Sam Donald Jr Announces Candidacy for House Seat
Sam Donald Jr a Monroe resident since 1998 announced his bid for Congress from District 16 Ward 10 Precinct 13 in the November Democratic primary. The 55 year old CPA with 18 years in public accounting and 20 years in Army Reserve advocacy includes fiscal discipline and personnel cuts alongside quality education. He holds Tulane University degree, is a World War II and Korean War veteran, and serves Grace Episcopal Church on the Vestry with membership in DAV VFW ROA Louisiana Farm Bureau and others. He is married to Carolyn Renwick and has one child Ginger Tuttle.
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Sam Donald Jr
Delano Dr
Monroe
House of Representatives
Donald
U. S. Army
Ouachita Parish
Tulane University
Grace Episcopal Church
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
Louisiana Society of Certified Public Accountants
Louisiana Farm Bureau
Graham Surginor Masonic Lodge
Dorald
Carolyn Renwick
William C
Ginger) Tuttle
New York judge suspended pending probe
New York State Supreme Court Justice Mitchell D. Schweitzer was suspended pending an investigation into alleged misconduct. The Court on the Judiciary accused him of conspiring to arrange a prison release for a gangland figure and of improper ties with Nathan Voloshen, a confessed influence peddler, amid seven years of social interactions. It also charged him with urging leniency for a securities thief and improper intervention with prison officials for friends connected to inmates.
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Albany
N.Y
Supreme Court
Mitchell D. Schweitzer
Nathan Voloshen
New York
Court of Appeals
Court
Schweitzer
Voloshen
Michael Raymond
Temperature Extremes Reported Across the U S
The National Weather Service logged the day’s highest temperature excluding Hawaii and Alaska at 100 degrees in Thermal California while Evanston Wyoming recorded a low of 24 degrees with temperatures reaching the 100 degree mark statewide elsewhere.
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New York
Berlin Wall escape attempts foiled by East German fire
East German border guards opened fire on three escape attempts near Berlin and Helmstedt. Bullets hit Berlin homes including a bedroom window with a sleeping 3 year old child. An American commander condemned the shootings as reckless and in densely populated areas. Two Czechoslovakians seeking asylum in West Germany were turned over to Czechoslovak officers after questions in Regen.
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East Germany
Fina Taday
Berlin Wall
Helmstedt
William W. Cobb
Wall Area
Cobb
Munich
Bavarian
Interior Ministry
West Germany
Czechoslovakia
Regen
Two-China Plan Wins In U.N. Test
The United States won the first test of its two China formula in the General Assembly by 65 to 47 with 15 abstentions against a move to bar the plan from the agenda. Albania led a push to oust Nationalist China and seat Communist China, arguing the item attacked China's internal affairs while the U.S. urged exposure of a dangerous precedent and the defense of free speech.
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United States
General Assembly
Assembly
U S
U.S
China
Security Council
Albania
Syria
Guinea
Reis Malile
People’s Republic of China
U.N
George Bush
Bush
NLU H and PE Dept Moves to Coliseum Offices
Twin Cities Chit Chat notes Northeast Louisiana University students gain extra physical benefit from Health and Physical Education courses. Dr Barry Johnson and the H and PE Department occupy new offices in the recently completed NLU Coliseum across the bayou from the main academic complex. Students report the walking and activity courses held in the coliseum provide plenty of exercise.
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Northeast Louisiana University
Barry Johnson
H&pe
NLU
Bayou
Nixon okays pacts to reduce war risks with USSR
Washington announces formal approval of two agreements with the Soviet Union to modernize the Washington Moscow hotline and cut the risk of accidental nuclear war. The pacts, not treaties, take effect next Thursday and will be signed by William Rogers and Andrei Gromyko. The agreements cover preventing unauthorized nuclear use, rapid government communication during nuclear incidents, and advance warning on missile paths. The hotline will shift from cables to satellite circuits using Molniva II and a U.S. satellite channel. The hotline has seen one use in 1967.
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Nixon
Soviet Union
Washington-Moscow
White House
William P. Rogers
Andrei A. Gromyko
State Department
Senate
United States
River Stages Flood Present Change Stage
River conditions shift as flood stages rise in Camden Monroe area with notable changes. Officials report escalating water levels affecting low-lying streets and local commerce while emergency crews monitor dikes and barriers.
Hurricane Ginger Threatens U S Coastal Areas
UPI reports a large meandering hurricane Ginger, 75 mph winds, moving west toward the southeastern United States after looping in the central Atlantic. It buffeted Bermuda, absorbed Tropical Storm Janice, and was projected to stay offshore with seas up to 12 feet as it neared Cape Hatteras.
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UPI
Ginger
Florida
United States
Atlantic
Bahamas Islands
Atlantic Ocean
Bermuda
Janice
U.S. Mainland
West Palm Beach
Fla
Cape Hatteras
N.C
Clark
Clarke
San Juan
P.R
Lansky Visa Not Extended by Israeli Interior Ministry
Israeli Interior Ministry announced it would not extend Meyer Lansky's tourist visa. An American lawyer said Lansky would appeal to the Supreme Court to pursue immigrant status. Lansky faces U.S. charges including illegal gambling and failing to appear before a federal grand jury. He has lived in Israel since July 1970 on a repeatedly extended tourist visa. the current visa expires next Monday.
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Tel Aviv
Interior Ministry
Meyer Lansky
Lansky
Yoram Alrov
Israel Supreme Court
U.S
Israel
Alroy
Weekend Weather for Northeast Louisiana
Forecast shows continued cloudiness with showers possible through Tuesday. Temperatures mainly in the 60s with upper 70s to mid 80s, rainfall chances 40 percent today and 30 percent tonight. Humid conditions with dew points mid 60s to low 70s, sunshine about half the time today and Saturday. FAA Monroe reports Thursday high of 64 degrees and no rainfall recorded.
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Louisiana
Federal Aviation Agency
Monroe Municipal
U S Bombers Strike North Vietnam In Third Day of Raids
U S bombers struck inside North Vietnam and along its frontiers for a third straight day while allied aircraft hit Hanoi base camps in the south. North Vietnamese shelling hit a provincial capital and three district towns as casualties rose. U S B52s pounded storage depots near Laos and DMZ points, with 50 enemy killed in raids that also destroyed bunkers and rockets. All 215000 U S troops in the country began a two week alert to deter Viet Cong attacks before the October 3 presidential election.
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Laos
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Laos- North Vietnam
Demilitarized Zone
Richard Gardner
Nixon
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Cambodia
Dmz
da Nang
Tay Ninh
First Woman May Get Justice Post
Washington report notes Nixon weighing Supreme Court picks after Justice John Harlan resigns, with ongoing talk of appointing a woman to the court. Nixon signals a nonjudge candidate may be possible, while Senate and ADA opposition sharpen. Black in poor health after stroke, Harlan served 16 years.
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Richard E. Poff
Virginia
U.S. Supreme Court
Nixon
John
Harlan
High Court
Hugo L. Black
Black
Bethesda Naval Hospital
Polf
Detroit Economic Club
Judiciary Committee
House
Senate
House Judiciary Committee
Poli
Americans For Democratic Action
ADA
Leon Shull
Poff
Congress
Shull
Polt
Supreme Court
Clement Haynesworth
G. Harold Carswell
Washington Post
John N. Mitchell
White House
Harjlan
Marijuana seized in Baton Rouge raid arrests 11
Police raided a Baton Rouge home and arrested 11 people. Officers seized 100 pounds of marijuana, valued up to $200,000 on the street. Authorities did not immediately release the names or charges against those arrested.
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Baton Rouge
Baton Rough
Today's Chuckle There are two types of people who say very little
A lighthearted quip notes two kinds of quiet talkers the silent and the talkative. It plays on the idea that some people speak little while others fill silences with chatter, delivering a quick humorous observation.
Dynamite Carrier On Plane Arrested
A Detroit woman, Barbara Pliskow, 35, arrested at Metropolitan Airport after allegedly attempting to hijack a jetliner to free two Black Panthers. Police found dynamite and a pistol on her, and she shouted threats as officers intervened aboard American Airlines Flight 124, a Boeing 727.
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Metropolitan
Barbara Pliskow
American Airlines
Miss Pliskow
Wayne State University
Michigan State Police
Sky Marshals
Marshall
Richard Boutan
Boutan
Michael D. Hill
Des Moines
Iowa
Ronald K. Irwin
Spy network exposed as Soviet defectors flee Britain
London AP reports a senior Soviet intelligence officer defected with documents revealing a spy network. Britain expelled 105 Soviet embassy and affiliated staff, with 90 of those on duty here told to flee within two weeks and 15 abroad denied return. No replacements will be made, reducing Moscow’s presence to about 445.
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Britain
Foreign Office
Moscow Bank
Aeroflot
Intourist
Moscow Narodny Bank
Denis Greenhill
Alec Douglas-Home
Ivan Ippilotov
KGB
Harris Formally Announces Demo Presidential Bid
Oklahoma Senator Fred R Harris declared his 1972 bid for the Democratic presidential nomination. He framed the year as crucial, aiming to unite seniors, Vietnam veterans, inmates, and urban workers while appealing to a broad coalition of elderly, minorities, farmers, and blue-collar workers. Harris joins George McGovern as an announced candidate.
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UPI
Oklahoma
Fred R Harris
Harris
Sen
George
McGovern
South Dakota
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