Huey P. Long Seeks PSC Post in Third District
Huey P. Long an Alexandria businessman announced his candidacy for Public Service Commissioner of Louisiana's Third District which covers all of North Louisiana and much of Central Louisiana. He cites inadequate consumer representation and rising utility costs as motivation. Long, a Winn Parish native and 1946 high school graduate, notes his business background and plans to release more campaign details. He is married to Emerian Hodges and has two daughters, Jane and Sherry Long O’Neal. Long was born August 30 1929 sharing a birthdate with the late Huey P. Long and is a 32nd degree Mason Shriner active in Shreveport and Alexandria groups.
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Huey P. Long
Alexandria
Louisiana
Long
Winn Parish
Emorean Hodges
Georgetown
Jane
Glen Ellen St
Pineville
Sherry Long O'Neal
Tong
Huey Long
el Karabah Shrine Temple
Shreveport
Cenla Shrine Club
Last American Combat Unit To Leave Vietnam
In a brief ceremony without speeches the last American combat unit in South Vietnam furled its colors and prepared to depart. The 1st Air Cavalry Division’s 3rd Brigade, led by Brig. Gen. James F. Hamlet, received honors including the Distinguished Service Medal. A residual force of about 2,000 will guard Bien Hoa Air Base and area installations as Task Force Garry Owen.
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Bien Hoa
Vietnam
South Vietnam
Creighton W. Abrams
U.S
Nguyen van Minh
3Rd Military Region
U.S. 1St Air Cavalry Division
James F. Hamlet
Long Khanh
Binh Tuy
Saigon
7Th Cavalry
Garry Owen
7Th Cavalry Regiment
Blythe, Calif, Records 114 Degree U.S. Heat Spikes
The National Weather Service reports the highest temperature on Monday outside Alaska and Hawaii reached 114 degrees at Blythe California. Dickinson North Dakota posted a Monday low of 33 degrees.
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New York
Reversal of Trend Finds Momentum in Family Doctors
San Francisco reports indicate a rise in new graduates choosing family practice. Dr. Kowalewski notes 126 of 240 Maryland classes favor family medicine and Washington State shows 90 percent of last three classes entering the field. Regular baby visits and early retirement counseling are emphasized to curb future health risks.
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San Francisco
Carroll L. Witten
Louisville
American Medical Association
University of Washington
Edward J. Kowalewski
Baltimore
Witten
Ical
Kowalewski
University of Maryland
Maryland
South Vietnamese Marines Win Tank Battles in Quang Tri
In three battles near My Chanh Hai Lang and My Chanh the 3,300 Marine forces backed by U S air and naval power knocked out 18 North Vietnamese tanks and killed dozens of enemy troops. Casualties for the government side were not fully reported.
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Saigon
UPI
Quang Tri Province
U.S
Nguyen van Thieu
South Vietnam
Demilitarized Zone
Dmz
Quang Tri
Chad Huntley
My Chanh
Hue
Huntley
7Th Fleet
Hai Lang
Lost Louisiana license plate found in Forsythe Point park
A driver in the Twin Cities area must arrange new transport after losing a Louisiana license plate with chrome border. The plate came off while the driver tried to exit a steep sand bank in Forsythe Point Recreation Park. Reporter found the plate during noon hours.
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Twin Cities
Louisiana
Forsythe Point Recreation Park
Camden Monroe River Stages Flood Record Update
River stage readings for Camden Monroe show a present level at 2603.6 with a 0.1 fall. reported values include 18.0 feet at the station and a 40 unit change indicating stabilization.
Louisiana House reduces marijuana possession penalty
The Louisiana House of Representatives approved a bill by Rep. Ben Bagert 81 4 to cut a first time marijuana possession sentence from one year to six months. The measure, a revised uniform drug law, also adds tougher penalties for hard drugs and includes a death penalty provision for selling hard drugs to someone 18 or younger.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana House of Representatives
Ben Bagert
New Orleans
Senate
Louisiana Supreme Court
High Court
Louisiana
Bagert
Harmon Drew
Minden
House
John Hainkel
Solons Approve Supplemental Spending Bill in Louisiana
Louisiana House Appropriations Committee favored Gov. Edwards's 33.9 million 1972-73 supplemental budget after near three hours of debate. The panel cut 500 thousand from Guste's consumer affairs provisions and sent the bill to Edwards by July 1. The package funds hospitals and education programs, with guards to be reduced at Angola prison.
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Guste
Edwards
Senate
State Department of Corrections
Department of Corrections
Angola
Night watchman Leroy Odom Jr. found murdered in Farmerville
Farmerville night watchman Leroy Odom Jr., 28, was shot in the back of the head near the Western Auto Store on Lafayette Street. Deputy Tucker found him about 5 a.m. after the attack likely occurred between 1:20 and 3 a.m. A fingerprint expert from Monroe will assist, and the incident marks Farmerville’s first homicide in eight years.
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News - Star
Farmerville
Leroy Odom Jr
Union Parish
Bobby Tuckey
Odom
Western Auto Store
Lafayette St
Parish
Sheriff's Department
Tucker
East Jackson St
Monroe
Weather Outlook Monroe Area Warm and Pleasant Early Week
A weakened Hurricane Agnes is not expected to greatly alter conditions in the Monroe area as it moves north from Florida into Georgia. The forecast calls for generally fair and warm weather through Wednesday, with partly cloudy skies and continued warmth Thursday through Saturday, and a chance of mainly afternoon and evening thundershowers Friday and Saturday. Highs in the lower 90s and lows near 70, with variable winds from 5 to 15 mph.
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Agnes
Monroe
Florida
Georgia
Louisiana
Laird Warns Defense Pushes to Develop New Weapons
Secretary Melvin Laird told the Senate Armed Services Committee that if Congress blocks the Tri dent submarine B1 bomber and other weapons he would push ahead with a 12 site ABM program. He said the ABM treaty and SALT must be balanced with defense budgets to maintain security and technological superiority. Brezhnev had signaled continued Soviet testing of new ballistic programs and MIRV tech.
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Washington
Melvin R. Laird
Moscow
Congress
U.S
Laird
Senate Armed Services Committee
United States
Russia
America
Communist Party
Leonid Brezhnev
Nixon
Soviet Union
House Appropriations
Inside The News-Star Coverage Snapshot
Inside The News-Star feature listing sections and page markers. Abby Lowman Broadway Popenoe and Van Dellen appear in sports and theatre notes across the paper with 2B 3B 8A and 9A identifiers.
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Abby
Lowman
Broadway
Radio-Tv
Comics
Crossword
Theater
van Dellen
Jumble
Agnes Ebbs After Claiming 18 Lives
Hurricane Agnes swept from Cuba across the Gulf to Florida and Georgia causing 18 deaths and widespread destruction. The storm ripped homes from foundations along the coast and caused power outages and flooding in St. Petersburg and Pinellas County. Four killed in Okeechobee mobile home parks and several missing, including a 104 year old woman and an 11 year old boy.
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Agnes
Cuba
South Georgia
Florida
Gulf of Mexico
Carabelle
Feastpoint
Fla
U. S. 98
Eastpoint
Apalachicola
Red Cross
Beth Henson
Charles O. Campbell
Herbert Chipman
Pinellas County
St. Petersburg
Okeechobee
Edward York
James Hucks
Lynn Hess
Merle Tanner
Bill To Extend President's Emergency Powers Passed
The Senate approved a bill to extend the president's emergency powers for two years. The grant includes authority to allocate materials for defense contracts and make loans and purchases to maintain defense capacities. Powers would have expired on June 30.
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Washington
UPI
Senate
House
Deadline Looms for City Races in Monroe Area
Republican candidates must qualify by 5 p.m. today for city judge and city marshal races in Monroe and West Monroe. Wednesday at 5 p.m. is the deadline for Fourth Judicial District judge and district attorney. Tom Davenport has qualified for the District B judgeship. other hopefuls include Ray Horton for U S Congress Fifth District.
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Monroe
West Monroe
John W. Breazeal
DeSiard St
Shaw Oxygen Co
W. G
Billy) Haynes
Thomas W. Barham
Oak Ridge
Morehouse Parish
Robert H. Ford
R. P. Shirah
Tom Davenport
Fourth Judicial District
Robert W
Bob’’ Kos
Telka
Haynes
Ray Horton
U. S
H. L. Driskell
N. McGuire Ave
Futuristic President Born in a Mobile Home
A humorous line notes the oddity of electing a president born in a log cabin and muses on a future candidate born in a mobile home.
Amendments Limit Governor Edwards Health Agency Consolidation
A Senate committee rejected Gov. Edwards plan to merge 62 agencies into a single Health and Rehabilitation department. Eight agencies including HEAL were stripped, and an advisory board was replaced by an administrative board, amid administration opposition and calls to kill the measure.
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Baton Rouge
Senate
Edwin Edwards
Department of Health, Social and Rehabilitation Services
Senate Committee On Education, Health and Welfare
Health Education Authority of Louisiana
Hl. K. Sweeney
HEAL
Adrian Duplantier
New Orleans
Frederick Egan
Boards of Health, Welfare and Hospitals
House
Board
Department of Welfare
Department of Hospitals
Pore
Shreveport Metal Center By&raval
Department of Heu
Department of
Donald Williamson
Vivian
Harvey Pelier
Thibodaux and
Eagan
John Tassin
Ville Platte
Marcel Tiemann
Metairie
Board of Nuclear Energy
Division of Radiation Control
Commission Fon Aging
Youth Commission
Commission On Employment of the Physically Handicapped
Commission i On Human Rights
Commission
Williamson
Peltier
Tiemann
Tassin
Gaston Gerald
Darwin Fenner
Charity Hospital
Tulane Medical School
LSU Medical School
Classified Note on Sale of Miniature Brahman Bull
A brief classified line notes a miniature Brahman bull for sale with feet measurements, contact phone, and price. The ad suggests quick results from selling via Classified Ad channels.
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Tate Senate Group
Shreds Consolidation
PSC Post
Solons
Thomas Moorer
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Inside the News-Star
Agnes Ebbs
Florida Panhandle
Gulf
Panhandle
Tampa Bay Area
Leonard Chabert
Houma
LSU
Tulane
Rhode Island
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