Louisiana House Passes Ed wards General Appropriation Bill
The Louisiana House approved Gov. Edwards’ general appropriations bill 100 to 0 to move it to the Senate. The panel trimmed just one item by slicing a $55,000 allocation to the Board of Registration while preserving most funding and declaring the budget balanced. The session also set aside the first $10 million of Highway Department funds for parish roadwork and moved legal service funding to the attorney general’s budget.
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Baton Rouge
Edwin Edwards
Louisiana
House of Representatives
Tower Chamber
Senate
House
State Board of Registration
Robert Munson
Cheneyville
House Appropriations Committee
Ben Bagert
New Orleans
Board of Registration
Bazert
Livestock Brandh Commission
Bagert
Carl Gunter
Alexandria
Armand Brinkhaus
Sunset
Highway Department
Richard Breaux
Robert Freeman
Plaquemine
State Departments
General Fund
Attorney General
John Hainkel
Audubon Park Zoo
New Oreans
Hainkel
Charles Roemer
Munson
Julius Blount
Walker
St. Helena Parish
Conway LeBleu
Lake Charles
LeBleu
Risley Triche
Napoleonville
Orleans Parish
Triche
Oaths Unite Nine Police Jurors In East Carroll Parish
The East Carroll Parish Police Jury sworn in all nine members here including veterans Jerry Walley J. C. Donovan LeDrew Sullivan Wendall Downen and Harris Barrett plus first term jurors Phillip Brown Brown Nelson Carl Mike Summerall Clyde Robinson. Summerall filled the expired term of Ernie Wilson and the new body will meet Monday at 8 30 a m for an organizational session at the East Carroll Parish Courthouse.
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Lase
Edna Brock
Teast Carroll Parish
Phillip Brown
Brown Nelson
Carl Mike Summerall
Jerry Walley
Clyde Robinson
Ledrew B. Sullivan
J. ¢. Donovan
Wendall Downen
Harris Barrett
Walley
Donovan
Sullivan
Summerall
Sumerall
Ernie Wilson
East Carroll Parish
Man Serving Jail Term For Perjury Asks For Review
Dean Andrews, former Jefferson Parish assistant district attorney, appeals to the Louisiana Supreme Court from a state court conviction for perjury tied to the Clay Shaw conspiracy trial. He was found guilty on three counts for testimony about Shaw Bertrand identification and a supposed call to represent Lee Harvey Oswald, and received 18 months.
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New Orleans
Dean Andrews
Jefferson Parish
Louisiana Supreme Court
Clay Shaw
Andrews
Shaw
Clay Bertrand
Bertrand
Lee Harvey Oswald
Dallas
Tex
Atty
Jim Garrison
John Kennedy
Date Set for 225000 Utilities Bond Issue
Dixie Inn Council is expected to set the date for a 225000 utilities bond issue within 45 days. Engineer Stan Cothern states 209000 FHA loan is applied for with 40 year repayment and a 25000 EPA loan also sought.
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News - Star
Ruston Bureau
Dixie Inn
Dixie Inn Council
Stan Cothern
Cothern
Homer
The
Farmers Home Administration
FHA
Environmental Protection Agency
Long Says Texas No Longer Leader In Superport Bid
Gil lis Long chair of the Louisiana Superport Task Force says Louisiana has closed the lead on Texas for a Gulf of Mexico deepwater port. He notes Mississippi River access gives Louisiana an advantage and cites only Los Angeles Long Beach and Seattle as current supertankers capable ports.
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New Orleans
Gillis Long
Louisiana
Texas
Gulf of Mexico
Times-Picayune
Washington
Long
Edwin Edwards
Mississippi
Los Angeles
Long Beach
Seattle
Nixon outlines U S aims after Soviet summit
President Nixon's congressional address highlights seek ratification of the strategic arms treaty and executive agreement, a new U S Soviet relationship, and progress on Vietnam views. He cites a pending comprehensive trade accord, and notes improved understanding with China and the USSR despite ongoing global tensions.
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Nixon
Congress
Moscow
United States
Vietnam
Iraq nationalizes IPC assets and Syria seizes pipeline
Iraq announced the nationalization of the European American IPC holdings, creating a new company to take over all IPC facilities and compensate former owners. Syria then nationalized IPC's pipeline and Mediterranean terminal, claiming the Oil Company’s presence hindered Arab progress. IPC’s assets were valued above $350 million, with major investors including Standard Oil of New Jersey Mobil BP Royal Dutch Shell and others.
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Beirut
Iraq
Iraq Petroleum Co
Syria
Mediterranean
Middle East
Ahmed Hassan al Bakr
Baghdad Radio
IPC
London
U.S
Standard Oil of
New Jersey
Mobil
British Petroleum
Royal Dutch Shell
Compagnie Francaise Des Petroles
Gulbenkian Foundation
Bakr
France
Rumelia
Persian Gulf
Gulf
Treasury
Geoffrey Stockwell
Baghdad
Rumeila
Murtada Hadithi
Hafez Assad
Banzas
Lebanon
TPC
Reward Paid in Bus Driver Killing Case
New Orleans Public Service paid a $10,000 reward to a crime witness and five police officers who helped solve the armed robbery and bus driver killing on June 12, 1970. Charles Williams was robbed and shot. a suspect arrested eight days later received a 66 year prison sentence.
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New Orleans
New Orleans Public Service, Inc
Charles Williams
Little Theatre Opens 1972 73 Membership Campaign
Monroe Little Theatre director Chris Bingham announced season memberships for 1972 73 are now on sale. Patron memberships cost 40 dollars and include two seats per show plus two add on seats. regular memberships are 12 dollars for adults and 6 dollars for students with one seat per show. The season includes The Boyfriend Forty Carats Last of the Red Hot Lovers Promises Promises and Butterflies Are Free with specific dates. Write or call the Strauss Playhouse box office to purchase.
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Chris Bingham
Monroe Little Theatre
Bingham
Little Theatre
Strauss Playhouse
Payers Fund RAP Program In Jefferson Parish
Jefferson Parish Council approved 37500 dollars for the Repeat a Pusher program that pays tipsters 100 dollars for reporting drug sellers. Henry Burke, president of a local business group behind the effort, says RAP will be largely funded by the federal Law Enforcement Assistance Agency out of a 150000 dollar budget.
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Gretna
Jefferson Parish
Henry Burke
Federal
Law Enforcement Assistance Agency
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