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Monroe area airs banner 1968 outlook after 1967 boom
Twin Cities bankers and business leaders hail 1967 as a banner year with sales up five to ten percent, new industry moving in, and plans for expansion in Monroe and West Monroe. Officials predict 1968 will be even stronger with ITT Cannon Electric and State Farm expanding, downtown revitalization, and a heavy wave of construction across commercial and residential sectors.
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Twin Cities
Monroe
West Monroe
Optimee
W. L. Howard
Howard
Itt-Cannon Electric
State Farm Insurance
W. B
Bert) Hatten
Hatten
Ouachita Parish
Phil Fishman
Downtown Merchants Association
Hotel Frances
Fishman
Twin City Shopping Center
James C
Portman
Twin City
Ouachita River
Latham
Southern Bell
Utilities Commission
Federal Land Bank
Chamber
Hon
Howard Johnson Motor Lodge
Louis Gruber
U.S. 80
Seventh Street
Thomas Road
Gruber
United States
Free World
American Bank and Trust Company
Lebron M. Sneed
J. W. Roberson
Roberson