Congress Candidate Is Booked In Monroe Police Action
Louis Lucian LaDart 49 a U S Representative candidate in the Fifth District was booked by Monroe Police for disturbing the peace and resisting arrest at his DeSiard Avenue home. Other arrests include Jimmie Malone 29 for DUI and reckless driving at 23rd and Flynn Streets and two teens James Williams and George Stockstill for theft at 2206 Louisville Ave. A series of theft complaints were investigated and various items reported missing including a radio a revolver a holster and ammunition. One car crash on U S Highway 165 left David Quimby 18 with injuries. he was in satisfactory condition at St Francis Hospital and charged with reckless driving.
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Monroe
Louis Lucian LaDart
U. S
LaDart
DeSiard Ave
Jimmie Lee Malone
Louberta St
23Rd
Flynn Streets
James Quinton Williams
Bossier City
George Stockstill
St. Martinsville
Louisville Ave
Lois Jones
Grammont
B. Lillyman
Pargould Blvd
Smith and Wesson Chief
Monroe Boat Dock
Mae Beltz
McGuire Ave
David A. Quimby
Rt. 2
St. Francis Hospital
U. S. Hwy. 165
Quimby
Georgia FHA Backfiring Sparks GAO Charge
GAO reports the Federal Housing Administration in Georgia delays repairs on foreclosed homes, increasing costs and blight. Atlanta office held about 1,300 unrepaired dwellings in 1964, averaging 18 months per property, with 170 of 300 inspected needing major work to be saleable.
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Washington
UPI
General Accounting Office
Federal Housing Administration
Georgia
Congress
FHA
Atlanta
Savannah
Warner Robins
Valdosta
Veterans Administration
Northeast Louisiana approves two dorm contracts and one maintenance building
The State Board of Education authorized bids for an 11 story men's dormitory and a three story women's residence hall at Northeast Louisiana State College plus a maintenance building on Quiggles Drive. Lowest bidders Jesse F Heard & Son for the men 2 842 000 and Cahavi Construction for the women 769 816. Maintenance bid went to Commercial & Industrial Builders 30 443. An engineer Dr Burkhalter Jr Monroe was named for stadium lighting with bids to open July 12. Lights due for first game Sept 17 against Southeast Missouri. Stadium moves to Peyton Drive. old lighting to serve new baseball diamond on Quiggles.
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State Board of Education
Northeast
Louisiana State College
Brown Stadium
Shreveport
Jesse F. Heard & Son, Inc
West Monroe
Cahavi Construction Company
Monroe
State Board
Commercial & Industrial Builders, Inc
Quiggles Drive
Bayou DeSiard
Dr. Burkhalter Jr
Southeast Missouri
College Avenue
Peyton Drive
Bayou
Quiggles
New Peach Queen Picked At Ruston
The Ruston pageant named the New Peach Queen from a list of finalists including Dorothy Mary States, Marcie Fowler, Martha Ellen Palmer, Barbara Green, Michelle Ritchey, Rhonda Gayle Ford, Linda Upshaw, Debra Forbis, Rose Ann Scarbrough and others representing various communities and titles across Louisiana.
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Eant
Dorothy Mary States
Debra Forbis
Treble Clef
Louisiana Tech
Rose Ann Scarborough
Bossier Parish
Bossier City
Festival Award Goes To Smith
Ruston State Bank president Howard Smith received a special recognition award for his service to the Louisiana Peach Festival at the awards luncheon held at the Louisiana Tech Student Center. Treasurer since the festival’s 1950 inception, Smith was honored by 1966 festival chairman Tom Kelly in front of about 250 attendees including Rep. George oo and Sen. Charles Bar am. The luncheon followed the 3 p.m. downtown parade featuring beauty contestants and visiting queens.
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Ruston
Howard Smith
Ruston State Bank
Smith
Tom Kelly
Louisiana Tech
Kelly
Dixie Gem
Georgianna Lopes
Princess Peach
Lisa Ann Blackwelder
Ruth Upchurch
Dubach
Bill Kennedy
Arkansas-Louisiana Gas Company
Louis Gruber
West Monroe
Louisiana Power and Light Company
N. T. Frederick
Dennis Owen
Hico
George Oo
Charles Baram
Drew Hayes
Railroad Park
el Karabah
Bossier Flashettes
Tex-Ann’s
Shreveport Twirlettes
Winn Shrine Club
Silver Spur Arena
Ruston High School
Mississippi Civil Rights March Faces Hostile Crowd
Civil rights marchers led by Martin Luther King Jr. confront a screaming white mob in Philadelphia Mississippi. Police shielding protesters, bottles and eggs hurled, two white men arrested, threats to kill King audible. King vows to press voter registration as Canton camp sites dispute fuels tensions.
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Philadelphia
Miss
America
Stokley Carmichael
Neshoba County
Carmichael
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
Canton
Jackson
Capitol
Capitol Steps
U.S. 51
Tougaloo College
Memphis
Tenn
James H. Meredith
Meredith
Kosciusko
Mississippi
Martin Luther King Jr
King
Neshoba
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Andrew J. Young
McNeal
Stanley Matthews
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Phyllis Tauton
Jan Colvin
Dixie Gem XVI
Pamela Ann McCarty
Kayla Lynn Taylor
Peach XVI
Ronnie Heflin
Rayon & Silk
Burgundy
Millinery Department
Slverstein
Phillip Fishman
Desiard
Monroe, LA
Better Business Bureau of
Ouachita Parish
White House
Johnson
Justice Department
Robert H. Fleming
Lunds
Carthage
FBI
Luke Miksche
New York City
St. Joachim
Trinitarian Missionaries
Ivy
Krauss. Cohn
Haddad Discount Shoe Repair
N. 4Th
Cypress, W.M
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Catholic Church
Church of Jesus the
Good Shepherd
Emerson St
Edmund J. Moore
Jesus the Good Shepherd Church
Philco
Warren’s Ae le
Trenton ST. West
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