Assassination of Chilean Naval Aide Shocks Allende Regime
Captain Arturo Araya, 45, chief naval aide to President Salvador Allende, was killed in a balcony ambush by about 10 terrorists after explosions in his garden. The attack followed a Havana embassy event and amid Chilean unrest with police detaining several suspects.
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Nixon Seeks Balanced Budget Without Tax Increase
President Nixon stated a balanced federal budget without new taxes is achievable in 1973. He cited better-than-expected fiscal 1973 deficits and spending restraint as key, with inflation curbed by Phase 4 controls and monetary restraint.
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Nixon
Congress
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George P. Shultz
Schultz
New York
Commerce Department
Herbert Stein
President
Inside The News-Star Highlights and Sections
The News-Star presents Abby Lowman Broadway and Radio-TV features with Classified Sports Comics Theater and Editorial coverage. Van Dellen leads Women Horoscope Weather Jumble and Crossword across 32 pages with 4 sections.
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Lowman
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van Dellen
Monroe Schools Receive Federal Grants Under Emergency Aid Act
City of Monroe School System officials led by board president Paul Neal announced two federal grants totaling 456,970 as part of a 3,159,080 program to 29 agencies by the U S Department of Health Education and Welfare in Arkansas Louisiana and Texas. The district's basic grant was 240,000 and a pilot grant 216,970 to aid desegregation efforts.
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U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Monroe City
Arkansas
Louisiana
Texas
Nation's Second Largest Bank Hikes Prime Rate to 8 Percent
New York's First National City Bank, the nation's second largest commercial bank, raises its prime rate to 8 percent the highest on record. Marine Midland Bank of New York and Girard National Bank of Philadelphia follow suit with 8 percent rates effective Monday. The move signals higher borrowing costs and comes after several banks increased rates to 8 percent two weeks prior, echoing the 1969 70 credit crunch era.
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Marine Midland
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Philadelphia
Supreme Court Ready for Landmark Watergate Case
The Watergate subpoenas move toward the Supreme Court as President Nixon refuses to comply and Archibald Cox seeks court orders. Senator Ervin's committee aims for a court directive, with Justice Si Serica set August 7 as a response deadline. Legal scholars weigh the court’s potential avoidance of confrontation.
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Flower kraut label sparks quirky debate
A dated cartoonish quip from a 1960s newspaper shields a joke about a German hippie being called a flower kraut. The caption riffs on counterculture slang and ethnic humor typical of the era.
Retiring Dr Summer Leaves Ouachita Health Unit
Dr. Summer, director of the Ouachita Parish Health Unit since 1946, will retire from full-time service effective Tuesday. He offered to work part-time until a full-time replacement is found and recalls 46 years in medical service with Ouachita highlights including a 1954 millage tax and a 1962 health center and regional lab project.
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Cox says Nixon would cooperate with Supreme Court on tapes
Special Prosecutor Archibald Cox voiced confidence that President Nixon would surrender White House tape recordings if the Supreme Court orders it. He urged the court to issue a definitive ruling, calling compliance a constitutional duty and saying courts define legal duties, not advise individuals.
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University of Texas
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Supreme Court
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Duke University
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Archibald Cox
High Court
Sen
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R-Tenn
Senate Watergate Committee
Showers Expected Across Twin Cities and Monroe
Residents face partly cloudy skies with a 30 percent chance of afternoon rain today and Saturday. Highs in the low 90s, lows in the 70s, with variable winds 5 to 10 mph. FAA at Monroe Municipal Airport logged a 93 degree high Thursday and 74 this morning.
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Eight Die In Auto Crash On I-65 Bridge
A car with Arkansas plates plunged 80 feet from the Silliman Evans Bridge into the Cumberland River after hitting a guardrail on foggy Interstate 65. Police reported eight killed and one injured in the early morning crash near Nashville Tennessee.
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Silliman Evans Bridge
River Stages Station Flood Present Change
River stage readings show Station Flood at Monroe 40 and Camden 26 with rises noted. Fall values 21.3 and 10.6 reflect increasing water levels. further stage shifts expected as conditions evolve.
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Camden
Rogers Says Hanoi Won t Mount Attack
Secretary of State William P. Rogers said Hanoi is unlikely to wage large scale combat again, though it may not fully meet Paris peace accords. He testified on foreign aid for Indo china reconstruction and conditioned North Vietnam funding on accord compliance. House approved about 2.8 billion for aid with tied terms and loans for nearby nations to buy U.S. products.
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Skylab 2 Crew Readies for 59 Day Space Flight
Skylab 2 astronauts Alan Bean Owen Garriott and Jack Lousma finalize preflight checks with a Saturn 1B launch set for Saturday at 7 11 a m EDT They will dock with the Skylab laboratory 270 miles above Earth to begin a two month mission conducting medical earth resources solar astronomy and materials processing experiments.
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Houston
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Joseph P. Kerwin
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Pete
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Bill Pogue
Ed Gibson
Safety Report Critical Of Road Hazards
Washington report summarizes six years of hearings on highway safety and road hazards. It warns Americans accept car use over safety and condemns officials for prioritizing building over safety and human accommodation.
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UPT
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Appeals Court Grants Stay On Cambodia Bomb Ruling
A three judge federal Appeals Court panel granted a stay of a lower court ruling that barred U S military activities in Cambodia. The stay comes five hours before the injunction would have halted bombing and military actions. A hearing is set for Aug 13 in Manhattan.
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