Nixon to Depart for Europe Talks as Defense Halts Sentinel Work
Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird orders a temporary halt on major Sentinel antiballistic missile construction activities including land acquisition and facility builds while a high level review of antimissile plans proceeds. The action follows congressional criticism and a House committee push to delay until US intents are clarified.
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Washington
Defense
Melvin R. Laird
Pentagon
L. Mendel Rivers
House
Armed Services Committee
Defense Department
Laird
David Packard
Army
Rains Revive Flood Threats Across Southern California
In Los Angeles and surrounding counties, renewed rainstorms prompted evacuations and road closures. Glendora residents were moved to a church as mudslides again threatened homes, while Malibu and Topanga Canyon faced flooded and blocked routes and ongoing evacuations.
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Los Angeles
Los Angeles County
Malibu
Topanga Canyon
Nixon to visit five European nations in February trip
President Nixon announced a February 23 five nation European tour to meet leaders of Belgium Britain West Germany Italy and France. In Rome he will talk with Pope Paul VI and in Berlin with West Berlin officials. He aims to strengthen the Western Alliance and will discuss NATO, Vietnam troop withdrawals, and Paris peace talks alongside Middle East UN talks.
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Nixon
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Belgium
Britain
West Germany
Italy
France
Rome
Paul VI
Germany
West Berlin
NATO
Vietnam
South Vietnam
Paris
California
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U.S
Lodge
North Vietnam
United Nations
Middle East
United States
Chamber Critiques PAR on Ouachita Parish Reapportionment
Monroe Chamber of Commerce blasts Art Thiel of Public Affairs Research Council for delaying local government modernization pending 1970 census data. Chamber cites 1965 and 1968 reports and nearby parishes’ reapportionment efforts as proof constructive steps can proceed now.
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Monroe Chamber of Commerce
of Public Affairs Research Council
PAR
Art Thiel
Ouachita Parish
Ania An Bhinnal
Taite Alu Sadlu
Chamber Board of
Thiel
Ouachita Police
A. E. Montgomery Jr
Monroe
Chamber
Arthur Grant
Max Riley
Special
Montgomery
Wilbur Smith and Associates
Lsu-New Orleans
Morehouse
Concordia
Heater Fatal for LSU Couple in Married Student Apartments
In Baton Rouge a fatal asphyxiation occurred at LSU married student apartments due to a faulty heater. Victims were John A. Willingham 21 and Marlene A. 19 both from Grant Parish.
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Louisiana State University
East Baton Rouge Parish
John A. Willingham
Marlene A
Grant Parish
Twin Cities Girl Scouts Celebrate Silver Birthday
Busy Girl Scout troops from eleven parishes gather at Monroe Civic Center on March 1 to display projects and celebrate the silver birthday anniversary. Public invited to share cake and refreshments as displays are viewed.
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Twin Cities
Monroe Civic Center
Mar. 1
Aims Outlined By Garrison At Shaw Trial
District Attorney Jim Garrison told an intent jury in New Orleans that the Kennedy assassination will be considered a conspiracy case not limited to a single conspirator. He outlined plans to show multiple shooters and directions, tying Shaw to the plot through witnesses and aliases.
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Shaw
New Orleans
Jim Garrison
Clay Shaw
John F. Kennedy
Louisiana
Perry Raymond Russo
Russo
Lee Harvey Oswald
David Ferrie
Edward A. Haggerty Jr
Criminal District Court
F. Irvin Dymond
Harold Moffet. McMaines
Des Moines
Iowa
Kennedy
Clem Bertrand
Oswald
Ferrie
Settlement Ends Plumbers and Steamfitters Strike
The plumbers and steamfitters strike against Master Plumbers' Association members is effectively settled with terms to be finalized after a union meeting next Tuesday. Some workers are already returning to projects like Monroe Zoo expansion, while bricklayers and others continue a separate strike with wide wage disputes.
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Master Plumbers’ Association
Monroe Zoo
Robert Kirkham
Northeast Louisiana (General) Contractors’ Association
Nixon backs massive federal aid for schools growth
President Nixon advocated a massive infusion of federal funds for U S schools with emphasis on elementary and secondary levels. He suggested funds be denied to districts that perpetuate segregation and backed using all avenues to address integration before denying aid. He endorsed Dr James Allen Jrs plan for bold city school aid while avoiding bypassing states.
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United States
Middle East
United Nations
Washington
Nixon
James FE. Allen Jr
U.S
Albany
N.Y
Allen
New York
Train Car Crash Kills Two Near Rowland Road Crossing
A Ouachita Parish woman Mrs. Dorothy G. Hill 30 and her son Mark Douglas 3 were killed when their automobile collided with a northbound Missouri Pacific freight train at 8 10 a m on Rowland Road crossing. Debris spread for hundreds of yards. Hill apparently did not see the train. Funeral plans were pending Mulhearn s Monroe.
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Ouachita Parish
Dorothy G. Hill
Mark Douglas
Love Road
Missouri Pacific
Hill
Troop F
Louisiana State Police
Swartz Road
Stock Averages Edge Higher In Active Trading
The Dow Jones industrial average at 1 p.m. rose 2.68 points to 948.66 as gains outpaced losses on the New York Stock Exchange. Tobacco and broadcasting stocks moved on FCC rules proposed to ban cigarette ads on radio and TV, with Liggett & Myers down 2 points and American Tobacco down 1.5. Reynolds Tobacco and Philip Morris each fell about one point.
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NEW York
Dow Jones
New York Stock Exchange
Cigarette
Federal Communications Commission
Liggett & Myers
American Tobacco
Reynolds Tobacco
Philip Morris
Stock Market Update on Broadcast Firms and Industrials
The NBC network owner Radio Corp. held steady while Cox Broadcasting showed little change. The AP average of 60 stocks rose 0.3 to 360.5 as industrials gained 0.7 and rails fell 0.2. Occidental Petroleum led volume with a more than 2% rise amid mixed moves in Grumman, Dynamics, and others.
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Radio Corp
NBC
Cox Broadcasting
Associated Press
Occidental Petroleum
Grumman and Dynamics Corp. of America
C.f.&i. Steel
Litton Industries
Union Oil of
California
Southern districts face possible loss of federal funds
Seven more Southern school districts may lose federal funds for failing to meet desegregation standards, the Department of Education said. Secretary Robert H. Finch had cut off funds to five other Southern districts soon after the Nixon administration began.
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Washington
South Carolina
Department of Education
Robert H. Finch
Nixon
Light Showers Expected Again in Northeast Louisiana
Partly cloudy skies face northeast Louisiana with light rain today. Highs 62 to 68 and tonight’s lows 56 to 62. Saturday remains partly cloudy and mild. Monroe FAA station logged 53 high and 33 low with 0.8 inches of rain. Winds southerly 10 to 20 mph. Delta Agricultural Advisory notes drying conditions from fair to poor today improving to fair to good by Friday. Dewpoints mostly in the 50s.
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Louisiana
FAA
Monroe Municipal
Monroe
Louisiana Delta
Reds' War Deaths Soar Past Week
In Saigon proxy reports show 3,190 enemy soldiers killed last week the highest weekly toll in four and a half months. American and South Vietnamese casualties totaled 198 and 242 respectively. An American UH1 helicopter was shot down near Saigon killing four aboard. Cordon sweeps around Hung Long target Viet Cong ties with villagers as part of General Abrams plan to crush the insurgent political structure.
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Saigon
Nanan Ainagd Ta
U.S
U.S. Command
Sang
199Th Light Infantry Brigade
Hung Long
Creighton W. Abrams
Vietnam
State To Recover Funds For Drugs
Louisiana hospitals, consumers and the state will recover about 2.25 million dollars after an anti trust suit in New York against chemical firms for drug price overcharges. Attorney General Jack Gremillion announced the settlement which would have defendants Pfizer American Home products Bristol Myers Olin Mathieson and Upjohn Co pay 120 million to settle all claims. Louisiana's share includes 1.6 million for hospitals 194000 for Welfare payments and 500000 for consumers.
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Washington
Louisiana
New York
Chemical
Atty
Jack Gremillion
Gremillion
Charles Pfizer
American Dynamid
Bristol Myers
Olin Mathieson
Upjohn Co
Welfare Department
Chuckle: political forum observed as fence straddling satire
A humorous note describes a political forum where spectators sit in chairs while candidates straddle fences, lampooning political theater. The piece uses light satire to critique uneven candidate poses and audience reception.
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