James Dormon Dies Funeral Set Saturday
James H. Dormon 60 an attorney for 37 years died today in Glenwood Hospital West Monroe after a brief illness. Funeral 5 p.m. Saturday at Grace Episcopal Church burial Memorial Park Cemetery Hixson Brothers Funeral Home. Survivors include his widow James W H Dorman Jr Lafayette daughter Carol Hubbard Atlanta sister Mrs R F E Hardy Camden Ark brother Frank Dorman Oklahoma City. Pallbearers named.
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Jake) H. Dormon
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Memorial Park
Hixson Brothers Funeral Home
Justices Uphold Lease On Stadium
The Louisiana Supreme Court split 4 to 3 reversing a lower court and ruling the stadium commission lease legal. The decision lets construction plans proceed with state financing despite earlier fears the arrangement violated the constitutional amendment.
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New Orleans
Louisiana Supreme Court
Domed
Stadium Commission
Oliver P. Carriere
Supreme Court
Civil District Court
Domed Stadium Commission
John McKeithen
Louisiana
Stadium and Exposition District
Bennett Johnston
Shreveport
Johnston
McKeithen
Saigon Receives U.S. Aid for Land Reform Program
The United States dedicates 10 million dollars to a sweeping land reform plan in South Vietnam aimed at expropriating 3.2 million acres from landlords and groups, paying 20 percent in cash and 80 percent in eight year bonds. The three year program, costing 400 million dollars, targets redistributing land to more than 800,000 rice farmers with tenants gaining potential title.
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Saigon
United States
South Vietnam
Nguyen van Thieu
Agriculture and Land Reform
Cao van Than
U.S
Ellsworth Bunker
Tran Chanh Thanh
Army to burn 12,643 tons of mustard gas at installations
The Pentagon said the Army will incinerate 12,643 tons of mustard gas as NAS recommended alternatives to dumping 27,000 tons of obsolete chemical munitions into the Atlantic. Incineration likely at Rocky Mountain arsenal Colorado with other storage sites listed, while M34 GB nerve gas and M55 rockets face disposal decisions.
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Pentagon
U.S
National Academy of Sciences
Atlantic Ocean
Rocky Mountain Arsenal
Colorado
Army
Rocky Mountain
Anniston
Ala
Edgewood
Pine Bluff
Ark
Toole
Utah
Atlantic
River Stage Readings Show Varied Flood Levels
River data indicates Camden at 5.4 and rising to stage 6 fall with 26 reported, Monroe at 14.4 and stationary, signaling ongoing flood conditions with location based readings and changes in stage.
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Camden
Monroe
Air Force Lifts F111 Restrictions and Starts Wing Program
The Air Force announced the lifting of operating limits on the F111 fighter and plans a $15 million program next month to strengthen the aircraft's wings after prior stress restrictions imposed last October following indications of structural concerns.
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Washington
Air Force
Pleasant evening ice cream supper and talent show in Monroe
State Farm employees and families attend a 7 o clock event at the Monroe Civic Center West Conference Room hosted by the State Farm Activities Association. Coach John Maynard leads Monroe Police little leaguers to the Astrodome for a night game, with Astros vs Braves on Saturday then a return trip Sunday.
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Monroe Civic Center West
State Farm Activities Association i
John Maynard
Monroe
Astrodome
Houston Astros
Atlanta Braves
Trend Is Mixed In Stock Market Trading Session
The New York stock market showed a mixed session with the Dow Jones down 0.77 at 869.51 by 1 p.m. Gains led losses by about 200 issues as weakness in blue chips dampened advances. Analysts cited oversold conditions and investor caution amid the economic backdrop with steels motors electronics and utilities mixed and United Aircraft slipping 59 percent.
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New York
United Aircraft
Armstrong First On Moon Foes Say Plan Was Fixed
Neil Armstrong was chosen to be the first man on the moon according to officials, though a former public affairs officer says the lunar module pilot was originally slated first. Apollo program manager Low maintains no plan change, with Armstrong and Aldrin scheduled for July 20 21 moonwalks and a final decision approved by the Configuration Control Board.
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Air Force
Edwin E. al
George M. Low
Apollo
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Low
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Aldrin
Michael Collins
Haney
Congress Extends Tax Withholding Rates For Month
Congress passes an emergency bill to extend through July the current tax withholding rates while a decision on continuing the 10 per cent income surtax is pending. The House sent the measure to the President by voice vote after Senate approval.
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Congress
House
Senate
William M. Colmer
D-Miss
Rules Committee
Colmer
Death and taxes inevitable but politics never ends
A terse quip notes that death and taxes are inescapable while Congress meetings never seem to stop. The line casts political fatigue as an ongoing joke about legislative gridlock.
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Congress
AMA Blamed by Knowles over Post Loss Nomination
Dr. John H. Knowles of Massachusetts General Hospital blamed segments of the American Medical Association and AMPAC for his failure to win the nomination for the top health job in the federal government. He said Nixon was swayed by pressure and controversy and noted Finch discussed the matter with him by phone. Knowles said he and Finch sought the best candidate and discussed several possibilities without endorsing any named prospect.
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General Dynamics Corp
General Dynamics
Air Force
Boston
John H. Knowles
The
American Medical Association Today
Massachusetts General Hospital
AMA
AMPAC
Political Action Committee of
Finch
Nixon
Knowles
Nixon Makes Trip North of Border
President Nixon arrived in Plattsburgh New York and flew to Massena for border ceremonies marking the 10th anniversary of the St. Lawrence Seaway. He planned to visit Montreal for a plaque at Expo 67 site and attended by Julie Nixon Eisenhower Henry Kissinger and several officials and senators.
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N. Y
Nixon
New York City
St. Lawrence Seaway
Plattsburgh Air Force Base
Massena
N.Y
Montreal
Pierre Trudeau
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Julie
David Eisenhower
William P. Rogers
Henry A. Kissinger
United States
A. Edgar Ritchie
New York
Jacob K. Javits
Charles E. Goodell
Robert C. McEwen
U.S
Emil Mossbacher
Nelson Rockefeller
Transportation
John
Finch ends bid to nominate Knowles as health chief
Secretary of Welfare Robert H. Finch abandons effort to push Dr. John H. Knowles into the top health post amid opposition from the American Medical Association and Senate Republican Leader Everett M. Dirksen. Finch says the protracted discussions prevent Knowles from functioning effectively and will ask for another nominee. Dirksen declined comment.
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Robert H. Finch
John H. Knowles
American Medical Association
Senate
Everett M. Dirksen
John Knowles
Finch
Nixon
Welfare Department
Knowles
Massachusetts General Hospital
White House
Anon
Sorcomo
Pale Lie
Dirksen
Hot Weather Lingers With Clear Skies In Louisiana
A ridge of high pressure keeps Louisiana under hot dry air with clear to partly cloudy skies through the weekend. Temperatures hit 92 to 98 degrees with nights of 75 to 80. Monroe reports 97 high and 76 low Thursday, 25 inches of rain. Winds southerly 8 to 18 mph, dewpoints in the 70s, 70 percent sunshine, rain chances at 20 percent.
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United States
Louisiana
FAA
Monroe Municipal
Monroe
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