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Newspaper
Monroe Morning World
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1966
Page
2
Baton Rouge awaits key votes as the seventh week opens. Senate set to consider a river pilotage bill creating a Louisiana Maritime Commission, while debates loom on congressional redistricting, Senate reapportionment, and Gov McKeithen’s 1,052 billion general appropriations. House actions include a push to create an advisory board to direct colleges and universities and a plan to reform the LSU board into a single regents system.
Senate reapportionment plans await floor votes with a constitutional amendment to add four seats bringing the total to 43. A congressional redistricting bill is set for a Tuesday floor vote. Welfare subsidies for the elderly remain in conference as checks rise from 83 to 100 monthly. The $1 052 billion general appropriations bill hearings open Tuesday. River pilotage control proposals for Louisiana Marine Commission debated Monday. Higher education coordination proposal awaits House action as a coordinating agency with professional staff is proposed. Firemen's pay raise would lift minimum monthly pay from 300 to 400 by January 1 1968. A combined school facilities bill for Crowley and Belle Chasse passes.
The Public Affairs Research Council says Louisiana faces over 39 million in capital bonds without long range planning and that proposals lack statewide debt strategy. It notes retirement bill costs, the governor’s capital budget delay, and bonds backed only by issuing agencies raise interest, urging a constitutional capital budget with priority of needs and highway funding.
In West Monroe a meeting at the Louisiana Power and Light Co auditorium featured Rep Otto E Passman urging government approval of a German manufactured arthritis drug not yet tested or approved. He noted the drug’s name is not commonly known.
Baton Rouge AP says Dr. Bruce Graham president of Gulf South Research Institute will speak at a graduation banquet honoring 33 businessmen completing LSU Mid South executive Development Program. Graham has led GSRL since 1965 after moving from Stanford Research Institute in California.
Mississippi civil rights marchers faced a daytime Ku Klux Klan cross in Itta Bena as they camped at a Negro college site. SNCC leaders pressed for campus tents meals and speaking access, while authorities offered Belzoni as an alternative. The march, with new Chicago marchers, aims for Jackson with King promising a high profile rally and continued national support.
The march began in Memphis on June 5 with Meredith wounded by two blasts of birdshot on June 6 after traveling 27 miles. Other marchers took over the journey and redirected it into a voter registration drive. King condemned Mississippi for civil rights actions and urged a march in solidarity.
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