Northeast Funds Hiked In Senate Bond Bill
The Senate Finance Committee boosted the capital improvements bond issue by 12 million dollars with 3.45 million targeted to Northeast Louisiana. Northeast Louisiana State College gains 2.58 million for land purchase and a new classroom building, plus 300 thousand for EF A Conway Memorial Hospital equipment and 575 thousand for Louisiana Tech land and classroom construction. Senator Brown notes any Northeast surplus funds will finish seating for the college gym. Administrations support backed these amendments offered by Senator Duplantier. The panel gave a favorable 9 to 3 report and sent the measure to the Senate floor, with possible House concurrence later.
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Dale Thorn
News-Star Capital Bureau
Baton Rouge
Senate Finance Committee
Louisiana
Northeast Louisiana State College
EF. A. Conway Memorial Hospital
Louisiana Tech
William Dpd. Brown
Monroe
Adrian Duplantier
New Orleans
Senate
House
Duplantier
Opelousas
Lsu-Eunice
Northwestern State College
Jamar Adcock
John McKeithen
Lake Charles
Adcock
Sam Nunez
St. Bernard Parish
Senate Delays Vote On Burger Nomination
Acting Senate Democratic Leader Edward M. Kennedy pushed back the approval of President Nixon’s nomination of Warren S. Burger for chief justice, citing unfinished hearing records and committee reports. Kennedy said the vote would occur Monday with a roll call, in the absence of Mike Mansfield.
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Washington
Senate
Edward M. Kennedy
Nixon
Warren S. Burger
Kennedy
Massachusetts
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
Burger
Massingill's Son Set to Graduate Medical School
Chief Homer Massingill of Quachita Parish shares pride as his son Robert Joseph Massingill graduates from LSU Medical School New Orleans. He plans an internship at Confederate Memorial Medical Center in Shreveport.
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Quachita Parish
Homer Massingill
Robert Joseph Massingill
LSU Medical School
New Orleans
Confederate Memorial Medical Center
Shreveport
Herbert Rinehart Returns Home From Hospital
Herbert Rinehart recuperates at 222 Riverfront Street West Monroe after a brief hospital stay. West Monroe Kiwanis Club members known as Uncle Herbert hope for his speedy recovery and anticipate his return to weekly noon luncheons.
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Herbert Rinehart
Riverfront St
West Monroe
Redistricting Bill Clears Committee Heads To Floor
A Louisiana House committee approved a congressional reapportionment bill by 10 votes and sent it to the floor. The Senate had approved it earlier with an amendment limiting it to the 1970 election, amid talk a related suit might be dropped.
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Supreme Court
Lloyd Himel
Convent
Jefferson Parish
Louisiana
Charles Dunbar
New Orleans
East Jefferson
Dunbar
Sabine River
Lake Pontchartrain
Ernest Morial
Solons Defeat Bill On Police Stations
BATON ROUGE LA House committee defeats a bill to re establish state police stations at Crowley and Delhi by an 8 to 4 vote the Senate had approved earlier. State Police Supt David Wade defends reorganizing the force saying the changes save lives and improve the image of state police. He cites promotions and rank realignments as evidence and warns of potential floor action to revive the measure.
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Baton Rouge
House
Crowley
Delhi
David Wade
Senate
Wade
Christian Faser
Salvador Anzelmo
New Orleans
Civil Service
Harold Forbes
Forbes
Unarmed U S Plane Shot Down Over North Vietnam
AP reports an unarmed U.S. reconnaissance plane was shot down over North Vietnam. Two Air Force RF4C crewmen bailed out and were rescued near Dong Hoi by a helicopter. Escorts fired on anti aircraft sites with unknown results. The incident raises U S losses since the bombing halt moved to reconnaissance duties.
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Saigon
U.S
North Vietnam
North
Air Force
Gulf of Tonkin
Dong Hoi
Vietnam
Repose
Navy
U.S. Command
United States
South Vietnam
Modest Market Gains Amid Uncertain Trading Session
The stock market edged higher in New York with the Dow Jones average up 2.71 to 931.55 at 1 p.m. The AP 60-stock average rose 0.6 to 331.5 as utilities, rails, and industrials posted small gains while investor anxiety over peace progress and tight money lingered. Sanders led the active list at 34 percent.
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New York
Ati P.m
Associated Press
U.S
South Vietnam
New York Stock Exchange
Sanders
New York Exchange
Partly Cloudy Skies Expected Across Region Through Friday
Weather forecast notes partly cloudy skies and warming trend into Friday. Twin Cities saw 0.07 inches of rain yesterday. FAA Station Selman Field Monroe reported 70 and 62 degrees, with highs 76 to 82 and lows 60 to 66 today, rising to 80 to 86 by Friday as winds shift.
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FAA
Selman
Monroe
Rogers Says South Vietnam Training Rapid and Flexible
Secretary of State Rogers said the training of South Vietnamese forces to take over more combat duties is moving along at a rapid pace. He stressed the United States will support whatever South Vietnam voters choose and avoided confirming any troop withdrawal timetable.
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William Rogers
Washington
William P. Rogers
South Vietnam
Rogers
Nixon
Nguyen van Thieu
U.S
Midway Island
Southietnam
Grenades injure in Jerusalem and Gaza on war anniversary
Grenades exploded in Jerusalem and the Gaza Strip as Arabs protested the occupation on the six day war anniversary. Four Israeli soldiers and four Arab civilians were wounded. A bazooka killed the driver of an army car, with two soldiers killed and two wounded.
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Gaza Strip
Gaza
Old City
Herod's Gate
Old Jerusalem
Nablus
West Bank
Jordan
Beisan
Chuckle on married life and cooking patience
A wry quip notes that when a man stops complaining about his wife's cooking it signals either she has learned better or he has.
Survivors Of Sea Crash Expected At Subic Bay Friday
The USS Kearsarge carrying 197 survivors from the collision that split the destroyer Evans is due to reach Subic Bay in the Philippines at 4 a.m. Friday local time. Earlier, two other survivors were flown to Cam Ranh Bay hospital. identified as Seaman Marcus Rodriguez and Senior Chief Boiler Tender Florentine F. Macavan.
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Pearl Harbor
Kearsarge
Frank E. Evans
South China Sea
Subic Bay
Phillipines
Navy
Melbourne
U.S
Cam Ranh Bay
South Vietnam
Marcus Rodriguez
Florentine F. Macavan
Sewage Meeting Set At Lakeshore
Community leaders in three subdivisions east of Monroe urge a large turnout for an important meeting at Lakeshore School at 7:30 p.m. to discuss proposed sewage plans. A preliminary engineering report outlines a 400,000 gallon per day system serving 2,520 residents now, with growth to 4,000, a 20-acre oxidation pond, and total cost about 760000 dollars with federal aid and a HUD loan possible to cover remaining funds.
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Monroe
H. W
Buddy” Tolson
D. D. Vines
Walter Weir
Lakeshore School
Lakeshore Subdivision
Shore Drive
Lincoln Road
Lakeshore
Baton Rouge
Tolson
Water Pollution Control Administration
U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Louisiana House OKs 1.2B general appropriation bill
The Louisiana House voted 66 to 29 to concur with Senate amendments to the 1.2 billion general appropriation bill and sent it to Gov. John J. McKeithen for signature. The measure raises 1969 70 spending by 21.4 million over expected revenues and includes a 15 percent cut power for the governor, a point of constitutional dispute.
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News-Star Capital Bureau
Baton Rouge
House
Senate
John J. McKeithen
McKeithen
Robert Munson
Cheneyville
Unis
Lillian Walker
Conference Committee
No Plane Crash Survivors Found at Mexican Crash Site
MONTERREY Mexico AP reports a highway patrolman at the rugged mountain crash site confirms no survivors and burned bodies. Seventy nine aboard the Mexicana de Aviacion plane flying from Mexico City to Monterrey include tennis star Rafael Osuna and political leader Carlos Madrazo.
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Monterrey
Mexico
Mexican Airlines
Mexicana de Avicion
Mexico City
Rafael Osuna
Australia
Carlos Madrazo
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