The Town Talk from Alexandria, Louisiana • Page 41

v' s-' 1 1 Hews Blgestt GOOD MORNING. Today is Wednesday, July 15, the 19Cth day of 1981. There are 169 days left in the year, Today's highlight in history On July 15, 1945, Italy declared war on Japan, its former axis partner during World War II. On this date: In 1606, the Dutch artist, Rembrandt, was born in Leiden. In 1789, France's King Louis XVI was awakened and told that-his authority had collapsed with the fall of the Bastille prison.

In 1870, Georgia became the last of the Con-'federate States to be readmitted to the Union. In 1975, America's Apollo spacecraft and 'the Soviet Union's Soyuz blasted into orbit for -a rendezvous in space. In 1971, President Richard Nixon announced he would visit the People's Republic of China. In 1976, the Democratic National Conven- tion adjourned after approving Jimmy Career's choice of Sen. Walter Mondale for the -number two spot.

In 1980, doctors in a military hospital in "West Germany said former hostage Richard Queen was suffering from multiple sclerosis that may have been triggered by his eight- I WHITHER CREATIONISM? If Gov. Treen knows what he ll do with the scientific creationism bill, he isn't saying. "There's lot to be said for both sides," he said Tuesday. D-5. SPECIAL SESSION Gov.

Treen says the only two items definitely planned for the November special session are reapportionment and spending the state's trust fund. D-5. DONATION OR BRIBE? Charles rtoemer treated a $25,000 "bribe" from undercover federal operatives as a legitimate campaign contribution, his wife testified. D-5. Area Metro CRACKDOWN ON OVERDUE BOOKS -Unable to recover more than $1,000 worth of long overdue books, the Rapides Parish Library turned the case over to the DA.

A-l. WETLANDS JUDGEMENT -Judge Scott has ruled that no land clearing can be conducted in the Lake Long wetlands in Avoyelles Parish without a permit. A-4. NATCHITOCHES SCHOOL CUTBACKS The Natchitoches Parish School Board will meet Thursday to discuss a mandatory cutback in personnel. A-4.

LAUREL FOR ESLER AIRPORT Esler Regional Airport was the only airport in the state to be cited by the FAA as "exceeding minimum safety requirements." B-12. TREE CUTTING UPSETS HER An elderly woman took the Alexandria City Council to task for chopping down her three 25-year-old crape myrtle trees. A-2. HELD FOR GRAND JURY A Pineville man accused of killing a 17-year-old girl and leaving her body on Red River levee will face a Rapides Parish grand jury. A-2.

TIGHTENING UP ON UTILITIES The Alexandria City Council is moving to tighten up the city's system for collecting utilities bills. A-2. PENALTY FOR WASTING WATER Georgetown's town council has adopted an ordinance imposing a $100 fine on persons convicted of wasting water. A-5. vesial aerial pesticide spraying to eliminate fast-spreading Mediterranean fruit flies has begun in California.

A-8. SUSPECT REQUESTS BOND The suspect in the last of 28 slayings of young blacks in Atlanta has asked a judge to set bond. C-10. WATT DRAWS FIRE The largest and most conservative U.S. environmental group Tuesday called for Interior Secretary James Watt to be fired.

B-8. OIL NURTURES MARINE LIFE Contrary to popular belief, marine organisms thrive better in water heavily polluted by oil a researcher has found. A-9. BLEW HIS PANTS OFF Lightning that struck a Boy Scout cabin in New Hampshire blew the bathing suit off one scout and a shoe off another. A-9.

O'CONNOR BUILDS CASE Judge Sandra O'Connor, building a case for her confirmation to the Supreme Court, assured Senate members she firmly opposes abortion. B-8 'HYSTERIA' GRIPPED NATION Hysteria was gripping the nation when Japanese-Americans were interned after Pearl Harbor, a Roosevelt-era official said. B-6. ON TRAIL OF THE TITANIC A Texas oilman searching for the sunken luxury liner Titanic said he's ithin 24 hours of knowing he he has located the wreckage. C-8.

Louisiana PRAISE FOR SCHOOLS The State Department of Education said test results show 68 percent of parish school systems are doing a good job of teaching their students. A-l. THE LEGISLATURE AND YOU The hundreds of bill approved by the Louisiana Legislature will touch the lives of nearly every person in the state. A-l. TREEN PLEASED Gov.

Treen critiqued the 1981 legislative session Tuesday and said there is a "slim chance" he will sign repeal of the occupational license tax. D-5. montn ordeal in Iran. Here is a summary of today's news World IRA SUPPORTERS RIOT Sniper fire Today in History On July IS, 1)12, led by all-around athlete Jim Thorpe, the United States won the Olympic Games In Stockholm. Here Thorpe, who won tbe pentathlon and decathlon, competes in the shot put event (L'PI Photo) strongholds along Lebanon's Mediterranean coast and inland mountains.

A-10. CHILDREN FOUND Dozens of orphaned and abandoned children have been found wandering around a battle site in El Salvador. A-10. National CIA OFFICIAL RESIGNS The controversial leader of the CIA's covert operations resigned Tuesday. A-l.

HAIG ON ARMS TALKS Secretary of State Alexander Haig says any reduction in the weapons race is linked to Moscow's behavior around the world. A-l. SPRAYING BEGUN IN CALIF. Contro- wounded a policeman and a British soldier Tuesday and IRA supporters rioted in Belfast and County Derry. A-10.

YOUTHS TAUNT POLICE A Mob of 50 to 100 youths taunted police and threw a gasoline bomb in the Forest Gate district of East London in Britain's 12 night of rioting. A-10. IRANIAN CRACKDOWN Iranian security forces arrested 144 more people in a continuing crackdown on opponents of the Islamic regime. A-10. ISRAELIS HIT PLO CAMPS Israeli warplanes struck a dozen PLO guerrilla OUR SEMI-ANNUAL MEN'S WEAR SALE SELECT FROM SUCH FAMOUS BRAND NAMES AS: HICKEY FREEMAN, SOCIETY BRAND, KINGSRIDGE, CRICKETEER, COUNTESS MARA, MORTON THOMAS, CALVIN KLEIN, JAYMAR, MR.

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