Evans Pledges Hard Work For School Board Race
Bruce Evans a West Monroe pharmacist and Ouachita Parish School Board ward five candidate pledges hard work for progress and improvements in his district. A Democrat and former WWII veteran, Evans chairs local commerce ties and is a Loyola alum with three sons and a Baptist family at 1529 Elizabeth St.
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S. Bruce Evans
West Monroe
Democratic Executive Committee
Ouachita Parish
Evans
Ward Five
Burgess To Discuss $60 Million Highway Bonds
Ray W. Burgess state highway director will speak June 22 in West Monroe at 7 p.m. in the First National Bank WMCC room about a proposed $60 million highway bond issue. The session is open to the public. The bond, approved by the 1961 legislature, will appear on November 6 as a constitutional amendment relating to Arkansas Road grading and improvement.
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Ray W. Burgess
West Monroe
Roy Brooks
Arkansas
Memphis Man Named Plant Manager for Bell System
Memphis Tennessee resident George W. Bates has been named plant manager of the North Louisiana Division of Southern Bell Telephone Company. He succeeds Verne Burnett, now in Mobile, Alabama, and will be based in Shreveport. Bates, a Mississippi native and University of Tennessee engineering graduate, joined Southern Bell in 1948 and recently studied at MIT on a Sloan Fellowship.
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Memphis, Tenn
George W. Bates
North Louisiana
Southern Bell Telephone Company
Verne Burnett
Mobile
Ala
Bates
Shreveport
Mississippi
University of Tennessee
Southern Bell
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Sloan
Owens Seeks Ward 5 School Post in Ouachita Parish
West Monroe businessman M L Owens Jr a longtime civic leader and bank executive seeks one of two Ouachita Parish School Board seats in the July Democratic primary. He holds leadership roles in banking Kiwanis chamber and united givers, with a platform supporting separate facilities for white and Black students free enterprise in schools and local control of schooling.
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M. L. Owens, Jr
West Monroe
Ouachita Parish
Owens
Central Savings Bank and Trust Company
Bureau of Business Research
Louisiana State University
School of Banking of the South
Ouachita
American Institute of Banking
West Monroe Kiwanis Club
Northeast Louisiana College Scholarship Foundation
Kiwanis International
Louisiana
Mississippi
West Tennessee
North Louisiana Shrine Club
Dwana Byrd
Maine Drive
First Church of God In
Northeast State College
Certification on Candidates Sent Ouachita Parish Democratic Exec Committee
Burt Sperry, chairman, mailed certification on 26 parish school board candidates to Secretary of State Ward Martin in Baton Rouge. Action occurred Thursday after the Wednesday qualifying deadline for the first Democratic primary on July 28. The committee will appoint poll deputies and commissioners and meet after the election to canvass returns.
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Ouachita Parish
Democratic Executive Committee
Burt Sperry
Parish
Ward C. Martin
Baton Rouge
Three Injured In Minor Wrecks In Twin Cities Area
Three persons sustained minor injuries in separate accidents in the Twin Cities and Ouachita parish as heavy rains and slick roads made driving hazardous. William Arthur Sparks 38 of Monroe Ann Beard 18 of West Monroe and Clement Lewis 42 of West Monroe received emergency treatment and were released. Sparks injured on St John Street near Telemaque Street after a rear collision. driver Walter Crider 62 was ticketed for following too closely. Beard injured in crash on Jonesboro Road near the paper mill involving Gay Beard driver and Harvey Hudson 600 Crosley Street West Monroe, Hudson cited for failure to yield the right of way.
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Twin Cities
Ouachita Parish
William Arthur Sparks
Sterlington Road
Monroe
Ann Beard
West Monroe
Clement Lewis
Negro
Bernstein Drive
Sparks
St. John Street
Telemaque Street
Walter B. Crider
Egan Street
Jewel Allen
South Grand Street
Miss Beard
Gay Beard
Jonesboro
Harvey L. Hudson
Crosley Street
Hudson
Redemption Of Property Rejected In Senate Vote
Baton Rouge staff special reports Rep Risley Triche House floor leader for Gov Jimmie H Davis saw a bill die 19 to 12 in the Senate permitting owners to redeem lands taken by nonpayment to the Pontchartrain Levee Board. Sen French Jordan said he had no stake but hoped someone profited. Also a House delay forced a second look at a sales tax collection bill tied to automobile transactions. In other action Rep T J Strother’s one cent gas severance tax measure was killed by Ways and Means. A separate report notes a Lewis Negro head injury case after a Lee Avenue collision left him with reckless driving charges.
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Baton Rouge
Risley Tribe
House
Jimmie H. Davis
Senate
Pontchartrain
Johnny Rogers
Grand iCane
Triche
T. J. Strother
Houseways and Means Committee
Tribe
Ted
Jerry Ashley
Crowley
Stovall Presents Progress Platform For Ward Five
W L Bill Stovall runs for Ouachita Parish School Board Ward Five on a progress platform. A West Monroe deacon and Pelican State Cigars salesman, he cites past school gains and pledges to represent ward residents. He and wife Margaret Fields have five children. Jay Herbert, 1960 PGA champion, ranked fifth in money in 1961 with $35,583.
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Rassing
W. L
Bill) Stovall
Ouachita Parish
Stovall
Ward Five
Bellmont Dr
West Monroe
Fairpark Baptist Church
Crosley
Pelican State Cigar and Tobacco Co. Inc
Margaret Lee Fields
Jerry Lane Stovall
Louisiana State University
Patricia Ann
Northeast State College
Ashley Jean
Gloria Gail
West Monroe Junior High School
Martha Michele
Jay Herbert
Israeli Thinks Foreign Aid Helps U S And World
Israeli engineer Ely E Matiyovich told Monroe Rotary Club members in the Virginia Hotel that American aid to Israel benefits the United States and the free world. He cited friendship cooperation and joint research, noting Israel’s role with the U S Army through the University of Israel and translations of technical works from Iron Curtain countries. He said America and Germany have provided most aid and that U S aid comes from Jews, government, and business investments.
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America
Ford, Bacon and Davis
Ely E. Matiyovich
Monroe
Israel
Middle East
Matiyovich
U. S
U. S. Army
University of Israel
Germany
Yale Extends Win Streak Over Connecticut in Rivalry
Yale has beaten Connecticut in each of the 13 football games played since the rivalry began in 1948, as the series remains firmly in Yale's favor. The article also notes political parties across the spectrum and language roles in Israeli education.
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Yale
Connecticut
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H. Bruce Evans
Burgess
Memphis
Bell System
M.L. Owens Jr
Ward 5
Mack Owens
Lewis Negro
Lee Avenue
Lewis
John C. Montgomery
Dover
Del
W. L. Stovall
Vincent Zagone
Calvert Frantom
Zale
Fone Amico
Bottenes
DeSiard
Big Sound
Alnico
U.S
Pula
Aluminum
Monroe News-Star
Cool Action
Bermuda
Dacron and Rayon
Archdale
M. L
SNOFT
Oxford
Sepoya
Cabana
Roark Bros
Jackson
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