Bookmobile Route Listed For Ouachita Parish Readers
The Ouachita Parish Public Library announced a bookmobile route with stops across multiple streets and neighborhoods on Thursday June 23 and July 7 21 and August 4 18. Stops include Ocis Laird Home on Clay Road and many homes along Arkansas Road Strozier Road Western Avenue and Elmwood Drive with times from 7:30 a.m. to 6:50 p.m. The schedule names residents and locations such as J C Humble Grocery Drew School and Fair Park Baptist Church among others.
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Ouachita Parish
Ocis Laird
Clay Road
Irving Sills
McGee - Aulds Road
H. A. Wales
Cheniere Drew Road
Mrs. Mary Again
Strozier Road
Allen G. Pinkard
Strozier
J.C. Humble
Arkansas
Morris Joiner
Arkansas Road
Joiners
A. C. Frost
Drew
Richard Drew
Henry Road
Johnson Road
Wade B McClandon
A. L. Brister
Highway 15
Low
R. R. Phillips
Western Hills Subdivision
Western Avenue
Western Circle
Navajo
Canyon
Milstead Grocery
White
Sharon Drive
Nichols Drive
Ridgeway Drive
Bradly Drive
Duncan Circle
Pat Drive
R. H. Pearow
Lisa
Neal Avenue
Louisiana and Texas Hold Most US Oil Capacity
Kenneth L. Boren, a Dallas banker, told the 38th annual meeting of the Petroleum Electric Power Association that Louisiana and Texas control virtually all remaining unused oil capacity in the United States. He forecast U.S. oil demand growing 3.1 percent annually to 1970 and said 40,000 wells would be drilled this year, reversing a decade of decline, with about 44,700 wells drilled annually by 1970.
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New Orleans
Louisiana
Texas
United States
Petroleum Electric Power Association
Kenneth L. Boren
Dallas
U.S
Allen Academy Accepting Fall Enrollments Now
Allen Academy invites applications for the 1966-67 year for seventh through second year college programs. The preparatory school emphasizes study skills small classes and character development to foster college entrance readiness. Contact the Director of Admissions for full information.
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Allen Academy
Academy
Ruston set for Cleanest City judging in Louisiana
Ruston will be judged Thursday in the Cleanest City in Louisiana contest, with Nick Medica stating the city seeks a second straight title after 1965. The event includes a 3:30 p.m. official tour of business, residential, school and industrial areas, a judges luncheon, and scoring across streets, parks, public buildings, sidewalks, vacant lots, and overall beauty.
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Ruston
Louisiana
Nick Medica
Medica
New Orleans
Lafayette
Alexandria
Bossier City
Poison Center Opened At St Francis Hospital
The poison information center serves doctors in the Fifth District around the clock at St. Francis Hospital. It is the fourth such center in Louisiana and will stock antivenom for local and zoo snakes and antidotes for thousands of poisons, hospital administrator Marie Finbarr said Tuesday.
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Fifth District
St. Francis Hosital
Other Marie Finbarr
Louisiana
Negroes Rally March Forces In Mississippi
Five civil rights leaders moved to continue James Merediths 225 mile walk to Jackson. Meredith wounded, hospital officials in Memphis hinted at possible release. Gov. Johnson condemned the march while promising police protection. A Memphis man jailed on bond for alleged assault related to the shooting, with Chicago supporters expected to join.
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Hernando
Miss
Here
Mississippi
James H. Meredith
Memphis
Meredith
Paul Johnson
Jackson
Aubrey J. Norvell
Chicago
Floyd McKissick
Congress of Racial Equality
Martin Luther King Jr
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Morehouse Jury Renames Officers
The Morehouse Parish Police Jury re elected all leaders for the coming term at its regular meeting Tuesday. Norman McDuffie was voted to a fourth consecutive term as president, Rush Harrison named vice president, and Linton Cain, Joyce Stephenson, and Edith Bonner were rehired in their respective roles. The jury also studied a proposed preliminary planning survey by Baton Rouge engineer Carrie Hodges.
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Bastrop
Morehouse Parish
Norman
Buddy) McDuffie
Ward 5
Rush Harrison
Ward 6
Linton Cain
Joyce Stephenson
Edith Bonner
Carrie Hodges
Baton Rouge
Hodg
Protection For State Cattlemen Subject Of Bill
Louisiana House passes a bill to shield cattlemen in livestock auctions with a 70 to 27 vote. Rep. Lantz Womack pushes provisions requiring auction houses to prove justification experience and financial integrity to obtain a certificate, with court appeal if denied. Exemptions apply to existing auctions and certain organized sales. the bill places chartering under the State Livestock Sanitary Board and governor named appointees.
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Baton Rouge
House of Representatives
Louisiana
Lantz Womack
Winnsboro
Senate
House
Womack
Roderick Miller
Lafayette
Louisiana State Livestock Sanitary Board
Sup
Future Farmers of America
Bus crash in Tehri Kills 38 in India
A bus fell from a hill in Tehri district killing 38 people. The crash occurred Monday in the northern Indian mountain region near the border with China. Authorities investigated the cause as rescue teams searched the debris.
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New Delhi
UPI
Tehri
China
YMCA Election Set Thursday
Officers will be elected at the annual meeting of the Young Men's Christian Association to be held at 7 45 a m Thursday at the Holiday Inn. A report on the Building Debt retirement Drive will be given by Max L Riley, co chairman for the project.
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Young Men’s Christian Association
Holiday Inn
Max L. Riley
Pershing Arrives in London During World War I Visit
In 1917 during the first World War General John J. Pershing arrived in London amid Allied war efforts. The arrival signaled coordination with British and Allied leaders as American forces prepared for action in Europe.
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John J. Pershing
London
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