Model Cities Aid Slashed In Nixon Budget Cut
Washington AP Nixon administration trims 215 million from Model Cities bringing total to 300 million for the year a 42 percent reduction aimed at slum rehabilitation. HUD officials cite late start and inflation drive reductions while other urban renewal programs also lose funds.
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Washington
White House
Nathaniel J. Eiseman
Department of Housing and Urban Development
District of Columbia
Puerto Rico
Eiseman
HUD
Lyndon B. Johnson
Nixon
Johnson
House
Senate
Tax Assessment Ruling Issued by Attorney General
Baton Rouge based Attorney General Jack Gremillion ruled that tax assessors must retroactively re assess property left off tax rolls or wrongly assessed with a three year limit. The opinion was sent to James E. Comiskey First District Assessor of Orleans Parish in response to questions about supplementary assessments. He noted some inventories of personal property had been grossly undervalued.
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Baton Rouge
APH
Jack Gremillion
Gremillion
James E. Comiskey
Orleans Parish
Comiskey
Local ROTC Conference Highlights Northeast Louisiana State
Second Lieutenant John J. King, son of Mr and Mrs Joseph King of West Monroe, graduated from the weapons controller school at Tyndall AFB Florida and earned a BS from Northeast Louisiana State College. King commissioned in 1969 after Officer Training School. Northeast Louisiana State College attended by 44 Army ROTC colleges at Fort Sam Houston for conference on ROTC program administration led by Col Alton R Taylor.
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John J. King
Joseph FE. King
Wellerman Road
West Monroe
Tyndall Afb
Fla
King
West Monroe High School
Northeast Louisiana State College
Fort Sam Houston
Tex
Northeast
PMS
Alton R. Taylor
Texas
Arkansas
Louisiana
Oklahoma
New Mexico
Haynsorth Nomination Vote Delayed by Senate Panel
The Senate Judiciary Committee postponed a vote on Judge Clement F. Haynsworth for the Supreme Court until next week at the earliest. Sen. Birch Bayh accused the panel of a runaround over Haynsworth's stock and real estate records from 1957 onward and warned of possible subpoenas if records are not provided.
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Washington
Senate Judiciary Committee
Nixon
Clement F. Haynsworth
Supreme Court
Birch Bavh
D-Ind
Haynsworth
Bayh
Strom Thurmond
R S.C
Thurmond
Carolina Wend
Haynsworth and Associates
Arthur McCall
Greenville
Indiana
Barh
Concorde Cleared Barriers at Supersonic Speed Flight
Concorde crossed the sound barrier over Cahors France with commander Andre Turcat noting calm conditions and nine minutes at Mach 1.05 about 714 mph. The test flight departed from Toulouse at 10 50 am and reached supersonic level 39 minutes later.
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Toulouse
France
Andre Turcat
Sud Aviation Co
Turcal Wa
Hidet
Jean Pinet
Ols
Ats
Draft Chief Backs Nixon Lottery Plan
Selective Service Director Lewis B Hershey defended Nixon's draft lottery as meeting a real need and not a protest-diffusing measure. He praised college students but noted concerns over deferments, explaining the lottery would include 19 and 20 year olds and limit service to one year unless an emergency arises. Chairman L Mendel Rivers said he would not object if equity is proven.
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Washington
Selective Service
Lewis B Hershey
Hershey
House
Nixon
Bértier
L. Mendel Rivers
House Armed Services Committee
Langford Dies in Corpus Christi Former GM Supervisor
Louis Harmon Langford 43, formerly of Monroe and Jackson, Mississippi, and a district supervisor for General Motors Pontiac Division, died in a Corpus Christi hospital. Funeral plans include Jackson, Mississippi, near his parents. Survived by wife Joyce, two sons in Corpus Christi, a sister in Quitman, Mississippi, and other relatives. He served in World War II and studied at the University of Mississippi.
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Louis Harmon Langford
Monroe
General Motors
Pontiac
Houston, Tex
Corpus Christi
Tex
Jackson
Miss
Louis L. Langford
Elizabeth Langford
Lucian Larche
Ruston
Langford
University of Mississippi
U.S. Air Force
Carthage
Joyce Patrick Langford
Louise Jr
John Langford
Raymond
Sara Louise) Goodman
Quitman
Chance For Rain Remains Slim
Weather forecast shows partly cloudy skies through Thursday with no significant temperature changes. Highs 82 to 86, lows around mid 50s, no rainfall expected after Tuesday. Data from the Federal Aviation Agency at Selman Field notes no precipitation through Friday. Winds NE 8 to 18 mph.
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Federal Aviation Agency
Selman Field
Man Who Thinks He Knows Everything Irritates Many
A witty quip notes that a person who believes he knows all often irritates others who feel equally confident in their own knowledge. The line turns on peevish irony about certainty.
Green Beret Denies Double Agent in Vietnam Killing Case
Col Robert B. Rheault and seven Green Berets faced murder charges in Vietnam. He denied knowing the claimed double agent and said there was no conclusive evidence the alleged victim was killed. Charges were dropped after the CIA refused to testify citing security reasons.
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Travis Air Force Base
Calif
Vietnam
Robert B. Rheault
Thieu
Rheault
Green Berets
United States
California
San Francisco
Army
Thai Khac Chuyen
Stanely R. Resor
Central Intelligence Agency
CIA
City Voting List At Record High In Monroe Referendum
Monroe voters neared twenty thousand registrations ahead of the October 28 urban renewal referendum. Registrar Everett Zeagler closed the books thirty days prior, noting 50 new registrations in the final two days bringing totals to 19 973 inside Monroe city limits. He warned against voting in a precinct outside residence and said he could challenge such ballots. He also removed over 400 people who moved without updating their address. Only city residents may vote, and state law imposes penalties for out of precinct registration.
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Ouachita Parish
Registrar of Voters
Monroe
Everett Zea
Zeagler
Zengler
River Flood Stages Shift Across Camden Monroe Area
Flood stage readings shift as Camden reports 26.44 and Monroe reaches 40. unlisted levels indicate rising river stages and potential water concerns along River Street.
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Camden
Fall Monroe
Oil Firms Appeal Against Tax Hikes
Representatives of major oil companies and independents urged the Senate Finance Committee to reject tax increases tied to the reform bill. They warned cuts in depletion allowances and new minimum income tax would straiten exploration, raise consumer prices, and threaten national security by boosting foreign oil dependence. Governor Dewey Bartlett of Oklahoma noted oil dominates his state’s economy outside farming.
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Washington Cap
Senate Finance Committee
Russell B. Long
D-La
Dewey Bartlett
Oklahoma
LP and L To Expand Westwego Plant
Louisiana Power and Light plans an 87 million expansion of the Ninemile Point steam electric station near Westwego. The project will raise capacity from 316000 kilowatts to 1816000 kilowatts and begin early next year per LP and L president FW Lewis.
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New Orleans
Louisiana Power & Light Co
Westwego
Ninemile Point
FW. Lewis
Lp&l
Floods feared as Gulf squalls lash Florida panhandle
A tropical low with 50 mph gusts lashed the Gulf Coast pushing the Panhandle into a weather watch through 6 p.m. CDT. A tornado touched down near Carrabelle, while five inches of rain fell near Pensacola and Coast Guard units hunted five missing men from DeFuniak Springs and Cedar Key searches for two unreported Jacksonville fishermen.
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Miami
Gulf of Mexico
Florida Panhandle
Miami Weather Bureau
Pensacola
Albany
Weather Bureau
Robert Simpson
National Hurricane Center
Simpson
Carrabelle
Franklin County
Raymond Kraft
En Peticy
Florida
Coast Guard
Gulf
Gulf Coast
DeFuniak Springs
John Dorsey
Douglas Andrews
Henry Windham
Sebring
Jacksonville
David Mulker
David Wayne Sauls
Mulker
Cedar Key State Park
Stocks Slip as Traders Eye Market Bottom at 800 DJIA
In slow New York trading the Dow tumbled 3.89 to 809.20 while the 60 stock AP average fell 7 to 284.4. Analysts noted profit taking in recent gainers like Merox Polaroid IBM and Control Data as investors wait to see if the 800 level will hold.
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New York
Merox
IBM
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Green Beret
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