Y2K precautions mark New Year in Tangipahoa Parish
As midnight struck 2000 in Amite, officials and residents kept watch and stocked up as a precaution. Parish President Gordon Burgess noted the clock failed to betray any Y2K disaster, while people lined up for gas, generators, and groceries. Firefighters increased on call status, churches hosted celebrations, and police aided patrols to ensure a calm transition into the new year.
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Amite
Tangipahoa Parish
Gordon Burgess
Bass
New Orleans
Burgess
Margaret Burgess
Harvest World Outreach Ministries
Trinity Baptist Church
Randy Davis
Parish schools reopen after holidays on Monday
Parishes Tangipahoa Livingston and St. Helena schedule students, staff to return Monday. St Thomas Aquinas High School delays until Tuesday. Tangipahoa School Board Office Holy Ghost Catholic School and St Joseph Catholic School reopen Monday. Southeastern Louisiana University classes start Jan 18 with offices opening Monday.
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Tangipahoa
Livingston
St. Helena Parish
St. Thomas Aquinas High School
Holy Ghost Catholic School
St. Joseph Catholic School
Southeastern Louisiana University
Market closes 1999 high on high tech surge
The stock market ended 1999 with high tech shares and major indicators hitting new highs after a quarter of rate fears. Investors weighed interest rate risks as tech stocks led to positive closing levels.
Wall Street closes 1999 with records across board
The New York market ends a blockbuster year with a string of records as the Dow rises to 11,497.12, Nasdaq and S&P gains lift sentiment for the Year 2000 amid strong confidence in stable markets and continued double-digit growth. In Miami, Coast Guard crews rescue 406 Haitian and Dominican migrants from a grounded 60-foot boat near Cape Florida Lighthouse and Stiltsville after a five day sea ordeal.
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Wall Street
New York
Standard & Poor
Miami
Coast Guard
Key Biscayne
Scott Carr
Cape Florida
Stiltsville
Biscayne Bay
Powerball and Lotto Results From Local Draws Unofficial
The reported Powerball numbers are 45 36 23 13 9 with Powerball 39. Lotto numbers listed are 40 39 36 33 12 7 and Cash Quest numbers 41 35 33 27. These results are unofficial. tickets should be held for verification.
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Lotto
Cash Quest
Community Deaths Featured in Local Notices
Obituary brief lists six local deaths with ages and towns including Sam A Conti 82 Metairie Rene Arthur Gaudet 67 Ponchatoula Edna Hebert LeBlanc 74 Ponchatoula Leo Deroy McDaniel 84 Denham Springs David Godred Morere 80 Amite Huey Todd Trahan 33 Kentwood Audrey Weary 88 Folsom See Obituaries page 2A for full notices.
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Sam A. Conti
Metairie
Rene Arthur Gaudet
Ponchatoula
Edna Hebert LeBlanc
Leo Deroy McDaniel
Denham Springs
David Godred Morere
Amite
Huey Todd Trahan
Kentwood
Audrey Weary
Folsom
Readers choose WWII as century's weightiest event
Daily Star readers named World War II as the century's most significant event. Responses praise the war's global impact, the defeat of Germany and Japan, and the nuclear age, with mentions of FDR, Churchill, Hitler, and the dropping of the atomic bomb. Page Ww referenced.
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Sylvia Schon
Daily Star
Germany
Japan
Kemp
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Winston Churchill
Adolph Hitler
Matthew ‘Sato
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