Bomb Blast Shakes Rockefeller Center Bank in New York
A blast at Banco de Ponce in Rockefeller Plaza shattered windows and injured a bakery truck driver. A Weather Underground representative claimed responsibility, linking the action to Puerto Rican cement workers. The incident follows a history of Weather Underground bombings and related group activity with no other injuries reported.
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New York
Banco de Ponce
Manhattan
Rockefeller Center
Weather Underground
Flying Glass
Rockefeller Plaza
Sunken Plaza
Prometheus
49Th Street
RCA
Bank
Ed Kane
National Broadcasting Co
Associated Press
Students For A Democratic Society
Fuerzas Armadas de Liberacion Nacional Puertorriquena
FALN
Armed Forces of
Puerto Rican National Liberation
Fraunces Tavern
Wall Street
Chicago
U.S. Capitol
ITT
New York City
Cuba to Return $2 Million Ransom from 1972 Hijacking
Senator George McGovern announced that Cuba has agreed to return the $2 million ransom taken by skyjackers in 1972 from Southern Airways. In a letter, Cuban Prime Minister Fidel Castro said Cuba would give a positive answer to the requests for the money’s return, and McGovern said he received Castro’s letter on Friday.
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Washington
UPI
Southern Airways
George S. McGovern
McGovern
Fidel Castro
Castro
Twin Cities Chit Chat A Newborn Michael Shane Powell
Mr and Mrs Jimmy Powell of 204 Ronaldson Ave Sterlington welcomed a son Michael Shane weighing seven pounds 11 ounces at Glenwood Hospital. Paternal grandparents Aubie L Powell Jr and Mrs Powell and maternal grandparents E W Ormond and Mrs Ormond, all of Sterlington. Dorinda Brunson 19 spends summer in Crown Point New Mexico as a summer missionary for the Navajo Indians through Home Mission Board while a Northeast Louisiana University junior.
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Jimmy Powell
Ronaldson Ave
Sterlington
Michael Shane
Glenwood Hospital
Aubie L. Powell Jr
E. W. Ormond
Dorinda Brunson
Glenn Brunson
Monroe
Crown Point
New Mexico
Miss Brunson
Northeast Louisiana University
The
Home Mission Board
Summer Jobs Bill Awaiting Ford Signing
Washington AP reports a bill awaiting President Ford’s signature would fund summer jobs for about 840,400 youths from economically disadvantaged families with $456.35 million allocated to 433 state and local governments. Projects pay at least $2.10 per hour for ages 14 to 21, lasting nine to 12 weeks in public agencies and community roles such as recreation, facilities work, library tasks, day care, environmental cleanups, and museum guidance. The plan also includes $15.3 million for youth recreation and $1.7 million for transportation.
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Washington
Ford
Labor Department
Environmental Protection Agencies
Jacob K. Javits
Ouachita Parish Median Age Drops
Ouachita Parish shows a median age of 24.9 years reflecting a large youth cohort. National data indicate most Americans are under 30, while Louisiana’s median is about 24.8, highlighting postwar birth-rate effects on local demographics.
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Ouachita Parish
United States
Louisiana
Four Die as Storms Hit Midlands
United Press International reports severe storms across the Midwest into the Gulf and Atlantic coasts. Four people died in Arkansas, Illinois, and Michigan as tornadoes and downpours caused crashes and electrocutions.
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Midlands
Edwards to attend Monroe premiere of The Drowning Pool
Gov Edwin Edwards expected in Monroe to host the Southern premiere of The Drowning Pool a Paul Newman film shot in South Louisiana Actress Gail Strickland will join Edwards at the event a benefit for the Louisiana Arthritis Foundation Patron tickets cost 100 per couple with a reception at the Ramada Inn Plantation Room Ronnie Kole Trio to perform Other tickets 25 per couple include a Champagne Intermission invitation Premiere starts 7 p.m. at the Plaza Theatre Twin City Mall Tickets at the door
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Edwin Edwards
Monroe
Paul Newman
South Louisiana
Edwards
Gail Strickland
Newman
Louisiana Arthritis Foundation
Ramada Inn
Ronnie Kole
Gov. Edwards
Miss Strickland
Plaza Theatre
Twin City Mall
Twin Cities Weather Outlook With Thunderstorm Risk
Warm residents can expect partly cloudy skies today and Tuesday with a chance of afternoon and evening thunderstorms. Highs near 90, lows around 70, and southwest winds 10 to 15 mph, gusty near storms. FAA at Monroe Municipal Airport logged 85 Sunday high and 73 current low. weekend rainfall 83. Louisiana outlook shows scattered thundershowers, highs near 90, nights in the low to mid 70s.
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Twin Cities
FAA
Monroe Municipal
Louisiana
House Group Denies Sclon Data Access
The House Armed Services Committee voted 16 to 13 to maintain Rep. Harrington’s access denial to secret CIA operations in Chile after he disclosed information about Allende. The panel urged ethics guidelines to shield secrets, while Congress tackles NH election disputes and possible reforms to the intelligence panel.
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Washington
House
Armed Services Committee
Michael Harrington
Central Intelligence Agency
Chile
Harrington
Massachusetts
CIA
Salvador Allende
Allende
Richard H. Schord
D-Mo
House Ethics Committee
Senate
New Hampshire
Louis C. Wyman
John A. Durkin
Mike Mansfield
Congress
Richard Bolling
Samuel&. Stratton
D-N.y
Intelligence
Lucien N. Nedzi
U.S
Bolling
River Stage Readings Show Flood Threat Near Camden
Reading notes during a river stage report indicate rising water levels at Camden with a 2.8 unit drop and Monroe showing 40.0 with a slight 0.1 fall. The data suggests ongoing flood risk from shifting stage measurements.
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Camden
Monroe
Inside The News-Star Section Highlights
A summary of the Abby 1B Jumble 9B Broadway 7A Lowama 2B Classified 7B Radio TV 7B Comics 5B Sports 1A Crossword 4B theater 7A deaths 9A Van Dellen 5B editorial 4A Women 1B Horoscope 7A Weather 5A layout across 2 sections and 26 pages.
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Abby
Radio-Tv
van Dellen
Wounded Israeli Housewife Dies in Guerrilla Attack
In Kfar Yuval near the Lebanese border an Arab guerrilla raid killed a 23-year-old Israeli housewife, her husband, and her brother. The infant son and her father were wounded as four intruders seized the Mordechai home and fought occupants. Israeli forces retaliated with air strikes on Kfar Chuba and across the border in southern Lebanon.
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Israel
Kfar Yuval
Kfar Chuba
Lebanon
Lebanese Defense Ministry
India
Yaacov Mordechai
Shark attack off Gulf Coast leaves man unharmed
A 27 year old man, William Wayne Daniels of Bay Minette Alabama, was bitten five times on the left leg by a shark five miles off the Gulf Coast. He escaped by batting the shark away and swam to his boat where his wife and daughter ferried him to a hospital in Foley, Alabama, in satisfactory condition.
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Gulf Coast
Foley
Ala
UPI
William Wayne Daniels
Bay Minette
Alabama
Daniels
Chuckle Says Kids May Shine in TV Commercials
A lighthearted note advises not to worry if a child overreacts to small things as they may grow into a future TV commercial performer. The quip playfully contrasts everyday excitement with eventual talent.
Drilling Of Relief Well In Gulf Nears
New Orleans AP reports workmen prepare to bore a relief well to intercept the 250 foot geyser of natural gas at a Gulf of Mexico platform 52 miles offshore. Amoco says drilling could take 45 days and capping about three weeks depending on weather. 31 crew safely aboard. 250 workers, 22 boats, four helicopters involved in a 24 hour operation.
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New Orleans
Gulf of Mexico
Amoco Production Co
National Weather Service
Drevan
Amoco
Justices Rule Virginia Acts Price Fixing
The Supreme Court voided state and local bar minimum fee schedules for real estate work as anti competitive, ruling prices fixed by associations violate federal law. The Goldfarbs won after challenging Fairfax County Bar Association fees, with the decision signaling possible end of fixed legal fees. The court also ruled four other actions on abortion advertising free press protections and a robbery case, among others.
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Supreme Court
Virginia
Lewis H
Ruth Goldfarb
Fairfax County Bar Association
Justice Department
Department
Goldfarbs
Warren E. Burger
Guildfards
County Bar Association
State Bar
Burger
Bureer
Bar Association
Jack Roland Murphy
Miami, Fla
Murph the Surf
U.S. Court of Appeals
Kentucky
Fairfax County
Goldfarb
Oregon State Bar
U.S. District Court
Portland
American Bar Association
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