02 Sep 1976
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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1976
Page
1
Local prep football opens tonight with a jamboree at West Monroe and Delhi Stadiums as LHSAA teams begin the season.
Forecast shows considerable afternoon cloudiness and a chance of mainly afternoon and evening thundershowers through Friday. Highs will reach upper 80s, lows near 70 with southeast winds 5 to 10 mph and gusts near heavier storms. Rain probability 50 percent today and Friday, 20 percent tonight.
Twin Cities report Lance Cpl Andrew Moore 20 son of Mr and Mrs Issac Moore Bastrop Route 2 promoted while with Third Marine Division on Okinawa. A 1974 Bastrop High School graduate he joined the Marine Corps in April 1975.
The Associated Press survey shows August declines in the market basket with an average 2.7 percent drop across 11 of 13 cities, while Chicago and Salt Lake City rise about 1.7 percent. Dairy prices edged higher with eggs and butter up in multiple cities, and hog and cattle prices fell for farmers, though farm-to-retail savings lagged.
Motorists double take as a disembodied hat rises from a hole in downtown Miami. The hat belongs to Mike Nelson a nursery worker who was in the site preparing a planter for a tree.
The House voted 325 to 75 against election year pay hikes for members of Congress and high officials and sent the $780 million measure to the Senate. If approved, automatic raises would lift salaries from 44 600 to about 46 740 dollars starting Oct 1. Tests Set Sept 21.
Louisiana asks Supreme Court to reconsider its ruling that the death penalty law is unconstitutional. The petition argues the 1974 Louisiana constitution may empower the state Supreme Court to review death sentences for cruelty or unusual punishment.
The Monroe Civil Service Board approved 16 applicants for the Monroe police chief exam to fill the open post after Chief Charles Gaishell resigned. The list includes current officers and several Monroe residents, with exams set for Sept. 21 at Pettit Hall First Baptist Church.
Delegates welcomed the U S proposal to fund international seabed mining but doubted a deal would be reached before the conference ends on September 17. Secretary Kissinger held round table talks with about 30 delegations to explain the plan and break the deadlock.
New national survey shows Ouachita Parish residents earned 540.7 million after taxes, with median household income at 10 905. Local retail sales rose 8.6 percent to 409.97 million from 377.60 million, outpacing national and state gains. Strong consumer spending is cited as the engine for brighter business outlook and potential job growth.
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