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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1971
Page
3
The Monroe office of the Louisiana Driver's License Bureau distributes colorful new guides as part of a statewide testing system by the Louisiana Department of Public Safety. The materials aid applicants navigating updated licensing procedures.
Louisiana public safety tests update introduces a new 20 question road rules section and 10 road sign questions in five test versions for regular and chauffeur licenses. New procedures include non returnable booklets, multiple versions, and revised class classifications A through D detailing vehicle limits and trailer weights. A social security number is not required for first licenses, but birth certificates are. Special illiterates tests run 8:00 to 9:00 a.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays in Monroe with reader and picture aids.
A trooper explained that four illiterate applicants may seek a license weekly and that foreign students often bring interpreters, while the department has none. Some exchange students read and write English but cannot speak it, so tests may be taken alone. For road tests, directions are shown, and certain maneuvers like parallel parking may be omitted for non English speakers.
J Earl Courtney 68 of 300 Bayou Oaks Drive Monroe died early today in Pasadena Texas after a brief illness. Funeral services are under Mulhearn Funeral Home Monroe. Survivors include his widow Dorothy Courtney two daughters Brenda Dorman and J Nell Nutt and a stepson John B Hayes all of various Louisiana and Texas locales.
A Milan based survey shows 45 percent of Italian families do not own an Italian dictionary. Among those who own dictionaries 15 percent say their copies are over 20 years old.
Lunch room personnel and bus drivers from Ouachita Parish School System will attend two in service workshops led by Dr. Robert Isenburg at Ouachita Parish Junior High School. The sessions aim to strengthen job roles and communication while previewing the total school program. Plans were organized by Superintendent J. O. Lancaster and Mrs. A Nell Odom.
Hugh V Pitts and Mrs Luttrell coordinate school food service and transportation in cooperation with Tulane Educational Resource Center. Special workshop leaders include Juanita Barnes Grambling College Leon Whitaker Grambling College Olliver Harvey Northeast Louisiana University Oscar Walley Jr Louisiana Tech Charles Sutton Louisiana Tech. Tulane consultants Eldridge Geudrou Clarence Lewis Jr Mike Berry Peggy Padgett also to participate.
The government reports mechanization of rice paddies in Malaysia reduced water buffalo numbers. From 1964 to 1969 the buffalo population dropped by 50,000, bringing the total to 223,300.
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