Legislature Approves Seven Tax Bills in Louisiana
Louisiana lawmakers approved seven administration tax packages sent to Gov. Edwin Edwards, while two amended bills were rejected. The measures include a 12.5 percent oil severance tax, deduction of federal income taxes on state returns, and repeals of electricity and lubricant oil taxes, with several amendments and conference actions pending.
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News-Star Capital Bureau Baton Rough
Administration
Edwin Edwards
Senate
House
Senate Conference Committees
Court Rules On Land In St. Mary Parish
Louisiana Supreme Court rules that St Mary Parish Lake complex beds fall to adjoining landowners if classed as a stream rather than a lake. The ruling reverses state ownership claims and involves Placidi Co and Marcus Jr., with related expropriation and sentencing decisions in several cases.
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New Orleans
Supreme Court of Louisiana
St. Mary Parish
Orich
Grand Lake
Six Mile
Placid
Marcus
High Court
State Highway Department
Mason W. Lessley
Sophia Wolfe Cox
Jone
Baton Rouge
Bid
Bouzigard
Surghnor Lodge Special Meeting in Monroe
Surghnor Lodge No. 38 Fo & AM will hold a special communication at the lodge hall 2012 Auburn Ave Monroe at 7:30 PM Wednesday for conferring the Fellowcraft degree. All Fellow Craft and Master Masons invited to attend. Diagnostic x ray aids locating trouble sources and planning treatment with new equipment.
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Graham Surghnor Lodge
Fo & AM
Auburn Ave
Monroe
Fellowcraft
Master Masons
Energy crisis blamed on bad management across sectors
Louisiana official Clint Pray with Governor Edwards Sedwards aide calls energy crisis a result of widespread poor management. He cites shared blame among industry, government, and the nation at a 31 state Oil Compact Commission meeting. Texas official Jim Langdon warns of federal state tensions over oil policy amid discussions on production limits.
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NEW Orlieans
Louisiana
Pray
Texas
Jim CC. Langdon
Texas Railroad Commission
Langdon
Congress
Northeast Holds Career Day At NLU Aimed At Area Students
Seniors from about 50 high schools across the region attended Northeast Louisiana University Career Day on the NLU campus with participants from Arkansas Mississippi and Texas. Coordinator David Garr noted the event offered faculty from all departments plus information on admissions financial aid housing and campus life. A moon rock exhibit from the Apollo 15 mission drew interest as Marcus Mapp NSU Geosciences head invited the public to view it during set hours. Garr called the program highly successful and the largest turnout to date.
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Monroe High School
Northeast Louisiana University
NLU
Arkansas
Mississippi
Texas
Wilson Ewing Coliseum
George T. Walker
Gaar
Apple 15
Marcus Mapp
NSU Department of Geosciences
North Viet forces strike across central highlands
North Vietnamese troops with tanks and heavy artillery launched 11 attacks along a 28 mile front from Dak Song to Kien Duc near the Cambodian border. Kien Duc, a town of 3,000, saw sapper seizures and hand to hand fighting as government forces retook some positions. Civilian refugees fled toward Gia Nghia as Saigon pressed for help to stop cease fire violations and to defend Highway 14 corridor toward Loc Ninh.
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Saigon
Central Highlands
Dak Song
Kien Duc
Gia Nghia
le Trung Hien
Hien
Quang Duc Province
International Commission of Control and Supervision
Quang Duc
Highway 14
Provisional Revolutionary Government
Mapp to Speak at Monroe Lions Club Meeting
Marcus Mapp head of the Department of Geology at Northeast Louisiana University will address the Monroe Lions Club at Watt's Cafeteria at 7 p.m. He will discuss findings from geologists who studied Moon rocks.
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Monroe Lions Club
Watt
Marcus Mapp
Northeast Louisiana University
Prison arguments may have led to Corona stabbing
Vacaville California AP reports prison officials say disputes between Juan Corona and fellow inmates may have sparked the knifing. Corona, 40, injured seriously with 32 stab wounds, one eye removed, remains in critical condition. four unidentified inmates are being questioned. Corona had been serving 25 consecutive life terms for the 1971 mass slayings of farm workers in the Yuba City area.
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Vacaville
Calif
Juan Corona
Corona
T.L. Clanon
California
Clanon
Hospital
San Francisco
Yuba City
Power Generated By Windmills At Hunting Retreat
Ceasar Aimone of Tron Mountain Michigan runs six windmills at his hunting camp. When all six operate they yield 7 200 watts with two turbines powering the refrigerator. The 72 year old electrician says he adopted the idea from Richard Byrd s pole expedition which used a wind driven generator.
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Hunting Retreat
Tron Mountain
Mich
Ceasar Aimone
Michigan
Aimone
Richard I. Byrd
South Pole
Byrd
Nixon Reveals Personal Finances To GOP Leaders
President Nixon showed a batch of personal financial reports to selected Republican leaders in a private White House briefing. Attendees included Vice President Ford and lawmakers, as aides outlined the documents intended to counter allegations about Nixon's finances and a $500,000 deduction for donated papers.
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Washington
Nixon
White House
Gerald R. Ford
GOP
George Bush
John B. Anderson
Illinois
Anderson
Hugh Scott
Pennsylvania
Robert P. Griffin
Michigan
Norris Cotton
New Hampshire
John G. Tower
Texas
Leslie C. Arends
Ilinois
John J. Rhodes
Arizona
IRS
White “Vienuedodpai Intas
Readers Fund total corrections and memorial gifts listed
An editor's note explains a $5 omission in Sunday's column affecting the running total. The article lists multiple memorial and in memory gifts from individuals and families, totaling $664.50 to date, with a note that $5 was missing from the earlier sum.
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Henry Heller
Fidelity Bible
Highland Baptist Church
West Monroe
Allen
N. B. Swayzc
E. G. Arnold
Skipper
Brother
Guy Charles Danti
Robert C. Hidenier
T. L. Rittenhouse
Seveewenie
Charles G. Bennett
Energy Center Created At University Of Florida
The University of Florida forms the first U S energy center to pool data from about 50 scientists across a dozen fields. It aims to guide government and industry on energy policy and crisis responses, with Dr. Morton Smutz noting the need to link energy to agriculture and reduce fossil fuel use. In 1961 the center cites that 10 calories of fossil fuel energy produced by petroleum yielded only 3 calories of bread.
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Gainesville
Fla
University of Florida’ Center
United States
Morton Smutz
University
School of Engineering
Interior Department
National Sciences Foundation
Florida
Dr. Smutz
Smutz
Approval for building addition at Armstrong Cricket Farm
The West Monroe Board of Adjustment approved adding an accessory building to Armstrong Cricket Farm at 1127 Wood St. The board will consider further applications Monday at 5 p.m. in the City Government Complex.
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West Monroe Board of Adjustment
Armstrong Cricket Farm
Wood St
Corsider
Sterile Supply Ensures Ready Dressings for Patient Care
Sterile supply lines guarantee ample dressings and equipment for patient care. The sterilization method uses steam under pressure, a daily hospital standard that maintains cleanliness and readiness for procedures.
Planning Commission Holds Monroe Ouachita Meet Tonight
The Monroe-Ouachita Regional Planning Commission meets at 7 p.m. at the Monroe Government Center. Public hearings follow at 7:30 p.m. to consider zoning map changes requested by William Forbito and Billa Nelson. A preliminary hearing addresses Doll ff Biedenharn’s amendment to extend a multifamily district by five acres east of Murry Drive and south of McKeen Place. Planning approval requests from Sherry McDonald and Charlene Laird are listed, with officer elections on the agenda.
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Monroe - Ouachita
Doll Ff. Biedenharn
Murry Drive
McKeen Place
Sherry McDonald
Charlene Laird
Planning and Zoning Commission
Delivered Flowers by Wire Personal Card Enclosed
A brief notice indicates a delivery of flowers by wire accompanied by a personal card. The item highlights a courteous gesture and keeps a quiet, domestic tone typical of social notices in the period.
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John Speer
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John Sievers
Cindy Wallace
Jackie Jones
Triche
State Department of Highways
Tribe
Jimmy Lone
Natchitoches
Surghnor Lodge States Meeting
Clint Pray
Edwins Sedwards
D-La
Morning World
News-Star
Daily & Sun
Northeast
David Garr
Garr
Mapp
Lions Club
West Monroe High School
Rambos
RAMBO
Nashville, Tenn
Phil’s Shoe Clinic
Pathway Books
Twin City
Roark Brothers Music Co
Jackson St
Brooks Drug Store
Cotton St
Friends of Goodfellows
The
Building and Construction Trades Council of
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AFL Cio
Building & — Construction Trades Council of
Labor Leader
Mary's Sitor, Inc
North 2Nd St
Monroe, la
Japan
Ken Wolfgang
News-Star—World
Monroe Civic Center
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