Nixon Orders Increase In Oil Import Quotas
Officials announce Goodfellows Campaign is closing requests for help near Christmas and focus on final prep. Coordinator Jackie Neal notes no further inquiries can be accepted to ensure aid reaches genuine cases. Donations total 10 620 38 with parcels to be delivered on Christmas Eve.
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Nixon
Goodfellows
Jackie Neal
Monroe Recreation Department
News-Star — World Publishing Corporation
4Th St
Monlroe
Ellen Lyle
Leo Lyle Jr
Jami
George T. Horrell
Highland School
Robert Perkins
Barbara Jackson
Paul Ochs
W. I. Neel
Jesse Johnson
Roland D. Brown
Lisa Martha
Deborah Schonlau
Claire Schonlau Griesinger
Clyde Silmon
Jim Stewart
David
Win
Jeffrey
David Danziger
Joseph V. Polito
Serlington High
Dominick Panzica
Joann Calder
Dennis Warlick
Friends Of Goodfellows Appeal Raises Funds
A local charity drive by Friends Of Goodfellows collected donations ranging from four to ten dollars, supporting the holiday aid fund. Community members contributed amounts noted in a brief flyer.
Mail flood of Christmas cards reaches Inkster boy
Seven year old Bobby Miller in Inkster Michigan receives an outpouring of letters and cards after news reports highlighted his struggle with Werding Hoffmann paralysis. Postmaster Stephen Jakobowski notes at least 500000 pieces of mail, with families and neighbors helping sort and open envelopes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Inkster
Mich
Bobby Miller
Stephen Jakobowski
Detroit
Bobby
Werding-Hoffman
Medicare premium to rise for 19 million seniors
UPI reports the Medicare monthly premium will climb by 30 to 80 cents, affecting about 19.4 million older Americans. The increase follows higher doctor fees and takes effect July 11, with the exact rate based on policy questions and trust fund balance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
Medicare
William R. Hutton
National Council of Senior Citizens
Hutton
Health Education and Welfare
Twin Cities Chit Chat Opens at Green Oaks Home
Curtis Joiner praises Monday open house at Green Oaks Detention Home. Ward 3 police juror says Administrator Ken Ward made juvenile facility look very Christmas. Attending jurors include President Huey Lenard. Navy Fireman Apprentice Thomas Ray Driggers is on leave from recruit training in Orlando and will report to Norfolk for pre-commissioning school and sea duty after graduation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Curtis Joiner
Green Oaks
Ward 3
Ken Ward
Huey Lenard
Navy
Thomas Ray Driggers
Ruth Elizabeth Driggers
Georgia St
Monroe
Orlando
Fla
Driggers
Norfolk
Norfolk, Va
Cooling Trend In Northeast Louisiana Forecast
Partly cloudy to cloudy skies with a chance of showers tonight. Warm today and tonight but cooler Wednesday with highs 70 to 76 and lows 58 to 64. Southerly winds 8 to 18 mph today and tonight shifting to west on Wednesday. Precipitation chances 30 percent tonight and 50 percent Wednesday. Selman Field Monroe reports a high of 71 and morning low of 60 with no precipitation noted.
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Louisiana
FAA
Selman Field
Monroe
Kennedy cites Paris list of 368 American POWs held by North Vietnam
Senator Edward M Kennedy says North Vietnamese diplomats in Paris provided an official list naming 368 American prisoners of war in North Vietnam. The list, handed to attorney John Nolan, includes captures dates and death or release dates, and adds nine released and 20 dead. The Pentagon cites 378 known captives with broader totals. Brig. Gen. James offered no comment.
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Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
Paris
Kennedy
John Nolan
Washington
Nolan
Cora Weiss
Committee of Liaison
North Vietnam
Navy
Pentagon
South Vietnam
Laos
Air Force
Daniel James
Explosion and Evacuation Close Lake Charles Plant
An explosion and fire at the Vinyl Chloride Monomer Plant at Continental Oil prompted West Lake officials to order evacuations of three subdivisions an elementary and a high school to guard against possible chlorine gas leakage. Mayor Charles Carroll led the precautionary move in Lake Charles Louisiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Charles
Charles Carroll
West Lake
Continental Oil Co. Patro-chemical
Reading records warmest high and coldest low in upstate New York
The National Weather Service reported the highest state temperature Monday excluding Alaska and Hawaii as 86 degrees in Alice Texas. Massena New York recorded a frigid low of 33 degrees below zero.
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New York
UPI
National Weather Service
Alaska
Hawaii
Alice, Tex
Massena
N.Y
Dimes Then and Now Remembered in Old Cartoon Witty Line
A humorous reminiscence notes how ten cents once felt large and how values have shifted over time. The line captures nostalgia for earlier prices and changes in everyday economics.
Major Industry To Locate Here In Monroe
Mayor W L Howard announced a major new industry signing a letter of intent to lease land at Selman Field Industrial Park. Monroe Computer Service donated 1000 for Barnedown Park expansion and zoo acquisitions as police chief outlined plans for department growth.
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Monroe
W. L. Howard
I FN Rrs
Keere Howard
Selman Field
City Council notes charity drive and zoo donations
River stages show changes as Camden rises to 267.33 and Monroe falls to 14.72. The council backs a $1,000 private donation drive and accepts $0.9 million in contributions to the Monroe zoo. a plaque will mark the computer service gift. The Bayou Knits plant on the Monroe southside nears completion with a $1.8 million building and $4–5 million in equipment. Beer and liquor enforcement tightens with Bivins Quickie Market license suspended for the year and 1971 renewal delayed for review.
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Zoo
Jake Yelverton
Council
Bivins’ Quickie
N. 18Th St
Major Banks Cut Prime Rate To 6 Percent In Slackening Demand
New York banks led by Chase Manhattan slashed the prime loan rate to 6 percent from 7 percent amid easing demand for loans. The cut marks the fifth reduction this year and signals potential mortgage and personal loan rate drops, with several big institutions quickly following. National City Bank of Minneapolis trimmed to 6 percent from 7 percent citing a 12 percent drop in loan volume. First Pennsylvania Bank & Trust said it would not lower its rate due to steady loan activity.
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New York
Chase Manhattan Bank of New York
Bank of America of
San Francisco
First National City
Chemical New York
Irving Trust of
Cleveland Trust Co
First National Bank For
St. Louis
Citizens
Southern National Bank of
Atlanta
Chase Manhattan
National City Bank of Minneapolis
First Pennsylvania Bank & Trust Co
Philadelphia
Nixon orders oil import quota rise to ease shortage
President Nixon increases oil import quotas by 100000 barrels per day with Canada supplying about half, and expands western allowances administratively. The move follows December steps tied to price pressure and aims to avert a winter shortage, with Mexico’s Brownsville loop removed to tighten imports.
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Washington
APS
Nixon
Canada
Rocky Mountains
George A. Lincoln
Office of Emergency Preparedness
Lincoln
National Association of Manufacturers
New York
Louisiana
Texas
Middle East
White House
Brownsville
Tex
Mexico
Twenty One Cars Of Train Derail At Natchitoches
Twenty one cars of a Kansas City Southern freight derailed about 15 miles north of Natchitoches and burst into flames. Deputies reported no injuries as gas and oil tankers burned. authorities let the fire burn out. The derailment knocked down telephone lines and cut service to Campti Pleasant Hill and Creston.
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Natchitoches
Kansas City Southern
Here
Natchitoches Parish
Ronald Miley
Campti
Plesant Hill
Creston
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Friends of Goodfellows
Mamie Cowden McCord
Bernard Levi
Betty
Ruth
Sam Masur
Edward B Taylor
Jerry) Bergeron
Blue Grass Liquor
Alice Harrington
Bert Cunningham
Harry A Moore
Grace Alexander
Hilton
Marcia
Liewella R. Hays
Craig Hays Snyder
Harry R. Hays
J Kennedy
Pat Knox & Gregory
First Federal Savings and Loan Assn
J. M
Terry Joe Warlick
Robert T. Farr
F. Harold Riggs
H. Brinsmade
Bonnie C. Whit
Wm. Fran
Bobbie Steph
Jack V. Collins
Clint Hanna
Larry Holzer
R. B. Martin
Jennifer
Lillian Adine Wheeler
T. O. Brown
Jack Hayes Corydon
David E. Stone
Robert A. Gentry
R. F. Jagoditsh
Mary
Charles
Charles Newellton
C. D. Thompson
McKain
A. R Brown
Rayville
Jack
Hayes
Kimberley
Jeff
John - John
James Willie
Sarah
Yule Mail
Ralph Miller
U.S
Twin Cities
NASA
Reds
Monroe Computer Service
Monroe Chamber of Commerce
Lebron Sneed
Ray Anderson
Dude Barham
Howard
James C. Kelly
Camden
Ouachita Industries’ Bayou Knits
Roy Johns
HONDA
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