Southern Churches Seek to Leave Presbyterian Church
In Fort Worth Texas UPI reports that about 200 Southern churches asked permission to depart the Presbyterian Church U.S. to form a conservative wing or new group stirring a long running debate at the 113th General Assembly. Moderator Dr. Kraemer to lead discussions amid issues on abortion pornography patriotism and escatology along with the potential 1974 merger with the United Presbyterian Church U.S.A.
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UPI
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U.S
Presbyterian Church of
113Th General Assembly
John Calvin
Charles E. 8. Kraemer
Richmond
Eana 46
Presbyterian School of Education
L. Nelson Bell
Montreal
N.C
Billy Graham
United Presbyterian Church
U.S.A
VIP plan offer text seeking income protection
An ad-like line invites readers to call for details on a VIP plan promising income protection, urging action to protect family finances. The fragment lacks specifics on provider, terms, or eligibility.
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V.I.P
Cyclists Injured In Area Collision
Two Oak Grove men were in guarded condition at a Monroe hospital after a three vehicle crash on La. 2 Saturday. State Police said Bobby Joe Bridges 26 and Huel Moore 38 on motorcycles were eastbound when George M. Lewis 22 of Oak Grove turned left onto Lanes Ferry Road and into their path.
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News - Star
Lake Providence
Oak Grove
Monroe
Bobby Joe Bridges
Huel Moore
George M. ‘Lewis
Lanes Ferry Road
Four Return To Work With Beauty Pageant
Four professional artists will lead the Miss Louisiana Pageant chorus orchestra and choreography for the June 21 to 23 event at the Monroe Civic Center theatre. Mrs. Joe Ford Jr of West Monroe is choreographer renewing her role and Dr. Ray Carroll of Nashville will conduct the orchestra. Carroll, an assistant director of bands at Vanderbilt University and Peabody College, has long directed musical arrangements for the pageant.
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Monroe Civic Center Theatre
Joe Ford Jr
West Monroe
Associations of Dance Masters
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Twin City Civic Ballet
Linda Lavender
Ray Carroll
Nashville
Tenn
Monroe
Carroll
Vanderbilt University
Peabody College
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Monroe Little Theatre
Norwood
Norm Perry
Perry
Boy Scouts
Police charge improper left turn in Bayou Macon Bridge incident
An incident at Bayou Macon Bridge at 7 30 p m led to victims being taken to West Carroll Hospital in Oak Grove and later transferred to St Francis Hospital in Monroe. Police charged Lewis with an improper left turn.
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West Carroll Hospital
Oak Grove
St. Francis Hospital
Monroe
Lewis
Drowning claim denied in Vaughan second life scam case
In Miami a circuit court refused Virginia Vaughan a $20,000 life insurance payout after proving her husband Robert Vaughan faked his drowning in 1968 and 1971 to start anew in Florida. Jurors ruled the second death a suspect claim and dismissed her suit after testimony detailing his impersonations and embezzlement conviction.
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Miami
UPI
Robert Vaughan
Virginia Vaughan
Pouential Life Insurance Co
Stan Hook
Miami Herald
Vaughan
Burton Stahl
Nee B Wig Co
Queens
Florida
Miami Beach
Virginia
Hollywood
Fla
Hel
Bimini
Coast Guard
Jim Ward
New West Coast Longshore Contract Ends Strike Threat
In San Francisco the Pacific Maritime Association and the International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union announced a new two year contract ending the chance of a West Coast dock strike. The agreement signed Saturday becomes effective pending ratification by both sides. No details were released until ratification.
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San Francisco
West Coast
Pacific
Pacific Maritime Association
International Longshoremen’s and Warehousemen’s Union
Nixon
West Coast dockers scale wage talks to boost pay
Before talks began on May 15 officials reached a deal to raise the hourly wage by 25 cents for 13 000 dock workers and sailors starting June 1 with protections against layoffs and a 36 hour week. The current rate is 35.10. The 1972 pact had a 72 cent raise retroactive to December 25, 1971 but 30 cents was cut by the Pay Board. Union President Harry Bridges pledged at least a one dollar raise. The 1971 72 strike cost about 2 billion to the economy, including 600 million in grain exports, and was the first West Coast port shutdown since 1948.
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Federal Pay Board
Harry Bridges
U.S
Wake Island POW camp veterans reunite in Idaho after 29 years
On Main Street Spirit Lake Idaho Robert Mackie a Navy veteran and WWII prisoner of war encounters Roy Forsberg a Spokane Washington carpenter whom he last saw in a Wake Island capture Osaka Japan reunion after 29 years re connects two veterans from the same camp.
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Spirit Lake
Idaho
Robert Mackie
Roy Forsberg
Spokane
Wash
Mackie
Osaka
Japan
Forsberg
Wake Island
Bright Comet Kohoutek to Be Visible in Late 1973
The Royal Dream Observatory announced a newly discovered comet ten times brighter than any seen this decade. Named for its discoverer Lubes Kohoutek, it was first detected last March from the Hamburg Observatory in Germany.
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London
Royal Dream Observatory
Lubes Kohoutek
Hamburg
Germany
Lobservatory
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