Flooded roads close across the area with more closures expected
Three additional roads face closure today as water rises in Ouachita Richland and Morehouse parishes. White's Ferry Road near West Monroe likely closes tonight. Weather data show Ouachita River at 47.3 feet with forecasts climbing to 47.9 by Sunday and crest near 48 feet between May 7 and 10.
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James W. Moore
State Department of Highways
White’s Ferry
West Monroe
Washington Street
Cheniere Dam
Ouachita Parish
Big Creek
Richland Parish
Point Pleasant
Parker Bridge
Morehouse Parish
Jones
National Weather Service
Ouachita River
Monroe
Columbia Lock
Weather Service
Iowa
Missouri
Winfield
St. Louis
Memphis
Demolition Delays Plague S Grand St Floodwall Plan
Demolition of 19 structures on S Grand St may delay up to 60 days as contractors Everett Boyte and R B Martin begin work. Contracts exclude three buildings under Martin. Expropriation cases set May 15 to June 18. Floodwall project links to a $1.5 million downtown modernization.
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S. Grand St
Everett Boyte
Ouachita Sodding, Seeding and Excavation Co
West Monroe
R. B. Martin
Service Demolition Company
Monroe
Boyte
Scott Music Co
Faulk & Foster
Lee Dry Cleaners
Martin
Boyle
National Guard
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Ouachita
Corps
A. W. Newkirk
Monroe Redevelopment Agency
Gilbert Faulk
Lemmie O. Hightower
Fourth Judicial District Court
TD & I, Corporation
Theus, Grisham, Davis and Leigh
Hightower
Inside The News-Star 5 Sections 48 Pages
A compact item describing the News-Star newspaper layout with five sections and forty eight pages. It notes the publication’s breadth and structure without specific headlines or stories.
Twin Cities Students Earn Baylor Dean's List Honors And LSU Honor
Two area students are cited for academic excellence. David L Foreman of Monroe made Baylor University Dean's Distinguished List with a 4.0. Jana B Revels of Bastrop made Baylor Dean's List with 3.64. Terry Brown of Monroe and Ratpyn H Wickman of Monroe were inducted into LSU's Beta Gamma Sigma national business honor society.
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Baylor University
Waco
Tex
David L. Foreman
A. D. Foreman III
Parsoud Drive
Monroe
Jana B. Revels
R. W. Revels
Country Club Road
Bastrop
Terry ‘Na Brown
Ratpyn H. Wickman
Louisiana State University
Baton Rouge
College of Business Administration
Miss Brown
Joseph C. Brown Jr
Bon Aire Drive
Hickman
Roderick A. Hickman
University Ave
Beirut clashes intensify as government fights guerrillas
Beirut battles between Lebanese forces and Palestinian guerrillas worsen with reports of heavy casualties and fighting spreading to Hasbaya and Al Khiyam in South Lebanon. Cease fire talks with Yasser Arafat yielded only a brief lull before renewed shelling, amid refugee camp violence around Sabra and Shattilla.
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Beirut
API
Lebanon
Damascus Radio
Syria
Suleiman Franjieh
al Safa
Amin Hafez
Yasser Arafat
Hasbaya
al Khiyam
UPI
Gerard Demerjian
Sabra
Shattilla
Damascus
Cairo
Accountant and tax lawyer clash at IRS doors
A humor piece portrays an accountant and a tax law yer entering IRS offices to argue for a client. One quips to the other to win it for the “Gypper” as they step inside.
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Internal Revenue Service
Solons OK Supplemental Funds Bill in House Appropriations
The House Appropriations Committee clears a $2.85 billion supplemental for action next week. The bill totals $807 million less than Nixon's request, raising total new funds for the year to about $175 billion. Key allotments include $899 million for pay costs, $614 million for states grants, $370 million for flood relief, $226.5 million for higher education, $36.5 million for various claims, and $70.5 million for Corps of Engineers emergency work in flooded regions.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Nixon
Congress
Corps Ofengineers
Mississippi Valley
Great Lakes Basin
Nixon Pompidou to meet in Iceland for summit
Washington officials said President Nixon and French leader Georges Pompidou will hold a two day summit in Iceland on May 31 and June 1. The Iceland government invited the two presidents and will host the talks outside Washington.
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Washington
UPI
Nixon
Georges Pompidou
France
Iceland
Pompidou
New Flood Crests Warning Issued By Weather Officials
Forecasters urge caution as upper Mississippi crests near Cairo and Memphis with continued flooding in southern areas. Widespread damage includes 11 deaths and over 2.4 million acres underwater in Louisiana, Arkansas, Wisconsin, Ohio, Missouri, Illinois, and Mississippi.
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Associated Press
Midwest
Mississippi
National Weather Service
St. Louis
Winfield
Iowa
Illinois
Missouri
Cairo
Ill
Louisiana
Arkansas
Wisconsin
Ohio
New Orleans
Airport Head Tax Ban Bill Clears House
Washington UPI reports the House approved a bill to ban local airport head taxes on passengers by 286 to 16. The measure covers 44 airports and sets a phase out deadline. the Senate's companion bill awaits a compromise. New Hampshire started the head tax in August 1969.
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Washington
UPI
House
Senate
Fred B. Rooney
D-Pa
New Hampshire
Haldeman Ehrlichman Meet Watergate Prosecutor Silbert
Outgoing White House aides Haldeman and Ehrlichman met with chief Watergate prosecutor Earl Silbert. Both had resigned and sought talks as investigators press for possible indictments over the Watergate wiretapping coverup.
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Washington
White House
H. R. Haldeman
John D. Ehrlichman
Earl Silbert
Haldeman
Nixon
Ehrlichman
Silbert
Clearing Skies Welcome Here In Twin Cities
Twin Cities residents will have a few days to dry off after last night’s rains as no rain is forecast through Friday. Highs near 70 today and mid 70s Friday with sunshine about 80 percent. Overnight lows in the 50s and northerly winds 10 to 15 mph. Previous day’s high 72 and low 51 at Monroe Municipal Airport. 1.05 inches of rain in 24 hours. Weekend outlook calls for partly cloudy skies Saturday and Sunday with improving temps. Monday mostly cloudy with a chance of showers mainly in the northern part of the state. Highs mid 70s to low 80s. lows in the 60s to 70s.
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Twin Cities
FAA
Monroe Municipal
Lake Providence Levees Watched
Phase I alert in the Army Corps flood fight as the Mississippi River drives high water against levees from Cairo to the Gulf. Charles Lusk leads a temporary emergency center at Lake Providence with five specialists and a 6,000 head cattle displacement plan amid visible seepage and sand boils on 90 miles of levee.
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Lake Providence
Army Corps of Engineers
Charles W. Lusk
Great River
Cairo
Gulf of Mexico
Louisiana
Mississippi
Lusk
Vicksburg
Miss
Corps
Wholesale prices rise as industrial costs jump in April
Wholesale prices overall rose eight tenths of a percent in April offset by a 2.9 percent drop in meat prices. Industrial raw materials jumped 1.4 percent, the largest monthly rise since January 1951, according to the Labor Department.
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Washington
Nixon
Labor Department
Bureau of Labor Statistics
BLS
Mutiny Reports Checked on Cargo Ship at Mississippi Mouth
Armed Coast Guardsmen boarded the 490 foot cargo ship at the river mouth to verify mutiny reports. Initial accounts cited a dispute between the master and chief mate, with no clear indication of who led the vessel. Officials, including a Singapore representative, met with the crew.
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New Orleans
Mississippi River
Coast Guard
Republic of Singapore
River Flood Stage Changes Reported at Stations
River stages at Monroe rise from 40 to 47.8 feet and Camden climbs from 26 to 31.3 feet, indicating ongoing flood conditions with increases of 7.8 and 5.3 feet respectively. Officials monitor water levels and expect further rises as conditions continue.
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Monroe
Camden
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Karen Howard
West Alton
Solons Okay
U. S. Solons
Nixon Aides Center
John J. Wilson
Figmre
Senate Watergate Committee
Spiro T. Agnew
Washington Evening Star
John W. Dean III
Dean
Timothy Strohbach
University of Miami
Fla
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