Weather forecast summary for multiple parishes
Dense fog and cloudy conditions improve by mid morning with chances of showers and thundershowers today and tonight. Warmer highs in the upper 50s to lower 60s record across Union to Winn parishes, turning colder tonight with lows near 30s to mid 40s and Wednesday highs in the upper 40s to mid 60s.
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Monroe
Seapa Cde
Union
Lincoln
Bienville
Jackson
Winn
Morehouse
Ouachita
Richland
Caldwell
Franklin
W. Carroll
E. Carroll
Madison
Tensas
Grant
LaSalle
Catahoula
Concordia
Delta
Louisiana
Perion
Arkansas
Mississippi
Two Top Parties Switch Chairmen
In Washington, both the Republicans and Democrats announce leadership changes at their national headquarters for different reasons. The Democrats shift signals voter rejection of their prior leadership.
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Washington
Nixon
White House
GOP
National Committee
George Bush
U.S
United Nations
Republican
Robert J. Dole
Kansas
Bush
Robert Strauss
Dallas
Strauss
Jean Westwood
George McGovern
McGovern
Ray Bliss
Goldwater
Rogers C. B. Morton
Interior
Dole
Morton
Texas
House
Senate
Lloyd Bentsen
Prison terms linked to bail jumps and drug cases
A Monroe man received one year in the state penitentiary for jumping bail bond. others from West Monroe and Shreveport faced suspended terms or probation for marijuana and LSD possession and attempted burglary. The article also surveys Republican and Democratic leadership changes after the 1972 elections.
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Fourth Judicial District Court
Hewitt B. Johnson
Monroe
Louisiana State Penitentiary
Allen Ross
South 10Th St
Wendal Bruffett
Riverbend
West Monroe
Willie James Gibson
Virginia
John Meyer
Rt. 4
Blanchard Road
Shreveport
Horace H. Gentry II
Eason Place
Ralph Paul Eberts
Richmond
Monte Lane Barnett
Rt. 8
Box
Engagement prompts refrigerator mixup for Ann Martin
Ann Martin became engaged Friday night and on Saturday morning reportedly placed salt and pepper shakers in the refrigerator after breakfast. The note adds light humor about the ring glare. Also, Rev. W. T. Hemphill turned 80 and celebrated with a Monday supper at Lewis School cafeteria attended by about 200 guests.
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Ann Martin
Ann
Bob Ford
W. T. Hemphill
Lenwis School
FAA Approves Master Security Plan for Monroe Airport
Monroe Municipal Airport manager Jack Hover announced that the FAA has formally approved the Master Security Plan. The approval enables the city to advance programs and put the plan into operation to enhance security for air carriers operators and passengers at Monroe Municipal Airport.
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Jack Hover
Monroe Municipal
Federal Aviation Administration
Monroe Municipal Airport
Lnhead
Freedom lesson at North Ogden Junior High shocks pupils
Guards with automatic weapons staged a realistic invasion at North Ogden Junior High. Principal Carl DeYoung led the exercise to teach appreciation for liberty and American symbols, with students assigned symbols marking privileged status as part of a mock authoritarian rule.
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North Ogden, Utah
North Ogden Junior High School
Triangular
Carl C. DeYoung
U.S. Army
DeYoung
Moon explorers to conduct second surface EVA tonight
Apollo 17 astronauts Eugene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt are set for a second lunar surface stroll while Ronald Evans remains in lunar orbit aboard America. Schedule shows rest periods and a depressurization timed to begin a second seven hour exploration later today.
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Cernan
Schmitt
Evans
Challenger
School experiment fuels mixed student reaction and secrecy
DeYoung describes special considerations for a meal study, with parents warned last Saturday to keep details confidential. Two families declined participation while students reacted with skepticism and near revolt, including a ninth grader who demanded the American flag be restored.
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DeYoung
Lunar surface hours capped by final exploration sequence
Chronology notes TV coverage and life support as Cernan and Schmitt conduct multiple explorations aboard Challenger. Evans photographs lunar surface while rest periods precede a planned liftoff for a rendezvous with America.
Americans Use 370 Billion Gallons Water Daily
The U S Geological Survey reports Americans draw 370 billion gallons daily from surface and ground sources. The Sciences, published by the New York Academy of Sciences, notes this would fill a swimming pool for every American each day.
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New York
API
U. S. Geological Survey
the Sciences
New York Academy of Sciences
Clark School Christmas Fiesta Debuts “Christmas Around the World”
J S Clark Elementary will host its Yale-tide Fiesta in the school auditorium Thursday at 5 00 PM. Principal B D Robinson says the program by faculty and pupils features dramatizations of Christmas customs from France Mexico Germany England Holland and the United States with band and choir performances. Public invited.
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J.S. Clark
B. D. Robinson
France
Mexico
Germany
England
Holland
United States
Santa
Rubber footwear history linked to Mayan and Latin American artisans
The article notes that original rubber shoes were crafted by Mayan and other Latin American Indigenous groups who dipped their feet in latex to form footwear.
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