Nixon Moves To Tighten Cheap Handgun Sales
The Nixon administration plans a bill to curb Saturday Night Specials by setting safety and quality standards for imported and domestic handguns. Officials say the move aims to cut crime without infringing gun rights, with standards enforced by ATF and drafted by the Bureau of Standards. Police cite widespread use of cheap pistols in murders in Roanoke Little Rock and California, where millions of such guns exist.
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Washington
Treasury
Justice Department
Capitol Hill
Detroit
Robert F. Kennedy
Justice and Treasury
Bureau of Standards
Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms Division
Treasury Department
United States
Associated Press
George K. Ford
Roanoke
Ford
Little Rock
Ark
Gale F. Weeks
Joseph Busch Jr
Los Angeles
Busch
California
Chuckling at a new job curse on paid time off
A humorous observation notes that once a man starts a job with paid time off, his colds worsen into sinus trouble, poking fun at workplace benefits and health luck.
Merideth Downing Teaches Class At Ohio Valley College
Merideth Downing formerly of Monroe and now in Parkersburg West Virginia teaches psychology at Ohio Valley College in Parkersburg at night and art at Parkersburg schools by day. She earned a bachelor's from Harding College and will receive a master's from Northeast Louisiana University this summer while pursuing a doctorate in guidance and counseling. She is the daughter of Mrs B S Downing of Monroe.
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Merideth Downing
Monroe
Parkersburg
W. Va
Ohio Valley College
Miss Downing
Harding College
Searcy
Ark
Northeast Louisiana University
B. S. Downing
Israel says two guerrilla bands seized
Israel reports capturing two bands of Arab guerrillas in the West Bank and Gaza. In Jerusalem area attacks a grenade killed an Arab girl and injured seven Americans and five others. Other militants confessed to tossing a grenade at American tourists in October wounding 17 people. Five Israelis were wounded in Kfar Sava. A separate claim said 13 guerrillas were seized in Shuyukh while another group was broken up in Gaza. France to pay Israel 75 million for Mirage jets.
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Tel Aviv
Israel
Jerusalem
Shuyukh
Hebron
West Bank
Gaza Strip
Natanya
Kfar Sava
France
Charles de Gaulle
River Stage Changes Reported at Camden Monroe
Flood stage updates show Camden at 10.9 feet with 1.4 foot rise and Monroe at 49 feet with 600 recorded river level. authorities note fluctuating stages and warning advisories.
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Camden
Monroe
Cost Of Rearing Child Here High
Ouachita Parish faces a high cost to raise a child from infancy to 18. With average household net income of 8000 to 9000 dollars, the 18 year outlay is about 28900 dollars per child. The 2700 local children reaching 18 yearly add up to roughly 78.03 million to that point.
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New York
Ouachita Parish
Commission On Population and the
Nixon Signs Federal Election Spending Reform Bill
President Nixon signed a federal election spending reform bill to curb campaign costs and require full reporting of campaign funds. The measure sets advertising limits for presidential, congressional campaigns across all media and caps broadcast ad spending at six cents per ten cents per voter.
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Washington
Nixon
Congress
White House
Senate
House
Union Tests Pay Board Powers In U S Court Case
The United Auto Workers sue the Pay Board in federal court to recover a 17 cent hour pay raise denied to about 31 000 aerospace workers at McDonnell Douglas LTV Aerospace and North American Rockwell. The IAM plans a similar suit for 70 000 workers at Boeing Lockheed and McDonnell Douglas. The action challenges the Pay Board decision denying a 12 percent first year raise.
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Washington
United Auto Workers Today
Aerospace Workers
UAW
Leonard Woodcock
McDonnell- Douglas Aircraft Corp
LTV Aerospace Corp
North American Rockwell Aircraft Corp
International
Cold Front Brings Freeze Threat to State
A strong cold front moves off the Louisiana coast into the Gulf, bringing much colder air. Temperatures fall 15 to 20 degrees below normal by Tuesday with a hard freeze in the northern region. Highs in the 40s Tuesday, lows in the 20s tonight, with partly cloudy skies and northerly winds 12 to 25 mph.
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Louisiana
Gulf of Mexico
FAA
Monroe Municipal
Twin Cities
Solons Reject Nixon Plan To End West Coast Strike
A House Labor subcommittee rejected President Nixon to end the West Coast dock strike by mandatory arbitration and instead backed a 60 day back to work order limited to agricultural shipments to Hawaii and military cargoes. The panel toiler 5 3 along party lines.
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Washington
UPS
Nixon
House
International Longshoremen’s and Warehousemens
Hawaii
House Education and Labor Committee For Action
Frank Thompson Jr
D-N.j
John Ashbrook
Ohio
Ogden Reid
New York
John Dellenback
Ore
Thompson
Dellenback
Harry Bridges
ILWU
Subway Collision In Boston Tunnel Injures Dozens
AP bulletin reports two sub way trains collided in a downtown Boston tunnel injuring more than a dozen people as rescue workers request more ambulances.
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Boston
Inside The News Star Sections One and Two
The News Star presents two sections across 24 pages detailing local news, sports, and features. Readers find city reports, community notices, and brief wire items across the paper’s layout.
School Insurance Policy Discussed at LASBO Meeting
Dr. Richard A. Musemeche of LSU argued that self insurance reduces costs for low risk schools while stock insurers charge higher rates. The LASBO panel reviewed state programs in Alabama North Carolina South Carolina and Wisconsin with strong savings and recommended a Louisiana program with mandatory participation and careful reserves. Gullatt reported on Wisconsin and Baltimore shelf programs noting Louisiana’s higher premium burden and potential for savings.
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Jap Gullatt
Bossier Parish
Ramada Inn
Gullatt
Richard A. Musemeche
LSU
Jim
Louisiana Association of School Business Officials
LASBO
Musemeche
Jimmy Presecott
Louisiana School Board Association
Bossier Prish
Robert S. Swayze
East Baton Rouge
South
Alabama
North Carolina
South Carolina
Louisiana
Musemecche
Baltimore
Good News Story Quick Actions By Youths Save Man
In Reading Pennsylvania David Salvi eleven and Chris Faulkner twelve were the only customers when Kenneth Eberley the drugstore owner fell ill and collapsed behind the counter. David aided him to stand while Chris summoned an ambulance next door. The man stabilized with oxygen and recovered days later. The boys received small rewards from the grateful druggist after residents helped locate them.
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News-Star
Reading
Penn
David Salvi
Chris Faulkner
Kenneth Eberley
David
Chris
Nixon Reintroduces 2 Billion Manpower Training Plan
President Nixon reasks Congress for a 2 billion manpower training program. It would allocate 1.7 billion to states cities and counties by labor force size unemployment and disadvantage with 300 million kept by the Labor Department for national training. The plan argues training boosts productivity and helps unemployed workers qualify for jobs. It mirrors last year’s proposal amid broader revenue sharing hopes.
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Washington
UPI
Nixon
Congress
Capitol Hill
Labor Department
House
Senate
Sniper wounds three in Griffith Park crowd
An unidentified man fired a .22 caliber pistol into a crowd at Griffith Park during a band performance wounding three people. Police say the victims received minor gunshot injuries and were treated at local hospitals while the gunman fled in a car before officers arrived.
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Los Angeles
Griffith Park
Record heat tops readings across lower states
Highest reading in the nation Sunday reached 81 degrees in Brownsville and McAllen Texas, per the National Weather Service excluding Hawaii and Alaska. A frigid 31 below zero was recorded in Roseau Minnesota for the day.
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New York
UPI
National Weather Service
Hawaii
Alaska
Brownsville
McAllen
Tex
Roseau
Minn
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My Prescott
State School Board Association
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Solons
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Inside the News-Star
Abby
Lowman
Radio-Tv
van Dellen
Jumble
PFAFF
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