Convention Ties Rates to 6 Percent Income Tax
The Louisiana constitutional convention debates keeping the 6 percent maximum state income tax, with proponents calling it protection for the “little man” and opponents warning it bars future rate increases. Delegates McDaniel and Lowe criticized past practice as lock in for all time. The Revenue Finance and Taxation Committee voted 10 to 8 to retain the rate schedule as several delegates argued limits hurt working people.
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Baton Rouge
James McDaniel
Tallulah
Dele
Gate Herman
Lowe
Port Allen
Arthur J. Planchard
Plaquemine
Jefferson Parish
Lawrence Chehardy
John Alario
Westwego
Samuel Nunez
Chalmette
Walter Champagne F
Port Barre
Champagne
Alario
Nunez
Dean Questioned At Senate Hearing
John W. Dean III testified before Senate investigators about Watergate and the cover up. He said he did not tell Nixon personally about the full details though he discussed blackmail demands and his own role in the cover up. Dean suggested Nixon may have learned reports via Haldeman and Ehrlichman.
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Washington
John W. Dean III
Nixon
Dean
Senate
Edward J. Gurney
R-Fla
Gurney
E. Howard Hunt
Lean
H.R
Bob) Haldeman
John D. Ehrlichman
Grants Awarded To Northeast Louisiana University Pharmacy
The Louisiana congressional delegation announced a $217 527 health profession capitation grant from the U S Department of Health Education and Welfare to the Northeast Louisiana University School of Pharmacy. U S Sen Russell Long U S Sen J Bennett Johnston and Cong Otto Passman described the aid as a capitation grant covering health professions students and staff at the school.
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Louisiana
Washington, D. C
Northeast Louisiana University School of Pharmacy
U. S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare
U. S
Russell B. Long
J. Bennett Johnston
Otto E. Passman
NLU School of Pharmacy
Money grows on trees joke and woods reminder
A humorous quip notes that believers money grows on trees will struggle to escape the woods, implying impracticality of easy wealth and a forested metaphor for financial thinking.
Record heat breaks in Needles California as Evanston cools
Highest reading in the continental United States reached 110 degrees at Needles California on Tuesday. Evanston Wyoming posted the brisk low of 4 degrees, shaping a day of extreme temperature contrasts.
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New York
UPI
National Weather Service
Alaska
Hawaii
Needles
Calif
Evanston
Wyo
Curtiss Parker Jr. Celebrates Eighth Birthday
Curtiss Parker Jr. turns eight on Tuesday and will hold a party Saturday afternoon with family and friends. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Curtiss Parker Sr of Hart Road West Monroe.
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Curtiss Parker, Jr
Curtiss
Curtiss Parker, Sr
Hart Road
West Monroe
Northwestern State cheer school to crown top groups
Ouachita Parish and Sterlington high school cheerleaders attend Northwestern State University's Summer Cheerleader School in architecture. the weeklong session ends Friday with awards for first second and third in large and small group categories. Chit Chat hopes judges favor their team.
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Ouachita Parish
Sterlington
Northwestern State University
Architeches
Former White House Aide Pleads Guilty
Frederick C. LaRue former White House aide and Nixon reelection official pleaded guilty to conspiring to obstruct justice in the Watergate coverup He admitted involvement after the June 17 1972 break in and said the plan included deceptive testimony and cash payments to others to shield participants The 44 year old Mississippi oilman waived indictment awaiting sentencing
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Washington (Ap
Frederick C. LaRue
White House
Nixon
LaRue
Mississippi
Atty
John N. Mitchell
Democratic National
U.S. Ee Court
John J. Si‘rea
Senate
Watergate Committee
Jeb Stuart Magruder
Mitchell
Sirica
Watergate
Federal Bureau of Investigation
U.S. Attorney’s Office
Grand Jury
US. District Court
la Rue
River Stage Readouts Show Fall Flood Changes
River stage readings report Monroe at 40 with 35.3 fall in stage and Camden at 26 with 6.7 fall, noting ongoing changes in flood conditions across stations.
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Monroe
Camden
China detonates atmospheric nuclear device in Sinkiang
AP reports China tested a small atmospheric nuke over Sinkiang Lop Nor. Spokesman says yield 1 2 megatons TNT. Indian observers note growing Chinese capability while major powers move to underground tests. previous Chinese blasts and global test ban context outlined.
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Bombay
India
China
Sinkiang
Bhabha Atomic Research Center
Lop Nor
Indian Department of Atomic Energy
Peking
Hiroshima
United States
Soviet Union
Britain
France
Mururoa Atoll
Pacific
Tahiti
Bhabha
Brezhnev and Pompidou End Two Day Talks In France
Brezhnev and Pompidou wrap two days of talks in Rambouillet and Paris, noting improved relations. Brezhnev hints France may need to join nuclear control trends while Pompidou praises ongoing Soviet French ties and avoids nuclear policy specifics.
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Paris
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Georges Pompidou
France
Pompidou
Brezhnev
Communist Party
Rambouillet
Nixon
Soviet Union
Continued Clear Skies Across Twin Cities and Monroe
The forecast shows fair to partly cloudy skies through Thursday for Monroe and surroundings with a 20 percent chance of rain on Thursday. Highs in the lower 90s and lows in the lower 70s, winds 5 to 15 mph, and a 96 degree high recorded at Monroe Municipal Airport on Tuesday.
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Twin Cities
Monroe
FAA
Monroe Municipal
Louisiana
Nixon vetoes bill to cut bombing aid in Cambodia
President Nixon vetoed a measure that would halt funds for U S bombing in Cambodia saying it would hinder an effective negotiated settlement. The 3.4 billion supplemental appropriation carried the bombing ban as an amendment. Senator Eagleton pledged to attach the provision to any future money bill.
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San Clemente
Calif
Nixon
U.S
Cambodia
House
Washington
Thomas F. Eagleton
D-Mo
Senate
Nixon veto of Cambodia bombing funds sustained by House
The House sustained President Nixon's veto of a $3.4 billion Cambodia bombing funds bill and vetoed accompanying Cambodia amendment. Republicans doubt they can gather the two thirds to override, while bombing critics say the ban will be attached to other legislation. Nixon called for continued funding to run the government and praised the Paris peace framework.
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Washington
Nixon
Cambodia
House
Indochina
Paris
Gerald Warren
Senate
Hugh Scott
Pennsylvania
Gerald Ford
Michigan
Sen
U S Indicators Show May Gain After April Dip
The Commerce Department said the leading economic indicators index rose 1.5 percent in May after a sharp April decline. Six of eight indicators improved, suggesting no cooling signal for the economy and inflation pressures. Nixon administration watches for signs of slowdown.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Nixon
Solons Begin Enemies List Claims Probe
The Joint Committee on Internal Revenue, led by Rep. Wilbur Mills, opened a preliminary inquiry into alleged White House orders to audit tax returns of political opponents and other designated enemies. Mills said staff would pursue testimony from the Senate Watergate panel and may pause other business if political use of the IRS is found. The panel released one Dean document.
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Washington
White House
Wilbur D. Mills
D-Ark
Mills
Senate Watergate
John W. Dean
Associates
Internal Revenue Service
Dean
Coup Dismisses Congress in Uruguay and Appoints Council
President Juan Maria Bor daberry backed by the military dissolved Congress in Montevideo and installed a 20 member Council of State. He ordered prior censorship and banned public comment on government actions. A school holiday was set through July 20.
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Montevideo
UPI
Juan Maria Bordaberry
Congress
Council of State
Senate confirms Clar ence M Kelley as FBI director
The Senate today confirmed Clar ence M Kelley Kansas City police chief as FBI director. He succeeds J Edgar Hoover and becomes the bureau's first permanent director in over a year with bipartisan praise and questions on rights handling.
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Washington
Senate
Clarence M. Kelley
Kansas City
FBI
Kelley
J. Edgar Hoover
L. Patrick Gray III
William D. Ruckelshaus
Judiciary Committee
James O. Eastland
D-Miss
Nixon
Bureau
D.miss
Roman L. Hruska
Rneb
Monroe Accepts $2.812 Million Federal Airport Grant
Monroe officials formally accepted a federal grant of 2.812 million dollars for airport improvements at Monroe Municipal Airport. The sum exceeds earlier estimates by about 1 million dollars under the revised Airport Development Act, which raises the federal share to 75 percent.
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Monroe
Ralph Troy
Richard Nixon
Troy
Monroe Airport Authority
Airport Authority
Lebron Sneed
Ray Oliver Wright
Whitey White
Steve Holzhalb
Howard E. Rivers
Jack Hover
Bill Becton
Sneed
Becton
Washington
Monroe Chamber of Commerce
Federal Aviation Administration
Houston
Tex
Airport and Airways Development
Nixon
The Joys of Travel Help You Get Real Car Value
O Howie Hustles promotes summer travel and car buying guidance in Monroe News Star World Classifieds. He stresses safe economical and comfortable trips and urges readers to check his car value tips and good buys to enjoy summer travel.
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Howie
Monroe
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Red) Janisse
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Ehrlichman
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