State Insurance Commission Hit
Legislative auditor reports criticize procedures of the Louisiana Insurance Rating Commission’s Casualty and Surety Division and the administration of former Terrebonne Parish Sheriff A. P. Prejean. One audit cites three investigators with outside employment. another finds $24 747 spent fraudulently for six autos. Dist. Atty. Wilmore J. Broussard Jr. will review actions to be taken.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana Insurance Rating Commission
Terrebonne Parish
A. P. Prejean
Robert J. Bright
Louisiana
Roy M. Hooker Jr
Leesville
Wiley C. Nugent
Pineville
Neighborhood Youth Corps
Terrebonne
Prejean
Ace Motors
B. A
Rembert
Dist. Atty
Wilmore J. Broussard Jr
Magazine Gets New Publisher
Boston AP reports Garth Hite will become publisher of the Atlantic Monthly on October 1 succeeding the late Frank M Herbert Jr. Hite, 47, has long worked in magazine publishing including roles at Curtis Publishing and Holiday magazine. He is from Iowa City, Iowa.
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Boston
Garth Hite
The
New Republic
Atlantic Monthly
Hite 47
Curtis Publishing Co
Holiday Magazine
Iowa City
Iowa
Frank M. Herbert Jr
Soybean Growers Plan Funding and Policy Voice
Harris H. Barnes, president of the American Soybean Association, announces more than 1 million dollars for a soybean research and promotion program financed by a half cent per bushel checkoff on the U.S. crop. He urges producers to curb surpluses and push competitive sales. Eugene Schmidt cautions Europe’s tariff barriers and US soybean influence, noting 95 percent of European processed soybeans originate in the United States and highlighting soybeans as a tool against global poverty due to high protein content.
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New Orleans
Harris H. Barnes
Clarksdale
Miss
American Soybean Association
Association
Barnes
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Eugene Schmidt
Oberheim
Germany
German Oil Millers Association
United States
U.S
Schmidt
Europe
Entrance Tests for Northeast Held for Freshmen
Guidance tests required for all beginning freshmen at Northeast Louisiana State College will be offered on three dates. Transfer students with under 30 semester hours and 60 quality points must test unless they have ACT scores. Tests run 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in three campus venues with no appointment.
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Northeast Louisiana State College
Northeast
American College
J. E. Kimball
Coenen
Schulze
Sandel Library
Kimball
Ouachita Council Schedules Board Meeting Tonight
The Quechia Valley Council of the Boy Scouts of America meets at the Holiday Inn at 7 p.m. to discuss the 1968 Roundup 1969 Jamboree and related program reports. Frank Z. Maley notes the unusual Tuesday timing to allow attendance at the National Executive Conference in Fort Collins Colorado.
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Holiday Inn
Quechia Valley
Americans Oppose Vietnam Bombing Halt and VC Coalition
A Harris Survey finds 61 percent oppose a total U S bombing halt in North Vietnam and 52 percent oppose a coalition government including the Viet Cong before elections. 24 percent support a bombing halt 27 percent back the coalition plan with 15 and 21 percent undecided respectively.
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Washington
U.S
North Vietnam
South Vietnam
Harris
Democratic Platform Committee
Vietnam
Eugene J. McCarthy
Hubert H. Humphrey
Louis Harris
Civic Center Opens Fall Season With Sam and Dave
The Monroe Civic Center starts its fall season on Sept 6 at 8 15 p m with soul music duo Sam and Dave and Cajun comedian Justin Wilson. The act group Sam Moore and Dave Foster began in 1961 with hits including Soul Man Hold On Im Comin. Tickets go on sale at the Civic Center box office Tuesday through Saturday 8 a m to 5 p m with the Sympathy Orchestra providing country Cajun music.
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Monroe Civic Center
Sam and
Dave
Justin Wilson
Sam Moore
Dave Foster
Wilson
Wilsonville
Civic Center Box l
Bardot Ends Romance With Luigi Rizzi Over Publicity
Brigitte Bardot ended her relationship with Italian playboy Luigi Rizzi accusing him of using their friendship to promote his nightclub sources said. Bardot is married to German industrialist Gunther Sachs according to friends.
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ST. Tropez
France
UPI
Brigitte Bardot
Luigi Rizzi
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John D. Rockefeller IV
Sharon
Charles Percy
Illinois
Rockefeller
West Virginia
House of Delegates
State Insurance Commission
Magazine
Soybean Growers Planning Program
Ouachita Council
Gnaro
St. Francis Hospital
Arrow
Civic Center
B.B
Mr. Leather
Hanes
Traveler
Thrift Shop
DeSiard
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