Weather forecast for multiple regions with warm, showery notes
Mostly fair and warm today and Wednesday. A slight chance of showers or thundershowers. highs in the lower 90s, lows in the lower 70s. Winds 5 to 15 mph shifting southwest. rain probability 20 percent. Delta and Louisiana forecasts call for continued warmth, scattered showers possible late week. Mississippi general fair and hot with 90s highs through Wednesday.
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Comments on State of Economy by John Cunniff
AP analysis outlines rising building costs and profit gains in construction materials firms. It cites F W Dodge data showing 64 percent first quarter profit growth on 27 percent sales rise and a doubling of forest products profits. It notes high debt losses across finance and savings sectors and highlights health care as a growing service industry with 39 percent employment growth from 1966 to 1971 and rising earnings to 33.5 billion.
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Belfast killings mark sectarian violence surge in Ulster
A Protestant group claimed responsibility for the murder of Paddy Wilson, an aide to Gerry Fitt, and an unidentified woman in Belfast. Police report ongoing sectarian violence with a rising death toll and threats of further attacks as Ulster prepares a new assembly election.
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Elmhurst Tennis Player Wins Varsity Letter
Jesse Wilson of Monroe has earned a varsity tennis letter at Elmhurst College. He played fifth singles for the Elmhurst Blujays as they finished 4-7 in duals and sixth in the College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin.
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Budwiser Wilson
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Birthdays and workshops span Monroe utilities and Arkansas notes
Seven Monroe Utilities Commission employees receive birthday wishes this week, joining 21 June birthdays. Ann Minor and Pat Conti celebrated earlier in the week. E A McPherson has birthday today. James Turner, James A Bradford, William L Ellerbe, and H P Hawkins have upcoming dates. Two State Farm Arkansas Mid South office workers attend a Pine Bluff workshop for secretaries in the Ryland Robinson district with Bill Wilson and Gordon Kenwright on the program discussing auto mobile policies.
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Pat Conti
E. A. McPherson
James Turner
James A. Bradford
William L. Ellerbe
H. P. Hawkins
Pine Bluff
Ark
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Ryland Robinson
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Birthday greetings for Monroe residents noted
Retired Monroe City Judge W. M. Harper marks a birthday at his home on Lexington Avenue. Vonita Smith on North Sixth Street also celebrates a birthday today in Monroe.
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Sixth St
Fire at The Up Stairs Lounge Kills 29 in New Orleans
Investigators probe suspect arson at the Second Story Bar where 27 men and two women died amid crowd gathered for food and drink. Fire officials note rapid spread. WWL reports four men seen fleeing as the blaze began. Local religious groups plan a mourning day and fund drive for a memorial church.
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Yerger defends seating plan in Monroe meeting dispute
Monroe Civic Facilities Director Mickey Yerger rebutted charges by Ruth Cooley that he favored the Civic Center arena for a June 21 meeting on commercial garbage collection. Yerger says he set a $50 arena fee, kept the date on the books, and acted to accommodate public interest without mayoral direction.
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Citizens For Monroe Organization
Pete Dowd
Monroe Printing Co
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Troy
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Black Oak Arkansas
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Mrs. Cooley
Butz Warns of Meat and Poultry Shortages in U.S.
Secretary Earl L. Butz told the Senate Banking Committee that shortages of meat and poultry are likely and urged Nixon to obtain standby authority to curb exports. He cited high feed costs and a price freeze squeezing poultry raisers, with hog producers selling breeding stock and cattlemen pulling back from the market. The President’s Council of Economic Advisers, while wary, sees no near term rationing and suggests easing freezes on foods such as broiler chickens.
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President's Council of Economic Advisers
Humperdinck Claims Largest Fan Club With 87 Chapters
Pop singer Engelbert Humperdinck says his fan club is the largest in the United States, boasting 87 chapters nationwide. The claim comes as he remains popular with fans and headlines in Hollywood entertainment circles.
Whitlam To Meet Nixon In Washington Amid Tense Ties
Prime Minister Gough Whitlam travels to Washington for a July 30 meeting with President Nixon as Australia seeks a more independent foreign stance. Canberra officials anticipate talks on Asian groupings defense pacts and the Northwest Cape American naval base amid a backdrop of strained relations and recent critical exchanges.
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Indictments Allege Fountain Agency Scheme In Minnesota
A U S grand jury in St Paul indicted John B McGregor 42 and Robert Fletcher 43 as insurancemen from Baton Rouge La alleging they devised to defraud Northland Insurance Co Coastal Casualty and policy holders. The Fountain Agency allegedly canceled policies kept refunds for lien holders then rewrote policies with different names and lower premiums. The amount involved was not specified.
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Baton Rouge
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Northland Insurance Co
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Fountain Agency
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Hyman Named To Jaycee Post In Louisiana
Hugh Hyman of Monroe has been named executive vice president of the Louisiana Jaycees. A ten year member he will run operations for the 7800 member group overseeing programming sponsorships and advertising. He is a former Monroe Jaycees president and has earned multiple state and national Jaycee honors.
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Dean Contradicts Nixon Statements on Watergate Cover Up
Former counsel John W. Dean II told the Senate Watergate committee that Nixon knew of the cover up and of payments to defendants and twice spoke of clemency. Dean contradicted Nixon on four key points, saying the President sought to contain the case and protect his aides rather than investigate.
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Weston Ties for Largest Tobacco Market West of Mississippi
Jefferson City Missouri Weston in northwest Missouri is identified by state records as home to the largest tobacco market west of the Mississippi River.
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UPI
Weston
Missouri
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