Franco Gives Up Two Spain Posts in Move Toward Retirement
General Francisco Franco names Luis Carrero Blanco as president of government and head of the Movement while keeping the post of chief of state and armed forces commander. The plan signals a gradual retirement with Prince Juan Carlos poised to inherit the throne. Carrero Blanco to be sworn in Saturday after a secret council meeting.
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Madrid
Francisco Franco
M. Luis Carrero Bianco
Spain
Juan Carlos
Franco
The
Movement
Cifra
Carrero Blanco
Carero Blanco
Council of the Realm
Former Candidate For Mayor Slain in Camden House Attack
Major B. Coxson, 43, ex convict and defeated Camden mayoral candidate, was killed in his Cherry Hill mansion during a predawn intruder raid. His wife Lois 35 and daughter 15 were wounded. a second son escaped unharmed. Police seek four armed Black men.
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Cherry Hill
N.J
B. Coxson
Gamden
Gils Wie
Lois
A. A Lita
Cherry Hill Medical Center
Coxson
Camden
Camden County
Tom Daley
Raymond Ruberg
Reverends Aswell Attend Southern Baptist Convention
The Rev. and Mrs. C. W. Aswell of First Baptist Church Calhoun depart for the Southern Baptist Convention in Portland Oregon and plan a Montana visit with relatives. They will return around June 22. After the convention they will visit the Fred Klos home in Plevna Montana for several days. Congratulations to James A. Salisbury who recently earned a B S from Centenary College, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Salisbury of 2315 Jasmine Dr Monroe.
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C. W. Aswell
First Baptist Church of
Calhoun
Southern Baptist Convention
Portland
Ore
Montana
Fred Klos
Plevna
Mont
James A. Salisbury
Centenary College
John Salisbury
Jasmine
Monroe
Louisiana Senate Approves Retirement Benefits Increase
The Louisiana Senate approved a $3 million a year hike in state employee retirement benefits including legislators. An attempt to exclude lawmakers failed 24-10, and the bill passed 29-6. Senators Deblieux Brown and Rayburn argued over fairness and treatment of legislators.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana Senate
House
Senate
X D. Deblieux
William Brown
Monroe
B.B. Rayburn
Bogalusa
DeBlieux
Brown
Rayburn
Final Senate Vote On Farm Bill Awaited
The Senate is set to approve the Agriculture and Consumer Protection Act of 1973 extending crop programs through 1978 and funding food stamps and rural development. A key feature is target prices for cotton, wheat, and feed grain, with subsidies varying by cash market performance. Senate leaders argue the bill shares financial responsibility for food and fiber, while debates include Kennedy’s stamp benefits amendment and opposition to full subsidy abolition.
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Washington
Senate
Edward M. Kennedy
Dmass
U S to Launch Moon Satellite from Cape Kennedy
The Space Agency plans a Saturday launch of an Explorer satellite toward lunar orbit to study deep space radio signals. The mission aims to reveal early universe history and is the last planned American moon shot for the foreseeable future set for 9 18 am EDT aboard a three stage Delta rocket.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Space Agency
U S Firms Sign Soviet Gas Import Letter of Intention
Two American companies El Paso Natural Gas and Occidental Petroleum sign a 25 year plan with the Soviet Ministry of Foreign Trade to import more than 10 billion dollars of natural gas. Quantities up to two billion cubic feet daily are contemplated with a 2000 mile Yakutsk to Vladivostok pipeline and 20 cryogenic tankers.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
el Paso Natural Gas Co
Occidental Petroleum Corp
Ministry of Foreign Trade
Occidental
Armand ‘Hammer
U.S.S.R
U.S
Hammer
United States
Ogcidental Petroleum
Howard Boyd
el Paso
Boyd
Skylab Powers Up for Extended Space Mission
Skylab astronauts Conrad Kerwin and Weitz gained full solar wing power restoring lights hot meals and warmer water. After a risky space walk to free a jammed wing mission control expanded plans to clean up and resume medical experiments as they aim for a full 28 day mission.
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Space Agency
Conrad
Mission Control
Thunderstorms Forecast Across Twin Cities and Louisiana
The forecast calls for thunderstorms and partly cloudy skies in the Twin Cities today with highs in the mid 80s and lows around 60s. Winds from the east at about 10 mph may gust near storms, with rain chances 40 percent today and tonight, easing to 30 percent Saturday. Louisiana also expects cloudiness and afternoon or evening storms Sunday through Tuesday with highs mainly in the low 80s.
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Twin Cities
FAA
Monroe Municipal
Louisiana
Israeli Leader to Visit Germany Sparks Historic Talks
Jerusalem AP Major step toward normalizing ties as Golda Meir agrees to visit Bonn marking a potential new page in German Israeli relations. Brandt vows no mediation in the Arab-Israeli conflict and stresses a consistent stance.
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Jerusalem
Willy Brandt
Golda Meir
Germany
Brandt
Meir
Israel
Middle East
U.N
Kurt Waldheim
Nablus
Jordan
Bonn
Cairo
al Ahram
Europe
Cargo Ship Strikes Offshore Rig Near Louisiana Coast
The Coast Guard said a cargo ship struck an unmanned production rig in Breton Sound, tilting it 10 to 15 degrees. No injuries and light damage to the 460 foot Ecuador Maru, en route to Lake Charles, with the vessel anchoring nearby ten miles southeast of Chandeleur Island before dawn.
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New Orleans
Coast Guard
Breton Sound
Louisiana
Lake Charles
Chandeleur Island
Used Records for Sale Sign Becomes Repeating Chuckle
A record shop sign humorously repeats the phrase for sale many times creating a playful, if confusing, message. The quirky slogan spotlights a light moment in a storefront window.
Nixon Speaks To Grads At Florida Tech
President Nixon addressed about 795 graduates at Florida Technological University in Orlando. He praised the 1973 class as the first in 12 years not to face U.S. involvement in Vietnam and the first in 32 years without the draft. He urged focusing on what is right and noted strong national resolve despite domestic and international problems.
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Orlando
Fla
Nixon
United States
Vietnam
Florida Technological University
Florida
Florida White House
Key Biscayne
America
House Debate Set On Death Penalty
Church groups social workers and lawyers protested eight Louisiana death penalty bills in a five hour Judiciary C committee hearing. Three black lawmakers opposed. two dozen opponents testified. Only proponent was Shreveport attorney Robert Pugh who helped draft the measures. Bill scope ties executions to multiple violent crimes to bypass a Supreme Court ruling. Psychologist Dr. Ralph Traeger questioned deterrence claims.
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Baton Rouge
Judiciary
Louisiana House
Louisiana
Dorothy Mae Taylor
Louis Charbonnet
New Orleans
Johnnie Johnnie Jones
Shreveport
Robert Pugh
U.S. Supreme Court
Fritz
Windhorst
Ben Bagert
Ralph Traeger
Edwards hints at state lottery to fund teacher pay raise
Gov. Edwin Edwards signals a lottery proposal to legislature as a way to finance a teacher pay raise while awaiting final session action. He avoids commitment, noting plan to address the problem in a speech, with HEW desegregation questions provoking debate over closing Grambling and Southern. A study cites a 1977 offshore superport could create thousands of jobs by 1980 in oil, petrochemicals, and related sectors.
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Baton Rouge
Edwin Edwards
Edwards
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Louisiana
Grambling
Southern
Washington, D.C
HEW
Manards
Son Of Gremillion To Be Extradited In Houston Case
The Harris County district attorney says Jack Gremillion Jr. 28 of Baton Rouge will be extradited to Houston to face charges of conspiring to commit felony theft. He and two others were indicted May 30, 1972 for a scheme to borrow 425000 using nonexistent land as security.
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Houston
Harrris County
Louisiana
Asst. Dist
Larry Virquehart
Jack Gremillion Jr
Baton Rouge
Harris County
Gremillion
Louisiana Atty
Jack Gremillion
Jack William Jackson
Harlingen
Tex
Eliza Mae Mouton
Denver
Colo
River Stage Changes Overnight At Monroe Camden
River gauges report shifts in stage levels with Monroe at 40 and 41.2 feet and Camden rising from 26 to 22.4 feet, a fall then a rise observed amid flood conditions.
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Monroe
Camden
Stop cabbage odors with walnut shells while cooking
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Dga
Senate Agriculture Committee
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Vladivostok
Skylab
Inside the News-Star
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