Ouachita Parish election information and notes
This resume summarizes Tuesday's general election in Ouachita Parish. Polls run 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. at 51 precincts with forecasts of clouds and showers. Voters decide on 12 constitutional amendments and a local race for state representative in District 14.
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Ouachita Parish
Bailey Grant
Dist
Atty
J. Carl Parkerson
Grant
Ouachita
John Ensminger
Clarence “Bo" Houck
Louisiana
Record Heat Top Sunday Across Lower 48
The National Weather Service reported the highest temperature Sunday at 85 degrees in Orlando Florida excluding Hawaii and Alaska The day’s low dropped 20 degrees below zero in Marquette Michigan The Chi Chat event was postponed.
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New York
UPI
National Weather Service
Hawaii
Alaska
Orlando
Fla
Marquette
Mich
State Corruption is Campaign Issue
NEW ORLEANS AP Corruption and reform are the issues as voters head to the polls to choose between governor Edwin Edwards and Republican David Treen. Edwards, 44, a three term congressman from Crowley, argues for ending state involvement in property taxation. Treen, Jefferson Parish attorney, vows to abolish 100 percent assessments and shift property taxes to local government.
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American Party
Republican Party
Democratic Party
Edwin W. Edwards
Crowley
David C. Treen
Metairie
New Orleans
Gertrude L. Taylor
Shreveport
James FE. Fitzmorris Jr
Rrepublican
Morley A. Hudson
Democratic
William J. Guste Jr
Tom Stagg
Louis J. Michot
Lafayette
Robert L. Frye
Hammond
Sherman A. Bernard
Westwego
W. G
Billy” Haynes
West Monroe
Louis D. Ar
Edwin Edwards
David Treen
Edwards
Treen
Jefferson Parish
Hale Boggs
House
Louisiana
Monroe Mayor Demonstrates Sketching At Masur Museum
Mayor W L Howard dedicated the Masur Museum workshop and hinted at possible re election after being asked to sketch a scene. He quipped about opposition reaction, then deferred to the director on the canvas assignment.
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Monroe
W. L
Jack” Howard
Masur Museum of Art
Howard
Chuckle: A Nonconformist Keeps Gloves in Car
A light quip notes that a nonconformist is someone who stores gloves in the car glove compartment. The joke hinges on the irony of unconventional habits.
Jet Stream Antics Driving Unusual Winter Weather
Government meteorologists attribute the nation’s erratic winter weather to a meandering jet stream riding high above Earth. The stream’s northward shift over the east and south and southward dip over the west have produced warm spells in the east, cold snaps in the west, and rapid temperature swings across the Midwest.
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Washington
Mississippi River
Indianapolis
Duluth
Minn
Wyoming
National Weather Service
United States
Canada
Alaska
Soviets Send Cubans New Missile Boats
The United States reports the USSR has begun delivering larger armed patrol boats to Cuba. The first two USA class craft reached Havana after towing across the Atlantic. Each OSA carries four Styx missiles with high explosive warheads.
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Washington
Cuba
Pentagon
Havana
Atlantic
Osas
U.S
Russia
Soviet Union
House Foreign Affairs
Swiss Say Bank Account Located Of Author's Wife
Swiss investigators located an account opened at Swiss Bank Corp under the name Hannah Rosencrantz, a CBS reported alias for Mrs Irving. CBS and Time magazine cited deposits of $450,000 and $150,000 missing, with $50,000 reportedly spent and $150,000 tied up in Ibiza.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zurich
Switzerland
Clifford Irving
McGraw-Hill
Credit Swiss Bank
Swiss Bank Corp
Hannah Rosencrantz
Columbia Broadcasting System
New York
Irving
CBS
Cold Weather North East Louisiana Forecast
Temperatures stay cold in Northeast Louisiana with highs near 48 and continued freeze or frost tonight. A slow warming trend follows with partly cloudy skies and a chance of rain into Tuesday. Monroe Municipal Airport logged a 40 daytime high and 29 overnight with 12 inches of precipitation Sunday. Winds shift from northeast to southeast through Tuesday.
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Louisiana
FAA
Monroe Municipal
Downs Defends Commissions as Louisiana Practice
Public Works Director C. H. Sammy Downs, indicted for taking bribes, says paying commissions to influential Louisianans is accepted practice since 1954 and questions why he was singled out. An administration spokesman would not confirm McKeithen’s demand for resignation.
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Baton Rouge
C. H. “Sammy” Downs
Louisiana
John McKeithen
Downs
T Am
Kennon
Tom Fyans
Sheuy Voting Machines Corp
W. W. McDougall
McKeithen
New Orleans States Item
The
States Item
McDougall
Clem
Inside The News-Star Section Highlights
A brief index of sections and page designations for The News-Star newspaper, listing Abby Lowman Broadway Popenoe and Van Dellen by page, plus Classified Radio-TV Comics Sports Crossword Theater Editorial Horoscope and Weather across sections 1B 2B 52 10B 10P 10A 14A 9A 5B 4A 10A 8A 1B 11D 6A.
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Abby
Lowman
Broadway
Popenoe
Radio-Tv
Free universal school lunches proposed by Senate panel
The Senate Nutrition Committee urged a pilot program by the Agriculture Department to test universal free lunches for U.S. schoolchildren. They argued nutrition reduces medical costs, dropout rates, and discipline problems, while opponents fear cost and state roles. The panel called for higher special assistance funds to cover all needy children, citing 104 million potential beneficiaries.
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Washington
UPT
Senate Nutrition Committee
Agriculture Department
Congress
George SS. McGovern
D-S.d
McGovern
We Recommend On Amendments for General Election
Our recommendations cover the 12 proposed Constitutional amendments on the ballot. The marked copy is advised for voters heading to the polls Tuesday.
AEC Receives First Application For Nuclear Pacemaker Implant
The Atomic Energy Commission today confirmed its first license request to implant nuclear powered heart pacemakers in humans. The Buffalo Veterans Administration Hospital seeks to test 10 to 200 patients on an investigational basis, marking a potential first in the United States for such devices.
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Washington
API
Atomic Energy Commission
Veterans Administration Hospital
Buffalo
N.Y
Buffalo Project
AEC
ABC
Commission
Assessments Hike Questioned Over Insurance Building Funds
Baton Rouge the legislative auditor questioned the legality of a one percent assessment by the Louisiana Insurance Rating Commission casualty and surety division to fund a proposed multi million dollar building. The auditor noted idle funds were not invested and that much of the surplus revenue from the assessment had accumulated. He cited funds deposited at First National Bank of Denham Springs, with billions remaining uninvested as of June 30 1971.
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Baton Rouge, la
Legislative
Louisiana Insurance Rating Commission
J. B. Lancaster
Louisiana
Lancaster
Capitol Grounds
First National Bank of
Denham Springs
Solons Told Nixon Regime Not To Seek Tax Hikes
Washington AP reports that President Nixon’s aides say no plan for new taxes exists despite a record borrowing request. House committee hearings focus on raising the debt ceiling from 430 to 480 billion dollars as Connally and Shultz stress spending control and possible revenue gains from recovery. They caution against implying an inevitable tax increase this or next year.
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Washington
Nixon
House
Ways and Means Committee
Secretary of the Treasury
John B. Connally
George FP. Shultze
Connally
Shultz
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Lancaster Raps
Constitutional Revision Commission
Twin Cities
Caribbean
Edward Grady Partin
Atlanta
Partin
Jim McPherson
Jimmy Hoffa
Butte
Mont
Inside the News-Star
Editorial 4A
van Dellen
Camden
AEC Pacemaker
Solons
Dial
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