Warplanes Hit North Vietnam Bases in Major U S Raids
United States warplanes launched extensive strikes across North Vietnam on Tuesday targeting air fields and military depots. The Yen Bai base near Hanoi was hit destroying two MIG fighters and damaging support structures. A second wave hit Ben Ngoc and other sites as U S commanders defended civilian harm claims while north of Hanoi.
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North Vietnam
Hanoi
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Demilitarized Zone
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North Vietnamese
Foreign Ministry
Nixon
U.S
Thailand
Yen Bai
Air Force
Ben Ngoc
Stallation
U. S. Economic Indicators Rise in August
The Commerce Department reported a 2.2 percent rise in eight leading indicators for August, the best gain since March. Harold C. Passer said the indicators signal strong future growth, with only one component, contracts and orders for plant equipment, showing a slight downturn.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Harold C. Passer
Commerce Secretary
Monroe Rainbow Assembly Tours Eastern Star Homecoming
Thirteen youngsters from Monroe's Rainbow Assembly visited the statewide Eastern Star Homecoming at Mason ic Children's Home in Alexandria. The group had funded new furniture for a girls dormitory and enjoyed a campus tour and conversation with residents.
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Masonic
Alexandria
Monroe
Rainbow Assembly
Birthday Wishes For Mrs Ruby Taylor At 115 Warwick Dr
Birthday greetings are in order for Mrs Ruby Taylor of 115 Warwick Drive Monroe. Major L C Taylor and daughter Mrs Billie McCready with family plan a party tonight with all the trimmings.
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Ruby Taylor
Warwick Dr
Monroe
Major L. C. Taylor
Billie McCready
Flooded Isleton Residents Return Amid Ruins
Isleton California begins reoccupying after June 21 levee breach left 3,000 homeless and over 450 structures destroyed. City Hall reads of self-pity and grit as residents face uncertain futures with many not returning.
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James Mallamace
Isleton
California
San Joaquin
Andrus
Brannan Islands
Calif
San Francisco
San Francisco Bay
Alyeen Alaya
Local Farmers Do Well In Year Says Survey
A Standard Rate and Data Service analysis shows Ouachita Parish farmers achieved higher gross incomes in the year due to favorable weather, larger plantings, and more efficient operations. Farm receipts reached 11 320 000 with crops accounting for 74 percent of cash receipts and livestock and dairy 26 percent, though net income lagged due to inflation and rising costs.
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Ouachita Parish
Standard Rate and Data Service
Louisiana
Department of Agriculture
Government to Seek Dismissal of Seale Contempt Counts
The U S government will ask the U S District Court in Chicago to drop contempt charges against Bobby Seale, founder of the Black Panthers and a defendant in the Chicago Seven case. The move follows an appeals ruling that transcripts from electronic surveillance must be disclosed, a step prosecutors say would harm national security.
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Chicago
U.S. District Court
Bobby Seale
Seale
Julius J. Hoffman
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
James R. Thompson
U.S
Northern Ilinois
Hoffman
Thompson
Luther M. Swyegert
Edwards Leaves for Washington to Ease Rice Shipment
Gov. Edwin Edwards plans a commercial flight to Washington to urge the Agriculture Department to move rice shipments to earlier dates. The rice, sold to Korea, faces delay due to an earlier harvest. He will also discuss a regional Louisiana airport project with FAA and Northrop Corp. officials, the trip costing $102 and funded by the state.
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Baton Rouge
Edwin Edwards
Washington
Lake Charles
Edwards
Korea
Agriculture Department
Federal Aviation Administration
Northrop Corp
Louisiana
Thundershowers Expected Again In Twin City Area
Thundershowers dumped 1.51 inches of rain in the Twin City area Tuesday with more showers forecast through the weekend. Skies stay partly cloudy and warm with a 60 percent rain chance today and a night risk. highs near 88 and lows around 69. Southeast winds.
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FAA
Monroe Municipal
Chuckle Panel Notes on Glaring Stupidity
A lighthearted comment highlights that folly often appears genuine, underscoring the humor in human error and the ease of recognizing a lack of sense.
Britain seeks UN action on Uganda Asians expulsion
Britain urges the United Nations to address Uganda’s expulsion of Asians as Sir Alec Douglas-Home labels it an outrage. The U.N. General Assembly may place the issue on its agenda, with a 90 day deportation deadline looming to November 7.
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Alec Douglas-Home
Usanda
Alec
Assembly
Colin Crowe
Kurt Waldheim
Uganda
General Assembly
Sir Alec
Canada
New Zealand
Sweden
State Department
Justice Department
Immigration Service
U.N
Amin
Waldheim
William P. Rogers
Rogers
Maurice Schumann
Schumann
Inside The News-Star Highlights
Abby Lowman Broadway and radio TV classifieds feed the page with cinema listings, theater notes, and feature briefs. Sports coverage includes updates from Van Dellen’s 85th season while editorial and women pages run alongside weather and puzzles sections.
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Abby
Lowman
Radio-Tv
van Dellen
Demos Reach Tentative Deal On Minimum Wage Bill
House Democrats and Southern allies near a tentative agreement to raise the minimum wage from 1.60 to 1.90 within 60 days and to 2.10 a year later. The plan excludes farm and student workers from full rate increases and hinges on a House Senate conference vote on October 3.
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Washington
House
Senate
Mills
Waggonner
U S Tightens Entry Rules Amid Terror Threats
The United States will require nearly all foreign travelers to have visas, effective immediately through January 1, to address terrorism risks during the United Nations General Assembly in New York. Exemptions for Canada removed. rule covers border crossers from Mexico as well.
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Washington
United States
State Department
United Nations General Assembly
New York
Canada
Mexico
Views Clash Over Louisiana Alligator Hunt Outcome
Louisiana officials call the first legal alligator hunt in a decade a success while conservationists warn it jeopardizes the species. The 13 day season on 278000 acres yielded 1347 hides sold at auction for 74614 dollars total, averaging 8.02 dollars per foot.
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New Orleans
Louisiana
Louisiana Wild Life and Fisheries Commission
Ted Joanen
Commission
Don Schuler
New Orleans Audubon Society
Long urges workfare as answer to welfare growth
Sen. Russell B. Long argues a workfare plan could move parents in welfare families to work, as he criticizes the Nixon Family Assistance Plan amid a threefold rise in children on Aid to Families with Dependent Children over 15 years. The debate centers on a large Social Security Welfare bill stalled in the Senate Finance Committee.
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Washington
Russell B. Long
D-La
U.S
Senate
Nixon
House
Long
Graf
Senate Finance Committee
Mike Mansfield
Highest Reading Trotsky? Weather record Blythe tops 96
The National Weather Service recorded the day's highest temperature excluding Alaska and Hawaii as 96 degrees in Blythe California. Olympia Washington registered a low of 26 degrees.
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New York
Classified Ad Promo for Easy Purchases
Promotes a simple one line listing approach for selling items with a friendly ad writer. Encourages readers to describe goods clearly to earn extra dollars and to act today.
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