McKeithen Looks to Tide Lands Funds to Repair State Debt
Louisiana Governor John McKeithen urged marching for tidelands oil and gas money, seeking 37.5 percent of an $800 million escrow to pay debts and fund a four lane highway. He pledged to meet with the Louisiana delegation in Washington and touted LSU needs and a potential football season ahead.
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Mississippi Fatalities Rise in First Quarter 1967
Chicago dateline reports Mississippi shows a sharp increase in traffic deaths in early 1967. For January to April the state tallied 257 fatalities, up from 221 in the same period last year, a 16 percent rise. Louisiana fatalities declined in the period.
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Traffic deaths dip slightly in early 1967
Compiled by the National Safety Council shows 355 fatalities in the first quarter of 1967 compared with 358 in 1966, a one percent drop in the death toll.
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