Judge Rules Out Kennedy Remarks
In Wilkes Barre Pa a judge excludes statements by Senator Edward Kennedy from being read at an autopsy hearing into Mary Jo Kopechne’s death. Police Chief Arena described the scene at the Chappaquiddick dike bridge and said Kopechne wore a white blouse dark slacks sandals and appeared dead. He recalled pulling the body from the submerged car with help from a diver and noted a toe cut but no visible blood.
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Wilkes-Barre, Pa
Edward M. Kennedy
I. Mass
Mary Jo Kopechne
Dominick J. Arena
Edgartown
Mass
Massachusetts
Kennedy
Edmund Dinis
New Bedford
Joseph A. Kopechne
Berkeley Heights
Bernard C. Brominski
Common Pleas Court
Dinis
Armand Fernandes Jr
Arena
Chappaquiddick Island
Miss Kopechne
Fernandes
Kopechne
John N. Farrar
Edgartown Fire Department
Flanagan
Auto Insurance Hike Ruled Out in Louisiana
The Casualty and Surety Division ordered Travelers Indemnity Co to roll back automobile insurance rate hikes averaging 12 percent statewide. An order will be issued stating the higher rates will not be effective, according to H. P. Walker.
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Baton Rouge Law
Harvard freshman Louis Gavioli named student government rep
Cambridge Harvard College freshman Louis Gavioli is chosen as student government representative. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Robert D Gavioli of Monroe. Gavioli is a 1949 Neville High School graduate and former Student Council president. Another note mentions US Air Force Sergeant Michael G Holton, son of Mr and Mrs John H Holton of West Monroe, on duty at Bien Hoa AB Vietnam with the 19th Tactical Airlift Support Squadron.
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Harvard College
Cambridge
Mass
Louis Gavioli
Robert D. Gavioli
Monroe Young
Air Force
Michael G. Holton
John H. Holton
Jewel St
West Monroe
Bien Hoa AB
Vietnam
Holton
19Th Tactical Airlift Support Squadron
Pacific Air Forces
Langley Afb
West Monroe High School
Supreme Court to hear Toussie draft registration appeal
The Supreme Court agreed to review a challenge by Robert I. Toussie, Brooklyn businessman, to the continuing duty to register for the draft. His case claims that ongoing registration forces self incrimination and that the five year statute of limitations would run from age 18 without that duty.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Robert I. Toussie
Brooklyn
Toussie
New York City
Marchetti
Ouachita Parish Share of Federal Spending
New York special report shows Ouachita Parish residents bear about $1.98 in federal spending per day, totaling roughly $246,000 daily as part of a $190 billion national budget. The Tax Foundation study breaks down $440 per $1,000 in taxes to defense, $261 to health and welfare, $71 to interest, and $43 to commerce and transportation.
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New York
News-Star
Ouachita Parish
William V. Roth Jr
Delaware
Tax Foundation
Roth
Laird Balks On Spending For Warships
Defense Secretary Melvin Laird will not request $1 billion for new ship construction this fiscal year despite House authorization. Pentagon Comptroller Moot said Laird prefers an orderly budget process and may use the authorization as a basis for next year's appropriations. The episode reflects a clash between the Rivers led House panel and the Senate Nixon administration figures amid inflation concerns.
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Washington
Melvin R. Laird
House Armed Services Committee
Laird
Pentagon
Robert Moot
House
Armed Services Committee
Rep. L. Mendel Rivers
D.S.C
Rivers
Senate
Nixon
Senate House
Moot
Defense
Jnew Navy
Rivers’ Committee
Robert S. McNamara
Congress
Mixed Trend in Early Stock Market Trading Session
The market edged higher in moderately active trading with more advances than declines. The Dow Jones industrial average eased 0.46 to 835.60, while the AP 60-stock index at noon was unchanged.
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NEW York
New York Stock Exchange
Associated Press
Stock lists hint at consolidation amid cyclamate sector shifts
At 293.9 with industrials down 6, rails down .4 and utilities up 1.1, brokers noted a consolidation pattern after a strong last week rally. Selling pressure on cyclamate producers and users, artificial sweeteners banned by the government next year, accompanied by rising demand for sugar stocks.
Showers Possible Through Tuesday in Monroe Area
Skies will be mostly cloudy in Monroe and vicinity with a 30 percent chance of showers today, rising to 50 percent tonight and Tuesday. Highs near 80 to 84, lows around 66 to 70, with east to northeast winds 10 to 20 mph. Dew points mainly in the 60s and precipitation amounts from 0.25 to 1 inch.
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Monroe
Federal Aviation Agency
Nixon backs Haynsworth amid Supreme Court battle
President Nixon defended Judge Clement F. Haynsworth Jr. against charges of anti labor and anti civil rights rulings. He said Haynsworth is honest and qualified and urged senators to study the record, including tax returns and holdings, before confirming him to replace Abe Fortas.
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Washington
Nixon
Clement F. Haynsworth Jr
Supreme Court
Haynsworth
South Carolina
4Th Circuit Court of Appeals
Abe Fortas
Senate Judiciary Committee
Senate
Justice Department
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
American Motors to Buy Kaiser Jeep for $80 Million
Detroit based American Motors announced it will acquire Kaiser Jeep Corp for 80 million dollars. The deal, disclosed jointly by AMC and Kaiser Industries, ends months of negotiation and expands AMC's holdings in automotive and defense sectors.
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Detroit
American Motors
Kaiser Jeep Corp
AMC
Kaiser Industries Corp
U.S. Rail Safety Legislation Proposed by Nixon Administration
The Nixon administration proposes the first comprehensive federal railroad safety bill citing rising rail accidents involving hazardous materials. The plan would let the transportation secretary set minimum standards for tracks rolling stock and loading procedures and follows earlier bills by Hartke and Ribicoff. Since 1961 train accidents rose to 7,294 in 1967 and over 8,000 in 1968 with 812 deaths and 20,801 injuries, plus 3,816 grade crossing deaths.
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Washington
Nixon
Congress
Transportation
John Volpe
Secretary of Transportation
Area Authorities Investigate Two Church Burnings
Union Parish and Union County officials probe two Sunday fires likely started by the same parties. The Springhill Baptist Church near Oakland burned completely, and a white church just across the Arkansas line in Union County also burned to the ground. Both were frame structures.
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Farmerville
Union Parish
Union County
Ark
Louisiana
Oakland
Springhill Baptist Church
Arkansas Line
Women Defy Father Time in Crafty Bargains
A lighthearted note observes how some women outsmart Father Time by negotiating clever bargains that slow his advances, celebrating wit and persistence in aging with humor.
Lighter Marijuana Penalties Sought
Nixon administration proposed a shift from felony to misdemeanor for simple possession of narcotics and dangerous drugs for personal use. The plan favors distinguishing users from traffickers and lowers fines and prison terms, while keeping possession with intent to sell a felony.
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Washington
Senate
John E. Ingersoll
Justice Department
Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs
John N. Mitchell
Plaquemines area begins evacuations as Laurie nears
Tropical storm Laurie accelerates toward Louisiana with winds 60 to 70 mph and a forecast to reach hurricane force this afternoon. Plaquemines Parish orders evacuations for about 1,000 residents as officials track the storm’s north northwest path.
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New Orleans
Laurie
Gulf of Mexico
Louisiana
Weather Bureau
Air Force
Yucatan Peninsula
Camille
Plaquemines Parish
H. B. Schoenberger
Galveston
Tex
Pensacola
Fla
United States
Baltimore Colts
New Orleans Saints
Mississippi
Virginia
West Virginia
Lake Charles
Audrey
Cameron
Pledges Hit 57.7 Percent in UGF Third Report
The United Givers Fund third report shows $207,196 pledged, 57.7 percent of the $358,504 goal. West Monroe led with $53,518 pledged (67.7%), Monroe area reached $153,543 (55.9%), Sterlington reported $135 (2.6%) toward its $5,069 target.
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United Givers
Ramada Inn
Nelson D. Abell
West Monroe
Monroe
Beehive of Activity in News Star World Want Ads
Readers are urged to place a want ad to move unwanted items. The News Star World section promotes action for buyers and sellers, emphasizing that every reader is a potential prospect.
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News-Star World
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