Louisiana LSU Medical Center at Shreveport Wins Final OK
Legislation authorizes the $30 million state share for the LSU Medical Center in Shreveport. Gov. John J. McKeithen signed the bill amid plans for constructing the center. Local officials and lawmakers from Shreveport praised the project as a major step to expand medical education and physician supply in the northern part of Louisiana.
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Louisiana State University Medical College
Shreveport
John J. McKeithen
Confederate Memorial On Center
LSU
Joe Holoubek
Shreveport Lsu
Chamber Official to Visit Monroe Lunch Meet
A U S Chamber of Commerce field representative from Dallas Tom Mc Cann will visit Monroe on Thursday to lunch with the Monroe Chamber of Commerce executive committee. They will exchange ideas and information about public affairs activities of the chamber.
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Dallas, Tex
Tom McCann
Monroe
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Flaming Crash Kills Four on Highway 45 in Mississippi
A flaming head on collision south of Meridian on U S Highway 45 killed four people: Dalton C Hicks 59 of Arandolph Alabama Faye P Chisholm 40 Meridian Joseph Lynn McGlawn 19 Meridian and Ray R Reynolds 19 Meridian. A fifth occupant Charles McGlawn escaped with minor abrasions.
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Semi-Annual Circuit Convention in Shreveport
The semi annual Circuit Convention of Jehovah's Witnesses runs Friday to Sunday at Shreveport Convention Hall with Monroe delegates joining over 800 attendees from 14 North Louisiana congregations. The highlight is a public discourse at 3 p.m. Sunday by E. W. Seeley on Does God Have Influence in This 20th Century. Bible instruction is also featured.
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Shreveport Convention Hall
Monroe
North Louisiana
E. W. Seeley
Rotary to Host John Martzell Speaker in Monroe
John R. Martzell of Baton Rouge and chair of the Louisiana State Commission on Human Relations Rights and Responsibilities will be the principal speaker at the Monroe Rotary Club's weekly meeting. The event is scheduled for noon at the Frances Hotel on Thursday, with introduction by George Snellings Jr.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana State Commission On Human Relations, Rights and Responsibilities
Monroe
Monroe School Board Holds Executive Meeting On Bids
The Monroe School Board held an executive session on bids for air conditioning at Jefferson and Carroll Junior High Schools. Bids for Lee High and Carroll High stadium lighting exceeded funds, with Lee additions and renovations at 159 600 and lighting at 86 420. Engineering officials will review costs with bidders to trim expenses as the district advances its six million expansion plan. Additional bids totaled about 86 000 for equipment and services, including lockers and art supplies. The board named Monroe News-Star as the official journal, sought highway assistance to widen North Eighth Street, called for bids on gasoline, set the July 1 meeting, and granted a one-year maternity leave to Mrs Barbara Lassiter.
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Absentee ballots cast in West Monroe election race
Sixty absentee ballots were cast before the Tuesday deadline for the June 14 general election in Ouachita Parish. One vote from Sterlington also appeared. West Monroe mayoral candidates include W. G. Haynes Jr. Republican and Bert Hatten Democrat. Five aldermen will be chosen from seven candidates in West Monroe, while Sterlington voters select six for five alderman seats.
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Ouachita Parish
Sterlington
W. G. Haynes Jr
Bert Hatten
Deaths Olla James B Manchester 61
James B Manchester 61 of Olla died Tuesday night at an Alexandria hospital after a short illness. Funeral at 10 a.m. Thursday at Summer ville Free Methodist Church with three ministers officiating. Burial in Wilbanks cemetery under Riser and Son direction. Survived by two brothers Uriel W Manchester Jonesville and Wirt A Manchester Shivers Miss five sisters all of Olla. Body lies in state at church until services.
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Jonesville
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Willie Smith
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College Prepares One Day of Closure in Honor of Slater
Northeast Louisiana State College will dismiss all classes and close offices on Thursday to honor the memory of former president Lewis C. Slater who died Tuesday. Dormitories dining hall and campus post office will keep regular hours. A two day reading conference by the Northeast Reading Association and a pharmacy licensure examination remain on schedule.
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Lewis C. Slater
Northeast
Slater
Northeast Reading Association
Louisiana State Board of Pharmacy
President Dies After Short Illness At Hospital
The president died Tuesday afternoon in St Francis Hospital after a short illness. He served as president from 1950 to 1958 and had been associated with Northeast since 1938.
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St. Francis Hospital
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