Monroe Utilities Boards Discuss Gas Crisis And Water Project
The Monroe Utilities Commission held two meetings to review the natural gas curtailment impact and a HUD funded water line project. Topics included securing gas supplies from nearby fields and a $821,959 bid package for an $800,000 water distribution upgrade serving university and airport areas and several north Monroe neighborhoods.
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Monroe Utilities Commission Board of Directors
David Agnew
Louisville Ave
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
University
Monroe
Agnew
Ralph Troy
Robert C. Cuddell
Monroe Utilities Commission
Roy Lange
Washington
D.C
Commission
Federal Power Commission
FPPC
HUD
Craft Corporation
S. EF. Huey Co
William Putnam
The
Ken Carcity
Melpenter
Cook
Bob Hicks
Commission Board
Water Department
No Additional Rain Forecast for Twin Cities
Skies will be partly cloudy in the Twin Cities with no rain expected. Temperatures stay mild with highs in the mid 60s and lows in the mid 40s. Winds northerly to northeasterly 10 to 15 mph and a 60 percent chance of sunshine.
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Twin Cities
FAA
Monroe Municipal
High Schools to Attend Louisiana Scholastic Press Conference
Twin Cities high schools join the Louisiana Scholastic Press Association spring conference at LSU Baton Rouge. Keynote Max Fetty of the Louisiana Educational Television Authority speaks. Delegates review topics also discussed by Bob Carroll at Northeast Louisiana University.
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Louisiana Scholastic Press Association
Baton Rouge
Louisiana State University
Max Fetty
The
Louisiana Educational Television Authority
Monroe
Press Association
Bob Carroll
Northeast Louisiana University
Pinecrest Elementary Chicken Supper Before Teachers Week
Pinecrest Elementary School West Monroe hosts a chicken and dressing supper Friday with serving at 5 p.m. Afterward mothers and daughters and fathers and sons basketball games are scheduled. Debbie Audirsch, 16, Neville High sophomore, will celebrate with cake and friends.
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Pinecrest
West Monroe
Debbie Audirsch
Shelton W. Audirsch
Douglas Drive
Monroe
Neville High School
Daigle Says Guardsmen To Aid In Parish
Louisiana Adjutant General C J Daigle announced Monroe that Ouachita Parish will receive National Guard assistance during the river crest week. Guardsmen will aid local agencies and help evacuate residents as flood risks grow amid high water and potential need for temporary sand levees as flood gates may stay closed for months. officials toured threatened areas and met at the Monroe Armory with city and parish leaders.
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Louisiana
C. J. Daigle
Monroe
National Guard
Ouachita Parish
Ouachita River
Daigle
City of
Civil Defense
Edwin Edwards
District F
John Withite
Public Works
Luther Harper
T. W. Humphries
John Ensminger
Parish
Monroe Dunlap
Civil Defense Agency
James B
Jim) Scrugges Jr
Chauvin Bayou
Daiele
Harper
Merlin Pistorius
State Department of Public Works
A. W. Newkirk
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Dunlap
Ouachita
Ensminger
Food Prices Rise Sharply In February
Consumer prices jumped eight tenths in February the sharpest monthly rise since 1951 led by a record one month gain in groceries. Food prices at grocery stores surged 24 percent the highest on record with meats poultry and fish rising five percent in one month.
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Washington
Bureau of Labor Statistices
Nixon
River Stage Change Report at Monroe Camden Station
Flood stage at Monroe Camden Station shows a 404.96 rise percent change indicating rising river levels. No additional details provided on time or impacts.
Community Sands Oak Circle To Save Homes From Flood
A teen girl and a businessman join neighbors on Oak Circle in Town & Country Subdivision to sandbag and halt Cha vin Bayou floodwater. Residents haul four-shovel bags along yards, hoping for state or National Guard relief as waters rise and kids watch from toy boats.
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Chauvin Bayou
Town & Country Subdivision
Oak Circle
Town & Country
Chavin Bayou
Joe Evers
Raymond Durham
Claxton Mayo
Edwin Edwards
National Guard
Evers
Jones
Jack Hayes
J. R. Akins
Ford recalls Torinos to check steering defect risk
Detroit AP Ford Motor Co. recalls 59,000 Torinos 1973 models for possible steering linkage defect. An estimated 4,100 cars lack a cotter pin, risking steering loss. 58,579 recalled in U S, 176 in Canada, 253 in export markets. No injuries reported. Ford also recalls 55 Pintos 1973 for possible fuel sender locking ring issue risking substantial fuel loss.
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Detroit
Ford Motor Co
Ford
More State Funds Requested for Louisiana Libraries
Louisiana's library system faces a 600000 dollar gap as federal funding ends in 1973 74. State Librarian Sallie Ferrell urged the Legislative Budget Committee to approve 156 million dollars for next year, with nearly all from state funds, noting about 68 percent of the agency's budget has relied on federal money. Ralph Perlman of the Division of Administration said state funds may be recommended to replace federal support.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana
Legislative Budget Committee
Sallie Ferrell
Nixon
State Division of Administration
Ralph Perlman
Division of Administration
Perlman
NYSE Proposes Easing Capital Gains Tax Change
New York Stock Exchange chairman James J. Needham testifies to the House Ways and Means Committee proposing a sliding scale for capital gains. He argues longer-held assets should tax less and notes the revenue impact is uncertain but likely positive. The exchange has commissioned a revenue study for the tax reform hearings.
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Washington
New York Stock Exchange Today
James J. Needham
Exchange Board
The
Treasury
Needham
House
Ways and Means Committee
Wilbur D. Mills
Exchange
Supreme Court upholds Texas school financing by property tax
The U S Supreme Court in a 5 to 4 decision reverses the Edgewood case ruling and sustains Texas school finance through local property taxes. Justice Powell writes the tax system does not target a suspect class nor deny a fundamental right, urging reform by lawmakers instead of court action.
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Washington
Supreme Court Today
Texas
Hawaii
Lewis F. Powell Jr
Powell
Warren E. Burger
Potter Stewart
Harry A. Blackmun
William H. Rehnquist
Supreme Court
San Antonio
Edgewood Independent School
Edgewood
Alamo Heights
California Supreme Court
Los Angeles
C130 Fired Upon By Libyan Plane
A Libyan Air Force plane fired on a U S Air Force C130 over the Mediterranean. The U S transport ducked into a cloud and escaped unharmed. The U S Vansport aircraft was clearly marked.
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Washington
Mediterranean
U.S
U.S. Vansport
Chuckle Reflects on Uncle Sam and Personal Budgets
A humorous line muses that people miss the old days when government lived within its means and individuals kept their own money, framing fiscal restraint as nostalgia. It playfully contrasts past frugality with present taxation.
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Sam
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