Amite Sunday Opening Lacks Constitutional Backing
The Louisiana Supreme Court ruled 4 to 3 that Amite cannot ban grocery store Sunday operations citing inconsistent allowances for liquor milk and other outlets. Justices differed on whether the ordinance aimed to prevent Sabbath desecration or violated state establishment clauses. Dissenting opinions argued local customs justify such laws and questioned irreparable injury.
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New Orleans
State Supreme Court
Amite
High Court
U.S
Joe W. Sanders
Baton Rouge
Frank W. Summers
Abbeville
National Food Stores of Louisiana, Inc
Mack E. Barham
Bastrop
Soul Patrol Disbanded in New Orleans After Pressure
Ed die Sims founder of the Soul Patrol says the anti crime group has disbanded amid public pressure. Sims had warned the group would arm itself to clean up the Lower Ninth Ward. City Councilman James A. Moreau cautioned the group could become a vigilante threat to innocent citizens.
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NEW Orleans
Eddie Sims
Soul Patrol
Sims
Ninth Ward
New Orleans Times- Picayune
James A. Moreau
Convention Sets Succession Line for Governor
A subcommittee of the constitutional convention in Baton Rouge proposes a line of succession that includes elected officials only. The order starts with the lieutenant governor, secretary of state, treasurer, president pro tempore of the Senate, and speaker of the House, followed by others chosen by the legislature. Appointed officials are excluded from succession and a vacancy in the lieutenant governor’s office would be filled by the governor with legislative confirmation, with the appointee ineligible to become governor.
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Baton Rouge, la
Senate
House
Special Session Sought By Solons
Louisiana Senate approves a concurrent resolution urging Gov. to call a special session on no fault auto insurance. The measure, 21 to 14, notes cost could reach 200000 but would enable review of multiple plans amid strong trial lawyer opposition. The governor could call a session regardless of the vote.
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Baton Rouge, la
Louisiana Senate
William Brown
Mon
Roe
House
Jack Knowles
Lake Charles
Senate
Brown
Sherman Bernard
No Progress In Latest Paris Cease Fire Talks
In Paris Henry Kissinger and Le Duc Tho met for four hours but failed to reach a new accord, delaying final signatures. They planned to resume talks at noon Wednesday in Gif sur Yvette while Kissinger awaited confirmation at Orly Airport. The ceremony for the cease-fire communique was postponed.
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Paris
Henry A. Kissinger
Hanoi
le Duc Thio
Vietnam
Gif Sur Yvette
Communist Party
International Conference Center
Avenue Kleber
Police express concern over vigilante group Soul Patrol
Police Superintendent Clarence B. Giarrusso has no comment on the Soul Patrol but a spokesman said he was very concerned about the organization. The remarks warn that citizens against crime could backfire and harm innocent people.
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Clarence B. Giarrusso
Soul Patrol
Skylab Tracks Earth Resources Over North Central Seaboard
Skylab astronauts conducted an earth resources pass over the north central and Eastern states. They prepared to test an electric furnace and an electron beam gun for metals processing that could enable space manufacturing. The team includes Charles Conrad Jr., Joseph P. Kerwin, and Paul J. Weitz on day 19 of a 28 day mission monitoring wildlife habitats, pollution, weather, and urban development from North Dakota to Baltimore with data on Lake Michigan, Cleveland, Detroit, and Lake Erie.
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Paul J. Weitz
North Dakota
Great Lakes
Ohio
Chesapeake Bay
Atlantic
Caribbean
Cleveland
Detroit
Pittsburgh
Baltimore
Michigan
Weitz
Lake Erie
Marijuana Used In Treatment Of Glaucoma Victims
Fort Lauderdale eye surgeon Dr. Frederick Blanton says he gave 100 volunteers brownies containing Jamaican marijuana to test glaucoma treatment. Eye pressure dropped within 1.5 hours and then rose after seven hours, with side effects mostly mild. He lacked federal permission due to technicalities.
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Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Frederick Blanton
Blanton
Astronaut describes view of cloud layer during ascent
The crew member reports passing over an overcast layer and identifies cirrus clouds in the jet stream as visible from the spacecraft. The observation comes as they relay a television picture to Earth via Mission Control.
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Mission Control
Earth
Conrad
Gramercy Man Is Arrested Over Embezzlement Charges
John Wayne Louque 27 of Gramercy was arrested Monday on a 31 count federal indictment in New Orleans alleging embezzlement of funds from the Gramercy Federal Credit Union. The FBI says he stole more than 30000 while employed there.
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New Orleans
John Wayne Louque
Gramercy
Gramercy Federal Credit Union
FBI
Louque
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