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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1972
Page
2
At today's council meeting George J. Sonny Burroughs and committee chairman Frank Mc Dermott formally announced Monroe's entry into the Keep America Beautiful contest.
George J. Sonny Burroughs spoke to the Monroe City Council outlining Monroe Louisiana’s goals in contesting the Keep America Beautiful award. He cited past wins as the cleanest large city in the state and praised citizen groups garden clubs and city departments for efforts. He urged continued cooperation to attract visitors and industry while noting a large data package sent to Keep America Beautiful Inc for national recognition.
The Trail Blazer Library System plans a joint Board of Commissioners and Executive Council meeting Wednesday at 1 p.m. at the system center Ouachita Parish Public Library. Speakers include Miss Frances Flanders Miss Vivian Cazayoux and Mrs Agnes Harris with reports on rural library services and the Louisiana State Library annual program for fiscal year 1973.
Project Find a program to aid Americans aged 60 and over by securing access to food stamp benefits through the Agriculture Department. The Monroe office at 200 S Grand St opens this week under manager Taunton Veazey with Red Cross support to recruit volunteers and assist with applications. A joint Aug 22 meeting at the State Office Building will map program details with Food Stamp Social Security Public Welfare and volunteers.
New Orleans AP reports opposition to an experimental 13 day alligator hunt in Cameron Parish. Local residents question population size while Audubon Society and US Fish and Wildlife oppose the season. The commission estimates 50 000 alligators in the targeted area and 250 000 statewide. The hunt runs Sept 5 17 allowing 4000 taken in daylight. One land leaseholder warns of increasing poacher activity.
A list of librarians across Ouachita Caldwell Concordia East Carroll Franklin Tensas East Baton and other parishes includes Mrs Lynda Netherland Miss Sharon Ramsey Mrs Sara Burgeon and Mrs Betty Jackson along with numerous associates in Union Morehouse Richland Madison Lincoln and Madison parishes.
Mrs. Mary Alice Jackson librarian West Carroll Parish will be joined by Dr. Mary Watson Hyman Grambling Mrs Sammy Dyson Louisiana Tech University and Mrs Maude Bentrup Northeast Louisiana University representing academic libraries in the gathering.
Monroe officials advanced 18 items from sports and urban planning to sanitation upgrades while calling a noon session of the Redevelopment Agency to seek bids on 2.4 million in project notes for 1972 73. The meeting discussed bar curfew extensions, sale of sewerage and street certificates in Robinson Place, and Keep America Beautiful participation.
Experts warn the United States faces a deepening power shortage as oil and natural gas decline. Nuclear, coal, and policy shifts are debated amid environmental opposition and legal challenges, with officials predicting a decade to place new reactors online and possible electricity rationing.
Fourteen year old Ronnie Griggs of Barr Lane West Monroe sustained a neck injury last week after diving into a pond and hitting the bottom. He was taken to Schumpert Memorial Hospital Shreveport in satisfactory condition. He underwent neck repair surgery Saturday and is set for further surgery today in Room 436.
Caldwell Parish Police Jury accepted bids from Monroe firms for equipment. Scott Truck and Tractor Company won 4700 dollars for a tractor and mowing machine while Louisiana Machinery bid 29000 dollars for a road grader.
Members of the Don Juan Filhiol Chapter of the Children of the American Revolution attended a workshop in New Iberia. Leaders Kenny Weir Kevin Weir and Mrs J G Bratton discussed plans for Patriotic Education Week October 12 19 with a state rally and luncheon in St Francisville October 14 at Asphodel Inn.
The Monroe City School Board approved bringing back kindergarten for the first time since 1956 and establishing centers at Clara Hall and Georgia Tucker. They预算 $32,000 to furnish classrooms, plan 2:30 p.m. dismissal to give teachers planning time, and named Neville High as the Artist in Residence site under a $750 materials aid.
Washington AP Sen Charles H Percy introduces a bill to compensate homebuyers for repairs on FHA insured houses due to shoddy construction and code violations. The proposal would extend builders' warranty on federally insured homes from one to three years and aims to strengthen FHA inspection procedures to curb inflated prices and protect low income buyers.
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