Weather Digest and Local News Highlights
Tuesday's Digest notes fair weather with increasing clouds and a chance of rain by Wednesday. Mild highs in the mid 60s and lows around the mid 40s. Other items include Tex Kilpatrick leading LSU Alumni Fund in Ouachita Parish and the Northeast Louisiana Livestock Show underway in Delhi with opening-day attendance over 7,000.
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Tex R. Kilpatrick
LSU
Ouachita Parish
Delhi
Carter Proposes Energy Department to Unite Energy Agencies
President Carter sends Congress a plan to create a Department of Energy merging nine agencies with about 20 000 workers and a 1978 budget above 10.6 billion. FEA ERDA and FPC would be abolished and offshore leasing partly shifted to Interior, with other programs moved from Commerce HUD SEC and ICC.
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Tax Plan May Aid Fuel Bills The Senate House Conference Proposal
A Senate House conference committee backs a $200 million one shot program to help needy Americans pay winter fuel bills as part of Carter's tax cut and rebate plan. A compromise budget amendment allows up to $17 billion in tax cuts and spending, with Muskie pressing for aid to fuel costs.
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Senate House
Carter
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Senate
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Edmund S. Muskie
Senate Budget Committee
Market Rises Despite Fire Interrupting Trade
The New York stock market opened higher and continued to climb after a minor electrical fire halted trading for about an hour. The Dow Jones industrial average reached 940.82, with the exchange resuming at 11:50 a.m. after a smoke evacuation and no injuries reported.
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NEW York
New York Stock Exchange
Carter Welcomes Son James Earl Carter IV at Bethesda
Proud parents Chip Carter and Caron Carter leave Bethesda Naval Hospital with newborn James Earl Carter IV born February 25. The ceremony marks the latest addition to the Carter family with media coverage of the public figure and family event.
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Chip Carter
James Earl] Carter IV
Caron
Bethesda Naval Hospital
Young James Earl
Supreme Court Allows Racial Quotas in Reapportionment
The Supreme Court ruled 7 to 1 that states may use racial quotas in reapportionment to comply with the Voting Rights Act. Justices noted courts or the Justice Department may approve plans, and the decision affects Brooklyn Hasidic Jewish districts by potentially increasing minority representation.
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UPI
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Byron R. White
Amin frees Americans to leave Uganda amid tensions
In a dramatic shift Uganda leader Idi Amin announced that all Americans in Uganda are free to travel or depart the country. The move follows a halted meeting with roughly 240 Americans and comes as Western diplomats view Amin’s actions as an attempt to ease strains with the United States.
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White House
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Betty Dunn Reappointed to Kansas Ethics Commission
Betty Marie Dunn of Topeka, former Monroe resident and Carroll High School 1960 graduate, was named to a second two year term on Kansas Governmental Ethics Commission by Governor Bennett. She is married to Don Dunn and is mother of three. Clay Wilson elected first vice president of Louisiana Cattlemen’s Association at Port Allen election.
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Monroe
Governmental Ethics Commission
Kansas
Robert F. Bennett
Dunn
Topeka
Kan
Carroll High School
Dessie Roosevelt Willis Sr
Richwood Rd
Don A. Dunn
Clay Wilson
Louisiana Cattlemen’s Association
Port Allen
Edwards Seeks Aging Program Funds In Louisiana Budget
Louisiana Commissioner of Administration Charles Roemer told a Monroe aging forum Gov Edwards plans to boost the Council on Aging by about 775000 including more vans, meals funds and a 40 percent rise for senior centers. He urged citizens to lobby legislators as the state faces declining severance tax revenue.
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Ramada Inn
Monroe
Edwin Edwards
Council On Aging
Roemer
E. L
Bubba
Henry
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