Battle Over Billboard Ban on Interstate Highways
Washington senators push to ban outdoor ads along interstate routes as House passes 11.56 billion for highway expansion. The Neuberger amendment seeks extended bonus payments to states that bar billboards near right of ways. Supporters argue for a cleaner landscape and faster pay-as-you-go funding faces possible tax cuts.
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UPJ
Senate
Kennedy
Maurine Neuberger
D-Ore
Richard Neuberger
Thomas Kuchel
Calif
House
Senate Public Works Committee
Neuberger
Maryland
North Dakota
Bureau of Public Roads
Neuberner
Paul H. Douglas
D-Il
Senate Finance Committee
Drink Machines Are Robbed in Monroe Break-ins
Monroe police investigate two drink machine thefts Friday night. At Winnsboro Road service station owner Clifford Welch reports about $3 taken from a pried machine. At Long’s Skelly Station 1605 DeSiard Street owner Herman Long says about $2 stolen. A separate hat theft occurred at Henderson’s Variety Store with a straw hat valued around $1.
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Monroe
Winnsboro Road
Clifford Welch
Long's
Skelly Station
DeSiard Street
Herman Long
Henderson's
DeSiard St
Moffett Dies at 63 with Services Planned
Charles Banks Moffett 63 of 1404 College Ave died Saturday after a weeks long illness. Funeral services are set for Sunday at 3 p.m. in Mulhearn Funeral Home chapel with Rev Luther Booth officiating. Burial will follow in Memorial Park Cemetery. He is survived by his widow Rose McCowin Moffett, Monroe. three daughters June Garvin Midland Texas Peggy Anderson Bas trop Faye Mears New Orleans. five sisters and two brothers listed.
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Charles Banks Moffett
College Ave
Mulhearn
Luther Booth
First Methodist Church
Bastrop
Memorial Park
Mulhearn's
Louisiana Mississippi Gulf Coast Weather Forecast
Partly cloudy through tonight with scattered mainly afternoon thundershowers. Not much change in temperatures with highs of 86 to 90. Gulf Coast from Port Arthur Texas to Pensacola Florida records mainly south winds 8 to 18 mph and a few showers today.
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Mississippi
Gulf Coast
Port Arthur
Tex
Pensacola
Fla
First Appearance of Prince Andrew as Queen Marks Birthday
London AP Prince Andrew made his first public appearance cradled by his mother during Trooping the Colors ceremonies for Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip. The queen observed 1,700 troops, a flyover by 16 RAF jets, and double royal salutes as Philip turned 40.
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Prince Philip
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Scots ‘Guards
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Order of the Thistle
Scots Guards
Philip
Tower of London
Hyde Park
War Office
Royal Air Force
Windsor Castle
Owner of Famed Club El Morocco Dies at 64
John Perona, 64, founder of El Morocco on the East Side and Cafe Society staple, died at home of double pneumonia after nine months of illness. Born in Ivrea Italy, he built a national smart set headquarters drawing celebrities, titled guests, and the wealthy to his club, famed for its zebra decor and selective clientele.
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John Perona
el Morocco
Mgs
Palm Beach
Fla
Perona
Sucb
East Side
Albert
Maxim's
Carino
Carlino
Morocco
Siberia
Round Table
Royal Box
Ivrea
Turin
Italy
Argentina
Luis Firpo
Pampas
Joseph
Miscellaneous Names At Funeral Rites
Davis of Birmingham Mrs. E A Nicholls of Alcoa Tenn Mrs Florence Wells of Denver Colo and seven grandchildren are listed with pallbearers O R Carroll George Harris J E Faler W W Clark C W Massey Paul Twiner Jr Floyd Matthews and John Alexander.
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