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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1976
Page
2
Presidential candidate Jimmy Carter and running mate Walter Mondale share a lunch on a car hood at a Botsford Georgia church picnic. The event gathers Carters family and relatives near Plains, Carter’s hometown, during the annual gathering.
Louisiana lawmakers press into the last week of the session with major battles over corrections funding and a wide agenda. Key measures include a $478 million prison plan, a constitutional right to work amendment, and bills on indigent defense, sheriff taxing districts, and state bonding limits.
Two bills approved by the House Ways and Means committee would boost retirement benefits for top aides including Governor Davenport and executive secretary Ann Davenport while related provisions were stripped from another measure. An amendment proposed by Rep Davenport to revive prior retirement bills failed as lawmakers objected to costly credits and a later backtrack erased the advisory language.
Israeli officials expressed unease over direct U S contact with the PLO amid discussions tied to evacuations from Lebanon. The Haaretz editorial warned the U S may be nudging toward legitimizing the PLO, while Washington maintained policy remains unchanged.
A man armed with a pipe shot near the White House during a summer vigil for the Equal Rights Amendment, prompting Secret Service action. Officer Garland, who confronted the intruder, will face an administrative leave while a grand jury review proceeds. The piece recalls prior White House security incidents and related legal actions.
Manila reports government news agency says troops stormed a southern Philippines farmhouse and killed 35 hill tribesmen who had killed a landowner and driver in a land dispute. The tribesmen reportedly refused to surrender amid a backdrop of legal rulings and legislative activity.
Ugandan President Idi Amin reportedly fled Kampala as troops moved in and gunfire erupted. Nairobi papers cite Amin seeking exile while the Ugandan council overrules him, amid sparring over Kenya’s halted oil shipments and a growing diplomatic rift with Nairobi.
Mississippi’s 30 Republican delegates remain uncommitted at the convention while Ford and Reagan vie for support. Delegates voted to stay as a bloc but gave no pledge, with Ford at 1,040 and Reagan 1,024 in AP tallies and 138 delegates still uncommitted.
The River Oaks School operated by Monroe Educational Foundation admits students of any race color national and ethnic origin to all rights privileges programs and activities generally accorded students at the school It does not discriminate on basis of race color national and ethnic origin in administration of its educational policies admission policies athletic and other school administered programs.
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