Senate panel defeats credit life insurance reform bill
The Louisiana Senate Commerce Committee voted 3-2 to kill a bill by Insurance Commissioner Sherman Bernard to regulate credit life insurance. Advocates argued high commissions and excessive premiums, citing $4 million paid last year and potential savings of $10 to $15 million if regulated.
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Baton Rouge
Senate Commerce Committee
Sherman Bernard
Louisiana
Commerce Committee
Elwood Wright
Bernard
Wright
Insurance Commissioner
Credit Life
Nixon Ends 13 Day Summit Tour With Poland Stop
President Nixon flies from Warsaw toward Andrews Air Force Base to report to Congress on his four nation summit talks and the arms limitation accords with the Soviet Union. He will address Congress at 8 30 p.m. after landing and return to a national broadcast detailing what was achieved and what remains to be done.
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Warsaw
Nixon
Congress
Soviet Union
Andrews Air Force Base
Washington
Austria
Iran
Poland
Ronald L
Ziegler
Moscow
Leonid I. Brezhnev
United States
Communist Party
Edward Gierek
Vietnam
Henry A. Kissinger
Piotr Jarosz Zewicz
German police capture Red Army Faction leaders in raid
In Frankfurt an armored car raid blew open a hideout and led to the arrest of Baader 29 and Meins 30 amid a nationwide campaign by the Red Army Faction over a wave of bombings on U.S. bases and police facilities. Other suspects were reported detained in West Berlin and Stuttgart's vicinity.
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Frankfurt
Germany
West Germany
Andreas Baader
Coleader
Holger Klaus Meins
Baader
Red Army
West Berlin
Albert Fichter
Kraus
Berlin
Stuttgart
U.S
Vietnam
U.S. Armed Forces Radio Network
Bandar-Meinhof Gang
Monroe Opens Pools and Playgrounds For Summer
The Monroe Recreation Department says all city's pools and playgrounds start Monday. Playgrounds run 8 30 to 11 30 a m five days a week, free for residents, with an admission fee for pools. Each site has an adult and assistant supervisor during hours. Pool sessions run 9 a m to 1 p m and 3 p m to 7 p m. After week one pools close Mondays for cleaning. Locations include Forsythe Park Benoit Johnson Marbles Recreation Centers and school sites.
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Monroe
Monroe Recreation Department
Jackie Neal
Neal
Benoit, Alder and Johnson
Carver, Sherrouse
Lexington
Georgia
Tucker
Barkdall Faulk
Lila Benton
Lincoln, Clark
Ouachita Parish
Forsythe Park
Benoit, Johnson and Marbles
Blythe, Calif. Posts Nation's Hottest 101 Degree Day
The National Weather Service reported the highest non Alaska Hawaii temperature as 101 degrees in Blythe California on Wednesday. A cooler low of 35 degrees was recorded at Houghton Lake Michigan.
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New York
UPI
National Weather Service
Alaska
Hawaii
Blythe
Calif
Houghton Lake
Mich
Twin Cities CHIT-CHAT Amanda Marie King Born
Amanda Marie King, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Gerald King of West Monroe, greeted by brother Brian. Born May 21 at Glenwood S Hospital, she is the couple’s second child. Grandparents and great-grandmother listed.
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Amanda Marie King
Gerald King
Sherwood Drive
West Monroe
Brian
Amanda
Glenwood S Hospital
H. J. Carsey
Monroe
C. P. King
S. Crowell
Marcello Denies Involvement in Rackets before Congress
Carlos Marcello, the New Orleans rackets figure, testified before the House Crime Committee denying Mafia ties and saying he was unfairly deported. He claimed New Orleans officials and press smeared him and invoked the Fifth Amendment on some questions before answering others. He described a 1966 New York luncheon raid as casual and maintained his deportation history involved Guatemala and Honduras.
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Washington
Carlos Marcello
Congressional Committee
Marcello
House Select Committee On Crime
Aaron Kohn
New Orleans Crime Commission
New Orleans
New York
Guatemala
San Salvador
Honduras
Miami
Life Magazine
Louisiana
Joseph Phillips
Phillips
Jerome Waldie
D-Calif
Waldie
Chuckle Gossips Absorb Dirt But Often Get It Backward
A breezy note compares chuckle gossips to blotters soaking up dirt yet often returning it inverted. The light column wryly observes how humorous rumors reflect misreads of events.
Doctor 84 Not Ready To Retire In Palm Beach
Palm Beach physician James Carlisle 84 says he will continue practicing medicine though he has given up house calls. He began in 1925 and now treats about 20 patients daily while noting medical advances and a perceived shift toward money in modern practice.
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Palm Beach, Fla
James Carlisle
Carlisle
Tulane University
School of Medicine
Palm Beach
Dloctors
U S Reports Rise In Viet War Deaths
Saigon reports higher U S combat casualties last week with ten killed 11 missing and 35 wounded. Totals since March 30 reach 416 American casualties including 86 killed in action and 57 dead of nonhostile causes across two months. South Vietnamese and enemy death tolls also rise with thousands killed and wounded reported by allied commands.
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Saigon
U.S
Continued Warm Days Predicted for Twin Cities Weather
The Twin Cities are forecast to see warm days and mild nights with partly cloudy skies through Friday. Highs today in the lower 80s, tonight’s lows in the lower 60s, and Friday’s highs in the mid 80s with light variable winds. A slight chance of showers Saturday and Sunday, with overnight lows in the 60s and highs mid to upper 80s. Monday could reach the low 90s. The FAA at Monroe Municipal Airport logged 81 for a high Wednesday and 52 for a low this morning, with no rain recorded during the period.
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Twin Cities
FAA
Monroe Municipal
River Stage Readings and Changes Across Stations
River stage readings show Camden at 3.8 feet with a 0.1 drop, Monroe at 17.8 feet holding steady, and Camden and Monroe stations indicate a mix of falling and stationary levels amid rising flood concerns.
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Camden
Monroe
South Viets Battle Reds In Hue Area
More than 1,000 South Vietnamese para troopers with tanks and armored carriers swept 25 miles northwest of Hue to trap a North Vietnamese regiment. The action ran under heavy artillery with Marines aiding while U.S. Air Force Phantoms shot down two MiG 21s near Hanoi.
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Saigon
Hue
U.S. Air Force
U.S
North Vietnam
Hanoi
Thailand
Newport News
Waddell
Navy
Associated Press
Holger Jensen
Jensen
Louisiana House OKs bill repealing gas tax rebate
Baton Rouge Louisiana House approves Senate amendments to repeal the natural gas tax rebate sending the measure to Governor Edwards for signature. Edwards says the change will add about 12 million dollars annually to the state treasury by cancelling the gas industry tax break.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana House
Senate
Edwin Edwards
Edwards
Inside The News-Star Main Sections Overview
The page listing shows sections including Abby Lowman Broadway Popenoe Al Classified Radio-TV Comics Sports Crossword Theater Editorial Van Dellen Horoscope Women and Jumble across pages 4A 5C 8D 9B 11B 12D 12A. It notes a 52 page four section newspaper with weather and Jumble puzzle content.
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Abby
Lowman
Radio-Tv
van Dellen
Baker Freed on Parole After 17 Months in Federal Custody
Bobby Baker, long-time secretary to the Senate Democratic majority, was released on parole from the U.S. Prison Farm near Lewisburg, Pennsylvania. He told reporters he felt fine and happy to be free, reiterating his claim of innocence regarding income tax evasion fraud and grand larceny convictions from 1967.
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Lewisburg
Bobby Baker
U.S. Senate
Democratic
Baker
Here
Laird Approves 1500 Dollar Bonus for Army Marine Volunteers
Defense Secretary Melvin R. Laird authorized a 1500 dollar enlistment bonus for four year recruits in the Army and Marine Corps as a 90 day trial through August 31. The aim is to boost combat arms enlistments and move toward an all volunteer force by July 1, 1973. Equal pay and Europe or Hawaii assignments are offered to attract volunteers.
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Washington
Nixon
Laird
Congress
Europe
Hawaii
Army
Livestock Prices Rise After Slump to New Highs
USDA reports May cattle prices at a record 33.10 per 100 pounds and hogs up 11 percent to 24.90 as fewer pig births lift costs. If farm prices stay high, meat prices at retail may rise, impacting consumer budgets and prompting cautious spending.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Nixon
The
Price Commission
USDA
Absentee Voting Continues in Monroe City Election
As of noon today 194 voters had filled absentee ballots in the June 10 Second Democratic Primary in Monroe Ouachita Parish. The deadline is noon Saturday and ballots may be cast in the Ouachita Parish Courthouse basement. Ballots mailed from overseas stations will be accepted if arriving before election day. No write-in or independent candidates were known for the July 18 General Election.
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Monroe
Ouachita Parish
Bill Downey
Ouachita Parish Court House
Downey
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