Ouachita Parish Board Okays Sale of West Monroe Land
The Ouachita Parish school board voted 10 to 8 on Tuesday to sell 10 acres in West Monroe for 36,601 dollars, bid by the Sanders estate represented by Mrs. T A Sanders. Voting details show show of hands with both supporters and opponents named. an executive session followed to consider an athletic petition.
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Ouachita Parish
West Monroe
West Monroe High School
T. A. Sanders
Sanders
Ouachita River
Ward 5
Fred Riser
Glenwood Hospital
Board Awarded 1 Million In Expropriation
The Monroe board won nearly one million after three and a half years of litigation over expropriation of downtown property on South Grand Street for I-20. Final judgment is 954,863.20 to be paid by the Louisiana Highway Department in two to three weeks.
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Ouachita Parish
Monroe
Louisiana Highway Department
South Grand Street
Quachita Parish
George M. Snellings Jr
Special School Board
Louisiana Supreme Court
Highway Department
Second Circuit Court of Appeal
Shreveport
Area Students To Get Degrees
Nine Louisiana State University School of Medicine students from Northeast Louisiana will take the Oath of Hippocrates at commencement in New Orleans. LSU president Dr. John A. Hunter will confer degrees and Tulane Medicine dean Dr. Charles Camerson will be guest speaker. Students: Myron Blair Bailey Jr. Tallulah Cecil Cleveland Graham Monroe Thomas Leo Purvis Jr. Ferriday Fred McRae Roberson Farmerville Tom Pat Roberson Dubach Hollis Thames Rogers Jr. Winnsboro Lynn Adele Zoll Tucker Monroe William Gray Walters Lake Providence Stoney Williamson Tallulah.
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New Orleans
Louisiana State University School of Medicine
Louisiana
John A. Hunter
LSU
Charles Camerson
Tulane School of Medicine
Myron Blair Bailey Jr
Tallulah
Cecil Cleveland Graham
Monroe
Thomas Leo Purvis Jr
Ferriday
Fred McRae Roberson
Farmerville
Tom Pat Roberson
Dubach
Energy from reentry could lift Empire State Building
Scientists at Republic Aviation in Cape Kennedy estimate that re entry at 25 000 mph produces heat energy capable of lifting the Empire State Building about 25 feet. The comparison equals the energy from 1 000 five ton trucks hitting a steel wall at 100 mph.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Upl
Republic Aviation
Empire State Building
Allen Academy Seeks Fall Term Enrollments
Allen Academy invites applications for fall term admission at its independent boarding school for boys. The program features small classes, ROTC leadership development, and personalized guidance from seventh grade through junior college. Parents are urged to visit for more information.
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Allen Academy
Youth Choir Set For Appearance At Church Here
Parkview Baptist Church in Monroe will host the Gaston Avenue Baptist Church Chapel Choir for a 7 50 p m concert of religious music Thursday. The Texas group, 26 high school students, tours Texas City and Orange New Orleans Mobile Jackson and Vicksburg before performing at Parkview. Director Jack Kay and a student pianist will solo. James R Edwards is Parkview pastor. The choir will be supper guests in the fellowship hall.
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Parkview Baptist Church
Monroe
Gaston Avenue
Texas
Texas City
Orange
Tex
New Orleans
Mobile
Jackson and
Vicksburg
Miss
Jack Kay
James R. Edwards
Parkview
Fellowship Hall
Traffic light in the sky aids military landings
Bulova engineers develop a tri colored stationary searchlight to guide planes to safe landings on small air strips. A green shaft within a three band beam signals pilots to follow for a precise approach and landing.
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New York
UPI
Bulova
Board Backs City Park At School Site
The Monroe City School Board endorsed a Louisiana Legislature bill to convert Central Grammar School property into a city park. Grayson Guthrie abstained. W. S. Gannaway presented the resolution as the board praised its aim for community welfare. The meeting also named Joe Caskey as Neville High band director, authorized a National School Lunch Convention delegate, advertised July December gas bids, accepted supply bids, and heard a report on using wood in construction.
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Kiroli School
Caliborne
United Gas
Jack Hayes
Chauvin Bayou
J. M. Waldrop
Waldrop
Jd. M. Anding
Claiborne School
Anding
Monroe City
Louisiana
Central Grammar School
Grayson Guthrie
W. S. Gannaway
Frank Breese Jr
Monroe City School Board
Joe Caskey
Lee Junior High School
Neville High
Charles 8. Casteel
Southern Pine Association
Ruston Trooper To Graduate From FBI National Academy Today
Lt. John B. Thompson Jr. of Troop F Ruston was to complete a 12 week FBI National Academy course in Washington joining 92 officers nationwide. Graduation featured speakers included U S Sen Carl Hayden News Star columnist David Lawrence and the class honor graduate.
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Louisiana State Police
John B. Thompson Jr
Ruston
FBI National Academy Today
Washington
Thompson
U.S
Carl Hayden
D-Ariz
Senate
News-Star
David Lawrence
Ouachita Parish
Bailey Grant
Frank Kirby
E. L. Walker
Quachita Parish
Monroe
James C. Kelly Jr
M. E. Kidd
Louisi
Charles E. Dortch
West Monroe
East graduates head west to Midwest colleges study
A UPI report notes rising Eastern high school graduates enroll at 12 small Midwestern colleges. Freshman enrollment held steady as new student totals climbed from 225 in 1961 to 529 this year, with institutions in Albion Alma Augustana Rock Island Hamline Heidelberg Tiffin Hiram Kalamazoo Lake Forest Ripon and Rockford cited.
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New York
UPI
Midwest
Albion
Alma
Augustana
Rock Island
Hamline
Heidelberg
Tiffin
Hiram
Kalamazoo
Lake Forest
Ripon
Rockford
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Buckley
M. L. Owens Jr
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Roy Cash
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J. A. Rutledge
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Baton Rouge
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Angola
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Louisiana State Chamber of Commerce
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Jonesboro
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Tensas Parish
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Department of Education
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Swanson
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