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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1973
Page
4
Gov Edwin Edwards visits Angola Prison to hear inmates plea for industry driven rehabilitation. Inmates seek job skills and earnings to pay room and board, with calls to fix pardon laws. Recidivism drops from 47 percent to seven percent with vocational training.
Corporate linguists urge language prep before overseas assignments. A Midwestern firm sent three top technicians to Brazil without Portuguese lessons, triggering communication gaps and falling production. Two marriages broke under strain. two families asked for U.S. trainers. The third family later began courses. The American University institute notes tenfold rise in language training requests as firms abandon sending staff to “briar patches” abroad without preparation.
The report cites a $670000 military version of a Boeing 707 for a general and a $950000 cut in Pentagon research and development. It argues defense spending is bloated by poorly managed procurements and luxurious officer amenities while Soviet advances loom.
The Wall Street Journal argues that battles over research and development funds reflect a constant push and pull between the defense establishment and Congressional committees. It suggests increased GAO audits could curb waste, while lamenting bureaucratic protection and nostalgia for cheaper, more straightforward times.
A Washington opinion piece argues Attorney General Ellis Richardson has run his own show since April 30, reopening the Kent State case without White House input. It contrasts past Justice leadership under Mitchell and Kleindienst with Richardson’s unilateral decisions and decentralization push under Cal Laird. Pottinger proposed reopening Kent State. White House was informed only after the decision.
Washington reports on President Nixon’s health and stress as a global concern. The piece notes his pneumonia hospitalization, fading vigor, slurred speech, and mounting pressures from aides and critics. It contrasts public perception with White House assurances while warning of potential consequences if incapacity persists.
The piece argues that the August interception of an Iraqi Caravelle by Israeli forces was marred by errors. It questions Habash’s presence, cites last minute itinerary shifts, notes potential casualties and international backlash, and mentions Dayan Meir and Oslo caper as context.
The piece surveys George Wallace as a proxy for educational sociology and Herman Kahn of the Hudson Institute arguing that the educated elite lack first hand life experience. It cites 1960s governance, 25th Amendment mechanisms, and suburban unreality as core factors shaping policy and leadership readiness.
The Monroe News-Star lists editors and officers led by John D. Ewing and Edmund Brown with multiple Ewing family directors. It notes independent, nonpartisan stance and AP membership, plus Brannam Moloney and national reps.
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