Louisiana House backs on the spot pinball bust bill
The Louisiana House reversed itself Sunday night to pass a bill allowing police to destroy gambling type pinball machines on the spot. The Cooper measure also targets slot machines and roulette wheels and would permit destruction of any gambling device with court proof. The bill aims to curb organized crime, with strong support urged for Senate approval.
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Louisiana
House of Representatives
Senate
House
Joe Cooper
Mansfield
New Orleans
Jim Garrison
Crescent City
Garrison
D.A
Cooper
Davis Verdict: Davis Acquitted on Conspiracy Charge
The all white jury acquitted Angela Davis of conspiracy kidnapping and murder despite substantial circumstantial evidence. The defense argued the weapons used were not hers, aided by notebooks bearing her name. prosecutors presented 97 witnesses in a case critics say reflects flaws in the legal system.
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Cutor
Albert Harris
San Rafael
Miss Davis
Soledad Brothers
Siberia
Horrible inequity drives farmers from land over inheritance tax
The Internal Revenue Service taxes farms at price development value rather than agricultural worth. Families face mortgages and forced sales to pay inheritance taxes as high as 25 percent, pushing owners off land and accelerating suburban spread. Reform is urged to end high taxes and assessments crippling agriculture.
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Internal Revenue Service
Revenue Service
United States
The
Congress
Nixon Faces California Test as Reagan Campaigns Cautiously
Los Angeles reports show Nixon aides in California struggle to sideline Ronald Reagan without alienating him. Reagan, though popular nationally, remains a potential booster for Nixon here, while California voters tilt toward McGovern in the Democratic primary and anti-Nixon sentiment among youth grows.
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Los Angeles
Nixon
Ronald Reagan
California
Reagan
South
Southwest
Midwest
George McGovern
McGovern
Rep
John Ashbrook
Ohio
Democratic defections echo in Nixon bid
Washington report details high level Democrats weighing public support for Nixon if McGovern is nominated. White House demands formal backing now while some Democrats fear McGovern’s antiwar and isolationist stance could reshape the party. Connally would lead a Nixon ally group as a bridge to conservatives.
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California
San Francisco
Leland Kaiser
Ashbrook
Joseph Crosby
Mr. Nixon
United Republicans of California
UROC
Reagan
White House
Lyn Nofziger
Washington
KFL
George McGovern
Richard Nixon
John Mitchell
McGovern
Nixon
Humphrey
U. S
Democratic Party
Sen. McGovern
Israel
Atlantic
John Kenneth Galbraith
Connally
John Connally
Citizens
Vietnam
Peking
Moscow
Len Garment
Nixon White House
Public interest wanes in TV debates on McGovern Humphrey
Washington opinion notes that fewer than ten percent of registered Democrats watched the McGovern Humphrey debates. Voters seek concrete economic issues such as jobs inflation and recovery prospects rather than verbal exchanges. The piece argues voters favor policies that boost employment and purchasing power over televised confrontations. The six o clock news clue closes the column.
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Washington
George McGovern
South Dakota
Hubert H. Humphrey
Minnesota
Democratic Party
McGovern's California Surge Fuses Avant-Garde Politics
In a portrait of California as a culture of change, the piece argues McGovern embodies the state’s New Look on the Left. It contrasts McGovern's liberal coalitions with Humphrey’s aging base, highlighting California's history of stylistic politics and activist support.
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KFL
George McGovern
California
America
Los Angeles
West
Orange Grove
Stucco
Upton Sinclair
Sinclair
U.S
Barry Goldwater
New Left
South Dakota
Paul Newman
Shirley MacLaine
Hollywood
Bel - Air
Beatles
Cesar Chavez
Julian Bond
Corretta King
Gene McCarthy
Hubert Humphrey
DeSoto
Pacific Coast
Companeros
Eugene Wyman
San Francisco
Monroe News-Star Staff and Publishing Details 1929 1952
The Monroe News-Star lists publishers John D. Ewing 1929 1938 Wilson Ewing 1938 1952 and Robert Ewing Jr as chairman 1952 1970. It names officers and directors including William H. Bronson Mildred Hunt Ewing Edmund Graves Brown Jr Patricia Ewing Hendrick Esther Ewing Wynne and several Ewing family members. The paper published daily except Saturday and Sunday, with Associated Press affiliation and national advertising through Branham Moloney.
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John D. Ewing
Wilson Ewing
Robert Ewing Jr
Aera Nena
News-Star—World Publishing Corporation
North 4Th and
Olive Streets
Monroe
William H. Bronson
Mildred Hunt Ewing
Edmund Graves Brown, Jr
Robert Ewing Jii
Patricia Ewing Hendrick
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