Ouachita Parish considers new federal Media Center at old offices
Ouachita Parish School Board prepares for a 7 p.m. meeting to hear a plan for a new federally funded Media Center on the site of the old board office at St John and Bry. The proposal includes $150000 in new federal allocations and a search for a new superintendent with negotiations in progress.
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Ouachita Parish
Board
St. John and Bry
Bry
Frank Woolie
Woolfe
Kelly
Planning Commission
South Grand
Baton Rouge
Monroe School Board
Chuckle Line on Evolution and Pedestrian Jumps
A playful quip suggests if evolution continues, nature may yield a pedestrian who can jump in three ways at once. The joke hinges on wordplay between pedestrians and evolution.
Two Prisoners Escape Jail Armed and Dangerous
Northeast Louisiana authorities issued alerts for Clifford Lee Shamblin and Walter Ronald McClain who escaped Ouachita Parish jail and may be connected to a pre dawn burglary spree in West Monroe. Police report firearms and a watch were stolen from TG Y Store and a vault crime at Carter's Feed and Seed, with entries via roof access.
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Louisiana
Ouachita Parish
Chariff Ratlauw Crantidan
Speiul
LL Valley
MTL
Angola
McClain
West Monroe
Shamblin
Curt
DeSiard Road
Monroe
Parish
Grant
Northside
Carter’s Feed and Seed
Mack's
Arkansas Road
Tg&y
Westgate
N. 7Th St
Johnny B. Mitchell
Mitchell
Variety Store
Police
Gremillion Admits Writing LL&T Note
Attorney General Jack Gremillion acknowledged writing a 1966 note that would have labeled Louisiana Loan and Thrift Corp. a bank, while denying he prepared the final letter. He said the note involved Joe Kavanaugh and a request to seek change before contacting Commissioner James. If signed, the letter could have altered SEC jurisdiction.
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Baton Rouge
Jack Gremillion
Louisiana Loan & Thrift Corp. A Bank
Gremillion
Joe Kavanaugh
Banking Department
Joe
James
Ll&t
SEC
William Guste
Kavanaugh
Cattleman G H Poche elected Louisiana Cattlemen head
G H Red Poche of St Mortonville was chosen president of the Louisiana Cattlemen Association succeeding Dave Perkins of Hamburg. New officers include L C Lee DeRidder and George Sheppard Lake Providence as vice presidents plus district vice presidents Lucian Shockey Mel Rouge Lucien Branch Valerie Cary and Melvin Fournier. Linda Ann Fell 20 named queen from 18 contestants. Shreveport will host the next year convention.
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Baton Rouge
St. Mortonville
G. H. “Red” Poche
Louisiana Cattleman’s Association
Dave Perkins
Hamburg
L. C. Lee
DeRidder
George Sheppard
Lake Providence
Donald E. Sonnier
Bossier City
Lucian Shockey
Mel Rouge
Lucien Branch
Alexandria
Valerie Cary
Opelousas
Melvin Fournier
Raceland
Linda Ann Fell
Ralph V. Fell
Natchitoches
Association
Shreveport
Birthday party for Maria Strickland in Monroe
The notice reports a birthday party for Maria Adelle Strickland daughter of Mr and Mrs Joe Strickland Jr at 3606 Gordon Avenue Monroe on Monday for her fourth birthday. It notes George Robertson of 3104 Gordon Avenue Monroe celebrates his 20th birthday today and a larger celebration in Houston Saturday as he joins the Twin City Ramblers motorcycle group in scramble races at the Astro Dome.
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Maria Adelle Strickland
Joe Strickland Jr
Gordon Avenue
Monroe
Maria
George Robertson
Gordon Ave
Houston
Tex
George
Twin City Ramblers
Astrodome
U S to Send 60 A37 Jet Fighters to South Vietnam
The United States will provide about 60 A37B jet fighter bombers to the South Vietnamese air force to bolster capabilities ahead of a broader withdrawal. The package also includes 300 modern helicopters and follows earlier transfers of 25 gunboats to the Vietnamese navy.
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U.S
Texas
United States
Oil Drillings Shutdown In Area Of Slick
Santa Barbara area offshore drilling halted except for one rig as oil leaks 21 000 gallons daily from a runaway well 3 500 feet below the sea floor. An oil slick covers about 20 square miles. officials fear harm to life while investigators probe pollution and possible fines.
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Santa Barbara
Calif
Pacific
California
Interior
Walter J. Hickel
Public Works
Hickel
Humble
Phillips
Gulf
Texaco
Mobil Oil
Union Oil Co
Nixon Weighs Mideast Policy Amid National Security Briefing
President Nixon, after a National Security Council meeting, faces unspecified decisions on Middle East policy and a France proposed four power accord. Diplomatic responses planned this week via channels, while Nixon briefs Lyndon Johnson and Dwight Eisenhower weekly on foreign policy developments. He also named Martin J. Hillenbrand assistant secretary of state for European affairs and awarded the Army’s 716th Military Police Battalion a Presidential Unit Citation for Tet actions in Saigon.
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Ziegler
Nixon
Johnson
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Harry S. Truman
Martin J. Hillenbrand
Foreign Service
Youngstown
Ohio
Hillenbrand
Hungary
John Leddy
716Th
Saigon
Vietnam
Warming Trend Due Wednesday In Louisiana Weather
A large high pressure area covers Texas and Louisiana guiding the pattern through Wednesday. North east Louisiana should expect clear to partly cloudy skies and a warming trend starting Wednesday after a cold today. Monroe reports a Monday high of 52 and a morning low of 34 with no rain. tonight may dip to 28 to 34 with frost. Wednesday high 58 to 64 and variable winds 5 to 15 mph. Dewpoints stay in the 20s and drying conditions remain generally good through Thursday with 80 percent sunshine and no precipitation expected through Thursday.
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Texas
Louisiana
FAA
Monroe Municipal
Monroe
Seven Prisoners Flee From Jail At Poplarville
Seven prisoners overpowered a jailer and fled Pearl River County Jail in Poplarville at about 4 30 a.m. The Jailer was locked in a cell and the escape went undiscovered for over an hour. Suspects include J W Moore 18 Roland Ezelle 18 Steve Kennedy 20 all of Picayune Thomas Reed 18 of Poplarville Kenneth Slade 17 and Thomas Chew 21 both of New Jersey and Billiter of Slidell La Kennedy jailed for breaking and entering Slade and Chew for attempted robbery Reed a deserter held for federal authorities.
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Poplarville
Miss
API
Pearl River County
Highway Patrol
J. W. Moore
Roland Fezelle
Steve Kennedy
Picayune
Thomas Reed
Kenneth Slade
Thomas Chew
New Jersey
Billiter
Slidell, la
Moore
Ezelle
Marion County
Louisiana
Kennedy
Slade
Chew
Reed
U S Agents Nab Counterfeiters
Secret Service agents in Columbus report a historic counterfeit haul over 1.5 million dollars. Two men arrested. the operation began in January 1968 with $20 bills appearing locally, and other fakes passed in Port Huron Detroit Anaheim and California.
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Columbus
Ohio
Secret Service
Robert Mampel
New York City
Mampel
Port Huron
Detroit
Mich
California
North Viet troops reported in DMZ amid Vietnam War
U S intelligence places 1500 to 3000 North Vietnamese soldiers inside the DMZ in a six mile wide strip across Vietnam with 3 to 6 battalions in the zone most of them in the north. Abrams says not a serious threat but supplies move through to Laos and the Ho Chi Minh Trail. Recon reports show activity down from the prior week due to weather. An Army UH-1 helicopter was shot down in the Mekong Delta with no casualties, the 2340th American helicopter lost in the war.
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Saigon
U.S
North
South Vietnam
Vietnam
Nixon
Paris
Souces
Creighton W. Abrams
Laos
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Dmz
Mekong Delta
Stock Averages Change Little In Active Trading
The market meandered with little overall movement as averages barely shifted. Dow Jones 1 p.m. at 944.74, down 2.11. 60-stock average near 360.2. Steel gains led modestly with Bethlehem up. General Motors slipped despite strong sales. oils mostly higher led by Standard Oil of California.
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New York Stock Exchange
Dow Jones
Associated Press
Bethlehem
Republic
Jones & Laughlin
General Motors
Chrysler
Ford
Standard Oil of
California
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