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Newspaper

Monroe News Star

Location

Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America

Date

Dec 31, 1968

Page

8

Television schedules and color program notes for Jackson Mississippi

TV fog lists show Bewitched Today Ten O Clock Report Tonight Show and Rose Bowl with color indications and notes of schedule courtesy. Programs available on Cablevision and warnings about inaccuracies.

Cablevision Jackson Miss Channel 3 Mssissibel Sheba Knoe-Tv Mike Douglas Reynolds Cronkite Ark-La-Miss We-Tv Little Sheba Gene Williams Ark-La- Miss Shreveport Guy Lombardo General Hospital One Life To Live KSLA CBS News Sophie Linkletter Pere Bene News Channel 12 Paul Harvey McHale Paul Hervey Miller Jory Lancer Pastor KTAL Julia Newscape Hazel Marshal Dillon Huntley Brinkley Kalb Alexandria Laredo Playhouse Merv Griffin Coftee Anne O'Clocgh Ayepor

Radio Schedules Mixed News and Music Across Stations

Radio listings from Monroe and surrounding towns show sign on times from 5:00 AM to 6:30 PM with varied formats. Each station offers hourly news, farm reports or market updates, occasional sports and features, and music blocks across AM and FM frequencies. General pattern includes morning sign on, hourly news, then music blocks and specialty segments through the day.

Monroe Louisiana and World News Farmer Arnold Palmer Tip Pal Stern Mid- A KC Reaossirt Ark Variety KVOB KMAR Winnsboro KTRY Galaxy KUZN Philser P ‘Ott Rod Randle Justin Wil Tone - Dex KREB Broadway KNOE KC Monroe Farm ABC The

U.S. Sets New Auto Safety Standards For All Cars

The Department of Transportation imposes safety features on all new cars effective after today. Head rests, door and hood latches, windshield wiping and defrosting systems, permanently fixed read outside readable VIN tags, and hidden headlights locking open are required. First year rules follow shoulder harnesses installed last year.

Washington U.S Department of Transportation Lowell K. Bridwell United States

French Generals Favoring NATO Ties

Paris AP reports several French generals and high ranking officers face discipline for discussing potential reentry into NATO military programs. Aux Ecoutes notes tensions with official French General Staff policy and a wave of transfers allegedly ordered from high places.

Paris France North Atlantic Treaty Organization Aux Ecoutes NATO Charles de Gaulle Maurice Couve de Murville National Defense Council de Gaulle Vatican de Frappe West Germany

West European nations launch currency reforms a decade ago

Ten years ago Britain and nine other Western European countries initiated currency reforms. The collective move aimed to modernize monetary systems and stabilize exchange rates across the region.

Britain

Safe New Year Party Plan Leaves 1968 Behind

A humorous safety minded party idea outlines hosting a New Year celebration at home with fruit punch, home movies, mock political discussions, and a nap time. The article emphasizes keeping guests safe and able to greet 1969, even as some revelers may imbibe. It ends with guests stumbling home alive and memories lasting.

Hal Boyle New York Swamproot Lake Lyndon B. Johnson Richard M. Nixon

Ouachita Parish Road Lighting District Ordinance Adopted

Legal text outlines creation of a road lighting district for Ouachita Parish with power to levy a 3 mill ad valorem tax and contract with utilities to provide street lights. Governing authority is the Parish Police Jury with the Parish Treasurer as treasurer. The ordinance adopts and enacts revisions to multiple prior ordinances in paragraph form. The measure was approved and adopted on December 15, 1968.

Ouachita Parish Louisiana U.S Helen Cole Lee Arkansas & Louisiana Missouri Railroad Co Quachita Parish Arkansas & Louisiana, Missouri Arkansas & Louisiana Missouri Railroad Arkansas & Louisiana, Missouri Railroad Qouachita Louisiana Power & Light Co Arkansas &Louisiana, Missouri Railroad Township Monroe Sterlington Unit 18 Town and Country Subdivision Ponge State of Ouachita. Parish Louisana Ww. C. Roberts Nell M. Cheek John Wiihite Puckett

Ouachita Parish Jail Extension and Public Works Ordinances

Ouachita Parish Police Jury enacts Jail Extension maintenance fund rules with Sheriff as operator, sets annual limit to 45000 dollars, and requires quarterly expenditure reports. A five member committee supervises the project. Also adopts a resolution to accept a 60 foot right of way for sections 11 12 7 in Township 15N R3E and 15N R4E and outlines joint fiscal agency for the parish banks for 1969 with specified deposit shares and borrowing terms.

Township Ouachita Parkee Louisiana U.S. Government Corner No Bayou DeSiard Fred Stovall Dixie Liquid Fertilizer Co., Inc Quachita Parish Louisiana Kmlb, Inc Ouachita Parish Kmlb,inc KMLB Ouachita Louisiana Power & Light Co BET Yeal Messrs J. Wilhite Puckett B. Wilhite Joiner Van Me Wilson Owls W. O. Roberts Nell M. Cheek Monroe Concrete Co Louisiana Industries Arkansas Cement Corporation Century Ready Mix Gifford-Hill Portland Cement John Wilhite Whetstone Rawls Humphries Central Savings Bank & Trust Company Ouachita National Bank Monroe First National Bank OF West Monroe Sterlington Bank American Bank & Trust Company Conway €. Crosslord R.S First National Bank of West Central Savings Bank Trust “Company National Bank of West Monroe Stortington Bank

President-Elect Nixon Heads West For Rose Bowl Trip

President-elect Nixon ends Florida holiday plans and flies to California for a Rose Bowl game in Pasadena. He and his wife will attend a welcome reception in Anaheim and may undergo a medical exam while in the Los Angeles area. He will travel to Chicago for a black tie dinner honoring two Cabinet appointees.

Key Biscayne Fla Nixon Florida California Los Angeles Pasadena Anaheim Calif Chicago W. Clement Stone David M. Kennedy the Treasury George P. Schultz Labor Department

Packard agreeing to serve as defense deputy in Nixon era

Palo Alto business leader David Packard will leave Hewlett-Packard to become deputy secretary of defense, taking a substantial pay cut. He will donate his government salary to education and charity while continuing civic work and maintains Stanford ties.

Palo Alto Calif David Packard Defense Nixon Packard Hewlett-Packard Co Stanford University William R. Hewlett Defense Department Kennedy Johnson Lucille Stanford Phi Beta Kappa Ev

TV Star Ken Curtis Visits Oak Grove for Commercial Shooting

Television star Ken Curtis known as Festus Hagen of Gunsmoke visited Oak Grove on Monday. He traveled with Cliff Packer who bought the Chevrolet agency in Oak Grove and shot commercials for the new owner. Curtis was made an honorary citizen by Mayor Charles Cox and an honorary deputy by Sheriff W E Capers. Weather delayed part of the filming and Festus will return in January to finish the job.

Oak Grove Ken Curtis Festus Hagen Gunsmoke Curtis Cliff Packer Little Rock, Ark Chevrolet Festus Charles Cox W. E. Capers

Film on Smut Evils Is Banned

In Minneapolis a Twin Cities group Citizens for Youth Protection deemed the film Target Smut too smutty for public audiences after screening it twice. The article notes the U.S. Supreme Court decision that the film was not obscene and mentions two local speakers who had worked for the group.

Minneapolis, Minn Citizens For Youth Protection Twin Cities Los Angeles Marion Olson U.S. Supreme Court Olson Citizens Group

Thief Steals Shoes From Santa Fe Store

A weekend break in Santa Fe results in the loss of about 1 000 pairs of shoes valued at more than 7 000 dollars. The thief targeted a local footwear business, leaving the scene with a large quantity of footwear.

Santa FE N.M

Ouachita Parish creates Road Lighting District No 3

Proceedings of the Police Jury of Ouachita Parish Louisiana held December 16 1968 in Monroe. The meeting adopts minutes and passes Ordinance No 7239 creating Road Lighting District No 3 within Ouachita Parish to finance lighting objectives. Members present include John Whitite John Puckett Curtis Joiner and others. No members absent. Invocations and motions recorded.

Township 16 Curachila Parish Yeal Messrs J. Wilhite Puckett Banks Carter Lenard Coon Roberts Bamburg Wilson Joiner Whelstone Van Bishop Rawls Downing Fourmy Humphries Montgomery Billy Wilhite W. C. Roberts Quachita Parish Nell M. Cheek Ouachita Parish Warner YEAS Whetstone Humph Susie Sisk A. E. Davis Connie Sue Guidry Mr. Puckett Messrs. J. Wilhite W. L. Crowe American Legion Johnny Mitchell West Monroe Chamber of Commerce Henry Camp Ouachita Teachers Association Air Earl Thompson Ouachita State OF Louisiana South Grand Monroe Louisiana John W. Wilhite John S. Puckett Curtis E. Joiner Bernie J. van C .W. Whetstone Billy F. Wilhite Robert. W. Bishop Billy Banks John A. Carter Huey Lenard Arlan Rawls L. W. Coon W. ©. Roberts C. E. Bamaburg Jesse W. Wilson Robert Cc. Downing L. A. Fourmy T. W. Hum Quachita Ouachita ‘Parish

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