St Francis Hospital marks 60 years with major expansions
St Francis Hospital in Northeast Louisiana celebrates six decades of operation this July and reports ongoing growth. The facility has spent nearly one million dollars on equipment in the past year, including a Diebold power file and microfilm patient records, plus major operating room, X ray, and tomography upgrades. An 160 seat auditorium, doctors library, and enhanced dietary kitchens accompany added air conditioning and a 24 hour snack bar as part of a broad modernization drive.
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St. Francis Hospital
Ken McConkey
James McLemore
Verna Juneau
Ken Purcell
Louisiana
St. Francis
Magdalen
Joe Maggio
Maggio
Grambling Leader Says Federal Funds Likely Safe
Grambling State University President R W Jones says federal funds are unlikely to be cut off over integration. He notes cooperative programs with Louisiana Tech University and shared courses, libraries, and exchanges amid HEW scrutiny. Jones, at Grambling 47 years, urges patience as the state report goes to HEW.
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Grambling
Edwin Edwards
R. W. Jones
Jones
Louisiana
Louisiana Tech University
LTU
State Board of Education
ISU Board of Regents
U.S. Department of Health Education and Welfare
HEW
Examination For Teachers Set For July Twenty First
Dr. Jack E. Kimball announces the National Teachers Examination on the NLU campus July 21 with a June 28 registration deadline. Registration forms go to Educational Testing Service in Princeton. Candidates will report at 8:30 am for the Common Examinations and at 1:30 pm for Teaching Area Examinations with expected ends around 12:30 pm and 4:15 pm.
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Jack E. Kimball
NLU
Princeton
N.J
Kimball
Traffic Mishaps In Mississippi Take Six Lives
The Associated Press reports six people died in Mississippi weekend crashes. An Alabama couple, Joseph T. Cole 23 and Shelia Cole 19 from Hamilton, died Sunday when their car hit a bridge near Fulton on U S 78. Saturday fatalities include Jesse Rowell 22 of Hattiesburg, a Mantachie man James Powell 26 in a Tupelo motorcycle crash, David Owens 23 of Hazzlehurst in a one car wreck on U S 49W near Drew, and Lucedale youth John McMillian 16 severely injured when his car failed to negotiate a turn.
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Associated Press
Mississippi
Alabama
Fulton
Joseph T. Cole
Shelia Cole
Hamilton
Ala
U. S
Jesse Rowell
Hattiesburg
Interstate 59
Meridian
James Powell
Tupelo
David Owens
Hazlehurst
Drew
Lucedale
John McMillian
Man Charged In Shooting In Monroe
Ouachita Parish deputies arrest 30 year old Eugene Bradford of 1719 Standifer Street in connection with a shooting that wounded 32 year old Robert Lee of 806 Atkinson Street. The incident occurred at the Little Inn Cafe on Thelma Street around 3 40 a m Saturday. Lee was hospitalized with two gun shot wounds. his condition was listed as awarded. The case remains under investigation.
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Ouachita Parish
Monroe
Robert Lee
Atkinson
Eugene Bradford
Standifer St
Lee
Little Inn Cafe
Thelma Street
F E. A. Conway Memorial Hospital
Skylab crews advance to second phase launch
Skylab 1 astronauts mark day 18 in orbit as Skylab 2 moves to Cape Kennedy pad. Saturn 1B booster rolled from assembly at 7 a.m. EDT, traveling 344 miles to the pad. Launch teams coordinate the next phase.
Boy Drowns In Mississippi River Near Delta Point
The Madison Parish Sheriff and Tallulah Fire Department recovered the body of 11 year old Ricky Hodge from the Mississippi River after a swimming mishap near Delta Point. Eyewitnesses said he stepped into swift current while wading with five other youths and his sister. a teammate tried to assist but could not hold him.
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Tallulah
Madison
Mississippi River
Ricky Hodge
Billy Hodge
Frances Hodge
Delta Point
Army Corps of Engineers
Delta
Hodge
Balloonists End Florida Race In Wrong Landing Field
Ten hot air balloonists started from Cat Cay for Fort Lauderdale in the Bahamas to land near a country club. Maxie Anderson landed near Miami, 35 miles short of the target, while Bill Cutter reached a field south of Miami and a brush fire followed. Customs inspectors chased errant balloons during the afternoon. The event raised about $50,000 for the Big Brothers of America.
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Miami
Fla
Bahamas
Fort Lauderdale
Cat Cay
Gulf Stream
Fort Lauderdale Country Club
Maxie Anderson
Albuquerque
N.M
U.S
Telfair Knight
Florida
United States
Blue Sea
Homestead
Bill Cutter
Big Brothers of America
House Stolen From Missing Man Overdue Taxes
In Melbourne Australia the home of a missing man owed 2081 in back taxes. Pieces of the house and furnishings were stolen with authorities stating they will sell the land if the debt remains unpaid.
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Melbourne
Australia
Witness Found Dead in His Cell in Baton Rouge
Warren Hall a 26 year old who testified against nine fellow Black Muslims in a riot case was found dead in his jail cell authorities ruled it a death by own action. Hall had testified against others in the Jan 10 1972 street riot and was awaiting sentencing.
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Baton Rouge
Warren Hall
East Baton Rouge
al Amiss
Hall
Philadelphia
Hypolite Landry
Amiss
Angola
Landry
Frank Rieger
Ben
Loyalist Democrats Offer Split of National Party Control
Mississippi Loyalist Democratic faction offers 50 percent national party recognition in exchange for half the state’s political power. Aaron Henry says Governor Waller rejected the proposal. Robert Strauss may visit to review the feud. Henry also notes Nixon Watergate remarks, warning of international backlash.
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Jackson, Miss
Mississippi
Democratic Party
National Party
Aaron Henry
NAACP
Henry
Bill Waller
Robert Strauss
Clarksdale
Richard Nixon
Nixon
Axis Sally Becomes Ohio Wesleyan Graduate in 72nd Year
Axis Sally, Mildred Elizabeth Gillars, the WWII propaganda broadcaster, graduates from Ohio Wesleyan University at age 72 after 12 years in prison. She received a speech degree in a cloaked ceremony, with little public notice per her request. She had lived in Germany, was captured in 1946, convicted of treason in 1949, and later became a Catholic convert and music teacher.
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Delaware, Ohio
UPI
Sally
Mildred Elizabeth Gillars
Ohio Wesleyan University
Gillars
Ohio Wesleyan
Tom Wenzlau
Germany
Miss Gillars
Europa Sender
Midge
Bing Crosby
Crosby
der Bingel
U.S. Justice Department
Alderson
W. Va
Rome
Worthington
New York City
Greenwich Village
Paris
North Africa
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R.R.A
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News-Star-World
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