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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1971
Page
4
Northeast Louisiana foresees a chance of thundershowers this afternoon and evening with partly cloudy skies and warmer temperatures through Thursday. Highs in the mid to upper 80s, lows in the mid to upper 60s, southerly winds 5 to 15 mph, rain chances around 20 percent.
Dr. W. Jackson Smith, assistant professor of speech at Northeast Louisiana University, spoke to Monroe Downtown Lions on debooking the tube. He warned that old films attract higher TV ratings than current programs and noted the rise in commercial time from seven to sixteen minutes per hour. He urged proper use of air waves and blamed the public if misused.
The Brooks Memorial Art Gallery selected Northeast Louisiana University assistant professor Robert G. Ward for representation in its sixth annual Artists Registry Exhibition. Ward will exhibit six paintings in Gallery A at the Brooks Memorial in Memphis Overton Park through June 27. He heads the painting curriculum at NLU and teaches all acrylic and oil courses, serves on the Masor Museum of Art board in Monroe, and has shown with Memphis galleries since 1967 and Arkansas Arts Center Gallery in Little Rock.
Monroe Council extended jurisdiction over Bayou Drive from DeSiard Street to Chauvin Avenue and along the new campus street by Stubbs Hall. It revoked dedication of Mullins Drive and part of Chauvin Avenue from DeSiard Street north 300 feet. Action follows request by Northeast Louisiana University president Dr George T Walker. Campus improvements expand access to U S 80.
A 48 year old Arkansas man Hilburn R. Cochran of Prescott died Tuesday afternoon at the Louisiana Power and Light Plant in Sterlington from an apparent electrocution. He worked for Riley Stoker Corp and was at the Sterlington installation at the time. Mulhearn's Funeral Home in Monroe handles local arrangements with the body to be moved to Herndon Funeral Home in Hope Arkansas for pending arrangements.
Joe and Monique Guzman, a married motorcycle acrobat pair, perform an 80 foot high wire act with trapeze stunts as part of Ringling Bros 100th Anniversary Edition shows in Monroe. They describe rigorous retraining and caution on danger while performing without a net. Tickets range from 2.50 to 4.50 with discounts for youths.
State Highway Board Chairman James W. Moore announced a July 1 opening for the U S 15 and 165 business route through Monroe as the North South Expressway nears completion at 96 percent of time and 89 percent with I 20 to Delhi. He noted shoulder work, weather dependent finishing and a four lane La 18 bridge replacing the damaged prior span.
A reunion of descendants of W L Williams will be held Sunday beside Williams Cemetery in Eros. Families from Baton Rouge Shreveport West Monroe and Memphis Tenn. are expected to attend for a luncheon and entertainment per Margie Dickerson and Mrs. Charles Perritt. The event aims to unite local and distant relatives.
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