Edwards Unveils Budget Proposals to End Property Tax
Gov. Edwin Edwards asks Legislature to remove Louisiana from property tax collections and raise the homestead exemption to 5000 dollars. He proposes a one cent per thousand cubic feet increase in natural gas severance tax, shifting costs to industry and nonresidents, with an estimated 46 million dollars extra annually. The speech also outlines budget cuts, consolidations, and reforms including open primaries, a constitutional convention, agency abolitions, and a no fault auto insurance plan.
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Baton Rouge
Edwin Edwards
Louisiana
Edwards
Consumer Protection Agency
Conway Charity Hospital Budget Sees Stable Funding Level
Gov. Edwards' 1972 73 executive budget funds Conway Charity Hospital Monroe at similar level to this year. The 166 bed facility gets 3 845 976 dollars, up 10 941, aided by 274 620 from general fund to cover meal revenue losses. Payroll set at 358, with 38 vacancies unfunded. Ruston State School budget 1 085 589 dollars, up 19 722, but five new staff not funded. enrollment 181.
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News - Star Capital Bureau
Baton Rouge
E. A. Conway Charity Hospital
Monroe
Edwin Edwards
Conway
Ruston State School
Lincoln Parish
Edwards
John McKeithen
Southwest State School
Belle Chasee
New Orleans
Lake Charles Charity Hospital
Record Heat Peak in Imperial California Tuesday
The National Weather Service reported the day’s high at 93 degrees in Imperial California, making it the hottest reading outside Alaska and Hawaii. The overnight low reached 22 degrees at Flagstaff Arizona.
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New York
Colleges Given Slight Hikes For Next Year
Gov. Edwards proposes 1972-73 budgets for Louisiana colleges easing funds to Northeast Louisiana University Grambling and Louisiana Tech University. Tech $10,485,269. Northeast $9,706,728. Grambling $6,080,249. Small increases reflect current funding levels with minor special education changes.
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Baton Rouge
Northeast Louisiana University
Grambling
Louisiana Tech University
Edwin Edwards
Tech
Ruston
Northeast
Grambline
Epee
Sigma Delta Chi Initiation in Monroe at Lamplighter Room
Ron White of Ruston, secretary treasurer of the Twin Cities CHIT-CHAT Sigma Delta Chi chapter, announced initiation ceremonies for new members at 6 30 p m Thursday in the Lamplighter Room of Howard Johnson s Restaurant in Monroe. The meetings will conclude for the summer after the next two regular sessions.
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Sigma Delta Chi
Professional Journalism Society
Howard Johnson's
Monroe
Ron White
Ruston
Sigma Delta-Chi
Planes Shoot Down Seven MiGs in Heavy North Vietnam Strikes
U S war planes scored seven MIG kills in the deepest air on North Vietnam in over four years. The raid hit Hanoi and Haiphong and areas across the north within 60 miles of the Chinese border. The command reported losses of four aircraft since Sunday and updated totals of crashes, kills, and missing crew.
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Saigon
U.S
North Vietnam
Hanoi
Haiphong
China
Demilitarized Zone
North
Dmz
Deadline Today to Register for June 10 Democratic Primary
Ouachita Parish Registrar Everett Zeagler warns today is the last day to register to vote in the June 10 second Democratic primary registration ends at 5 p.m. Voters must complete registration before the deadline to participate.
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Ouachita Parish
Everett Zeagler
Zeagler
River Stages Forecast Flood Risk In Camden and Monroe
Readings show River Stages rising with Camden at 5.0 feet and Monroe at 40 feet as flood risk increases. Officials warn residents to monitor updates and prepare protective measures.
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Camden
Monroe
Fitzmorris Fills Committee Posts
Louisiana Lt. Gov. James Fitzmorris announced appointments to the state Senate's 12 standing committees and rejected a move to strip his power. He said Gov. Edwin Edwards influenced Judiciary B while Sens. Charles Smither and Adrian Duplantier plan a rule change to empower Senate-wide committee selection. He also shifted Education Chair from Sen. Frederick Eagan.
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Baton
Rouge
James Fitzmorris
Senate
Fitzmorris
Charles Smither
Adrian Duplantier
New Orleans
Smither
Edwin Edwards
Cecil Blair
Alexandria
Nat Kiefer
James Brown
Ferriday
Edgar Mouton
Lafayette
J. FE. Jumonville
Ventress
Kennedy Kilpatrick
Ruston
Robert Guillory
Eunice
Francis Lauricella
Metairie
W. D. Brown
Monroe
Sen.rederick Eagan
Eagan
Soviet Vessel Off Haiphong Shifts Course
Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird said at least one Soviet ship headed for Haiphong changed course after Nixon ordered harbor sealing. He warned more vessels may alter paths and pledged all actions necessary to stop military deliveries to North Vietnam by air, sea, or ground.
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Washington
Haiphong
Nixon
Melvin R. Laird
Pentagon
North Vietnam
Laird
Henry A. Kissinger
United States
Kissinger
Southeast Asia
Thundershowers Move Into Area
Cloudy skies persist with possible showers or thundershowers from Thursday. Warm afternoons and mild nights with highs in the lower 80s and statewide highs near 86. Easterly winds shift to southeast Thursday with a 30 percent rain chance, showers and thunderstorms likely through Saturday and into Sunday.
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Twin Cities
Gulf of Mexico
New Mexilco
Judge Dismisses City Gas Issue
U. S. District Judge Ben C. Dawkins Jr. in Shreveport dismissed federal litigation over Monroe’s gas system for lack of a substantial federal question. The decision preserves state-regulatory paths while noting one state-wide effect, and leaves open appeals and future action on municipal ownership.
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Monroe
U. S
Ben C. Dawkins Jr
Shreveport
Howard Linzy
Dawkins
James D. Sparks Jr
Sparks
U. S. Supreme Court
Lynch Vs. Household Finance Corp
Dawkin
Utilities Commission
Louisiana Public Service Commission
Penzoil United
Panel Orders Price Rollbacks on Super Valu Stores
The Price Commission ordered rollbacks by Super Valu Stores Inc a nearly one billion dollar chain in 20 states for inflating its profit margin. It must cut prices to refund triple the overcharge amount as the commission cites improper pricing. The firm posted last year’s gross sales at 923 million with headquarters in Hopkins Minnesota.
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Washington
the Price Commission Today
Super Valu Stores Inc
Valu
Hopkins
Minn
Inside The News Star Sections Highlight Dates
The News Star presents seven sections across 52 pages including Abby Lowman Broadway Popenoe 8p and Van Dellen 8C features plus Classified Radio-TV Comics Sports Theater Editorial and Horoscope pages detailing local items and upcoming events.
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Abby
Lowman
van Dellen
Politicians Waver Over Birthplace Details
A tongue in cheek note questions whether some politicians misremember birthplace stories, joking about long cabin origins versus manger legends and how such tales surface in public discourse.
Edwards unveils 1.845 billion budget for 1972 73
Governor Edwin Edwards disclosed a 1.845 billion dollar budget prioritizing human resources. The plan trims Agriculture by 1.2 million while increasing care for the aged and mentally retarded by 1 million. It relies on reorganizing and selective cuts to fund new facilities and welfare programs amid stagnant state revenues.
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Baton Rouge
Edwin Edwards
Edwards
Department of Agriculture
Court action filed against Bernard in Louisiana
James H. Anderson, head of the Louisiana Insurance Commission Casualty and Surety Division, sues Insurance Commissioner Sherman Bernard for 3 million dollars claiming defamation over a May 2 statement about a high official taking kickbacks in depositing state funds. Anderson later testified before a federal grand jury in New Orleans investigating state fund deposits.
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New Orleans
James H. Anderson
Casualty & Surety
Louisiana Insurance Commission
Sherman Bernard
Anderson
Bernard
Casualty and Surety Division
Baton Rouge
U.S. Atty
Gerald Gallinghouse
First National Bank
Denham Springs
Gallinghouse
Central America
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