Ouachita River Continues Drop
The Ouachita River at Monroe sits at 48.05 feet at 7 am as it continues a daily decline of about 0.30 to 0.40 feet. Crest reached 50.44 feet on Friday May 23 with gates and flood barriers remaining in place until levels fall below the 40-foot stage. Backwaters clear slowly and many rural roads stay closed while 24 hour levee watch continues.
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Ouachita
Monroe
U. S. Weather Bureau
West Monroe
South Grand Street
U. S
Tensas Basin
Mississippi
St. Louis
Alexandria
Pearl Jackson
Weekend Traffic Averages Highlight Minor Injuries
Three accidents over the weekend caused one minor injury. Police issued 92 parking tickets among 115 minor traffic offenses in two days. Billy Ray Jamison, 26, of 120 Hippmark Street, was arrested for simple battery with bond set at 150 dollars. Eda L Craven, 29, of 1307 rear DeSiard Street, arrested at 5 15 Sunday for selling wine and other alcoholic beverages without a license, jailed awaiting bond.
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Billy Ray Jamison
Hippmark Street
Eda L. Craven
Rear DeSiard Street
Craven
Ouachita Parish School Board Sets Meeting for New Teacher List
The Ouachita parish school board will meet tomorrow at 7 p.m. in the board office to approve the coming year’s teacher list. The agenda also includes opening bids for laundry equipment for the new Chita Parish High School, due to open in September.
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Ouachita Parish
Quachita Parish High School
Middleton to Receive Honorary Doctor of Laws at Tulane
Gen. Troy H. Middleton LS U president Lou isiana to receive an honorary doctor of laws degree at Tulane University graduation exercises. The citation honors his leadership in war and peace and notes he commanded the 45th division in World War II.
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New Orleans
UPI
Louisiana State University
Troy H. Middleton
Tulane University
Middleton
California Vote To Indicate Nixon's Vice Presidential Chances
Washington AP reports California's Tuesday primary may offer an indication of Nixon’s chances for the 1960 Republican nomination. The race centers on William Knowland and Pat Brown aides with Brown running on both major party tickets. Outcome may shape expectations for the November gubernatorial contest.
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California
V.P Nixon
Washington
Nixon
Knowland
City Playgrounds Repair Drive In West Monroe
West Monroe city crews began patching playgrounds and ball fields. Mayor J Allan Norris announced volunteers are mowing grass measuring distances and repairing pitching mounds and backstops to ensure safe enjoyable summer play.
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West Monroe
West
J. Allan Norriss
Monroe
Suburban Area Plans Mosquito Control Drive
Lake shore Improvement Association leads a community effort with garden clubs and churches to raise funds to combat insects in Lake shore Broadmoor and Bayou Shores. Sixty four residents approved action, with residents pledging a quarter of costs while government and state cover the rest. A commercial airplane will dust 460 acres Monday with a DDT oil mix safe for people and pets but deadly to mosquitoes. After dusting, Heptachlor will be applied to control fire ants and other pests.
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Lakeshore Improvement Association
Garden Clubs
Churches of the Areas
Lakeshore
Broadmoor
Bayou Shores
U. S
Army
Air Force
Pacific
U. S. Agriculture Department
Vidalia
Sheriff Buys Surplus Units in Louisiana Drowning Tragedy
The sheriff's department bought two jeeps four outboard boats and emergency equipment at a fraction of the expected cost. The items were rushed to the scene near Bat on Rouge when a drowning of a Black Bayou resident was reported.
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Rts
Baton Rouge
Black Bayou
Mystery Shots Traced To Youthful Negro
Authorities solve a string of early morning gun shots in College Point West Monroe. Ouachita Parish sheriff deputies, patrolling about 1:30 a.m. Sunday, traced noises to a rear Tipplit Street building where they found a Ne.
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College Point
West Monroe
Ouachita Parish
Local man Jesse Cox in West Monroe charged with concealed weapon
Jesse Cox 18 of 12 Herman Street West Monroe fired a .22 revolver into the ground. Deputies say he appeared intoxicated and residents reported mysterious gunshots on weekends. Cox was to be arraigned today on concealed weapon and firing charges.
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Gro
Jesse Cox
Herman Street
West Monroe
Cox
Bates students bombard dorm with cheese sandwiches
Lewiston Maine. Male Bates College students threw cheese sandwiches at a girl's dormitory amid what officials call a spring fever expression.
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Lewiston
Bates College
New Hemorrhoid Cure Without Surgery Promises Relief
Science reports a new healing substance Bio Dyne used in Preparation H to shrink hemorrhoids relieve pain and stop itching without anesthesia or narcotics. Doctors observed striking improvements over months with no surgical procedure and many cases of long standing hemorrhoids improving.
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New York
N. Y
U.S
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Brown
Monroe Office Equipment CO
Walnut St
Ster
Frigidaire
Summer Comfort
Louisia
Daniel Appliance. CO
Louisville
Mary's Flower Shop
North 2Nd
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Southern Bell
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