Sales Tax Meeting Slated Here Today
Monroe and Ouachita parish officials plan a 3:30 p.m. open session in Monroe mayor W L Howard s office to discuss a parish wide one cent sales tax replacing the Fifth District levy. Attendees include local school boards and West Monroe, with Ouachita Police Jury to decide attendance at its June 13 session.
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Twin City
Ouachita Parish
Monroe
W. L. Howard
Howard
West Monroe
Ouachita
Election changes shift Ouachita Parish primaries to August 13
Ouachita Parish and Monroe party officials anticipated formal notice of a change in executive committee meeting dates and earlier qualifying for the August 13 primaries. Gov McKeithen signed emergency legislation moving second primaries from September 24 to September 17 while first primaries and the general election dates stay the same. Parish and local committees must meet by June 15 to confirm dates and begin qualifying between June 10 and June 22, with 22 offices affected including three special elections. West Monroe party committees will not participate in August qualifying.
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Ouachita Parish
Monroe
Executive Committee
Ouachita Republican
W. G. Haynes Jr
John McKeithen
State Central Committee
Haynes
Ouachita
Burt Sperry
D. C. Bernhardt
West Monroe
Weather and local election preview in Ouachita Parish
Northeast Louisiana forecast shows clear to partly cloudy skies with rising temperatures through Friday. Highs 80 to 85, Lows 56 to 64. Drying conditions in Delta region. 70 percent sunshine today, 60 percent Friday. Ouachita proclamation lists 75 appointments needing votes, including Ouachita assessor and two school-board seats. McRaney reports no election info yet. several parish board seats contested, and multiple statewide posts on ballot for 1968.
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Louisiana
Arkansas
North Mississipp
Ouachita
Monroe
Ouachita School Board
B. S. McRaney
State Central Committee
U.S
Court of Appeals
Louisiana Public Service Commission
State Board of Education
Fourth District
Ouachita Morehouse
Odors Probe Findings Clarify Monroe Southside Mystery
A state health survey on Monroe Southside odors ties distinct sources to sewerage and paper mill emissions, noting hydrogen sulfide and mercaptans in varying concentrations. The report absolves West Monroe sewage from wide impact, cites discoloration from sewer and paper odors, and calls attention to older surface staining rather than acute damage.
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Monroe
Monroe - Ouachita Parish
Louisiana Air Control Commission
Division of Public Health Engineering
Louisiana State Board of Health
Quachita Parish
Ward 3
Health Department
Olin
West Monroe
Gulf - South Research Institute
Gulf - South Organization
Twin Cities
John Trygg
State Board of Health
Standifer Avenue
Miss Louisiana Pageant to Highlight Monroe Magazine Issue
The June Monroe Magazine will feature a spread on the Miss Louisiana Pageant at Neville Auditorium, June 29 to July 2, with Lynda Lee Ferguson as cover girl. It also commends C. C. Whittelsey of Ford, Bacon and Davis on his retirement and notes F. M. Steele’s award in Monroe’s sewage system work. Mildew and a reddish exterior discoloration are observed on homes, prompting calls for further study to identify the cause.
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West Monroe
Louisiana Training Institute
Charity Hospital
Ouachita River
Monroe
Green Acres
Olin
Monroe Magazine
Chamber of Commerce
Neville Auditorium
Miss Louisiana
Lynda Lee Ferguson
C. C. Whittelsey
Ford, Bacon and Davis
F. M. Steele
Delroy Cox Enlists in the Air Force at Lackland AFB
In San Antonio Monroe youth Delroy Cox 19 son of Mr and Mrs Lelon Cox of 213 Mary St enlisted this week in the US Air Force and is now at Lackland AFB San Antonio Texas where he will take four weeks of recruit training The new airman is a 1964 graduate of Ouachita Parish High School and attended Northeast Louisiana State College. Gospel music enthusiasts cancel trip to Alexandria for State Singing Convention and Monroe Booster Singing Convention met Sunday cancellation announced by Gary Davis president The Booster Singing Convention normally meets the first Sunday at Benoit Recreation Center will resume next month.
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Monroe
Delroy Cox
Lelon Cox
Mary St
U.S. Air Force
Lackland Afb
San Antonio
Tex
Ouachita Parish High School
Northeast Louisiana State College
Ning
Alexandria
Booster
Gary Davis
Benoit Recreation Center
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Louisville Ave. & North 3Rd
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Lil
Rem
Tyrs Pole
Zenith
Acme Hearing Aid Center
N. 4Th
Gorham’s
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Chantilly
Chelsea
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John J. McKeithen
Vincent M. Mouser
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Wall Street
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Donald R. Brown
Yone Savings
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