Tuesday Digest Weather and Local Developments
Partly cloudy with scattered thundershowers today and tonight. Highs near 90, lows in the lower 70s, with 10 to 15 mph easterly winds and light gusts during heavier storms. Rain chances 40 today, 60 tonight and Wednesday. Construction at G B Cooley School in West Monroe to proceed despite funding issues. Space program revived by shuttle success and new worlds to come. Voyager II recovery story noted with stock market headlines.
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Eavier
G. B. Cooley School
West Monroe
U S Cuban talks hinge on Guantanamo base renewal
International coverage notes Guantanamo base as a key issue in renewed U S Cuban relations. A sports blip recalls Lou Brock stealing second base but Padres ruled it null. Ty Cobb anniversary noted with a 49 year gap.
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U. S. Oval
Guantanamo
U. S
Lou Brock
San Diego Padres
Ty Cobb
Ree
Definition of a Great Party When You Return Home
A quirky reminder compares a festive homecoming to the image on your driver's license. The playful note blends social chips with nostalgia, suggesting a memorable, well-documented home life as a defining party standard.
Anita Flirting With Coastline Triggers Gulf Storm Drift
The first tropical storm Anita drifts west in the Gulf of Mexico forcing about 3,400 oil workers from offshore rigs and closing schools along the Louisiana coast. Forecasts warn of possible hurricane strength as it nears shore with winds near 75 mph.
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Miami
UPI
Anita
Gulf of Mexico
Louisiana
New Orleans
Texas
Cameron Parish
Cameron
Audrey
Hayes Picou
Civil Defense
Gulf
National Hurricane Center
Neil Frank
Ex-convict kills family then dies in standoff
In East Hartford Connecticut an ex convict killed his wife Shioehon and their 4 year old son Frank then held police at bay with a high powered rifle for over 15 hours. Police with dogs found the bodies early today in the family apartment. Frank DeCorleto 34 was the shooter.
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East Hartford, Conn
UPI
Frank DeCorleto
Shioehon
Frank
DeCorleto
Edward Leonard
East Hartford
Clarence Drumm
Leonard
Hartford Courant
Rayville charts options for city power plant
Rayville Mayor Joe Kalil said the city will meet in 60 days with Louisiana Power and Light Co. on a franchise to operate the Rayville plant while keeping options open with EPSA joint operation, REA long range plan, purchasing power from other cities, or a franchise with LP&L. EPSA remains active as Monroe exits.
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Travis Mayo
Monroe
Rayville
Joe Kalil
Louisiana Power and Light Co
Kalil
Electric Power Systems Association
EPSA
Rural Electrification Administration
REA
Ruston
Lp&l
Avenue
J. W. McGlothlin
Rayvillé
Roy Lange
McGlothlin
Alexandria
Plaquemine
Houma
Lafayette
Jonesboro
Rayne
Harold M. Cancienne
R. W. Beck
Louisiana
Electric
Monroe City School Board President Recovers From Bypass
Mrs Yvonne Nash president of the Monroe City School Board is recuperating in St Luke s Hospital Houston after an arterial by pass operation Her daughter Bess says she expects to return to Monroe late this week or early next week Madeline Cannon Namie of Sterlington Memorial Hospital attended the 17th annual Hospital Institution and Educational Food Service Society convention in Atlanta Ga, with 21 Louisiana representatives.
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Yvonne Nash
Monroe City
St. Luke's Hospital
Houston
Nash
Monroe
Bess
Madeline Cannon Namie
Sterlington Memorial Hospital
Louisiana
The
Hospital, Institution and Educational Food Service Society
Atlanta
Hiefss
Son of Sam suspect ruled unable to stand trial
David Berkowitz deemed paranoid and mentally incompetent to stand trial for six plus shootings in New York. A court ordered psychiatric panel found he cannot participate in his defense, with a prognosis described as guarded. A competency hearing set for October 4 will include defense and prosecution psychiatric testimony.
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New York
UPI
David Berkowitz
New York City
Sam
State Supreme Court
Brooklyn
Berkowitz
Gerald Held
Eugene Gold
David
Abrahamson
Columbia University
Son of
Heller
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