Louisiana Tech proposes aviation curriculum in Monroe
A new aviation curriculum planned for Louisiana Tech to begin this fall was announced in Monroe by Mack Avants Lt Col Fay Adams and Eugene Foster. The program leads to a Bachelor of Science in Aviation requiring 130 hours, 28 basic aviation courses, 35 hours flying for private pilots 125 hours for commercial pilots and 35 hours for instrument pilots. Avants who is 52 has started learning to fly to show support.
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Louisiana Tech
Monroe
Mack Avants
Fay Adams
USAF
Tech
Eugene Foster
Fleeman
School of Aeronautics
Northeast
Louisiana State College
Fleeman's
Avant
Avants
Adams
Foster
Funeral Services For Uncle Jim King Held At Boeuf Prairie
Funeral services for James M. King known as Uncle Jim, 112, will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Boeuf Prairie Methodist Church with Revs F B Krammer and Douglas Williams officiating. Burial follows at the church cemetery with Masonic rites. King, believed Louisiana’s oldest resident, died Monday in Rogers Clinic after a short illness. He leaves three sisters, two sons Dr Brinsfield King and George E King, plus grandchildren and great descendants. King, born November 15 1854 in Independence County Arkansas, moved to Franklin Parish in 1870 to farm and merchant, later running a saw mill and cotton gin. He served 28 years on the Franklin Parish School Board and received lodge honors. Ogden High School honored him in 1960 for longtime service to schools.
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Winnsboro
James M
Uncle Jim
King
Boeuf Prairie Methodist Church
F. B
Krammer
Douglas Williams
Church
Mulhearn
Louisiana
Rogers Clinic
L. M. Cook
Fort Necessity
A. E. Hynam
W. H. Price
Brinsfield King
Baton Rouge
George E. King
Mr. King
Independence County
Ark
Franklin Parish
Winnsboro Lodge No. 246
F & AM
Ogden High School
Delegates Study Church Merger in Birmingham
Delegates at the North Alabama Methodist Conference consider uniting with the Evangelical United Brethren and abolishing the Central Jurisdiction which served Black members. The 1939 structure created five white jurisdictions and a Central jurisdiction for Negroes as Alabama debates the plan.
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Birmingham
Ala
North Alabama Methodist Conference
Methodist Church
Evangelical United Brethren
Alabama
Nurse Training Centers Set Up Through the South
The Public Health Service announced on June 2 a nationwide network of 13 nursing school centers to train nurses for coronary care units. The program aims to graduate over 1,000 nurses to staff hospital based acute heart attack units. Dr. Samuel M. Fox notes 500,000 heart attack admissions annually with about half dying. Short four to six week courses cover monitoring and resuscitation. applicants must be registered.
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The
Public Health Service
Samuel M. Fox
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
United States
Fox
Heart Disease Control Program
Caution Rises Over Economy Amid Uncertain Outlook
A cautious mood pervades the U S economy as forecasts of a upturn face skepticism. Consumers save more while credit use slows and retail sales sag, with inflation risks, higher taxes, and budget deficits fueling concerns over housing, borrowing costs, and the dollar's strength.
Nurses Nominated From Southern Hospitals for Honors
Nurses nominated by a hospital with a coronary care area in operation or planned, plus public health nurses, occupational health nurses and certain nursing administrators, include nominees from Sacred Heart Dominican College in Houston and Georgia Baptist Hospital in Atlanta.
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United States
Sacred Heart Dominican College
Houston
Tex
Georgia Baptist Hospital
Atlanta
ITT Annual Report Highlights Global Growth and Domestic Share
The report notes diversified operations in products and services with 1966 worldwide sales above 2 billion dollars, a milestone reached four years after the 1 billion mark. Domestic earnings accounted for about half, and earnings per share rose 114 percent from 1959’s 1.90. Readers are invited to request a copy from the Director of Investor Relations at ITT New York.
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International Telephone and Telegraph Corporation
Park Ave
New York
N.Y
Old age checks eyed for increase to 100 dollars
Louisiana House backs a 92 to 5 resolution to raise old age assistance checks from 94 to 100 dollars a month, building on Senate support. Debate questions whether funds are available, with $20 million total cost and state money about one third.
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Adams
House
Richard Talbot
Terrebonne
Allen Gremillion
Acadia
Lantz Womack
Franklin
Womack
David Patten
Catahoula
Joe Coriel
Evangeline
Earl Long
Coriel
Lloyd Himel
St. James
Risley Triche
Himel
Triche
Dudley LeBlanc
Abbeville
LeBlanc
Rayburn
Sen
W. L. Rambo
Georgetown
Senate
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Archie Banks
Bruce Terminix
Hudson Ln
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City & State
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Fenner & Smith Inc
NEW York Stock Exchange
Hotel Frances
Fairfax
Ullon
Washington
Detroit
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Vietnam
U.S
ITT
News-Star Legislative Service
ADV
Doris V. Fuller
Tigerino
Jan Esso
Humble OI & Refining Company
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