Postal Rate Commission urges big cuts in USPS rate plan
The Postal Rate Commission unanimously calls for a 78.3 million reduction in proposed rates affecting parcel post airmail letters ordinary postcards and second class mail. It urges lower airmail 11c per ounce and postcard 6c, while keeping parcel post at 21c first pound and 10c each addl.
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Postal Rate Commission
U.S. Postal Service
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Postal Service
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Parcel Post
Postal Service Board of Governors
Postal Commission
Deficit Estimates Cut for 1972 and Raised for 1973
The administration told Congress the 1972 deficit will be 26 billion dollars, down from 38.8 billion, while the 1973 deficit rises to 27 billion from 25.5 billion. Budget officials asked to raise the debt limit by 15 billion to 465 billion, against prior requests. Acting Treasury Secretary Walker warned against tax reform timing with the debt bill.
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Power Outage Delays Monroe News-Star Final Edition
Electrical power disruption hit several city blocks when a line fell near North 6th and For syther avenue. Utilities officials reported the blackout extended along North 5th Street and across DeSiard, returning at 1 40 p m after first reports at 1 11 p m.
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River stages update reports flood conditions and stations
The bulletin notes river stages with Camden at 263.7 indicating flood risk and Monroe at 40 as an unstated level. The status marks a stationary condition awaiting further measurements.
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Monroe
Monroes Return From Mexico Vacation Visit
Mr. and Mrs. I. O. Malone and grandson Jimmy return to Monroe after a trip to Old Mexico and San Antonio Texas to see historic sites including the Alamo. They reside at 3206 Dick Taylor Street Monroe. Mrs. Katharine Langton of Anacoco Louisiana visits her daughter Mrs. Kathern Hammack this week awaiting the arrival of her first grandchild.
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Anacoco
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Laird Warns Soviets Outpace in Nuclear Arms
Defense Secretary Melvin Laird told a Senate subcommittee that the Soviet Union has far outstripped the United States in nuclear weapons totals and momentum since 1965. He urged crash programs to build new submarines and bombers for the 1980s while SALT reduces some spending, stressing the need for full funding of other offense programs.
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Soviet Union
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Moscow
Today's Chuckle There are bigger things in life than money
A light weekly note playfully reminds readers that values beyond money matter more in life. It reflects a humorous perspective on priorities and contentment.
U S Planes Hit Hanoi Rail Bridges with Laser Guided Bombs
Eight U S Air Force jets crossed toward the Chinese border and used 2000 pound laser guided bombs to demolish two Hanoi rail bridges on the northwest line to China. Other bridges on northwest and northeast lines were not hit but could be attacked later.
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Nixon Sends Connally on World Mission
Secretary of the Treasury John B. Connally will leave Tuesday on a month long round the world mission to about 15 nations. He will visit six South American countries the Far East South Asia and Europe to discuss matters of common concern and current economic issues with national leaders. Connally will start in Venezuela and meet President Nixon and Henry Kissinger before traveling to Moscow Peking and other capitals. President Nixon has no planned travel abroad before year end.
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Ziegler
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Peking
U S Troop Levels Fall in Vietnam as Hue Base Is Reduced
UPI reports a partial pullout from the Hue area with the 138th Aviation Company deactivated. Overall U S troops in Vietnam drop to 63,700, below Nixon's 49,000 target by month end. about 1,800 U S troops remain at Phu Bai after the change.
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Twin City Area Weather Outlook
Clear to partly cloudy conditions through Tuesday with little temperature change. Highs near 90 and lows in the 60s, winds 5 to 15 mph. Through Friday, partly cloudy and warm with highs near 90 and lows near 70. High pressure ridge from Texas to the Atlantic remains dominant. Sunday 93 high, 61 low, no rainfall at Monroe Municipal Airport.
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Southern governors fear McGovern nomination impact
Southern Democratic governors voiced concern that a George McGovern nomination could hurt the party in the South while signaling little hope to stop him. Georgia's Jimmy Carter called McGovern the likely winner and Missouri's Warren E. Hearne admitted the nomination seemed almost a done deal as California's primary loomed.
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Parishes Prepare for Heavy Voting Schedule This Summer
Ouachita Parish residents face a string of elections over three months. West Monroe registers by July 8 for a half cent sales tax vote. commissioners races in Monroe on July 3. general Monroe elections July 18 with no opposition yet. Several August and September primaries cover U S Senate Fourth District Court seats and district attorney posts. Registration and address-change deadlines are listed for each date.
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Mrs. A. H. Steele Dies at 85 in West Monroe
Amma Hill Steele 85 of West Monroe died at Ridgecrest Nursing Home. Christian Science services set for 2 p.m. Tuesday at Mulhearn's Monroe chapel with burial in Riverview Cemetery. Survivors include two sons J Steele and Jack Steele both of West Monroe, a daughter Joy Steele McCue of Monroe, a brother Karl FHM of Los Angeles, a sister Ida Ford of Spencer, seven grandchildren and five great grandchildren.
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Ridgecrest
Mulhearn
Monroe
Riverview Cemetery
S. Benjamine S. Kaplan
Union Parish
J.C. Steele Sr
J. Steele
Strain Granted New Hearing On Contempt Sentence
Former State Rep James Strain was granted a re hearing today by the Louisiana Supreme Court on his 10 day contempt sentence for refusing to testify before a legislative committee probing organized crime in state government. The court also refused to reconsider upholding the investigating committee and affirmed the contempt conviction. No reasons were given in the order.
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James Strain
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High Court
Inside The News Star Sections And Pages
A brief note outlines the newspaper structure noting two sections and thirty pages in the edition. It describes layout and section counts without detailing stories or bylines.
Medical Center Fire Probed For Possible Arson
In Metairie Louisiana a large fire at Jefferson Medical Center is under arson investigation. A kerosene container was found at the scene and authorities say an earlier arson attempt occurred about two months prior. No injuries were reported and damages run into the hundreds of thousands.
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Jefferson Parish
Ane Fan Yun
Disaster Preparedness Plan to be Outlined in Ouachita Parish
Ouachita Parish to form a disaster preparedness committee at a 7:30 p.m. meeting on the Northeast Louisiana University campus. Hospital administrators Lee Brown Joseph Maggio and Ewell Singleton lead the effort to coordinate local government business and civic groups in building a civilian defense plan modeled after Shreveport’s.
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Ouachita Area
Pharmacy
Lee Kf. Brown
FE. A. Conway Hospital
Joseph Maggio
St. Francis Hospital
Ewell D. Singleton
Glenwood Hospital
Shreveport
Shreveport, Area
Blaze damages drugstore near shopping center
Smoke from a nearby blaze damaged a drugstore adjacent to a shopping center, with crews responding to prevent further spread. No injuries reported.
Heat record tops U.S. as Blythe hits 106 degrees
The National Weather Service reported the highest Sunday temperature excluding Alaska and Hawaii reached 106 degrees in Blythe California. Pellston Michigan recorded a 34 degree low.
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