Monroe Faces New Drainage Fight On By-Pass
Monroe officials approve 800000 Lamy Lane drainage project then confront a Southside By-Pass flood risk linked to 165 By-pass work and Berg Jones Lane housing. State Highway Department argues costs and openings beneath the road fall to local authorities while city seeks intervention.
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Monroe Commission Council
U. S. 165
State Department of Highways
Monroe Housing Authority
Monroe
Berg Jones Lane
W. L
Jack’ Howard
Howard
State Highway Board
James W Moore
165
Highway Department
State Highway Department
Monroe Council
Moore
Highway Board
Baton Rouge
State Capitol
Mississippi River Bridge Authority
New Orleans
Bell Workers Preparing To Resume Work
Washington AP report says telephone workers plan to return to Bell system jobs under a tentative contract while seven postal unions meet to review a postal service deal. The postal pact covers over 1 million workers and could total about 750 million dollars, with pay rising for postal workers over eight years. The telephone strike involves 400,000 CWA members and 100,000 observers as negotiations wrap up, with a roughly 33 to 44 percent pay increase projected.
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Washington
Postal Service
Post Office Department
Bell System
Communications Workers of America
U S Promises to Honor Taiwan Defense Treaty
The Nationalist Chinese Foreign Ministry said President Nixon sent a personal letter to Chiang Kai-shek assuring Taiwan the United States will continue to honor defense treaty commitments despite Nixon’s planned visit to Peking. The ministry noted the letter conveys assurances of U S friendship and commitments to the Republic of China.
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Taipei
Taiwan
Tpi
Nixon
Chiang Kai-shek
United States
China
Foreign Ministry
Peking
Republic of China
River Stage Changes Reported Amid Flood Conditions
River stages show a rise with Camden at 26 and 4.5 feet, Monroe at 40 and 141. flood conditions fluctuate as water levels increase, prompting monitoring by authorities.
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Camden
Monroe
Twin Cities Chit Chat Rhett Porter II Commissioned
Errett A Porter III son of Mr and Mrs E A Porter Jr of Monroe has been commissioned a second lieutenant in the US Air Force after graduating from Officer Training School at Lackland AFB Texas He will report to Craig AFB Alabama for pilot training The 1966 Neville High School graduate earned a BBA from Northeast Louisiana University in 1970 His wife Ginger and their three week old son live in Shreveport.
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Errett A
Rhett Porter
E A. Porter Jr
Monroe
US Air Force
Lackland Afb
Tex
Porter
Craig Afb
Ala
Neville High School
Northeast Louisiana University
Ginger
E. A TV
Shreveport
Senators Told About Thefts From Airports
Self confessed mail thief James V. Schaefer testifies before Senate investigators claiming $400000 earned from 100 airport thefts totaling over $100 million. He describes stolen securities diamonds and top secret missile plans and says guards at JFK and LaGuardia were lax. He cites ties to organized crime and recalls burning missile diagrams. He is serving five years and has immunity from further prosecution.
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Washington
James V. Schaefer
Senate Investigations
Vietnam
Schaefer
Robert F. Cudak
Bobby Cudak
William Ricchiutti
John F. Kennedy Airport
New York
Ricchiutti
Kennedy and LaGuardia
West Coast
Kennedy
LaGuardia
Federal
Lewisburg
U.S. District Court
Chuckle Credit: A Lay-Awake Plan Buy System
A brief feature outlines Chuckle Credit as a layaway style plan that lets customers reserve items and pay over time. The piece notes how the system works, potential benefits, and consumer considerations.
One Person Households Rise in Ouachita Parish
The News-Star reports a rising trend of living alone in Ouachita Parish. One-person households grew from 3,643 in 1960 to 5,693, with singles now at 16.5 percent of housing, near national and regional levels. The shift reflects more widowed grandparents and young adults moving out, aided by Social Security and independent living.
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News - Star News Service
New York
Ouachita Parish
Department of Commerce
United States
West South Central States
VEE Clinics Set For Area Opening Friday
Vaccine for Venteulan equine encephalomyelitis will arrive Friday morning and free vaccination of all horses and mules will begin immediately. Clinics will be announced and set up in West Ouachita Parish Union Caldwell and LaSalle Parishes at sites including West Monroe Columbia Olla Calhoun and Sterlington. Dr R W Einhorn and Dr Ralph C Cooper will supervise sessions with limited hours on Saturday. vaccination targets 100000 doses for Louisiana and a 14 day premise quarantine follows.
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Northeast Louisiana Veternarians Association
West Ouachita Parish
Union Parish
Caldwell Parish
LaSalle Parish
West Monroe
Columbia
Olla
Calhoun
Sterlington
R. W. Einhorn
Ralph C. Cooper
Olja
Vee
Texas
Louisiana
Arkansas
Oklahoma
New Mexico
South America
Mexico
R. FE. Omohundro
Agriculture Department
Animal Health Division
Houston
Frank Wheeler
Wheeler
Baton Rouge
Louisiana State University Livestock Show Office
Evangeline Downs
Lafayette
Jefferson Downs
Kenner
U.S. Draft Lottery Set for August 5 1972
The 1972 draft lottery will determine the order of call by birth date for men turning 19 this year. Six men will draw from two plexiglass drums at the Commerce Department auditorium, one with dates and the other with numbers, in a procedure aimed at transparency amid Congress debates on extending the draft law.
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Washington
UPI
Selective Service
US. Commerce Department
Congress
House-Senate
House
Senate
Chance Of Rain Tonight In Northeast Louisiana
Northeast Louisiana areas will see mostly cloudy skies with a chance of thundershowers mainly in the afternoon. Highs near 88 to 94, tonight and Wednesday lows 68 to 74, winds variable to northeasterly, humidity dropping from the upper 60s to upper 50s, dew points lower overnight. The Monroe Municipal Airport reports a high of 84 and a low of 74 with no precipitation.
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Louisiana
Federal Aviation Agency
Monroe Municipal
Mayna Youth Dies After Trailer Tongue Accident
A three year old Mayna resident Danay Ray Paulk died after a stock trailer tongue struck him at his home. He was pronounced dead on arrival at Catahoula Parish Hospital. Funeral services are set for Wednesday at Mayona Church of God with burial at Pal Alto Cemetery. Survivors include his sister Donna Kay Paulk and his maternal grandmother Mrs Mike Thompson.
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Mayna
Catahoula Parish
Danay Ray Paulk
Jackie Paulk
William E. Paulk
Mayona Church of
Apollo 15 Moon Launch Countdown Under Way
Cape Kennedy Florida AP as Apollo 15 prepares for blastoff next Monday at 19 34 a m Saturn 5 rocket countdown started at 5 36 a m CDT lasting 104 hours 30 minutes with crew rest pauses planned Astronauts David Scott James Irwin and Alfred Worden aim to become the seventh and eighth men on the Moon rehearsals continue in simulators and on a mock moonscape including a lunar buggy test flight Two years after Apollo 11 and following Apollo 12 and 14 footprints the mission seeks scientific and photographic results on the lunar surface.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Neil A. Armstrong
Edwin F. Aldrin Jr
Earth
David R. Scott
James B. Irwin
Alfred M. Worden
Scott
Irwin
Young Americans Stranded Abroad in Europe
More than 450 young Americans weekly crowd embassies in Europe seeking funds. They are mostly 18 to 24, traveling on cheap youth fares, running out of cash, and hoping for parental support or a small emergency grant. Consular officials note higher requests than five years ago, with Rome Paris Belgrade Madrid seeing increases while pricier destinations deter such destitution. In Moscow tourists rarely become destitute due to pre paid Intourist vouchers.
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London
U.S
Europe
Eugene Rosenfeld
Rosenfeld
Paris
Louis Janowski
Rome
Belgrade
Madrid
Switzerland
Soviet Union
Moscow
Intourist
U S sees housing rebound amid Nixon policies
Commerce Secretary Stans says June private housing starts rose to 1.98 million annual rate, above May and far over a year ago. First six months pace 1.88 million, fastest since 1951, with 14 percent rise from H2 last year and 48 percent from early 1970. Unemployment remains high. mortgage rates edged up. Mutual funds see $16 million net redemptions in June after $450.3 million redemptions and $434.3 million sales.
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Commerce Department
Nixon
Stans
Investment Company Institute
Officers Smash Burglary Ring In New Orleans
New Orleans police arrested 25 suspects after setting up a bogus fixit shop to fence stolen goods. The operation used two way mirrors and undercover officers to photograph buyers and recover a large amount of property. seven men remained at large.
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New Orleans
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