Chile Junta Declares Resistance Ended Normal Life Returns
Santiago reports life returning to normal as the new military junta says resistance has ended. Commerce and transport in Concepcion are 100 percent, ports back to normal and industries resuming amid calm. Exile plots denied as reports of Prats leadership are dismissed.
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Santiago, Chile
Chile
Concepcion
Salvador Allende
Buenos Aires
Carlos Prats
Prats
Santiago
Punta Arenas
Broad Alameda Avenue
Allende
Christian Democratic Party
National Party
Christian Democrats
Patricio Aylwin
Trading Nations Agree To Start Talks In Geneva
In Tokyo the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade ministers set ground rules for a Nixon Round of talks to cut tariffs and non tariff obstacles. Negotiations will begin in Geneva on October 24 with emphasis on reducing up to 800 non tariff barriers. Seventeen 77 developing nations will receive preferences to bolster lagging economies, with 25 extremely poor nations singled out for special treatment. Pakistani ambassador Niaz Ahmad Naik, chair of the 77 nation group, said he was generally satisfied with the guidelines.
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Tokyo
Geneva
Niaz Ahmad Naik
River Stages Record Flood Rise at Monroe and Camden
River levels show a rise at Monroe with stage 40 and Camden with stage 22.3 while stations record a fall of 96 at one point and a 48 drop, indicating changing flood conditions.
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Monroe
Camden
Two Banks Jump Prime Rate Toward 10 Percent
New York's First National City Bank and Wells Fargo Bank of San Francisco moved the prime lending rate toward the 10 per cent mark. CitiBank expects its move next Monday as credit experts warn the rise may spread, amid House hearings and government scrutiny over profit margins and rate guidelines.
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New York
First National City Bank
Wells Fargo Bank of
San Francisco
Wells Fargo
Citibank
House Banking Committee
Peace agreement signed in Laos coalition government formed
Vientiane and the Pathet Lao signed a political peace accord uniting in a coalition after a cease fire on February 21. Premier Souvanna Phouma will head the government as U S aid and military support are pledged, with foreign forces to depart in 60 days and Laos left divided between Pathet Lao and an alliance of neutralists and conservatives.
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Vientiane, Laos
Vientiane
Pathet Lao
Laos
Souvanna Phouma
Mekong River
Air Force
Pheng Phongsavan
Ngon Sananikone
Phoumi Vongvichit
Phoumi Siprasuth
U.S
United States
U. S
North Vietnam
South Vietnam
Cambodia
Distinguished Military Students to be honored at Northwestern
Richard Hooter of Nat chitoches and Michael Mad dox of Pollock will receive Distinguished Military Students awards at Northwestern Louisiana University. The presentation occurs Saturday during Mom and Dad Day activities at the Natchitoches campus conducted by the Department of Military Science. Today also brings 69th wedding anniversary wishes to Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Mask of Monroe.
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Richard Hooter
Natchitoches
Michael Maddox
Pollock
Northwestern Louisiana University
Natchitoches School
Department of Military Science
W. B
Cole Ave
Monroe
Parade Of Homes Opens This Weekend In Northeast Louisiana
Sixteen new modern houses open to the public this Saturday and Sunday and again next weekend September 22 and 23. Hours are Saturday 3 6 p m and Sunday 1 6 p m. Ten building firms participate led by Home Builders Association of Northeast Louisiana with Larry Cooper as president and Jim Butler as parade chairman.
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Home Builders Association of
Northeast Louisiana
Larry Cooper
Jim Butler
Chuckle About First Rattle in New Car
A lighthearted note notes that one of the loudest noises in the universe is the first rattle in a new car. The quip reflects common car buying humor about initial creaks and rattles after purchase.
U S Justices Shelve Louisiana Women Jurors Ruling
The U S Supreme Court temporarily stays a lower court ruling that deemed Louisiana’s ban on women serving on juries unconstitutional. The stay keeps the current law in effect pending appeal, with the higher court likely overturning the statute as Louisiana moves toward a constitutional revision including women on jury lists.
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Baton Rouge
U.S. Supreme Court
Louisiana
Ken Dejean
High Court
Dejean
New Orleans
Ford Stinson
Benton
Atty
William Guste
Alvin Rubin
Florida
King Gustaf VI Adolf In Critical Condition In Sweden
King Gustaf VI Adolf, 90, lies in a deep coma at Helsingborg hospital after a third pneumonia attack since gastric ulcer surgery. Crown Prince Carl Gustaf flew in from Stockholm as doctors called the situation clearly very critical and noted the monarch’s strength waning despite a quiet night.
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Helsingborg
Sweden
Gustaf VI Adolf
Carl Gustaf
Stockholm
Gunnar Bierck
Weekend forecast for Monroe area partly cloudy with showers
The forecast calls for partly cloudy skies through Saturday with widely scattered thundershowers today and tonight. Temperatures will run cooler tonight with highs in the mid 80s and overnight lows in the mid 60s. FAA at Monroe Municipal Airport logged a Thursday high of 88 and a 71 low. no precipitation on Thursday. The outlook favors a Sunday Monday shower chance with highs in the upper 80s and low near 70 as skies stay partly cloudy.
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FAA
Monroe Municipal
Monroe
Deadline Near On Chrysler Auto Contract
More than 127,099 autoworkers threaten to strike Chrysler Corp if talks fail by 11:59 p.m. tonight. UAW leaders and Chrysler executives meet in Detroit ahead of a potential nationwide walkout as overtime production and union demands loom.
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Detroit
Chrysler Corp
United Auto Workers
Leonard Woodcock
UAW
Chrysler
International
U.S
Inside The News-Star Highlights and Sections
The front and inside pages outline Abby Lowman Broadway and Radio-TV notes along with Classified Sports Comics Theater Crossword Van Dellen Editorial Women Horoscope Weather Jumble and the paper’s 36 pages across four sections.
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Abby
Lowman
Radio-Tv
van Dellen
Committees Clash On Taxing Powers
Two constitutional convention committees clashed over state versus local property taxing powers. Perez's local government article would prohibit the state from levying ad valorem taxes, risking homestead exemptions. Assessors warned courts might strike down future tax exemptions, while the revenue committee favored a state tax option. No compromise reached. final decision likely on the floor.
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Baton Rouge, la
Revenue, Finance and Taxation Committee
Chalin Perez
Plaquemines Parish
Perez
Revenue Committee
Charles Slay
Alexandria
Perez Committee
Shultz Rejects U S Tax Increase Proposal
Tokyo AP George P. Shultz disagreed with Melvin Laird’s disclosed tax increase idea. He said Laird comments on economic policy while away and noted Nixon’s policy aimed to avoid tax hikes. Shultz returned from the GATT ministerial in Tokyo and questioned the proposal.
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Tokyo
U.S. Treasury
George P. Shultz
Melvin Laird
Laird
Washington
Shultz
Nixon
American Legion Fifth District Meet Set in Monroe
The Fifth District American Legion and Auxiliary hold their fall conference Sunday at L. B. Faulk Post No. 13 in Monroe. Ashley Ames leads registration at 9 AM. program includes opening ceremonies, colors, pledge, anthem, invocation, constitutional preamble, welcome address by Augusto Danti, and responses by Sal V. Butitta and Martha Morrison.
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American Legion - American Legion Auxiliary
L. B. Faulk
Monroe
Ashley Ames
Marion
Legion
Allen Sherrard
Othello Green
Curtis
Augusto Danti
Faulk
Sal V. Butitta
Ruston
Richard
Pat) Sherman
Auxiliary
Martha Morrison
Jack Madden
Helen Tschabold
Robert Charles Smith
Sidney Guillot
Carroll B. Fields
Department
F. C. Haley
Coast Guard Warns Gulf Coast of Hazardous Barrels Labeled Dangerous
The Coast Guard warned the Gulf of Mexico coast from Brownsville to Key West about drifting barrels of sodium and potassium cyanide from a ship collision off Florida. Experts say ingestion is needed for fatal harm, but drifting barrels raise broad risk as storms spread them.
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New Orleans
Coast Guard
United States Gulf Coast
Gulf of Mexico
Pensacola
Fla
Gulf
Brownsville
Tex
Key West
England
Mexico
United States
Maryland Demo Pleads Innocent In Corruption Case
Dale Anderson, a former Baltimore County leader and Democratic power, pleads innocent to conspiracy extortion and bribery in U S District Court. He is released on own recognizance with travel restrictions. Trial set for January 7, attorney Norman Ramsey seeks a prompt trial.
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Baltimore, Md
Dale Anderson
Spiro T. Agnew
Baltimore County
U.S. District Court
Anderson
Maryland
Joseph Young
United States
Norman P. Ramsey
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