Tri State Briefs from various Louisiana towns
A compilation from Ruston to Shreveport notes Jusse lin Electrical Contractors of Bunkie winning a 38219 contract for a distribution line to Santiam Southern Plywood in Industrial Park, plus local incidents including a dice game, fatal accidents, forest statistics, beacon work at Jena airport, bribery defense moves, and government plans for Grand Isle tourism. The items also cover a Klan rally plan near Bogalusa, a grain tax ruling, a large scholarship, and church-state education debates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruston (Special
Jusselin Electrical Contractors of
Bunkie
Santiam Southern Plywood Corp
City Hall
Louisiana bridge seizure shocks New Orleans and Slidell
A. L. Stewart, Louisiana Highway Director, announces the seizure of the $14 million twin-span Lake Pontchartrain bridge linking New Orleans and Slidell. The move halts traffic and raises questions about funding, maintenance, and regional mobility for commuters and freight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Louisiana
A. L. Stewart
Lake Pontchartrain
Slidell
Ethics Group Bypassed On Bus Leasing
BATON ROUGE regarding state ethics inquiries, Civil Service Director W. W. McDougall says the ethics commission was never asked to opine on Tourist Director John Carroll leasing buses to the state. The issue involved $100 per bus for eight months for mobile tourist centers at New Orleans Airport and Port of New Orleans, with Carroll later withdrawing the offer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wader Martin Jr
Tourist Development Commission
Carroll
New Orleans International
Port of
New Orleans
Division of Administration
Martin
McDougal
Andrew C. Pittman
Civil Service Commission
Ethics Commission
Klan Injunction Bans Interference in Bogalusa Rights
A three judge U S district court in New Orleans issues a sweeping injunction against the Ku Klux Klan and its fronts in Bogalusa Louisiana. The decree bars interference with Negro citizens rights to use public facilities register and vote and seek equal employment under the Civil Rights Act. The order targets the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan its front groups and 38 individuals including top Bogalusa officers. The ruling cites acts of terror and intimidation and comes after repeated violence including the ambush slaying of a Negro deputy sheriff and numerous beatings of civil rights marchers. The decision is written by Judge John Minor Wisdom with support from Judges Christenberry and Ainsworth Jr. from New Orleans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
U.S
Ku Klux Klan
Bogalusa
Knights of the Ku Klux Klan
anti-Communist Christian Association
Justice Department
Louisiana
Klan
John Minor Wisdom
Sth Circuit Court of Appeals
Dist
Herbert W. Christenberry
Robert A. Ainsworth Jr
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Paul
Hattie McMillan
St. Francisville
Homer
Union
Able Parish
James Mixon
Della Claiborne Parish
Matharan
Bienville
Jena
J. C. Calk
State Department of Public Works
Mamou
UPI
La. 13
Here
Armelian Bougard
Riddell
Baton Rouge
Sheriff's Deputies
Russell B. Long
D-La
Chicago
Julius
Clint Kennedy
Zachary
Barrow
Association of Levee Boards of Louisiana
Leon Gary
Department of Public Works
Ellsworth I. Davis
Mississippi River Commission
John McKeithen
New York City
Allied Chemical Tower
McKeithen
Allied Chemical Co
House Un-American Activities Committee
Atty
Jack Greimillen
Louisiana Tax Commission
Clyde Woodward
Angie
Shreveport
Louisiana Bar Association
Shreveport, la
St. Vincent's Catholic School
Patrick Donohoe
The
Holy Rosary Catholic Church
Ona Ie
DGE FurNiture
Boston
Spe
Divan
Maple Cobblers
Mehogany Bassett
Reg
Kroehler
Kroebler
Feg
Fey
Valentina Seaver
Rug
Manogany
Simmons ‘Hotel
Simmons
Seba
the Christmas Home
Ethics Group
On Bus Leasing
U.S Navy
Washington
Baltimore
Atlanta
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