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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1971
Page
11
Paris AP report says Louisiana Governor John J. McKeithen urged France to dispatch additional French-language teachers. France already sent 30 teachers to assist lower grade programs last September with 18 more planned to arrive.
Bennie, a four pound orangutan born at Louisiana Purchase Gardens Zoo, is cared for like a human baby byAnn Yelverton and Zoo Director Jacob P. Yelverton. He eats baby formula and cereal, sleeps in a playpen, and will not eat fresh fruit until a tooth appears in five months.
The Ouachita Valley Quarter Horse Show planned for August 14 is cancelled due to the threat of Venezuelan equine encephalomyelitis. President Johnny Holmes says the event will be rescheduled at a later date.
Ouachita Parish Sheriff warns residents to watch for counterfeit twenty dollar bills with serial K23941199B from Dallas. Multiple arrests reported including 17 year old Jim Doyle Atkins for delinquency of a juvenile and various burglaries in Monroe and West Monroe. Officers recovered tools, weapons, and personal property from several burglaries and detentions, with fingerprint evidence cited in the Richwood School case.
The Fourth Judicial District Democratic Committee chair Fred Huenefeld Jr announces that all candidates planning to run in the November 6 Democratic primary must qualify with their district or parish party committees starting Saturday. Qualifying runs one week to August 14.
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