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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1968
Page
4
US Weather Bureau forecast shows showers across a broad area from central California through much of the Pacific Northwest tonight. Snow is expected in the central region as temperatures drop.
AP Wirephoto map indicates rain spreading through southern Texas while snow flurries are observed across the upper Great Lakes region.
AFL CIO President George Meany urged full employment as the path to address minority job needs and inflation. He called for government action to expand the economy and become the employer of last resort, criticizing proposals for limited unemployment.
Thirty seven area law enforcement officers received diplomas at a Lake Providence ceremony concluding 15 weeks of intensive study under the LSU Law Enforcement Training Program. R H Penny led the retrainer Two course with remarks by Sardis Bassett and Roy R Theriot. Officers from multiple parishes and agencies were among the graduates.
Mer Rouge High School announces second six weeks honor roll. Names include Judy Ford Pam Rea Gil White and Dennis Jenkins in Twelfth grade. Steve Dade Nancy Hendershot Melissa Moore Kitty Rea Bonnie Sisson in Eleventh. Mary Jess Sims Tim Spires Diane Kyle Sue Nolan in Tenth. Marsha Burden Tracy Brodie Donna White Jan Myers Rives White in Ninth. Virginia Evans Susan Ford Dorothy Henderson Leslie Miles Linda Bingham Vernon Carroll in Eighth. Deborah Bearden Bill Shockey Richard Byrd Debbie Rollinson in Seventh.
River stages from Simmesport to Morgan City show rises and falls across watercourses including the Atchafalaya and Ouachita. Readings list town by town with values and small day-to-day changes marked yesterday and before.
The Latin American Social Club of Monroe will celebrate the Our Lady of Guadalupe feast at Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Church Thursday at 7 p.m. Pete Gutierrez, publicity chairman, said after mass a supper will be served in the school cafeteria. He urged everyone to attend.
Partly cloudy through Wednesday with a little warmer afternoons and cold nights. Highs 56 to 62 today, 60 to 66 Wednesday. lows 36 to 42 tonight, 36 to 46 Wednesday night. Winds easterly 6 to 12 MPH today, near calm tonight, then southerly 6 to 12 MPH Wednesday. No precipitation indicated through Thursday.
The House Judiciary C Committee killed a resolution seeking an investigation of Attorney General Jack Gremillion’s dealings with Louisiana Loan and Thrift Corp. by an 8-6 vote. Rep. Leon Soniat argued the AG should be above suspicion while others urged broader probes of officials.
Dr W G Beau regard chairs the West Monroe Health and Sanitation Committee as two films on tuberculosis and immunizations are shown at an Old Trenton Community Improvement meeting. Jesse Carter Ouachita Parish Health Unit sanitarian discusses home safety. Robbie Hendrix reports teen volunteer survey results. Eugene Smith West Monroe Chamber manager speaks.
Purdue economist Don Paarlberg told the American Farm Bureau Federation convention that the farm policy clash between more government and less government resembles a stalled football game with no score. He warned that rushing to scrap existing programs would hurt farmers and urged a gradual shift to market oriented agriculture with voluntary land retirement and rural development to create off farm jobs.
Rome AP reports the center-left coalition led by Premier-designate Mariano Rumor has its program ratified by the Socialists Christian Democrats and the Republicans with a cabinet due to be presented to President Saragat. Despite approval, workers and students staged regional strikes and occupations, including a Rome tram and bus stoppage and a 30,000 strong farmhand walkout in Sicily.
In Moscow four Americans seeking the Pueblo crew release decide to stay another day. They report no signs of willingness from North Korean or Soviet officials to meet. The group, including John McAfee and Hugh Cline, had planned to travel to Copenhagen but altered plans at the last moment.
Louisiana State University in New Orleans will inaugurate a PhD program in Physics next September. The LSU Board of Supervisors approved the plan, marking four years of work. Chancellor Homer L. Hitt said the move advances the Lake Front science center, noting chemistry had been the only LSUNO department offering a doctorate.
Karl Barth, renowned Protestant theologian and critic of Nazism, died at his Basel home at age 82. The Basel native authored 10 major works including Church Dogmatics and shaped 20th century theology while engaging in public debate on politics, war, and religion. His life spanned WWI to postwar academia with ties to Bonn Princeton and Chicago.
In Asaba Nigeria eight thousand Ibo residents face starvation by Friday after a clash between Nigerian authorities led by Maj. T. K. Adamu and the International Red Cross. Adamu has expelled Red Cross workers, halted relief food, and pledged to allow new workers only if they cooperate.
Twin Cities CHIT CHAT notes Marine Staff Sgt. Doug las L. Bod die, 25, son of Mr and Mrs S M Bod die of Lufkin Texas, receiving the Combat Aircrewman Insignia in Vietnam after completing 19 hours of classroom instruction and 50 hours of flight training. Also, Richard Westbrook of Monroe earns initiation into Pi Tau Pi at LSU as a sophomore business major.
Sweden covers about 173000 square miles and stretches nearly a thousand miles north to south. The country’s outline and area resemble California in both dimensions and form.
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