Louisiana House Passes No Fault Auto Insurance Bill
The Louisiana House approved No Fault auto insurance legislation 71 to 26 after an eight hour debate. The bill sets a $500 tort threshold with expected rate cuts and requires proof of coverage for licenses, drawing praise from backers and protests from lawmakers who argued debate was cut off.
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Louisiana
Baton Rouge
House of Representatives
of Washington
John Hainkel
New Orleans
Robert Freeman
Plaquemine
House
Chris Marullo
Marrero
Risley Triche
Napoleonville
Hainkel
Ralph Miller
Norco
Sargent
Sherman A. Bernard
Senate moves to add 20 percent Social Security hike to debt bill
Democrats move to attach a 20 percent Social Security increase to the debt ceiling measure despite Nixon objections. House passed the debt limit bill 211 to 168. Church says the plan would aid elderly. Bennett may offer a 10 percent alternative. Nixon announces a two month troop withdrawal from South Vietnam to 39,000 by Sept 1 with draftees volunteering for future service.
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Washington
Nixon
Frank Church
Idaho
Senate
House
Senate Finance Committee
White
Church
Vietnam
Wallace F. Bennett
Utah
Bennett
Henry
Reuss
D-Wis
Treasury
Sen. Church
Social Security Administration
U.S
South Vietnam
Ziegler
White House
Southeast Asia
Hanoi
Indochina
United States
Thailand
Record Heat Topples Nation in Palm Springs
National Weather Service data show the highest Tuesday reading outside outlying areas and Hawaii reached 116 degrees in Palm Springs California. The day opened with a low of 36 degrees in Flagstaff Arizona.
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New York
Earl Harrison Installed as Brownfield Lions Club President
Earl Harrison of Brownsfield, son of Mr and Mrs William A Harrison of 1413 Mississippi St Monroe, was installed as president of the Brownfield Lions Club. He is an attorney in Baton Rouge. Mrs Ella Mae Roberts of 1803 Forsythe Ave Monroe is recuperating at home after surgery.
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Earl Harrison
Brownsfield
William A. Harrison
Mississippi St
Monroe
Brownfield Lions Club
Baton Rouge
Ella Mae Roberts
Forsythe Ave
Deathbed Statement Won’t Grant New Trial in New Orleans Theft Case
The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled 2-1 that Harbor Police Capt Roy Allemand’s 1970 deathbed statement cannot overturn Alvin McBride’s 1969 conviction for stealing 1300 pounds of coffee from New Orleans docks. The court applied an 1895 Supreme Court precedent restricting impeachment of trial testimony when a witness dies.
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New Orleans
Alvin McBride
Harbor
Roy Allemand
McBride
5Th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
U.S. Supreme Court
Allemand
Fireworks Safety Outlook For Independence Day
Thousands of injuries occur yearly from fireworks despite laws that curb deaths to near zero. The National Safety Council warns bootleg and imported fireworks will flood the market around July 4, with Class C sparklers and snakes sold despite FDA warnings.
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Chicago
National Safety Council
American Medical Association
AMA
Denel Richardson
National Fire Protection Association
NIFPA
Boston
U.S. Food and Drug Administration
FDA
Richardson
Louisiana House Rejects Amendments To Health Agency Merger Plan
The Louisiana House declined Senate amendments to a bill consolidating health agencies into a single Department of Health and Social and Rehabilitation Services. The vote 30 50 left HEAL as a New Orleans agency in the package, with a conference committee to resolve differences. Rep. Casey supported the change while Reps. Booker and Tauzin urged full consolidation.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana
House of Representatives
Senate
Thomas Casey
New Orleans
Department of Health and Social and Rehabilitation Services
Health Education Authority of
House
HEAL
Casey
Edward Booker
Wilbert Tauzin
Thibodaux
Tauzin
Continued Warm Weather Here
Twin City area residents can plan for a Fourth of July weekend outdoors as temperatures stay in the 90s with a small chance of afternoon and evening thundershowers. Skies stay partly cloudy through Thursday with widely scattered showers in late afternoons. Lows remain in the 70s. Rain probability today is 20 percent. FAA at Monroe Municipal Airport logged a high of 93 and a low of 76 with no measurable rainfall.
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Twin City
FAA
Monroe Municipal
Boy Recovers After Transfusion In Fight Against Cancer
Tony Smith son of Mrs. Ronald Smith of Toppenish Washington endures a transfusion in a cancer fight. Police officers are described as his private heroes. The AP Wirephoto caption notes the boy’s tearful moment before the tube is placed in his foot.
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Tony
Ronald Smith
Toppenish
State Solons Call Probe Into Loans To Winnfield Materials
Louisiana House Agriculture Committee urged a full probe by the Legislative Audit Advisory Committee into two state Market Commission loans to Winnfield Materials Inc. The 250000 and 80000 loans, made in 1970 and 1971, had not been repaid as of April. Directors include Glenn Gossett and D H Whittington, linked to local officials.
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Baton Rouge, la
Louisiana House Agriculture Committee
Winn Parish
State Market Commission
Joint Legislative Audit Advisory Committee
Winnfield Materials, Inc
Glenn Gossett
Northwestern State University
Dave Pearce
D. H. Whittington
State Education
William Dodd
Carl Gunter
Deville
Pearce
Market Commission
Burris
Robert Odom
Agriculture Department
Odom
Whittingston
Legislative Auditors
Winnfield Materials
Womack
South Viets Open Major Offensive Against Quang Tri
More than 10,000 South Vietnamese marines and paratroopers launched a major push to clear Quang Tri Province, advancing 20 miles north of the old imperial capital. North Vietnamese gunners and scattered Communist units resisted as U S airstrikes struck Hanoi and targets near the DMZ.
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Saigon
Upt
U.S
Quang
Tri
My Chanhi
Quang Tri
Do Dang.Bo
Hue
T Snam
Hanoi
Air Force 4
Phantom
Demilitarized Zone
Dmz
Vietnams
Winds Hammer Guntown Miss Damaging Buildings
Early pre dawn winds and rain battered Guntown Mississippi causing up to 200000 dollars in damage. Mayor's wife cites a turbulent two storm sequence with power lines down and roofs damaged. Civil Defense reports 45 to 55 mph winds and pea size hail.
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Guntown
Miss
Jr. R. Ford
Lee County
Texas Solon Sets Filibuster Record
Texas Senator Mike McKool known as Little Hercules spoke for 42 hours 33 minutes ending the world’s longest filibuster in the Texas Senate He yielded the floor at 8 33 a m EDT to allow a vote on his amendment adding 17 million for mental health services The event included television cameras on the Senate floor and McKool reading telegrams to supporters while facing few other senators in the chamber
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Ann Arnold Austin
Tex
UPI
Mike McKool
Hercules
Texas Senate
McKool
Senate
Chamber
Star of Texas
Texas
Nixon To Meet With Newsmen
Nixon will hold a nationally broadcast news conference from the White House press room on Thursday night. It is his first live session with reporters in more than a year and the exact start time will be announced later.
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Washington
Nixon
White House
Ronald L. Ziegler
Santa’s Tax Troubles Echo at IRS 7 Billion Gift Bill
The jolly figure remains at the Internal Revenue Service over a $7 billion gift expense dispute. Authorities probe how Santa reported the holiday largesse and possible deductions.
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Santa Claus
North Pole
Internal Revenue Office
River Stage Changes Reported Across Communities
River stages show increases in Camden and Monroe with measurable rises. Camden records a 4.2 rise to stage 26 and Monroe reports a 3.0 rise to stage 409 with 181 rise noted.
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Camden
Monroe
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