Nixon Calls Labor Day Push for Prosperity Through Freezing Wages
President Nixon praises workers for supporting the wage price freeze and argues competitiveness and productivity will boost living standards. He urges a 40 year goal of prosperity without war or inflation, citing broad backing despite labor criticisms and a Texas dispute over state pay raises.
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Thurmont
Nixon
Camp David
Fice
Texas
Preston Smith
Crawford Martin
Smith
America
George Fink Dies in Monroe at 62 Services Pending
Mon ore attorney George Fink died Sunday evening at his home on Loop Road at age 62. Mulhearn Funeral Home will handle arrangements. He practiced in Monroe since 1932 and held multiple civic and professional posts in Louisiana and Ouachita Parish. He is survived by his widow, three daughters, three brothers, two sisters, and four grandchildren.
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George Fink
Monroe
Loop Road
Mulhearn Funeral Home of
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DeRidder
Fink
Fourth District Bar Association
Louisiana Bar Association
Ouachita Parish Society For Crippled Children
Carolyn Rose Strauss Rehabilitation Center
Amvets
the American Legion
Acadia Foundation
Western Star Lodge No. 24 F & AM
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Louisiana High Twelve Clubs
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John W. Lolley
Claude R. Silvy
Houston
Texas
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Opelousas
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Eunice
Helen Cohn
Gertrude Fink
New Orleans
American Troop Strength Drops In South Vietnam
The US Command reports American troops in Vietnam at 216,700 after a 60 percent drop from a peak of 543,400. The count includes 170,400 Army, 35,700 Air Force, 10,000 Navy, 500 Marines, and 100 Coast Guard. The plan aims for 184,000 by December 1, with possible reduction to 175,000 by month’s end. Nine B52s bombed northern targets near the DMZ while patrols and airlift squadron inactivations reduce forces. Local attacks killed five civilians and wounded 25, with additional casualties among soldiers and police.
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Vietnam
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7Th Air Force
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Mekong
Khanh Hoa
Six Inch Rains Hit New Orleans Area
The National Weather Service forecast more rain for the New Orleans area after a tropical low dumped over six inches on Sunday. Flooding affected streets Audubon Park closed to traffic and the zoo shut down. water nearly reached homes in Marrero while no evacuations were reported. A new low pressure system near Grenada was moving westward with heavy showers and gusty squalls expected in the Windward and Leeward Islands.
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National Weather Service
Malate
The
Antana
Gulf of Mexico
Weather Service
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Mississippi
Audubon Park
Jefferson Parish
Marrero
Saints
Philadelphia Eagles
Grenada
Windward Islands
Leeward Islands
State Demo Meet Sets Qualifying Amid Reapportionment Uncertainty
In Baton Rouge the State Democratic Central Committee plans a Tuesday session to set qualifying for state offices despite legal challenges to the reapportionment plan. Gov McKeithen and Sec. of State Martin expect the November primary to proceed on schedule, with deadlines and mechanics adjusted for potential court delays.
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State
Democratic Central Committee
Arthur Watenan
U.S. Circuit Court
New Orleans
Dist
FE Gordon West
John J. McKeithen
Wade
Gov. McKeithen
Jules Mollere
Fireman Allbritton Jr on 10-day Navy leave in Minnesota
Fireman Normal Allbritton Jr. visits the Twin Cities on 10-day leave from the Navy. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Normal Allbritton Sr. of Monroe and will renew acquaintances while in Minnesota before attending Nuclear Power School at Great Lakes Illinois. John and Mrs. Dennis from Athens are also visiting the area.
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Normal Allbritton Sr
Foster St
Monroe
Allbritton
U.S. Navy
Orlando
Ila
Great Lakes
Twin Cities
John Dennis
Athens
Dennis
Murray Bursford
West Monroe
Mars Jupiter explorations Are Predicted
Geneva AP reports at the Atoms for Peace conference Dr. Glenn Seaborg foresees voyages to Mars and Jupiter and nuclear propulsion as feasible by century’s end. He also cites radioisotope powered artificial hearts may be developed within five years.
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Jupiter
Mars
Earth
Glenn Seaborg
US Atomic Energy Commission
Arne Sigvard Eklund
International Atomic Energy Agency
U. N
U Thant
Klund
U Whant
Holiday Weekend Traffic Deaths In State Climb
The four day Labor Day holiday period brought six highway fatalities in Louisiana. Chester J. Richard 18 of Lafayette was found on a Breaux Bridge area highway likely killed by a motorist. A Monroe area head on crash killed Myles Scott 56 and Alma 62, and Charles Dawkins 27 of West Monroe. A gasoline tanker truck jackknifed near Baton Rouge killing driver Hampton L. Fontenot 47 of Baker.
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Associated Press
Louisiana
Chester J. Richard
Lafayette
Breaux Bridge
Monroe
Myles Scott
Alma
Charles
Dawkins
West Monroe
Baton Rouge
Hampton L. Fontenot
Baker
Irish and British Leaders Meet Over Northern Ireland Violence
Irish Prime Minister Jack Lynch arrives in London to meet Edward Heath at Chequers amid escalating Northern Ireland violence. Britain seeks tighter border security. Lynch rejects UN peacekeeping and argues security forces cannot curb border crossings.
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Jack Lynch
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Edward Heath
Northern Ireland
Lynch
Dublin
Chequers
Heath
Republic
Irish Republican Army
IRA
United Nations
Britain
Partly Cloudy Skies Forecast For Monroe Area
Weather brief for Monroe and surrounding area projects mostly partly cloudy skies through Tuesday with a chance of afternoon and evening thundershowers. Temperatures will range highs 90 to 94 and lows 70 to 74 with east winds 5 to 15 mph. Rain chances 40 percent today and Tuesday, 30 percent tonight.
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Monroe
Federal Aviation Agency
Monroe Municipal
Inside The News-Star Section Contents
A listing of article sections and page numbers for the News-Star newspaper, including Abby 1B Popence 8A Classified 8B Radio-TV 8B Comics 8A Sports 14A Crossword 4B Theater 6B Editorial 4A Van Dellen 8A Horoscope 6B Women 1B Jumble 9B Weather 7A Lowman 1B.
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Popence
Radio-Tv
van Dellen
Jumble
Lowman
Nation Observes Labor Day Holiday
Labor Day weekend brings celebrations and labor leader comments on Nixon economic policies. Traffic deaths estimated 600 to 700 nationwide as cold fronts and storms affect plans from the Rockies to the Great Lakes. Weather includes snow in the Northwest and scattered clear to cloudy conditions with regional temperatures in the 40s to 90s.
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National Safety Council
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Cali
Extreme heat record in Imperial California
The National Weather Service reported the highest temperature Sunday excluding Hawaii and Alaska as 106 degrees at Imperial California. A separate low reached 33 degrees in Alamosa Colorado.
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UPL
National Weather Service
Hawai and
Alaska
Imperial
Calif
Alamosa
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Pat on Back May Help Avert Ulcers
Washington AP reports New York psychologist Dr. Jay M. Weiss says occasional praise from spouses or coworkers may reduce ulcers in executives. Rat tests show coping signals and environmental control lessen ulcers, with rewarding feedback and increased brain nor epinephrine linked to better mood and coping.
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New York
American Psychological Association
Jay M. Weiss
Rockefeller University
Weiss
Guerrillas Free Jail In Uruguay
About 100 Tupamaros guerrillas tunneled out of Punta Carretas jail before dawn and fled by bus. The jail held about 180 inmates, part of a campaign against President Jorge Pacheco Areco’s government with kidnappings of both foreigners and Uruguayans.
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Uruguay
Tupamaros
Punta Carretas
Urgan
Jorge Pacheco Areco
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