Floods keep rising as Mississippi nears fourth crest
Floods sweep the Mississippi River for the 60th day with crests expected near 39 feet. Levees from Hannibal to Cape Girardeau remain battered while 12.6 million acres flood across Illinois Missouri Kentucky Tennessee Arkansas Mississippi and Louisiana. Damage estimates exceed 409.6 million and about 39 000 people are homeless with 26 flood related deaths reported. Illinois faces about 100 million in losses including roads bridges and schools. Nearly 6 000 residents have sought disaster center help.
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St. Louis
Hannibal
Cape Girardeau
Corps of Army Engineers
National Weather Service
Illinois
Missouri
Kentucky
Tennessee
Arkansas
Louisiana
Vicksburg
Miss
Army
Yazoo River
Mississippi Delta
Daniel Walker
House considers boosting Louisiana Legislative Council staff
The House Appropriations Committee was asked to add 105000 to the Louisiana Legislative Council budget for eight clerks to serve 16 legislative committees. Daggett said funding was blocked for lack of specificity and budget limits. officials discussed reallocating flood relief funds if needed. The panel signaled broad support for the staffing plan and warned of possible expansion costs next year. The committee also debated partial funding of a 3.3 percent cost of living raise for teachers, with estimates showing 16.25 million needed for full implementation including retirement and related staff costs. No action was taken.
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Baton Rouge
House Appropriations Committee
Louisiana Legislative Council
Devan Daggett
House Executive Committee
Daggett
Ralph Perlman
Division of Administration
Perlman
Rep
Robert Munson
Cheneyville
Appropriations Committee
Edwin Edwards
Kevin Reilly
Reilly
Edwards
Ralph Perleman
Pleasant Weather Forecast for Twin Cities
The weatherman predicts another pleasant day with fair skies and warm temperatures in the Twin Cities. No rain is expected through Thursday with a slight chance of rain over the weekend as highs reach the mid 80s and lows around the mid 60s. Winds vary 5 to 15 mph and sunshine should be about 80 percent.
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Twin Cities
FAA
Monroe Municipal
Ja cobs in Houston for treatment this month
William L. Jacobs known as Dubby, a pre law student at Northeast Louisiana University, is hospitalized in Anderson Clinic Houston Texas. His parents stay at the Towers Hotel in Houston while his grandparents live in Hebert and Monroe. The Norris family in West Monroe marks graduations this month as Dorothy Norris completes university studies and Karl Dale finishes West Monroe High School.
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William L
Dubby) Jacobs
Northeast Louisiana University
Anderson Clinic
Houston
Tex
W. L. Jacobs
Hebert
Towers Hotel
West Holcombe
Dubby
Leonard Tullos
George Jacobs
Monroe
Kramer D. Norris
West Monroe
K. D
Dorothy) Norris
Karl Dale
West Monroe High School
Krogh resigns as transportation undersecretary
Egil Bud Krogh Jr resigns as undersecretary of transportation admitting responsibility for the Ellsberg psychiatrist break in and pledges to help reveal all facts. He had led the White House plumbers team during the Pentagon Papers leak probe.
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Egil “Bud” Krogh Jr
Daniel Ellsberg
John D. Ehrlichman
Nixon
Onen
Krogh
White House
Pentagon
Elliot L. Richardson
Senate
Senate Judiciary Committee
American Bar Association
American College of Trial Lawyers
Claude Brinegar
Bringar
Ellsberg
United States
Matt Byrne
Los Angeles
E. Howard Hunt
G. Gordon Liddy
Lewis Fielding
Burglary Suspect Tied to Monroe Office Thefts
A 22 year old Monroe man, Houston N Free, was arrested linked to 30 burglaries and one attempted break in. The targets included numerous doctors offices and local businesses on North 4th Street and nearby streets. About $2000 was stolen, with a single incident involving roughly $500. West Monroe police also questioned Free in related burglaries.
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Houston N. Free
South 6Th St
Free
David N. Barker
North 4Th
John R. Cole
North 4Th St
Beadles and Wright Inc
Neil Buie
R. T. Armstrong
Jackson
A. G. McHenry Jr
Robert G. Jarrell Jr
Wood
Mortimer Raphael
Royal
Eye
Roselawn
James W. Schonlau
Stubbs Ave
Felix Jr. Willey
Oak
Montgomery Ins. Co
Monroe Industries
Hall
Dan Sartor
Robert Deveny
Arkansas Ave
Children’s Clinic
North 2Nd
Henry E. Guerriero
Doctors
A. B. Myatt
Roselawn Ave
Anesthesia Associates of
Royal, Relco Exploration Co
Lincoln Insurance Co
J. H. Keeling
Stubbs
Roy Kelly
F. E. Polen
C. B. Flinn
Calvin Folds
St. John
West Monroe
Rogers Presses Trade Powers Bill At House Hearing
Secretary of State William P. Rogers testified with George P. Shultz and Peter M. Flanigan before the House Ways and Means Committee on a trade bill giving Nixon broad tariff powers. He cited the 1967 Kennedy Round cutting barriers 35 percent and urged pursuing a similarly ambitious round to defend U S interests amid AFL CIO opposition.
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William P. Rogers
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Treasury
George P. Shultz
Peter M. Flanigan
Nixon
Rogers
House
Ways and Means Committee
Afl-Cio
John F. Kennedy
White House
America
Aerial view shows expanded flood area in Ouachita Parish
Clear skies over Ouachita Parish contrast with widespread flooding that now covers about 78,000 acres up 10 percent from last week. Rep. Humphries cites 2,750 cotton acres submerged this week, with soybean land nearly all underwater, rice wiped out, and cattle losses rising as officials seek flood disaster aid for Louisiana parishes.
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Ouachita Parish
Lafouche Bayou- Winnsboro Road
Quachita Parish
T. W. Humphries
Monroe
Humphries
Fred Huenefeld Jr
Caldwell
Franklin
Jefferson
Lillingston
Madison
St. James
St. Landry
Tangipahoa
Tensas
Terrebonne Washington
West Veliciana
Ouachita
Office of Emergency Preparedness
Joe Traigle
Huenefeld
National Weather Service
Columbia
Inside The News-Star Highlights
The News-Star table of contents lists Abby Lowman Broadway Radio-TV and classified sports comics theater crossword van Dellen editorial women horoscope weather Jumble across six sections on 54 pages.
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Abby
Lowman
Radio-Tv
van Dellen
Metairie man sentenced in Louisiana income tax evasion case
Roger Cotten, 47, pleaded guilty to state income tax evasion in Baton Rouge in the first such case in Louisiana. He was fined 1000 dollars or 90 days in jail. The sentence came ahead of the 1972 tax filing deadline and drew praise from State Revenue Collector Joseph Traigle.
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Baton Rouge
Metairie
Roger Cotten
Pleas O
Donovan Parker
Louisiana
Joseph Traigle
River Flood Readings Show Rise and Fall at Stations
Reading notes indicate river stages at Monroe rising to 48.7 with 0.1 rise while Camden falls to 25.8 with 0.45 decline as stages shift. Observers track changing water levels across the flood monitoring network.
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Monroe
Camden
Skylab mission launches with dual countdowns and long plan
Ground crews start final checks as two launches prepare for Skylab and the first three man crew. Astronauts Charles Conrad Joseph Kerwin and Paul Weitz will live aboard the orbiting lab for four weeks with 89 experiments planned over eight months, aiming to study weightlessness and solar observation.
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Cape Kennedy
Skylab Space Station
Bendix Field Engineering Corp
America
Space
Apollo
Charles
Pete”Conrad
Joseph P. Kerwin
Paul J. Weitz
Orbiting Laboratory
NASA
Conrad
Kerwin
Weitz
Earth
Team To Visit Graves In Hanoi
U S spokes men said a team will fly from Saigon to Hanoi on Friday to visit the graves of 23 U S service men who North Vietnam says died in captivity. North Vietnam agreed to allow talks and arrangements to return the remains to the United States.
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U.S
Hanoi
North Vietnam
United States
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