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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1965
Page
10
The Monroe Ouachita Regional Planning Commission will meet at 7 30 p m in City Hall to hear a zoning map amendment for a B 2 neighborhood business district and to consider two final plats three planning approvals four preliminary zoning hearings and a planned building group. Chairman John S Neel and Planning Director George Parsons released the tentative schedule.
The Monroe Jaycees assigned eight local bands for the Christmas parade drawn by Mayor W J Howard. The lineup includes Ouachita Parish High School and Junior High, Lee Junior High, Carroll High School, Neville High School, Jefferson Junior High, West Monroe High School, and Richwood High School. Otis Derbonne announced 41 entries signed, with more likely. Miss Louisiana Lynda Ferguson will appear in a convertible near the front, and Santa Claus will bring up the rear. Floats from schools will follow the bands.
Lt Harold A Breard, gunnery officer on the Valley Forge, helped coordinate support fires during an amphibious landing near Phu Thu, Viet Nam. He is the son of Harold and Mrs. Breard of Monroe and is married to Alice Goorley of Monroe. Abraham Lincoln joined the 30th Congress as Illinois delegate in 1847.
Monroe Junior Chamber of Commerce members returned from a state executive committee meeting at the new Louisiana Jaycee headquarters in Oakdale. Attendees included Monroe President Otis Derbonne and vice presidents Billy Jones and Hugh Hy man, along with Bob Ford Tom Lee Tom Hassion Frank Cernighia and David Sostehinn. Sostehinn a Cuban refugee now at Northeast Louisiana State College spoke on Central American economic and political issues and the Cuba refugee exodus. The Monroe Jaycees named Nodge Laushlin of Bastrop as regional vice president to oversee inter club communications and liaison with the state organization. Reports also came from State Health Chairman Bob Ford and Miss Louisiana Pageant Chairman Tom Lee.
Jurors began selection for a simple burglary case in Fourth District Court with Judge Jesse Heard presiding over Jerry Lee Carmina of West Monroe. Pleas were accepted from three defendants including P A Stockstill for unauthorized use of a movable and others for burglary and theft.
Hy land Laboratories begins taking medical histories and blood samples from convict volunteers at the Louisiana State Penitentiary for a new blood plasma program set to start January 3. The program promises more spending money for inmates and larger welfare funds for recreation and inmate needs, with an anticipated tripling of business at the penitentiary.
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