Hatten Says West Monroe Faces Deficit After Bond Victory Loss
West Monroe mayor Bert Hatten warns of possible deficit spending and higher fire insurance if six capital improvement proposals are rejected. Voters turnout about 2,800 of 5,500. broad defeat risks loss of street, jail, police, recreation, fire projects and a one cent sales tax. City to reassess steps with Chamber of Commerce urging progress to avoid decline.
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Bob Hammack
News - Star
West Monroe
W. B. “Bert” Hatten
Hatten
Chamber of Commerce
Eugene Smith
Examiners Indicted in Sharpstown Bank Probe
Height men including two federal and two Texas state banking examiners were indicted in Houston on conspiracy falsification and loan charges tied to Frank W. Sharp and the Sharpstown bank scandal. The case names Ted Bristol and John Cooper among others with alleged improper loans and stock purchases connected to Sharp.
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Vtosxas State Bank Co
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Herman Nelings
Carl Lamdquist
Flouston Rest
Charles 4. Henke
Sharpstown Bank
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Dpagstel Duc. Pehruars
Baskers Taio Tneurance Co
Joe Bristol
June Bristol
Lane
Cael Nels
United States
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Henke
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Baink
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Vrantine
Waareht
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Wnieht
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Lundquist
State Bank
Northern Democrats Fight Busing Vote
Northern Democrats oppose House action on a bill to force votes on busing as part of a Nixon emergency school aid package. The measure aims to aid desegregation efforts but would not fund busing, creating party splits in Northern and Southern districts and delaying committee action amid a parliamentary maneuver over a separate higher education bill.
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House
Mindlhly Hharvatea Auithaand
Avluolly
Byovu
Nixon
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Congress
Supreme Court
Administration
James H.scheuer
D-N.y
White House may form federal judges panel on wage prices
Chicago Sun Times reports the White House discusses creating a federal judges commission to decide wage price issues in Phase 2 of the Nixon program. Charles Bartlett calls for a super panel of impartial judges to oversee equity but cites no named sources.
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Chicago
Chicago Sun-Times
White House
Nixon
Charles Bartlett
Senate
Nixons
Barlett
Bartlett
Commission
Heat records set across western states
The National Weather Service reported the top temperature of 94 degrees at Gila Bend Arizona on Tuesday excluding Hawaii and Alaska. Evanston Wyoming logged a sizzling low of 95 degrees marking extreme heat in the region.
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New York
Monroe Planning Panel Chooses Name For Civic Center Street
The Monroe Planning Commission searches for a name for the two block access street alongside the Civic Center Expressway in downtown Monroe. The task has sparked humor at the Government Center as candidates either run too long or too short.
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Monroe
Gremillion Refuses to Quit Race After Perjury Conviction
Louisiana Attorney General Jack Gremillion vows to stay in the re election race despite a federal jury finding him guilty of five counts of perjury in the Louisiana Loan and Thrift case. He claims innocence and cites the American justice system while acknowledging potential voter impact before the First Democratic Primary.
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Edgar Coltharp
Capital Bureau
Baton Rouge
Jack Gremillion
Gremillion
Louisiana
Black Panthers
Anglia Davis
Louisiana Loan & Thrift
A&T’s
Tom Stagg
Inheritance Triggers Spending Spree in San Pedro Family
Jolene Gearin recalls inheriting 200000 from her father’s estate and splurging on cars, bikes, a house down payment, teeth and breast work, furniture, and vacations. Taxes trimmed the windfall, stock losses followed, and the family later faced strife as funds vanished and they learned frugal lessons.
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San Pedro
Calif
Jolene Gearin
Pentagon plans new induction quota to push draft total below 100000
The Pentagon will announce a October to December call expected to keep 1971 inductions under 100000, the lowest annual total in nearly a decade. Jer ry Friedheim said avoid firm figures but three-month inductions likely under 15000, with 83000 drafted in the first half of the year.
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Pentagon
Jerry W. Friedheim
Friedheim
Melvin R. Laird
Nixon
Congress
Army
Selective Service
Canton Telecast Disappoints Red China Watchers
Hong Kong observers say Canton television aired over two hours of Beijing programs instead of the promised special National Day news. The broadcast covered a Chinese delegation’s return from North Vietnam, a documentary on acupuncture, and a gymnastics exhibition with Premier Chou En-lai present, amid expectations of Red China developments.
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Canton Television
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China
Mainland
Mao Tse-tung
North Vietnam
Chou Jin-lai
Weather To Be Continued For Northeast Louisiana
Forecast for today and Thursday calls for clear to partly cloudy skies with temperatures near 88 to 92 degrees and night lows around 66 to 72. Friday to Sunday expect warm, partly cloudy conditions with highs in the mid 80s to low 90s and lows in the upper 60s to low 70s. Drying humidity remains high, generally above 60 percent, with dew points near 70 and about 80 percent sunshine today and Thursday.
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Louisiana
Hurricane Ginger Targets North Carolina Outer Banks
UPI reports Hurricane Ginger, with 90 mph winds and eight foot tides, aimed at North Carolina's Outer Banks. The National Hurricane Center issued warnings from Cape Lookout to Virginia Beach and urged immediate precautions as Ginger nears landfall, with eye and gale winds extending over a 700 mile area.
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UPI
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North Carolina
National Hurricane Center
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WN. C
Virginia Beach
Florida
Robert Simpson
Cape Hattteras
Simpson
Wilmington- Cape Hatteras
Dry Prong High School Destroyed by Fire
A two story brick Dry Prong high school burned early with Alexandria and England Air Force Base units aiding Grant Parish crews. The auditorium building was saved and the fire’s origin remained unknown amid a recent boycott targeting the school.
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Alexandria
Eingland Air Force Base
Grant Parish
Inside The News-Star overview page listing sections
A catalog of the newspaper layout shows sections such as Abby 3B Lowman 2B Broadway 6B Popenoc 9B Classified 10B Radio-TV 14B Comics 4B Sports MA Crossword 7A Theater 6B Editorial 4A Van Delsen 4B Horoscope 8A Women 1B Jumble 11B Weather 6A.
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van Delsen
Freeman Acquitted in Extortion Case. co-defendants deadlocked
A federal jury acquitted state Rep. Robert L. Freeman of Plaquemine on extortion charges while reports indicated a deadlock on three co-defendants. The panel deliberated overnight before declaring itself hopelessly deadlocked, with Judge J Gordon West resetting hearings for November 28.
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Baton Rough la
Robert L. Freeman
Plaquemine
Iit Op
U.S. District Court
J. Gordon West
Terrorist Bomb Wounds 24 In Saigon Suburb
A bomb exploded outside a crowded Gia Dinh restaurant near Saigon injuring 24 people including five policemen and 14 soldiers. The blast, set on a bicycle, left no fatalities among Vietnamese victims.
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Saigon
Gia Dinh
le van Tu
Two U S Satellites Fired Into Orbits From Cape Kennedy
Two NASA satellites launched by a Delta rocket reached elliptical orbits due to a control fault, one to test the Apollo tracking network and the other to study the sun with artificial solar eclipses. OSO7, a 1400 pound sunwatch satellite, carried a corona camera and experiments. a 44 pound secondary satellite simulated Apollo moonship signals.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
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