Questions Answered by Mr Editor in the Morning World
A reader asks about Dixie Senior League player selection and why tryouts are held The Monroe recreation department officials do not select players The column answers questions on daylight saving time in Monroe during WWII and records of Selman Field The piece notes Kennedy assassination preservation of papers and a method to lamination The Medicare Kerr Mills interplay and future coverage are explained The eternal flame at Kennedy grave costs and Army funding are outlined A Ouachita Parish public notice clarification on loudspeakers after 9pm is asked The Africa rising nations Mauritania location and facts are provided The last Tsar Nicholas II and related Russia history are summarized Guidance on obtaining birth certificates from Louisiana or other states is given An inquiry about Social Security for a widow of a Louisiana marriage is addressed May 6 1937 weekday is identified and Louisiana record low temperature is cited A Louisiana Rep Womack dairy business confirmation is noted
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Monroe Recreation Department
Monroe
Federal Aviation Agency
Selman Field
Washington
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Kerr-Mills
Congress
Kerr- Mills
Medicare
Louisiana
Ouachita Parish
Castroites Capture Caracas Guerrilla Band
Police rounded up six Castroite guerrillas accused of killing at least two people and wounding four in about 30 raids on villages and farms in Arinas state, reports say. The arrests were announced Friday by authorities in Caracas.
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Caracas
UPI
Arinas
Monroe Reserve Unit Begins Fort Polk Summer Training
Monroe Army reservists of Detachment 4 Mechanics, 1st Regiment, 95th Division start 15 day annual summer camp at Fort Polk. The four officers and 45 enlisted personnel work with a Fort Polk brigade and have assumed mechanic training operations under Capt. James T. Davis.
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Fort Polk
Monroe
James T. Davis
Davis
Essex Wire Strike Deadlock Tests Romney Authority
In Hillsdale the 98 day Essex Wire strike remains stalled as Gov. Romney weighs whether to declare a state of public emergency and shut the plant again. Atty. Gen. Kelley says he may invoke power to order closure. Romney declines to comment while bargaining with IUE leader James Carey and Essex Wire negotiators continues after a 10 hour session. National Guardsmen were previously deployed and the plant reopened after six days.
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Lansing
Mich
Essex Wire Corp
Hillsdale
George W. Romney
Frank Kelley
Kelley
Romney
Alpena
International Union of Electrical Workers
IUE
James B. Carey
Essex Wire
National Guardsmen
Michigan
Two Day Meeting Of Columbian Squires Opens
The Louisiana Columbian Squires convenes a two day session in Monroe hosted by the local branch. More than 300 delegates including teens and adult counselors attend with reports and guest introductions. A banquet at Knights of Columbus Hall follows the day’s events.
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Louisiana Columbian Squires
Monroe
Columbian Squires
Knights of Columbus
Frances Hotel
Oliver Road
St. Patrick's Circle No
Knights of Columbus Council
Charles P. Greco
Alexandria
St. Matthew's Church
Frances
Sewing Class To Start Here At Ouachita Parish High
A beginning sewing class starts 10:30 a.m. Monday in room 201 at Ouachita Parish High School as part of the June home economics program with no charge. Completion leads to a tailoring class starting Monday June 15 at 8 a.m. Enroll by calling 273-2117. class size is limited.
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Ouachita Parish High School
Campaign Aims to Reduce Dropouts in West Monroe
The West Monroe Chamber of Commerce education committee planned a dropout prevention campaign. Dr. T Scott Strickland said publicity and other methods would be used to persuade would be dropouts to return to school in the fall. A committee team may visit potential dropouts and their families.
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West Monroe
Bookmobile Schedule Set For Mondays
Ouachita Parish Public Library bookmobile visits Perryville Fairbanks Sterlington Town and Country and St Josephs Home areas on Mondays with routes rotating through morning to evening. Stops start from 7 a.m. at 1800 Stubbs Ave. and proceed to Southern Natural Gas, Mississippi River Fuel, Ashland Oil Village, Texas Gas Oil and other communities on June 22 July 6 20 Aug 3 17.
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Ouachita Parish
Perryville-Fairbanks- Sterlington - Town and Country
St. Joseph’s
Perryville Fairbanks
Sterlington
St Joseph’ S
Stubbs Ave
Mississippi River
Ashland Oil Village
Texas Gas Oil
Vets Organize New Barracks At Winnsboro
L. E. Ladner elected first commander of the Isaac Brooks Barracks of the Veterans of World War I at Winnsboro. Officers include M. A. Dailey, M. L. Hendricks, B. H. Barnett, Hogan Bagney, George Williams, Luther L. Everett, Spencer Roberts, Bailey Martin, Ivey G. Lee, Lewis W. Cheat, and Emmett B. Dean. Meetings set for the second Thursday each month from 8:40 to 8:50.
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Winnsboro
L. E. Ladner
Isaac Brooks
M. A. Dailey
M. L. Hendricks
B. H. Barnett
Hogan Bagney
George Williams
Luther L. Everett
Spencer Roberts
Bailey Martin
Ivey G. Lee
Lewis W. Cheat
Emmett B. Dean
Tallulah Youth To Receive Medical Degree Sunday
Simeon H. Wall, son of Mr. and Mrs. George E. Wall of Tallulah, will receive a doctor of medicine degree from the University of Tennessee Medical Units at commencement services in Memphis. He trained at Louisiana Tech, was an honor freshman and held roles in Tau Kappa Epsilon, Omi Cron Delta Kappa, and Beta Beta Beta. Wall will begin a year internship at UCSF General Hospital on July 1.
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Memphis, Tenn
Simeon H. Wall
George E. Wall
Tallulah
University of Tennessee Medical Units
Wall
Louisiana Tech
Tau Kappa Epsilon Fraternity
Omicron Delta Kappa
Tau Kappa Epsilon
University of California At
San Francisco General Hospital
Chamber Backs Bill To Regulate Electric Co-Ops
West Monroe Chamber of Commerce directors backed House Bill 628 to empower the Louisiana Public Service Commission to regulate rural electric cooperatives. In a telephone poll they also opposed three bills allowing partial operation without regulation. The measure will be heard in Judiciary B in Baton Rouge Monday with a Chamber delegation planned.
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West Monroe
Cooperatives urged to fall under public utility regulation
Manager Eugene Smith reports that copies of the resolution will be mailed today to committee members and Ouachita Parish lawmakers. Legislative leaders said rural electric cooperatives should be treated like other public utilities and subject to Louisiana Public Service Commission supervision. The resolution states that public utilities including rural electric cooperatives should be regulated and that no utility should operate as an unregulated monopoly. House Bills 811 812 and 813, sponsored by rural electric cooperatives, would permit further action.
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Eugene Smith
Ouachita Parish
Legislative Committee
Hugh Balfour
Louisiana Public Service Commission
West Monroe Chamber Opposes House Bills on Regulation
A West Monroe Chamber of Commerce resolution condemns passage of House Bills 811 812 and 813 and supports adopting House Bill 628 to bring electric cooperatives under the Louisiana Public Service Commission for all purposes.
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West Monroe
Catahoula Parish School Board Race Set in Ward 7
In the July 25 Democratic Primary the sole Catahoula parish election is the Ward 7 school board race between W. A. Book and Odis C. Wiley. G. R. Richardson of Ward 4 faces no opponent and will keep his six year term.
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Jonesville
Catahoula Parish
W. A. Book
Odis C. Wiley
G. R. Richardson
Bookmobile schedule covers many stops through evening
The schedule lists the Elston Cook and G. R. York homes on Bayou Bend Road then Humble Oil Village and other residences from 8:55 a.m. to 7:35 p.m. including Fairbanks Post Office, St. Joseph's Home, Thermatomic Village, Arkansas Gas Village, and Town and Country Subdivision stops with multiple homeowner stops and crew changes.
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Elston Cook
Bayou Bend Road
G. R. York
Humble Oil Company
Jimmie Ray Albritton
Fairbanks
W. B. Worley
C. R. Stuart
Ross Shannon
Arkansas Gas
Don Wilkes
Earnest Mulhearn
Ferrell Earl
Mayo Eail
St. Joseph's
Raymond Drive
George L. Mills
B. J. Robison
E. E. Moncia
Kathy
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