City Schools Failed Desegregation Plan, Court Contempt New
In a federal contempt hearing, the city school board admitted it did not implement the 1971 desegregation consent decree for the 1972 73 year. Only two of 18 schools complied, with surveys and a Dec 1972 resolution as the board’s actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Hammack
Jimmy Andrews
Lincoln and
Clark
Robert McLeod
Supt
B. A. Petterson
Petterson
Richard J. Putnam
Lafayette
Paul J. Neal
Neal
Lincoln Elementary
McLeod
Henrietta George
Richard C. Miles
Miles
Carroll
Monroe City Council Approves Labor and Lease Deals
The Monroe City Council introduced a resolution to authorize a labor agreement with Amalgamated Transit Local 11601 for a 45 hour work week, down from 54. It accepted a compromise with Fleeman Flying Service at Monroe Municipal Airport to raise rental fees and keep company structures after lease termination. The council approved a Pacesetter Award for Hell L Abbott and considered appointments to the Twin City Industrial Council. It took bids for jail security equipment, a brochure on Louisiana Purchase Gardens and Zoo, and Motorola mobile radios under advisement. A site lease bid at Monroe Industrial Park by Sidney R Wilhite and B E Harrell was accepted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe
Amalgamated Transit
Monroe Airport Authority
Fleeman
Monroe Municipal Airport
Robert C. Cudd III
Hell L. Abbott
William D
Bill) Sanders
Monroe Chamber of Commerce
Twin City Industrial Council
Southern Steel Co
San Antonio
Tex
Louisiana Purchase Gardens
Taylor Publishing Co
Cooley Printers and Office Supply
Motorola Co
Department of Public Works
Twin City Glass Co
Houston P. Morris Cabinet Supply Co
Sidney R. Wilhite
B. E. Harrell
Voice of Broadway and Hollywood Buzz in 1960s Mix
A collage of entertainment notes from Broadway and Hollywood featuring Xaviera Hollander’s band hopes, Dyan Cannon’s album, Dyan Cannon, and others. Mentions of Nixon staff, Gen Haig card games, Patric ia Elliott earrings, Mari Gorman, and a Rainbow Room Jazz Festival with New Orleans acts.
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Nixon
Gen. Haig
Dyan Cannon
S. F
Joseph Alioto
Stanford U
Alioto
Rotary
Beverly Hills
Bobby Riggs
Bob Barnett
London
Casanova Club
Homer Richards
Barnett
Bobby
Edwy
Couturier
Mr. John
Central Park South
N. Y
Mari Gorman
Baltimore
Mets
David Cassidy
London Review
the Observer
Tony Palmer
White House
Len Hugh Scott
Gerald Ford
Meek
Death Penalty Advances In Louisiana Legislature
After hours of debate the Louisiana House approved a death penalty bill by 73 to 28, sending it to the governor. Amendments for long terms without parole failed, including a 50 year nonparole option. The measure broadens capital punishment for murder with specific intent, and for killings in aggravated rape, kidnapping, armed robbery, and killings by hired murderers or slain police and firefighters.
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Baton Rouge
House
Senate
Frank Anzalone
Independence
Mike Thompson
Lafayette
Ben Bagert
New Orleans
Booker
Public hearing set on Edgewater Gardens Sewer District assessments
A public hearing is scheduled on assessments for the sewerage system in Edgewater Gardens Sewerage District No 1. Officials set the date to review charges, improvements, and financing for the district. The hearing aims to inform residents and allow objections before final assessment approvals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edgewater Gardens Sewerage District No
Two Injured In Accident Near Monroe Intersection
A mother and her nine year old son were injured in a two car crash around 10 am near the intersection of 165 North and Finks Hideaway Road in Monroe. Mrs. Bobbie Jean Miller 36 and Darwin Clayton Miller 9, both of Monroe, were taken to St Francis Hospital by Century's Ambulance Service for treatment. State police said no further information was available pending investigation.
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North
Finks Hideaway Road
Monroe
Bobbie Jean Miller
Lakeview Park Dr
Darwin Clayton Miller
St. Francis Hospital
Gentry
Louisiana
Motorists Fined In District Court
In the Fourth Judicial District Traffic Court Judge Fred Fudickar fined Bryceland Windham and Betty Weatherford 300 dollars or 60 days in jail with 10 days suspended for driving while intoxicated. Weatherford was also fined 25 dollars or five days for driving on a revoked license. Elton Lee Patterson was fined 100 dollars or 10 days for speeding 99 in a 70 zone.
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Fourth Judicial District
Fred Fudickar
Bryceland Windham
Rt. 1
Box 217
West Monroe
Betty B. Weatherford
Georgia St
Monroe
Weatherford
Elton Lee Patterson
Jonesboro
Pennsylvania Leads In Cigar Leaf Tobacco Production
Pennsylvania tops the states in cigar leaf tobacco output. The result places the Keystone State ahead of all others in growing and supplying tobacco leaf used for cigars, reflecting its prominent role in the industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
Senate Approves Revenue Sharing Plan in Louisiana
The Louisiana Senate approved an 87 million dollar revenue sharing package by a 36 to 3 vote. The plan favors metropolitan areas over rural parishes and keeps an 80 20 distribution formula based on population and Homestead Exemption homes. Senator Samuel Nunez proposed shifting to tax contribution percentages but failed to gain support. The measure now moves to the House for concurrence.
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Samuel Nunez
Chalmette
New Orleans
Moon Landrieu
James Brown
Ferriday
Concordia Parish
Catahoula
Cecil Blair
LeCompte
Paul Foshee
Natchitoches
John Tassin
Ville Platte
Senate
Concordia
Caldwell
LaSalle
Franklin
Tensas
Red River
Grant
Rapides
Winn
Evangeline
St. Charles
St. James
St. John the Baptist
Acadia
Cameron
Caddo Parish
Workshops At Junior High Level Planned
Northeast Louisiana University and Ouachita Parish School System will sponsor a series of junior high program workshops. Two summer sessions on the NLU campus and two more later will cover organization curriculum development and adolescent career orientation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northeast Louisiana University
Ouachita Parish
NLU
Bernard Shadoin
College of Education
University
Department of Secondary and Councilor Education
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Monroe Jaycee Jaynes
Charles E. Harris
Neville High School
Far Left
Jaynes
Jaycee Jayne Betty Evers
William K. Harris
Harris
Ken Purcell
Voice of Broadway
Jack O'Brian
New York
KFL
Xaviera Hollander
Randy Agnew
Tinalé
New Press
N.Y
Bourbon St
Pontchartrain
Azzle
Richard Kiley
CBS - TV
Stewart Models
Park Ave
News - Star Capital Bureau
E. L. Henry
Henry
Rep
Emler Tapper
Orleans Parish
Tapper
Bagert
Louis Charbonnet
Jimmy Snow
Hank Snow
Central Assembly
OF God Church
Calypso
Pastor Winterd Mack
Johnny Cash
Connie Smith
News-Star Capital Bureau
Jefferson Parish
Nunez
Property Tax Relief Fund
PTRF
Parish
Monroe City
Ouachita
Claiborne Parish
Harold Montgomery
Dayline
Winn Parish
Dean Shadoin
Shadoin
Umee As
Eastgate Shopping Center
Ec Twin City Shopping Maee
Ween
Rialtes
Gulf States
Showtown USA
Steve McQueen
Malcolm McDowell
Clockwork Orange
Julie Ees E
Panavision Technicolor
Eastgate Cottrell
Eastgate
Joy Rayville
Princess Winnsboro
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