House Floor Fight Expected On Workmen's Benefits Bill
Workmen's compensation reform faces a House floor clash in Baton Rouge as opponents plan amendments to substitute the governor backed committee's revisions. The measure would raise weekly benefits to 45 dollars and extend payable duration to 500 weeks, fueling AFL CIO opposition. Local sales tax at wholesale level for 15 parishes moves to the Senate.
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Baton Rouge
Labor
John McKeithen
Aflcio
McKeithen
Afl-Cio
House
Adrian Duplantier
New Orleans
Senate
Carneg ie Commission proposes new civilian GI bill
The Carnegie Commission on Higher Education urged President-elect Nixon and Congress to create educational opportunity grants aiding about one million students. The plan includes expanding medical education, relies on private funding, and costs about 13 billion dollars by 1976 with federal aid totaling 7 billion by 1970.
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New York
Carnegie Commission On Higher Education
Nixon
Congress
Commission
Clark Kerr
University of California
February Draft Quota Is Hiked
The Pentagon announced a February draft quota of 33,700 men, the highest in eight months and well above January’s 26,800. Previous year figures showed monthly requests peaking at 48,000 in April and 45,900 in May, with the current projection far above the late year average.
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Washington
Pentagon
Heavy War Battle Swirls Into DMZ
U S Marines and North Vietnamese troops fought for 12 hours spilling into the demilitarized zone. Twelve Marines and ten North Vietnamese were killed, and 30 wounded. US casualties topped 30,000 in eight years, with 192 American combat deaths last week and total American deaths at 30,057 since 1961. Viet Cong and North Vietnamese casualties reached at least 422,979 in the period.
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U.S
Demilitarized Zone
Dmz
4Th Regiment
Rockpile
North Vietnam
Glover Promoted to Colonel in Air Force
Henry A. Glover son of Mrs. J P Glover of West Monroe earns promotion to colonel. He is Ouachita Parish High School graduate and married to Dot Wood. Their daughter Mrs Kenneth Holland resides in Monroe.
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The
Air Force
Henry A. Glover
J. P. Glover
West Monroe
Glover
Ouachita Parish High School
Dot Wood
Kenneth Holland
Monroe
Two matrons seek escape to peaceful shopping district
Two matronly ladies tell a travel agent they want to get completely away from civilization near a pleasant shopping district. Their light demand hints at a desire for quiet leisure amid commerce and charm.
Nixon picks Rogers for secretary of state praised by critics
President-elect Nixon’s all Republican cabinet draws bipartisan praise for William P. Rogers as secretary of state. Senate leaders Mansfield and Fulbright call him an excellent choice and man of integrity. Some doubts remain on Hardin and cabinet unity. House leaders predict a strong team delivering sound leadership.
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Washington
Nixon
Senate
William P. Rogers
Mike Mansfield
D-Mont
Rogers
J. W. Fulbright
D-Ark
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
House Agriculture
W. R. Poage
D-Tex
Clifford M. Hardin
Poage
Waco
Tex
George H. Mahon
House Appropriations Committee
House
Gerald R. Ford
Israeli Jets Bomb Jordan Areas Near Sea of Galilee
Israeli jets attacked Jordanian territory near the Sea of Galilee for about a half hour in the latest of a series of cross border strikes. The Amman communiqué said one house was destroyed with no Jordanian casualties as fighting with Jordanian forces continued in the Beisan Valley and at Sheikh Hussein Bridge.
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Sea of Galilee
Amman
Jerusalem
Beisan
Jordan
Israel
Sheikh Hussein Bridge
Palestine Liberation Organization
PLO
BEO
Levi Eshkol
Middle East
Hunting Injury Fatal To Local City Resident
John P. Mitchell 73 of Route 1 Delhi died at St Francis Hospital Monroe from injuries from a hunting accident Friday He was shot in the forehead while deer hunting at a hunting club four miles north of St Joseph in Tensas Parish Found at 2 p m by a search party he was transported by sheriff s department ambulance to a Newellton hospital and then to St Francis Hospital Funeral services are incomplete under Mulhearn Funeral Home West Monroe
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John P. Mitchell
Route 1
Delhi
St. Francis Hospital
Monroe
Mitchell
St. Joseph
Tensas Parish
Sheriff’s Department
Newellton
Mulhearn Funeral Home
West Monroe
Showers Expected Across Northeast Louisiana Area Today
Scattered showers and a few thunderstorms are forecast this afternoon and tonight with partly cloudy to cloudy skies and cooler temperatures through Friday in Northeast Louisiana. Highs 66 to 72, lows 38 to 46. Monroe reports a high of 65 and a low of 51 with no rain on Wednesday. Winds from 12 to 22 mph shift to northerly tonight. Drying conditions worsen this afternoon through tonight per Louisiana Delta Agricultural Advisory. Dewpoints near the upper 40s to 50s, sunshine under 20 percent today and Friday. Rain chance about 50 percent today and tonight with rainfall around a half inch.
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Louisiana
Twin Cities
FAA
Monroe
Louisiana Delta
River Stages Shift as Floods Rise in Monroe and Camden
Readings show rising flood stages at Monroe with a 2.0 rise and at Camden a 0.0 change while River Stages Location notes present and fall trends across sites.
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Camden
Monroe
Cabinet Names Nixon Aides For Top Policy Posts
President elect Nixon moves to grant his new cabinet broad discretion in choosing undersecretaries and assistant secretaries. He announces 12 appointees from Republican governors business leaders and educators and notes one future Democrat appointment to the United Nations post.
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Washington
Nixon
Department
Hubert H. Humphrey
Herbert G. Klein
Ronald L. Ziegler
United Nations
Sargent Shriver
France
Shriver
Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
Walter E. Washington
GOP
William P. Rogers
Defense
Melvin R. Laird
R-Wis
the Treasury
David M. Kennedy
Winton M. Blount
Interior
Walter J. Hidkel
Alaska
Agriculture
Clifford M. Hardin
Commerce
Maurice H. Stans
Donations Lag as Goodfellows Fund Seeks 8000 Goal
Donations to the 34th annual Goodfellows Fund are slow, totaling 2940.50 by Wednesday, with the campaign chairman urging more gifts to reach the 8000 target. Residents can mail or deliver contributions to News-Star World Publishing Corp., Monroe, while aid requests from families in need grow and many may be denied without more donations.
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Goodfellows
Jack Hesketh
News- Star—World Publishing Corp
N. 4Th St
Monroe
Charity Fund Totals Reed Over Two Thousand Nine Hundred
A list of donors contributing to the Goodfellows fund shows a total to date of 2940.50 with numerous individual and organization names including H. Downs Rosetta Duchesne LSU Erwin Realty and the Christmast cards program. Donations range from 2.00 to 100.00 reflecting in memory and in lieu of cards and well wishes.
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H. F. Downs
W. C. Baker Rosetta Duchesne
L. J
M. ‘Bower
Jim DeWees
Bob Hassell Weltha
Milton
Moskovitz
Corinne Hays
LSU
Ralph
Bar
Erwin Realty
Edgar
Perry Maupin
A. B. Greg
Laura Ann Maupin
Potpourri Book Club
Hart Bastrop
J. Silverstein
T. B. Blanche
C. L
Vicki Sullivan
V. W
Gordon Heidorffer
Lary Heidorffer
Louisiana Senate Debates One Cent Gasoline Tax Rise
Governor McKeithen pursues a one cent gas tax increase with Senate support counting 28 votes in favor while Sen. Billy Brown leads anti hike efforts. House members vote on highway amendments as Ouachita delegates back the plan amid related sales tax maneuvering and education funding provisions.
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News-Star Capital Bureau
Baton Rouge
Louisiana Senate
John McKeithen
William D
Billy) Brown
Monroe
Brown
Jackson B. Davis
Shreveport
J. C
Sonny) Gilbert
Sicily Island
McKeithen
House
Adcock
Senate
Ouachita
James Dennis
Shady Wall
S. S. Dewitt
Newellton
Pavey Branton
Shangaloo
Ford St
Ford Stinson
Bossier Parish
John J. McKeithen
Stinson
Administration
Lloyd Himes
Convent
U S Destroyers Leave Black Sea After Brief NATO Demonstration
Two U S destroyers Dyess and Turner sailed from the Bosporus ending a three day passage watched by Soviet ships and planes. Moscow condemned the maneuver as provocation while Turkey rejected the charge though some believed it increased Soviet pressure on Ankara.
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Istanbul
Black Sea
Moscow
Turkey
United States
Russia
Dyess
Turner
U.S. 6Th Fleet
Mediterranean
Bosporus
Norris
Washington
Czechoslovakia
Montreux
Anatolia News Agency
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Parishes
Orleans, Jefferson, St.Bernard, Caddo
Calcasieu
East Baton Rouge
Ouachita, Webster, Richland, Terrebonne
Assumption Lafourche, Bossier
East Carroll
West Carroll
Saigon
Licensed
Practical Nurses Association
Ramada Inn
Ruby
Magnolia Room
Fulbright
Mansfield
Philip L. Newman
United Press International
Richard Nixon
Kidac
Friends of Goodfellows
Jamar Adcock
News-Star— World
Lionel
Newhelmet
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