Wednesday Digest Weather and Local Notes
Partly cloudy and warm today with a high in the low 70s and a warm windy night. Tomorrow will be mostly cloudy with rain likely and a high mid 70s. Lows tonight in the middle 90s.
09 Mar 1977
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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1977
Page
1
Partly cloudy and warm today with a high in the low 70s and a warm windy night. Tomorrow will be mostly cloudy with rain likely and a high mid 70s. Lows tonight in the middle 90s.
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President Carter said a peace settlement may require substantial Israeli withdrawal from territory occupied since 1967 while stressing that peace must start with Israel’s survival. He distinguished defense lines from legal borders, urging mutual recognition of borders by nations.
The House approved a $43.1 billion tax-reduction bill to stimulate the economy and provide up to 50 per person rebates and a new business tax cut. The Senate faces continued battles as lawmakers debate the rebates and a Republican substitution proposal. Senate Finance Committee hearings proceed on the tax-cut measure.
In Warrensville Heights Ohio the hostage standoff ends as Captain Leo Keglovic is released after President Carter agrees to speak to Corey Moore 26 who held him and clerk Shelly Kiggans 18 hostage for 44 hours Moore freed the girl for a television set and surrendered.
Ouachita Parish Clerk Bill Downey announces absentee voting windows for two elections. The April 2 special city school tax vote asks for 12 mills renewal and five mills expansion. the May 3 Town of Richwood recall requires voters to decide on municipal officials.
Sandra Thompson, now heading statewide cultural and tourism efforts, said plans for a Louisiana Wilderness Center are underway in Shreveport. It could be operated by Six Flags Over Texas and would preserve wildlife and cultural assets from the Atchafalaya River basin. Monroe officials debated bid dates at Tuesday’s commission council meeting, finalizing the schedule for March.
New York stock prices fell sharply as a sell off followed a rally collapse from last week. The Dow Jones industrial average dropped about 930 points with losers outpacing gainers near a three to one margin on the New York Stock Exchange amid inflation worries and fears of rising interest rates.
Judi Ann Mason, 22, Grambling State University senior, won a $2,500 national playwriting prize from the American College Theater Festival for A Star Ain’t Nothin But a Hole in Heaven. The award includes a $2,000 personal grant and $500 for Grambling’s drama department, to be given at the Kennedy Center in Washington in April.
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