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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1973
Page
6
Ransom School hosts the Ouachita Parish School System sponsored Right to Read program for preschool children. Registration closes at 3 p.m. today and the program begins with morning and afternoon sessions starting September 10.
Ouachita Parish School System announces workshops for high school principals and teachers led by Abe E Pierce. junior high workshops directed by Henry Camp with C B Griggs coordinating elementary sessions. Sessions run at Jack Hayes School West Monroe High School West Monroe Junior High and other campuses on specified days and times.
Jack Burke Jr. will captain the United States Ryder Cup golf team this year. The 1935 Neutrality Act had just taken effect prohibiting arms exports to belligerent nations.
Carroll High and Carroll Junior High held a meeting led by Principal Joel L. Harris to explain discipline and supervision. He outlined that misbehaving students face brief talks with the principal, with parent contact after a second incident, and that halls restrooms and lunchrooms will be regularly checked for safety.
Eighteen Mid-South State Farm executives gathered in Jackson Mississippi for a two day planning conference. Special guests Larry Carter and Richard Meyer from Bloomington headquarters attended. Workshop chairmen were George Pope Floyd Culp and Alan Swailes.
PASCAGOULA Mississippi AP The Ingalls Shipyards largest employer in Mississippi showed no picket lines for the first morning of the week after the Gulf Coast Building Trades Council ended its demonstration. Absenteeism neared 95 percent at the East Bank yard and high at the West Bank yard as tensions over dock work and wage agreements persisted.
Aldy announces the three night rodeo September 6 to 8 in Jonesboro with grand entry at 8 p.m. nightly and a 5 p.m parade start. Three parade trophies will be awarded and features include the Quachita Parish Mounted Quadrille and the annual LRA queen contest drawing entries from north Louisiana and Arkansas.
Parents Without Partners, Inc. conducts a state membership drive through October. Publicity chairman Elinor Davis says the group aids conscientious single parents whether widowed, divorced, or separated to help their children grow with a sense of being loved.
Ingalls said the company would order men back to work and was no longer planning any action against the council, signaling a shift in labor dispute posture.
Louisiana state senator Jim Brown of Fer tiday has been appointed to a special legislative committee on Juvenile Reform in Baton Rouge. Lt. Gov. James Fitzmorris announced the move, citing rising juvenile crime and the need for stronger measures to study and reduce the rate.
Davis states the group holds regular educational meetings with speakers and family and adult activities. Prospective members may attend any general meeting on the second Thursday of each month. Write P.W.P. Inc. at P.O. Box 183 Monroe LA 71201.
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