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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1973
Page
1
From Times Square to Trafalgar Square and beyond, 1974 welcomes the new year with global revelry despite inflation and fuel shortages. Cities like New York plan brighter displays yet dimmed lights in Times Square reflect ongoing austerity as celebrations proceed.
State and federal probes focus on reports tankers lined up off the East Coast delaying unloads to boost prices. Lefkowitz notes aim to determine ownership and reasons for delay amid broader energy shortage questions. Governors cite refining capacity issues as the real bottleneck and question industry profits.
A joke notes the sight of a hotel dining room account executive in a bad light, highlighting an unlimited expense account and an ulcer as the comic contrast.
Gas stations in many areas faced shortages as New Year drivers found pumps empty. AAA reports over 95 percent of Rhode Island stations closed or unable to open, while the NYC police and state officials brace for reduced fuel availability.
President Velasco's regime expropriates Cerro de Pasco the Peruvian subsidiary of Cerro Corp. The decree law declares the mines to be of public and social interest and orders takeover by the Mining Ministry. Cerro will be compensated after expert court valuation. Cerro has operated in Peru for decades.
Forecasters warn sleet or light snow may affect New Year’s Eve in the Monroe area. Expect mostly cloudy, colder skies with a 30 percent chance of light precipitation this afternoon and tonight. Temperatures hold in the 30s, slipping to the lower 20s tonight. airport readings showed a 72 high and a 41 low earlier.
Israelis voted as troops stood on maximum alert amid Arab threats. Six thousand ballot boxes were placed from the Golan Heights to the Suez Canal enclave while frontline soldiers and hospital patients cast ballots. Golda Meir voted in Jerusalem as polls opened amid accusations of party purges and debates over absorbing or relinquishing captured territory.
The December report by Council chairman Sheriff Bill Poe and program director William Marchbank notes area departments sending deputies to jail management sessions and juvenile detention workshops. Ouachita Parish sends Deputy H G Sullivan to a southeastern jail management session. Monroe plans a regional crime conference. others attend Dale Carnegie courses and civil disorder studies as they seek training nationwide.
A major winter storm moved eastward bringing heavy snow and freezing rain with subzero temperatures. Ohio reports nine inches in Cincinnati, six in Dayton, five in Cleveland. warnings extend from southern Ohio to northern New England with arctic air behind the system.
Rep William L Hungate D Mo said he nominated 18 year old Karen Dwyer of St Charles Mo to the Air Force Academy and vowed to challenge the academys men only policy She is a St Charles High School senior member of the Air Force Junior ROTC Honor Guard and Drill Team National Honor Society member and ranked sixth in a class of four hundred ninety
River readings show rising levels at Monroe and Camden stations with stage changes noted. The Camden gauge reports a rise to 24.7 after a 2.0 fall observed earlier, while Monroe records a 40.0 level and a $9.2 value noted in the station log.
President Nixon signed the Flood Disaster Protection Act expanding federally subsidized flood insurance and lowering costs for homeowners and small businesses in flood prone communities. He also authorized sale of about $900 million in stockpiled metals including aluminum copper and zinc to offset budget spending.
The Monroe Morning World and Monroe News-Star announce new monthly subscription rates effective January 1. Rates include Morning and Sunday 2.25 dollars, Evening and Sunday 2.25, Evening 1.60, Morning 1.70, and Morning Evening and Sunday 3.89. The change, the first since 1967, reflects higher costs for labor materials and newsprint with half the increase going to carriers and dealers.
A hand grenade exploded behind a building at the University of Phnom Penh killing eight people and wounding two. Six of the dead were children. Police offered few details. Nearby, a market attack killed four women and wounded 45 shoppers. Rebel rockets hit Phnom Penh causing widespread destruction.
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