Nixon Aims to Lower Vote Age as Amendment Advances
The proposed constitutional amendment to lower the voting age to 18 moved to the House floor as states prepare to ratify. If 38 states approve, the 24th Amendment would allow 11 million 18 to 21 year olds to vote in all elections, easing dual registration and reducing costs and delays.
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Washington
Congress
Supreme Court
Connecticut
Massachusetts
Minnesota
New Jersey
Ohio
Virginia
Nixon outlines 2.566 billion plan for transportation sharing
President Nixon proposed a federal revenue sharing plan totaling 2.566 billion to aid states in transportation. Of this, 20 percent targets urban mass transit, with 2.041 billion for planning and projects across highways aviation and mass transit and 525 million for rapid relief of strained mass transit systems. The allocation blends existing grants into a unified program administered by the secretary of transportation.
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Washington
Nixon
Congress
Capitol Hill
Secretary of Transportation
Puerto Rico
District of Columbia
U.S
United States
Fifth Amendment Invoked By Banker in Probe Testimony
Robert H. Bolton president of Rapides Bank of Alexandria invoked the fifth amendment before the Legislative Mafia Probe Committee saying he would answer no questions about political contributions. Beasley testified he and Bolton paid money to influence a governor and claimed prior misstatements about payments to Downs for lobbying and tax negotiations.
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Baton Rouge, la
Robert H. Bolton
The
Rapides Bank of Alexandria
Legislative
Bolton
Whit
Mews
Weesaw
Seaeee Field
Jack
Shreveport
U.S. Justice Department
Alexandria
Life Magazine
J. W. Beasley
Rapides Bank
Beasley
Guaranty Bank and Trust Co
C. H
Sammy" Downs
Louisiana Tax Commission
Downs
Bentley
Tax Commission
Gordon Kean
John McKeithen
David
Chandler
Robert Bolton
McKeithen
River Stage Changes Reported at Camden Monroe
Readable fragments show river stage changes with Camden and Monroe noted. Data includes stage levels 12.2, 18.2 and 3.1, 4 rise and fall indicators across locations.
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Camden
Monroe
If Lincoln Were Alive Today He Could Earn a Scholarship
A humorous thought on Abraham Lincoln benefiting from his height and education prospects if he lived now, suggesting a basketball scholarship due to stature and schooling.
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Lincoln
Parrot interrupts zoo director with loud phone gag
Twin Cities Chit Chat notes Jake Yelverton Jr. faced a prank at Louisiana Purchase Gardens Zoo when a parrot squawked HUNG UP as he reached the ringing phone. The moment followed a brief phone mystery and humorous newsroom chatter.
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Jake Yelverton Jr
Louisiana Purchase Gardens
Zoo
Yelverton
Volpe urges states reform car insurance plan
Secretary of Transportation John A. Volpe urged a state by state reform of auto insurance stressing no fault liability. He testified before the Senate Commerce Committee with Democratic sponsors backing a nationwide mandatory system and urged gradual shift to first party non fault compensation while evaluating outcomes in two years.
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Common Cause
Citizens’ Lobby
House
Senate
Indiana
Kansas
Washington
Iwo
Transportation
John A. Volpe
Senate Commerce Committee
Volpe
Warren G. Magnuson
Philip A. Hart
Dmich
Magnuson- Hart
Congress
Hart
EPA delays ban on DDT and 2 4 5 T use review
EPA will not ban DDT and 2 4 5 T immediately, promising a yearlong review on their hazards and potential ban. Aldrin Dieldrin Mirex also under review with possible bans, while EPA may hold public hearings in April and seeks broader authorization from Congress.
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EPA
Washington
William D. Ruckelshaus
Congress
Ruckelshaus
Sharp Blasts Exchange Between Soviet and China Renew Cadre Critique
Moscow and Peking resumed hostile exchanges after a two year lull. Moscow accused China of undermining Soviet aid to North Vietnam and courting Washington while China blasted Brezhnev and the Soviet leadership for militarism and ties with imperialism. Brezhnev led the Soviet response as editorials and a 192 page Soviet review attacked China’s policy toward the U.S. and Vietnam.
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Peiking
K Kremlin
Red China
United States
Peking
North Vietnam
Southeast Asia
Pekingas
Washington
China
Soviet Academy of Sciences
Paris
Brezhnev
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Soviet Communist Party
Thundershowers Expected Today in Monroe Area
Showers and thunderstorms are expected over the Monroe area late today and early tonight with clearing and cooler temperatures. Friday will be sunny but cool with highs 56 to 62 degrees. Winds will shift from southerly to northerly tonight, diminishing. Sunshine today about 50 percent. rain probability 80 percent. Drying conditions improve over the weekend. Dew points rise to the upper 50s this afternoon then fall to the 30s tonight.
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Monroe
South Viets Leave Sixth Base In Laos
Heavy attacks in Laos push South Vietnamese troops back toward the border with mounting losses. At least 110 Saigon soldiers killed and 205 wounded as Landing Zone Brown becomes the sixth base abandoned since the February 8 campaign began. U.S. helicopters airlift many out as the 1st Infantry Division withdraws to the border. North Vietnamese gunners press the battle with mortars and artillery.
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Saigon
Laos
Ace Werer Anyssussswuw
Brown
South Vietnam
de Viet
Tran van An
iFire
Lolo
1St Infantry Division
U.S
Associated Press
Holger Jensen
Ham Nehi
Solo
Ranger Group
Inside The News-Star: Abby Lowman Broadway Popenoe Classified
A compact listing page from the News-Star shows sections including Abby Lowman, Broadway, Popenoe, Classified, Radio-TV, Comics, Sports, Theater, Editorial, Horoscope, Weather and puzzles. It notes page numbers and department codes for navigation.
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Abby
Lowman
U.S. reports 45 Americans killed in Indochina action
The U S Command tallies 45 American deaths in action last week in Indochina, up from the prior week, with 156 Americans wounded. South Vietnamese casualties rose to 773 killed and 1,981 wounded, while allied claims of enemy dead totaled 4,003 for the week.
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Saigon
Indochina
U.S
U.S. Command
Jury Ponders Calley Verdict Second Day
The six officer jury at Fort Benning on Lt. William Calley’s My Lai murder trial enters a second day of deliberations. A juror fell ill and was examined, prompting a brief postponement. five jurors could continue if illness recurred, court officials said.
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FT. Benning
My Lai
William Calley
Harvey G. Brown
Jefferson Huggins
Martin Army Hospital
Calley
Brown
Amarillo
Tex
U.S. Army Infantry School
Reid Kennedy
Local Residents Heavily Insured in Ouachita Parish
Ouachita Parish residents respond to economic downturns by boosting savings and insurance. National data show U S life insurance in force at over 1.4 trillion with Louisiana at about 21.2 billion. local average life coverage equals roughly 18 000 per family based on current income levels.
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New York
News-Star
Ouachita Parish
Vietnam
United States
Louisiana
Southern states share of Nixon transportation plan disclosed
Washington AP reports a Nixon proposal would allocate 2.566 billion dollars in transportation funds to Southern states. The breakdown lists general transportation and urban mass transit amounts for Alabama Arkansas Florida Georgia Kentucky Louisiana Mississippi North Carolina South Carolina Tennessee Texas and Virginia with figures in the tens of millions. The largest single total appears for Texas with over 111 million in general transportation and 26.6 million for urban mass transit.
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Washington
Nixon
Ala
Ark
Miss
N.C
S.C
Tenn
Tex
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