Nixon, Envoy Confer On Berlin Plan At White House
President Nixon meets with West German ambassador Kenneth Bush at the Western White House to discuss a four power Berlin draft. Officials expect U S Britain France and the Soviet Union to accept the agreement within two weeks as Germany talks on Berlin follow. Nixon also signed a federal union labor policy order and accepted the resignation of patent commissioner William Schuyler.
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San Clemente
Calif
West Germany
White House
Nixon
Berlin
Kenneth Bush
Ronald L. Ziegler
Bush
Bonn
Washington
William P Rogers
United States
Britain
France
Soviet Union
Ziedler
William E. Schuyler Jr
Schuyler
Noted Magazine Photographer Dies At Age 65
New York AP reports Marga Bourke White, famed photographer for Life magazine, died at 65 in Stamford Connecticut hospital from Parkinsons disease. She broke barriers as first accredited woman war photographer and first woman to fly on a bombing mission.
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New York
Margaret Bourke-White
Stamford, Conn
Miss Bourke-White
Erskine Caldwell
Life Magazine
Freeze End Set For November 13
Washington AP Director George A Lincoln of the Office of Emergency Preparedness said the 90 day wage price rent freeze will end at midnight November 13. The freeze is interpreted as starting August 16 and ending midnight November 13, extending beyond the initial November 2 expectation.
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Washington (Ap
George A. Lincoln
Office of Emergency Preparedness
Nixon
Lincoln
OEP
Chuckle: Taxes and Deduction Jokes About Children
A lighthearted quip notes that while children are deductible in taxes they can be very taxing, playing on the double meaning for humor.
Leading Indicators Rise as July Signals Growth in 1971
The Commerce Department reported a 14 percent rise in its index of leading business indicators for July 1971, with revised June data nearly erasing a prior dip. Assistant Secretary Harold C. Passer noted the increase signals further expansion, aided by Nixon’s August 15 economic program.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Department
Nixon
Asst
Harold C. Passer
Passer
Twin Cities CHIT CHAT Visitants return to San Angelo
Visiting relatives in the Twin Cities before settling in San Angelo Texas are Mr and Mrs Gene Baxter. Baxter recently returned from Thailand after completing U S Air Force service. They visit his mother Mrs Mortice Baxter of Farmerville brother Drew Baxter of West Monroe and sister Mrs Eloyce Tannerill of Monroe. Airman Clyde W Pointer son of Mr and Mrs Marvin L Pointer of Rt 4 West Monroe has graduated at Goodfellow AFB Texas in the technical training course for US Air Force communications analysis specialists. He is assigned to Kadena AB Okinawa to serve with the US Air Force Security Service.
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Twin Cities
San Angelo
Tex
Gene Baxter
Baxter
Thailand
U. S. Air Force
Mortice Baxter
Farmerville
Drew Baxter
West Monroe
Eloyce Tannerill
Monroe
Clyde W. Pointer
Marvin L. Pointer
Rt. 4
Goodfellow Afb
Kadena AB
Okinawa
U. S. Air Force Security Service
Heat records soar as Palm Springs hits 108 degrees
National Weather Service reports Thursday heat peak of 108 degrees in Palm Springs California excluding Hawaii and Alaska. Hibbing Minnesota records a low of 36 degrees.
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New York
National Weather Service
Hawaii
Alaska
Palm Springs
Calif
Hibbing
Minn
Local Systems Get Education Funds in Ouachita Parish
Title I funds totaling 941263 will aid 4672 educationally deprived students across Monroe City School System Ouachita Parish School System and Louisiana Training Institute through the Department of Corrections. Grants cover English reading mathematics and related services with welfare health media support and vocational education among the programs.
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Ouachita Parish
William J. Dodd
Baton Rouge
Dodd
City of Monroe
Louisiana Training Institute
Monroe City
Department of Corrections
Senator Urges Special Session to Redistrict Louisiana
State Sen. Jules Mollere urged lawmakers in Baton Rouge to sign a petition for a five day special session to draft a new reapportionment plan. He aims to persuade Judge E Gordon West to rehear the case citing the session to adopt another plan. Mollere seeks a two thirds majority to call the session without the governor and may adjust election dates if needed. he doubts AFL CIO appeal chances.
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Baton Rouge
Jules Mollere
Metairie
Mollere
House Chamber
E. Gordon West
U.S. District Court
West
Louisiana
Jefferson Parish
Afl-Cio
Yen Action Hailed by U.S and World Bankers
U S economists and international bankers welcomed Japan’s decision to let the yen rise on foreign exchange markets calling it a victory for Nixon’s economic policies and a step toward solving international monetary problems. Walter Heller said the move helps relieve tensions and Friedman called it the first major dividend of Nixon’s international action reinforcing the end of rigid pegged rates.
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New York
Nixon
Walter Heller
Heller
Council of Economic Advisers
Johnson
Kennedy
Milton Friedman
Friedman
Weekend Weather Outlook for Northeast Louisiana
Cloudy warm conditions persist in northeast Louisiana through Monday with high temperatures near 90 to 94 degrees. Scattered mainly afternoon and evening thundershowers possible through Tuesday. nightly lows 68 to 72 degrees with light to moderate winds. Drying conditions above 60 percent at night, dipping to about 50 percent after noon. sunshine around 80 percent today and Saturday.
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Louisiana
Medina Trial Recessed Over Witness and Interpreter Issues
The court martial of Army Captain Ernest Medina paused until September 8 as the defense seeks two Vietnamese interpreters and a witness who refused to testify. Polygraph examiner Brisentine testified Medina admitted losing control of his unit at My Lai and described actions during the assault and a shooting after seeing a possibly living woman.
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My Lai
Kadish
Nixon
FT. Mcpherson, Ga
Army
Ernest Medina
White House
Kenneth Howard
Robert A. Brisentine Jr
Medina
Brisentine
Howard
Chad Coup Attempt Reported Foiled
An AP report from Yaounde states a plot to overthrow Chad President Francois Tombalbaye was foiled. Communications with Chad were cut off overnight while a Air Afrique DC8 from Paris was grounded until noon before traveling to Kinshasa and Libreville.
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Yaounde
Cameroon
African Republic
Chad
Francois Tombalbaye
Libya
Sudan
Fort Lamy
Air Afrique
Paris
Kinshasa
Congo
Libreville
Gabon
Doria Winds Lash East Coast Areas
Tropical Storm Doria neared the East Coast with 50 mph winds tearing roofs and power lines. Emergency teams formed along the North Carolina coast as tides rose and warnings spread north to New England. No injuries were reported in Onslow County.
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Doria
Wilmington
N.C
Asomi
Soonébak
Cape Fear
Cape Lookout
National Weather Service
Seaboard
New England
Onslow County
North Carolina
Weather Service
State Highway Patrol
U.S. 17
South Carolina
Cape May
N.J
Maryland
Delaware
Ruston Senator Reconsiders, Won’t Seek Re-Election
Ruston Senator Charles Barham announced he will not run again, citing the new single-member reapportionment plan for the legislature. He had intended to retire but changed course to advocate for rural voters in the Lincoln Union Jackson and parts of Ouachita Bienville parishes.
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Ruston
Charles Barham
Louisiana
Barham
Lincoln
Union
Jackson
Ouachita
Bienville
River Stages Meal Flood Present
River stages meal flood present stage stage change Camden 28 4.8 stat Monroe 40 unlisted.
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Camden
Monroe
Yen Action Aids U S Industry In Japan Dollar Move
The yen's devaluation shifts pricing for Japanese goods in the United States. A lower dollar-yen rate makes Japanese products costlier in yen and cheaper in dollars, potentially boosting American imports to Japan and raising costs for Japanese exports like textiles and steel.
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Japan
Yen Action Aids
U.S
New York
United States
Japan floats yen value boosting Nixon trade win
Tokyo announced a temporary float of the yen allowing it to rise against the dollar, a move praised as a victory for the Nixon administration. The change ends two weeks of striving to hold parity at 360 per dollar, with trading to begin Saturday and impact on exports and imports global in effect.
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Japan
United States
Nixon
America
U.S
Mikio Mizuta
Tadashi Sasaki
Bank of Japan
Sasaki
U.S. Treasury
Washington
New York
A. Blake Friscia
Chase Manhattan Bank
Finance Ministry
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