West Monroe Joins Council of Governments Voting Body
West Monroe aldermen voted unanimously to join the Council of Governments in a new structure granting both local school boards voting membership. The ordinance allows the City of West Monroe, City of Monroe, and Ouachita Parish Police Jury two memberships each and places the Monroe and Ouachita Parish school boards as voting members. Previously only police jury and cities held active seats with school boards as associates. William Norris explained the changes.
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Council of Governments
West Monroe
Bill Norris
City of
City of Monroe
Ouachita Parish
Monroe
Police Jury
William Norris
Norris
HUD
Mid South Tank and Utilities
Wilkes, Duke and Steed
Mid South
Wilkes
Dake
Steed
Hatten
Layne Louisiana Company
Grawil Construction Company
Glenwood Hospital
Frank Morgan Named Dean of Liberal Arts at Northeast
Dr Frank Morgan Jr associate professor of English was named dean of the liberal arts at Northeast Louisiana State College effective today replacing Dr W R Ham years of service. The appointment was approved by the State Board of Education. Morgan also directed the collegiate program for superior high school students and the freshman English program while teaching in the English department. He holds a Ph D and MA from Ole Miss and a BA from Mississippi College. He is an ordained minister and lives with his wife Anne Hood in West Monroe with one child Tiffany Anne.
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Len
Northeast Louisiana State College
Frank Morgan Jr
Northeast
George T. Walker
W. R. Ham
College
Mond
State Board of Education
Morgan
Superior
Memphis State University
University of Mississippi
Mississippi College
Adam Smith
Ole Miss
Associated Graduate Students Organization
Phi Kappa Phi
Modern Language Association of America
South Central Modern Language Association
South Central College English Association
National Council of Teachers of English
Conference On College Composition and Communication
Sigma Tau Delta
Kappa Alpha Fraternity
Louisiana Teachers Association
LTA
Department of Higher Education
Mississippi
First Baptist Church
Kosciusko High School
Anne Hood
Cleveland, Miss
Morgans
Tiffany Anne
Spencer Ave
Northwestern
Thomas
Department of Health and Physical Education
Shoe Town Opens Monroe Outlet In 7,000 Sq Ft Store
Shoe Town announces its 21st store opening at 1500 Louisville Ave Monroe with 7000 square feet of selling space and free parking. The Wiener Shoes Inc chain lists Abe Wiener as president and Roy Beville as manager. The Monroe opening runs daily 9 am to 9 pm through Saturday.
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Shoe Town
Louisville Ave
Monroe
Wiener Shoes, Incorporated
Abe Wiener
Sidney Wiener
Sander Wiener
Roy Beville
Monroe Shoe Town
Canvass Of School Races In Winn Parish
The Winn Parish Democratic Executive Committee announced the August 17 primary results. Dr. Billy Wayne Floyd led Ward One with 1310 votes and Thomas H. Harrel had 1151. both advance to general election. Hiram Wright will be Winnfield city judge starting February 20, 1969 after Cantwell retires. Ward Two runoff looms with J. E. Jones at 188 and John T. Porter at 175.
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Winnfield
Winn Parish
Democratic Executive Committee
Billy Wayne Floyd
Schol Board
Thomas H. Harrel
Ward One
Hiram Wright
Wright
R. D. Cantwell
J. E. Jones
John T. Porter
Robeline Haskins
Houston Jordan
el Harrell
Unemployed man stabs daughter of Emperor Hirohito in Tokyo
A 23-year-old unemployed man broke into the home of Mrs. Kazuko Takatsu kasa, 39, daughter of Emperor Hirohito, and stabbed her in the left thumb. She received treatment and the suspect was arrested.
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Tokyo
UPI
Kazuko Takatsukasa
Hirohito
Former Bastrop High Coach Promoted To NSC Post
Dr Charles F Thomas, longtime Northwestern State College administrator and former Bastrop High School coach, was named vice president of Academic Affairs by NSC president Arnold R Kilpatrick. Thomas, a 1941 Northwestern graduate, holds degrees from LSU and George Peabody, and has led health and physical education programs, earning Hall of Fame honors and multiple national recognitions.
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Bastrop High
NSC
Natchitoches
Arnold R. Kilpatrick
Northwestern State College
Charles F. Thomas
Thomas
Northwestern
State Board of Education
Department of Health and Physical Education
Nebraska
Texarkana
Texarkana Junior College
Louisiana State University
George Peabody College
Bastrop
U. S. Navy
Bastrop High School
Demos
Peabody
Betty French Thomas
Vidalia
Charles W. Thomas
Helms Foundation Hall of Fame
Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame
American Association For Health, Physical Education and Recreation
Louisiana Association For Health, Physical Education and Recreation
Louisiana Teachers Association
Phi Delta Kappa
Phi Epsilon Kappa
Platform writers turn to poverty at Chicago convention
Delegates at the Democratic platform hearing in Chicago weigh poverty and Vietnam planks as McCarthy supporters press for language inclusion of the Viet Cong front and a quick end to the war. Critics push to keep options open on Vietnam while seeking broader discussion.
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Chicago
Democratic Platform
Eugene McCarthy
Platform Committee
Washington
McCarthy
George Wiley
National Welfare Rights Organization
Michael Harrington
America
Julian Bond
Georgia
National Liberation Front
Viet Cong
South Vietnam
Saigon
U.S
Czechoslovakia
Sen
Claiborne Pell
Rhode Island
Kremlin
Europe
Vietnam
Registration Set In Caldwell For Union Central High
Seniors planning to attend Union Central High School for the 1968 69 year must register Monday from 8 30 to 3 30 or Tuesday 8 30 to 12. All other students register Friday August 39 from 8 05 to 11 00. Principal W P Moore announces dates.
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Columbia
Union Central High School
W. P. Moore
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Czech
Russia
Poland
Hungary
Bulgaria
East Germany
Waidhaus
Frank Morgan
Liberal Arts
Princeton University
Shoe
Greater
New Orleans
Gulfport
Miss
Houma
Lafayette
Lake Charles
Thibodaux
Baton Rouge
Shreveport
Crowley
Mobile
Ala
Alexandria
Morgan City
DeSiard St
Wtvy Dew Music CO
Douglas
Oxford
Terry Farris
Highland Shopping Center
the Lot
Sadie Grazaffi
Bathe
Caldwell
First Baptist
Louisiana
Scotchgard
Terry Ferris
Dan River
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