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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1968
Page
4
The column announces TV and radio schedules supplied by stations with a disclaimer about possible inaccuracies. It notes color programs labeled with (C) and mentions availability on Cablevision.
A dense schedule lists KWKH Shreveport and multiple Louisiana stations with daily times for news, farm reports, music and special programming. It notes sign ons at 5 am and sign offs around midnight with assorted programs including Gospel hours, trading posts, and NBC network wrapups.
Partly cloudy and warm today and Wednesday with scattered mainly afternoon thundershowers. Highest temperatures 88 to 94, lowest 70 to 76. Winds 5 to 12 mph, rain chances 40 percent afternoons and 20 percent other times. Delta and Louisiana sections note drying conditions, sunshine, and isolated thundershowers with similar temps and rain chances through Wednesday.
The Ouachita Police Jury weighs four bids to move back from temporary South Grand quarters to the under construction courthouse. Three contractor change orders approved total under $1,000. Traffic light proposal debated for Old Sterlington Road and Finks Hideaway Road. road committee to study costs. Town and Country Drainage District construction authorized for Ward 1, serving 250 lots and an apartment complex, with no parish funding. Civil Defense director duties reassigned, and tire supply bids sought for September. Subdivisions Northgate and Ward 10 approved, Cowen Cemetery Road project approved at $218.70.
A Chicago publisher promotes a rapid reading method claimed to boost speed and retention. The booklet How to Read Faster and Retain More is mailed free with no obligation, along with a request for name address and zip code to the Reading department in Chicago.
The Board of Liquidation of State Debt approved a $12,600 expenditure for a new roof on the state office building in Shreveport. Jerry Bennett, superintendent of state buildings and grounds, said the 10 year old roof had been leaking for seven or eight years and the project would provide a completely new roof.
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