Carter and Brown Score Wide Primaries in Ohio and California
Carter wins Ohio and California primaries with large margins while Brown secures California with 58 percent. Reagan gains 167 delegates with Ford ahead in Ohio. An uncommitted slate wins New Jersey delegates, splitting support among Brown and Humphrey backers. Carter shows momentum despite two losses.
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Reagan
Ohio
Ford
New Jersey
Carter
Brown
Hubert H. Humphrey
California
Monroe Chief Accountant Will Leave City Post
Monroe chief accountant Douglas R. Haynes plans to resign within a month, becoming the second top official to quit before Mayor Troy steps down in July. Haynes cites opportunity elsewhere and will be replaced by former Mayor W. L. Howard, who won the office in the April 3 primary.
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Douglas R. Haynes
News- Star
Haynes
Troy
W. L. Howard
Howard
Ralph Wicker
Neville High School
Northeast Louisiana University
Greater Monroe
Patrica Miller
West Rime Circle
Douglas Jr
Kevin
Monroe Mayor Says KNOE Refused To Sell Time For Reply
Monroe Mayor Ralph Troy alleged KNOE-TV blocked his request for a half hour to respond to allegations by Mayor-elect W. L. Howard. FCC official William J. Simpson cited policy requiring a response when a licensee broadcasts attacks on a person. Troy claimed Gov Noe instructed not to sell him time, while Noe denied commenting.
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Monroe
Ralph Troy
Knoe-Tv
W. L. Howard
Federal Communications Commission
New Orleans
Troy
KNOE
Howard
Harlan Prestridge
Louisiana
Monroe Utilities Commission
Commission Council
Noe
Jack Howard
Knoe Noe
News-Star
William J. Simpson
FCC
Simpson
Washington, D.C
Jimmy Noe
White Sox President Veeck denounces baseball as smug
At the sports editors’ convention Bill Veeck, president of the Chicago White Sox, blasts baseball as too big and smug. Maryland’s John Lucas, the No. 1 NBA draft pick, plans to mix pro basketball and tennis. Corporate leaders call for pricing discipline to recover investments. Rocky Mountain spotted fever spreads, oddly less common in the Rockies.
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Bill Veeck
Chicago White Sox
Maryland
John Lucas
Houston
Weather Forecast for Multiple Louisiana Parishes
Sunny and warm today and Thursday with highs in the upper 80s. Tonight will be fair and mild with overnight lows around the mid 60s. Winds will be east and northeast at 5 to 10 mph today, light and variable tonight, and southerly at 5 to 10 mph Thursday. More weather on page 5a.
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Union
Lincoln
Bienville
Jackson
Winn
Morehouse
Ouachita
Richland
Caldwell
Franklin
W. Carroll
E. Carroll
Madison
Tensas
Grant
LaSalle
Catahoula
Concordia
Scuba Class Set at Twin Cities YMCA Tonight
A scuba diving course starts at 7 p.m. today at the Twin Cities YMCA with instruction by John Bolton, per director Chuck Wachob. Registration details are available through the Twin Cities YMCA. Mrs. Ethel Thompson of Monroe may end a friendship with birds after Tuesday due to a nesting dispute caused by bird houses and a disrupted clothes line.
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Twin Cities
Ethel Thompson
Bayou Shores Drive
Monroe
Primary winners gesture after super primaries win
Presidential hopefuls react as California Governor Jerry Brown wins his state with 193 delegates and Ohio victor Jimmy Carter leads the field. Ronald Reagan defeats President Ford in California as results flow in from Tuesday’s primaries.
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California
Jerry Brown
Louisiana
Jimmy Carter
Ohio
Ronald Reagan
Ford
Legislators Bill Seeks Doubling Pay to 12000
Senate Finance Committee approves V C Shannon's bill to raise legislators pay to twelve thousand dollars a year after hearings. The measure would count the increased expense as salary for retirement calculations and includes office and per diem allowances. An amendment adding clerks and secretaries was discussed, then removed before final reapproval.
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Baton Rouge
Senate Finance Committee
Shreveport
V. C. Shannon
Senate
Shannon
House
Louisiana House approves right-to-work bill in 59-46 vote
The Louisiana House passed Rep. Walter Rigby’s right-to-work bill 59 to 46 after five hours of debate. LABI president Ed Steimel hailed a likely Senate approval, citing votes from Reps. Ensminger and Leach, amid heavy lobbying and opposition from labor groups led by AFL-CIO President Victor Bussie. Black lawmakers spoke against the bill, challenging union discrimination claims.
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Baton Rouge
Bossier City
Walter O. Rigby
Louisiana
Ayl
Ed Steimel
Louisiana Association of Business and Industry
Senate
Steimel
House
Labi
Afl-Cio
Victor Bussie
Monroe
John Ensminger
Leesville
Buddy Leach
Shreveport
W. C. Shannon
Steimer
Bussie
Bigby
Shannon
West Monroe
Shady Wall
Alphonse Jackson
Jackson
Record Heat Reaches 104 Degrees in Casa Grande Arizona
The National Weather Service reported the top temperature on Tuesday excluding Alaska and Hawaii at 104 degrees in Casa Grande Arizona. The day's low fell to 36 degrees at Redmond Oregon.
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New York
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News-Star Capital Bureau
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