Weather outlook for Monroe and surrounding regions
Northeast Louisiana remains clear to partly cloudy and warm through Saturday with isolated afternoon and evening thundershowers. Highs 90 to 95, lows 71 to 77. Rain chances 30 percent in afternoons. drying conditions good in Delta area with 20 percent precip chance. Arkansas and Mississippi similar warm, partly cloudy conditions with isolated thundershowers and highs 92 to 100.
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Marine Position Examinations Announced for Dredge Langfitt Crew
The Interagency Board of U S Civil Service Examiners for Louisiana posts exams for three mariner roles aboard the U S Dredge Langfitt and U S Sidecasting Dredge Schweizer under the Corps of Engineers in New Orleans. Openings include marine oiler WK-8 at 83.03 per hour, dragten der WK-8 at 3.03 per hour, and quartermaster WK-7 at 2.89 per hour. Applications available at local post offices or Room 103 Federal Building South 600 South St New Orleans 70130.
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Record Banana Import Sets Gulfport Shipment Benchmark
The West German flagship Angelburg arrived with 137 804 boxes of bananas, the largest shipment ever moved through the Gulf of Mexico and the second largest received by the United States. The cargo, grown in Costa Rica, was exported by Stanford Fruit and Steamship Co.
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Navy enlistee Kenneth Earl Farmer set for Maryland posting
Navyman Kenneth Earl Farmer of Route 2 Box 41 C Bros Ken neth and Priscilla Nelson of West Monroe are married. An Airman Apprentice who joined the Navy in June will report to the Naval Air Test Center at Patuxent River Maryland on August 28 after attending Calhoun High School.
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Sewell Named Acting Manager In Winnfield
James C. Sewell named acting manager of Olinkraft Inc plywood plant in Winnfield succeeding Elvin C. Wolski who resigned. Sewell, a Royal Oak native educated in Dallas, earned a forestry degree from Stephen F. Austin in 1959 and joined Olinkraft in 1966. He and his wife reside at 208 Faith Drive with their two children.
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Caldwell Parish School Activities Schedule Released
Columbia special report outlines Caldwell Parish schools calendar with dates for Teachers Workshop Student Registration Labor Day Veterans Day Thanksgiving Easter Holidays Christmas and Commencement. E L Richard superintendent notes the board resolution requiring tuberculin tests for all employed staff and workers.
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Camp Workers Honored With Service Pins at Ouachita Day Camp
Workers for the Ouachita Association for Retarded Children Day Camp received service pins at a social hour hosted by Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Patterson. Pins featuring the national emblem and the slogan Retarded Children Can Be Helped were awarded to aides including Ann Abbott Linda Christmas Valeria Fike Mary Alice Hocutt Robert McBride Janet McCormick Marion Meriwether Suzanne Patterson Susan Wiley Eddie Patterson and Ella Rose Jones. Miss Annis Elie, camp director, was praised for planning and execution.
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Search Resumes For Bodies Of Missing Men
In Buras Louisiana search teams resumed for two missing men from a Gulf oil rig fire that killed five. The Little Bob rig owned by Coral Drilling Co erupted during repair three miles offshore. five died and two remain missing with five in critical condition.
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Soviet Leadership Upheaval Possible
AP Special Correspondent William L. Ryan analyzes signs of a power struggle in Moscow linked to the Czechoslovak crisis. He notes a growing military role since Stalin and suggests factions within the Kremlin may have influenced the invasion, with Brezhnev potentially endangered as a fence-sitter.
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Generation Gap Plank Sought by Bono in Democratic Platform
Los Angeles AP Sonny Bono calls for a 100 member generation gap commission with all members age 26 or younger to bridge the old and young. He plans to brief a platform subcommittee in Chicago while Cher stays with their expectant baby.
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Election Set to Fill Terrebonne Vacancy
Governor McKeithen announces a Sept 28 primary to fill the Terrebonne Parish seat left by Rep. Richard Talbot who died in an auto crash. The plan could avoid a second primary or general election if no Republican opposition emerges, allowing a fall special session to raise taxes.
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Klein Crow Named Non voting Merrill Lynch Stockholder
Klein Crow an account executive of Merrill Lynch in Monroe is among 63 new non voting stockholders nationwide. Crow joined Fenner and Beane in 1938, served in the armed services, rejoined in 1945, and became an account executive in 1953. He is treasurer of the Twin Cities YMCA and a member of the local Boy Scouts council and the Kiwanis Club. He has three daughters.
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State Delegates To Convention Facing Tests
Plaquemine Louisiana resident William H. Samuel urged the Democratic National Convention credentials committee to require loyalty affirmations from Louisiana delegates. He argued the selection and make up were unclear and questioned who is on the delegation amid talk of possible Wallace support. Governor Richard Hughes of New Jersey led the committee, deferring any ruling.
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Ferriday Jaycees Schedule Fourth Meeting
Ferriday Jaycees set their fourth meeting at 7 30 p m on Thursday Sept 5. Officers include Arthur L Vaughan president James W Bragg internal vice president John D Young external vice president H L Erwin treasurer Floyd Mac Perryman secretary and Dr Gerald DeLaune state director. Board directors are William Coleman Buddy Tanner and Billy Rucker.
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Thieu Compares Soviet Actions to North Vietnam Aggression
President Nguyen Van Thieu, in a national televised speech, warned of a possible third major enemy offensive aimed at Saigon. He likened Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia to Hanoi's support of the Viet Cong and urged readiness to meet any thrusts as fighting intensifies in the South.
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Knights Templar Regular Meeting in Monroe Tonight
The Monroe Commandery No. 7 Knights Templar holds a 7:30 p.m. meeting at the Monroe Masonic Temple. The Orders of Red Cross and Malta will be conferred.
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Amateurs Spark Ideas for Innovation in Industry
The article urges ordinary people to pursue money making ideas and cites examples of successful innovations from non specialists such as a Michigan housewife who imagined shelves inside refrigerator doors. It highlights the toy field’s appetite for new ideas and encourages readers to try cashing in on their concepts.
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