Boone Leads 2500 Youth Rally at Monroe Civic Center
Pat Boone spoke to about 2,500 area youths at the Monroe Civic Center Arena in a two hour rally focused on Christianity and morality. He answered questions, led prayers, and praised a local Be Good campaign while urging real meaning beyond materialism and endorsing prayer in schools.
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Pat Boone
Monroe Civic Center Arena
Boone
America
Jesus
Vietnam
Beverly Hills
Civic Center Arena
Eddie Cox
Louisiana Names New State Director for Special Olympics
The Joseph P. Kearsay Jr. Foundation named Billy Ray Stokes as Louisiana state director for Special Olympics and awarded an $800 grant. The Louisiana Department of Hospitals sponsors the program in the state. Stokes, in Washington DC at a Kennedy Foundation conference for 43 directors, will help expand participation as the program grows nationally and aims for 100,000 athletes next summer.
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Joseph P. Kearsay Jr. Foundation
Billy Ray Stokes
Louisiana
Louisiana Department of Hospitals
Stokes
Washington DC
Kennedy Foundation
United States
Canada
Chicago
West Monroe Lodge No. 419 to Elect Officers Tuesday
The West Monroe Lodge No. 419, F&AM, will hold its regular meeting at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday to elect officers. A spokesman for the lodge outlined the schedule and seating for the event.
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West Monroe Lodge
F&am
Borton A Mer Rr
Stennis counsels parents as desegregation policy dispute widens
Senator John Stennis says he is campaigning to alert parents outside the South about problems if federal school desegregation guidelines become national policy. He seeks to cut federal aid to Northern segregated schools and argues for a national desegregation stance while defending community neighborhood schools. He also backs Vice President Agnew's firmness in government policy.
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Washington
John Stennis
D-Miss
South
Stennis
Senate
ABC
Spiro T. Agnew
Agnew
Pulitzer Prize for Criticism to Be Awarded
New York AP reports Columbia University will establish a Pulitzer prize for criticism and commentary in American newspapers. The first award grows to the 10th journalism prize with a $1000 cash award and a certificate. Submissions are due February 1, 1970.
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New York
Columbia University
Andrew W. Cordier
Cordier
the University
Women To Seek Equality In Space
In New Orleans NOW calls for Nixon to appoint women to the Supreme Court and to the Apollo program. Betty Friedan leads a push against sex discrimination in NASA and at high White House levels, urging a White House briefing for Mrs. Nixon and naming women to top posts.
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New Orleans
Nixon
U.S. Supreme Court
Betty Friedan
National Organization
Friedan
NOW
America
Supreme Court
White House
Jury and Council Meet During Week in Ouachita Parish
The Ouachita Parish Police Jury and Monroe City Council schedule meetings this week. Jury agenda includes resolutions from Bern ie Van Billy Banks John Wilhite Arlan Rawls and three oral reports. Parish coroner J W Cummins to be recognized. City Council meets Tuesday at City Hall with four items: extend city limits, rezone to R-2, locker-space contract renewal, and a possible architectural contract.
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Ouachita Parish
Monroe City
Bernie van
Billy Banks
John Wilhite
Arlan Rawls
Robert Downing
Cheniere Lake Commission
Banks
Green Oaks
Billy Wilhite
J. W. Cummins
Ouachita Land Corporation
American Locker Company
Monroe Municipal
Mississippi Hurricane Relief Allocation Drains Funds
Gulfport Mississippi reports over 12.3 million in Hurricane Camille relief funds from the Red Cross. Recovery director Ralph Barlow said Saturday that Mississippi received the largest share of 14.9 million paid after the August Camille impact, Louisiana got 2.5 million.
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Gulfport
Miss
Mississippi
The
Red Cross
Ralph Barlow
Louisiana
Milton Bush to guest trombonist in local band concert
Milton Bush will guest as trombonist at a 7:30 p.m. Friday performance by the Quachita Parish High School Band in Monroe. Jack White will direct the program, which includes Bush's composition Ballad For Trombone and previews the Midwest National Band Clinic in Chicago. Tickets may be purchased locally.
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Milton Bush
Quachita Parish
Monroe
Jack White
Chicago
Bush
Loouisiana State University
New Orleans
Plans for Monroe Selman Field Industrial Plant Site
Local officials unveil proposals for a new industrial plant at Monroe within the Selman Field Industrial Park. Details include anticipated jobs, investment scales, and construction timelines as planners seek approvals and community input.
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Nary
Monroe
Selman Field
High School Band Prepares for Midwest Clinic Chicago
The band will play at the Midwest Clinic at the Sherman House Hotel in Chicago where they join five other high school bands. Proceeds will help defray band expenses as more than six thousand directors from around the world attend the 23rd annual event, the world’s largest.
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Chicago
Sherman House
Frog legs exports fall in India but earnings rise
Indian frog leg shipments dropped from 594 tons in 1967 68 to 565 tons in 1968 69 per Indian Seas Foods magazine. Despite lower volume, revenues grew by 33000 dollars due to strong demand in the French market.
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New Delhi
Indian Seas Foods Magazine
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Special Olympics
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St. Francis Hospital
DeSiard
Gay’s Shoe Dept
Jarmon Shoe Stores
BankAmericard
U.S
Mary’s Flower Shop, Inc
Florist
William Norris, Jr
Masseur
Norris Lane
West Monroe
Ramada Inn
South Central Bell
Groten
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