Peach Festi val awards banquet shines in Ruston
The 17th Peach Festival awards banquet in Ruston drew a record crowd as Queen Dixie Gem VII pageant contestants were honored. Special award to Tom Kelly of Kiwanis preceded wins in peach cooking and growing contests and flower show prizes. Meredith MacRae performed with visiting queens and parade units highlighted the celebration.
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Ruston
Louisiana Tech
Sam _ Thomas
Thomas
Tom Kelly
Kiwanis Club
Gwenette Spears
F. W. Bourlend
Charles Wilson
Earl Puddy
Meredith MacRae
Linda Leoty
Cheryl Beidler
Janet Vining
Carla McCain
Mary Taylor
Sarah Gaddish
Pat White
Mary Jo Osenbeck
Dubach
el Karubah Temple Shrine
Shreveport
Monroe
Alexandria
Winnfield
Dutch Gardens
Newellton
LBJ and Kosygin Agree On Peace Vision At NJ Summit
President Johnson told a Los Angeles Democratic fund dinner that he and Soviet Premier Kosygin reached no new agreements but understand each other better. The event followed Johnson's Glassboro talks and streetside protests with arrests of 21 demonstrators and a clash involving a man with a peace sign. Cassius Clay addressed the peace rally nearby before the crowd entered the Century Plaza Hotel.
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Los Angeles
Johnson
Alexei N. Kosygin
New Jersey
Kosygin
Glassboro
N.J
Century Plaza
Cassius Clay
Luncheon Menu Prepared for Johnson Kosygin Meeting
White House staff prepared a special luncheon for President Johnson and Premier Kosygin in Glassboro New Jersey. The menu included shrimp cocktail roast beef with buttered asparagus pilaff butter pecan ice cream with caramel sauce pineapple sherbet fresh blueberries and French wine.
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Glassboro
Johnson
Kosygin
White House
Youth Hurt In Traffic Mishap Here
A 16 year old Monroe youth, Jimmy Carrigan of 1511 N 5th St, received minor injuries Friday when his motorcycle rear ended a car on Hudson Lane near N 14th St. He was treated and released from St Francis Hospital. Police say a Potter vehicle pulled across the road as he tried to pass. Carrigan was charged with reckless driving and no driver’s license.
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Monroe
Hudson Lane
N. 14Th St
St. Francis Hospital
Gentry
Jimmy Carrigan
N. 5Th St
Carrigan
Potter
Twin Cities Radio Club Competes In National Field Day
The Twin Cities Amateur Radio Club will join a national field day contest by the American Radio Relay League. From 6 p.m. today to 6 p.m. Sunday the group at Cheniere Lake Shriners Club hall will operate continuously using generators with no commercial power. Max Maxwell says the test evaluates emergency function for disasters and the 20 member club will coordinate with Civil Defense in various operations.
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Twin Cities
American Radio Relay League
Cheniere Lake
Shriners Club
Max Maxwell
Maxwell
Civil Defense
TopP Scorers On College Test Noted
Leading scorers on the Cooperative Mathematics Test Algebra I at Northeast Louisiana State College were announced by Dr. Jack Kimball. Connie Dee Borders achieved a perfect score among entering freshmen with a chemistry major from Shreveport.
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Northeast Louisiana State College
Jack Kimball
Connie Dee Borders
Shreveport
Deaths Bastrop Henry Otis Hart 62 Long Illness
Henry Otis Hart 62 died Thursday at 2 15 p m at his Bastrop home after a long illness. Funeral plans are set with Blackwell and Golden Funeral Home pending the arrival of Namon Hart from Vietnam. Survived by widow Willie E Hart nine sons six daughters one sister two brothers and other relatives.
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Bastrop
Henry Otis Hart
Blackwell and Golden Funeral Home
Hart
Namon Hart
Vietnam
United States Navy
Willie E. Hart
C. O. Hart
Melvin Hart
Man Knifed To Death Near Monroe Bar
Charles Henry Gray Jr. of Port Allen was killed in a knife attack Friday near Monroe. Larry Dawson, 24, also of Port Allen, was critically slashed and stabbed in the chest and abdomen during the same incident outside a U.S. 61 bar. he was treated at Baton Rouge hospital and moved to New Orleans.
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Slaughter
Charles Henry Gray Jr
Port Allen
Twin Cities
Gray
San Gabriel
Calif
Monroe
Clara Eley
Ruby Lee
Larry Dawson
U.S. 61
East
Feliciana Parish
Dawson
Baton Rouge
New Orleans
Kosygin Delays Departure as U S Crowd Cheers Safe Peace Hopes
Soviet Premier Alexei Kosygin, late to the summit and again delayed departing, stepped from his limousine to greet cheering Americans in Glassboro New Jersey. He shook hands with onlookers including John Russack who shouted Tovarish Kosygin as signs read Welcome Kosygin and Welcome Johnson.
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Glassboro
UPI
Alexei Kosygin
Kosygin
New York
United States
Welcome Kosygin
Welcome Johnson
John Russack
Tovarish Kosygin
Comrade Kosygin
Russack
Lake D Arbonne Tech Forestry Camp Opens in Louisiana
Tech Louisiana opens a 5.2 acre Lake D Arbonne forestry camp near Farmerville donated by the Post and Fuller families. The facility uses multiple Louisiana woods and will serve as a lab site for the college's forestry department with inputs from 30 firms and individuals. State foresters will inspect the camp on June 30.
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Louisiana Tech Forestry Camp
Lake D’arbonne
Farmerville
Society of American Foresters
Louisiana
Tech
Department of Forests
Post and Fuller
Texas Boosts Allowable To Highest In 10 Years
The Texas Railroad Commission raised the July oil allowable to 42.9 percent of potential production, about 3,512,042 barrels per day, the highest in over a decade. Chairman Jim Langdon warned Texas and Louisiana could add up to 400,000 barrels daily to meet U.S. deficits amid Middle East supply disruptions. he urged federal help to avoid a post crisis oversupply.
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Austin
API
Texas Railroad Commission
Middle East
Commission
Jim Langdon
Texas
Louisiana
U.S
Stewart Udall
Langdon
Soviet Leader Dobrynin Greeting Sparks Crowd Cheers
Anatoly Dobrynin and Kosygin were greeted by a crowd that cheered loudly as the Soviet leader spoke. Spectators shouted and surged forward to glimpse the officials, craning necks for a view.
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Bassador Anatoly F. Dobrynin
Kosygin
College Lodge Furnishings Probe at Louisiana Tech
The state will investigate a report that Louisiana Tech used bond money restricted for dormitory buildings and equipment to buy lodge furnishings. The lodge and boat house sit on Lake DArbonne shore in Union Parish on five acres donated to Tech, about 20 miles from Ruston.
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Ruston
Louisiana Tech
Lake D’arbonne
Union Parish
Tech
Baton Rouge
Mary Evelyn Parker
New Orleans
Lake D Arbonne camp expands tech facilities near Ruston
The 15000 acre Lake D Arbonne site near the campus serves as an instructional and recreational hub. A boat house with eight boats and three motors supports student use while the camp house hosts meetings for the Faculty Senate and other groups. Future plans include a small assembly hall and marine laboratory as funds allow. President Taylor credits supporters for the new facility.
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D’arbonne
Faculty Senate
Associated Women Students Group
Ag-Forestry Advisory Commission
Student Senate
Ruston Chamber of Commerce
Taylor
Tech
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