Plan to form nine member coastal oversight board faces opposition
Debates over the Gravolet-Perez proposal to place a governor-appointed nine member board, including a coastal director and a wildlife director, spark protests from commercial fishermen and Plaquemines Jefferson parish interests. House support grows as lawmakers vote to insulate spending agencies but critics fear loss of enforcement and fishing rights. President Truman era wage and steel strike tensions sway national policy as defense orders shift amid disrupting strikes.
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Beeson
Plaquemines
Jefferson Parish
Gravelet
House
Senate
Kennon
Senate Judiciary
Highway, Welfare and Institutions Department
Marine Reserve Sergeant Minor Released From Active Duty
Marine Reserve Sergeant Richard S. Minor, 20, completed 17 months of continuous duty at Parris Island after enlisting in the Marine Corps Reserve. He trained at the East Coast Depot as a rifle marksmanship instructor and is released to inactive duty. Parents live in Monroe Louisiana. wife and son also reside there.
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Parris Island
S. C
Marine Reserve
Richard S. Minor
Marine Corps
Sergeant Minor
Marine Corps Reserve
East Coast
Marine Corps Recruit Depot
Weapons Training Battalion
Malvern Street
Monroe
Senate talks push toward union shop in steel talks
The Senate coverage notes ongoing earnestly bargained steel industry negotiations led by union president and John R. Steelman. A two-year deal is seen as restoring production and bringing long term labor management peace with a potential 16 cent hourly wage rise under a 22 cent package.
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John R. Steelman
Truman
Mindon Lawyer Upholds Public Trust in Judicial Office
A Minden lawyer declares his commitment to the judiciary as a public trust. He emphasizes learning character and ability, promising to interpret and administer the law fairly and impartially to safeguard every individual's rights and freedoms.
UN and Korean Front Action Escalates Near Chorwon
North Korea warns of a response to alleged POW killings at Koje Island as UN forces conduct ground and air actions on the Western Front. Allied patrols engage near Yonchon and Chorwon with several high intensity clashes. U S air and marine strikes target Red troops and frontline installations with ten B26 sorties reported.
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Nam Il
Panmunjom
Red Army
United Nations Command
Koje Island
U.N
Chorwon
Yonchon
Pukhan River
U.S
Solons Vote To Sweat It Out At Capitol
Senators rejected a bill by Sen. Laurance Eustice to air condition the first three floors of the state capitol, House, and Senate buildings. The measure failed 20 to 15 amid arguments about comfort and cost. E. M. Toler, a Clinton physician and long-serving member, quipped he has perspired there 16 years and can sweat it out.
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Baton Rouge
House
Senate
Laurance Eustice
New Orleans
E. M. Toler
Clinton
Pardon Themes From Ancient Scripture and Baynard Taylor
A brief reflection quotes Numbers 14 19 urging mercy and forgiveness in line with divine forbearance. It contrasts pardoning grace with wrath and cites Baynard Taylor on forgiveness as God s best attribute in a concise devotional note.
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Egypt
Baynard Taylor
Armed Forces Radio Service to Broadcast from Louisiana
Armed Forces Radio Service plans worldwide presentations from New Orleans Alexandria Shreveport Lafayette Monroe Baton Rouge and Hammond to bring familiar Louisiana hometown sounds to troops abroad. The daily overseas broadcasts begin Sunday August 17 with communities notified when they are scheduled to be heard to alert relatives overseas.
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Los Angeles
Armed Forces Radio Service
Louisiana
New Orleans
Alexandria
Shreveport
Lafayette
Monroe
Baton Rouge
Hammond
Mason Wright Jr
Wright
Ferriday Garden Club selects Yard of the Month
The Ferriday Garden Club named the yard of Mrs. W. Ray McClain as Yard of the Month for June. Her garden features phlox petunias and other annuals with cannas in the borders. Honorable mention goes to Mr. and Mrs. C A Dykes.
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Ferriday
Ferriday Garden Club
W. Ray McClain
Watches From American Factories Reach 10,000 Daily Output
American watch factories produce about 10,000 watches each day, totaling over 3,000,000 annually. The output reflects large scale manufacturing capabilities and steady demand for timepieces.
Reds claim germ weapons in Chinese war claim
AP reports that the Communists claim germ weapons for at least 15 years but have not used them in Korea. U.S. biowarfare experts say no evidence of BW use or stockpiles exists in the Korean War zone, despite investigations into suspected labs.
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Elton C. Fayap
Washington
United States
Korea
Korean War
Defense Department
North Korea
United Nations
Pyongyang
Russia
U.S
Tokyo
Robert Lovett
Levett
Maryland
Utah
Kremlin
Marshal Voroshilov
Voroshilov
Ussr
Die Tat
Zurich
Switzerland
Troops Demonstrate Weapons as Koje Island Breakup Prep
U S paratroopers use flame throwers tanks and tear gas in a second dress rehearsal for splitting Koje Island POW compartments. Brig Gen Haydon Boatner plans the dispersal of 80 000 prisoners into 500 man units amid trenches and loudspeakers.
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Robert B. Tuckman
Koje Island
Korea
U.S
Koje
Kose
Haydon L. Boatner
Francis Dodd
Thomas J. H. Trapnell
187Th Airborne
Boamer
Eward Haviland Lastayo
Pusan
Paul F. Yount
U.N
Kore
Yount
Army
Dodd
Charles Colson
Commission on Bacteriological Warfare Debate Sparks Safeguard Worries
A statement warned against disarming in exchange for promises without safeguards. The speaker argued that those who level false charges about bacteriological warfare could similarly make false promises not to use it.
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Ament Commission
Western Union Revises Rates After Strike Settlement
The Western Union Telegraph Company filed tariffs with the FCC to raise domestic telegram and money order rates effective July 6, tied to labor-cost increases from a 53-day strike settlement on May 23. The change aims for about 9.3 percent higher total charges with 15 word telegrams at 63 cents, preserving larger word allowances and offering press dispatch increases of about 6 percent.
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Western Union Telegraph Company
Federal Communications Commission
Western Union
Wage Stabilization Board
Washington
D. C
Baltimore
New York
Trenton
N. J
China
San Francisco
Walk in any direction signals win favor in Denver plan
A newspaper survey shows four of five citizens favor the new walk in any direction traffic lights in downtown Denver. Sixty nine percent of visitors from other parts of the state also back the innovation. Legal notices follow for the Succession of Farmer U Collie in Ouachita Parish Louisiana.
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Denver
Farmer U. Collie
State of Louisiana
Parish of Ouachita
Fourth District Court
Mary T. Collie
State-Owned Land Sealed Bid Notice in Ouachita Parish
Louisiana Department of Highways invites sealed bids for Lot Four in N G Tippit's Subdivision between Black Bayou and West right of way. Bids due June 25 1962 at 10 45 am in Baton Rouge and 11 00 am read publicly in Peabody Hall Room 305. Full info from Department. right to reject bids reserved.
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Louisiana Department of Highways
Baton Rouge
Louisiana
Peabody Hall
N. G. Tippit
Ouachita Parish
Black Bayou
Wes Monroe
Louisiana Highway Commission
F. L
L. L. Wood
Quachita
State of
Department OF Highways
George &. Covert
Monroe
BIDA to Open for 25 Typewriters at Grambling College
The office of the business manager will open bids for 25 typewriters at 10:00 a m on Saturday June 21 at Grambling College Grambling Louisiana The notice is dated June 9 13 18 1962.
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Grambling College
Grambling
Monroe
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Mary Hays
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Harry Moore
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