Monroe urged to approve gas system purchase
The Monroe News-Star endorses the revenue bond proposal for the city to buy and operate the Pennzoil United Gas Distribution System. It argues no new taxes, stable electricity rates, steady gas supply, and benefits to public services, with a price of 5.34 million dollars and management by the Monroe Utilities Commission if approved.
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Monroe
Pennzoil United Gas Distribution
Monroe News - Star
Monroe Utilities Commission
Sex Education Debate Echoes Through Media Commentary
Chairman William Lockhart urges a national program of sex education to foster a healthy attitude toward sex while lamenting persistent openness in media. He argues for a long period of benign neglect rather than forced frank discussion, criticizing TV radio and print for exploitative content.
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Wiliam Lockhart
Tle
Noise and wage policies stir U S and Britain contrasts
A commentary contrasts Britain’s strict noise controls with American tolerance, urging calmer daytime sounds and calmer nightlife near hotels. It laments rising urban noise and warns of health impacts, then shifts to a critique of Congress pushing a higher minimum wage and the Nixon administration fearing employment losses for youth workers.
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Congress
New York
First National City Bank
Nixon
Wall Street Journal
Soviets May Realize Czar's Dream
Washington warns that India backed by the Soviet Union could carve West Pakistan and Baluchistan into independent or semi autonomous states under Indian influence. Kremlin pressure may reshape Southwest Asia, affecting Iran and Afghanistan, with global power implications. The piece criticizes U.S. handling of Pakistan's East Pakistan crisis.
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Moscow
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Persian Gulf
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Subcontinent
Kashmir
Baluchistan
Pashtunistan
New Delhi
Pushtunistan
Azerbaidzhan
Iranian
United Nations
Non political view of Supreme Court bias and landmark rulings
The piece argues the court acts independently beyond political aims despite Nixon era appointments. It notes conservatives siding with liberals on school desegregation and Miranda, showing justices’ decisions defy simple liberal versus conservative labels amid debates over busing and federal funds for pupil transportation.
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Washington
Nixon
Supreme Court
North
Congress
Louisiana Politics: Edwards, Johnston Vying in Dec 18 Runoff
In Ruston Louisiana analysts frame the December 18 runoff as a reform battle between Democrats Edwin Edwards and Bennett Johnston, with Republican David Treen campaigning on Real Change. The piece notes regional, religious, and racial divides shaping a historically one party state and hints at a potential shift toward national political patterns.
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Ruston
Louisiana
John McKeithen
Jack Gremillion
Edwin Edwards
Crowley
Bennett Johnston
Shreveport
David Treen
Dixie
South
Jacques Villere
Henry Thibodaux
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Jacques Dupre
Andre Roman
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Russell Long
Allen Ellender
Shrimpfishing Houma
U.S
Edwards
John F. Kennedy
Lyndon Johnson
Barry Goldwater
Treen
Hale Boggs
U.S. House of Representatives
Ashbrook under pressure from conservatives over New Hampshire bid
The column describes John Ashbrook's possible run in the New Hampshire primary against Pete McClosky. It details how ACU and conservative outlets pressure him, the Nixon force dynamics, and the clash between hastening a rightward shift or risking a leftward Democrat win. The piece notes Bill Buckley and Bill Rusher's differing views and the broader instinct to curb Nixon's liberal drift.
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John Ashbrook
Ohio
American Conservative Union
Washington Weekly
Human Events
Bill Buckley
National Review
Ashbrook
ACU
New Hampshire
Pete McClosky
Nixon
Ashbrooks
Agnew
Reagan
Thurmond
Barry Goldwater
Bill Rusher
Bill
Richard Nixon
White House
New York
U.S. Senate
Charlie Goodell
Differences in views on the high court defy simple labels
The article argues that high court justices vary beyond simple liberal conservative lines. Some justices over decades show predictable, deeply held theories guiding their rulings, reflecting personal life views rather than clear political ideology.
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High Court
Monroe News-Star declares independence and AP affiliation
The Monroe News-Star, a 71201 paper, publishes afternoons except weekends and is owned by News-Star-World Publishing. It lists history of editors and executives and notes its independence and AP privileges.
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Monroe
News-Star—World Publishing Corporation
North 4Th and
Olive Streets
ESI
John C. Ewing
Wilson Ewing
Robert Ewing Jr
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