Toll Road Decision Up To McKeithen
The Louisiana Expressway Authority approved studies finding a 27 mile toll road can pay for itself and spur growth. Gov. McKeithen has 30 days to decide whether to seek bonds up to about 25 million in the first series for land purchase and early construction with a target completion in 1978.
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New Orleans
Louisiana Expressway Authority
Louisiana
Lousiana
LEA
McKeithen
Rove
Sessoms
Searcons
Sessums
Sessum
Interstate 10
Rum
South Lousiana
Interstate 20
James Miller
Central Louisiana Hotel-Motel Association
Wilbur Smith & Associates Inc
Transportation Consultants
Record Heat Tops U.S. Mainland Readings at Needles Blythe
The National Weather Service logged the highest temperature Monday at 116 degrees in Needles and Blythe California excluding Hawaii and Alaska. International Falls Minnesota reported a low of 36 degrees.
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New York
Get Well Wishes for COP Leroy Shores of Navy Recruiting
Twin Cities Chit Chat notes COP Leroy Shores from the local Navy Recruiting Station was released Monday from Barksdale Air Force Base Hospital in Shreveport. The Monroe resident, living at Rt 3 Box 3915, was thanked by family.
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Leroy
Navy
Monroe
Rt 3
Barksdale Air Force Base Hospital
Shreveport
Western Union Pact Ends 57 Day Nationwide Strike
Washington AP reports a new two year contract for 17006 Western Union Telegraph Co employees ending the 57 day strike. The agreement includes a 19 percent wage increase plus 4 percent in benefits, plus 2 to 4 percent for fringe benefits such as hospitalization and life insurance. Severance pay rises 50 percent and protections for long standing workers are included. Retroactive to strikers’ return to work if ratified.
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Washington
Western Union Telegraph Co
Hageman
Afl-Cio
United Telegraph Workers
Scions Reveal Names Of Crime Kingpins Before Senate Subcommittee
Vincent C. Teresa, a 42 year old self described grandson of a Mafia don, testified to a Senate investigations subcommittee naming figures in illegal gambling loan sharking and theft of securities. He described an international crime network and claimed ties to Francois Duvalier and Meyer Lansky. He recalled mob meetings at Pine Tree Farm in Framingham Massachusetts and said Joe Valachi may have misstated some details.
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Washington
Vincent C. Teresa
Boston
Teresa
Senate
Francois
Papa Doc” Duvalier
Haiti
Papa Doc
Meyer Lansky
London
Joseph Lombardi
Pine Tree Farm
Framingham
Mass
Solons Probe White House Data Secrecy
Senate hearings scrutinize White House secrecy as Fulbright cites Kissinger China trip and a new national security bureau shielded by executive privilege. He urges consultation with Congress on Taiwan status and peace policy. The inquiry targets how information is withheld from lawmakers.
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Washington
J. W. Fulbright
D-Ark
White House
Congress
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Peking
Henry Kissinger
China
Nixon
Fulbright
Senate
Separation of Powers
Kissinger
Foreign Relations
Taiwan
Laird Signals Possible Cut in Draft Calls Rate
Secretary Melvin Laird indicated the draft calls rate could fall about 16 percent over the next year, averaging roughly 8,300 men per month to reach 100,000 in 12 months. He noted 1971 total near 142,000, about 21,500 below 1970, the lowest since 1964, with 88,900 called in six months and a July–August call of 16,000 pending Congress renewal.
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Washington
Melvin R. Laird
Laird
Defense
Vietnam
Pentagon
Showers Expected Across Northeast Louisiana Area
Weather outlook for Northeast Louisiana calls for scattered showers today with partly cloudy skies through Wednesday. Highs near 88 to 92, lows around 72 to 76. Rain chances 60 percent today, 30 tonight, 50 Wednesday. Winds 5 to 15 mph. Dew points in low 70s, sunshine about 60 percent today and Wednesday. FAA Monroe Municipal reports 88 high Monday and 73 low this morning. rainfall Monday was 13 units with none since midnight.
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Louisiana
FAA
Monroe Municipal
U S Creates Strike Force Against Crime
Attorney General John N. Mitchell announced a special strike force with nationwide jurisdiction to target a key Mafia financial operator. Led by Robert J. Campbell, the unit pools investigators from Justice, the FBI, Treasury, and SEC to track illicit revenues and legitimate investments by organized crime.
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Washington
UPI
John N. Mitchell
Justice Department
Mitchell
National Council On Organized Crime
Justice
FBI
Treasury Department
Securities and Exchange Commission
Robert J. Campbell
Department
Tax
Meyer Lansky
Las Vegas
Senate Welfare Hearings Open With Workfare Push
Senate Finance Committee Chairman Russell B. Long opened hearings on President Nixon’s welfare reform plan. He said the panel favors a workfare program over guaranteed income and pledged to send a bill to the Senate. Secretaries Richardson and Hodgson led off, while the House measure ties welfare to Social Security benefits and expands eligibility for the working poor.
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Washington
Russell B. Long
Nixon
Senate Finance Committee
Teauisiana Democrat
Ne NR Ee Ee Ey
Senate
Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare
Elliot L. Richardson
Secretary of Labor
James D. Hodgson
House
Long
Richardson
Hodgson
Lone
Navy swimmers gain new weapon against sharks
Aboard USS Okinawa Navy swimmers assigned to recover Apollo 15 astronauts will use a flotation collar with a syringe-like device to inject carbon dioxide into a shark’s belly, causing the shark to become unable to swim and not a threat. Lt. Fred Schmidt explains the method of disabling sharks during recovery operations.
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Uss
Okinawa
Navy
Pacific Ocean
Fred Schmidt
Schmidt
Ocean Dumpings Controls Sought
Miami AP State Department official Slater C Blackiston heads a meeting with scientists to craft an international convention to license ocean dumping of hazardous materials. He cites sovereignty as a major obstacle with Soviets and Brazil resisting outside controls and enforcement.
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Miami
State Department
Slater C. Blackiston
Secretary of State
Blackiston
Brazil
Apollo 15 engine test clears way for moon landing attempt
Apollo 15 astronauts fired their main engine for one second in a test at 2 14 p m EDT adding about 5 feet per second to speed. If successful, Scott Irwin and Worden would land near Hadley to study the solar system's origins. A short circuit was suspected in the engine’s electrical system and flight control officials weighed two firing routes for safety.
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Joseph Allen
Mission Control Center
Allen
Scott
Hadley
Earth
Moon
Mission Control
Givnn Lynnes
Ing. Scott and
Irwin
Apennine Mountains
Cape Kennedy
Lunney
Manned Spacecraft Center
Worden
Sis
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Anne Shelly
Los Angeles’ Orthopedic Hospital
Secretary of Defense
American Legion Boys’ Nation
John McKeithen
Geveral
Opelousas
Alexandria
Monroe-Ruston
Twin Cities
Walter Bass
Bass
Joe Valachi
Underworld
Mafia
Cosa Nostra
Outfit
Providence
New England
Office
Syndicate
Dominick
Sandy Mac
Solons
U.S
News-Star
Abby
Lowman
Radio-Tv
van Dellen
Camden
News-Star—World
News-Star— World
Johnson
Northside
Saents
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