Mrs. Lomax Named Ouachita Parish Welfare Chief
Mrs Mildred D Lomax of Monroe is appointed director of the Ouachita Parish welfare department confirmed by Louisiana Welfare Commissioner Garland L Bonin She has long welfare experience including service as director in Ouachita Union and Morehouse Parishes and was acting director since Joseph Worleys death Born in Arcadia she holds a BS from Alabama studied welfare at Tulane and LSU and holds CSW Certification Married to Donnan Lomax with two children Donna and Mike active in multiple welfare groups and Parkview Baptist Church Monroe
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Mildred D. Lomax
Monroe
Ouachita Parish
Louisiana
Garland L. Bonin
Lomax
Joseph Worley
Louisiana Welfare Department
Union
Jackson
Morehouse
Ouachita
Union Parish
Donnan Bradley Lomax
Department of Revenue
State Business Activity Reaches New High Level
Louisiana business activity surged 9.1 percent in December to a record high, with year over year gains. Department store sales jumped 15.8 percent, electric power consumption up 11.7 percent, crude petroleum production 9.4 percent, petroleum manufacturing 7 percent, and employment 5.9 percent. Freight car loadings fell 1.8 percent, while 33 of 34 lines showed gains.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana
Division of Research
Louisiana State University
College of Business Administration
General Election Urged After Hull Victory
British Labourites press Prime Minister Harold Wilson to call a general election soon after Kevin McNamara won Hull North. Wilson resists, arguing he should not rush, as Hull North victory and Edith Pitt’s death widen his Commons majority from two to four.
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London
Harold Wilson
Hull
Wilson
House of Commons
Labor
Kevin McNamara
Hull North
Edith Pitt
Commons
Great Wall Street Fire of 1835 Destroys Dozens
On December 16 1835 a Wall Street fire in Manhattan destroyed 674 buildings and caused 26 million dollars in damage. A row of buildings was dynamited to create a fire break and halt the spread of the blaze.
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Wall Street
Manhattan
New York City
New Snow Sleet Storm Advances Across Regions
Record low temperatures grip the East as a new storm pushes snow and sleet from the Southwest into the southern and central plains. Snowfalls notable in Maine and Michigan accompanied power outages and a gas line break affecting Nebraska and Minnesota communities.
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Associated Press
International Falls
Minn
Mississippi Valley
Great Lakes
New England
Old Town
Maine
Florida
Duluth
Flint
Lansing
Michigan
Minneapolis
New York City
Nebraska
Norfolk
Minnesota
Rochester Municipal
Twin Cities CHIT CHAT Birthday Revels and Secrets
Mrs Marion Brice turns older and hints at a secret birthday number while Janice Whitlock in West Monroe City Clerk’s office celebrates turning 19 and anticipates a playful party from coworkers. The notes capture small community greetings and self deprecating humor about aging.
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West Monroe
Harold Hill
Janice Whitlock
Janice
Five Louisiana druggists suspended by state board
BATON ROUGE AP The State Board of Pharmacy suspended five druggists licenses for irregularities found in Department of Public Welfare audits. Frank Ott of Hattiesburg Miss had license revoked for drug addiction imprisonment. Other suspensions included Joseph Gravlin Harvest Baudoin Eugene Dreher Mrs William Cook and John David with varying lengths and probation. All suspensions take effect February 15.
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Baton Rouge
State Board of Pharmacy
Department of Public Welfare
Frank Ott
Hattiesburg
Miss
Louisiana
Texas
Eugene Dreher
Morgan City
William Cook
Westlake
John David
Minden
T. A. Melancon
Mamou
Department of Welfare
Mark Harrison
Redfield Bryan
Pharmacy Board
Postman Refuses To Deliver Mail Because Of Snow
Lincoln Massachusetts AP reports mailman Kevin Corbett will not deliver to boxes blocked by snowdrifts. About 120 of 330 boxes on his rural route are buried or blocked. He cites a postal rule allowing refusal when the driver cannot reach a box without leaving the vehicle. Local residents urge compromise as storms disrupt service.
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Lincoln
Mass
Kevin Corbett
Corbett
Postal Service
Edward Rolfe
Speed up Bawcomville Road project in West Monroe
Highway officials say they are doing all within their power to hasten the $691,487.87 La. 34 improvement by Green-Snider Construction. Weather delays, contractor time rules, and hardships for nearby residents are cited as the key factors and a department engineer is on site this week to accelerate work.
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Highway Department
La. 34
Olin Mathieson
Bawcomville Ring
T&g
Green-Snider Construction Company
Delhi
Moore
Olin
Bawcomville
Eros Highway
Former Film Glamour Queen Is Arrested For Petty Theft
Los Angeles police say Hedy Lamarr 51, once Hollywoods glamour icon, was arrested for petty theft after a department store security guard saw her place clothing and other goods worth 86 into a bag and leave. Lamarr was booked, released on bond, and set for a Feb 2 Municipal Court arraignment.
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Los Angeles
Hollywood
Hedy Lamarr
Helen McGarry
Miss Lamarr
Sybil Brand Institute For Women
Wilshire Boulevard
Rain Expected Across Area With Showers This Afternoon
A weather forecast predicts showers and cloudy skies through Saturday with brief rain starting this afternoon. Temperatures reach 50 to 56 today, dip to 32 to 38 tonight, and Saturday highs fall to 42 to 48. Sunday stays partly cloudy and cold. In the Twin Cities the high reached 51 and the morning low was 30.
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Twin Cities
Chuckle Optimist Defines Millionaire Dreaming Attitude
A quip notes the mindset of a person who believes he can live as a millionaire if he earns a million dollars. The joke hinges on the optimism of wealth and the paradox of abundance.
Tempo of Fighting In Viet Nam Rises
Viet Cong unleash heavy small arms fire as three allied drives push deeper into the coastal plain. U S helicopters of the 1st Cavalry division come under intense fire while landing troops north of Bong Son on Route 1, 280 miles northeast of Saigon. Reports from the battle area.
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Viet Nam
Saigon
South Viet Nam
U. S. 1St Cavalry
Bong Son
U.S. Air Force
U. S
South China Sea
South Korea
U. S. Army
101St Airborne Division
Tuy Hoa
Project May Put Village Smithy Back In Business
Luther Smokey Ward 54 will head a federally financed trade school near Martinsville to teach farriers. The SBA loan of 15000 dollars funds a 12 week course with up to 16 students yearly, open to men and women on a one acre site near the North Carolina border.
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Martinsville
Farmiery
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Small Business Administration
Luther “Smokey” Ward
North Carolina
Naval Museum Director Says Items Missing From Collection
John Butler, new director of the U S Naval Academy museum, reports items are missing and an inventory overdue after 17 years. He plans 10 catalogs for paintings, drawings, prints and other holdings, noting the museum has long functioned as an interior decorating service for Navy brass and the White House.
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Annapolis, Md
U.S. Naval Academy Museum
Navy Brass
White House
John Butler
Baltimore
Johns Hopkins University
Maryland Institute of Fine Arts
Academy
6Th Fleet
Senate panel grills Rusk over bombing Viet Nam and nuclear risk
Secretary of State Dean Rusk defends bombing North Vietnam as Senate Foreign Relations members press for restraint. Sen. Clark warns of nuclear perils while others urge resumption of raids. Rusk argues bombing slows infil tration and supports a potential peace, amid calls for ally help and frank talk on China.
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Washington
Dean Rusk
Viet Nam
Joseph S. Clark
D-Pa
United States
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Rusk
J. W. Fulbright
Johnson
House Armed Services Committee
Rep. L. Mendel Rivers
D-S.c
Rivers
North Viet Nam
Clark
Stuart Symington
D-Mo
Symington
Albert Gore
D-Tenn
Congress
Soviet Union
Red China
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Bobby Segriff
Bobby
Pennsylvania
Rio Grande Valley
Marion Brice
Welfare Department
Joseph Gravlin
Bay City
Mich
Harvest Baudoin
Columbia
Arthur Lawrence
Maurice Inman
Inman
Lawrence
J. F. Flowerree
May Vo
Wilshire
Flowerree
Hedy Maria Boies
Lewis W. Boies
W. Howard Lee
Denise
Anthony
Vienna
Europe
Algiers
Charles Boyer
Mecca
Naval Museum
Senate Group
Chingshua
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