05 Jul 1977
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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1977
Page
1
Jaycee sponsored event at Forsythe Park on Monday drew large crowds and success. Louisiana Legislature debate looms over Fourth of July timing while broader political and legal topics fill pages.
American inmates jailed in Mexico issue a message of celebration amid ongoing detainment on drug charges. The report notes a coordinated show of solidarity and optimism while authorities outline legal proceedings.
The Carter administration weighs emergency admission of 15000 Indochina refugees from Thailand and Southeast Asia with State Department backing. Brzezinski reviews. Congress resistance cited. Carter cites King and Salk honors. peace talks and other policy notes also mentioned.
The noon Dow Jones industrial average rose 3.06 to 915.71 as gainers edged losers 5 to 4 on the NYSE. Analysts noted some blue chip and glamour issues attracted buying after earlier declines but traders remained unimpressed by the slow post holiday advance.
The Fourth of July 1977 is described as a low key holiday with festive events across the nation. President Nixon's impeachment era echoes surface in memories as Huey Newton and Watergate figures face legal issues while celebrations unfold from Lexington to New York Harbor.
A Panamanian Navy petty officer Luis Robinson, 26, hijacked a Vermont bound bus after leaving a New York terminal then killed the driver and a woman passenger and wounded four others before surrendering at Kennedy Airport. He said the plan came to him in a dream and complained of mistreatment in the United States. Police plan to charge him with murder kidnapping and possession of a dangerous weapon.
Anti-Klan demonstrators storm the state Capitol steps as Ku Klux Klan members defend their leader with flagpoles. State troopers restore order after fights leave four injured including cameraman Jerry Coleman. Four protesters arrested. rally linked to busing protests. A separate case reports Buddy Cochran held in Plains Ga on 19 assault counts after ramming a crowd.
The Monroe electrical system referendum is covered in a four part series starting today on Page 2A with the first installment outlining the vote and its stakes.
Five Monroe residents attending Texas Woman's University in Denton earned spring semester high scholastic averages. Tammy Frith, Kevin Benton, Cynthia Geisler, Mary Thomson, and Michael Turner made the all A list, with Turner a Neville High School graduate.
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