Red Chinese Envoys Sit In at United Nations
United States and others welcomed the People's Republic of China to the UN General Assembly as five PRC delegates took seats for the first time. Ambassador George Bush spoke for the host nation amid previous rifts over recognizing Nationalist China. The ceremony marked a shift as the PRC joined 131 nations, ending two years out of the assembly.
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N.Y
United States
China
Peking
U.S
George Bush
People’s Republic of China
General Assembly
Bush
U.N
Tropical Storm Laura Strengthens Near Cuba
Tropical Storm Laura builds up winds to 70 mph near western Cuba threatening torrential rains on tobacco lands. Forecasters say the chance of becoming a hurricane is fairly high as Laura moves toward the western tip of Cuba and then northward with small craft advised to seek safe harbor.
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Miami
Laura
Cuba
Arnold Sugg
National Hurricane Center
Gulf of Mexico
United States
Joe Pelissier
Hurricane Center
Gulf
Pelissier
Yucatan
Florida
Dust Storm Blurs Mars View In Mariner 9 Photos
Pasadena California AP The Mariner 9 mission sent back 64 pictures but a huge dust storm obscured surface details and prevented re capturing a crater image previously seen. Scientists at Caltech Jet Propulsion Laboratory noted the wind swept dust has muted features while a single frame showed the south polar carbon dioxide cap.
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Mariner 9
Mars
Earth
Mariner 7
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Pasadena
Calif
Red Planet
California Institute of Technology
Mariner
Parker Recovering After Illness at St Francis Hospital
Mrs Florence Parker of 1416 Filiol Dr Monroe is recovering at St Francis Hospital after a recent illness and is reported to be doing fine and expected to return home shortly.
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St. Francis Hospital
Florence Parker
Monroe
Parker
Monroe man Joe Ryan elected secretary of state plumbing group
Joe Ryan assistant plumbing inspector for Monroe was elected secretary of the Louisiana Plumbing and Mechanical Inspection Association at the state convention held Saturday in Baton Rouge. The notice continues on page 6-A.
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Joe Ryan
Monroe
Louisiana Plumbing and Mechanical Inspection Association
Ryan
Baton Rouge
Property Repairs Locally Are High
New York report details regional home outlays for alterations, improvements, repairs, and maintenance. Quachita Parish homeowners spent about 8.164 million dollars last year, averaging 222 dollars per unit, with painting and plumbing leading the major expenses. Nationally 14.8 billion was spent, up 1.2 billion from the year before as families remodel rather than move.
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Quachita Parish
Department of Commerce
Stotal
Commerce Department
Last day to register in Ouachita Parish for Dec primary
Ouachita Parish residents must register by 5:00 p.m. Wednesday to vote in the December 18 second primary. Registrar Everett Zeagler notes brisk registrations but below first primary levels with Democrats dominating totals. In Monroe, a gas referendum affects all voters.
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Ouachita Parish
Everett Zeagler
Zengler
Monroe
Zeagler
Edwin Edwards
J. Bennett Johnston
David Treen
Audit Report Raps Jackson Parish Jury
The Legislative Auditor found Jackson Parish police jury purchased nearly 27000 dollars of gravel without bids over two years. Similar bid violations were found in the Bossier Levee District. Other audits cited improper payments to jurors, unfiled mileage, and improper expenses from state conventions.
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Baton Rouge, la
Jackson Parish
Board of Commissioners
Bossier Leveee District
Legislative
J. B. Lancaster
Lancaster
Bossier Levee
Beauregard Parish
New Orleans
Sabine Parish
Beauregard
Lloyd Brown
Ed Jeans
J. Herman Smith
Justices Order ICC To Protect Railroad Workers
The Supreme Court, in a 4 to 3 decision written by Justice Douglas, directs the Interstate Commerce Commission to protect railroad workers affected by mergers. The ruling overturns ICC resistance, applies federal law to require worker protection in merger agreements, and involves 25 Sandusky Line employees after its 1964 transfer to Norfolk and Western.
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Supreme Court
Interstate Commerce Commission
William O. Douglas
ICC
Jstice
Harry A. Blackmun
Congress
Sandusky
Pennsylvania Railroad
Norfolk and Western Railway
Norfolk and Western
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
Weather Outlook Warm and Cloudy Through Tuesday
Skies stay partly cloudy with little temperature change through Tuesday. Highs reach 78 to 84 degrees, lows 50s to 60s. Humid afternoons with 60 percent plus relative humidity. Dew points in the 50s and sunshine around 70 percent. Monroe Municipal Airport records Sunday high of 83 and a morning low of 50.
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Federal Aviation Agency
Monroe Municipal
Good courting car sign on college bulletin board
A Chuckle Sign item notes a college bulletin board message reading a courting car plea asking for funds to buy a baby buggy. The quirky wordplay highlights campus humor over a small financial request.
Council Meets On Price Exemptions
Washington AP reports the Cost of Living Council considers rescinding a late exemption allowing car price increases without advance notice under Phase 2. Leaders Grayson Boldt discuss potential retroactive pay raises during the wage price freeze and a 72 hour review window for price increase notifications.
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Nixon
Cost of Living Council
Price Commission
C. Jackson Grayson Jr
Council
Grayson
Pay Board
George H. Boldt
Boldt
Two Frenchmen Indicted in Smuggling Plot
Federal grand jury indicts Paul Fournier and Roger Xavier Leon de Louette for conspiring to smuggle 12 million dollars worth of heroin into the United States. Investigation began after 96 pounds of heroin were found hidden in a Volkswagen bus shipment from France. De Louette, a former counterespionage agent, allegedly would receive the vehicle in the United States and has been in custody since April.
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Newark
N.J
French Counterespionage Service
United States
U.S
Paul Fournier
Service de Documentation Extrieure Et de Contre-Espionnage
Roger Xavier Leon de Louette
SDECR
de Louette
Volkswagen
Noonan Says He Got Deal Offers
William E. Noonan Jr the third place finisher in the Democratic primary for superintendent of education says he was offered two deals to drop out and support Louis Michot Michot led the first primary with 46 percent while incumbent William Dodd withdrew from the second Michot denied offering any deal and Noonan said he rejected both offers He noted Michot was capable of deals and implied others sought influence over the race ahead of the Democratic central committee meeting Friday
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Baton Rouge
William E. Noonan Jr
Superintendent of Education
Louis Michot
Michot
William Dodd
Dodd
Noonan
Metairie
Michol
New Orleans Press Club
Democratic Party
Democratic Central Committee
Senate liberalizes child care tax deduction for two earners
The Senate voted 59 to 24 to expand the child care deduction to couples with joint incomes up to 18 000, adding about 100 million to a 19.5 billion tax bill. The amendment, from Sen. John V. Tunney, would let many two income families deduct up to 4800 annually for child care and domestic help. The bill faces further votes amid debates over campaign financing riders and Social Security provisions.
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Senate
Sen
John V. Tunney
D-Calif
Tunney
Russell B. Long
D-La
Long
Lyndon B. Johnson
Gaylord Nelson
D-Wis
Nixon
Nelson
Record Temperatures Mark National Weather Readings
The high was 86 degrees at Corpus Christi Texas the warmest mainland reading. The low reached 10 degrees at Newport Vermont illustrating wide regional temperature swings across the contiguous United States.
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