Rising Waters Threaten Homes Across Three States
The Mississippi River flood situation worsens in Missouri Illinois and Tennessee with thousands displaced and crests forecast. In Hannibal and St Louis areas flood levels threaten levees and farmland as 150 Missouri families evacuate and 70 000 acres flood. The incident toll includes Charlotte Hadler killed by a toppled refrigerator on a flooded porch.
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Missouri
Illinois
Tennessee
Old Monroe
Foley
Charlotte Hadler
Lincoln County
Hadler
Army Corps of Engineers
Memphis
Chickasaw
Rockies
Intermountain
Flagstaff
Aziz
Frances Flanders named state outstanding librarian
Frances Flanders, director of Ouachita Parish Public Library and Trail Blazer Library System, named outstanding librarian in Louisiana. She won the 1973 Esae M. Culver Award at the Louisiana Library Association convention in Shreveport for leadership at parish, regional, state, and national levels.
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Frances’. Flanders
Ouachita Parish
Trail Blazer
Essae M. Culver
Louisiana Library Association
Shreveport
Miss Flanders
LLA
Board of Control
Oklahoma
Neville High School
Jackson
Louisiana
Northwest Louisiana
North
History Section
American Library Association
American Association of University Women
Delta Kappa Gamma
Phi Kappa Phi
Phi Mu Fraternity
Who’s Who
Library Service
South
Southwest
Marketing Boycott Urged as Meat Prices Slide Nationwide
The National Farmers Organization urges withholding hogs cattle and lambs from markets amid a record hog price drop and falling cattle values. Staley in Corning Iowa cites urgent action and plans meetings in 15 cities while nationwide boycott support grows with protests in San Francisco and New York and school districts joining the protest.
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Lee Gould
Associated Press
National Farmers Organization
NFO
Oren Lee Staley
Corning
Iowa
San Francisco
Federal Building Plaza
Ray Alper
Consumer Federation of California
Hog Market Commission
Des Moines
Ron Jarvis
Oppenheimer Industries of
Kansas City
Oppenheimer
Kansas
Bob Arbuthnot
State House Agriculture Livestock Committee
Jarvis
San Diego
Calif
New York
Bronx Terminal
Sam Altfest
New York City
Benjamin S. Rosenthal
Joseph Kristan
Vernon
Conn
Enfield
Japanese Stop Buying U S Pork Signals Market Dip
Japanese buyers sharply reduce U S pork purchases as supplies dwindle and Midwest hog prices slide. Reports from the Agriculture Department indicate a contracting market and falling demand near the second week of the curtailment.
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Washington
Japan
Agriculture Departmente
Southside High Student Places Fifth at Louisiana Rally
Steve Gay of Southside High School Monroe finished fifth in Division III at the Literary Debate and Speech Rally hosted by the University of Southwestern Louisiana in Lafayette. About 1,700 students from 46 Louisiana schools competed in the event.
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Steve Gay
Southside High School
Monroe
University of Southwestern Louisiana
Lafayette
Steve
Louisiana
Booster Singing at West Monroe Church
A booster singing event will take place Sunday at 1 30 p m at the West Monroe Methodist Protestant Church on Washington Street All gospel singers are invited to participate as listed in More Chit Chat Page 11 A.
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West Monroe Methodist Protestant Church
Washington Street
All Gospel Singers
Link Is Reported Marijuana as Cancer Risk
A medical researcher at Jefferson Medical College says marijuana tar may produce cancer as cigarette tar does. Vogel an associate professor cites studies showing skin exposure to marijuana tar caused malignant changes similar to benzo[a]pyrene effects in cigarettes. The spokesman for Thomas Jefferson University notes signs of cancer in lab hands after exposure.
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Philadelphia
Vogel
Jefferson Medical College
Thomas Jefferson University
Solons Attack Plan To Close PHS Hospitals
Washington lawmakers criticized HEW plans to close six of eight Public Health Service hospitals within six months. They warned of higher costs and reduced care for thousands of beneficiaries while HEW cited efficiency and transfer to local control as the motive.
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Washington
Nixon
Paul G. Rogers
D-Fla
House Public Health Subcommittee
John M. Murphy
Dn.y
Rep
Harley ©. Staggers
D-W.va
House Commerce Committee
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
House
Carl Albert
Spiro T. Agnew
HEW
Frank C. Carlucci
PHS
Baltimore
Boston
Galveston
Tex
New Orleans
San Francisco
Seattle
Carlucci
Rogers
Veterans Administration
Revenue Sharing Allocations For States Increased
The Treasury Department announced a 13 percent rise in revenue sharing funds for state and local governments for the first half of 1973. Total allocations reach 2.9899 billion dollars, up 339.2 million from the second half of 1972, with two equal installments scheduled for April 6 and early July. California jurisdictions lead with about 322 million, up 15 percent, followed by New York with about 331 million, up 12.7 percent.
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Washington
Treasury Department
Graham W. Watt
Office of Revenue Sharing
California
New York
Chance Of Rain Increases In Twin Cities Weather
The weatherman predicts a chance of thundershowers today increasing tonight. Skies will be cloudy to partly cloudy with little temperature change. Highs near the mid 70s and tonight's lows in the upper 50s. Southeasterly winds 10 to 15 mph. Rain probability 20 percent today 30 percent tonight and 50 percent later.
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Twin Cities
U S Troops Complete Withdrawal From South Vietnam
The last American forces left South Vietnam after more than a decade of intervention, totaling 46 000 U S lives. About 2 500 GIs flew home as air and naval forces stayed near Indochina to deter renewed fighting in Cambodia Laos and South Vietnam. The Joint Military Commission will be replaced by a Saigon Viet Cong panel.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
U.S
United States
Southeast Asia
Indochina
Cambodia
Laos
7Th Fleet
Vietnam
Pentagon
Guam
Thailand
Joint Military Commission
North
Nixon to Deliver Major Address Tonight on World Role and Economy
President Nixon will speak at 8 p.m. CST in a radio-television address. The White House said he requested the airtime but provided no specifics on the topics.
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Washington
Nixon
America
White House
Ronald L. Ziegler
River Stage Increases Across Stations
Readings show rising river stages at Monroe and Camden stations with elevations climbing from 40 to 44.2 feet at Monroe and 26 to 31.8 feet at Camden, indicating flood progression. Officials issue monitoring advisories as water levels rise across reported gauges.
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Monroe
Camden
Inside The News-Star Quick Scan
Inside The News-Star features Abby Lowman and Van Dellen in brief notices across Broadway and 8B Editorial. Classifieds and sports snippets appear under 6D and 1D with weather and theater items sprinkled through the page.
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Abby
Lowman
Radio-Tv
van Dellen
Last U S POWs Released In Hanoi
North Vietnam freed its last 67 U S prisoners of war, arriving at Clark Air Base in the Philippines aboard two C141 transports. The final release brings the total to 587 captives. a last man, Lt Cmdr Alfred H Agnew, was drowned in cheers as a Hanoi ceremony drew about 2,000 spectators.
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Clark Air Base
Philippines
North Vietnam
U.S
Indochina
Hanoi
Air Force
James W. O’neill
Las Vegas
Nev
William A. Spender
McAllen
Texas
Alice Pascua
Clark
Bill Spencer
Alice
Cmdr
Alfred H. Agnew
Albany
Agnew
Series On Food Prices Starts
The Monroe News-Star begins a two part series on rising food prices with a focus on beef. The article notes widespread concern and signals deeper analysis of causes and future trends in upcoming pages.
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Monroe
Chuckle Lawyers Display 10,000 Word Brief Talent
A lighthearted remark extols lawyers who can craft a 10 000 word document and still call it a brief highlighting their lengthy drafting prowess.
Area Bicentennial Committee Named
A regional bicentennial commission was formed with Mac Ward of Monroe as chairman and two citizens from each of 11 northeast Louisiana parishes. Ward will compile tourism resumes for regional presentation by April 26, as local commissions must form by April 15 to compete for ARBC site designation, with Poverty Point Site among priorities.
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Mac Ward
Monroe
Northeast
Louisiana Parishes
North Delta
Oliver W. Schulz Jr
Danny Magee
Ada Gruber
Ward
City of Monroe
ARBC
Mitchell Denies Wiretap Approval Claims
Former Attorney General John N. Mitchell rejected as slanderous and false the charge that he approved wiretap plans at Democratic National Headquarters. He denied knowledge or involvement in the Watergate affair and disputed statements attributed to James W. McCord Jr. and leaked by sources linked to the Ervin committee.
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Washington
John N. Mitchell
Washington Post
James W. McCord Jr
Senate
Mitchell
G. Gordon Liddy
White House
Committee For
Nixon
Ervin Committee
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