Wholesale prices surge 1.9 percent in February marking year high
The Labor Department reports February wholesale prices jumped 1.9 percent, the largest rise since 1951, with farm products and processed foods up 3.9 percent and industrial materials rising 1.1 percent. The index reaches 126.9, 8.2 percent higher than a year ago, amid ongoing debates over Nixon's Phase 3 controls and labor wage fears.
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Washington
Labor Department
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Nixon
Organized Labor
Bureau
Armed Robberies Rise in Ouachita Parish Area
Local law enforcement warn robberies in Ouachita Parish and surrounding areas are increasing since the start of the year. West Monroe and Monroe report multiple incidents with gunfire and arrests as authorities boost stakeouts and patrols to deter further crimes.
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Lou Stovall
Quachita Parish
Twin Cities
Ocer Fee Have
Derve
Sin Howe Lysis
Cby
Ouachita Parish
West
Monroe
Monrlice
Johnny
Charles Gaushell
Sheriff's Department
Laymon Godwin
Eivision
British strike hits hospitals and Old Bailey clash
Report describes a strike by nonmedical staff curtailing hospital services at St Bartholomew’s and six others while chaos surrounds the Old Bailey as lawyers in medieval wigs and gowns emerge and shopkeepers warn customers amid flying glass and panic.
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St. Bartholomew’s
Old Bailey
Flying Lass
First United Methodist Church Monroe to install Dr H LeRoy Johns
Sunday service at First United Methodist Church of Monroe 3900 Loop Road will honor the Seeber family including Suzie and Sally. At 10 50 a m Dr H LeRoy Johns retired Louisianaconference United Methodist Church will be installed with Rev Clyde C Frazier Jr district superintendent and church leaders attending.
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First United Methodist Church of
Monroe
Loop Road
Seeber
Suzie
Sally
H. LeRoy Johns
Louisiana’ Conference of the
United Methodist Church
Clyde C. Frazier Jr
W. D. Boddie
Robert B. Crichin Jr
W. W. Buller
Council On Ministries
A. D. Williams Jr
Dr. Johns
Solon to Seek Stiffer Drugs Penalties Law
New Orleans. State Rep. Ben Bagert will propose legislation to impose life prison terms for illegal hard drug trafficking. He argues the 1972 act does not deter dealers and that harsher penalties are needed as police complain of light sentences for selling hard narcotics.
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New Orleans
Ben Bagert
Bagert
Louisiana
Chuckle Joke About Diet and Marriage Talking
A humorous quip notes a reducing diet and warns against eating while one's wife is speaking. The light line plays on domestic life and self control in a playful tone.
Plane Crash Fatal To Army Parachutists
A UPI report from Siler City North Carolina states a C47 transport carrying members of the Golden Knights parachute team crashed near Silk Hope, killing at least 16 and leaving wreckage strewn over a half mile. The Golden Knights' crew and at least 11 team members were aboard. Residents reported an in-air explosion before the crash.
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Siler City
N.C
UPI
Simmons Army Air Base
Ft. Bragg
Here
Golden Knights
Silk Hope
Raleigh
K.M. Mathisen
Chatham County
Alfred Newland
Air-Conditioning Blow-Out Sparks Monroe Evacuation
A faulty air-conditioning unit on the 11th floor of the Quachita National Bank building at 130 DeSiard Monroe dispatched smoke and prompted evacuations for about 15 to 20 minutes. Fire crews prevented a crisis and praised orderly tenant conduct while a witness recalled fears of a New Orleans style jump.
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Quachita National Bank
DeSiard
Monroe
New Orleans
Freed POWs Heading Home For Reunions
Fifty six American prisoners of war freed and en route home from Clark Air Base to four U.S. bases. They join 80 prisoners who returned Wednesday, bringing repatriations to 299 since the Vietnam cease fire, with Hanoi saying 286 remain to be freed.
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Clark Air Base
Philippines
United States
Vietnam
Hanoi
Clark
Weather outlook for Twin Cities with showers possible
The forecast calls for partly cloudy skies with a slight shower chance today. Sunshine about 50 percent with highs in the lower 70s and overnight lows around 60. Friday’s high expected in the upper 60s with rain chances rising to 40 percent.
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Twin Cities
Edith Irving Gets Swiss Jail Term
Edith Irving was sentenced to two years in a Swiss jail for her role in the $650,000 Howard Hughes autobiography hoax. The court reduced the term by two months already served, with the judge split on suspension. Irving pleaded guilty to fraud and forgery as she claimed she acted under her writer husband Clifford Irving, who sits in a U.S. prison.
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Zurich
Switzerland
Edith Irving
Howard Hughes
Henry Ardiway
Clifford Irving
U.S
Louisburg
Irving
McGraw-Hill Publishing Co
McGraw-Hill
Peter Widmer
Nixon urges Congress to fund urban transit expansion
President Nixon asked Congress to authorize 3.5 billion dollars in federal highway funds over three years for urban mass transit upgrades and capital improvements to bus and rapid rail systems. He also proposed 2.3 billion dollars yearly in revenue sharing for local development and called for a new Department of Community Development to unify housing, transportation, and other programs.
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Washington
Nixon
Congress
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Department of Community Development
Housing and Urban Development
Transportation, Agriculture
Two Airmen Die In Fiery KC135 Tanker Collision
In heavy fog at Lockbourne Air Force Base Columbus Ohio two KC135 tanker jets collided while taxiing for an alert takeoff. Both were loaded with fuel one plane burned extensively and two crewmen were killed while a third injured as flames were put out by base crews.
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Columbus
Ohio
Lockbourne Air Force Base
Edwards orders probe into deaf school construction bid
Governor Edwards announced a full investigation into alleged irregularities in an 11 million state school for the deaf project. He halted work, ordered new bids, and told officials to cooperate while pending legal review and potential legislation to curb bid rigging.
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Baton Rouge
Edwin Edwards
School For the Deaf
Edwards
Hieves
Grand’ Jury
Atty
Ossie Brown
Bob Baskin
State Bond Authority
Bond and Building Commission
August Perez
No Fraud Found In Grain Sale
Secretary Earl L. Butz announced that Attorney General Richard G. Kleindienst informed him the Justice Department found no criminal wrongdoing by any current or former government employee and no criminal fraud by grain companies tied to last year's grain sale to the Soviet Union. Butz expressed continued confidence in a clean bill of health for the Agriculture Department and its employer.
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Washington
Earl L
Butz
Atty
Richard G. Kleindienst
Justice Department
Soviet Union
Department of Agriculture
Russia
Agriculture Department
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Maryland
Kelly Air Force Base
Texas
Scott Air Force Base
Illinois
Travis Air Force Base
California
Maxwell Air Force Base
Montgomery
Ala
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Thomas M. McNish
Franklin, N.C
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Tampa
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Maxwell
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Father
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