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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1972
Page
4
The Plonroe News Star argues Nixon leads polls 57-32 and cites favorable convention images and party unity. It praises Nixon’s foreign policy leadership, optimistic campaign tone, and calls for four more years despite minor domestic blemishes.
In New York Connally allies head a Democrats for Nixon grip while GOP leaders from the South resist the Connally operation. Regional figures warn the Texan Democrat’s bid undermines party unity as Virgina and Tennessee Republicans bar his footprints and a Wallace ally declines a staff offer.
A long bank robbery and kidnapping siege near Kennedy Airport ends with a fatal FBI shot and the hijackers dead or captured. The FBI recovers 29000 dollars from a Brooklyn bank and frees seven hostages as agents intervene in a limousine standoff.
The piece notes that 1971 audio-visual expenditures totaled about 35 million dollars per GAO study but Goldwater estimates total government spending at over 500 million in that year. It cites 13 agencies with 11 million in equipment yet owning at least 289 million. It calls for a tighter federal bureaucracy and spending reform.
Former Attorney General Ramsey Clark argues North Vietnam planned to free U.S. prisoners after the war. Communist officials were surprised by his view. A returned Saigon priest disagrees, saying North Vietnam treat prisoners as bargaining chips for repairs and rebuilding.
Vic Gold says Spiro Agnew will stay issue oriented yet respond to McGovern attacks. The vice president tours states to back local candidates, weighs Greek role in Middle East, and plans to balance funding between national and state campaigns amid party concerns.
A Miami Beach piece says Nixon aides ran the Doral hotel as a fortress during the convention with security limits, signs stating the hotel closed to the public, roof guards, and FBI and police presence. It notes criticism from McGovern supporters and questions Boosted fear of violence targeting officials and staff.
The piece analyzes Nixon's uncertain domestic ideology and how his second term would test his leadership. It notes aides expect a shift toward a steady Middle American policy, moving beyond past liberal and conservative labels, with foreign policy successes dependent on domestic achievements.
The Monroe News-Star lists John Wing as Public, Wilson Ewing asPublisher from 1938 to 1952, and Robert Ewer as Chairman 1952 to 1970. Officers include William H. Bronson as President, Mildred Hunt Ewing and Edmund Graves Brown Jr as VPs, Robert Ewing III as VP, Patricia Wiglendrick as secretary, Esther Ewing Yane as treasurer, plus directors Kenneth Barranger and several Ewing family members. The paper, published daily except Saturdays and Sundays, operates from Monroe Louisiana with staff led by Jack Campbell GM and Edmund G. Brown as Asst GM. The Associated Press is authorized for news dispatches. Granham-Moloney handles national ads.
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