Association Picks Slate Of Officers For 1967 68
The Fifth District Pharmaceutical Association elected Neal McEavehar of Delhi as president Bob by Crouch of Oak Grove as vice president and Mrs Brenda Geiger of Monroe as secretary treasurer They named Tommy Doc Murphy Truman Potts Wirt Rogers Dr Dale Cronk and Dr Ben Cooper to the board of directors Louisiana Attorney General Jack P F Gremillion spoke at the Grant Collens Lecture honoring Fred Grant and John Collens past president of the Louisiana State Pharmaceutical Association
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Fifth District Pharmaceutical Association
Neal McEave‘har
Delhi
Bobby Crouch
Oak Grove
Brenda Geig
The
Group
Tommy “Doc” Murphy
Truman Potts
Wirt Rogers
Dale Cronk
Ben Cooper
Louisiana
Jack P. F. Gremillion
Grant- Collens
Fred Grant
John Collens
Louisiana State Pharmaceutical Association
Ostrich At St Louis Zoo Lays Egg Believed Male
Zoo officials at St Louis learned an ostrich laid an egg. The bird was thought to be male until the female, identified by black plumage on arrival, laid the egg in a surprising reversal for the trio of ostriches.
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St. Louis ‘Zoo
Voters Reject Sales Tax In District
Voters rejected a district wide sales tax that would have funded teacher raises in Monroe Ouachita Parish and across the district. Officials blamed slow state action on raises and urged the Legislature to act while noting the defeat halts planned pay boosts and city parish worker raises.
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Bobby C. Wilson
Riser School
Riser
Morning World
News-Star
Monroe
Ouachita
Monroe City
van D. Odom
Ouachita Parish
West Monroe
Police
District to push similar sales tax levy in Monroe election
The sales tax district governing body comprised of the Fifth District's 15 school board presidents will meet in Monroe next Wednesday to formalize the Saturday election total and proceed with the levy plan.
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Monroe
Investigation of Stabbing Reported in West Monroe
West Monroe police investigated a stabbing at 113 Cherry St. Louis Champion was hospitalized with a back wound and was not believed to be in critical condition. Gladies Robinson was charged with aggravated and simple battery, with Champion facing additional counts. Other arrests included John Henry Williams on six theft by check counts and officers seeking Prentis L. Jackson who escaped from a city hall work detail. More arrests for driving offenses followed.
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West Monroe
Cherry St
Louis Champion
Phillips St
Glenwood Memorial Hospital
Gladies Robinson
Champion
Robinson
Monroe
John Henry Williams
Jackson
Roy T. Crumitz
Coleman St
James L. Ellis
Jereis Alley
Charles H. Johnson
11Th St
Elbert Charles Dawkins
Ouachita Voters Defeat One-Cent Sales Tax Proposal
Ouachita Parish residents rejected the one-cent Fifth District Sales Tax by 10 520 against to 7 194 for and turnout about 47 percent. Monroe and West Monroe police and fire salaries would have risen with district revenue, but only six of 50 precincts supported the measure and rural voters opposed it.
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Milo Dakin
Ouachita Parish
Monroe
Lantz Womack
Franklin Parish
John McKeithen
Baton Rouge
David Patten
Catahoula Parish
Parish
Howard
James C. Kelly Jr
West Monroe
Resident charged with aggravated battery and public intoxication
A resident at 3904 Owl St. was charged by officers with aggravated battery and appearing drunk and disorderly. The incident details remain spokesperson quoted and no further context provided.
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Owl St
Gilbert Boy Hit By Auto Leg Broken
Gilbert special report states three and a half year old Whitfield Arnold Jr. was struck by a northbound car on La. 15 inside Gilbert city limits. The child was taken to Rogers Clinic Winnsboro then to St. Francis Monroe in satisfactory condition. No charges filed.
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Gilbert
Whitfield Arnold Jr
Whitfield Arnold Sr
J.D. Jones
La. 15
Gilbert City
William Thomassie
Harvey
Rogers Clinic
Winnsboro
St. Francis
Monroe
Jones
Presbyterians water down reapportioning move
The Presbyterian Church in the United States voted to delay changes for a one year study after 107 years. The assembly also ordered Mississippi to ensure minister admissions tests do not discredit vows and protected congregations rights to call their own pastor. It urged electors to consider divergent views while supporting assembly programs and to report progress in 1968. Additionally, the body upheld inclusion of churches regardless of race and noted a pending merger with the Reform Church in America.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristol, Tenn
Presbyterian Church
U.S
General Assembly
Synod of Mississippi
Central Mississippi
Mississippi
Synod of
Charles K. King
Houston
Tex
Alabama Synod
Tuscaloosa, Ala
Synod
Reformed Church In America
Presbyterian Assembly
War Sends Tremors Through Businessmen
War in the Middle East rattled global markets with stock drops in New York and major exchanges, while airlines, shipping, and especially oil suffered. Production outages in Iraq Libya Saudi Arabia and Gulf sheikdoms cut about seven million barrels daily. Egypt blocked the Suez Canal raising concern for Europe and Asia long term.
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New York
Middle East
London
Paris
Tokyo
Montreal
Toronto
Israel
Iraq
Libya
Saudi Arabia
Arabian Gulf
United States
Egypt
Suez Canal
Europe
Western Europe
North Africa
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Association
Acousticon
Et A
Sanigons Bank
Flational Hearing Aid Society
City
ST. Louis, Mo
UPI
Acons
Eam
Caldwell
Catahoula
Concordia
East Carroll
Franklin
Lincoln
Madison
Morehouse
Richland
Tensas
Union
West Carroll
Oko
Mr. “Moe
Edison Voicewriter
Lonnie A. Roark
Monroe Office
Monroe, LA
Marily
Gilbert Boy
Chatwood
Plantation Park
Lennox
P.S
Valencia
Marquette
Presbyterians
New York Stock Exchange
Western
Japan
Australia
New Zealand
Model
C & O Electronics
S. Stanley Ave
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