Skylab Launch Signals New Space Station Era
Skylab, the first American space station, reaches orbit as the nine astronauts of Skylab 1 prepare to begin a 28 day stay. Charles Conrad Jr Joseph Kerwin and Paul Weitz lead the crew with Saturn 5 delivering the lab to space at Cape Kennedy.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Skylab
America
Charles Conrad Jr
Joseph P. Kerwin
Paul J. Weitz
Mission Control Center
Control Center
Earth
Donald K. Slayton
Conrad
Kerwin
Weitz
Houston
Tex
Orbiting Laboratory
Legislature Opens 30 Day Fiscal Session Here in Louisiana
Baton Rouge Louisiana AP Governor Edwards to address a joint session as lawmakers begin a 30 day fiscal session focused on balancing a 2.115 billion budget and key issues such as abortion and capital punishment while considering non money bills.
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Baton Rouge
Edwin Edwards
House
Senate
Louisiana
Edwards
State Legislative Council
E. L. “Buba” Henry
Jonesboro
Six Of First Pre Filed Bills On Retirement In Louisiana
Six of the first 35 pre filed bills in Louisiana focus on state employee retirement. As of Monday 31 House bills and four Senate measures were listed. Rep. Lantz Womack proposes changes to average salary credit rules and police pension funding among other reforms including a $1 fee allocation to the police retirement fund. Rep. George C. Connor Jr. backs a constitutional amendment to broaden death benefit eligibility for spouses and children of officers.
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House
Senate
Rep
Lantz Womack
Winnsboro
Womack
George C. Connor Jr
Clerk Of Court Takes Control Of Dean Papers
U S Judge John Sirica ordered the clerk of court to seize classified documents John W Dean III stored in a safe deposit box. Certified copies will go to prosecutors and the Senate Watergate committee. Dean described the contents as top secret with stricter channels.
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Washington
U.S
John Sirica
John W. Dean III
White House
Nixon
Sirica
Senate Special Committee
Dean
U.S. District Court
Watergate Upset Ties to Ouachita Flood Aid Plan
Chit chat links Nixon Watergate fallout to flood woes as Ouachita Parish prepares for natural disaster designation. Parish manager Wallace Hargon says a survey team will assess aid options and a manual for emergency aid applications is ready.
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Ouachita Parish
Wallace Hargon
Hargon
Supreme Court rules for Air Force Lt Frontiero in spousal benefits case
The Supreme Court, in an 8-1 ruling, overturns regulations denying dependent benefits for husbands of servicewomen. Air Force Lt. Sharon Frontiero sued to receive housing and medical allowances for her husband. The decision sparred a broader stance on sex discrimination, with four justices calling it as wrong as racial bias.
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Washington
Supreme Court
High Court
Air Force
Sharon A. Frontiero
Federa Aw
Amtrak
Texas
William J. Brennan Jr
William C. Douglas
Byron R White
Thurgood Marshall
Brennan
Warren E. Burger
Lewis Powell
Harry A. Blackmun
Powell
Procrastination Aids Efficiency Says Chuckle Column
A light hearted daily item argues procrastination can reduce wasted effort and preserve time for better tasks. The column pokes fun at delaying chores while noting practical quirks of last minute work.
Six Blind Youths Reach Mt Hood Summit
Six blind teenagers from the Washington State School for the Blind in Vancouver climbed Mt Hood 11,235 feet high, reaching the summit on a windy spring day. The group included two girls Teresa Clay 12 and Viola Cruz 13 and four boys Bernie Bull 14 Dan Davidson 14 Les Robbins 18 and Dean Atkinson 18.
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Mt. Hood
Steve Small
Joe Johann
Llimb
Teresa Clay
Viola Cruz
Johann
Bernie Buh
Dan Davidson
Les Robbins
Dean Atkinson
Washington State School For the Blind
Vancouver
Rogers Flies To Managua On Latin Tour
Secretary of State William P Rogers travels to Managua to inspect earthquake reconstruction, inaugurate embassy offices, and lay a hospital cornerstone funded by U.S. aid as part of a 17 day Latin American tour. He will visit Venezuela Peru Colombia Brazil Argentina and Jamaica returning May 28.
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Mexico City
William P. Rogers
Managua
United States
Anastasio Somoza
U.S
Rogers
U. S
Nicaragua
Nixon
Venezuela
Peru
Colombia
Brazil
Argentina
Jamaica
Washington
Luis Echeverria
Colorado River
Mexico
Fair And Mild Continues Here
Fair skies and mild temperatures dominate the Twin Cities with highs in the mid 70s and lows in the 50s. Northerly winds 10 to 20 mph, sunshine about 60 percent, and no precipitation expected through Friday. FAA at Monroe Municipal Airport reports a Sunday high of 15 and a morning low of 60. The Wednesday to Friday outlook calls for partly cloudy skies and a slow warming trend with lows in the 40s north and 50s south.
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Twin Cities
FAA
Monroe Municipal
Wedneser
State Natural Gas Measures Okayed by Louisiana Senate Panel
The Louisiana Senate natural resources committee approved six concurrent resolutions and a bill to preserve more natural gas for state use. Measures include a 10 percent in-state gas requirement in new pipeline rights of way contracts and higher right-of-way fees if the FPC overrules. The package targets offshore gas and bans new lines from expanding state supply.
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Baton Rouge, la
Louisiana Senate
Natural Resources Committee
Louisiana
State Land Office
Federal Power Commission
Land Office
Jesse Knowles
Lake Charles
Robert P. Griffin
R-Mich
Four Named as Finalists for Watergate Special Prosecutor
Attorney General Elliot L. Richardson announced four finalists for the Watergate special prosecutor post. They are Harold R. Tyler Jr. and David Peck, federal judges from the Southern District of New York, William Erickson of the Colorado Supreme Court, and Warren Christopher, a Los Angeles attorney and former Justice Department official.
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Washington (Ap
Elliot L. Richardson
District of
New York
Harold R. Tyler Jr
David Peck
William Erickson
Colorado Supreme Court
Warren Christopher
Los Angeles
Justice Department
Inside The News-Star Brief Page Scan
A compact reading of the News-Star sections shows Abby Lowman on page 1c with sports and theater notes across 2C 6C 1D. Classifieds and editorial content appear in designated columns as Weather Horoscope and puzzles across multiple pages.
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Abby
Lowman
Radio-Tv
van Dellen
Gold Climbs Above 100 Dollars An Ounce In Europe
Gold prices surged to over 100 dollars per ounce on European markets with Frankfurt bankers calling trading very hectic and rumors of dollar devaluation persisting despite Bonn denials. Zurich and London dealers reported bids around or above the 100 mark.
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London
Frankfurt
Bonn
Zurich
Ex POWs Stay Keen on Space as Skylab Launch Nears
CAPE KENNEDY FLorida ex POWs Browning and Kittinger, Orlando residents, remain space enthusiasts. Browning, shot down in 1966, considered astronaut training but says he was too old after seven years in captivity. both will attend Skylab launch events with hundreds of VIPs.
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Cape Kennedy
Fila
Air Force
Tom Browning
Vietnam
Browning
Orlando
Fla
Ann
Charles Conrad Jr
Paul J. Weitz
Joseph P. Kerwin
Joseph W. Kittinger Jr
Kittinger
North Vietnam
Butz Prodded By Edwards Over Livestock Feed Relief
Gov. Edwards blasts Agriculture Secretary Karl L. Butz over delayed replies to emergency feed relief requests for flood displaced livestock. He notes seven communications since April 5, with only one response confirming temporary grazing in three parishes and no crash feed donations approved for the requested areas.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana
Edwin Edwards
Secretary of Agriculture
Karl L. Butz
Butz
Edwards
Department of Agriculture
Branthauer
River Stages Station Flood Present Change
River stage readings show a flood event with a station at Monroe and Camden recording rises. Measurements indicate level changes from 40 to 48.35 and 16 to 15 during the fall period.
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Monroe
Camden
Christopher buys four goats to mow town grass
The town of Christopher faces budget squeezes and opts to buy four goats instead of a mowing machine to trim municipal grass. Local readers are guided by a Help Wanted style ad offering classified services via News-Star-World Classified Ad line 322 5161.
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Christopher
News-Star—World
Dial
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House Appropriations Committee
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