Mayor Seeks Packed Crowd for Youth Rally in Monroe
Monroe Mayor W L Howard expects a standing room only Youth Rally at the Civic Center arena Sunday for area high school and college students. Pat Boone will perform and stay extra to marshal the Jaycees parade. About 7 500 tickets have been distributed with seating planned for about 10 000. tickets remain for pickup at City Hall and the Civic Center box office.
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W. L. Howard
Pat Boone
Civic Center Arena
Boone
Howard
Ouachita Parish
City Hall
Civic Center
Lake Providence
Tallulah
Shreveport
Ioca
Pat Boon
Doland Named McNeese Coach In Louisiana
LAKE CHARLES La AP Jack Doland an LSU assistant was chosen by McNeese State College Athletic Faculty Committee as the new head football coach replacing Jim Clark who retired after four years. Doland takes over after Clark’s four year tenure guiding the Cowboys.
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Lake Charles
Jack Doland
Charlie McClendon
LSU
McNeese State College
Deland
Jim Clark
Cowboys
Rogers Sees Dim Viet Peace Outlook at NATO Meet
Secretary of State William P. Rogers told 14 NATO foreign ministers he is pessimistic about U S efforts to negotiate a peace with North Vietnam He said the U S is ready to discuss everything at Paris except the South Vietnamese people s right to determine their political future Rogers also voiced shock over My Lai allegations noting hopes that those responsible would be punished He described SALT talks as likely to pause in about two weeks and said Gerard C Smith will brief NATO before returning to Washington The Prague declaration by the Soviet led bloc urged a Helsinki parley by June 30 1970 and Western states favored new security arrangements in Europe but resisted Communist terms
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William P. Rogers
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North Vietnam
United States
Paris
Nixon
Rogers
My Lai
World Affairs
Salt
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Finland
Gerard C. Smith
NATO
Council
Washington
Prague
Europe
Loretta Miles Celebrates 10th Birthday With 30 Guests
Loretta Anne Miles turns ten this week as about 30 friends and relatives gathered at her West Monroe home to mark the occasion. She is the daughter of Mr and Mrs W R Miles of 121 Grayson Street. In Monroe City Hall the tax department welcomes back Shirley Rowell, who returns to work after serving in Germany with her husband.
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Loretta Anne Miles
Loretta
W. R. Miles
Grayson St
West Monroe
Monroe City Hall
Shirley Rowell
Rowell
Germany
Two Die and Seven Hurt in West Side Shootout
In Chicago a gun battle at a West Side building adjacent to Black Panther offices left two dead Fred Hampton and Mark Clark and seven wounded. Police serving a weapons warrant exchanged fire as officers moved through barricaded doors and more than 50 additional officers joined with heavy weapons and tear gas.
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Chicago
Fred Hampton
Black Panther
Illinois
Oo West
Yemen
Hampton
State’s Attorney's Office
West Side
Richard Jalovec
Jalovec
Edward Parmody
John Ciscewski
Parmody
Ciszewski
Haynsworth Will Remain Chief Judge On Appeals Court
President Nixon announced Judge Clement F. Haynsworth Jr. will stay as chief judge of the Fourth U S Circuit Court of Appeals despite his failed bid for the Supreme Court. Haynsworth expressed gratitude for support from the bar and colleagues while noting the Senate defeated his nomination 55-45.
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Clement F. Haynsworth Jr
White House
Nixon
Supreme Court
Haynsworth
Fourth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Appeals
Washington
Court of Appeals
Senate
Fourth Circuit
Bar
Special Urban Renewal Funds To Be Released
Washington AP Secretary George Romney said within three weeks about 340 million dollars in special urban renewal funds will be released from a seven month freeze. Thirty five cities in the Neighborhood Development Program will receive 175 million in the current year, with 30 to 40 million for converting long term renewals to short term NDP money. About 125 million to 45 of 280 first time participants. Restrictions apply only to new applicants and the amount available.
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Washington
George Romney
Romney
Nixon
Twin City forecasts continued mild, showers possible
The Twin City area can expect increasing cloudiness with mild temperatures. Tonight and Friday will bring a 20 percent then 40 percent chance of rain, with dry conditions improving to fair to locally poor by Friday.
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Twin City
Federal Aviation Agency
Selman Field
Monroe
Cease-Fires Set For Yale New Year in Saigon Vietnam
The South Vietnamese government announced 24 hour cease-fires for Christmas and New Year with the US Command agreeing. Christmas runs 6 p.m. Dec 24 to 6 p.m. Dec 25 and New Year from 6 p.m. Dec 31 to 6 p.m. Jan 1. Meanwhile US planes attacked North Vietnamese forces in Cambodia for a second straight day near Cai Cat and Hong Ngu, with two South Vietnamese killed and one wounded.
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Saigon
Nguyen van Thien
Cambodia
Prince Norodom Sihanouk
Cai Cat
Hong Ngu
Stocks Slide As Market Trades Lower In Afternoon
New York prices drift lower across a broad range with declines outpacing advances by more than four to one. The Dow Jones average of 30 fell 3.96 to 789.40 at 1 p.m. after earlier dipping toward the 800 level, with the AP 60 stock average down 26 at 2703. Industrials slid 3.6, rails 2.4, utilities 0.7.
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New York
Dow
River Stages Rise at Camden and Monroe Locations
River stages show a rise at Camden to 661 and Monroe to 1443 units amid flood conditions. Unlisted details indicate ongoing changes as water levels trend upward across affected area.
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Camden
Monroe
Goodfellows Campaign Seeks Help For Needy Families
The News-Star-World reports Goodfellows Campaign Fund nears Christmas aid goal with 503 dollars of 9000 raised. Requests for help and donations should go to News Star-World Publishing Corp. Funds purchase food clothing and toys to be delivered Christmas Eve in the Twin Cities. A donation came Wednesday from the Thrifty Homemakers Demonstration Club.
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News-Star — World Goodfellows Campaign Fund
Goodfellow Campaign
News Star — World Publishing Corp
Twin Cities
Goodfellows
Thrifty Homemakers Demonstration Club
The
Local Goodfellows drive notes need and donations
A summary of donations to the Goodfellows fund totals 503.00 from various groups and individuals including Windy 10.00 and West Monroe Local No 512 25.00. The article cites letters from readers asking for food and clothing for families in need and outlines donation procedures and drop points at Sauld Adler and Benoit Recreation centers with requests to send aid through News-Star-World Publishing Corp in Monroe.
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Earl F. Stovall
Fred Stovall
L. R. Hemler
W. B. “Win” Mask, II
Windy
Thrifty Homemakers Demonstration Club
Strauss Employees Credit Union
C. Eugene Watkins
Literary Guild
West Monroe
Joseph Edmund Mazzanti
Helen Allen
Progressive Missionary Society
Ciidren
Sauld Adler
Benoit
Goodfellows
News-Star— World Publishing Corp
Monroe
Pact Provides Pay Increases For Workers
Washington AP reports a wage settlement reached after 20 hours of bargaining for 48 000 shopcraft workers and four unions. The pact ends strike threats as ratification looms with retroactive 1969 raises and 1970 increases including 5 percent from January, four cent steps in March and August. Back pay for most workers will range 380 to 400 dollars.
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Washington
George P. Shultz
William W. Winpisinger
Winpisinger
Afl-Cio International Association of Machinists
Nixon threatens Congress with Christmas session call
President Nixon warned Republican leaders he may reconvene Congress on December 26 if all appropriation bills are not act ed on before Christmas. GOP leaders Ford and Scott described a firm stance on anti crime measures as Senate aides passed a 48 billion public works bill. Mansfield suggested potential sessions between Christmas and New Year to finish money bills, with a mid January start for the new session likely.
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Nixon
Congress
House
Gerald R. Ford
Capitol Hill
Senate
Hugh Scott
Scott
Ford
White House
Acton
Mike Mansfield
U S War Deaths For Week Lowered To Two Month Low
Saigon AP report shows U S battlefield deaths last week at 70, the lowest in two months and 46 percent below the prior week. South Vietnamese deaths totaled 373 with 953 wounded, while enemy fatalities were 2,177 as overall toll nears 300,000 Americans killed in Vietnam since the start of the conflict.
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Saigon
USS
Vietnam
U.S
Chuckle on homework on wet cement sparks debate
A humorous quip notes that children might learn to write faster if teachers allowed homework on wet cement. The lighthearted remark references late authorial frustration and classroom antics.
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