Weather and events wrap Tuesday digest in Monroe and beyond
Tuesday's digest notes partly cloudy skies with a 20 percent chance of showers in the afternoon and evening. Highs near 90s, lows around 70, southeast winds about 10 mph. Monroe to host Navy Blue Angels at City Municipal Airport for two performances Saturday and Sunday. Also covered are Governor Edwards reaction to a political claim, a 1963 Birmingham church bombing arrest, and Michigan coach Schembechler's push for top ranking with Oklahoma rising to No. 1.
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Monroe
Navy
Blue Angel
City
Bo Schembechler
Michigan Wolverines
Associated Press
Oklahoma Sooners
Chuckle: Do Not Embarrass a Texan About Dollar Bill
A light quip notes one should not ask a Texan whose picture appears on the one dollar bill, implying a familiar, humorous test of knowledge.
Byrd: Carter energy plan may not pass as is
Senate Majority Leader Byrd warned Carter the energy program may not pass intact and signaled a veto threat would have little effect. He offered to hold around the clock sessions to move stalled natural gas legislation while Carter pushes leadership to back the bill amid ongoing conference talks.
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Washington
Senate
Robert C. Byrd
Carter
Byrd
White House
House
Thomas P. O’neill
Canal Pact Gains Favor In Pentagon
Defense Secretary Harold Brown testified that the Pentagon fully supports the new Panama Canal treaty, saying it protects U S military interests and allows the United States to decide intervention and troop levels in the Canal Zone through 2023. He and Gen George S Brown, chair of the Joint Chiefs, defended the pact before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee amid questions about Panamanian control after 2000 and potential internal threats to the canal.
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Washington
Harold Brown
Pentagon
U.S
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
George S. Brown
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Department of Defense
Omar Torrijos
Senate
United States
Foreign Relations Committee
Cyrus R. Vance
Torrijos
Panama
Brown
Canali Zone
Roe
Canal Zone
Joint Chiefs
Canal
Senate Judiciary Subcommittee
James B. Allen
Dala
Army
Hor Rodriguez Brustmeyer
Brooklyn
N.Y
Allen
U.S. Navy
Pacific
Caribbean
Commission Joins U S Porno Fight
The Monroe Commission Council voted to donate 275 to join a national effort against pornography. The move followed a letter from Ralph J. Perk mayor of Cleveland and National Conference on the Blight of Lee chair. Perk outlined goals to urge federal and state action for a cleaner moral environment for families. Cleveland hosted a conference with 75 cities and 33 states participating. He linked crime, economic decline, prostitution, and pornography, stating no facts supported continued education in exotic sexual behavior.
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Monroe Commission Council
Ralph J. Perk
Cleveland
Ohio
National Conference On the Blight of
Lee
Perk
Ore
Temperature Soars as School Air Conditioning Fails in Ouachita
In Ouachita Parish the school board reports ongoing AC outages for days and bees hinder repairs with a forecast for Wednesday. A secretary notes temperatures above 90 degrees. Birthday wishes flow to Craig Allen Danna, seven, son of Steve and Mrs. Danna of West Monroe.
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Ouachita Parish
Craig Allen Danna
Steve J. Danna
West Heights St
West Monroe
Craig
Riser
South Korean National Day event draws wary U.S. lawmakers
In Washington a National Day celebration hosted by the Korean embassy drew many regrets from members of both parties amid the Tongsun Park influence-investigation. A UPI survey noted few lawmakers planned to attend, with some citing fear of implicating themselves. a few, like Rep. Stratton, Rep. Murphy, and Rep. McClory, said they would go.
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Washington
UPI
South Korea
Congress
Tongsun Park
Park
Capitol Hill
Korea
Yong Shik Kim
U.S
House
Thomas O'Neill
Senate
Tongsan Park
New York
Sam Stratton
John Murphy
Rep
Robert McClory
West Point report urges ethics sex ed and better athletics
A Pentagon study on West Point calls for ethics and sex education courses, improved football prospects, a humor emphasis, and new standards across cadet life to restore excellence after a cheating scandal. It backs civilian staff, broader academic time, reduced graduation courses, and retention of the honor system.
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Washington
Army
West Point
Pentagon
Academy
Bernard W. Rogers
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Clyde Vidrine
Edwards
Birmingham
Gen. Torrijos
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Solomon Er
News Star World
AKC
Lahasa Apso
Golden House
News-Star—World
Wally Watts
Edmonton
Alberta
Canada
Bangkok
Watts
Singapore
Commission
U.S. Porno Fight
Bob Hammack
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