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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1972
Page
10
Ruston mayor and Board of Aldermen convene today to resolve problems tied to the new leash law set to take effect Monday. Citizens complain about a $2 annual dog tax atop a $3 vet vaccination fee, while enforcement plans call for two city employees to police the ordinance.
Jackson Parish School Board received an industrial gas welder donation from Continental Can Co. in Hodge via John R. Steadley. The portable unit, engine powered with its own trailer, will serve classrooms across the parish and aid in repairs of equipment and facilities.
Residents must pay parish and municipal property taxes by Tuesday. Of 1,026,691.39 due, 262,479.64 had been paid. payments rush as deadline nears. Homestead exemptions may be signed from Tuesday to April 15 for owner-occupied property. exemptions cover first 2,000 in value or up to 160 acres.
Ruston city officials report South Central Bell Tele phone Co payments of 152 568 67 for ad valorem tax on the year. District manager A A DeVille says the first 31 745 70 went to Mayor John Perritt and the second 121 822 97 to Lincoln Parish Sheriff Jesse J Riser. The company will pay about 28 million to the state this year. the figure excludes income and social security taxes and excise taxes.
National Geographic identifies the Jacobshayven glacier on Greenland’s west coast as one of the largest in the Western Hemisphere and the world’s fastest. It reportedly flows at more than 100 yards per day, calving giant icebergs as it advances, with an implied rapid rate of breakoffs every few minutes.
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