Nomination fight alongside Democratic race and Reagan push
Carter seeks nomination tonight as Democratic candidate in Georgia. Reagan campaigns in two key states for delegates. Fashion Avenue hosts a carnival mood during the Democratic National Convention. Owen Fork mine reopens after fatal disaster with 11 miners dead earlier. Vietnam seeks regional influence while normalizing ties with neighbors. Washington weighs weighty issues amid political focus.
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New York
Seventh Avenue
Fashion Avenue
Weather Outlook for Parishes This Week
Partly cloudy today through Thursday with a chance of mainly afternoon showers. Highs in the lower 90s, lows near 70. Rain chances 30 percent today, 20 tonight, 30 Thursday. Grant to Concordia parishes see lows in the 70s and 40 percent rain Thursday. More weather information on page 6A.
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Union
Lincoln
Bienville
Jackson
Winn
Morehouse
Ouachita
Richland
Caldwell
Franklin
W. Carroll
E Carroll
Madison
Tensas
Grant
LaSalle
Catahoula
Concordia
Navy Enlists Local Man Following Family Tradition
Robert Spencer of 2105 Monroe Ave enrolls in the United States Navy continuing a family pattern. His brother Wardell Spencer, a Navy Junior ROTC instructor at Richwood High School, credits the NJROTC program there with inspiring his enlistment. Robert is a Winnsboro High School graduate who later attended Northeast Louisiana University before enlisting.
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Robert Spencer
Monroe Ave
Monroe
United States Navy
Wardell Spencer
Navy
Richwood High School
Louisiana
Spencer
Njrotc
Richwood
Winnsboro High School
Northeast Louisiana University
Textile Firm to Reopen Monroe Plant as Ouachita Finishing
DHJ Industries plans post 1975 closure to reestablish a Monroe cotton textile finishing operation Ouachita Finishing Company employing about 250 at full build with initial hires of about 100 within a year Mayor Jack Howard announced the move and Bert Schwarz noted equipment upgrades next month The plant, built by the city and later acquired, will be owned through MOCO Inc subsidiary Dominic Textile Limited of Montreal Canada.
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DHJ Industries
Monroe
Ouachita
W. L
Jack) Howard
Interlining
Bert Schwarz
DHJ
Hickory
N.C
Schwarz
South
Ouachita Finishing
Moco Inc
Dominic Textile Limited
Montreal
Canada
Howard
Citizens Finance Committee
Cudd
W. L. Howard
Howard Brothers
Former City Attorney Backs Airport Group
Monroe County figures clash over airport leases and civic center contracts. Former City Attorney Robert Cuddell calls the 4 year old airport authority abolition a backward step, citing illegal leases and exclusive operating rights, while Howard defends bid processes and plans outside the council.
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Airport Group
Monroe City
Robert Cuddell
Monroe Commission Council
W. L
Jack) Howard
Howard
Airport Authority
Department of Public Works
Civic Center Commission
Sales Tax Benefit Dispute Opens in Ouachita Parish
Ouachita Parish and Monroe City School Boards clash over who should get revenue from the 1968 one half cent sales tax. A May opinion says supervisors with teaching certificates qualify. the parish board holds funds in escrow awaiting a state AG opinion after August legislative session.
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Ouachita Parish
Dist. Atty
Johnny Carl Parkerson
Monroe City School Board
William Guste
Guste
State Department of Education
Parkerson
Sidney Seegers
Henry Camp
Seegers
Camp
Arthritis Sufferer Vows To Walk Again After Multiple Surgeries
Monroe Arkansas woman Mrs. Eunice Kilpatrick, 40, who has endured 26 operations in seven years for rheumatoid arthritis, plans therapy and aims to walk again while positively guiding others. She volunteers by phone, assists fellow sufferers, and maintains hope that the Arthritis Foundation will someday find a cure.
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Janice Kilpatrick
Mrs. Kilpatrick
Monroe
George
Kilpatricks
Sunshine
Kilpatrick
Vernon Maxwell
Northeast Louisiana
The
Arthritis Foundation
Eunice Kilpatrick
United States
Navy
Mississippi
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Georgia
Owen Fork
GOP
Ronald Reagan
Ford
Vietnam
Southeast Asia
Washington
Abby
ISA Broadway
Esees
Oo Aesses Ceesceeansreeses Lowman
SB Radio-Tv
van Dellener
Twin Cities
Amy Carter
Rosalynn
Central Park
Bob Hammack
Commission Council
Troy
Luther T
Harper
H. W
McSherry
FAA
Federal Aviation Administration
Harlan) Prestridge
Civic Center
Commissioner Prestridge
Commission
Irwin Ellis
Howard-Prestridge
Tom Walker
Kathy Spurlock
News Star World
RCA Porte
Monroe Camden
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