Victims Named After Tornado Hits Joe Bayou Area
State police tentatively identify five killed in the storm near Delhi with the Lenore family amid the dead. Five others listed as missing as crews search Joe Bayou by air boat and on the ground. Injuries include a 16 year old with a broken back and a child kept for observation as officials clear debris and restore power.
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Delhi
Here
Joe’s Bayou
Bayou
Filen Tenore
Jerry Lenore
Patricia Lenore
Orlando Carter
Reginald Evans
Cleveland Lenore Sr
Lenore
Cleveland Jr
Ronnie
Danny Lenore
Vicksburg Hospital
Vicksburg
Miss
Doris Lenore
Verdi Carter
Dennis Ray Lenore
Patrick Lenore
Fevi Lenore
Joe's Bayou
Louisiana Highway Department
Power and
Young
John Stuart
East Carroll
Charles Vining
Alsatia
Vining
Joe Bayou
Twin City Hams Radio Club
Monroe
West Monroe
Joe
Mississippi Hundreds In Path Injured
A violent weather outbreak across the Mississippi Delta left 73 dead in Mississippi, five in Louisiana and hundreds injured. Tornadoes hit LaFourche Inverness Sharkey counties and Delta City with extensive destruction and thousands homeless. National guard and Red Cross mobilized as officials sought federal disaster aid.
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Nesses
Mississippi
Louisiana
Texas
Midwest
Oklahoma
Kansas
Missouri
Willie Young
Delhi
LeFlore
Inverness
Sharkey County
Humphreys County
Little Yazoo
Rome
Bovina
Pugh City
Delta City
Cary
LeFlore - Humphreys County
Tennessee
Alabama
South Carolina
Southwest
Delta
National Guard
Red Cross
James Fastland
D.miss
Nixon
University of Mississippi At Oxford
Miss
Jackson
Top Nominations Announced For Academy Awards
The 43rd Academy Awards nominations name Airport and Patton with ten each. Love Story follows with seven nominations, plus M A S H and Tora Tora Tora with five. Best young actress contenders include Jane Alexander, Glenda Jackson, Ali MacGraw, Sarah Miles, and Carrie Snodgrass. Melvyn Douglas leads best actor hopefuls with four nods alongside Jones, Nicholson, O Neal, and George C. Scott. Other top categories list Castellano, George, Hackman, Marley, Mills, Black, Grant, Hayes, Kellerman, Stapleton.
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Hollywood
Airport
Patton
Jane Alexander
Glenda Jackson
Ali McGraw
Sarah Miles
Ryan
Carrie Snodgrass
Melvyn Douglas
Hud
Douglas
James Earl Jones
Jack Nicholson
Ryan O'Neal
Ee Story
George C
M-A-S-H
Richard Castellano
Chief Dan George
Gene Hack Iman
John Marley
John Mills
Karen Black
Jee Grant
Helen Hayes
Sally Kellerman
Maunreen Stapleton
Nixon urges 1.9 billion for college aid program
President Nixon renewed a request to Congress for a 1.9 billion higher education package including grants work study and subsidized loans for full time undergraduates. A National Student Loan Association would raise private funds and provide aid to students across income levels.
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Washington
UPI
Nixon
Congress
Justices To Hear Ski Resort Fees
The Sierra Club won a chance to appeal a ruling blocking the 35 million Walt Disney ski resort on public land in California's Sierra Nevada. The case challenges federal agency authority and environmental impact, with the injunction still in place pending Supreme Court action.
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Washington
Sierra Club
Supreme Commt
California
Sierra Neave J
Secretaries of Agriculture and Interior
William T. Sweigert
San Francisco
U.S. Circuit Court
Supreme Court
Net
Iowa
Broadway 123A Popence Radio TV 138A item
A compact entry from The News-Star shows listings for Broadway area at 123A and Popence Radio TV at 138A. It notes scheduling details in brief lineup form with no additional context or outcomes.
Twin Cities Chit Chat celebrates two local youths
Thomas Lane Murray turns 16, an eighth grade student at West Monroe Junior High, celebrated with ice cream and cake with friends at 216 Madison Street. Gary Brice turns 6, celebrated at home with grandparents from Crossett and West Monroe.
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Thomas Lane Murray
A. B. Murray
Madison St
West Monroe
West Monroe Junior High School
Heavy Attacks Stall Saigon Laos Drive For Fifth Day
SAIGON AP reports heavy North Vietnamese assaults slowed South Vietnamese progress into Laos for the fifth day. Saigon’s 16,000 men remain about 17 miles from the border, with the campaign failing to curb the Ho Chi Minh trail supplies as enemy truck moves doubled to about 2,000 daily.
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Saigon
Laos
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Panhandle
Coldest National Readings Hit 8 Below Zero in Two States
The National Weather Service logged the lowest reading of the day at 8 degrees below zero in Rawlins Wyoming and Alamosa Colorado while Fort Myers Florida posted a Sunday high of 85 degrees.
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New York
UPI
National Weather Service
Alaska
Hawaii
Rawlins
Wyo
Alamosa
Colo
Fort Myers
Fla
Sleep Patterns Linked to Personality and Performance
Army researchers report short sleepers show more sociable outward energy and creativity but struggle with sustained work. Long sleepers tend toward introversion and heightened conflict awareness, while sleep deprivation degrades concentration and performance, with eight hours needed to restore function.
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Army
Walter Reed Army Institute of Research
Hodgson Reports To Nixon On Union Pay Talks
Secretary of Labor James Hodgson told President Nixon that the administration has had prolonged talks aimed at freezing wages and prices in the construction industry. Hodgson reported on discussions with AFL-CIO building trades executives held in Miami Beach last week, where sources said an oral understanding was reached.
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Washington
James D. Hodgson
Nixon
Hodgson
White House
Miami Beach
Fla
Afl-Cio
Ziegler
Chuckle On Unclear Prompt Spurs Mirth At Local Desk
A quirky line from a reader prompts a lighthearted exchange about paying for services and asking questions. The small moment reflects everyday humor in a busy community.
No Precipitation Expected In Area
After a weekend of precipitation for Northeast Louisiana no rainfall is expected today or Tuesday Skies will be cloudy to partly cloudy with a move to generally fair conditions Tuesday Highs range from 4 to 32 degrees tonight with a low near 3 percent winds from west to northwest 15 to 36 mph diminishing today becoming 5 to 13 mph Tuesday FAA Belman Field Monroe reports conditions at 7 am with some data unclear
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Louisiana
Federal Aviation Agency
Belman Field
Monroe
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Ed Bradley
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