In-Service Meet Planned for Lunchroom Staff
An in-service training workshop for Ouachita Parish School System lunch room workers is set today in the Ouachita Parish High School Auditorium with guest speaker Dr. Robert Isenbure. A parallel workshop for bus drivers is scheduled Wednesday.
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Ouachita Parish
Tulane University Research Center
Robert Isenberg
The
American Association of School Administrators
Creatha Luttrell
Parish
Luttrell
Robert Isenbure
American Association of School Administrates
Ais
Ouachita Parish School Board
Ouachita Parish School Board and the Educational Resource Center
Jane University
Juanita Barnes
Grambling College
Oliver Starvey
Northeast Louisianaiversity
Leon Whittaker
Grambling
Oscar Waller Jr
NLU
Charles Sutton
Louisiana Tech University
Don Nelson
Louisiana Tech
Ouachita Parish Library Offers Children Tapes And Records
The Ouachita Parish Public Library provides cassette tapes of children stories at the main branch 1500 Stubbs and at all branches phonograph records for loan to cardholders. The collection includes classics, fables, fairy tales, nursery rhymes, adventures, and over 2000 phonograph records across genres.
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Ouachita Parish
Otheribrary
Stubbs
Jach and the
Tom Thumb
Michine
Kipling
New Ouachita Parish Boards Face Looming Commission Delay
The six man Ouachita Parish Police Jury and School Board take office Monday as a federal panel delays a reapportionment appeal ruling. Write in filings close at 5 pm, with commissions due within five days if not qualified, while Democratic nominees await gubernatorial action and the new boards prepare for a possible moot court decision.
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Ouachita Parish
Ball Downey
W. J. Haynes Jr
Republican Party
Wade O. Martin
Ben Dawkins
John MckKeithen
Monaay
6Th
U.S Circuit Court of Appeals
Jude Dawkins
Robert Kostelka
Paul Kidd
Kostelka
I Kidd
Plantiffs
Kidd
John R. Brown
Houston
Cision
Roy C. Brooks Sr
Bill DeMoss
Clem Toston Jr
Mary Louise Snellings
F. Henry Hammonds
James T. Lee
Arlan Rawls
Huey Lenard
Robert C. Downing
Abe Edward Pierce Thi
John Wilhite
Billy Wilhite
General Election Registration Closes Friday in Ouachita
Ouachita voters must register by Friday for the February 1 general election. For the first time all voters may cast ballots for any candidate regardless of party. As of the second primary, 44,086 residents had registered, with breakdowns by race and party.
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Ouachita
Everett Zeagler
Ouachita Registrar of Voters
Zeagler
Zengler
Woman Dies in Monroe Residence Fire on White Street
Monroe firemen found a woman’s body in the burned house at 3500 White St after an early morning blaze reported at 3 23 am. Amanda Sullivan about 60, believed victim, moved from California to care for her aunt who died last summer, investigators suspect the fire began at a Christmas tree.
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Monroe
White St
Amanda Sullivan
Sullivan
Civil Air Patrol Leaders Named for 1972 Monroe Squadron
The Monroe Composite Squadron of Civil Air Patrol announced cadet staff for 1972 including cadet commander Bobby J. Wilkes and cadet staff officers John T. Nichols Malcom G. Williams Ricky E. Duvall with squad leaders Shane Somerville and Alan B. Love Senior staff will include squadron commander Robert G. Cook and personnel testing and unit historian Marie O. Powers.
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Monroe Composite Squadron
Civil Air Patrol
Bobby J. Wilkes
John T. Nichols
Malcom G. Williams
Ricky E. Duvall
William ‘‘Shane” Somerville
Alan B. Love
Robert G. Cook
Marie O. Powers
Morals Charge Filed Against Resident Here
A 36 year old West Monroe man Clifford W Barr faces a charge of misbehavior with a juvenile after a complaint involving a seven year old girl. Barr was returned from Jonesville by Ouachita Sheriff officials. Deputies also investigated a burglary at Moms Place on U S 80 east of Monroe with beer missing but no sign of forcible entry.
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West Monroe
Clifford W. Barr
Jonesville
S. 23Rd St
Monroe
Powell Ave
N. 14Th
Washington
Harold Leroy Chapman
Whitehouse Apts
Ruston
Fiesta Lounge
DeSiard Rd
Monroe City
Nine Monroe Leaders Honored With Pacesetter Awards
Nine Monroe residents received Pacesetter awards from the Monroe City Council. Honorees include Mrs. Lillie Blanche Holts retired teacher and community volunteer. W. D. Bill Becton a Bell Telephone repairman who returned $3,000. Neville High School coach Charles Brown. and Gas Committee members E Murray Hudson Lebron M. Sneed R. Lee Vanderpool Conway Crossland Max L. Riley and chairman T. H. Tom Scott. The mayor lauded their integrity leadership and public service noting their roles in the gas referendum and community welfare.
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Monroe
Lillie Blanche Holts
W. D. “Bill” Becton
Charles Brown
Neville
E. Murray Hudson
Lebron M. Sneed
R. Lee Vanderpool
Conway Crossland
Brown
Gas Committee
Withholding to Align 1972 Taxes Under New Exemption P
IRS says 1972 pay withholding will better match tax due as personal exemption rises from 600 to 750 dollars per family member. Many workers previously claimed fewer exemptions, reducing withholding. The change aims to prevent owing little or nothing when filing returns, especially for workers with families.
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Washington
Voter Registration Rise Expected Before Friday Cutoff
Zengler reports 47 new voters registered Monday and anticipates more filings before the Friday deadline.
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Fice
Zengler
Monroe City approves two neighborhood park bids
The council accepted bids for Bryant’s Addition and Lanville neighborhood parks from Vaughan and Associates of Dallas for 3789.90 and Miracle Equipment of Grinnell for 4414. A public hearing was held on two zoning map amendments and a Jan 25 hearing set to discuss Fort Mire Avenue improvements.
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Monroe
Fort Mire Avenue
Vaughan and Associates, Inc
Dallas
Tex
Miracle Equipment Co
Grinnell
Iowa
Bryant
Addillon
Lanyville
George Parsons
J. Michael Rabin
E. D. Elmore
Towerview
Siddon Street
Robert Layton
Stanley Palowsky
Delta Airlines
Monroe Municipal
Southern Airlines
Delta
Oliver Road
Forsythe
City Hall
Peete Oaks
Laird Sees Possible End to Draft Before Spring
Defense Secretary Melvin Laird suggested the U S draft may not resume for three months if the new 3 billion pay raise attracts volunteers He said it is too early to project 1972 draft calls and will monitor retention and recruitment in January February and March Congressional orders to trim Army strength by more than 70000 in six months will also influence the situation.
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Washington
Defense
Melvin R. Laird
Laird
Dayan and Ruth Dayan Divorce After 36 Years
Defense Minister Moshe Dayan and his wife Ruth divorced, dissolving a 36 year marriage under Jewish law by Rabbi Shlomo Goren in Tel Aviv. Dayan declined to comment, while Ruth spoke briefly to Haaretz. The couple had long been believed to have marital problems.
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Tel Aviv
Moshe Dayan
Ruth
Shlomo Goren
Rabbi Goren
Draft prospects ease as Nixons era manpower needs eyed
The prospect of a draft-free first quarter signals the Nixon administration may fill military manpower needs in an election year with the smallest draft in over two decades. The plan suggests limited conscription while focusing on voluntary enlistment to maintain readiness.
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Nixson
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Ouachita Parish School Food Service Association
Ida Mae Coon
Lenwis Ilementary
Mary Taylor
Lakeshore Elementary
Isenberg
Lelia Butler
Swayzer Elementary
Helen Smith
Central School
John J. Fogleman
Tulane Resource Center
Dy. Eldridge J. Geudrou
Clarence Lewis Jr
Mike Berry
Pega, Padvett
Fire Department
Mattie B. Wilson
Pippin St
Cal Charity Hospital
Bill Becton
Bill
Becton
South Central Bell Telephone Co
News-Star
Neville Tigers
Louisiana
Tigers
New Orleans
Dayan
DeFord
Fender
P. A
Selmer
Martin E
Dediard
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