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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1973
Page
7
The Plonroe News Star reports that flight pay for nonflying desk officers in the Navy Air Force and Army ended last week. About 29 457 officers were affected at a monthly cost of 6 330 000. Proponents cite reform and cost savings while critics warn against recruiting and training losses outweighing savings.
Senator Barry Goldwater argues that spying and theft have long tainted campaigns since electronic devices exist. The Fair Campaign Practices Committee cites Watergate as uniquely damaging and calls for ethical reform to curb distorting tactics and mudslinging.
A Genoa court rules that a housewife who slapped a clerk amid a welfare line was guilty of irresistible provocation, despite a 1930s Italian law banning insults to public employees. The decision highlights that no law is absolute even when created to protect bureaucrats.
Aetna Life and Casualty urges ten pool safety rules to reduce home pool drownings. Emphasizing constant supervision, no inflatables for non swimmers, and keeping electrical items away from water, they note many drownings involve children under five. The National Safety Council cites 300 drownings yearly in such pools.
In closed-door talks with Republican leaders Nixon endorses an Alaska oil route, rebuffing a Canadian option after internal Cabinet and Congress input. He cites national security but stalls on a clear rationale, while signaling public support to voters despite Watergate scrutiny. Colson resurfaces at the White House and Agnew awaits defined duties.
Article argues conservatives should publicize that White House surveillance and sabotage targeted Nixon opponents and conservative figures. It cites internal drafts against William Buckley and notes Ehrlichman and Krogh framed liberal programs as pragmatic, with no fixed ideology, while McGovern and Wallace shifted White House pragmatism toward conservatism.
Reports from Paris and Saigon suggest cautious optimism for a cease-fire in South Vietnam after talks between Henry Kissinger and Le Duc Tho. Yet major obstacles persist, including continued North Vietnamese infiltration, unresolved Cambodia and Laos issues, and uncertain sincerity from Hanoi, limiting any durable peace.
In his first interview as acting FBI director, William D. Ruckelshaus says a White House official tried to call him, notes morale and leaks at the bureau, and asserts the FBI will follow Special Prosecutor Cox while pursuing fact finding amid Watergate upheaval.
The Monroe News-Star details longtime publishers John D B Ewing Wilson Ewing Roberta Jr and William HH Bronson with chairmanship and leadership roles from 1929 to 1972. It lists officers including Mildred Munt Ewing Edmund Graves Brown Jr Robert Ewing III Patricia Hendrick and Esther Wynne and notes city staff and Associated Press affiliation.
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