Monroe man arrested for murder in wife’s shooting death
Lester Gray High a 58 year old Monroe consulting engineer was arrested for murder after his wife Doris May High 42 was found shot dead in their north Monroe home. The 38 caliber revolver and a struggle for possession were noted by police. The couple’s 11 year old daughter woke to the argument. funeral services for Mrs. High are planned in Monroe with burial in West Monroe.
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Monroe
Lester Grayson High
Auburn Ave
High
Doris May High
Mulhearn Funeral Home
Jordan Schell
St. Paschal’s
West Monroe
Lafayette
Bayou DeSiard Country Club
Bancroft Gun Club
Charlotte Ann Evans
Susan Kay Chris
Charles R. Chris
Terry
Rickey Chris
Eunice Guidry
Howard Winston
Franklin
Luther Cox
Daniel Aucoin
Jimmy Lee Guidry
Morton approves construction of Alaska pipeline
Secretary of the Interior Morton announced authorization for the Trans-Alaska pipeline after a two year court halt. An environmental group lawyer warned of a legal challenge. Alyeska Pipeline Service Co. partners seek to build the 800 mile 48 inch line from Alaska’s North Slope to Valdez with permits to follow once allowed by court orders.
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Washington
Rogers C. B. Morton
Environment Groups
Morton
Alyeska Pipeline Service Co
Alaska
North Slope
Valdez
Mine Searchers Find Eleven Bodies After Idaho Mine Fire
Kellogg Idaho AP rescue crews probing a burned Sunshine mine have located eleven more victims. Communications issues slow efforts to reach deeper sections where thirty three missing men are believed trapped. Marvin Chase, the mine’s manager, said four of the newest victims died trying to escape smoke when overcome at about 3700 feet.
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Kellogg
Idaho
Ager Marvin Chase
Milk Pricing Bill Wins First Test in Louisiana House
The Louisiana House narrowly defeated a move to send a milk pricing bill to the agricultural committee. Rep. James Wilson said the measure would cut prices by about 30 percent by removing parts of the Orderly Milk Marketing Law governing distributors and retailers.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana House of Representatives
Agricultural Committee
Seomehries
James Wilson
Vivian
Wilson
Louisiana
Ater
E. L. Henry
Commerce Committee
Ralph R. Miller
Norco
Lantz Womack
Winnsboro
Agriculture Committee
Ben Bagert
New Orleans
House Vote Near On Minimum Pay
In Washington opponents clash as Congress hammers out a minimum wage bill. A $2 wage is expected to pass the House with two plans diverging on coverage for 5.8 million workers and teenage rates. The Educa tion and Labor Committee bill broadens coverage while Ehrlenborn and allies seek a more limited approach.
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Washington
House
Democratic
Education and Labor Committee
Democratic Coalition
Rep
John N. Ehrlenborn
R-Ill
Ehrlenborn
John B. Anderson
R- IL
John Dent
D-Pa
Boat Ride for 200 Children on Twin City Queen
More than 200 children are expected to ride the Twin City Queen at 2 p.m. Friday as Kiwanis Club of Monroe sponsors a two hour boat excursion. Event chairs Gene Minchen and Anthony Canizaro say the ride, funded since the Queen’s city purchase, has become a yearly highlight with children from Ouachita Lincoln Union Richland and Morehouse parishes invited to enjoy clowns and music by Phares Corder’s group aboard the cruise that ends at 4 p.m.
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Twin City
Phares Corder
Weight loss joke about rubber mattress king of zingers
An overweight man claims his weight loss began when he slept on a rubber mattress. He says his constant turning and tossing at night erases himself, making light of a humorous self-deprecating idea.
Navy pair first Viet War aces down three MIGs
Lt Randy Cunningham and Lt William Driscoll became America's first Vietnam War aces by downing three MIGs over North Vietnam on Wednesday. Their F4 Phantom was hit by a surface to air missile and ditched in the Gulf of Tonkin. both were rescued and reported in good condition.
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Driscoll
Navy
Hai- ‘Duong
Hanoi
Saigon
U.S
Lyndon B. Johnson
North Vietnam
Robin Olds
Olds
Ella Raines
Cunningham
Vietnam
Waters
Theke
U S Combat Toll Heaviest In Seven Months
The U S Command reports 19 American battlefield deaths last week, the heaviest seven month toll, with five missing, 28 wounded, and most casualties among aircraft crews. Six Americans died of nonhostile causes, while helicopter losses are noted separately.
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Saigon
U.S
Vietnam
Nixon Hosts Courtesy Meeting With Two Soviet Officials
President Nixon held a brief courtesy meeting in Washington with Nikolai Patelichev the Soviet Foreign Trade Minister and Anatoly Dobrynin the Soviet ambassador. The session included three Nixon aides and followed a Soviet statement on Vietnam measures as Moscow prepared for the May 412 summit. Peterson Kissinger Flanigan joined in talks after Patelichev’s trade discussions in the White House.
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Washington
Nixon
Moscow
White House
Nikolai Patelichev
Anatoly Dobrynin
Vietnam
Ronald Ziegler
Patolichev
Peter G. Peterson
Peterson
Henry A. Kissinger
Peter Flanigan
Showers Expected In Area Today
Cloudy and wet weather expected with showers Friday and Saturday as a warm front moves northward. Temperatures near mid 70s today and mid 60s tonight, with highs upper 70s Friday. Winds east to southeast 8 to 18 mph and rain chances at 30 percent today rising to 60 percent tonight and Friday. A cold front approaches from the west later in the period.
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Twin Cities
Gulf of Mexico
Soviet Denounces Nixon Port Mining Threats
Moscow denounces U S mining of North Vietnamese ports as threats to international peace. Tass notes Nixon ordered port mining to choke war supplies while calling for negotiations in Paris and a return to the table. The statement supports Vietnamese self determination and end to U S aggression.
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Moscow
Nixon
United States
Paris
Democratic Republic of Vietnam
U.S
North Vietnam
Vietnam
Goverment
Tass
Legislature Pay Bill First Okayed
The House Appropriations Committee recommended a 2.15 million bill to pay for the 60 day legislative session. Chairman Robert Munson warned that without passage legislators would not get paid. The panel focused on Edwards general appropriation priorities and funding restoration including probation and forestry equipment.
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Baton Rouge
House Appropriations Committee
Edwin Edwards
Robert Munson
Cheneyville
Munson
Commis
Sioner
Charles Roemer
Ralph Perlman
Edwards
Roemer
Angola
Division of Forestry
Theodore Marchand
New Orleans
Louise Johnson
Bernice
Marchand
Perlman
Nixon authorizes 1972 oil imports increase
President Nixon signed a proclamation boosting oil and petroleum product imports by 15 percent for the remainder of 1972. The daily quota from Latin America and the Middle East rises 230000 barrels to 1165000. Canada gains 30000 barrels to 570000.
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Washington
Nixon
Middle East
Latin America
Canada
Gerald L. Warren
Office of Emergency Preparedness
Guste challenges bank settlement over idle funds loss
Attorney General William Guste announced a lawsuit to set aside a $200000 settlement between the Louisiana State Department of Highways and the First National Bank of Jefferson Parish. He argues the highway department lacked authority to settle and cites possible criminal violations and a study of the matter by the attorney general. The suit targets idle funds kept in a non interest account, claiming the state missed about $820000 in potential interest from 1960 to 1966.
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Baton Rouge
William Guste
State Department of Highways
First National Bank of
Jefferson Parish
Guste
Highway Department
Mon
Gremillion
Highway Board
Pentagon reports 31 foreign ships still in Haiphong port
The Pentagon says five ships left Haiphong before mines activated. four were Russian vessels and one was a Hong Kong based British ship. Thirty one foreign merchant ships remain, with flags from the Soviet Union, China, Britain, Poland, Cuba, Somalia and others. Officials noted no mine sweeping operations are underway and stressed boats may still unload or depart.
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Pentagon
Jerry W. Friedheim
Haiphong
Somalia
Friedheim
North Vietnam
Tonkin Gulf
7Th Fleet
Nixon
Melvin R. Laird
Florida
Haihong
Court Overturns Contempt Terms In Chicago Seven Case
A federal appeals court in Chicago overturned the contempt sentences imposed on the Chicago Seven defendants and their two lawyers from the 1970 trial. The ruling reverses prior penalties in a landmark political protest trial.
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Chicago
Chicago Seven
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