Fire Districts discuss funding and future plans
Fire District no 1 president C P Currier says the police jury funds trucks and six paid firefighters and covers equipment breakdowns via an equipment bond. Fire District no 2 maintains gear at city stations with a $6 675 monthly upkeep budget totaling $86 000 yearly. In 1978 tax collections reached $116 000 with a $30 000 surplus for new equipment. Plans include a West parish station and consolidation benefits with city units. Fay Ruth Hancock notes food stamp administration by police jury with $30 000 for salaries and security. charter commission schedules weekly meetings, next August 31.
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C.P. Currier
Currier
Beyl
Fay Ruth Hancock
Division of Family Services
Charter Commission
Residents decry dumping at local mini-dumps amid cleanup plan
A pile of plastic strips, branches, grass clippings and trash covers a once clean area near a dump. Menthvien blames repeat dumpers and notes the landfill’s 4 p.m. closing forces workers to turn people away. Lea proposes stricter fines and staffing at Thompson Drive and Wadesboro Road mini-dumps, with potential closures if behavior does not improve.
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Methvien
Menthvien
Lea
Justices of Peace
Alabama
Methusen
Thompsons Drive
Thompson Drive
Wadesboro Road
Postal strike chances loom after union rebuff
Emmet Andrews head of the American Postal Workers Union says he intends to call a nationwide strike next week if the U S Postal Service refuses to return to bargaining. The 299000 member union joined two others in rejecting a tentative deal and urged the service to restart talks within five days.
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Washington
U.S. Postal Service
Emmet Andrews
American Postal Workers Union
Postal Service
Andrews
Obituaries from Lodi and Amite area
Obituaries note services for Gladys Gainey 85 of Lodi California with burial at Cherokee Memorial Park and survivors including Lois Shelton Wallace and Gordon Gainey. Other notices include Herman S. Golman 73 of Amite died Friday with service at McEneely Funeral Home and burial at Sharkey Cemetery and Nancy Travis Stewart 68 of Kentwood with service at McKneely Funeral Home and burial at Travis Cemetery.
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Lodi
Calif
Gladys Gainey
Lodi Funeral Home
Lodi Convalescent Hospital
Hammond
Galt
Cherokee Memorial Park
Lois Shelton
Wallace. Gainey
Gordon Gainey
Clear Lake
Ruth VanDerKarr
Illinois
Wanda Mollere
New Orleans
Herman Golmon
Amite
Tollie Golman
San Jose Calif
Nancy Stewart Kentwood
Nancy Travis Stewart
McKneely
Hood Memorial Hospital
Fluker
St. Helena Parish
Travis
Kentwood
George
Elizabeth) Biscotto
Pep rally set for LLU Lions season opener
A pep rally for Southeastern Louisiana University's season opener against Southwest Texas State will be held Thursday in the Town and Country Plaza parking lot. The rally is open to the public, and free refreshments will be served.
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Southeastern Louisiana University
Southwest Texas State
Town and Country Plaza
Timepiece catalog listing with multiple watches
A catalog entry lists three watches: a man’s sterling perpetual date chronometer priced at 640 dollars, a woman’s perpetual date at 635 dollars, and a man’s piece with a 24 hour bezel chronometer dial priced at 675 dollars. The descriptions emphasize special bezels and chronometer features.
Hospital Accreditation Program Aims for Higher Care Quality
The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Hospitals emphasizes excellence beyond licensure, recognizing facilities meeting its standards. Originating in 1918, incorporated in 1951 with support from the American College of Surgeons, American College of Physicians, American Hospital Association, and American Medical Association. Based in Chicago, it is a non governmental, non profit body accrediting hospitals and other health care facilities.
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JCAH
Joint Commission
American Hospital Association
American Medical Association
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Happy Woods Road
Bey
Risis
Daily Star Advertising Standards
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Daily Star
LLU Lions
Hlusmanni
Hammond Square
Canal Street
Lakeside Center
Oakwood Center
Clearview
Lake Foreststown Square
Southland Mall
Houma
Jackson, Miss
Anits
Trojan
Hammond Fire Department
W. Benny Collura
Collura
Philip Neubauer
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