House Rejects Cut In Own Spending
Congress refused to cut its own operating costs by five percent for fiscal 1968 while proposing five percent cuts for State Commerce and Justice budgets. The bill passed 228 million dollars in operating funds by voice vote as a roll call was not taken. House members argued about salaries and benefits, warning against harming libraries chaplains and widows, with lawmakers quarreling over who would decide where cuts would land.
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Washington
House
Frank T. Bow
Robio
State, Commerce and Justice Departments
George W. Andrews
Dala
Andrews
Library of Congress
Senate
Bow
John Buchanan
R-Ala
Stern
Buchanan
Congress
Jamie L. Whitten
D-Miss
Youth's leg severed by moving train in Alexandria
A 14 year old Black boy named Bruce Offord lost his left leg after falling under a moving train in Alexandria on Wednesday afternoon. authorities investigated the incident as a severe accident and the boy was hospitalized for treatment.
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Alexandria
Bruce Offord
Missouri- Pacific
Grant-In-Aid Bill Proposals Move Through Legislature
Summary of the grant in aid bill sent to the governor detailing scholarships from 50 to 350 dollars, funded by 3.5 million from public welfare, and overseen by a Louisiana Education Commission. It ties aid to need, sets income limits, and requires 90 percent of teachers at aided private schools to be certificated. Major votes included a 32-6 Senate passage with amendments on timing and teacher certification.
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Ouachita Natl
Bank Park
ST. John Ee
West Monroe
Baton Rouge
Louisiana Education Commission
State Board of Education
Senate
LeBlanc
Ee Gravolet
LeBlance
DeBlieux
House
John Garrett
Haynesville
Branton, Schoenberger
Stinson
J C Stewart Lodge 460 Meets With Special Program
The J C Stewart Lodge 460 holds a 7:30 p.m. meeting at the West Monroe Masonic Lodge with a special program announced. Legislators debated and amended a bill involving school programs and segregation during legislative sessions with House and Senate actions noted.
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J. C. Stewart Lodge
West Monroe Masonic Lodge
Bill Bottled In Committee In Louisiana Pharmacy Plan
A House-passed resolution to study needs for additional pharmacy schools in Louisiana is stalled in a conference committee. Senator Jamar Adcock of Monroe criticized meetings, claiming the state already has a strong program at Northeast State College in Monroe and arguing for funding to expand that one school. The committee then moved to reconsider.
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Baton Rouge
Jamar Adcock
Monroe
Louisiana
Northeast State College
Adcock
Monroyan
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Plough, Inc
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Madison Ave
Carl H. Thompson
E. A. Porter
Carl
Twin Cities
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