Moore outlines pay raises and reforms at New Orleans press club
Louisiana gubernatorial candidate James W. Moore urged boosting state employee salaries toward the national average to attract talent and backed a permanent watchdog group to curb government wrongdoing. He called for guaranteed recurring revenues for bonds, cited a toll-backed uptown bridge, and praised enterprise like the Dome Stadium project while urging tax collection and limited new taxes. He pressed for expanded vocational education for youth and minorities, welfare reform to focus on job creation, and highlighted Louisiana’s windfall from interstate funds as he outlined campaign positions.
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New Orleans
James W. Moore
Monroe
New Orleans Press Club
Revenue Department
Moore
Louisiana Highway Board
Mississippi River Bridge Authority
New Orleans Dome
Louisiana
State of Louisiana
State Highway Board
Louisiana Department of Highways
Off Duty Monroe Officer Injured In Wreck
An off-duty Monroe police officer, Bernard Franklin Beckham 27, was listed in satisfactory condition at St Francis Hospital after a motorcycle car collision at Cole Avenue and Desoto Street. He was hospitalized following the crash with Mable L Schieber 71 driving the other car who was charged with failure to yield.
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Monroe
St. Francis Hospital
Cole Avenue
Desoto Street
Bernard Franklin
Butch’ Beckham
South 6Th St
Mable L. Schieber
Forsythe
Schieber
Monroe issues 18 building permits totaling 104 thousand
The City of Monroe issued eighteen permits worth 104 550 dollars last week per Building Coordinator Dale Martha. New residential authorizations totaled 57 500 dollars with eight alterations at 4200 dollars and one new business project at 25 000 dollars. Three demolition permits were also granted to 209 Texas Ave 901 Marx and Leama Corp. involved.
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Monroe
Dale Martha
Ramsey Builders
Carleton
Henry Stewart
Barlow
Savage Homes
Central Bank
Jackson and Hixson Brothers
Jackson
Monroe Junior Chamber of Commerce
Oliver Smith
Texas Ave
Hunter Hill
Marx. Kellogg Lumber Co
Monroe Police Probe Auto Thefts and Burglary
Monroe police investigated two auto thefts and a burglary on Thursday. A maroon 1961 Chevrolet with Louisiana plate 371587 was reported missing from a Howard Johnson parking lot. A 1965 Pontiac station wagon with Louisiana plate 391364 was left near Oak and Jackson Streets. A burglary at Cox Furniture on Texas Avenue involved damage and an unknown amount of change taken from a cigar machine. In Rome, pasta workers protested outside Parliament, with police using nightsticks to break up the demonstration. several demonstrators were knocked unconscious.
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Monroe
James ©. Kelly Jr
Martha Daniels
Louisiana
Howard Johnson
Eddie Woods
Rt. 2
Oak
Jackson Streets
Cox Furniture
Texas Ave
Rome
UPT
Parliament
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Press Club
News - Star News Service
New Orleans Area
State Highway Department
Federal Bureau of Roads
Salem Drive
J. D
Leama Corp
Robin Drive
Tom Wilson
Marx
Carl Knight
Wilson
William L. Deggans
S. 5Th St
A. K. Griffin
Atkinson
Mary Cross
S. McGuire
Stella Lee
Homer Gibson
B. L. Meeks
Tarver
Ana
Faulk
Ata
Ringling Bros. and
Barnum & Bailey Circus
Maverick
Ringling Bros
Elie
Brvia
Richard
Monroe Civic Center
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