Nixon Peace Quest Backing Is Urged
Vice President Agnew urged backing Nixon in his peace efforts amid Veterans Day ceremonies in Washington. He said Vietnam veterans paid a higher price due to fighting in an unpopular war and denounced civilian slaughter by communists while calling My Lai an aberration.
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Washington
Spiro T. Agnew
Nixon
Agnew
Vietnam
My Lai
Congress
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Arlington National Cemetery
Joseph L. Whites
Uniontown
VFW
Arlington
Defense Department
Austin
Tex
Camp Mabry
New York City
American Legion of
New York County
Jim Davis
Three Missing In Plant Blast at Dupont Facility
A dynamite packing building at Independent Explosive Co in Dupont exploded today. State Police reported three employees missing and four injured as the single story structure was leveled. The blast, felt 10 miles away, involved a ton of dynamite. cause is not yet known.
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Scranton
Independent Explosive Co
Dupont
Amber lights guide fogbound motorists in Monroe
Twin Cities Chit Chat notes the Monroe Civic Center silhouette lights glowing this morning to remind residents of Thanksgiving and Christmas goals. The foggy visibility made the lights useful as beacons guiding downtown drivers.
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Monroe Civic Center
Monroe
Philip Wylie Dies at 69 Author of Generation of Vipers
MIAMI AP Philip Wylie noted author and conservationist died at Doctor's Hospital of a heart ailment at age 69. A Hawaii resident visiting friends in Miami he was stricken in his friend's home. Wylie coined the term momism in 1942 and authored novels and essays including Night Unto Night The Innocent Ambassadors The Golden Horde and The Army Way. He had long criticized industrial pollution and once called Miami a polluted paradise and Biscayne Bay an open sewer.
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Miami
Philip Wylie
America
Wylie
Doctor’s Hospital
Hawaii
William W. Muir
Rickie
Muir
Saturday Evening Post
Reader’s Digest
Look
Biscayne Bay
Drivers License Tests Seen As Risky Yet Routine
A look at California driving examiners reveals calm and perilous days. Testers like David Hammero recall near misses after a wrong word during a left turn. An applicant once chased by an angry driver and another whose car collided with a train still shows up for testing.
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Los Angeles
David Hammero
Hammero
Sacramento
Victor Andre
Robert Jones
Jones
India border towns shelled by Pakistan across frontier
Four Indian border towns faced mortar fire from Akhaura in East Pakistan killing at least five and wounding 24. Agartala, Kamalpur, Deotali and Montali reported injuries and damage as Indira Gandhi began a Brussels visit to rally support for India's stance amid the crisis.
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Calcutta
India
Akhaura
Pakistan
Agartala
Tripura
Kamalpur
Avartala
Assam
Deotali
Montali
Karimganj
All India Radio
Shilong
Indira Gandhi
Brussels
Europe
United States
Beirut
Subcontinent
Britain
Latin America
East Pakistan
West Pakistan
Kissinger Party Delays Return From Peking
The Kissinger party extended its stay in Peking and will return to Washington Tuesday afternoon aboard Air Force One to brief President Nixon on plans for the presidential visit to Mainland China. Kissinger stayed to finalize scheduling with Chinese leaders including Premier Chou En lai.
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Washington
White House
Henry A. Kissinger
Peking
Nixon
China
Kissinger
Gerald Warren
Air Force One
Chou Enlai
Mao Tse-tung
Generally Fair Weather Forecast for Northeast Louisiana
Fall weather moves into the region with morning lows around 49 degrees and highs expected between 76 and 82. Skies stay mostly sunny with humidity above 60 percent, dew points in the 50s, and no precipitation reported. Sunday reached 80 degrees according to the FAA at Monroe Municipal Airport.
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Louisiana
FAA
Monroe Municipal
Woman Guerrilla Fires on British Troops in Belfast
In Belfast a woman IRA guerrilla fired on British troops and was wounded as IRA groups retaliated for weekend killings by security forces. The incident plus reports of further armed activity underscore fears of a new phase in Northern Ireland violence with women fighters appearing publicly.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
Irish Republican Army
IRA
Dorothy Maguire
Mary Meehan
Lower Falls
Irish News
Miss Maguire
Cumann Na Bhan
Andersonstown
Large Numbers On Public Payrolls In Ouachita Parish
The Tax Foundation reports a large share of Ouachita Parish residents rely on government income. Public employees total about 6 070, social security beneficiaries number 14 525, and many veterans receive checks. Nationally 72.8 million people rely on public treasuries for income.
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News-Star News Service
New York
Ouachita Parish
Ando Nn
Jyno Ulale Beles
The
Tax Foundation
United States
Volume High In September Mortgage lending steadied near peak
Washington based reports show savings and loan mortgage loans closed in September at 3.5 billion dollars, two thirds higher than a year earlier, with September savings and loan deposits near one and a half to double the prior year. Sen. Metcalf warned of potential unjustified rate increases after the wage price freeze ends, while Rep. Reuss and Rep. Patman urged action on imports and mergers to curb price pressures.
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Washington
UPI
Federal Home Loan Bank Board
Savings and Loan
Pay Board
Price Commission
Lee Metcalf
D-Mont
Metcalf
Price Board
White House
Henry Reuss
D-Wis
U.S
United States
Record Cold and Heat Jump Across Nations
The National Weather Service logged the highest Sunday temperature excluding Hawaii and Alaska as 88 degrees in Orlando Florida. A separate location in Baker Oregon posted a low of 20 degrees.
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New York
UPN
National Weather Service
Hawaii
Alaska
Orlando
Fla
Baker
Ore
Inside The News-Star Page One Items
The excerpt lists sections and page numbers of the News-Star newspaper, including Abby Lowman Broadway Papenoe and various departments such as Classified Radio-TV Comics Sports Theater Editorial Horoscope and Weather. It indicates a 28 page issue with multiple bylines and brief notes across sections.
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Abby
Lowman
Papenoe
UGF Volunteers Hit 70.2 Percent of Drive Goal
United Givers Fund of Ouachita Parish reports 70.2 percent of the $299,084 goal raised in Campaign 1971. Bosco leads at 102.2 percent, Twin Cities area West Monroe 76.2 percent, Monroe 69 percent, with Sterlington 29.7 and Fairbanks 5.2 percent. first report showed $235,531 or 55.3 percent collected.
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United Givers Fund
Ouachita Parish
Monroe Civic Center
James Beaver
Bosco
Twin Cities
Monroe
Sterlington
Fairbanks
American troop strength drops in Vietnam to 202000
The U.S. command said American forces in Vietnam fell by 4000 last week, leaving 202000 troops in country. It marks the smallest force level since January 1966 when the strength was 196400.
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Saigon
Vietnam
U.S
Halloween date moved to Friday in Twin Cities
Halloween will be observed on Friday October 29 in West Monroe and Monroe instead of Sunday October 31. Mayor Hatten urged careful adult supervision and safety for children including visibility of costumes and crossing roads while avoiding dangerous tricks.
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Twin Cities
James C. Kelly Jr
Monroe
W. B. “Bert” Hatten
West Monroe
Hatten
Europe
Japanese Trains Crash Kills 13 in Tunnel Collision
An express passenger train crash in a tunnel in Japan killed 13 people and injured 188 railway workers and passengers. Police and railway staff scoured wreckage seven hours after the 4 p.m. collision. the dead include two motormen and two conductors among 520 passengers, all identified as Japanese.
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Tsu
Japan
Today's Chuckle
A light satire noting a girdle as a device that keeps figures from becoming facts. It wittily questions how numbers and truth interact in everyday life.
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