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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1972
Page
2
Forty six people took part in the tour today led by B A Petterson Elementary Supervisor Olive Leigh Cochran and boardman Henry Carroll.
The Monroe City School Board and 46 officials visited the Caddo Career Center in Shreveport to study its concept. The tour highlighted vocational training as an alternative for students not pursuing college, with students treated like employees and “coffee breaks” rather than recess. The visit aimed to explore a possible Monroe Career Center to meet local needs.
Democratic leaders plan to declare Hale Boggs seat vacant and open a special election after Congress convenes January 3. The move would also vacate Nick Begich's seat as Alaska searches continue for the missing light plane and the party considers an acting floor leader once Boggs' membership is settled.
Columbia Lodge No. 144 F and AM will hold a special meeting at 9 30 p m Friday in the lodge hall to confer two entered apprentice decrees.
Viktor Perelman a Jewish journalist and activist Andrei Dubrov long a dissident were granted exit visas to emigrate to Israel. OVIR officials told Perelman and Dubrov their visas would be issued to allow family departure, seen as Khrushchev era style mollification of U S critics over Jewish emigration.
New Orleans state Criminal District Judge Jerome M. Winsberg faces trial on charges of influencing outcomes in three cases before his election. He allegedly offered 5000 dollars to former government informer Pershing O Gervais to sway verdicts. The trial date is set for January 29 with Judge William Swift presiding.
West Monroe Mayor W B Bert Hatten reports strong public backing for a plan to divide Ouachita Parish west of the Ouachita River. He notes support from residents and officials while the council considers a resolution for the split following a district bond proposal.
More than 2,000 Southern University at New Orleans students boycott classes in a second week demanding changes. Student body president Earl Picard says the boycott is about 96 percent effective while only 4 percent attend. Officials refuse talks until demands are met. Governor Edwards declines to meet. Enoch Nix warns of possible campus closure if students do not return by January 3.
Ruston Louisiana Tech will observe an extra holiday Friday proclaimed by President G. Jay Taylor to honor the 11-0 Bulldog football team. The undefeated squad, holder of the Southern Conference crown and No. 2 national ranking, will play Tennessee Tech in the Grantland Rice Bowl in Baton Rouge at 1:05 p.m. regionally on ABC, with praise for the marching band and cheerleaders.
The report notes that several thousand Monroe residents receive schooling through the parish system while living outside the local tax district, highlighting cross-district education arrangements.
SPACE CENTER Houston AP America's first scientist in space treated the Apollo 17 voyage as a travel tour. Lunar module pilot Harrison Schmitt reported Earth viewings over the Florida Keys and Miami and noted lights over the West as the craft neared Arizona. Ground control received his upbeat impressions during the early orbits. Federal grants aim to test double decker bus concepts in major U S cities including Chicago Dallas Detroit Los Angeles New York Oakland and Pittsburgh.
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