Draft rules offer reasons for deferment denials
The Selective Service proposed rules require boards to explain why a deferment or exemption is denied and extend fairness for hardship or conscience objections. The changes, published in the Federal Register, take effect mid February unless challenged, with suspensions on personal appearances remaining until the revisions become effective.
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Selective Service Today
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Sstate Appeal Board
Tarr
Air Quality Rules Protested as Buff alo Industry Hurdles Emerge
Albany reports state plans show strict federal air standards cannot be met in south Buffalo Lackawanna Tonawanda North Tonawanda and Niagara Falls even with best technology. Plan rejects shutdowns due to unemployment, seeks extensions or federal plan.
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Upstate
Record Heat and Cold Hit U.S. Mainland Cities
The National Weather Service logged the day’s high at Orland Florida reaching 86 degrees excluding Alaska and Hawaii while International Falls Minnesota posted a low of 23 degrees below zero.
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New York
Mary Hall’s Ghost Hotel Move to New Monroe HQ
For 18 months the vacant Frances Hotel echoed with Mary Hall’s voice as she ran an answering service from the second floor. She moved her business to a new brick headquarters at Grammon and Hart streets Monroe, amid rumors of demolition. The hotel may later house elderly couples.
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Mary Hall
Telephone Answering Service
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Monroe
Confessions Ruling Issued By Justices
Supreme Court splits 4 to 3, ruling that admissibility of confessions may be shown by a preponderance of the evidence rather than proof beyond a reasonable doubt. The decision in Lego v. Illinois upholds the presumption of innocence while allowing nonjury hearings on confession voluntariness.
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Supreme Court
Don Richard Lego
Illinois
Lego
Byron White
Warren E. Burger
Potter Stewart
Harry A. Blackmun
Camden Monroe River Flood Stages Reported
A flood stage update for Camden Monroe shows stage levels at 13.9 feet with a rise to 26 feet and a fall to 2.2 feet, noting the current conditions and no further details listed.
Dixie Song Upheld By Appeals Court
The 8th Circuit upheld suspensions of 29 black pupils who walked out at a 1968 Jonesboro High School pep rally after the song Dixie was played. The court found no federal question and noted Dixie is not racially abusive, while recounting the song’s history from minstrel roots to national anthem status.
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U.S. 8Th Circuit Court of Appeals
Jonesboro
Ark
Daniel Decatur
Emmett
Soviets Shift Focus To Submarine Launched Missiles
Diplomatic sources report a Soviet push to expand submarine launched ballistic missiles SLBM as they widen their lead in ICBMs The Strategic Institute estimates the Soviet SLBM stock could erase the American advantage by 1974 while Moscow builds nuclear ballistic submarines at seven to eight per year.
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United States
International Institute For Strategic Studies
America
U.S
Strategic Institute
Russia
U S Agents Put Tax Squeeze On Drug Traffickers
The U S government reports over 17 million dollars in taxes and penalties assessed and 328 narcotics traffickers identified in six months under a program to undermine drug distribution profits. Treasury officials note 638 thousand dollars in cash and seized assets plus field cooperation with state and local police.
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Washington
Treasury
Eugene T. Rassides
Enforcement
Rassides
Warm Weather Expected Here In Northeast Louisiana
Warm weather expected in Northeast Louisiana with partly cloudy skies. Highs in the low 70s today, lows around the low 50s tonight. Thursday cooler with highs in the low to mid 60s. Winds Southeast to southerly 12 to 22 mph, shifting to northerly late tonight. Humidity near 60 percent, sun about 60 percent today and 40 percent Thursday. FAA Monroe reported 64-degree high Tuesday and 39-degree low with no precipitation.
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Monroe Municipal
Reds Attack U S Air Base Near Saigon in Third Strike
Communist forces launched their third attack in less than two weeks on a U S air base near Saigon, shot down a helicopter with four crew killed, and intensified South Vietnam wide assaults to a three month high. An F4 jet destroyed an antiaircraft battery in Laos near Sepone after two missiles fired at another American plane. Bien Hoa base targeted. sapper attack damaged small arms ammo stockpile with one sapper killed. Coalition religious groups urged Nixon for a permanent Indochina cease fire and troop withdrawal.
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Humorous line on self made men and alterations
Witty quip notes that even a self made man faces critique from women who want changes. The jest hinges on the idea of perfection inviting edits from others.
Mujib Becomes Bangladesh Prime Minister After Presidency
Sheik Mujibur Rahman quits the presidency to form a parliamentary government as prime minister of Bangladesh. Abu Sayeed Choudhury named president as Mujib takes oath after return to Dacca. New constitutional order centers power in the prime minister with open parliamentary assembly questions.
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Edward Heath
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Chalna
Arab Guerrillas Fire On Israeli Towns In Lebanon
Arab guerrillas in Lebanon fired a Katyusha at Kiryat Shmona in northern Galilee. The rocket hit near a kindergarten, damaging the building and shattering windows as air raid sirens sounded and residents fled to shelters. Israeli artillery returned fire. this followed an Israeli raid into southern Lebanon in which two soldiers died.
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Lebanon
Kiryat Shmona
Galilee
Whiryat Shmona
Big Pensions Spur Salon Retirements
Redistricting and hefty pensions spark many House members to plan voluntary retirements this year. The $34 000 maximum pension for retirees after March 1 reflects 32 years of service, with 8 percent salary contributions and matching federal taxes. Rep Richard H. Poff of Virginia would be eligible for a $21 250 pension, facing a likely reelection bid against Rep William C. Wampler amid district changes.
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R-Va
Poff
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Virginia
House
Severe Winter Storm Triggers Warnings Across Ten States
A major storm lashed the West and northern plains prompting widespread warnings for heavy snow and high winds. Blizzard alerts covered Montana while gusts up to 100 mph hit Wyoming and Colorado. Road closures, evacuations in Boulder and fuel deliveries disrupted as Arctic air surged south.
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Inside The News-Star Highlights and Sections
The page listing shows Abby Lowman Broadway Popenoe and Van Dellen across 2B 2B 5B and 10A with features in Classified 8B Radio-TV 8B Comics 10A Sports 12A Theater 5B Horoscope 3B Women 1B Jumble 13B Weather 6A and Editorial 4A indicating the newspaper’s structure for the edition.
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