Hyacinth Escape Threatens Louisiana Lakes Weeds Spread
At the New Orleans Cotton Exhibition in 1884 Venezuelan water hyacinths were welcomed and sold. The plant soon escaped garden ponds and today its descendants clog hundreds of miles of lakes and waterways across the region.
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Weekend Fire and Police Blotter Reports Multiple Incidents
Firefighters answered two alarms over the weekend including grass and car fires on North Street and Kilgore Highway caused by a cutting torch with no damage. Police logged family disturbances wrecks and thefts, including two-car crashes on Highway 80 and Main and Gay with minor injuries and citations. A 1971 pickup was reported stolen from McKaig Chevrolet, a car found in the river bottom, and a bus incident on Roden Lane with blocking roadway and passing issues.
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Brookhaven scholars tapped at Jarvis for research program
Hawkins Jarvis Christian College sends Ozzie McGill McClain and Charles Bookman to Brookhaven National Laboratories Upton New York to gain undergraduate research experience under noted scientists. Program directed by Dr A P Kennedy Grambling College and C W Clift Jarvis College.
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Grambling College
C. W. Clift
Jarvis Christian College
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