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Newspaper
Monroe Morning World
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1966
Page
3
Grant Parish School Board in Colfax cites conflicting statutes on school bus driver age. Parish superintendent Belgard warns drivers must be 18 to 65 and join the state retirement system, yet another statute bars membership for those hired after age 50. The board will seek more information before acting.
Alexandria to raise its new official flag for the first time over City Hall on Monday. Designed by William Poteet and accepted by Mayor W. George Bowden after a February contest sponsored by the American Legion. The flag features a modified city seal with Post Des Rapids replacing Office of the Mayor and three blue red white stripes symbolizing the three-commission government. Four gold stars mark the flags that have flown over Alexandria: Spanish French Confederate and United States.
Motorists on the DeSiard Bridge noted a crane like device used by the U S Corps of Engineers to measure the Ouachita River flow. Marvin Geter and William Posey of the Gauge and Discharge Station in Vicksburg monitor weekly readings in Monroe when high water prevents dam measurements near Buckhorn Bend. On Thursday the rate was about two and a half cubic feet per second.
Forest Special reports Buddy Ross elected president of the Forest Senior 4-H Club for the 1966 67 term. Other officers include Joann McCaskill and Bill Helmer as vice presidents, Judy Bass as secretary treasurer, Tilly Fuller as reporter, and Shelby Huff as parliamentarian.
Lavon Smith Ouachita Valley Council executive scout officer and Arnold Ficher local Philmont expedition leader will conduct a Sunday session at Camp Kiroli for Boy Scouts planning to attend Philmont Scout Ranch near Cimarron New Mexico this summer. Parents and boys will learn about transportation facilities ranch accommodations and ranch activities at Philmont during the session.
Gov McKeithen and May or Schiro said a backstop constitutional amendment will be offered to ensure a new domed stadium in the New Orleans area. The measure would enable private build or a stadium authority to levy taxes and issue bonds, with a projected cost of 20 to 30 million dollars.
Huey P Long Charity Hospital in Pineville won a $950,000 Hill Burton grant for a modernization and expansion project. The 288-bed facility will be air conditioned and three floors renovated, with two added stories to the adjacent clinic. Total cost is $2,055,600. work to start in August or September.
Ruston schedules a $3.5 million revenue bond election for June 28 from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. at the Courthouse and City Hall. The State Bond and Tax Board approved the indebtedness for 30 years. Mayor John Perritt says no tax increase as funds come from revenue. The plant expansion aims to meet rapid city growth with a 27,500 kilowatt facility doubling current capacity.
The governor and supporters express strong backing for New Orleans as the NFL franchise choice. A stadium authority with bonding and taxing powers will be created in legislation next week to facilitate the project and lure the team. Leaders say New Orleans will be chosen if the stadium satisfies league concerns.
Star City Arkansas 11 year old passenger in a sports car was injured when the car collided with a van at S 2nd and Washington in Monroe. She was taken to St Francis Hospital. Two other occupants in the car Kenneth Garrison 21 of 511 Alabama Monroe uninjured.
More than 100 children aged 10 to 19 are expected at a field day at 10 a.m. Monday on the Ray Niswanger farm three miles past Drew School on the old Farmerville Road. The West Monroe Chamber of Commerce mailed invitations to mayors of Monroe and West Monroe, mayoral candidates, and other officials.
William B. Ellis of 409 Lakeshore Drive Monroe is among over 4,200 candidates for degrees to be conferred at the University of Maryland today. He seeks the doctor of philosophy in chemical engineering.
A spokesman at St Francis Cabrine Hospital said Mr and Mrs P A Fatheree of West Monroe are in fair condition after a one car crash Thursday night on Prescott Road at MacArthur Drive service road. Fatheree suffered severe chest injuries fractures and cuts while his wife sustained fractures and cuts. Fatheree is a maintenance foreman at Olin Mathieson paper mill.
Victor Bussie president of the state AFL-CIO said an appeal to a higher court would likely follow a federal suit to force equalization of Louisiana tax assessments. U.S. Dist. Judge E Gordon West dismissed the suit saying the plaintiffs failed to show no adequate remedy in state courts. The plaintiffs include Bussie his wife and Mr and Mrs Robert L Johnston of New Orleans against the Louisiana Tax Commission and members Leo Theriot Blanche Long and Wilma Lockhart.
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