Hostage crisis at British Columbia prison ends
In Westminster British Columbia a 40 hour hostage siege ended with the death of Mary Steinhauser a social worker. Inmates Douglas Lucas Andy Bruce and Clair Wilson held 15 staff as hostages. Guards entered the vault during the assault injuring two inmates while Steinhauser died on arrival at hospital.
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Westminster
B.C
UPI
Mary Steinhauser
British Columbia
Gary
Bannerman
CKNW
Douglas Lucas
Andy
Bruce
Mary
Board may name Monroe as Petterson successor tonight
Henrietta George said the city school board hopes to replace retiring Superintendent B A Gus Petterson at tonight's personnel committee meeting. The board plans interviews with at least three candidates including Richard Miles Sidney Seegers and George Davis with a Thursday vote likely if a decision is reached. Seegers has Baton Rouge ties and prior system experience, while Miles is noted as the first black assistant superintendent in the district's history.
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City School Board
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B. A
Gus” Petterson
News- Star Today
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Ard
Preas
Marine
Richard Miles
Sidney Seegers
Media Center
George Davis
Seegers
Baton Rouge
Miles
News-Star
Petterson
Judge Calls Special Session of Ouachita Grand Jury
A special Ouachita Parish Grand Jury session is set for 9 a.m. Tuesday June 24 in the grand jury room at the parish courthouse. Judge William Norris signed the order on request by First Assistant District Attorney Gilbert T. Brown, who cited three inmates in the parish jail facing capital offenses and one other matter needing grand jury action. District Attorney Johnny Carl Parkerson said the cases are routine and that the other matter likely refers to a long‑running embezzlement probe.
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Ouachita Parish
Grand Jury
Ouachita Parish Court House
Fourth Judicial District Court
William Norris JH
First Asst. Dist. Atty
Gilbert T. Brown
Brown
Tax Form Comedy Goes Overboard
The line about income tax blanks becoming a religious experience suggests readers find the filing process baffling and humorously overwhelming. It plays on biblical phrasing to lampoon the era's tax forms.
Ouachita Parish Eyes 911 Emergency System Plan
A local committee formed after the 1974 state legislature's 911 project advances plans to implement the system in Ouachita Parish. The goal is a single number to reach police fire ambulance and Civil Defense through all public service departments. Members include Charles B. Gaushell and a list of others.
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Ouachita Parish
Police
Fire
Ambulance
Charles B. Gaushell
Charles A. Roddy
E. L. Roark
Phillip Kulcke
Joe Maggio
Robert Bushnell
Charles Oxford
Carl Gregory
Johnny Mitchell
Charles Mazziotti
Wallace Hargon
Homer Massingill
Florida Man 105 Charged After Sorrento Shooting
Ed Possum Slim Myers a 105 year old man faces second degree murder charges for killing Louise Stewart 62 and wounding Sammy Tolbert 44 in central Florida. He says anger and robbery motives drove him after Stewart grabbed money from him during a birthday visit.
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Fila
Myers
Morton Aulls
Louise Stewart
Stewart
Sammy Tolbert
Jesus
Mrs. Stewart
Florida
Sorrento
Village That Bans Deficit Spending Gives Frugal Budget Tale
Clyman Wisconsin with 320 residents rejects deficit budgeting. Village president Erna Klatt says welfare budgeting may rise this year while cutting the 1975 budget from 175537 to 126669.52 to resist inflation. Residents own homes, few rents, and basic services only with no parks.
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Clyman
Wis
Mildred Gahlman
New York
Erna Klatt
Treasury
New York City
Ski Masked Bank Robbers Strike in Shreveport Branch
Two armed men wearing ski masks robbed a Commercial National Bank branch in Shreveport at about 8 am, escaping with roughly 4008. Police and FBI hunted a prime suspect unnamed due to records. The pair fled in a white car stolen from the branch manager and were seen swapping to another vehicle nearby.
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Shreveport
Commercial National Bank
FBI
Jast
Twin Cities Weather Outlook With Clouds and Warm Temperatures
Residents face cloudy skies with a chance of thunderstorms today and tonight, then generally fair Thursday. Highs mid 80s, lows mid 60s, winds 5 to 10 mph, brief higher gusts near storms. FAA at Monroe Municipal Airport logged 77 high, 72 low. 1.21 inches rainfall in last 24 hours. Louisiana extended outlook shows isolated showers or storms Friday to Sunday. lows in low 70s, highs near 90.
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Twin Cities
FAA
Monroe
Louisiana
Hathaway Confirmed as Interior Secretary by Senate
The Senate approved 54 to 40 the nomination of Stan ley K. Hathaway Republican former Wyoming governor to head the Interior Department. Senators questioned his environmental record and his statements during hearings regarding a strong strip mining bill and the President's veto, while supporters defended his record.
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Wyoming
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Muskie
Interior Committee
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House
Gale ‘McGee
D-Wyo
Clifford P. ‘Hansen
R-Wyo
James McClure
Idaho
Senate Interior Committee
Grand Teton National Park
Wyoming State
Inside The News-Star Page Fragments
A compact note of newspaper page sections listing Abby Jumble Broadway and classified areas. Mentions death notices and editorial content among sports weather and theater items in the News-Star layout.
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Lowman
Comics &C
van Dellen
Ford and Rabin Open Talks On Mideast Settlement
President Ford meets Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin in the White House Oval Office to push for a new Israel Egypt settlement. The talks include Kissinger and Sisco with a working dinner to follow and additional sessions planned.
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Andrews Air Force Base
Henry A. Kissinger
Ford, Rabin
Mideast
Washington
Ford
Rabin
Oval Office
White House
Joseph Sisco
Simcha Dinitz
Kissinger
James R. Schlesinger
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
House International Relations Committee
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Suez Canal
U.S
Anwar Sadat
U.S. Plans Reimbursement for Refugee Welfare Costs
The federal government announced it will reimburse states for welfare medical and social services for Vietnamese and Cambodian refugees after settlement. Health official Caspar Weinberger said resettlement will be by national voluntary agencies or state and local governments with sponsors providing shelter food and job help.
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Washington
Caspar W. Weinberger
Property Taxes Share of Local Revenue in Ouachita Parish
The News Star reports that Ouachita Parish derives about 47.2 percent of local revenue from property taxes, below the national average of 63.5 percent and Louisiana's 39.9 percent. The shift toward gross sales and local income taxes reduces property tax share. Property taxes total about 50.9 billion nationally, down from 22.6 billion in 1965, with Ouachita yielding 75 dollars per resident versus 205 nationally and 81 in Louisiana.
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News Star News Service
New York
Ouachita Parish
Department of Commerce
Louisiana
United States
Economists Predict Upturn For 1976 In Optimistic Forecast
University of Pennsylvania Wharton professors say the postwar recession is bottoming out and an upturn will begin before year end with moderate expansion through 1976. They warn unemployment remains high into 1977, cite energy policy as a mild constraint, and project GNP growth starting this October aided by tax rebates, lower taxes, and easier credit.
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Philadelphia
University of Pennsylvania
Wharton School
United States
Ford
Lawrence R. Klein
F. Gerald Adams
David M. Rowe
Wharton ‘Econometric Forecasting Associates
Total Receiving Jobless Benefits in US Declines
The Labor Department reports 5,765,000 Americans collected unemployment benefits in the week ending May 24 across seven programs, down 354,000 from the prior week and the first drop below six million since February. The jobless rate for state unemployment insurance fell from 6.5 to 6.1 percent.
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Washington
Labor Department
River River Stages Rise at Stations After Flood
Readable notes show station readings on River Stages with changes and rises. Monroe reports 40 rising to 40.2 while Camden climbs from 26 to 32.2 as flood conditions persist with upward shifts.
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Monroe
Camden
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