Governor urges delay on fourlaning La. 15 and La. 137
Gov. Edwin Edwards told Northeast Louisiana leaders to wait for results of north-south expressway studies before deciding on fourlaning La. 15 and La. 137. He suggested segments could be fourlaned now while studies proceed, noting the state cannot fund both La. 15 and the Monroe Alexandria express route. The group agreed to a yearlong wait for the Alexandria leg study, though many favor La. 15 fourlaning.
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News-Star Capital Bureau
Baton Rouge
Louisiana
Edwin Edwards
Edwards
Ferriday
James H
Jim’’. Brown
Area Chamber of Commerce
Monroe-Alexandria
Northeast Louisiana
Alexandria
New Orleans
Brown
Highway Department
Rayville
Archibald
Vidalia
Steve Thompson
Mississippi Highway Department
Natchez
I-55
Northeast
Louisiana Reaches Offshore Oil Pact With Federal Government
Gov Ed Edwards Atty Gen Guste and Mineral Board chair Andrew Martin signed an agreement with the federal government defining the Louisiana coastline and freeing $100 million in escrowed offshore oil and gas royalties. The deal sets three mile offshore rights and outlines future payments and disputed lease settlements.
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News-Star Capital Bureau
Baton Rouge
Edwin Edwards
Atty
William J. Guste
State Mineral Board
Andrew Martin
Louisiana
U. S. Supreme Court
United States
Jim Gelpi
Edwards
Ascension Bay
Grand Isle
Martin
Tidelands
Gelpi
Subscription Rates for Daily and Sunday News
The notices list subscription rates for the News-Star Evening and World Morning editions. One month costs 2.46 dollars and twelve months cost 31.20 dollars, with Sunday editions available. Rates for mail subscriptions are quoted upon request. Postage is paid at Monroe, Louisiana.
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Daly
News-Star
Ally and
Sun
Dally
Monroe
Franklin Parish Farmers Market Opens Saturday
Franklin Parish Police Jury announces the farmers market will open Saturday at 8 a.m. at the Kincaid Gin with Terry Rector reporting. The jury also forms a seven parish flood committee and sets bids for six months of gravel and drainage improvements with openings on July 1.
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Franklin Parish
Winnsboro
Kincaid Gin
Franklin
Concordia
Avoyelles
Rapides
LaSalle
Caldwell
Catahoula
Ash Slough
Dean Bayou
Bastrop Sculptor Presents Bust To Gov Edwards
Bastrop sculptor Will Lambert presented a bust of Gov. Edwin Edwards to the governor in Baton Rouge on Tuesday. Edwards praised the likeness calling it a flattering facsimile and said he would keep it in the State Capitol office. Lambert, a former Morehouse Parish teacher, said he spent a month shaping the piece after casting a mold on May 1 and was accompanied by local supporters Wayne Law Arlen Brown and Keith McMaster.
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Edwin Edwards
Baton Rouge
Bastrop
Will Lambert
Lambert
News-Star Capital Bureau
Will’ Lambert
Monroe
Edwards
State Capitol
Morehouse Parish
Wayne Law
Arlen Brown
Keith McMaster
Johnston urges using road funds for upgrades if toll road rejected
Louisiana Senator Bennett Johnston says if the state declines the toll road option the $200 million in federal funds should be used to improve existing highways. He frames the choice as better roads now rather than delays or no road at all.
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News-Star
Washington Bureau
Washington
Louisiana
J. Bennett Johnston
Johnston
Shreveport
French Aerialist Seeks Permit to Walk Niagara Falls
French aerialist Henri Rechatin appeals to the Niagara Parks Commission to permit a tightrope walk over Niagara Falls. He balanced on two stacked chairs on an observation deck 520 feet above ground and staged the chair stunt three times to prove his professionalism in a Tuesday demonstration.
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Niagara Falls
Ont
Henri Rechatin
Niagara Parks Commission
Rechatin
Louisiana House approves judicial pay raise package
The Louisiana House backed a bill to raise state pay for state supreme court justices from 37500 to 50000 and appellate judges from 35000 to 47500 with a three stage increase plan for district court judges. Local supplements may be eliminated and district judges receive an immediate 8000 raise starting July with future 10 percent annual increases. The measure passed 62 to 32 and moves to the Senate. lawmakers also discussed a $1200 annual raise for public school teachers.
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Supreme Court
Parishes
Caddo
Orleans
Jefferson Parishes
House
Citizens’ Committee
Edwards
Robert Freeman
Plaquemine
R. F. O'Neal
Shreveport
O’neal
Lamkin
John Ensminger
Ensminger
Freeman
Shady Wall
West Monroe
Judg
Morehousand
Northeast Louisiana’ University
Monroe
Harmon
Drew
Minden
Conway
LeBleu
Cameron
James David Cain
Dry Creek
Senate
Lawrence Gibbs
Vote on Judge Salary Bill By North Louisiana Reps
North Louisiana legislators split on a House measure to raise judges salaries. The FOR list includes Deen Dunn Fowler Gibbs Halstead Jackson Long ONeal Thompson Womack and others. The AGAINST list names Rigby Cooper Drew Ensminger Fox Gunter Humphries Randolph Thompson Wall Wilson. Henry Gilbert Mills did not vote.
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News - Star Capital Bureau
Baton Rouge
North Louisiana
Jesse C. Deen
Benton
Forrest Dunn
Shreveport
H. M. “Mutt” Fowler
Coushatta
Lawrence H. Gibbs Jr
Monroe
George B. Halstead
Ruston
Alphonse Jackson
Louise B. Johnson
Bernice
Jimmy D. Long
Natchitoches
Benjamin F. O’neal Jr
Walter O. Rigby
Bossier City
Joe Henry Cooper
Mansfield
R. Harmon Drew
Minden
John C. Ensminger
Lamkin
George F. Fox Jr
Lake Providence
Carl N. Gunter Jr
DeVille
T. W. Humphries
Edward Gordon Randolph
Alexandria
Richard S. Thompson
Colfax
Shady R. Wall
West Monroe
James H. Wilson
Vivian
E. L. “Bubba
Henry
Jonesboro
J.C. Gilbert
Sicily
Island
Kirby D. Mills
Columbia
Milk Freshness Bill Advances In Senate To Date Milk
The Louisiana Senate approved a bill by Sen. Nat Kiefer to require milk processors to stamp a pull date on cartons. The measure seeks a shelf date to guide freshness, with initial version tied to the sale start date. Opposition argued may cause unnecessary spoilage and favoritism toward freshness. The bill passed 30 to 3 with Sens. Nicholson Montgomery and Jumonville voting against.
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News - Star Capital Bureau
Baton Rouge
Senate
Nat Kiefer
New Orleans
House
Louisiana
E. J. Nicholson
Marrero
Kiefer
Nicholson
Harold Montgomery
Dayline
J. E. Jumonville
New Roads
Miami Beach launches courtesy campaign to woo tourists
Miami Beach officials unveil a civic campaign after conventioneers report rude behavior by taxi drivers waitresses and maids. City leaders frame tourism as the resort economy's bread and butter and highlight a staged parade and ads to project a first class image while hotel executives estimate visitors spend over 47 million dollars annually.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Little
Island
United States
Florida
New York
Philadelphia
Cleveland
Harold Rosen
Rosen
Fountainebleau
Lawmaker Talks Alcoholism Triage Bill Faces Defeat
Barothely, Knowles, and Montgomery spar over a bill to divert public drunkenness detainees to treatment facilities or homes, arguing alcoholism is or isn't a disease. Barthelemy cites state employee and industry losses and high treatment costs before the bill is voted down 17 to 20.
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Barthelemy
Jesse Knowles
Lake Charles
Harold ‘Montgomery
Dayline
Fontenot
Montgomery
Louisina
Bill approves pay raise for parish voting registrars
A Louisiana Senate bill approved this Tuesday would raise deputy voting registrar salaries in East and West Carroll parishes. The first deputy registrar in East Carroll would earn 4200 dollars per year, up from 3600, with similar increases outlined for West Carroll.
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News-Star Capital Bureau
Baton Rouge
House
Senate
East
West Carroll Parishes
East Carroll
Louisiana Senate considers vehicle inspection reforms
Sen Ted Hickey of New Orleans and Sen Kenneth Osterberger of Baton Rouge push for a state inspection system similar to New Orleans. They argue the current $1 fee fails to spur inspections and call for removing discarded wrecks from highways. AP Carroll of the Gasoline Retailers Association testifies that operators oppose inspections at current rates.
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Ted Hickey
New Orleans
Kenneth Osterberzer
New
Orleans
Senate
Shreveport
AP Carroll
Carroll
The
Gasoline Retailers Association of
Northwest
Louisiana
Drew
Public Defender Bill Approved by State House
Louisiana House approves a measure allowing local judicial districts to create public defender boards to provide lawyers for the poor charged with offenses punishable by imprisonment. The bill permits boards to hire staff or appoint attorneys, with state funds matched by local parish contributions. it advances to the Senate.
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News-Star Capital Bureau
Baton. Rouge
House
Minden
Harmon Drew
Drew
West Carroll Office Deputy Salary Hike Bill
A bill would raise the first deputy registrar salary in West Carroll from 2880 to 4200 dollars. Sponsored by Senator Charles M. Brown of Tallulah, it has not yet been acted on by the House.
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West Carroll
Charles M. Brown
Tallulah
House
Rome Fire Bombs Hit Banks After Ford Departure
In Rome police report three American targets hit by fire bombs hours after President Ford left Italy. An attack damaged a Banca d'America e d'Italia office and a Goodyear warehouse shed fire, with two bombs failing to explode and one door damaged. Intercontinentale Assicurazioni office also lightly damaged. No injuries, suspects believed ultraleftist splinter groups.
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Rome
Ford
Banca d'America E d'Italia
Bank of America
Goodyear
Intercontinentale Assicurazioni
ITT
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