Sterlington builds summer program with free activities
Sterlington town officials donate salaries to run a comprehensive Summer Recreation Program open free to residents. The plan includes tennis, baseball for multiple leagues, crafts, baton twirling, a fishing rodeo, dances, and a Houston trip with lodging and meals. Over 100 volunteers and local businesses support the effort, with a new three acre Little League park dedicated at the project’s outset.
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Sterlington
Houston Astrodome
Dixie
Terry Head
Sterlington High School
Jackie Dumas
Houston
Virgil Manning
Sterlington - Fairbanks Area
Paris-bound train cuts 650 feet of wiring in long tunnel
A Paris-bound express train ripped down 650 feet of electrical wiring in the Simplon Tunnel linking Italy and Switzerland, halting traffic for three hours. The 12.3 mile tunnel is the longest rail tunnel in the world.
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Milan
Italy
UPI
Simplon
Switzerland
Northeast to Launch Aviation Curriculum for Bachelor's Degree
Training for aviation is set at Northeast with authorization to begin next fall. President George T. Walker announces the State Board of Education approved an aviation curriculum leading to a bachelor’s degree. The program aims to prepare students for roles in airport and airline management, sales, services, and aviation education alongside piloting careers.
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State Board of Education
Fifth Congressional District
Freeman Flying Service
Monroe
Fleeman’s
Federal Aviation Agency
FAA
Walker
Northeast
School of Pure and Applied Sciences At
Daniel E. Dupree
Northeast Louisiana State College
America
George T. Walker
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YMCA
YWCA
Houston Zoo
Astrodome
Harold DeBray
Bobbie Meeks
Louisiana State College
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Meeks
Pee Wees
Dixie Boys
Little League
Dixie Seniors
Whetstone
Rome
Antonio Bruno
Tex
Bruno
Terry Taylor
Dixie Dean
Ronda Taylor
Lee Ann Rowe
Recreation Committee
Phillip Spencer Jr
Matt Parker
Steven Manning
Twin City
W. E. Whetstone
Maurice Peel
Metropolitan Life Ins. Co
Madison Ave
N.Y.C
Gordon
Jennifer
Knoe-Tyv
Phillip Fishman
Desiard
Monroe, LA
BS Pa
Howe
Diamond Merchants OF America
CRDON
Wwekler
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