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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1971
Page
5
Northeast Louisiana stays mostly cloudy and cold with a chance of rain and thundershowers through Friday. Highs near 50, lows around 40, northeasterly winds 10 to 20 mph, rain chances 50 percent today and tonight, 40 percent Friday.
Monroe residents recall past December busy times when Davis Bingham led the University Singers in the annual Christmas Oratorio at North east Louisiana University. The event featured many student soloists with Ronny Brothers as accompanist in Biedenharn Auditorium.
Yeagers uncle Vance Burris celebrates a birthday while Dale W. Carter, grandson of Mr and Mrs W Freeman of Monroe Louisiana, prepares to return home from an overseas Air Force assignment in time for Christmas. Carter, a 1967 Neville High School graduate, read the Sunday Morning World regularly during eighteen months overseas as an electronics specialist.
85year old Charles Fitzgerald seeks release after 59 years in prison. He has served two terms for murder and hopes through a re entry program to rejoin civilian life. He expresses desire to live his own life in peace and questions why others succeed.
AP river level bulletin shows multiple gauge readings with several locations in flood rise or fall. Notable rises include Natchez and New Orleans while Baton Rouge and Atchafalaya regions show mixed changes. data spans St Louis through Cairo and Shreveport with varying 24 hour changes.
Dr. Grayson Tennison a Portuguese mission worker on furlough in Texas explains modern missions focus on moral influence over intellect. He and wife Betty travel speaking of mission work, noting Portugal’s religion law changes and ongoing minority status in the church.
Rep Benjamin Rosenthal said the FDA has rejected requiring full ingredient labeling. He noted the agency limited powers and said Congress may act. Rosenthal cited consumer health concerns and letters from readers about hidden ingredients. An FDA spokesperson confirmed a powers review but would not comment further.
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