24 Jun 1977
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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1977
Page
1
A 17 year old accused of stabbing four French Quarter men says his confession was coerced after a 15 hour police interrogation. Most Ouachita Parish employees will receive hourly wage increases starting next Friday. The digest also mentions weather, market notes, and local items.
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Former Congressman Richard Tonry, who resigned amid an election fraud scandal, campaigns to regain the 1st District seat. He faces Ron Faucheux and Florence Jennison in the Democratic primary as Livingston and Moreau compete for the Republican nomination. General election set for August 27.
The House passed a 6.7 billion aid bill, 208 to 174, defying the White House by approving a five percent across the board cut, nearly a billion less than requested. The vote also tightened restrictions on Cuba Angola Mozambique and banned aid to Vietnam Cambodia Laos and Uganda, provoking executive backlash.
A 250 man posse scours a 10 square mile area around Skunk Mountain three miles from Camp Scott in Mayes County Oklahoma seeking Gene Leroy Hart, a convicted rapist linked to the June 13 deaths of three Girl Scouts. The effort includes state police sharpshooters, Tulsa officers, civilian volunteers and bloodhounds with a Tulsa station helicopter aiding searchers.
Two men from Eros, Francis M. Warner and Casey A. Jarrell, were arrested in Ouachita Parish after police found about 5 000 marijuana plants at a site near Hurricane Creek. Each man faces cultivation charges with bond set at 15000 dollars as investigations involve multiple parish and state agencies.
Plans to renovate the old West Monroe City Hall are moving forward after jail and police facilities relocated and a new government center is being built. The feature appears on ChitChat page 5A.
The Supreme Court allowed states to spend tax dollars on textbooks and certain educational services for parochial school pupils while prohibiting field trips and lending equipment such as maps and audio visual aids. The decision marks a shift from stricter church state separation rulings and limits government aid to sectarian schools.
Caldwell Parish farmers, joined by Agricultural groups and Sen. Lawrence Gibbs, demand a fresh feasibility study before four laning U.S. 165. They warn land loss of about 26 acres per mile and urge routing west of the Ouachita River. Officials cite a $22.5 million one time federal fund, with current plans awaiting final impact review.
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