab program tentatively schedules the Skylab 3 launch for November 9, pending Skylab 2 mission status. Astronauts Gerald Carr William R. Pogue and Edward Gibson will command eight weeks in orbit to observe the sun and the Kohoutek comet, with a rescue launch possible if Skylab 2 encounters severe engine problems.
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Skylab
William C. Schneider
Kohoutek
Halley
Karl Heinze
Gerald Carr
William R. Pogue
Edward Gibson
Schneider
Jack R. Lousma
Alan L. Bean
Owen K. Garriott
Garriott
Mission Control
Arabella
Anita
New Duck Season For Louisiana Announced Today
The Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission unveils a split duck season with a 100 point daily bag cap. First period runs November 10 to 24 and second from December 22 to January 20, 1974. The point system allocates 90 points to mallard hens wood ducks and hooded mergansers 25 to drake mallards ringneck and pintails and 15 to widgeons gadwalls shovelers teal and scaup. Hunters must stop after reaching 100 points.
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News - Star
Baton Rouge
Louisiana Wild Life and Fisheries Commission
Andy Anders
News-Star Today
River Flood Stage Report Shows Change at Camden Monroe
River stage readings list Camden at 268.2, rise of 1.2. Monroe reports 40 and 19.9, with fall noted. Present flood activity shows shifting water levels across locations.
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Monroe
Camden
Twin Cities Chit Chat Birthday Greetings and Births
Happy birthday wishes go to John Fleming electrical inspector for Monroe. Sandy Sims adds another year. Lynn J. Thorpe and spouse announce birth of Amanda Lynn weighing eight pounds six ounces born Friday at Glenwood Hospital with Zoe Thorpe and Jewel Harrell named as grandmothers.
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John Fleming
Monroe
Sandy Sims
Scotty Sims
Calhoun
Lynn J. Thorpe
Gunn St
West Monroe
Amanda Lynn
Glenwood Hospital
Legislator Faces Heroin Charges in Michigan
Michigan state representative Dale Warner of Eaton Rapids has been charged with possession and use of heroin. He was arraigned in Lansing District Court, released on a 3500 dollar bond, and entered innocent pleas. A motel room arrest produced a syringe and three foil packets. a woman in the room faced related charges.
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Lansing, Mich
Michigan
Dale Warner
Eaton Rapids
Lansing
Warner
James Giddings
Metropolitan Narcotics Squad
Ingham
Raymond Scodeller
Scodeller
Nancy Witherspoon
Southern
Jackson
Dollar Values Rise To New Europe Highs
The U S dollar climbed against major European currencies in early trading led by gains in London Frankfurt and Tokyo as America reports its first trade surplus since 1969 The dollar rose to 2 440 per pound in London and 2 51 marks in Frankfurt with Paris rates at 4 40 to 4 45 francs Analysts attributed the movement to the second quarter surplus and ongoing demand for dollars amid shifting balance of payments dynamics.
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London
UPI
U S
Frankfurt
Tokyo
Singapore
Nixon
U.S
America
Paris
Aoe
Israelis Free 119 On Hijacked Plane
A Middle East Airways Boeing 707 hijacked over Cyprus landed at Tad International Airport where Israeli security forces boarded the aircraft and freed 119 passengers and crew without firing a shot. The hijacker, about 25, wore a green suit and was taken away for questioning.
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Tel Aviv
UPI
Middle East Airways
Tad International
New York
Lebanon
Cyprus
Libya
Armed Forces
David ‘Elazar
Continued Warm Weather Locally
Residents of the Twin Cities may expect warm temperatures with possible afternoon showers. Monroe and vicinity forecast partly cloudy skies through Friday with mainly afternoon thundershowers. Temperatures top the low 90s, nights near 70, southerly winds 5 to 19 mph, 40 percent rain chance today and Friday. FAA at Monroe Municipal Airport logged 90 high Wednesday and 70 low this morning with no rainfall in the last 24 hours ending 6 a.m.
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Twin Cities
Monroe
FAA
Monroe Municipal
Mrs. Henry Mayo Dies Prominent Monroe Artist
Mrs. Henry C. Mayo 77 a Monroe resident and artist dies after brief illness in Glenwood Hospital. Services set for Friday at 4 p.m. Mulhearn Funeral Home Monroe with burial in Memorial Park Cemetery. Survived by husband Henry C. Mayo Sr son Henry C. Mayo Jr two sisters a brother and two grandchildren.
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Henry Mayo
Henry C. (Maude) iMayo
Lakeside Drive
Mon
Glenwood Hospital
Mayo
Collins
Miss
Monroe
Monroe Art Association
Fine Arts Club
St. Paul’s United Methodist Church
Northeast Louisiana Camellia Club
Henry C. Mayo Sr
Henry C. Mayo Jr
Blanch Ray
Jap Thames
Tommy Tompkins
Collins, Miss
Paul Holcombe
North Hollywood
Calif
Inside The News-Star Briefs Snapshot
Short items from Abby Lowman Broadway and related radio TV classifieds and sports briefs across sections. Notes on theater, crossword, comics, and horoscopes accompany a War and editorial glimpse within the 56 page daily.
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Abby
Lowman
Radio-Tv
Court approves desegregation plan for Monroe City Schools
U S District Judge Richard J Putnam approved a new consent decree governing student enrollments in Monroe City Schools and denied Unity Councils bid to intervene to merge city and parish systems. The plan sets grade school zones creates junior high centers pairs Neville and Carroll high schools and requires one year enrollment in the city system for graduation.
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Bob Hammack
U. S
Richard J. Putnam
Monroe City
Unity Council
City
Ouachita Parish
Carroll
Neville
Carroll High School
Putnam
Lafayette
Put‘nam
la ‘Yong Hievey
Er' Iror
Monroe
James H. Rivers
Louisiana
Dist. Attny
Johnny Carl Parkerson
Xretdes
Parkerson
Chuckle Says Wife Recounts Blooming Idiot Remark
Exasperated wife recalls telling her spouse she knew he was a blooming idiot yet did not expect him to be as perennial. The quip plays on botany to punch up a lighthearted marital jab.
Wheat allotment boosted for 1974 harvest
Secretary Earl L Butz announced a 1974 wheat allotment of 55 million acres intended to cover export and domestic demand a year ahead. Officials expect higher prices may push planted acres toward 60 million, with a 1.78 billion bushel crop under the Agriculture and Consumer Protection Act.
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Washington
Earl L. Butz
Agriculture Department
Glenn A. Weir
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
Weir
Nixon Urged To Reject Flood Control Proposal
Rep. Gillis Long and 105 House members urge President Nixon to reject National Water Commission plans for local finance of flood control and tolls for inland waterways. They warn about unfair burdens on Mississippi River valley communities and possible harm to local economies.
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New Orleans
Gillis Long
D-La
Nixon
National Water Commission
Long
U.S
House of Representatives
Bill Frenzel
R-Minn
Mississippi ‘River
America
Mississippi Waterway
Doctors Operate on Gen Bradley for Emergency Surgery
General of the Army Omar N. Bradley underwent emergency surgery in Los Angeles to insert a sieve like device to stop recurrent blood clots from reaching his lungs. The procedure was performed early today and the five star general remains under medical care.
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Los Angeles
Omar N. Bradley
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