Farr Rules Out City Injunction
Fourth Judicial District Judge Robert T. Farr denied a preliminary injunction against the City of Monroe in a suit by Cooley Printers Paula Giddings Bags for Dolls and Jewell Kampouris Capital Steak House seeking to void the citys contract with Browning Ferris Industries. The ruling leaves unresolved questions on contract legality, urgency, and constitutional issues while the case proceeds to merits trial.
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Bob Hammack
Fourth Judicial District
Robert T. Farr
Monroe
Browning - Ferris Industries, Inc
M. L. Cooley
Cooley Printers and Office Supply, Inc
Paula L. Giddings
Bags For Dolls, Inc
Jewell Kampouris
Farr
Nixon To Leave Hospital Friday
President Nixon has fully recovered from viral pneumonia and will be released Friday morning from Bethesda Naval Hospital. He plans to resume his White House duties next week.
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Washington
Upf
Nixon
White House
Bethesda Naval Hospital
Birthday wishes for Theron Johns ton on 81st birthday
Twin Cities residents send birthday greetings to Theron B Johns ton who turned 81 on Monday. A small neighborhood church party marked the occasion with friends and family.
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Theron B. Johnston
Monroe woman seeks historic Forsythe Park windmill photo
Miss May Read of 1402 North Third Street Monroe asks for a photograph of the old windmill that once stood in Forsythe Park. She intends to pair the image with a story about the park and the early saltwater swimming pool closed when Swayze Natatorium opened in the early 1930s.
Mardian Testifies On Watergate Cover-Up Role
Former Assistant Attorney General Robert C. Mardian told the Senate Watergate committee he joined the cover-up due to a lawyer's duty to his clients and his own conscience. He testified about his actions as an Nixon campaign official and denied knowledge of wiretapping plans until his involvement became clear.
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Democratic
Mardian
Frederick C. LaRue
Atty
John N. Mitchell
White House
John W. Dean Til
LaRue
Archibald Cox
Ronald N. Ziegler
Nixon
Camp David
Watergate Committee
Ziegler
Moonday
Washington
Robert C. Mardian
Phoenix
Ariz
Senate Watergate Committee
Nixon to provide tapes to Senate Watergate panel
Sen. Sam Ervin said President Nixon has decided to supply the Senate Watergate committee with tape recordings of conversations with witnesses who testified before the panel. The disclosure follows days of pressure over access to the tapes and potential executive privilege issues.
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Washington
Nixon
Senate Watergate Committee
Sam J. Ervin Jr
D-N.c
River Stations Report Varied Flood Stages
River gauges show mixed readings with Station Monroe at 404.7 feet, Camden 26 feet, and 14.6 rising 1.6 feet as flood stages change.
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Monroe
Camden
Industries Plead For Gas Case At Louisiana Convention
Louisiana industry spokesmen urged preserving a constitutional ban on regulating natural gas sales to industry. They argued PSC oversight could force curtailments harming plants and jobs, while a sugarcane official pressed for priority to food processing and domestic use.
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Baton Rouge
Henri Volbrette
Louisiana
Wolbrette
State Public Service Commission
James H. Thibaut
Donaldsonville
Thomas W. Leigh
Monroe
Natural Resources Committee
Leigh
Jackson says wheat sale hiked prices in US
Senate investigations sub committee chair Henry M. Jackson accused government blunders in the 1973 Soviet wheat deal of costing American food buyers about 1 billion dollars. He said price spikes in hamburger, chicken, flour and eggs trace to the sale and promised hearings to probe possible violations by the Agriculture Department, sellers, or futures dealers. Clarence Palmby and Bernard Steinweg of Continental Grain are listed as first witnesses.
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Washington
Henry M. Jackson
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Jackson
D-Wash
Agriculture Department
Nixon
Congress
Subcommittee
Federal Treasury
Clarence Palmby
Continental Grain Co
Soviet Union
Bernard Steinweg
Continental
Partly Cloudy Skies Forecast Across Twin Cities
Residents of the Twin Cities face fair to partly cloudy skies with warm temperatures today and Friday. Monroe and vicinity expect scattered thunder showers southeast portions today and Friday, with widely scattered showers in the west and north Friday. Daytime highs reach the 90s, lows in the 70s, and FAA data notes a 95 degree high Wednesday and 75 high morning.
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Twin Cities
Monroe
FAA
Monroe Municipal
Louisiana
Beef Production Hike Hopes Held
The Nixon administration expects cattlemen to raise beef output significantly by August 12 when price controls ease. USDA reports show lower cattle placements and packer sales in Q2 but a predicted rise in Q3, with July 1 cattle in 23 states up 2 percent. Prices for choice-grade steers near record highs as producers shift to pasture amid high feed costs.
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Washington
White House
USDA
Department
Fire Code Violations Near 900 After French Quarter Inspections
New Orleans fire officials report almost 900 fire code violations across French Quarter buildings. A recent inspection found 16 violations in a single bar, part of probes sparked by the June 24 Up Stairs Lounge fire that killed 32.
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New Orleans
Inside The News-Star Summary Catchy Page List
Inside The News-Star shows sections such as Abby 3B Lowman 2B Broadway 8B Radio-TV 2D Classified 6D Sports 9A Comics 4D Theater 8B Crossword 10B Van Dellen 4D Editorial 4A Women 1B Horoscope 3D Weather We Jumble 7D 4 Sections 44 Pages. The layout hints at a full newspaper with diverse content across many zones.
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Abby
Lowman
Radio-Tv
van Dellen
Pearce Pleads Innocent and Sets Trial Date
State Agriculture Commissioner Dave Pearce pleaded innocent to 31 counts including theft bribery public payroll fraud and perjury Judge Daniel LeBlanc set September 5 for the trial Pearce 67 commented the proceedings do not affect the Agriculture Department operations An East Baton Rouge Parish Grand Jury indicted Pearce on July 2 Dist Atty Ossie Brown began probing the department last year at the request of a joint legislative committee.
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Baton Rouge, la
Dave Pearce
Daniel LeBlanc
Pearce
Agriculture Department
East Baton Rouge Parish
Dist
Atty
Ossie Brown
Proposed Phase 4 rules issued on price controls
Officials said Phase 4 would lift food and health service price freezes except beef and would place ceilings on petroleum products based on Jan 10 costs. Public utilities and certain transport services will be exempt after Aug 12, while crude oil pricing becomes two tier with periodic revisions.
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Washington
Council
William N. Walker
Cost of Living Council
Walker
Dunlop
Gunman Releases Athens Hostages
An armed Palestinian detained 15 survivors for over four hours in an Athens hotel then released them and fled with Iraqi Libyan and Egyptian ambassadors toward the airport. He demanded safe passage and threatened to kill hostages. the attack coincided with a bomb blast in Jerusalem’s Jewish quarter.
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Athiens
Athens
Middle East
Greece
Stylianos Patakas
Androniki Ezlambiados
Wilmington
Del
Patakos
Occupied
Palestine
el al
Jerusalem
Akron
Ohio
Basic Elements of New Phase 4 Program Listed
Washington AP outlines Phase 4 elements of Nixon plan. Food and health prices lift immediately others stay frozen till Aug 12 with 30 day prenotification for increases. Wages stay at 5.5 percent guidance. Exemptions include utilities lumber small business. Food allows price moves dollar-for-dollar after June 8 costs. Petroleum ceilings Aug 12. Rents stay exempt.
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Nixon
Bethesda Naval Hospital
Secretary of the Treasury
George P. Shultz
White House
Washington
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