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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1976
Page
2
Walter Mondale the Democratic vice presidential candidate fishes on Lost Lake north of Hibbing with Dan Hibbs of Des Moines piloting the boat. Secret service agents row the lake in the background during the Sunday outing.
Scientists prepare Viking 1 lander instruments for Mars descent. Team led by Thomas muteh reviews cameras and life support experiments aboard the craft. Mission aims to capture surface imagery and assess Mars like conditions before touchdown expected Tuesday.
A fragmentary obituary notice lists P Evans and related family names. Details of services on Tuesday reference a Monroe Baptist Church and Midler’s with a Saint director name, listing mourners and burial plans in a montage of names and places.
Investigators say fresh clues point to three men suspected in the Chowchilla school bus kidnaping of 26 children and a driver. Officials describe three likely suspects, show photos, and continue tracking two vans used in the abduction as they search for motives and a possible ransom.
The News-Star notes a National Science Foundation grant to USL to support advanced physics experiments. The funds enable equipment purchases and research into optical systems, detectors, and measurement study led by faculty and students.
Funeral services will be held for Shelton Gene Aswell 21 of Ferriday at Eva Church of God with Rev. Gorgon Finley officiating. Burial follows at Eva Church Cemetery under Young's Funeral Home Ferriday. He was killed in a Sunday afternoon highway accident near Monterey. Survived by widow Sandra, four daughters, six brothers, four sisters, and a paternal grandmother.
The IRS states that July 31 is the last day for employers to report and pay Social Security and withheld federal income taxes for the third quarter of 1976. If the full quarterly tax liability was deposited on time, the deadline to file Form 941 is August 10. Employers with preaddressed forms should use them. others may obtain forms from local IRS offices and IRS Publication 1.
U S Coast Guard reports two Miami men were killed by Spanish speaking pirates who boarded the disabled sailboat Feisty ten miles off the Colombian coast early Sunday. Two other Miami men survived and were rescued by the Esso Lincoln.
Thunderstorms extend from the Upper Mississippi Valley through the Northern Plains into the Northern and Central Rockies. Isolated storms strike parts of Louisiana and Eastern Texas and along the South Atlantic Coast. Southwest Texas rain has eased, prompting IRS offices to offer more employer guidance.
Monroe City School System supervisors Nell Cascio and Maria Maggio state they will not deposit about 1500 in sales tax benefits until the state attorney general rules they are entitled to proceeds. The Ouachita Parish School Board paused payments pending AG guidance, with potential repayment if ineligible. Both say their raises come from state sources and cite cost of driving and time differences in duties.
Hanoi says 205 Thai fishermen and their vessels will be released from Vietnamese custody after alleged violations of territorial waters. The group is expected to reach Thailand in four to five days as part of efforts to improve diplomatic ties in Southeast Asia.
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