The Town Talk from Alexandria, Louisiana • Page 37

fied by Gov. Treen. A-4. vention was money well spent. A-4.

BUS DRIVERS RILED City bus drivers are angry they didn't get holiday pay for July 4 and wUl use grievance procedures to try to collect it. A-8. PROGRAM CRITICIZED The Rapides Nutrition Program has spent too much money on administrators and needs to be reorganized, two dieticians claim. C-4. TOWER CUTBACK The FAA-run tower at Esler Regional Airport will reduce its hours of operation by one hour effective Aug.

6. A-8. U4 yr( rt i 3 II Hews Digest GOOD MORNING. Today is Thursday, July 23, the 204th day of 1981. There are 161 days left in the year.

Today's Highlight in History: On July 23, 1914, Austria issued an ultimatum to Serbia after the assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand. The dispute triggered World War I. On this date: In 1588, an English army assembled at Tilbury on the Thames River to repel an expected invasion of England by the Spanish Armada. In 1828, William Burt, of Mount Vernon, received a patent for his "typographer," which may have been the first typewriter. In 1945, Marshal Henri Petain was put on trial on charges of betraying France during World War II.

In 1958, Queen Elizabeth II named four women to peerages. They became the first women to sit in Britain's House of Lords. And one year ago, a special Senate panel was named to study the controversial links between President Jimmy Carter's brother Billy and the African nation of libya. Here is a summary of today's news Correction A story in Wednesday's Town Talk reported legislative auditors suggested Vernon Parish Sheriff Frank Howard begin using a formal annual budget to curtail waste in future years. The auditors did not refer to waste, they suggested a budget be used to help keep expenditures within available revenue.

The story also said Howard's annual statement to the auditors was almost six months late. In fact, the filing was only three months late. Herman CREATION LAW EXPENSIVE Superintendent of Education Kelly Nix says the state will have to spend at least $1.8 million to implement the new creationism law. A-4. ROEMER TESTIMONY CONTINUES Charles Roemer says he never crossed the line between legality and crookedness in negotiating with men who offered him bribes.

B-10. THERMOSTATS TURNED DOWN A million rural residents were asked to keep thermostats turned down while crews re-. paired a generator serving them. B-10. YOUTH SHOT A 9-year-old boy was in stable condition, suffering from a gunshot wound to the chest inflicted by his 5-year-old playmate.

B-10. FRUIT FLY INSPECTIONS Inspectors along the state's borders today will begin turning back truckloads of California produce not carrying proof the food is safe. B-10. STAR WITNESS TESTIFIES A federal grand jury questioned the government's key witness in the renewed investigation of the Jim Leslie murder case. B-10.

Area Metro FOREST HILL STILL CLOSED U.S. District Judge Nauman Scott Wednesday decided not to accept alternatives that would have reopened Forest Hill and Cheneyville elementary schools. A-l PRINCIPALS SHUFFLED Principals at three Rapides Parish high schools and at least one elementary school may be changed at today's School Board meeting. A-l TEAR GAS VICTIM A woman whose home was tear-gassed by Rapides deputies hunting a kidnapping suspect wants the sheriff to pay for the cleanup. A-l.

HENRY DEFENDS TRIP Rapides Police Jury President L.B. Henry said $3,000 used by six parish officials to attend a national con- World MORE ISRAELI ATTACKS Israel Wednesday bombed Lebanon's main oil pipeline and Arab guerrilla bases in southern Lebanon. B-6. COFFEE CROP DAMAGED A mid-winter frost in Brazil has damaged a substantial number of coffee plants and sent international bean prices upward. B-6.

PUERTO RICO TO TAKE REFUGEES -Puerto Rico has agreed to accept up to 1,500 Haitian boat people now housed in Florida. B-6. NO VISIT FOR HUNGER STRIKER Irish Prime Minister Garrpt Fitvfiprald 'One Caesar's salad, no dressing." refused an IRA hunger striker's dying wish for Pope's Attacker Sentenced Mehmet All Agca, 23, Wednesday was convicted and sentenced to life in prison for trying to kill Pope John Paul IL It is up to Agca to decide if he wants to appeal his case. Story on B-fi. (UPI Photo) las rape victim who killed herself after police insinuated she encouraged the attack.

C-8. PANEL OKS TAX CUT The House tax-writing committee has approved a 15 percent tax cut plan targeted to middle-income Americans. B-9. ARMY'S NEW TANK DEFENDED Several Army officers Wednesday defended the new M-l battle tank by saying it is "the best in the world." B-9. RULES ON FUNERAL INDUSTRY The Federal Trade Commission Wednesday approved new rules regulating the funeral industry.

B-8. STEALTH PLANES 'PAPER' The Secretary of the Air Force says the Stealth plane is "a paper airplane" that is far from development B-8. NEW STUDY ON POr A study of 10 people who regularly smoke marijuana shows the weed does not impair intelligence, or any measureable aspect of brain function. A-7. State CREATIONISM SUIT FORTHCOMING The ACLU of Louisiana said it is mobilizing for a suit to contest the creation-science bill rati- ROYAL SNUB The British are outraged over Spanish King Juan Carlos' decision not to attend the royal wedding because the couple will honeymoon in Gilbraltar.

C-8. Nation GNP DIPS SHARPLY The gross national product dropped sharply in the April-June quarter, but the White House rejected suggestions a recession is at hand. D-5. SEAT BELT CAMPAIGN The government this Fall will start an intensive campaign to persuade motorists to use existing seat belts in cars. A-12.

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