Burgess Sworn In As Commissioner
John C. Burgess of Monroe is sworn as Fifth District commissioner of the Louisiana Highway Board by Ouachita Parish Clerk Bill Downey. Burgess fills the unexpired term of James W. Moore and will base in West Monroe at 105 5th St. He is a local oil jobber and member of the Monroe and West Monroe chambers of commerce. Burgess and family reside at 2511 Bramble Dr Monroe.
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Highway Board
John C. Burgess
Louisiana Board of Highways
Ouachita Parish Court House
John Ensminger
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Eunice Carr Burgess
Ouachita Parish
Bill C. Downey
Tom Talley
Monroe
Louisiana Highway Board
Oualita Parish
Bill “. Downey
National Oil Company
James W. Moore
Superport
5Th St
West
Burgess Oil Co
Bramble
Verne Burgess
W. Kennedy Abineton
W. D
Billy) Brown
Louisiana Tourist Commission
Martha Johnson
Edwin Edwards
Moore
Flood Disaster Aid Reaches Over Twenty Five Thousand in Louisiana
Baton Rouge AP reports more than 25 000 Louisiana residents have received direct federal aid since the April 27 disaster declaration. HUD housed 467 displaced families, USDA issued 840 854 dollars in food stamps to 8 371 families, and the Employment Security Department mailed 133 140 dollars in unemployment checks to 1 736 people.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana
Office of Emergency Preparedness
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Department of Agriculture
Employment Security Department
Buried POWs List Grows with Additional Grave Found
Saigon AP says an extra American grave not on the original 28 name list is buried in North Vietnam. The embassy confirms 24 Americans are acknowledged buried in North Vietnam, after Paris list of 23 names turned over January 27.
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U. S
North Vietnam
North
Hanoi
United States
Paris
Vietnam
Flood Lifts Station at Monroe Camden River Stage
River levels rise at Monroe Camden causing flood stage to reach 40 and fall to 18.4 while 3 and 4 stages show 47.4 and 26 during the event with changes observed in fall readings.
Civic convention greet Mrs Brunet in Monroe
Chit Chat welcomes Mrs Shirley Brunet to Monroe on her birthday. She is married to Roland Brunet of Hammond and attends the Civitan convention at the Ramada Inn. The civic event notes Mr Brunet as governor of Civitan's southern district in Louisiana and sends birthday wishes to Mrs Barbara Weaver of Monroe, wife of Rev Franklin A Weaver.
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Chit Chat
Shirley Brunet
Monroe
Brunet
Roland Brunet
Hammond
Civitan
Ramada Inn
The
Louisiana
Barbara Weaver
Duffey Birthday Plans Highlight Lake D Arbonne Outing
Thomas Lee Duffey II son of Mr and Mrs T L Duffey 614 Bawcom St West Monroe celebrates his fourth birthday with a family outing planned at their camp on Lake D Arbonne.
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Thomas Lee Duffey II
T. L. Duffey
Bawcom St
West Monroe
Lake D’arbonne
Offenders Surrender In Six Georgia Family Slayings
Three escapees from a Maryland prison work camp surrendered peacefully after bloodhounds found them sleeping beneath a cliff in McDowell County West Virginia. A fourth fugitive was captured earlier. all faced multiple gunfire deaths tied to the six victims. The men, Carl Isaacs Jr and Wayne Colman both 19 and 26, plus William Isaacs 16, with George Dungee 35, were taken to McDowell County Jail after a roadblock stop and a dawn-to-dusk pursuit.
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McDowell County
Yukon
Carl Isaacs Jr
Wayne Coleman
Maryland
Isaacs
William Isaacs
George Dungee
Chuckle on Youth and Aging Feelings
A humorous reflection contrasts youth and aging, noting that being young can feel terrifying when different, while aging can be depressing when one realizes sameness with others. The quip uses concise, insightful wording in a light tone.
Pentagon to cut or end enlisted aide program for generals
The Pentagon contemplates reducing or eliminating the use of enlisted servants for admirals and generals. About 1,700 aides serve senior officers and cost the training program $21.3 million annually. Departments weigh a possible 20 percent cut with broader reductions likely.
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Pentagon
Elliot L. Richardson
Defense
General Accounting Office
William Proxmire
D-Wis
Ft. Lee
Camp Lejeune
N.C
Army
Marines
Air Force
St. Lee
Lejeune
Navy
Congressional
Richardson
Richard Weinz
Budget Increase Sought for Educational TV in Louisiana
The Louisiana Educational Television Authority asked the House Appropriations Committee to raise its 1973-74 funding by over 300000 dollars. Chairman Moise Dennery and executive director Max Fetty urged that Governor Edwards proposal of 70000 dollars was insufficient to launch channel 27 in Baton Rouge later this year.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana Educational Television Authority
House Appropriations Committee
Edwin Edwards
ETV
Moise Dennery
Fetty
Thhe
Plans Proceed For Repairing Skylab
Cape Kennedy Florida AP reports astronauts and engineers coordinate across centers to prepare a repair mission for the overheated Skylab space station. Sunshades of 400 square feet each will be carried to shadow and cool the lab, requiring a space walk to install. Flight controllers note high heat and a minor gyroscope issue but overall good condition. The mission original Sunday target was pushed back five days to Friday.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Skylab Space Station
Orbiting Lab
Space Agency
McCord testifies clemency offered by White House aide
James W. McCord Jr testifies that a longtime friend John J. Caulfield urged silence and claimed the Nixon administration might fall from the Watergate scandal. Caulfield faced a Senate subpoena as investigators push toward Ehrlichman linked orders while the White House denies Nixon involvement.
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Washington
James W. McCord Jr
White House
Nixon
McCord
John J. Caulfield
Caulfield
Senate
Ehrlichman
John D. Ehrlichman
Deaf Student Will Get Two Degrees
Deaf student William W. Thomas II will receive a bachelor’s degree from Widener College in Chester on Sunday and a master’s in computer and information sciences from the University of Pennsylvania on Monday. He earned both degrees in three years, balancing economics and mathematics with sports and student activities.
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Widener College
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
William W. Thomas II
Chester
Media
Thomas
Widener
Penn
William W. Thomas Jr
Bill
American Red Cross
Warming Trend Moves Into Area
A warming trend is predicted for the Twin Cities through today and into Saturday. Skies will be partly cloudy with highs in the low 80s and tonight's lows around the mid 50s. Winds will be light to moderate, and sunshine surpasses 90 percent today and about 75 percent Saturday. No rain is expected in the next two days.
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Twin Cities
FAA
Monroe Municipal
Record Warmth and Snow Hit Eastern Seaboard May Weather
Eastern cities faced record low temperatures with heavy snow in parts of New York Pennsylvania and adjacent states. Oneonta Utica and Waterville reported outages and school closures while Fort Wayne Toledo and Wilkes Barre Scranton posted record lows. A tornado damaged a mobile home sales area near Raleigh Durham with no injuries reported.
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New York State
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National Weather Service
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Baltimore
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New York City
New York
Oneonta
Boonville
N.Y
Waterville
Utica
Otsego County
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Ind
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Ohio
Leach
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Carolinas
Raleigh-Durham
North Carolina
Louisiana
Mississippi
Beaumont
Tex
Pacific Coast
Stockton
Calif
Garrison Trial Date Is Reset
In New Orleans, federal court delays the Jim Garrison trial. U S District Judge Herbert Christenberry set a new start date August 20 for Garrison and seven co defendants due to illness of one defendant John A Callery. They face charges of conspiring to obstruct Louisiana laws.
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