South Vietnamese push nears An Loc as Saratoga joins aid
A relief column reached within 214 miles of An Loc amid the siege with the carrier Saratoga in action for the first time since 1956. U.S. B 52 strikes killed about 300 North Vietnamese troops southwest of An Loc as government forces shift through Highway 13.
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Saigon
An Loc
Saratoga
U.S
Highway 13
Associated Press
Lynn C. Newland
Atlantic
7Th Fleet
State Senator Proposes Lottery Study in Louisiana
Baton Rouge Louisiana AP Sen Robert Guillory proposes forming a legislative committee to study a Louisiana state lottery. He estimates potential four year revenue around 140 million dollars based on experiences in seven other states currently operating lotteries.
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Baton. Rouge
Louisiana
State Senate
Robert Guillory
Eunice
Guillory
Record: Highest Reading Temperature in Buckeye Arizona
The National Weather Service reported the highest temperature for Wednesday excluding Alaska and Hawaii at 10 degrees in Buckeye Arizona. The lowest was 25 degrees in Flagstaff Arizona.
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New York
UPI
National Weather — Service
Alaska
Hawaii
New Zoo Arrivals at Louisiana Purchase Gardens
Spring brings births at Louisiana Purchase Gardens and Zoo with a Nilgai female, Axis deer male, two female and two male Bengal tigers, a female Aoudad, and six baby swans. Keep watching for upcoming arrivals including baby leopards, mountain lions, orangutans, and lemurs.
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Louisiana Purchase Gardens
Asia
Jake Yelverton
Antitrust Suit Filed By U S Against GE
The Justice Department filed a civil antitrust suit in Auburn New York charging General Electric with restraint of trade since 1965. The action seeks to bar reciprocal purchasing arrangements limit GE suppliers and require GE to abolish related duties. GE posted 1970 sales of about 8.7 billion, ranking fourth among U S industrial companies.
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Walker B. Comegys
Justice Department
Antitrust Division
General Electric
United States
Why it is that a woman tells a doctor she is tired out
A light humor item puns on doctors checking a tongue when a woman says she is exhausted, suggesting a playful misreading of fatigue signals. The joke relies on a stereotype about medical inquiry and tongue inspection as a comic twist.
Solons Approve VA Budget Hike
Washington House Appropriations Committee approves a record 11.87 billion VA budget for fiscal 1973 as part of a 19.71 billion bill. The package boosts VA medical care to average at least 85,500 patients daily with 98,500 beds and a 1.49 staff per patient ratio, and includes 6.44 billion for pensions, 2.22 billion readjustment benefits, and housing subsidies totaling 48 million for rent statements and 1.8 billion for low income housing subsidies.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Veterans’ Administration
House
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Department of Housing and Urban Affairs
Congress
Department of Housing and Urban ‘Development
First Quarter Earnings Rise Sharp Across Firms
Washington AP reports profits of corporations climbed 5.6 billion to a record 91.6 billion at an annual rate in Q1. Gains centered in manufacturing durable goods, notably autos machinery and metals, despite Nixon Phase 2 controls. GNP also revised higher with 12 percent growth and 6 percent inflation.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Department
General Motors
Reapportionment Bill Cleared by Louisiana Senate for House Action
The Louisiana Senate approved a secondary reapportionment bill 30 to 8 and sent it to the House after abandoning the first plan. State university statisticians drafted the alternative to limit district deviation to under 1 percent, though political factors remained.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana Senate
Louisiana
House
Louisiana State University
William Brown
Monroe
Brown
Isolated Showers Expected Here
Weather forecasters predict a slight chance of isolated thundershowers in the Monroe area today while high pressure over the northern Gulf maintains pleasant conditions through Friday. Expect partly cloudy skies, warm days in the upper 80s, and cool nights in the 60s with southwest winds 5 to 15 mph. rainfall around 0.02 inches Wednesday.
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Monroe
Gulf
Price Panel Revises Rent Lease Rules
The Price Commission announced changes to guidelines that allow rent reductions for tenants with one year lease renewals over 8 percent. Landlords must offer either a one year lease at 8 percent or a longer lease with the original higher increase, starting July. Tenants on longer than one year leases will gain similar options.
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Washington
The
Price Commission Today
Price Commission
Jim Tanck
Rent Advisory Board
Tanek
Wallace Therapy Begins After Shooting Wounds
Wallace, gravely wounded and paralyzed from the waist down after an assassination attempt near Washington, has begun physical therapy at Haly Cross Hospital in Silver Spring Maryland. Doctors note a better than even chance he will not walk again, with temperatures and pulse rising postoperatively but no infection detected.
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Silver Spring
UPI
Gerge C. Wallace
Haly Cross Hospital
Wallace
Maryland
Washington
LSU Candidate Pledged Financial Aid To Chairman
Dr. Martin Woodin a leading LSU presidential candidate is listed among 21 individuals and firms in a letter to investors pledging financial aid to LSU Board Chairman Jake Staples for a restaurant venture. The note claimed Woodin and retiring LSU President John Hunter held $1,000 debenture bonds, though Staples later said the group only promised support and had not bought bonds.
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Baton Rouge
Martin Woodin
Louisiana State University
LSU Board of Supervisors
Jake Staples
Woodin
LSU
John Hunter
New Orleans
Capitol
Staples
Solons Back Tax Rebate Repeal Bill in Louisiana
Gov. Edwin Edwards wins a favorable 15-3 House Ways and Means vote to repeal the natural gas tax rebate, aiming to return about 13 million dollars annually to the treasury. Edwards rebukes industry arguments and rejects a higher severance tax plan, while committee also backs changes to corporate tax installment dates and a repeal of a withholding compensation provision.
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Baton Rouge
Edwin Edwards
House
Ways and Means
Edwards
Louisiana
Louisiana Manufacturers Association
LMA
Bombs Aboard Queen Elizabeth 2 Prompt Record Ransom Demand
London reports bombs planted aboard the Queen Elizabeth 2 as 1,400 passengers remain aboard the liner. Four bomb disposal experts fly out from Lyneham to mid Atlantic to parachute near the ship at 3 30 p m EDT. A Nimrod reconnaissance plane provides a communications link as Capt Robert H Williams leads the team with Set Clifford R Oliver as No 2.
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Defense Ministry
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Copenhagen
Denmark
Cunard
Royal Air Force
Lyneham
Wiltshire
Atlantic
British Broadcasting Corp
New York
Cornwall
Britain
Robert H. Williams
Royal Army Ordinance Corps
Williams
Clifford R. Oliver
Queen’s Royal Highlanders
Edwards Slashes Mansion Budget in 1972 73 Request
Gov. Edwin Edwards reduces the governor mansion operating request by 12 700 to align with prior administrations. He told the House Appropriations Committee the mansion now omits one maid and adds a general houseman, lowering costs by about 250 a month while reserving a full time chef, cutting food expenses by about 8 000.
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Baton Rouge
Edwin Edwards
Edwards
House Appropriations Committee
Manson
John McKeithen
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