Monroe City School Board May Seek Tax Increase
The Monroe City School Board plans to ask residents to renew and likely raise ad valorem taxes amid funding shortfalls. Board President Yvonne Nash cited inadequate current funding and outlined needs including staff raises, building maintenance, band programs, and higher utility costs. Superintendent Seegers awaits a district attorney opinion on voter approval under the new constitution.
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Monroe City
Yvonne Nash
Monroe City Schools
Nash
Sidney Seegers
District Attorney’s Office
Monroe
Seegers
News Highlights on Theft Crime and Politics
The page notes ongoing electricity theft as a rising issue for power firms in recent years. First Ladies Betty Ford and Rosalynn Carter will tour the White House on Monday to preview points of interest for the incoming president. Religion in America remains active with rising engagement. Commercial and industrial loans in New York City banks hint at the near term economic outlook. Mexico reportedly plans to add a loan to bolster the peso.
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Betty Ford
Rosalynn Carter
White House
New York City
Weather Outlook for Several Louisiana Parishes
Partly cloudy skies and warmer temperatures are forecast across Union to Concordia parishes. Highs today in the upper 60s with mid 70s on Friday, and overnight lows in the upper teens. Winds variable under 10 mph.
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Rawinfan
Es Ans
Union
Lincoln
Bienville
Jackson
Winn
Morehouse
Ouachita
Richland
Caldwell
Pranklin
W. Carrell
Fe. Carroll
Madison
Tensas
Grant
LaSalle
Catahoula
Concordia
Hospital Study Aims to Check Charity Patient Eligibility
Wayne Heap official says study will assess how many charity hospital users are ineligible. He notes 70 percent of patients may be state funded while 30 percent use Medicaid or Medicare. He describes transfer practices and teaching admissions as factors in ineligible entries.
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Tom Walker
Wayne Heap
Office of Hospitals
Baton Rouge
Heap
Joseph Wylie
Kyle
EK. A. Conway Memorial Hospital
Russell Carlos
Carlos
Carter Won’t Name Cabinet Members Before December 1
President elect Jimmy Carter will delay naming Cabinet members until after December 1. Press Secretary Jody Powell said it is premature to speculate on potential appointees. Powell added Carter was pleased by Chile’s release of 133 political prisoners and the pledge to free 150 more.
Government Revises Down Economic Growth For Fall Quarter
The Commerce Department cut GNP growth to 3.8 percent for the fall quarter, below the rate needed to curb unemployment. Trade surplus narrowed to 1.4 billion, inflation at 4.2 percent, and disposable income per capita fell as profits rose more slowly. Burns urged no tax cut now, Carter eyes potential relief if slowdown persists.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Department
Kearse
Commerce
Venice
Federal Reserve Board
Arthur Burns
Burns
Jimmy Carter
Carter
GNP
Local Civil Defense Monitors Radiation After Nuclear Blast
Ouachita Civil Defense checks 13 radiological stations across the parish and nearby towns for changes in radiation after Wednesday's blast. Deputy director Mazziotti says readings will be recorded twice daily and reported to Fire Department personnel, with wind forecasts from Shreveport, New Orleans, and Jackson to assess fallout timing and extent.
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Ouachita Civil Defense Agency
Pratt
China
Monroe Streets
Luther Po ¢ Dick) Harper
Parish Civil Defense
Bobby Henrick
Chuck Mazziotti
Mazziotti
Civil Defense
West Monroe
Monroe
Shreveport
New Orleans
Jackson
Miss
Hines Couple Celebrate Fifth Wedding Anniversary
Twin Cities Chit Chat notes Mr. and Mrs. Jerry W. Hines Sr of 506 Oregon Trail Monroe celebrate their fifth anniversary Friday with children Jerry Wayne and Michelle. Also announced, Monroe Civic Center box office hours are 830 a.m. to 530 p.m. for winter, down from 900 a.m. to 600 p.m.
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Jerry W. Hines, Sr
Oregon Trail
Monroe
Jerry Wayne
Michelle
Monroe Civic Center
Alice Toombs
Christians Claim Capture of Key Lebanese Village Near Israel
Christians said they captured Kfar Kiar in house to house fighting near the Israeli border. Leftists and Arab Army disputed the claim with reports of fighting near the village edge and possible Israeli support. In Beirut, Syrian occupied areas faced clashes as Saiqa and PDF factions battled in Chatilla camp, with casualties and a Syrian tank patrol halting the fighting before dawn.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Yasir Arafat
Christian Phalange Party
Kfar Kiar
Ktur Kial
Arkoub
Israel
Arab League
Elias Sarkis
Sarkis
Ahmed el-Haj
Chatilla
Saiqa
Popular Democratic Front
PDF
Arafat
Palestine Liberation Organization
Damascus
Hafez Assad
L’orient-Le Jour
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Bob Hammack
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