Tax Agents Probe Corporate Political Donations Nationwide
IRS probes hundreds of corporate officers under the Campaign Contribution Compliance Project. Investigations target illegal deductions for political gifts and bribes to foreign officials, with cases involving Gulf Oil, United Brands, Northrop, Ashland, and Phillips Petroleum.
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Washington
Internal Revenue Service
United States
IRS
Singleton B. Wolfe
Wolfe
Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Co
United Brands Co
Gulf Oil Corp
Northrop Corp
Ashland Oil Inc
Phillips Petroleum
TRS
Donald Alexander
Charles A. Vanik
D-Ohio
Gulf
United Brands
Vanik
Carey denies using influence in secret oil deal
Albany New York Gov Hugh Carey rejected a Cox Newspapers report that he used political clout with the Commerce Department and the old Federal Energy Office to aid brother Edward Carey in a secret oil deal during the Arab embargo. He said all actions were above board and on the public record. The article also notes Sparkman and Bart Chamberlain involvement and the alleged inflated pricing to utilities.
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Albany
N.Y
Hugh Carey
Cox
Edward M. Carey
John J. Sparkman
Alabama
Sparkman
Commerce Department
Federal Energy Office
Congress
Carey
Huntsville
Ala
Cox Dispatch
Bart Chamberlain
Commerce
Office of Export Administration
Chamberlain
Bahamas
Edward Carey
Dispatch
New York
Federal
Five Die On Louisiana Highways Weekend Crashes
State police report five people killed on Louisiana highways over the weekend plus two drownings on Lake Bistineau. Victims include Alice Marcel 11 who died in a crash near Leonville Arnaudville, and Rosetta McClain 28 of Tougaloo Miss in a three car collision near Oakdale. Others were John Warner 36 Amite Ronald Soembergen 24 McCallen Tex Broussard Payne 45 Des Allemandes and more details noted.
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Louisiana
Lake Bistineau
Alice Marcel
Leonville
Arnaudville
Bienville Marcel
Oakdale
Rosetta S. McClain
Tougaloo
Miss
U.S. 165
John Warner
Amite
Louisiana 16
Tickfaw River Bridge
Caddo Parish
Ronald W. Soeambergen
McCallen
Tex
U.S. 71
Shreveport
Broussard J. Payne
Des Allemandes
U.S. 90
Boutte
Payne
River Stage Readings Show Small Fall at Stations
Station flood data indicates River Stages near Monroe at 40 and 38.8 with a .1 fall while Camden records 26 and 11.8 with no change. Officials monitor changes as water levels stabilize across stations.
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Monroe
Camden
Scout Troop 234 Concludes Grand Gulf Park Hike
Eighteen boys from Monroe based Troop 234 earned medals after a weekend hike on the Grand Gulf Park Scout Trail, a 20 mile loop east of Grand Gulf State Park. Under Scoutmaster Ray Mears the group traversed dense woods and historic sites including Fort Wade and Fort Cobun near Vicksburg and Port Gibson. They camped by the paddle wheel carriage house of Grand Gulf Park and toured the nearby museum.
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Fighteen Boys Scouts
Monroe
Mississippi
Grand Gulf State Park
Ray Mears
Grand Gulf Park
Fort Wade
Fort Cobun
Mississippi River
Vicksburg
Port Gibson
First United Methodist Church
Legion Benefit Show and Veteran’s Day Manual Aid
American Legion Post No 13 sponsors a Red Oak Bluegrass Jamboree from Nashville Tennessee and publishes a Veteran’s Day salute manual. Area businessmen will be contacted for support. Proceeds fund scholarships for Northeast Louisiana University students.
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American Legion Post No. 13
Red Oakley
Nashville, Tenn
The
American Legion
Northeast Louisiana University
Floyd v Monroe City School Board Trial Opens Tuesday
A civil trial in Ouachita Parish Court House Will begin Tuesday before Judge William Norris III over alleged corporal punishment at Carroll High School. Plaintiff John Edward Floyd seeks 19119.15 in damages claiming injuries from a teacher coach in 1973 while defendant Monroe City School Board contends government immunity and questions whether the teacher acted in self defense. The case also names Millard Neyland Jr. as a defendant.
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Monroe City School Board
William Norris III
John Edward Floyd
Ouachita Parish Court House
Fourth Judicial District Court
Floyd
Carroll High School
Millard Neyland Jr
Weather outlook for Twin Cities and Monroe airport
Twin Cities expect partly cloudy skies and warm temps with possible afternoon and evening thunderstorms through Tuesday. Highs in upper 80s, overnight lows upper 60s. winds east and southeast 5 to 15 mph. Monroe Municipal recorded 92 high Sunday, 72 low this morning, no weekend rainfall. Louisiana outlook shows isolated afternoon storms, otherwise little change with lows in the 70s and daytime highs near 90.
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Twin Cities
FAA
Monroe Municipal
Louisiana
Chuckle: Listen More Than We Speak
A light quip about listening being wiser than talking as if a divine plan gifted us one ear and two mouths. The joke plays on the biblical idea of listening over speaking with humorous misreading of anatomy.
Parish Roads Meeting On 1975 Blacktop Plan
Ouachita Parish police jury will hold a special 7 p.m. session at the parish courthouse to discuss details of the 1975 blacktop program. President Huey Lenard noted other matters may also be addressed in the second floor jury meeting room.
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Ouachita Parish
Parish Court House
Huey Lenard
Fertilizer Could Harm Ozone Layer
Harvard scientist Michael McElroy warns nitrogen fertilizers may damage the ozone more than fluorocarbon aerosols. He notes fertilizers boost crop yields but produce nitric oxide that depletes the ozone, potentially by up to 30 percent by 2000, with broader risks to plant life and skin cancer.
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Boulder, Colo
Harvard
Michael McElroy
United States
McElroy
National Center For Atmospheric Research
Boulder
Earth
Jackson predicts $1 gas and Ford veto on oil act
Sen. Henry M. Jackson told about 100 supporters in Agawam that gasoline could reach a dollar per gallon as he forecast President Ford would veto Congress extending the mandatory allocations act. He warned crude oil could rise from 5.50 to 14.40 a barrel when allocations end August 31. He accused oil companies of stockpiling crude and cutting gasoline output to enable higher prices if controls are removed.
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Agawam
Mass
Henry M. Jackson
Ford
Jackson
D-Wash
Supreme Court Approves Nixon Resignation From Bar
The Supreme Court granted former President Richard M. Nixon's request to resign as a member of the court's bar. In a brief order the court directed Nixon's name be stricken from the list of attorneys admitted to practice before it. Justices Douglas and Rehnquist did not participate.
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Washington
Richard M. Nixon
Supreme Court
Nixon
William C. Douglas
William H. Rehnquist
Greenspan says jobless rate has peaked
AP report quotes Alan Greenspan on CBS that unemployment has crested near 9.2 percent in May and should decline through the summer with a fall to about 8.5 percent by January and 7.5 to 7.25 percent in 1976. He warns federal deficits could threaten recovery and notes inflation has fallen to about half of a year ago. Friedrich von Hayek counters with a one-year high-unemployment path to cure inflation.
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Washington
Alan Greenspan
President's Council of Economic Advisers
CBS
Greenspan
Friedrich von Hayek
Divorce Rate in Ouachita Parish Remains High
Survey data from the National Center for Health Statistics and Commerce show Ouachita Parish has a divorce or separation rate of 62 per 1000 residents over 14, higher than national 57 or Louisiana 56. In 1974 the U S recorded about 970000 divorces and 2235000 marriages, with many divorced residents later remarrying, totaling about 12900 locals in the remarried or separated category.
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New York
Ouachita Parish
Department of Commerce
National Center For Health
United States
West
Sou
Louisiana
Supreme Court delays death penalty ruling to 1975 term
The high court postponed a decision on the death penalty legality until its 1975 76 term, re arguing Jesse Thurman Fowler's case. Fowler faces North Carolina gas chamber for the 1973 Raleigh murder, one of 283 ondeath row in 24 states, with NAACP lawyers arguing Eighth Amendment cruelties.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Jesse Thurman Fowler
Fowler
North Carolina
John Griffin
Raleigh
N.C
Ohio
Naacp Legal Defense Fund
United States
Luis Jose Monge
Colorado
North Carolina Supreme Court
Court To Review Medicaid Rule On Abortion
The Supreme Court agreed to hear the Missouri case challenging a state law denying Medicaid payments for abortion. Missouri argues the ruling forces policy change or loss of about 66 million dollars yearly in federal funds. Lawyers for doctors contend federal courts have upheld welfare assistance limits to abortions.
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Washington
Supreme Court
U.S. Circuit Court
St. Louis
Missouri
John C. Danforth
Danforth
Appeals Court
Court of Appeals
District Cou
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New England Petroleum Co
Bossier Parish
E.L. Walker
Green Park
Elm Grove
Danny Ray
Travis Mayo
City School Board
Neyland
CE Coldemonade
Inside the News-Star
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