Strawberry Queen Plans Washington Trip This Week
Susan McWhirter 18, Louisiana Strawberry Queen, will travel to Washington D C with Louisiana’s royal court for three days of events including a Mardi Gras Ball at the Kennedy Center. They will meet lawmakers, tour the Capitol and Smithsonian, dine with the White House party, and attend a ball. The trip includes visits to Arlington Cemetery, the FBI building, and a Naval Academy escort. She will crown and precede a new queen March 7 and return to Hammond.
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Washington
D.C
Susan McWhirter
Miss McWhirter
Louisiana
Royal Court
Hammond
Henson Moore
United States Capitol
Joe D. Waggonner
Ball
Smithsonian Institution
Kennedy Center
Opera Hall
Washington D.C
Jimmy Carter
White House
Arlington Cemetery
FBI
United States Naval Academy
New Orleans
Ponchatoula
Regin
Susan
Nation
Capitol
Daily Star
Susan Hampton
Remarkable progress of profoundly retarded resident Billy
A detailed account from Albany describes Billy, held in a room for years, being admitted to an institution where he endured cage like restraints. Through psychology driven by basic needs for food water and sympathy he learns to eat dress and toilet himself. After a year he sleeps in a regular bed and communicates with staff at Hammond State School. Continued on Page 2.
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Albany
Billy
Louisiana
HSS
Sealer Division
Joe Clary
Clary
McLindon to open Noon Series talks at LSU
Gerald J. McLindon dean of LSU School of Environmental Design will speak Thursday at the first Noon Series talk of 1978 sponsored by First Guaranty Bank. His topic Where Do We Go From Here will explore living now and in the future. He has held planning and teaching roles, lectured nationally, and serves on several advisory boards. The Noon Series is open to the public.
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Gerald J. McLindon
School of Environmental Design
Louisiana State University
First Guaranty Bank
McLindon
Scotland
University of Liverpool
Liverpool
Harvard University
San Francisco
Market Street
LSU
U.S
Louisiana Deep Draft Harbor and Terminal Authority
Corps of Engineer of
Mobile
Ala
Board of Consultants
Corps of Engineers
Washington, D.C
American Council of Construction Education
Foundation For Interior Design
New Orleans - Jefferson
Louisiana Goals Program
Rural Electric Cooperatives
Baton Rouge Chamber of Commerce Transportation and Parking
Louisiana Trails Advisory Council
Humphrey Dies After Long Battle With Cancer in Minnesota
Sen. Hubert Humphrey, 66, known as the happy warrior, died at his lakeside home in Waverly after a cancer battle. He passed at 9:25 p.m. CST with his wife Muriel, three sons and daughter present. President Carter ordered Air Force One to transport his body to Washington, where he will lie in state in the Capitol before a funeral in St. Paul.
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Humphrey
Muriel
Hubert II
Robert
Douglas
Nancy Solomonson
Carter
Air Force One
Washington
Naval Air Station
Minneapolis-St. Paul International
Armed Services
Minnesota
St. Paul
House of Hope Presbyterian Church
Lakewood Cemetery
Minneapolis
Gartner
Funeral services set for James Fourmy 95
James McCardell Fourmy 95, oldest living former LSU athlete and Hammond road surveyor, died Friday. native of Franklin he served as Hammond city engineer and helped found the local Chamber of Commerce. visitation Monday at Grace Memorial Episcopal Church with services and burial there. survived by his wife Mertie Cameron Fourmy a daughter and grandchildren.
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James McCardell Fourmy
LSU
Friday Fourmy
Franklin
Hammond
C.C. Carter
W.B. Jordan
James A. Stire
Chamber of Commerce
Grace Memorial Episcopal Church
Fourmy
Jefferson Military Academy
Washington
Miss
Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity
Reveille
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State
Edwin Edwards
al Duckworth
Channel 4
Baton Rouge
Hammond State
Star
Susan Blanchard
John Najarian
SEN
Hubert H. Humphrey
James Fourmy
Exxon
Baton Rouge, Hammond and Eastern Railroad
Mertie Cameron
Charles Emery Cate
Tennessee, Alabama and Georgia
Chattanooga
Tennand
Signi! Mountain
Tangipahoa Parish
Louisiana Department of Highways
John M. Parker
Hammond - New Orleans
Roosevelt
PWA
WPA
Mertie Cameron Fourmy
Harold J
Mertie Louw) Barnes
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