Louisiana business index shows gain in electric power use
Ron Crain reports that the October Louisiana Business Review notes a 2.5 percent rise in electric power consumption for Morehouse Ouachita Parish in the first nine months of the year versus 1972. September shows mixed results with a 0.8 percent drop from last year and a 2 percent fall from August.
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Ron Crain
Louisiana
Morehouse - Ouachita Parish
Louisiana Business Review
Division of Research
College of Business Administration
Louisiana State University
Baton Rouge
Morehouse-Ouachita Parish
Morehouse
Ouachita Parish
Six Point Mideast Plan Announced by Kissinger
The Associated Press reports a six point plan agreed by Israel and Egypt to firm up the cease fire and start peace talks. It covers UN cease-fire observance, disengagement talks, aid to Suez, non military supplies to the east bank, UN control of checkpoints, and planned POW exchanges. A hitch in Israel delayed full implementation.
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Associated Press
U.S
Israel
Egypt
Middle East
Golda Meir
Sourioa
Henry A. Kissinger
Suez- Cairo
U.N
Kissinger
Kurt Waldheim
White House
Washington
Suez
East Bank
Suez Canal
Cairo-Suez
Bab el Mandeb
Red Sea
Indian Ocean
Ridgedale Academy to host PTA Carnival in West Monroe
Ridgedale Academy in West Monroe will stage its annual PTA Carnival at the school with the band and choir during a Thursday night announcement by school director Dr. M. D. Boyd Jr. The Ridgedale PTA meeting featured performances and open house in classrooms.
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Ridgedale Academy
West Monroe
M. D. Boyd Jr
Ridgedale
Parent Teacher Association
Dairy Farmers Seek Higher Milk Price Increase in Louisiana
Baton Rouge AP report shows dairy farmers pressing state to hold another hearing for increased milk prices. Louisiana Milk Commission weighs passing current farmer rise to consumers as Pearce earlier boosted raw milk to 10.63 dollars per half gallon, totaling 80 cents or more per half gallon by year end.
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Baton Rouge
State Agriculture Department
Dave Pearce
Bryan Bush
Louisiana Milk Commission
Commission
Pearce
Louisiana
New Urine Test Detects Heart Attacks Soon After Onset
The American Heart Association reports a rapid urine test detecting myoglobin can reveal a heart attack within hours, remaining in urine up to four days. Developed by Drs Bernstein and Saranchak, the test promises bedside use but currently requires a clinical lab.
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Atlantic City
N.J
American Heart Association
Stanley H Bernstein
Harry Saranchak
Mt. Sinai
Hartford
Conn
Bernstein and
Saranchak
Stanley C. Leonberg
Frank A. Elliott
Pennsylvania Hospital
Philadelphia
Convention Debates Education Article and Equal Opportunity
Louisiana Constitutional Convention opens education debate over a proposal to guarantee equal opportunities for all children. Rep. Alphonse Jackson argues for the word equal despite concerns it may invite lawsuits between parishes. The committee offers two education articles, with one leaving education board makeup to the legislature.
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Baton Rouge
Alphonse Jackson
Shreveport
Gordon Kean
Jackson
Louisiana
St. Helena Parish
Graf
Committee On Education and Welfare
Education Board
Skylab 3 Fin Replacement Push Delays Launch
Work crews at Cape Canaveral continue replacing eight defective stabilizer fins on the Skylab 3 Saturn 1B rocket. The repairs aim to finish by Sunday to avoid a second launch postponement due to salt air corrosion causing small cracks around bolt areas. Skylab 3 astronauts Carr Pogue and Gibson observed the repairs and then practiced flight phases at Johnson Space Center.
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Cape Canaveral
Fila
Space Agency
The
Gerald P. Carr
William R. Pogue
Edward G. Gibson
Houston
Johnson Space Center
Cooler Weather Predicted Here
Twin Cities residents expect cloudy skies and cool temperatures with a 30 percent rain chance today. Monroe and vicinity forecast cloudy and cool with a slight rain chance tonight. Saturday will be mostly cloudy with highs in the lower 60s and lows in the mid 40s. Winds from the north and northeast at 10 to 15 mph. FAA reported Thursday high of 79 and a 59 low with .53 inch rainfall in 24 hours. Louisiana outlook calls for partly cloudy skies Sunday to Tuesday with a slow warming trend and highs in the lower 70s.
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Twin Cities
Monroe
FAA
Monroe Municipal
Louisiana
Diesel supply concerns voiced for Northeast Louisiana
State energy coordinator Fritz Spencer warned Friday that the Northeast quarter of Louisiana faces a very poor diesel allocation due to a federal 1972 usage basis. He urged use of state reserves to aid hardship cases as farmers were told to contact distributors for next 60 days and the coming year. A dealer who used 175000 gallons in October faces only 5000 gallons in November.
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Louisiana
Fritz Spencer
State Department of Conservation
Caoeau
Fae
T. W. Humphries
Spencer
Humphries
Record heat and frigid low mark U.S. weather
The National Weather Service logged the top US temperature excluding Alaska and Hawaii at 92 degrees in Gila Bend Arizona. Williston North Dakota recorded a low of minus six degrees.
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New York
Taxes Stymie Taxpayers as Cash Rules Payments
A humorous observation notes that people might pay taxes with a smile if governments accepted alternative payment forms beyond cash, highlighting friction with current tax collection methods.
Six Sentenced In Watergate Case
E. Howard Hunt received a minimum sentence of 252 to 311 years and a $10,000 fine for his role in the Watergate break in. James W. McCord Jr. drew 1 to 5 years, Bernard Barker 1 to 19 years, Eugenio R. Martinez Frank A. Sturgis and Virgilio Gonzalez 1 to 4 years each. G Gordon Liddy had earlier received at least 6 years 8 months and remains in appeal. All six, including Hunt and McCord, have CIA ties noted in court records. All six attended sentencing.
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Washington (Ap
Howard Hunt
U.S. District Court
Iohn J. Sirica
Hunt
White House
James W. McCord Jr
Nixon
Virgilio R. Gonzalez
Miami
Barker
Sirica
G. Gordon Liddy
McCord
Central Intelligence Agency
CIA
Liddy
Bill to waive environmental rules amid energy shortage
Senator Edmund S. Muskie introduced emergency legislation in Washington granting the Nixon administration authority to waive environmental controls during the energy crisis. He urged fast passage so the Environmental Protection Agency can move expeditiously to ensure controls do not worsen the energy shortage.
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Washington
Nixon Administration
Edmund S. Muskie
Maine
Senate
Environmental Protection Agency
Nixon aide says nationwide gasoline rationing likely by spring
President Nixon's energy adviser says rationing will be considered and possibly imposed by next spring with local rationing boards issuing coupons. Love notes White House has not decided but believes a plan could be ready by December or January and take about 60 days to set up the system.
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Washington
Nixon
John A. Love
Energy Policy Office
White House
Love
Nation
Congress
Henry M. Jackson
D-Wash
House
Senate
Middle East
Friends of
Israel
Michigan couple shivers without heating oil in energy crunch
In a Detroit area suburb, Douglas Schwarz and his wife faced a cold night as oil ran out amid a federal oil rallocation. They contacted distributors and Michigan state offices with little luck. officials warned help could take a week, despite hardship allocations up to 10 percent for such cases.
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Nowi
Mich
Douglas
Schwarz
National Energy Crunch
Debra Schwarz
Detroit
U.S. Department of the Interior
Office of Oil and Gas
Lansing
Don Myers
Department
Schwarzs
Michigan
City judge bans cats in Centreville apartment case
A Centreville Michigan judge ruled that keeping 50 cats in an apartment is excessive. The owner must remove all but two cats. A classified ad offers a full grown tabby cat in need of a home, with contact details and terms.
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Centreville
Mich
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