ABA President weighs in on NBA club price holdup
Highlights note ABA President will tell clubs that NBA membership price is a holdup. Dean Smith starts coaching a 15 man Olympic team. Getty, oil magnate, to be buried in California after decades away. Sudan's Jaafar el Numairi seen as tough ruler. Seward’s maneuvers helped ensure Civil War. Nation’s wealth growth discussed. Beer production returns to normal as 8,000 union workers resume at Anheuser Busch plants.
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NBA
J. Paul Getty
England
California
Anheuser-Busch Breweries
Weather summary for Monroe and parishes
Partly cloudy with a chance of thundershowers. Highs in the mid 80s, lows in the mid 60s. Rain probability 30 percent today and 20 percent Tuesday. Winds east and northeast at 10 to 15 mph, diminishing at night. Forecast covers multiple Louisiana parishes and regions.
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Monroe
Union
Lincoln
Bienville
Jackson
Winn
Morehouse
Ouachita
Richland
Caldwell
Franklin
W. Carroll
E. Carroll
Madison
Tensas
Grant
LaSalle
Catahoula
Concordia
Birthday wishes posted for local residents in church bulletin
Twin Cities Chit Chat notes Happy Birthday greetings for Fred McCall today and Janet Jones Friday. Also wishes to Janice White on Wednesday Katrina Holland Pauline Primos Betty Rymer on Thursday and church members at Covenant Presbyterian extend the greetings via the bulletin.
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Fred McCall
Janice White
Katrina Holland
Pauline Primos
Betty Rymer
Janet Jones
Covenant Presbyterian Church
Global Aid Backs Britain as Pound Slump Triggers Crisis
The United States and 10 other nations pledge five billion dollars in credit lines to Britain via the Bank of England to stabilize the pound amid a sharp drop from 2.02 to about 1.71 dollars. The package includes two billion from the US, with the rest from France, West Germany, Japan, Switzerland, Canada, and others.
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Central Bank of Great Britain
France
West Germany
Japan
Switzerland
Canada
Bank For International Settlements
Treasury-Federal Reserve
Britain
Glascow
Scotland
Anne Armstrong
London
Federal Reserve System
Connally Favored as GOP Vice President Candidate
AP interviews with about one third of 2259 GOP delegates show John B. Connally as the leading vice presidential choice among delegates. Reagan backers and Ford supporters alike placed Connally among their options, though many delegates remained uncommitted.
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John B. Connally
Treasury
Texas
Associated Press
GOP
Connally
Ronald Reagan
Ford
Reagan
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Commerce
Elliott L. Richardson
Sen
Howard Baker
Tennessee
Syrians advance amid Beirut fighting as toll rises
In Beirut and across Lebanon, leftist Palestinian allied forces and Lebanese Muslims report Syrian troops advancing under air bombardment and naval shelling. Guerrilla bands claim tank losses and captures while both sides trade heavy casualties. observers doubt confirmations amid diplomatic pressure calls from Arab leaders.
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Lebanon
Kleiaat
Lebanese Arab Army
Ps. Orang
Damascus-Beirut
Mount Lebanon
Yasir Arafat
Palestine Liberation Organization
Radio
Damascus
Arafat
al Fatah
Saiqa
Syria
Fatah
Troy Will Remain Mayors Office Until End Of Term
Monroe Mayor Ralph Troy will stay in office until his term ends rather than resigning after the General Election. He cited legal delays in issuing commissions and said he does not want to trigger an interim appointment. He hinted at future political involvement but without specifics.
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Ralph Troy
Troy
The
News Star
Commission Council
W. L. Howard
Howard
Harlan Prestridge
Public Works
Luther T. Harper
Big Three Primaries Campaigns Hit Ohio Ahead of Tuesday Votes
Associated Press reports three Democrats Carter Church Udall plus Ford in Ohio on the eve of Big Three primaries. Brown campaigns in New Jersey while Carter plans NJ stop. Reagan in California seeks votes as New Jersey California Ohio hold final primaries before conventions.
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Ford
Ohio
Georgia
Jimmy Carter
Sen
Frank Church
Idaho
Morris K. Udall
Arizona
California
Edmund G. Brown Jr
New Jersey
Carter
Ronald Reagan
Postal Subsidies In Congress Debated For Mail Service
Washington AP reports the Senate Post Office Committee weighs a bill to boost taxpayer subsidies to the Postal Service. President Ford favors efficiency and user funding. lawmakers seek a two year 2 billion total, arguing inflation and deficits. The 1970 act shifted to a self sustaining service.
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Congress
Ford
Senate Post Office Committee
Gale W. McGee
Dwyo
Ford and
McGee
Post Office Department
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