Fireworks Debate Splits Louisiana Citizens
Readers from Monroe voice mixed views on banning fireworks in Louisiana. Several contend they should be restricted or kept legal with safeguards, while others push for a state ban citing safety hazards and property risk. Opinions come from Mangham, Veazey, Williams, Burson, Hanna, and Germany with varied stances.
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Louisiana
G. Mangham SR
Valencia St
Monroe
Toni Veazey
Red Cross
Forsythe Ave
Jim Williams
Chamber of Commerce
Island Drive
Williams
Merilyn Burson
Harrell Road
West Monroe
Billy Gene Hanna
Central Ave
Tommie Germany
Alabama St
City School Board Okays Warehouse Project
The Monroe City School Board approved bids for a 60 by 180 foot warehouse and maintenance building on Roselawn Avenue. Brown and Blazier to lay the concrete foundation for 7991 dollars and The Metallic Building Co to erect the prefabricated steel structure at 18333 dollars.
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Monroe City
Brown and Blazier
Metallic Building Company
Roselawn Avenue
19Th Street
Oliver Road
van Odem
Brown - Rivers- Scogin
Marjorie Oliver
T. H. Scott
Supt
van Odom
F. Jones
Grayson Guthrie, Jr
Billy Gannaway
Jack Neel
Odom
Ring Found After Woman Swallows $300 Diamond
Mrs. Ruth Davis a St Francis Hospital technician in Monroe regained her $300 diamond wedding band after a week of concern. Doctors and X rays traced the rings location while workers advised procedures and the ring was finally retrieved. Her husband Maj Jack Davis police traffic chief teased her during the ordeal.
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Ruth Davis
St. Francis Hospital
Amendment To Teacher Tenure Bill Withdrawn
Baton Rouge lawmakers adjourned as Rep. Edgar Lancaster dropped a bill to amend teacher tenure after the House Education Committee reported it unfavorably. The week saw LSU segregation protests, a gas gathering tax passage, and talk of a fall special session amid constitutional questions.
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Baton Rouge
Edgar Lancaster
Tallulah
Louisiana
Lancaster
House Education Committee
LSU
Senate
Earl K. Long
F. F. Wimberly
L.T.A. Legislative
Wimberly
L.T.A
Willie Rainach
L.S.U
Troy H. Middleton
Middleton
Ist
Rainach
Monroe
House
Robert Angelle
Walter Chachere
Crowville
Frank Clements
Tennessee
American Legion
Clements
Bachelor Leads Life Of Reilly In YWCA Hotel Stay
Frank Reilly an 83 year old bachelor is the only male guest at a YWCA hotel formerly the Capitol Hotel. He resists eviction as eviction cases push other men out and he plans to stay for 17 more years in the same building amid court orders and a YWCA cafeteria pass.
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New York
Frank Reilly
Reilly
YWCA
Capitol Hotel
Wife Gets Out When Husband's Girl Moves In
Ruthie Bird, 37, filed for divorce in Fort Worth after her truck driver husband brought home a girlfriend Frances Holliday on October 15. She moved out, received letters from Frances about living with her husband, and the judge granted the divorce.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Ruthie Bird
Frances
Mrs. Bird
Frances Holliday
Harold Craik
Soviet Plan for Atom Powered Locomotives and Trucks
Prof Leonard Konstantinov, head of the Soviet exhibit at the Rome electronic and nuclear show, said on Thursday night that work is underway on designing and constructing atomic trucks and train engines. He provided no further details.
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Rome
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Veazey
Burson
Hanna
Germany
City School Board
Louisville
Bachelor
Gay
Batiste
Gay's
DeSiard
DeSiard St
H. P
Down
Isville
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