Bastrop 125th Anniversary Festivities Enter Second Day
Bastrop Morehouse Parish events continue with Belles of 46 Contests and Centennial Parade plans. Activities include bubble gum contests apple bobbing beadwork and a Virginia Reel Dance. Parking is free downtown, beard penalties entertain guests as Jaycees run a kangaroo court. Rodeo opens night two with a 5 p.m. parade and booths line the streets.
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Reapportionment Issue Now Awaits Final Senate Vote
The Louisiana Senate will meet to concur or reject House reapportionment changes to both chambers. The House passed maps moving seats among Orleans Jefferson, Caddo Parish, and other parishes, with shifts creating new districts and at large considerations. Jefferson's and Orleans' seat counts are key points, and potential court review could follow if amendments are not concurred.
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U S approves auto equipment export licenses
The United States approved licenses for export to the Soviet Union valued at 85 million dollars for auto and truck manufacturing equipment. The move, seen as expanding trade, follows Nixon's plan to liberalize trade with China and comes after years of strategicholdups under Defense Department concerns.
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Solomon Named Layman of the Year at Methodist Conference
Joe T. Solomon of Monroe was named Layman of the Year at the first Louisiana annual Conference of the United Methodist Church in Shreveport. Mrs. Charles B. McGowan of Baton Rouge was named lay woman of the year. The conference continued with retired bishops Paul Martin of Dallas and Willis J. King of New Orleans presiding in place of Bishop Aubrey G. Walton who suffered an attack Thursday.
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Bossier City to Open GE Apparatus Service Facility
The Bos sier Chamber of Commerce and Northwest Louisiana Development Center announce a new industry Appara tus Service of General Electric Company will locate in a Meadow Lane off U S 80 Fast building. A Sept 1 opening is targeted.
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