Gibbs, Adcock clash over teacher pay raise role
Louisiana lawmakers clash as Rep. Lawrence Gibbs accuses Sen. James Adcock of misinformation in the fight over the 48.8 million dollar teacher salary schedule. Gibbs pledges to back the bill while Adcock calls his stance political. Senator Rayburn vows a Senate vote on the measure despite committee rejection.
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News-Star Legislative Bureau
Baton Rouge
Lawrence Gibbs
Sen
Jamar Adcock
Gibbs
Adcock
Ouachita Parish
Monroe
B. B
Rayburn
Bogalusa
Senate
Registration Deadline Today At Northeast
Registration ends at 5 p.m. with permission needed for late entrants. Dr. Clint O. Hanna notes the 7 a.m. start and 50 minute classes daily Monday through Friday, plus two Saturday sessions on June 13 and 20. Final exams are Aug. 5–6 with commencement on Aug. 8.
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Northeast Louisiana State College
Clint O. Hanna
Health Nurses Attend Institutes In New Orleans And Tulsa
Ouachita Parish public health nurses will join medical institutes in New Orleans and Tulsa for pediatrics mental retardation and patient care studies this summer. Sponsored by the Louisiana State Board of Health the program includes Mrs. Rosemary Williams Mrs. Jody Bergeron and Mrs. Sallie Snapp along with other Ouachita nurses. The New Orleans sessions run through June 19 at the Civic Center and June 22 26 for a repeat. Tulsa program June 29 July 10 features basic mental retardation training.
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Ouachita Parish
New Orleans
Tulsa
Oklo
Louisiana State Board of Health
Rosemary Williams
Jody Bergeron
New Orleans Civic Center
Orleans Parish Health Unit
Sallie Snapp
Oklahoma
Roberta M. Herr
Ethel T. Trapp
Alice Jones
Compensation Law Goes To Senate
Louisiana workmen's compensation bill moves from the Senate industrial relations committee to the full Senate. The measure, backed by sixteen senators and about 30 associations, aims to curb abuses by clarifying disability definitions and weekly wages. North Louisiana Senator Howard Jones of St Joseph supported a favorable report.
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Baton Rouge
Senate Industrial Relations Committee
Senate
Louisiana
William Brown
Monroe
Brown
Howard Jones
St. Joseph
Mississippi desegregation panel to report before session
A 15 member committee of state officials meets today to consider desegregation legislation in Mississippi. The group will propose measures for a special legislative session starting June 17, called by Gov. Paul Johnson as the 22 week session ends.
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Jackson, Miss
Mississippi
Paul Johnson
Judge orders Ole Miss to enroll Negro freshman
US District Judge Harold Cox ordered the University of Mississippi to enroll Cleveland Donald Jr. a 17 year old Negro transfer from Tougaloo College as a summer term freshman. He would be the third Black student at the university under a federal court order.
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Ole Miss
Biloxi. Miss
Harold Cox
University of Mississippi Today
Cleveland Donald Jr
Donald
Tougaloo College
Jackson
Bill To Extend Milk Commission Gets Approval
Louisiana Senate Finance Committee approved Rep. Lantz Womack's bill to extend the Milk Commission. The vote was unanimous to send the measure to the floor for final passage despite opposition from Winnsboro grocer Quinten McLemore. Commissioner Dave Pearce argued the move stabilizes the state's milk economy.
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Milk Commission
News Star Legislative Bureau
Baton Rouge
Lantz Womack
Louisiana Milk Commission
Senate Finance Committee
Sen
J. C. Gilbert
Sicily Island
Quinten McLemore
Winnsboro
McLemore
Ture
Dave Pearce
Commission
Louisiana
Pilot Dies Soon After Rescue
A US Air Force fighter pilot who survived a crash and 13 hours on a life raft died soon after rescue. Capt. James H. Davis of Washington, D.C., was pulled from the Atlantic 420 miles off the Irish coast by the Juliet weather ship crew. Expert notes exposure as the cause after eight-foot waves and 36 degree water battered him overnight.
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Prestwick
Scotland
Atlantic
James H. Davis
Roy L. Dehart
Oak Ridge, Tenn
Air Force
Davis
Womack Bill Seeks Indefinite Extension of Commission
The Womack bill would extend the commission indefinitely beyond 1966, while current law sets an expiration that would be avoided by the measure. The House has already passed the bill.
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House
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