U S Representative Scheuer Expelled From Soviet Union
Rep James H Scheuer was ordered to leave the Soviet Union after being accused of improper behavior and urging emigration. He met a Jewish professor in Moscow as part of a seven member congressional subcommittee studying Soviet education. He was detained two hours at the Lerner home before release and planned a train to Helsinki.
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Moscow
James H. Scheuer
Soviet Union
U.S
New York Democrat
Washington
Scheuer
Leningrad
Helsinki
Finland
Foreign Ministry
Prof
Alexander Lerner
Lerner
Israelis Strike Lebanon Village in Second Raid in Four Days
Israeli troops crossed into southern Lebanon under fog and rain and blew up two houses in the farming village of Kafra, claimed bases for Arab guerrillas. A woman was wounded. Israel said the attack was retaliation for Katyusha attacks.
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Tel Aviv
Lebanon
Kafra
Beirut
United Nations
Israel
Anwar Sa
Ouachita Parish Sales Tax Revenue Dips in Nov 1971
Figures in Louisiana Business Review show Ouachita Parish and Monroe City School Boards posting a 3.2 percent sales tax decline from October to November 1971. Parish receipts totaled 83,438 and Monroe City 46,934 for November. City overall up 3 percent versus prior month, eight percent higher than November 1970.
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Ouachita Parish
Louisiana Business Review
Division of Research, College of Business Administration
LSU
Monroe City
Monroe
River Stage Flood Update for Camden and Monroe
River stages show Camden at 11.3 feet with a rise of 1.8 feet. Monroe logged 40 feet, with no further stage details listed. Weather advisories and stage changes reflect ongoing flood conditions along River Street.
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Camden
Monroe
Tugboat named for H K Thatcher honors river project leader
The 7 foot long tugboat built at Greenville Mississippi is named for H K Thatcher Camden Arkansas executive VP of the Ouachita River Valley Association. Thatcher helped complete the nine foot channel project and was praised by CORVA officials during their Monroe conference. The tugboat, placed in service in 1971 by a Helena Arkansas marine firm, features two stainless steel workhorse propellers.
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Greenville
Miss
H. K. Thatcher
Camden
Ark
Ouachita River Valley Association
Thatcher
Monroe
CORVA
Big Daddy
Ouachita River
ORVA
R. Fred Petty
Marine Service
Helena
U S Reports Women Lack Jobs Equality
A federal HEW report finds widespread sex discrimination in American life from colleges to doctors. It cites women as 63 percent of HEW staff but only 14 percent in top jobs and notes lower graduate enrollments and pay gaps among older women. Wilma Scott Heide of NOW calls for action.
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Washington
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
HEW
Department
Office For Civil Rights
Wilma Scott Heide
National Organization For Women
King Frederik In Deep Coma In Grave Condition
Copenhagen AP reports King Frederik of Denmark, age 72, is in a deep coma with extremely grave condition. Doctors say his strength is running out and survival remains unlikely.
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Copenhagen
Frederik of
Denmark
North Vietnam Moves Missiles Near DMZ Escalating Air Clash
North Vietnamese missiles are moved within miles of the DMZ as U S air crews engage near Vietnam's borders. An F105 escorted Navy bombers fired on a missile site three miles from the coast. the site was reportedly destroyed. A second incident saw an OV10 directing air strikes hit by a missile near Sepone in Laos. the pilot evaded.
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Saigon
North Vietnam
U.S
Indochina
Demilitarized Zone
South Vietnam
Dmz
Laos
Tonkin Gulf
da Nang Air Base
Quang Tri Province
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Sepone
Hard Freeze Expected Tonight in Northeast Louisiana
A strong overnight freeze is forecast for Northeast Louisiana with windy conditions and clear skies. Temperatures will plunge from the 40s to around 20s tonight, then highs in the upper 30s Saturday, with northerly winds 15 to 20 mph diminishing tonight and Saturday.
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Louisiana
FAA
Monroe Municipal
Breeder Atomic Fuel Plant Slated
The Atomic Energy Commission announced plans to build a $500 million demonstration breeder reactor in Rogersville Tennessee. Commonwealth Edison and the Tennessee Valley Authority would operate the plant, feeding power into TVA and aiming for operation by 1980 with private industry financing about 70 percent.
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Washington
Atomic Energy Commission
Tennessee
Commonwealth Edison Co of
Chicago
Tennessee Valley Authority
AEC
Nixon
Rogersville
Tenn
Knoxville
TVA
James R. Schlesinger
Schlesinger
Mrs J B McCoy Dies At 82 In Monroe
Mrs J B McCoy 82 of 2010 Francis Place Monroe died after brief illness at St Francis Hospital. She co founded J B McCoy Lumber Co of Monroe and serves as vice president. Funeral 2 30 p m Saturday Mulhearn Funeral Home Monroe with Dr James T Horton officiating. Burial Memorial Park Cemetery. Survivors include son Vernon, sisters Neal Fuller Grace Pettit Wilbur Humphries, four grandchildren two great grandchildren.
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J. B. McCoy
Francis Place
Monroe
St. Francis Hospital
McCoy
Memorial Park Cemetery
Mulhearn
Baton Rouge Schools Close Amid Tension
In Baton Rouge public and private schools closed after a gunfight last Monday between police and militants from a Black Muslim splinter group. Two officers and two suspects were killed. curfew ended and about 700 National Guardsmen were sent home as investigators reviewed the chaotic scene.
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Baton Rouge
Baton Rouge, la
Employment Down Slightly In Area December 1971
The Monroe labor market fell slightly in December 1971 to 49,000 from 49,025 in November, a minimal year end drop. Unemployment rose to 3,150 or 6.1 percent of the workforce, with manufacturing down 75 and contract construction hit by bad weather.
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Middle East
Sadat
Israel
News-Star News Service
Monroe
Louisiana Department of Employment Security
Major New York banks cut floating interest rates
Two large New York banks, First National City Bank and Irving Trust Co., announced cuts to floating base rates from 4% to 4% per year, effective Monday, marking an 11 year low. Citibank also planned to reduce passbook savings to 4% on Feb 1, as the Fed's money market actions push rates lower.
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NEW York
First National City Bank
Irving Trust Co
Citibank
Federal Reserve System
Fed
U.S
Aldrin Announces Retirement From Air Force
Col Edwin E. Buzz Aldrin Jr the second man on the moon announced plans to retire from the Air Force this summer He said his time in the space program has created a career disadvantage and he is considering scientific posts He has led the test pilot school at Edwards Air Force Base California since returning to active duty in July
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Washington
Edwin FE
Buzz) Aldrin Jr
Air Force
Aldrin
Pentagon
Edwards Air Force Base
Calif
Record Warmth Highlights U.S. Heat Readings
The National Weather Service logged the day’s top temperature excluding Alaska and Hawaii as 8&8 degrees at Kinesville, while Casper Wyoming reported a frigid low of 40 degrees below zero.
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New York
Chuckle Bionde Quip Inspires Quick Wit Exchange
A humorous exchange features a bold claim and a sharp retort. The speaker boasts being a mind reader, while the redhead cheekily demands an apology.
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Bionde
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