Parish Assessments Rise by 6.5 Million in Ouachita County
Ouachita Parish property assessments for 1971 total $189,137,840 up $6,488,640 from 1970. Assessor Odis Russell links the rise to parish growth while overall tax collections fall for the third year due to reduced rates by the School Board and Parish Police Jury. A $406,134.36 state Homestead Exemption payment was presented. remaining installments will follow in 1972 and 1973.
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Ouachita Parish
Odis Russell
Parish Sheriff Department
Ouachita
Russell
Twin Cities
Pittsburgh World Series riot ends after Pirates win
After the Pirates 2-1 victory over the Orioles, a downtown Pittsburgh riot caused looting destruction and multiple injuries. Police deployed riot units and dogs to disperse the crowd after about 10 hours of chaos.
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Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh Pirates
Baltimore Orioles
Kosygin Attacked During Ottawa Visit by Man on Parliament Hill
Soviet Premier Alexei Kosygin was accosted on Parliament Hill in Ottawa as he arrived for talks with Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau. Security stopped the assailant, Kosygin was shaken but unhurt, and Trudeau assisted him to his feet.
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Alexei Kosygin
Parliament Hill
Pierre Elliott Trudeau
Kosygin
Parliament Buildings
Trudeau
Twin Cities street names reflect trees and woods
The Twin Cities feature numerous streets named after trees or shrubs such as Apple Azalea Cedar Cherry Laurel Myrtle Oak Pine Plum Rose Willow and more. Several names appear in both Monroe and West Monroe including Cherry Apple Evergreen Hickory Laurel Myrtle Oak Olive Peach Pear Plum Rose.
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Twin Cities
Monroe
West
Burger Stricken By Virus Illness For Supreme Court
Chief Justice Warren E. Burger, 64, was taken ill with recurring virus infection symptoms and left the Supreme Court today. A court spokesman said he expects to return to work Tuesday after weeks of intermittent illness.
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Washington
Warren E. Burger
Supreme Court
Burger
U S and Albania clash over China at U N debate
In New York Albania argues for a dual representation of China in the United Nations to keep Peking out, while the United States rejects the plan. The clash opened the General Assembly session with Albania’s Nesti Nase citing Beijing’s August declaration, and U S Ambassador George Bush warning against expulsion of Nationalist China.
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N.Y (Ap
Albania
U.S
China
Peking
United States
General Assembly
Nesti Nase
Communist People’s Republic of China
U. S
George Bush
Taiwan
Security Council
Bush
Nase
U.N
Record Heat Hit Kingsville Texas 89 Degrees Sunday
New York UPI reports the National Weather Service listed Kingsville Texas as the location with Sunday's highest reading at 89 degrees, excluding Hawaii and Alaska. Kalispell Montana recorded a low of 15 degrees.
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New York
Rehabilitation Conference Opens in Monroe Louisiana
Rehabilitation conference opens at the Monroe Civic Center with three days of sessions. Notable speakers include William J. Dodd Garland Conin Gerald Fisher Sarah Frances Anders Sam Thomas Paul Brand and Victor Bussie. Key events include a boat ride and an association banquet with awards.
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Louisiana Rehabilitation Association
Monroe Civic Center
Civic Center
William J. Dodd
Garland Conin
Department of Public Welfare
Hot Springs
Ark
Gerald Fisher
Sarah Frances Anders
Louisiana College
Pineville
Sam Thomas
Veterans Administration Hospital
Shreveport
Paul Brand
U.S. Public Health Service Hospital
Carville
Victor Bussie
Jim D. Snell
Twin City
Associaton
Seid W. Hendrix
Brand
Bussie
Nixon Plans Crops Subsidies Hike to Curb Grain Surpluses
The Nixon administration proposes raising farm crop subsidies next year by up to 1 billion dollars to reduce feed grain production. Officials aim to idled land and higher payments for remaining crops, citing a record 1971 corn crop of 5.4 billion bushels and possible further surpluses.
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Washington
Nixon Administration
Agriculture Department
Des Moines
Iowa
Dallas
Tex
Thundershowers Forecast for Northeast Louisiana
A weather update for Northeast Louisiana shows cloudy to partly cloudy skies with a chance of showers and thundershowers. Highs 78 to 84 degrees, lows 66 to 70. Winds southeast 6 to 16 mph. Rain chances 40 percent today, 50 percent tonight and Tuesday. Relative humidity above 60 percent, dew points in the upper 60s, sunshine about 30 percent.
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Louisiana
Nixon designates Fort Detrick cancer research center
President Nixon announced that the former germ warfare lab at Fort Detrick in Maryland will become a major cancer research facility. The plan includes seven buildings with over 500,000 square feet of space valued above 70 million dollars, operated by a private contractor, as part of federal efforts and funding approvals totaling about 100 million dollars.
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Plane hijacked at Anchorage airport expected to Vancouver
A Wien Consolidated Airlines Boeing 737 was hijacked at Anchorage International Airport after departing at 7 39 a m with an unknown number of passengers disembarking The Wien spokesman Bud Hagberg said the jetliner was believed to be bound for Vancouver British Columbia
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Anchorage International
Wien Consolidated Airlines
Anchorage
Bud Hagberg
Wien
Vancouver
B.C
Stock Exchange President Proposes National Board for Exchanges
Paul Kolton head of the American Stock Exchange testified before the SEC proposing a single system of national exchanges governed by a National Board of Exchanges. The board would set policies and rules but not be administered by the SEC, with equal representation from exchanges broker-dealers and the public.
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Washington
American Stock Exchange
Board of Exchanges
Securities and Exchange Commission
Paul Kolton
SEC
ABC Meeting Slated Here For Tuesday
The Associated Builders and Contractors announces a Tuesday dinner meeting at the Holiday Inn in which a statewide drive for ABC membership in Louisiana will begin. Speakers include Frederick Schnabel Richard Stoddard William Hoe and Jack Donahue Archie Lyles and Charles Cox. The event marks a cooperative effort among ABC of Louisiana the South Louisiana Chapter and the national office. ABC promotes the Merit Shop concept uniting union and nonunion firms.
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Louisiana
Holiday Inn
Associated Builders and Contractors, Inc
Boyce B. Humble
ABC of Law, Inc
Humble
North Louisiana
ABC of Louisiana
ABC
South Louisiana
Frederick C. J. Schnabel
National Abc
Richard H. Stoddard
ABC National
William Hoean
Jack Donahue
Metairies
Archie C. Lyles
Charles Cox
ABC, Inc
Baltimore
Chuckle Money Buys Bargaining Edge Not Love
A lighthearted quip notes money cannot buy love but can improve one’s negotiating stance, suggesting wealth affords leverage in deals though affection remains unattainable.
Ownership of Cars Is Above Average
Ouachita Parish shows high auto ownership with 46 770 cars in use, 131 per 100 families. Car registrations rose 23.5 percent in five years, boosting service stations receipts to 14 378 000. The rise tracks income growth and longer car retention, now 3.5 years on average.
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News Star
New York
Ouachita Parish
Standard Rate and Data Service
Automobile Manufacturers’ Association
Ouachita Parush
United States
South Central States
Firm Plans Relief Wells To Stop Gulf Platform Fire
New Orleans AP report says firefighting may take a month and a half as Coast Guard surveys oil spills near an offshore Amoco platform 100 miles south of New Orleans. Amoco plans relief wells to plug burning wells from beneath the sea, aiming to prevent further pollution while losses run up to $17,000 daily.
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Amoco
Gulf of Mexico
Franklin
New Orleans
Coast Guard
Nod
Richard Darling
Amoco Producing Co
Shell Oil Co
Darling
UGF Volunteers Reach 55.3 Percent of Goal in West Monroe Report
United Givers Fund volunteers reported 55.3 percent pledged at the first meeting held in the Louisiana Power and Light auditorium, West Monroe. Pledges totaled $235 531 toward a $425 740 goal, with the Monroe division at 56.7 percent and West Monroe Group at 54 percent of its $123 405 target.
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Louisiana Power and Licht Company
West Monroe
Monroe
Fred McCall
Geal
West Monroe Group
John Grantham
J W. Roberson
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