McKeithen Praises Olin At West Monroe Dedication Ceremony
Gov. John McKeithen and Rep. Otto Passman led more than 100 leaders to Olin Mathieson’s West Monroe complex for the 50 million modernization dedication. Collet hailed the mill as a top Kraft operation while plans included eight new plants and a Winnfield plywood facility.
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Olin Mathieson Chemical Corporation
West Monroe
John McKeithen
U.S
Otto E. Pass
U. S
Otto E. Passman
North Louisiana
Olin Mathieson
McKeithen
Olin
Louisiana
Lake Charles
Passman
M. H. Collet
Forest Products
Twin Cities
Fifth District
Collet
Olin Pulp and Paper
Kraft
South
Midwest
Winnfield
Methodists Announce Pastoral Reassignments in Louisiana
The Louisiana Methodist Annual Conference in Shreveport announced three Twin Cities church reassigments. Nichols D. Pearce moves from Wisner to Stone Avenue Monroe, Troy Garrett to Stonewall Keathville Longstreet Shreveport district, Louis F. Roos to Gordon Avenue Monroe, Joe H. Robinson to Barksdale Bossier City, E. W. Sandel to Claiborne Wilhite West Monroe, Lamont Rouse stepping down pending next assignment.
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Twin Cities
Shreveport
Nicholas D. Pearce
Wisner Methodist Church
Stone Avenue Methodist
Monroe
Troy Garrett
Stonewall - Keithville - Longstreet
Louis F. Roos
Bonita - Jones Methodist
Gordon Avenue Methodist
Joe H. Robinson
Barksdale Methodist
Bossier City
E. W. Sandel
Trout - Urania
Claiborne - Wilhite
West Monroe
Lamont Rouse
Rouse
Constitution Party Meet Set For Baton Rouge
E S Bolton announces Louisiana Constitution Party state convention at Oak Manor Motel Airline Highway Baton Rouge on June 12. Candidates for parish and state offices will attend and national officers delegates will be appointed. National convention in Jackson Mississippi June 23 to 25 with a rally on the 25th expected to attract 25000 or more attendees from across the nation.
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E. S. Bolton
Constitution Party of Louisiana
Oak Manor
Airline
Baton Rouge
Constitution Party
Jackson
Mississsippi
Bolton
Louisiana Supreme Court Refuses Delay in Sinclair Trial
In Baton Rouge the Louisiana Supreme Court refused a writ to delay the murder trial of Billy Wayne Sinclair, 20, of Rayville. The stay would have postponed the proceeding until women could serve on the jury. Sinclair is to face trial Monday for the robbery slaying of J. C. Bodden, night manager of a drive-in grocery.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana Supreme Court
Billy Wayne Sinclair
Rayville
Sinclair
J. C. Bodden
Buddhists Darken Truce Prospects in Viet Nam
In Da Nang a 26 year old Buddhist nun self immolated and a militant cleric warned of boycotts, imperiling a truce plan. Thich Tam Chau resigned as Buddhist Institute head signaling rifts among moderates and militants. The death follows a series of self immolations as Saigon debates civilian rule and a constituent assembly due Sept. 11.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Buddha
da Nang
Thich Tri Quang
Nguyen Cao Ky
Hue
Johnson
Buddhist Institute
Thich Tam Chau
Chau
Thich Na Dieu Dinh
Viet Nam
Thich
Tam Chau
Unified
Buddhist Church
Hai Lao
Judge Sends Case Back To State Courts
A Kentucky woman in two concurrent life terms for two murders must pursue state court remedies before federal appeals. Judge E Gordon West in Baton Rouge denied a federal habeas corpus petition, noting exhaustion of state avenues. Hampton, now at St Gabriel prison, was convicted of murders in St Mary and St Charles parishes tied to Emmett Spencer.
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Baton Rouge
Kentucky
U.S
E. Gordon West
Mary Kathryn Hampton
Miss Hampton
St. Gabriel Prison
Hermine Fiedler
St. Mary Parish
Benjamin Yount
St. Charles Parish
Spencer
Burgess Testifies in Suit Hearing
East Baton Rouge public works director Ray Burgess testified that contractor Ted Junham Jr paid him 3500 dollars for about two months of work in 1964. Burgess was cross examined in the trial of Roland Stevens against the director and city parish government, with focus on Burgess 15 year friendship with the concrete pipe manufacturer.
R E Wilson Dies After Long Illness
Robert E. Bob Wilson, 64, of West Monroe, a 47 year veteran in paper manufacturing, died Thursday night at Glenwood Hospital after a long illness. A retired Olin Mathieson supervisor, he lived 42 years in West Monroe and seven in Orange, Texas. He was active in civic life and a former deacon of West Monroe First Baptist Church. Funeral at 2:30 p.m. Saturday at First Baptist Church with burial at Twin City Garden of Memories under Hixson Brothers Funeral Home. He is survived by his widow Ruby, two sons Bobby and Jack, three brothers, three sisters, and four grandchildren.
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Robert E
Bob’’ Wilson
West Monroe
Glenwood Hospital
Mr. Wilson
Olin Mathieson
N. 4Th St
Orange
Tex
Wilson
Sewerage Line Collapses Here
Monroe Commissioner of Finance and Utilities H. W. McSherry said Thursday a section of sewer line caved in at the intersection of Plum and Mississippi Streets here. Crews were sent to the scene to determine the extent of the damage, but service was not interrupted.
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Monroe
H. W. McSherry
Plum
Mississippi
Maryland to appeal ruling on church college grants
Maryland plans to take the case to the U S Supreme Court after the Maryland Court of Appeals ruled four state grants to church affiliated colleges unconstitutional. The decision affects Saint Joseph College Emmitsburg College of Notre Dame Baltimore Western Maryland College Westminster and Hood College Frederick. The ruling upholds Hood College grant while others total 750000 each for Saint Joseph and Notre Dame and 500000 for Western Maryland.
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Annapolis
Maryland
U.S. Supreme Court
United States
Atty
Thomas B. Finan
Maryland Court of Appeals
Washington
Stanley Lowell
Associated Director
Protestants
Other Americans United For Separation of Church and State
Lowell
Ruston plans $3.5 million plant expansion bond election
Ruston voters go to the polls June 28 to decide a $3.5 million revenue bond for expanding the city’s power plant capacity. The bonds, approved by the State Bond and Tax Board, will be repaid from plant revenues with no tax increase. A 27,500 kilowatt plant is planned, potentially doubling capacity. Voting runs 6 am to 8 pm at Courthouse and City Hall.
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Ruston
John Perritt
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