Bid Accepted On 34.85 Million Of State Bonds
The State Bond Commission accepted a bid of 6 72 percent average interest to sell 34 85 million in general obligation bonds. The issue funds hurricane evacuation routes on south Louisiana and a medical school at Shreveport. Also includes improvements to state parks and planning costs for a deaf school south of the Est. bond sale led by the Moor ean Giarants Wruist Co of New York.
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Grand Jury Probes Start Over Leaks and Pentagon Papers
The Times appeals to the Supreme Court to publish top secret Pentagon reports on Vietnam while newspapers publish derived articles. A Los Angeles grand jury investigates leaks to The New York Times as courts weigh publication limits. Justice Department seeks injunctions amid national security concerns surrounding the 7,406 page study.
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Post
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Congress
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Chicago Sun- Times
Anthony Jo Russo
Rand
Defense Department
Hasdawver
Rus
Damel Keisbers
New York ‘Tires News
Minanoas
Jessony
Fosters
Indochina
Hilsman Defends 1968 Memos On Diem Overthrow
Former State Department official Roger Hilsman says two 1968 memos about overthrowing Diem were misinterpreted by the Sun-Times. He calls them contingency notes not tied to Diem’s ouster. The Los Angeles Times adds a Pentagon study showing NSC rejected a 1963 pullout recommendation by a State Department expert.
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State Department
Diem
Sun-Times
Hilsman
North Vietnam
Los Angeles Times
Pentagon
National Security Council
United States
Vietnam
Scions Warn Government Has Overused Document Classification
A retired Pentagon security expert told a House subcommittee that the United States holds about 20 million secret documents and that 99 percent could be safely declassified. William G Florence warned classification has clogged the system with unnecessary markings and urged removing the Vietnam study from heavy secrecy.
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UPI
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William G Florence
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House
Freedom of Information Subcommittee
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Vietnam
Provence
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Seventeen Feared Dead In Underground Water Tunnel Blast
An underground gas explosion north west of Los Angeles trapped 17 workers 160 feet below ground. One man died, 16 others were missing as debris and smoke filled a five mile earth tunnel under construction for a California water project. Fire officials said methane ignition likely caused the blast.
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Los Angeles
Here
Roy Walters
Svimar
California
Walters
Israel Weighs Direct Talks With Soviet Union
London dispatch reports Israel considering direct negotiations with the Soviet Union to ease Middle East tensions. Diplomatic sources say Meir's government is split, with some advocates arguing talks could sway Soviet positions, aid emigration prospects, and possibly influence U S policy.
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UPI
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Soviet Union
United States
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Jerusalem
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Polios
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Foren
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Cinons
Jaraelis Belove
Middle East
Twin Cities Couple Welcome Son Robert Braxton Bird
Mr and Mrs Ralph Bird Jr of Monroe announce the birth of their son Robert Braxton Bird born Wednesday at Glenwood Hospital. Grandparents are Mr and Mrs Feltenberser Sr of Calumba and Mr and Mrs Ralph Bird Sr of West Monroe.
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Monroe
Robert Braxton
Glenwood Hospital
Feltenberser Sr
Calumba
Ralph Bird Sr
West Monroe
Landry Ducote, Jewelers official, dies at 88
Landry E. Ducote 88 of 23068 Jasmine St Monroe died today after a brief illness at St Francis Hospital. He was R A Jewelers Monroe manager and secretary treasurer and a Grace Episcopal Church member. Funeral 14 ai m Friday at Grace Episcopal Church with burial in Memorial Park Cemetery under Mulhearn Funeral Home. Survivors include widow Sara Fo Ducote, two daughters, parents, a sister, and five grandchildren.
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Echo
Bayou DeStard Country Club
W. Bradley Trimble
Memorial Park Cemetery
Mulhearn Funeral Home
Sara Fo Ducote
Stephen P. Nichols
Charles R. Ostar
Fort Worth
Tex
Guy Larsen
Winterhaven
Florida
Walter B. Haynes
Record Heat Top Tempt Reaches 113 in Needles Calif
The National Weather Service reported the highest temperature for Wednesday excluding Hawaii and Alaska as 113 degrees at Needles California. The day’s low stood at 35 degrees in Redmond Oregon.
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New York
Reds Overrun South Vietnam Artillery Base
Saigon reports North Vietnamese troops overran Fire Base Fuller near the DMZ driving South Vietnamese defenders from the hilltop position. US advisers and helicopter gunships provided support but several artillery pieces and mortar tubes were captured or damaged. maintenance staff were missing and casualty figures were described as light to moderate.
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Demilitarized Zone
Fuller
Dmz
Cat. le Trune Hien
Apo
Quans Tri
Sarge
Camp Carel
Qui Nhon
Nixon Begins Congress To Get Two Day Trip
President Nixon starts a Midwest tour with a first stop in Indiana to dedicate a road marker near the birthplace of his mother Hannah Milhous Nixon. He will later meet in Chicago with officials and attend Purdue dinners while Congress reviews a top secret Pentagon war study under tight security.
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Indiana
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Tidianan Oasis
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Nivenongs
Chica
Continental Plaza
Chicago
North Werners
Jennie County
Indiana Junior Historical Society
Wineh
Thunderstorms to Persist Across Northeast Louisiana Forecast
Weather outlook for northeast Louisiana calls for more thunderstorms today and Friday with afternoon and evening activity. Highs near 98 and lows around 74 degrees, winds variable 5 mph, rain chances about 40 percent today and 3 percent tonight. Humid conditions with dew points around 70, sunshine near 70 percent through Friday. Monroe Municipal Airport reported a high of 97 and a low of 71 with no precipitation.
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Louisiana
Federa Aviation Agency
Monroe Municipal
Record $415 800 Paid For Table at Christie’s London Sale
A furniture table from the Erend collection of the late Mrs Anita Thomson Dodee set a world record at Christie’s in London, selling for $415,800. The fabled piece, veneered in tidip wood with Sevres plaques, signed by cabinetmaker Abartin Carin, was part of a 1968 London sale and previously owned by Marine Feodorovna of Russia. The sale of 68 pieces plus 44 other works totaled $1,687,441, with Dodge jewels and porcelain contributing to a combined $3.1 million for the Dodge items. Eleven paintings from the Podee collection were also displayed as the sale approached a possible world record. The Pribatre and Dodge collections, dating from 1900 to 1990, highlighted highlights from Tours XV and Louis II, with many pieces attributed to renowned cabinet makers.
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Erend
Anita Thomson Dodee
Detromatte
Oprice
Dodge
Christie S Bridas
Rene Pribatre
New York
Ate
Rase ‘Terrace
Versailles
Petro
Tahe
Stee
Agiertca
Horace Lem Dodee
Jane
Tasler
Rexal
Tours XV
Lous Nii
River Stages Shift as Camden Braces for Flood Risk
A jumble of notes indicates river stage changes at Camden with figures like 837 and 40. The fragment mentions Manroae and Stal in relation to stage shifts and potential impacts on the area.
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Klood
Camden
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