City to refinance bonds for $1.5 million savings
Monroe City Council called for bids on $20.4 million in Utilities Commission bonds to refinance. Savings estimated at $1.5 million as market conditions improve. Officials, including Mayor Jack Howard and bond attorneys, backed the plan as favorable and procedurally sound.
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Sam Hanna
Monroe
Utilities Commission
W. L
Jack) Howard
Utilities Commice Inn Whawa Tern
Ammicoivail Wiitle Lwulvew UI Loans
Lonnie Bewley
Harold Judell
New Orleans
Lee Vanderpool
Conway Crossland
Judell
Howard
David Kaplan
Bewley
H. W. McSherry
W.D.H. Rodriguez
Informal Hearing Favored On Insurance Hike
Insurance Commissioner Dudley A. Guglielmo said he favors an informal hearing on auto liability insurance rate hikes. He noted Edgar Coco chairs the Casualty and Surety Division which would conduct the hearing and reaffirmed willingness to hold the meeting locally. Howard had urged a Monroe hearing to address a 29 percent rise, the state’s highest.
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Dudley A. Guglielmo
W. L.jack Howard
Guglielmo
Edgar Coco
Howard
Coco
Monroe
Dirksen Defends Johnson Foreign Policy Role in Senate
Senate Republican Leader Everett M. Dirksen defended President Johnsons right to conduct foreign affairs in a bipartisan lecture on the Constitution. He backed a Senate amendment leaving final decision to Johnson, cautioning against precipitate moves over Egypt that could pull the U.S. into wider conflicts. Senator Holland praised Dirksens nonpartisan patriotism after the remarks.
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Washington
Senate
Everett M. Dirksen
Johnson
Illinois
Congress
House
Egypt
Viet Nam
Asia
Middle East
United States
Dirksen
Spessard L. Holland
Dfla
Holland
Twin City Chit Chat and Local News Items
Jim Gentry celebrated his seventh birthday with a party for 23 friends. Attendees included Jimmy Armstrong and 21 others. First Baptist Church Rus ton Sunday School classes funded a year's sugar supply for Louisiana Baptist Children's Home in Monroe. Stephen M. Henry of Monroe earned a BA from Washington and Lee University, part of a spring total of 20 degrees awarded, including nine LLBs, one BSc, and ten BA degrees.
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Jim Gentry
Jimmy Armstrong
Randall Carr
Guy Fortenberry
Cynthia Gates
Todd Lacey
Lensey Owens
Ginger Jones
Cynthia Sanders
Gail Ramsey
Frank Rogers
Christy Sackman
Shiela Shannon
Pamela Stringer
Mitzi Vidrine
Eric Cater
John Taylor Singley
Mary and Tina James
Faye Robertson
Susie Cunningham
Chris Roark
Lonny Lambert
Steve Gentry
First Baptist Church
Ruston
Louisiana Baptist Children’s Home
Monroe
Wade B. East
Clyde E. Fant Jr
Stephen M. Henry
Washington and Lee University
Henry
DeWitt Henry
Jasmine
Washington and Lee
Phi Delta Theta
Bid Rigging Probe Says 4 Witnesses Held in Contempt
A Louisiana legislative committee investigating bids on Northwestern State College building held four witnesses in contempt after they refused to answer questions. The panel also subpoenaed records from a state education board subcommittee and scheduled further hearings to study those records. Witnesses include J B Shipp and secretary Sharon Red of Lake Charles, A B Broussard of a Baton Rouge supplier, and Veda Pinell, vice president of Broussard's firm.
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Education Board
Jack Gremillion
Atty
L. O. Fuselier
Ville Platte
W. E. Whetstone
State Education Board
De Gaulle Urges Five-Power U.N. Charter Review
Paris AP reports President Charles de Gaulle urged revising the U.N. charter through a five power conference including Red China to save world peace. He said German reunification is a European affair and called for a new world trade monetary system not centered on the dollar and pound. Washington dismissed the proposal during the news conference.
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Charles de Gaulle
U.S
U.N
United States
Britain
de Gaulle
U.N. Security Council
Geneva
Washington
Red
Atlantic
Urals
Soviet Union
Germany
Quake Jolts Aleutians Without Casualties or Major Damage
An Alaska earthquake of near deathly magnitude rattled the Aleutian chain late Wednesday night but caused no casualties or significant damage. Warnings of Pacific tidal waves spread fear yet no waves materialized and alerts were lifted as coastal activity resumed. The earlier quake last March 27 killed over 100 across Alaska and affected many Pacific regions.
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Anchorage
Alaska
Aleutian
Pacific
California
Hawaii
Japan
Rain Chances Rise With Likely Showers This Week
Rainfall is likely today or Friday according to the weather bureau. It will be mostly cloudy and continue rather cold, with highs near 50 and overnight lows around 32. Friday’s high expected 52 to 56 with easterly winds 5 to 15 mph.
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Weather Bureau
Goof Ball Addicts Admit Killing Clerk in Chicago
Three teenage barbiturate addicts confessed to shooting 66 year old clerk Fred A. Christiansen near his home, robbing him of 11 dollars, and laughing as he died. George Del Vecchio Joseph Varchetto and Peter Waschl described slipping away in a stolen car after the 1960s-era crime, with police capturing them after patient investigation.
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Chicago
UPI
George del Vecchio
Joseph Varchetto
Peter Waschl
Fred A. Christiansen
del Vecchio
Joe
Waswil
Richard J. Daley
Yvonne del Vecchio
George
Christiansen
Chuckle: People pay little now if not all at once
A light joke notes that most people care less about total cost than about avoiding paying everything upfront. It frames consumer patience when facing chunked payments and finance options.
McKeithen notes revenue climb in Louisiana economy
Governor John McKeithen told the 33rd annual Louisiana Assessors Association convention that six months of this fiscal year saw tax collections rise 6.7 percent, $12.5 million, outpacing the five year average. He highlighted prospects of a capital outlay above $200 million for colleges, and cited agricultural gains despite Hurricane Hilda. Industrial growth exceeded $500 million with 15,000 new jobs, including plans by Vancouver Plywood to open two plants employing 1,000 workers in Oakdale and Many.
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Baton Rouge
John McKeithen
Louisiana
Louisiana Assessors Association
McKeithen
Vancouver Plywood
Oakdale
Extradition Set For Suspect In Area Murder
Rayville Special report says Richland Parish sheriff confirms Lee Fisco 41 arrested by FBI in Portland Ore. and will be extradited in the murder of 38 year old grocery clerk W A Jarmon. Jarmon’s body found in a ditch near U S Highway 80 west of Delhi. shot in the back of the head and robbed.
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Rayville
Richland Parish
Sheriff's Department Today
Portland
Ore
Earl Hill
Lee Fisco
FBI
W. A. Jarmon
Jarmon
U. S. Hwy
Delhi
Malcolm X Visits Selma Stirring Civil Rights Ties
Malcolm X visited Selma to address hundreds of Negro students and predict that the racial equality campaign may shed its nonviolent image. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. remained jailed, Coretta King visited, and Perry County protests continued with arrests. Ralph Abernathy’s wife accompanied her husband in jail.
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Selma
Ala
Malcolm X
Perry County
Martin Luther King Jr
Alabama
Coretta
Atlanta
Mrs. King
Ralph Abernathy
King
Johnson Urges Voting Rights Defense in Selma Strife
President Johnson spoke at a White House news conference urging all Americans to join in defending voting rights after battles over Negro registration in Alabama. He stressed the need to secure rights for every citizen and said he would seek freedom of action to handle surplus farm commodity sales and U.N. reform proposals.
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Washington
Johnson
Alabama
Cappel Named State CD Boss in Louisiana
NEW ORLEANS UPI March T. Cappel of Alexandria was named Louisiana Civil Defense Director and sworn in by adjutant general Erben Wise at Jackson Barracks. A lieutenant colonel in the Louisiana National Guard, he replaces Frank G. Spiess who had acted since Brig. Gen. Francis A. Woolfley’s retirement last August.
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UPI
Marshall T. Cappel
Alexandria
Louisiana Civil Defense
Erben Wise
Jackson Barracks
Cappel
Louisiana National Guard
McKeithen
Frank G. Spiess
Spiess
Francis A. Woolfley
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Fred Christiansen
Daniel P. Ward
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