Louisiana Yam Week kicks off with Miss Kay Kingrey
An early morning Holiday Inn breakfast promotes Louisiana Yam Week set for December 11 to 16. Special guest Miss Kay Kingrey, the Louisiana Yam Queen, tours the state to boost the top horticultural product. Attendees include Frank McDermott, master of ceremonies for the Louisiana Department of Agriculture, and R. P. Thomas of Gibsland, past president of the Louisiana Sweet Potato Growers.
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Holiday Inn Today
Louisiana
Kay Kingrey
Frank McDermott
Louisiana Department of Agriculture
R. P. Thomas
Gibsland
Louisiana Sweet Potato Growers
John Fogleman
Vacant Monroe Offices to House Louisiana Public Safety
The Monroe State Office Building will see the Louisiana Department of Revenue move into the vacant main floor offices on Jan 1 as it consolidates into the Louisiana Department of Public Safety under Gov. Edwin Edwards. The Monroe Motor Vehicle Division will become part of Public Safety and drop its Revenue designation as transfers proceed.
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Monroe
Louisiana Department of Revenue
State Department of Revenue
Louisiana Department of Public Safety
Edwin Edwards
Motor Vehicle Division
Monroe State Office
C. O. McDonald
Public Service Commission
Department of Revenue
Louis Boudreaux
Baton Rouge
Department of Public Safety
Sam Wimbish
Revenue Department
Ann McCoy
John Hunt
Hunt
Public Service
India and Pakistan Map Kashmir Line in Peace Drive
Generals Bhagat and Khan sign maps at Suchetgarh to delineate the line of control in Kashmir. Troop withdrawals and exchange of possessions totaling about 5 208 square miles are planned after the demarcation, following a Simla agreement. Details of concessions are undisclosed.
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New Delhi
India
Pakistan
Kashmir
Indira Gandhi
Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
Simla
Bhagat
Abdul Hameed Khan
Suchetgarh
Indian Kashmir
Army
Sam Manekshaw
Tikka Khan
Former Resident Named To Position By Gov Edwards
Gov Edward announces Sandy Thompson, a Monroe native and former Baton Rouge assistant to Secretary of State Wade Martin, will become director of a key state agency serving the lower Mississippi River Valley. Her mother, Maxine Smith, heads the Louisiana Tourist Commission bureau in the State Office.
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Thompson
Monroe
Baton Rouge
Wade O. Martin
Maxine Smith
Louisiana Tourist Commission
Smith
Monroe Chamber of Commerce
Mississippi River Valley
Judge Johnson Imposes Suspended Year in DWI Third Offense
Monroe motorist Clarence J. Lawrence received a suspended one year sentence for a third offense DWI and was placed on two years probation by Fourth Judicial District Court Judge Hewitt B. Johnson. Lawrence, of 805 South 9th St., was convicted for driving under the influence of intoxicants.
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Fourth Judicial District Court
Hewitt B. Johnson
Louisiana State Penitentiary
Monroe
Clarence J. Lawrence
South 9Th St
Louisiana Yam Week kicks off with Monroe breakfast
Local officials from the Department of Agriculture and the agriculture industry gathered at the Holiday Inn in Monroe for an early breakfast to promote Louisiana yams through Yam Week. Yam Queen Kay Kingrey of Kinder and R P Thomas highlighted a $20 million industry producing about six million bushels annually and noted yams as Louisiana’s largest horticulture crop.
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Louisiana
Department of Agriculture
Holiday Inn of Monroe
Kay Kingrey
Kinder
R. P. Thomas
Gibsland
Louisiana Sweet Potato Growers
Frank McDermott
Louisiana Department of Agriculture
Thomas
Louisiana Sweet Potatoes Association
The
Louisiana Sweet Potato Commission
Louisiana Certified
Potato Growers Association
Louisiana Department For Agriculture
Monroe
United
Miss Kingrey
Opelousas
Shreveport
Bob Bealle
Monroe Chamber of Commerce
British Troops Brace for IRA RPG Attacks in Northern Ireland
British forces in Northern Ireland prepared for possible IRA offensives armed with RPG7 rocket launchers, with intelligence suggesting the Provisional wing may strike within two weeks before Christmas. A soldier died while examining a 25 year old rocket found with a comrade. RPGs have caused fatalities and injuries this month, while launchers were seized in Londonderry and Belfast.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
Irish Republican Army
IRA
Provisional
Londonderry
Middle East
Morning and Evening World Subscriptions Per Month
Newspaper pricing snippet shows combination offer for Morning World Daily and Sunday editions with options for one month and year long terms. It lists prices for morning and evening editions and notes variations for weekend inclusion and Sunday only services.
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Eadh Sows Ab Sas Ee
WORLD
News-Star
Daily & Sun
Two Drivers Fined in Fourth District Court
Judge Fred Fudickar Jr fines Gary Biddle Jr of Monroe and Clyde McNair of West Monroe for driving under the influence. Each man receives 300 dollars or 60 days in jail with Biddle also having 10 days suspended.
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Fourth Judicial District Court
Fred Fudickar Jr
Gary Biddle Jr
Standifer Ave
Monroe
Clyde McNair
Jerry St
West Monroe
AL Not So Weak Says Baseball Voice After 1972 Series
The American League isn’t as weak as NL fans claim. Oakland A’s victory over Cincinnati Reds in the 1972 World Series marked the fourth AL title in seven years.
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Boston
Oakland A’s
Cincinnati Reds
Probers Seek Cause Of Jet Disaster In Chicago
Investigators sift charred debris from United Air Lines Boeing 737 crash near Midway Airport. NTSB team of 15 aeronautic engineers probes wreckage while officials study maintenance records and cockpit voice recordings. Relatives struggle with identifying bodies as 12 of 18 survivors remain hospitalized. A purse with 10585 dollars was found among rubble.
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Chicago
United Air ‘Lines
National Transportation’ Safety Board
Midway
Edward T. Slattery
NTSB
Slattery
San Francisco
United
Washington
Howard BE. Hunt
Potomac, Md
Fiery Natural Gas Blast Kills Eight in Clinton Mo
Investigators blame accumulated natural gas for a bombing explosion and fire that killed eight people and destroyed half a block of Clinton town square. Five would-be rescuers died while trying to free a mother and daughter buried in rubble. seven others were injured. A volunteer from Montrose, Ohio was among the seven. Missing and presumed dead was Eugene Burns, owner of one of the destroyed firms. Fire crews heard cries from Darlene Hunter and her mother. Rescuers entered rubble despite danger as a wall fell trapping them.
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Clinton, Mo
Clinton Town Square
Darlene Hunter
Mike Hunter
Ronald West
Herman Leroy Steward
Charles Frederick Wilson
Mark James Beattie
Clinton
Eugene Burns
Miss Hunter
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Waring
Morgan & Lindsey
Fryer
Nobelco
Twin City Mall
Highland S. C
W. Monroe
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T.V
Joe Nemeth
Steve’s
Maurice Purvis
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FTD Florist
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OBER
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