Pearl S Buck Dies Prize Winning Author at 80
Pearl S Buck, Nobel and Pulitzer prize winning author, died at her Danby Vermont home at about 7 25 a m She was 80 Born June 6 1892 in West Virginia Buck grew up in China and spoke Chinese before English She won the Pulitzer Prize in 1932 for The Good Earth and the Nobel Prize in 1938, the first American woman to win the prize Her death followed a year of ill health with gall bladder surgery last fall and pleurisy earlier Buck's funeral will be private and not held in Vermont
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Danby
Pearl S. Buck
China
Beverly Drake
Miss Buck
West Virginia
United States
Buck
Vermont
Airport Authority Panel Named By McSherry Today
Commissioner H W McSherry announced the five member airport authority appointments M Lebron Sneed Whitey White Ray Oliver Wright the Rev Stephen Holzhalb and Howard E Rivers The Monroe City Council approved Feb 13 creating the panel which will manage leases and staffing for the municipal airport while remaining under council oversight and excluding the Industrial Park from its reach.
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H. W. MccSherry
Airport Authority
M. Lebron Sneed
American Bank
Whitey White
Whitey White Construction Inc
Ray Oliver Wright
Richwood High School
Stephen L. Holzhalb
St. Alban’s
Episcopal Church
Howard E. Rivers
Monroe
City Council
Monroe Utilities Commission
Edwards seeks state control of deepwater port development
Louisiana Governor Edwin Edwards urged Congress to grant coastal states full authority over deepwater port construction to balance economic benefits with environmental protections. He testified before the Senate Commerce Committee on the Offshore Environment Protection Act of 1973 and highlighted Louisiana’s commitment to a Gulf superport with environmental safeguards.
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Washington
Louisiana
Edwin Edwards
Congress
Edwards
U.S. Senate Commerce Committee
Gulf of Mexico
Gulf
Export Of Missile System Is Claimed
AFL-CIO says an American firm with government approval is exporting the Thor-Delta missile system to Japan. The system could be modified for offensive use with a 1500 to 5000 mile range and nuclear warhead capability. Japanese engineers train at Vandenberg and a prototype is built in Santa Monica.
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California
Andrew J. Biemiller
Afl-Cio
Senate
Subcommittee On International Trade
Santa Monica
Biemiller
Japan
Wisconsin
Tokyo
U. S
U.S
Canada
France
Twin Cities CHIT CHAT Birthday wishes for Brad Carroll
Birthday greetings go to Brad Carroll aged three, son of Mr and Mrs Bob Carroll of 260 Oregon Trail Monroe. His sister Jenny four helped celebrate with a party and festivities. Louisiana College debaters Paul Johnson Alexandria and Ray Baxter Eudora won four of five rounds at the Piney Woods Invitational Forensics Festival in Nacogdoches Texas held at Stephen F Austin.
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Brad Carroll
Bob Carroll
Oregon Trail
Monroe
Brad
Jenny
Louisiana College
Paul Johnson
Alexandria
Ray Baxter
Eudora, Ark
Nacogdoches
Texas
Stephen F. Austin
Piney Woods
Surprise goat gives birth to four kids in North Carolina trip
Surprise L D Bryh of Harrell Road West Monroe returned from North Carolina to find his nanny goat had given birth to four kids Friday. More Chit Chat Page 5A.
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L. D. Bryh
Harrell Rd
W. Monroe
North Carolina
Mr. Bryh
Democrats Seek Impounding Authority Check Against Nixon
Democratic leaders in the House push a bill giving Congress 60 days to veto presidential impoundments. Speaker Carl Albert accuses Nixon of undermining the legislative process while Rep. George Mahon defends Congress’s right to review spending, noting past funding disputes.
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UPI
House United Today
Nixon
Congress
Carl Albert
Pennsylvania Avenue
Albert
Senate
House
George Mahon
Mahon
Ex-Governor Testifies In Downs Bribe Trial
Former Louisiana Governor John J. McKeithen testified that ex-aide C H Sammy Downs did not represent the governor or state while working for Shoup Voting Machine Co. He said he ordered no sales commissions and was surprised Downs received 215 900 dollars. Testimony also targeted state payroll status and potential bribery in state business secured by Shoup.
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Baton Rouge, la
Louisiana
John J. McKeithen
C.H
Sammy” Downs
Shoup Voting Machine Co
McKeithen
Downs
Shoup
Mary Evelyn Parker
W.W. McDougall
Administration
Pennsylvania
Robert L. Kleinpeter
Baton Rouge
First Two Indians Leave Wounded Knee Holdouts
Two youths left the Wounded Knee encampment as peace talks resumed between Justice Interior officials and 200 Indians. A federal attorney voiced cautious optimism for a peaceful agreement allowing unarmed departure without mass arrests while pending grand jury action.
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Tepee
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Interior Department
Justice Department
Chance Of Rains And Mild Temps In Louisiana And Minnesota
Skies in the Twin Cities will be mostly cloudy with a 20 to 40 percent chance of showers and thundershowers today tonight and Wednesday. Highs in the 70s, lows in the 50s, and about half the time with sun. Louisiana outlook calls for partly cloudy skies and mild temperatures Thursday and Friday, with 40s in the morning and 60s by afternoon.
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Twin Cities
FAA
Monroe Municipal
Louisiana
Eighty POWs To Leave For U S Reunions
At Clark Air Base in the Philippines eighty American prisoners of war will fly to the United States in four C141 Starlifter hospital planes for reunions with families at Andrews Scott Travis Kelly bases. The group includes flyers freed from Hanoi and Viet Cong camps with 299 POWs released since the cease-fire. Some veterans will visit schools and shop on base.
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Philippines
Hanoi
U.S
Air Force Base
Army
Gail Kerns
Daniels
W.va
Clark
Gourmet avoids unfashionable eateries to dodge weight gain
A humorous quip notes a gourmet shuns offbeat restaurants to prevent spreading weight gain to the wrong places, framing a light social joke about dieting and dining choices.
Inside The News-Star Highlights and Section Layout
The snippet lists section headings and page numbers for Abby Lowman Broadway Radio-TV Classified Sports Comics Theater Crossword Van Dellen Editorial Women Horoscope Weather and Jumble across three sections totaling 30 pages. The note indicates page mapping for readers exploring 2B 2B 6A 8A 5B 9A 3B 6A 10B 3B 4A 1B 3B 5A 78 3 Sections.
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Abby
Lowman
Radio-Tv
van Dellen
Blade Appointed Assistant Principal at Jefferson Junior High
Dorth Blade, Carroll High School head coach, was named assistant principal at Jefferson Junior High during Monroe City School Board session. The unanimous transfer follows a closed executive meeting amid a racial committee discussion and praise from local officials and residents.
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Carroll
Jefferson Junior High
Monroe City
Richard ©. Miles
B. A. Petterson
Jefferson
Blade
John Russell
Monroe
Ralph Troy
Carrol
Petterson
Francis Boyett
Southside
Wossman High School
Wossman
Tornado Watch Issued For West Louisiana Area
The National Weather Service issued a tornado watch for extreme east Texas southern Arkansas and parts of northwest and west Louisiana from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. CST. The greatest risk centers along a line from Houston Texas to southeast of Hot Springs Arkansas with potential for tornadoes severe storms large hail and damaging winds.
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Kansas City
National Weather Service
Texas
Arkansas
Louisiana
Houston
Tex
Hot Springs
Ark
Replace Deductions With Tax Credits, Wurf Tells Congress
Jerry Wurf AFL-CIO urged replacing deductions with tax credits in tax reform hearings. Credits would be $150 per exemption and a $400 standard credit, making credits equal for all income levels. He argued current brackets punish high earners and proposed Social Security tax restructuring and kept itemized deductions as credits. The NAM proposed a corporate tax cut while keeping the 22 percent rate up to $100,000.
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Washington
UPI
Congress
House
Ways and Means Committee
Jerry Wurf
American Federation of State
Afl-Cio
Wurf
National Association of Manufacturers
NAM
River Stage Readings Show Mixed Flood Levels
River gauges report station flood stages with Camden and Monroe showing shifts. Camden reads 40 to 27.1 feet with a 1.2 rise while Monroe sits at 37.6 feet as stages fall at other points.
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Monroe
Camden
Mardi Gras Parade Rolls On Despite Overcast Skies
In New Orleans crowds brave showers as Rex and Zulu parades begin the day with the Rex parade aiming for Broad Canal Street. Louis Armstrong’s memory inspires the Zulu float theme Satchimo's Second Line as Comus kicks off downtown at dusk.
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New Orleans
Howard Raymond Mahomer
Rex
Lynn Agnes Favrot
Louis Armstrong
Satchimo
Lucille Armstrong
Broad Canal Street
St. Louis ‘Cathedral
Secret U S Spy Satellite Launch From Cape Kennedy
The Air Force launched an Atlas Agena rocket from Cape Kennedy at about 4 30 a m EST sending a secret spy satellite into space to gather data on Soviet and Chinese military developments. It was the second such secret launch in three months with a secrecy label attached and no advance announcement.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Air Force
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