Nixon Proposes Five Part Pool for School Aid Funds
President Nixon's budget proposes consolidating over 100 school aid programs into a five part, 3 billion dollar revenue sharing pool for education. The plan includes 3.6 billion for elementary and secondary aid in 1972 with 300 million more than last year and creates a new independent National Foundation for Higher Education with 100 million in funding.
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Washington
Nixon
Congress
National Foundation For Higher Education
Lyndon B. Johnson
Nixon Revenue Sharing Plan Converts Major Aid Programs
President Nixon proposed fiscal 1972 revenue sharing that would melt federal aid programs into six special purpose block grants totaling 11.1 billion dollars for urban and rural development education manpower training law enforcement and transportation. The plan disperses 709 million in new money in the first year with half included due to start date.
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Appalachian Regional Commission
Education For the Handicapped
Nixon
Congress
Environmental Protection Agency
Local Man Hurt In Ruston Fall
Robert Speights 27 of Cotton Street West Monroe was in satisfactory condition after a fall from the Tower of Learning at Louisiana Tech University. He was taken to Lincoln General Hospital and said he worked for Ouachita Steel Erectors Incorporated.
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Ruston Fall
Ruston
Robert Speights
Cotton St
West Monroe
Tower of Learning
Louisiana Tech University
Speights
Lincoln General Hospital
Ouachita Steel Erectors, Inc
Chuckle Motto on Life Ages 29 to 30
A humorous note claims the best decade of a woman's life runs from age 29 to 30. The quip plays on turning 30 as a milestone, suggesting joy and confidence peak in this brief interval.
Twin City Style Show Moves to Highland Park Club
Scheduling difficulties shift the Spring style show by the Twin City Study Club to Highland Park Country Club in West Monroe. Fashions from Fields feature club members as models with Mrs Albin Lassiter as narrator. Tickets at the door. Donna Sue Humphries turns 20 today.
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Twin City Study Club
Highland Park Country Club
West Monroe
Albin Lassiter
Donna Sue Humphries
Juan S. Humphries
Belmont Dr
New Officers of Education Council Named
Ewell Eagan of New Orleans elected chairman of the Louisiana Coordinating Council for Higher Education with J. K. Haynes as vice chairman and Tommy James as secretary. The council seeks expanded legislative authority over college operations amid talks on admissions tuition and curriculum controls.
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Bernard Sliger
Council
Sliger
James Papke
Dr. Papke
Purdue University
Americans Owe Over $2,000 Each On Federal Debt
The federal debt for fiscal 1972 totals $29.4 billion under Nixon's $229.2 billion budget. With a U S population of 206,433,000, the per capita debt works out to $2,080.
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Washington
Nixon
Congress
Coldest lower-48 reading hits 32 below zero in Maine
The National Weather Service reported the lowest temperature in the contiguous United States as 32 degrees below zero in Houston Maine. A separate record high reached 90 degrees in Los Angeles California at the Civic Center on Thursday.
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New York
Nixon Proposes Major Water Projects Across Louisiana and More
The 1972 budget plans over 8 million dollars for Louisiana water projects to be built by the Army Corps of Engineers and the Reclamation Bureau. It lists specifics across Bayou Bodeau Lake Pontchartrain Mississippi River Gulf Outlet and New Orleans to Venice hurricane protection with several million in construction and smaller sums for planning and replacement projects in Arkansas Mississippi and other states. Alabama Georgia Kentucky North Carolina South Carolina and Virginia receive noted allocations including 6.75 million for Bankhead Lock and Dam replacement.
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Nixon Administration
Louisiana
Army Corps of Engineers and Reclamation Bureau
Washington
Bayou Bodeau
Lake Pontchartrain
Mississippi River
Gulf Outlet
Morgan City
New Orleans
Venice
Overton-Red River
Atchafalaya
Bayous Chene
Vermillion
Arkansas
Mississippi
Ouachita River
Arkansas River
DeQueen Lake
Gillham Lake
Ouachita
Black Rivers
Ozark
Red River
Denison Dam
Texas
Bayou Bartholomew
Bell Foley Lake
Pine Mountain Lake
Tombigbee River
Alabama
Tallahal Creek Lake
Georgia
Kentucky
North Carolina
South Carolina
Virginia
Bankhead Lock and Dam
Living Costs Rise In 1970 5.5 Percent
The December rise in living costs increased 0.5 percent led by higher housing, medical care, food, and autos. For 1970 overall, costs rose 5.5 percent, the second worst inflation in 20 years, with CPI at 138.5 versus 1957 59. Purchasing power for workers edged up slightly in December but fell over the year due to inflation.
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Washington
Bureau of Labor Statisticcs
Nixon Seeks Defense Budget Hike and Force Cuts
President Nixon proposed a nearly 75 billion defense package for fiscal 1972 with a manpower level down to 2.505 million by June 30 1972 the smallest since 1961. The plan preserves nuclear plans while delaying new weapons and aims to shift toward a strategy for peace with allies shouldering more effort.
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Washington
Nixon
Vietnam
U.S
Congress
Defense Department
Fair And Warmer Expected Here
Partly cloudy skies are expected for Northeast Louisiana through Saturday with no precipitation. Skies stay partly cloudy through Tuesday with mild afternoons and cool nights. Lows mainly in the 40s and highs in the 60s. Selman Field Monroe reports Thursday high 63 and morning low 42. No precipitation is predicted for this area.
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Louisiana
Federal Aviation Agency
Selman Field
Monroe
River Stages Rise Amid Flood Forecasts
River stages show increases at Camden and Monroe as flood forecasts predict higher levels. Officials warn residents to monitor water alerts and prepare flood defenses while monitoring stations report elevated readings.
Georgia Youth Seeks Monroe as New Home
An eighth grade student from Bethlehem Elementary School in Bethlehem Georgia wrote to the Monroe News-Star for a copy of its edition. Jimmy McDaniel said he is doing a project on Louisiana and chose Monroe because the town seemed pleasant during a prior trip through en route to Texas.
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Bethlehem
Monroe
Jimmy McDaniel
Monroe News - Star
State of
Louisiana
Texas
Full Employment Budget Aims Outlined By Nixon Plan
President Nixon urged a record 1972 federal budget of 229.2 billion with a two deficit path totaling 30.2 billion, aiming for a full employment budget to spur growth while rejecting new taxes. He proposed no new taxes for the year starting July 1 and pushed a $521 billion revenue sharing plan amid defense spending and Social Security increases. The message outlined six block grants for state and local programs and stressed expansion without inflation, with expected deficits and higher outlays in coming years.
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Nixon
U.S
United States
Soviet Union
Washington
Congress
Pentagon
Treasury
America
John N. Mitchell
Justice Department
Nixon Seek $2 Billion Plan to Fight Crime Nationwide
President Nixon proposed a 1972 budget near 1.9 billion for crime reduction emphasizing police, courts and prisons. The LEAA would receive about 603 million, while the FBI and narcotics bureau gain funding for expanded manpower and anti crime programs nationwide.
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FBI
Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs
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National Defense
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Battle On Crime
Mitchell
Law Enforcement Assistance Administration
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