Monroe City Faces Cash Flow Crisis Over Paychecks
City officials warn revenues expected by Wednesday may not arrive in time to cover two upcoming payrolls. Finance Commissioner Harlan Prestridge cites aging accounts receivable and delayed revenue sharing as the core issue. Secretary-Treasurer Mel Cook says bills may wait until funds materialize, while banks weigh potential assistance.
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Harlan Prestridge
Prestridge
Mel Cook
Cooks
Quachita National Bank
Jim Altick
Lee Vanderpool
Central Bank
Cook
West Monroe's Downing Pines Industrial Park Expands
City leaders report the Downing Pines Industrial Park now hosts five firms either operating or under construction, expected to employ about 300 people. The project, funded by a 90 acre land purchase, sales of 27 acres, and a federal grant of about 700000, includes sewer and water extensions and a planned loop road with a railroad spur, aiming to attract more industry and possibly grow to 300 acres.
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Downing Pines
West Monroe
W. B
Bert” Hatten
Hatten
State Fire Rating Bureau
Four hijackers of TWA plane face air piracy murder charges
Air piracy and murder charges may be filed against four hijackers tied to the New York to Boston TWA flight last Friday night. This item appears among News Highlights on Page 2-A. Also noted are charges against three persons in a plot to kill Senator Edward Kennedy and a series explaining provisions of the 1976 tax bill before Congress.
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New York
Sen
Edward M. Kennedy
Congress
Weather readings and forecasts for multiple parishes
Monroe readings show high Sunday near 80 with a low this morning around 65. Forecast for Union to Winn parishes calls for partly cloudy skies through Tuesday with a 20 percent chance of rain Tuesday, highs upper 80s and lows around the upper 60s to mid 60s, southeast winds 5 to 15 mph diminishing at night. Similar outlook for Morehouse Ouachita Richland Caldwell Franklin W Carroll etc with highs in mid 80s and lows in mid 60s, chance of thundershowers Tuesday. More weather information on page 9a.
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Tensas
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LaSalle Catahoula
Concordia
Birthday greetings wrap week in Twin Cities Chit Chat
Wishes go to Hoy Anders Irma Grant George Jesse Mc Donald Fran McCail Nina Helfert and Alice Baur with dates listed. Mr and Mrs Steve J Danna celebrate their seventh anniversary at 218 W Heights St West Monroe with dinner plans for sons Craig and Stephen.
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Hoy Anders
Irma Grant George
Jesse McDonald
Fran McCail
Nina Helfert
Alice Baur
Steve J. Danna
W. Heights St
West Monroe
Craig
Stephen
UAW Chief Warns Ford Strike Possible as Deadline Looms
Detroit AP UAW President Leonard Woodcock returns to Ford talks pessimistic about avoiding a nationwide strike set to begin at midnight Tuesday. If no deal, 170,000 Ford workers in 22 states would walk out, crippling the automaker as negotiations continue amid a changed market since 1967 and 1970.
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Detroit
United Auto Workers
Leonard Woodcock
Ford Motor Co
Woodcock
UAW
Ford
Monroe Officials Probe Commission Checks From Vending Machines
Monroe city departments kept vending machine commissions for party funds. Commissioners insist all money be turned in to the Secretary-Treasurer with no department authorized to hold city funds.
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News-Star
Harlan Prestridge
Sewer Department
Department of Public Works
Luther T
Dick) Harper
Public Works Department
Commission
Commission Council
Prestridge
Congress Pushes Adjournment With Tax and Spending Talks
Washington AP reports Congress advances a $41.9 billion revenue sharing extension and a $104.3 billion defense appropriations bill as lawmakers push toward adjournment. The revenue plan would run five years nine months, starting at $6.9 billion and rising $150 million yearly. it expires December 31 if not extended. Conference talks with the House loom to resolve differences.
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Congress
Senate
House
Tax Deductions in Proposed Congress Bill
The chart outlines deductions allowed in a tax bill Congress plans to enact. The election year measure aims to please many voters while reducing federal revenues by about 17.9 billion dollars.
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Congress
U S Vietnam policy critiqued by diplomats in Bangkok
Senior diplomats Thai officials and Indochina experts say Washington's hard line on Vietnam risks Soviet influence in Hanoi and delays balance of power in Southeast Asia. They call U S demands to address missing Americans just window dressing in an election year.
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Ford to veto Vietnam UN bid via Scranton
President Ford instructed Ambassador William Scranton to veto Vietnam's bid for United Nations membership. Scranton confirmed the order saying Hanoi sought UNSC admission despite U.S. opposition.
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Ford
William Scranton
Vietnam
United Nations
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