Wreck Fatal For Monroe Businessman
Wil lard Wiley a prominent Monroe businessman and sportsman was fatally injured in a two vehicle crash north of Vicksburg Mississippi. He died Sunday night at Mercy Hospital in Vicksburg. Funeral services Tuesday at 4 30 p m at Hixson Brothers Funeral Home chapel Monroe burial in Memorial Park Cemetery. Wiley husband of Alma Wiley survived by three sisters and a brother. He was a Navy Seabee veteran and longtime Louisiana Industries manager.
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Effie
Avoyelles Parish
LeCompte
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Mouse Lodge
Louisiana
Ducks Unlimited
U S Guidelines Issued On No Knock Raids
Washington AP report says the government issued guidelines to curb no knock narcotics raids. DEA Acting Chief John R. Bartels Jr. says the rules shift emphasis to protecting individual rights and impose strict warrants and identification requirements.
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Washington
John R. Bartels Jr
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The
Drug Enforcement Administration
Bartels
Hlinvis
Today's Chuckle Nobody who can read is ever successful at cleaning out the ali
A light humorous quip notes that reading skills hinder a tidy effort, suggesting literacy matters in solving everyday chores and avoiding messy results. No specific people or places are named.
Countdown Set For Skylab Crew Launch
Cape Kennedy reports the Skylab 2 crew Alan Bean Jack Lousma and Owen Garriott begin a 56 day orbital mission aboard Apollo command module to study long duration spaceflight and solar physics with a dress rehearsal and tests ahead of launch.
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Cape Kennedy
UPI
Alan L. Bean
Jack R. Lousma
Owen K. Garriott
Garriott
Bean
Lousma
Johnson Space Center
Houston
House action expected on farm bill and Alaska pipeline
Congress moves this week on a battered farm bill with a cost escalation feared to add over 12 billion dollars to the program. A Senate vote is set on authorizing the 789 mile Alaska pipeline from Prudhoe Bay to Valdez, amid a late bid to block it. Also under review is a Vietnam era measure to curb presidential war powers requiring troop withdrawal within 120 days unless Congress approves.
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Congress
House
Senate
Alaska
Prudhoe Bay
Valdez
Frank E. Moss
Utah
Canada
U.S
Tribute to district engineer on Monroe road project
A State Rep. Humphries release honors Aubra Braddock and the Monroe city and state officials for St Parkview Drive and Plum Street resurfacing and drainage work. Target completion is August 15 with funding arranged by officials and a behind the scenes crew.
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T. W. Humphries
Fiumphries
St. St
Parkview Drive
Plum St
Monroe
Witness Testifies He Helped Falsify Cambodian Bombing Reports
Former Air Force Maj Hal Knight testified before the Senate Armed Services Committee that he helped falsify bombing reports in Cambodia in 1970. He claimed 20 to 24 raids occurred before May 1 1970, usually only a few kilometers inside Cambodia, with orders allegedly coming from above the Vietnam command.
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Air Force
Hal M Knight
U.S
Cambodia
Knight
Senate Armed Services Committee
Memphis
Tenn
Harold FE. Hughes
Iona
William Proxmire
D-Wis
Stuart Symington
George
Brown
Symington
Vietnam
Secretary of Defense
James R. Schlesinger
South Vietnam
Officers Use Tear Gas In Prison Revolt At Virginia State Farm
About 200 inmates armed with pipes barricaded three blocks and two dorms at the Virginia State Farm. State police used dogs and tear gas to clear two blocks by dawn, while one block and dorms remained active. Over 150 troopers were summoned as inmates hurled water, paint and debris, injuring one prisoner before authorities regained control.
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Richmond
Virginia State Farm
State Prison System
Douglas Early Hall
FBI Says Kidnap Suspect Returned To New Orleans
Steven Ivan Ross a 31 year old Malden Massachusetts school teacher charged with kidnapping a two year old Mexican girl was returned to New Orleans from Tel Aviv. The child Diana Canedo Carreon was held for 105000 dollars ransom. found in a Biloxi Mississippi motel on September 13 1972 and reunited with her father Raphael Canedo Benitez. Ross was arrested November 25 by Israeli police at FBI request and $88000 was found in a hotel safe including bills marked before the ransom was paid.
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FBI
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Malden
Mass
Tel Aviv
Ross
Diana Canedo Carreon
Peabla
Mexico
Biloxi
Miss
United States
Raphael Canedo Benitez
Continuing Rain Forecast For Monroe Area
The Twin Cities may see continuing showers with partly cloudy skies in Monroe and vicinity. Expect afternoon or evening thundershowers today through Tuesday with highs in the lower 90s and lows around 70. Winds southerly 5 to 15 mph, rain chances 40 percent today, 20 tonight, 30 Tuesday. FAA at Monroe Municipal Airport logged a Sunday high of 95 and a 71 low with .66 inch of rainfall in the last 24 hours.
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Monroe Municipal
Kalmbach Admits Fundraising For Watergate Defenders
Herbert W. Kalmbach, Nixon's former personal lawyer, testifies he raised funds to pay the Watergate defendants and their families but denies prior knowledge of the break in or coverup. He says actions followed directions from top White House aides and he dispersed funds under authority.
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Herbert W. Kalmbach
Nixon
Watergate
Kalmbach
White House
Richard A. Moore
Senate
Richard M. Nixon
Watergate Committee
H.R. Haldeman
la Casa Pacifica
Oceanside
San Clemente
Calif
Finance Committee
Commerce
Maurice H. Stans
Nixon May Leave Hospital Friday
President Nixon shows signs of improvement from viral pneumonia and is expected to leave the hospital Friday. Doctors report lessened lung congestion and approval of a small increase in his schedule as Phase 4 economic talks and visits from aides proceed.
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Washington
Nixon
Ronald L. Ziegler
Shah of Tran
Pakistan
Sol Katz
Concordia Parish Kidnap Suspects Reported Caught
A masked kidnapper abducted an 18 month old from Vidalia home of attorney Norman Magee. The suspects were apprehended within an hour near a Mississippi River levee at St Joseph. The child was returned safely to the Magee family.
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Vidalia
Concordia Parish
Magee
River Stage Reports Flood Present Change at Stations
Flood stage readings show Monroe at 40 with 28.3 feet, Camden at 26 feet, both recorded as falling. River stage data indicate lower levels as conditions ease at affected stations.
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Monroe
Camden
Nine Women Join Fire Department in Napa California
Nine housewives join Dry Creek Loloya Fire Protection District near Mt Veeder making Northern California's first all female fire crew. They trained over 10 months with a 1 1/2 ton tanker and an older pumper, improving efficiency for the hilly eight square mile area.
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Calif
California
Dry Creek- Loloya
Mt. Veeder
Here
Little Fire Department
Norman Silver
Napa County
Joyce Bowen
Nixon to unveil Phase IV economic plan this week
Treasury Secretary Shultz said President Nixon, ill, will not address the nation on television but will approve Phase IV after final decisions. The plan, to be announced after stock market close, tightens controls with potential price rises and wage guidelines while targeting food and oil sectors.
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White House
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George P. Shultz
Shultz
Bethesda Naval Hospital
Ronald J. Ziegler
Ziegler
COLC
Arnold R. Weber
COIL
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