McKeithen Signs 1.2 Billion General Appropriations Bill
Governor McKeithen announced he signed the $1.2 billion general appropriations bill without change, leaving an estimated $22.5 million gap. He cited new power to cut up to 15 percent of agency budgets and outlined added revenue review mechanisms with state officials.
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Baton Rouge
John McKeithen
McKeithen
MecKerthen
Mary Evelyn Parker
J. B. Lancaster
A. P Tugwell
Art Thiel
Public Affairs Research Council
Commissioner of Administration
Monroe urban renewal vote reversed by voting machine error
A special Monroe City vote on an urban renewal project was overturned by a three vote margin after machines showed the proposal failed. City officials set a 1:30 p.m. meeting to reverse earlier pro council actions and align with the corrected tally.
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Monroe
W. L. Howard
Parish
South Seventh Street
Ouachita
Bill C. Downey
Jean Baxter
Mary Newman
M. J. Cook
Charies Carter
Jim Trichel
Bennie Barbieri
W. D. Brown
Thomas W. Leigh
Leigh
Howard
Cook
Ouachita River
South Grand
Corps of Engineers
Corps
Brown
Apollo 11 lunar timings altered with extended orbit
NASA announced four extra hours in lunar orbit for Apollo 11. Armstrong and Aldrin will land at 4:21 p.m. EDT July 20, stay about 21 hours 38 minutes on the surface, then return to the command ship for a 59 percent hour orbit before decontamination. The Pacific landing remains near 12:53 p.m. July 24. liftoff from Cape Kennedy is 9:32 a.m. July 16.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Space Agency
Goldstone
Calif
Neil A. Armstrong
Air Force
Edwin E. Aldrin Jr
Michael Collins
Moon
Armstrong
Aldrin
Navy Helicopter Crashes Off San Diego Killing Two
A UH2C Seasprite helicopter with six aboard, on an air evac from the carrier Constellation, crashed seven miles southwest of Point Loma. Two bodies recovered. survivors sought. Names withheld pending kin notification.
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San Diego
Calif
Point Loma
Navy
Constellation
Naval Air Station
Imperial Beach
Coast Guard
North Island Naval Air Station
River Stage Changes at Station Readings
Flood stage readings updated for Monroe and Camden stations with river levels showing declines from prior peaks. Monroe records 40 and 14.6 feet while Camden reports 26 and 4.7 feet, indicating stage drops of 2.2 and 1.1 respectively as conditions ease.
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Monroe
Camden
First U S Troops To Leave Vietnam
In Saigon the U S Command announced the first withdrawal from South Vietnam. Two brigades of the 9th Infantry Division and a Marine regimental landing team will depart by mid July or earlier, with about 16 000 troops involved in the initial pullback. A battalion of 900 men from the 9th Division will be airlifted to the United States for inactivation.
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Hawaii
9Th Infantry Division
United States
Washington
Pentagon
Melvin
R. Laird
Nixon
Penutagon
South Vietnam
Marine Outfit
Dung Hai
I Corps
Demilitarized Zone
9Th Division
Vietnam
U.S
Nguyen van Thieu
Midway Island
Saigon
Creighton W. Abrams
Twin Cities Women Start Extended Northwest Trip
Mrs Ruth Byatt and Mrs Dorothy Greer depart Monroe for a two week vacation through the Northwest United States and Canada. They travel with Mr and Mrs M B Bearden who are listed at 253 Oregon Trail as they begin the rest period with a Houston stop to tour the Astrodome and Space Center before heading to North Arkansas and Tennessee to visit relatives.
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Ruth Byatt
Dorothy Greer
Monroe
Northwest United States
Canada
M. B. Bearden
Oregon
Houston
Tex
Astrodome
The
Space Center
Arkansas
Tennessee
Voodoo Items Tap New Orleans Shops On Friday 13
Mrs Barbara Reid, studying voodoo practices in New Orleans, surveys kept potions still sold in shops. The display includes Stop Evil Floor Wash Cast Off Evil Incense Lucky Black Cat Bone Incense and Strong Love Cologne. Her black cat Cambion remains linked to the tale.
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New Orleans
Barbara Reid
South Korea Sinks North Korean Spy Boat in Covert Trap
South Korean forces trapped a North Korean patrol boat off Huksan Island killing 15 aboard and sinking the craft after luring the enemy to a rendezvous with agent Kim Yong ki. No Korean casualties were reported. Rescue efforts to raise the sunken boat continued.
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Seoul
South Korea
Central Intelligence Agency
Huksan
Kim Yong-ki
Kim
Stock Market Posts Moderate Early Afternoon Gain
In New York the stock market reversed its downward trend and posted a moderate early afternoon gain. Brokers called it a long overdue rally after the Dow Jones industrial average rose to 4.78 points from a 1969 low amid a banking rate spike to 8 percent.
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New York
Stock Averages Rise as Volume Increases on Wall Street
The 60 stock index rose to 319.3 at noon, with industrials up 2.3 while rails held even and utilities gained. After an early lag of about 200, advances outpaced declines as trading volume picked up and big blocks signaled growing institutional activity on the New York Stock Exchange.
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Associated Press
New York Stock Exchange
Cloudy Weather Stays In Area With Scattered Thunder Showers
The northeast Louisiana area remains partly cloudy with a chance of thunderstorms through Saturday. Rain probability is about 50 percent today tonight and Saturday. No major temperature changes expected. Selman Field Monroe records a high of 91 and a low of 74 yesterday. Today and Saturday highs near 88 to 92 with tonight’s low 68 to 72. Southeast winds 8 to 16 mph. Outlook calls for scattered thundershowers and mild temperatures Sunday.
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Louisiana
FAA
Selman Field
Monroe
Federal Task Force Created For Disorders
Atty General John Mitchell orders a Justice Department task force to crack down on campus violence using civil rights law as a prosecution vehicle. The plan aims at hard core leaders and the program would use military like intelligence to pursue interference with federally funded programs including ROTC.
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Washington
UPI
John N. Mitchell
Justice Department
Jerris Leonard
Senate Appropriations
Nixon
House
Robert H. Finch
Health, Education and Welfare
James E. Allen Jr
House Education Committee
Allen
Leonard
Appropriations
Robert C. Byrd
D-W.va
Byrd
You Only Live Once They Say Keep Immature Forever
A lighthearted quip notes youth ends for none and jokes that staying silly outlives youth. The line playfully contrasts aging with maintaining a playful attitude.
U S Steel Faces Antitrust Suit and Consent Judgment
The government sues U S Steel Corp. for reciprocal purchase arrangements aimed at monopolizing steel sales. A consent judgment would bar such deals for ten years. U S Steel says it will not contest in court but does not admit violations. The company will inform customers and suppliers of the judgment terms.
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sDepartment
U.S. Steel
Pittsburgh
United States Steel
Adv
John N. Mitchell
Big Steel
Nixon Administration
Asst
Atty
Richard W. McLaren
Justice Department
Two Drownings Reported In Separate Louisiana Incidents
Union Parish authorities search for two drowning victims after a Bastrop man identified as W A Doggett reportedly drowned at Harrell Lake near Haile while fishing. A Summerfield teen Archie Hill is believed to have drowned below Lake D Arbonne spillway. drag operations continued and friends said he disappeared after going under.
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Farmerville
Union Parish
News-Star World Gets House Appreciation Resolution
Members of the Louisiana House of Representatives adopted a resolution praising the Monroe News-Star and Morning World for daily free delivery during the legislative session. The tribute notes full coverage by Capital Bureau Reporter Edgar Coltharp and the papers’ editorial variety informing members and the public.
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Monroe News-Star - World
House of Representatives
House
Shady Wall
T. T. Fields
James L. Dennis
Lawrence Gibbs
Benny Christian
Lantz Womack
James P. Smith
Jimmy D Long
Charles L. Vining Jr
Louisiana
Capital Bureau
Edgar Coltharp
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Richard Tyler
Twin Cities
John I. L’ogleman
United Steel
U.S. District Court
News-Star —World
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