District investigates band room addition costs and bids
Lancaster says the band room addition cost 17938.32 dollars with no bid process and no advertisement. Attorney Robert Curry sought opinion from District Attorney John Carl Parkerson who asked for facts and advised halting work. investigators questioned Lancaster who awaits Parkerson guidance.
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Art
Ey Robert Curry
Dist. Atty
Johnny Carl Parkerson
Parkerson
Lancaster
Weath
Northrop Ordered to Reimburse 584000 In Improper Costs
Defense Department said Northrop must return 584,013 charged for political contributions and other improper costs. Deputy Secretary Clements suspended final payments on most Northrop contracts pending audit and said contractors must justify overhead charges. Joint committee plans to release names of Pentagon officials entertained at defense contractors facilities.
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Air Force
Defense Department
Northrop
William P. Clements Jr
Defense
Pentagon
Joint Congressional Committee On Defense
Clements
Joint Congressional Committee On Defense Production
Rockwell International Corp
Raytheon Corp
Rockwell
Hughes Aircraft Co
Martin Marietta Inc
Boeing Aircraft Corp
General Dynamics Corp
Lockheed Aircraft Co
Sperry Rand Corp
the Grumman Corp
LTV Corp
Robert Anderson
Hijackers Seize Bus With 21 Children in Djibouti Standstill
An armed group hijacked a school bus near Djibouti City holding 21 children of French military families and the driver. They demanded independence for Afars and Issas and the release of political prisoners, aiming to push the vehicle toward Somalia before stopping in no-man’s land near border posts.
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Afars and
Issas
Somalia
No -Man’s Land
Red Sea
France
Ethiopia
Paris
Olivier Stirn
Overseas Territories
Winnsboro Man Dies Of Gunshot Wound To Head
Winnsboro resident James Ernest Neal aged 21 died at St. Francis Hospital Monroe from an apparent self inflicted gunshot wound. Franklin Parish sheriff's deputies found him in bed at his home west of Winnsboro around 10:30 p.m. Monday and he was airlifted to Franklin Parish Hospital then moved to Monroe where he died at 2 a.m.
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News-Star- News
Winnsboro
James Ernest Neal
St. Francis Hospital
Monroe
Franklin Parish
Goldwater Says He Heard CIA Castro Assassination Talk Years Ago
Senator Barry Goldwater testified before the Government Operations Committee that he learned in the early 1970s about CIA plots to assassinate Fidel Castro in the 1960s. He said the information came from someone "in the know" and that he did not disclose it, noting it was not his business to publicize.
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Barry Goldwater
R-Ariz
U.S
Cuba
Fidel Castro
Goldwater
Senate Intelligence Committee
CIA
Castro
Patrice Lumumba
Armed Services Subcommittee
Lumumba
Congress
Intelligence
Ford
New York Times
Rep
Lucien Nedzi
D-Mich
House Intelligence Oversight Committee
Nedzi
Senate
Casro
Ford plan to raise payroll tax faces Democratic opposition
President Ford's proposal to replenish Social Security through higher payroll taxes and phasing out student benefits draws fire from House Democrats. They say the plan would burden poorer workers and employers while failing to control long term deficits.
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Washington
Ford
Ford Seeks Clearer Abortion Statement
White House aides work on a formal position on abortion as Ford aims to spell out his stance. Nessen says the president will explain his view soon, noting the issue is shaping election discourse. Ford once supported states deciding the matter and favored a constitutional amendment to reverse Roe v. Wade.
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Washington
White House
Ford
Ron Nessen
Nessen
Jerry terHorst
Supreme Court
Butter- Horst
Moynihan to teach at Harvard after UN tenure
Daniel Patrick Moynihan will resume teaching at Harvard two seminars on foreign policy and ethnicity while eyeing a New York Senate bid as he leaves the U.N. and defends his relationship with Kissinger. He says he did not jump and will not deny running if politically feasible.
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Washington
Daniel Patrick Moynihan
Harvard
Senate
New York
U. S
United Nations
Ford
Henry A. Kissinger
Moynihan
Kissinger
Ford Administration
White House
Harvard University
Harvey Mansfield
Government Department
Weather Today Forecast for Lea
Partial bulletin notes warm conditions with highs in the mid to upper seventies and lows around the low seventies. Winds are light, with no significant changes expected through tonight.
Birthday Greetings for Patricia McNamara Free
Twin Cities Chit Chat notes celebrate Patricia McNamara Free of Monroe as she marks her 20th birthday today. Friends and relatives request birthday wishes and in laws plan festivities this afternoon.
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Patricia McNamara Free
Monroe
Chit Chat
In Laws
Hearst Jury To Be Completed Today In Trial
In San Francisco the judge aims to complete jury selection for Patricia Hearst's bank robbery case. Nine more of 36 prospects were chosen, leaving 11 to be picked as the panel nears impanelment. The process has slowed few dismissals as questioning continues.
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San Francisco
Patricia Hearst
U.S. District Court
Oliver J. Carter
Albert Johnson
Carter
Opponents See Chance to End Natural Gas Price Controls
Advocates argue momentum favors repeal after Senate votes to phase out controls and House support grows for Rep. Bob Krueger proposal to end price limits gradually. Administration also pushes for deregulation amid ongoing debate on natural gas pricing policy.
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Washington
Senate
House
Bob Krueger
D-Tex
Krueger
Rey
House Pessing
Weather extremes set records in mainland U.S.
The highest temperature reported Monday by the National Weather Service excluding Alaska and Hawaii was 84 degrees at Alice Texas. The day’s low dropped to 14 degrees below zero in Toledo Ohio.
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New York
Chuckle Boss Narrative From an Elusive City Letter
Fragmentary notes describe a figure dubbed the chuckle boss with unclear role and actions. The brief hints reference enesule, a flap driver, and a request, but no concrete event or attribution is clearly readable.
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