Support for Cooley hospital tax gains local backing
U S Rep Otto Passman Ouachita Police Jury President L B Pettit and the West Monroe Chamber of Commerce back a one mill maintenance tax for the G B Cooley hospital for the retarded. Ouachita voters face a special election Tuesday June 19 with Passman stating he will fly home to vote for the proposal. Pettit says he will personally support the tax to fund operation and maintenance of the Cooley hospital for mentally retarded children and adults. WMCC Manager Eugene Smith and the Chamber board also back the measure with the chamber asserting its support since the program began.
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U. S
Otto E. Passman
Ouachita Police Jury
L. B. Pettit
West Monroe Chamber of Commerce
G. B. Cooley
Ouachita
Passman
Washington
Cooley Hospital
WMCC
Eugene Smith
Chamber
Smith
Bookmobile Schedule for Wards 5 and 7 Friday
The Oua chita Parish Public Library bookmobile visits Wards 5 and 7 on Friday with stops starting at 7:30 p.m. from the main library. It travels through Lindsey Subdivision, Wallace Dean road, Dixie Drive, Claiborne Church, Clin ton Jordan residence, H. L. Sanford home, J.P. North home, Penn's Grocery, Cheniere station, B. S. Hamilton Grocery, Webb Roberts Store, Joseph Kelly home, Elvin Perrett residence, Charles Perrett home, Gretchen Lewis home, and returns to the library at 4:10 p.m.
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Ouachita Parish
Lindsey
Wallace Dean Road
Dixie Drive
Leon Owens
Claiborne Church
Clinton Jordan
H. L. Sanford
J.P. North
Elvin Perrett
Charles Perrett
Gretchen Lewis
Soviet set five new air routes from Moscow to capitals
London based report notes the Soviet Union completed negotiations to establish five air routes linking Moscow with Accra Conakry Bamako Rabat and Khartoum. The routes connect to Ghana Guinea Mali Morocco and the Sudan, signaling expanded long distance air service.
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London
UPI
Soviet Union
Moscow
Ghana
Guinea
Mali
Morocco
Sudan
Soviet News Ag
Parish Road Finances In Good Shape
Ouachita parish road finances improved markedly under Engineer Wayne Huckaby with a $136,143.02 positive swing on highway funds. Cash on hand rose from $172,604.27 on June 1, 1961 to $308,747.29 on June 1, 1962, while gravel hauled for road work and hot mix usage surged. The patrol of measures included creating the Tanglewood sewer district, assessing juvenile probation staffing, digging a new ditch for a proposed West Monroe high school site, widening a cattle gap on Wright Road, reallocating act 128 funds, mapping state aid for next fiscal year, and bid actions on tractors.
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Huckaby
Tanglewood
West Monroe
Parish School Board
Wright Road
White Pelicans Set Down On Phillips Lake
A flock of white pelicans settled in the Phillips Lake area near Bayou Desiard on Wednesday afternoon drawing attention. Biologist Jim Davis of Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries said the birds likely traveled from the Mississippi River or the Gulf. The white pelicans are not the state bird, which is the brown pelican.
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Phillips Lake
Bayou DeSiard
Jim Davis
Louisiana Wild Life and Fisheries
Mississippi River
Gulf
Woman Receives 7 Month Term For Prostitution
Judge W M Harper sentenced 29 year old Jean Newton of Monroe to seven months in the city jail after a prostitution conviction. A second theft charge added three months. Newton listed 1307 Rear DeSiard street, Monroe. The Monroe city court session mainly handled traffic cases with multiple fines for speeding and reckless driving.
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W. M. Harper
Jean Newton
Monroe City
Newton
Rear DeSiard Street
Monroe
Joseph D. Leonard
North Third Street
West Monroe
D. Wallace Lundy
Short Coleman Street
Willie Sherman
Elm Street
Excel Young
Hadley Street
L. Lowery
South 9Th Street
Joseph R. Glasgow
Trenton Street
Ruston
Clarence Jackson
Morton Street
Ralph Whitehead
Route 1
Gladys F. Swillie
Wisner
Murphy Wooley
Ortix D. Cyrus
Cooper Street
Wooley
Swillie
Nolle
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Parish Road
Wayne Huckaby
Scott Truck
Rail Extension Committee
Central Louisiana Electric and Gas Co
Sterlington Road
Bayou Oakes
Grant Road
U. S. 16
Parker Dam
Union
T Tfield
Calhoun Canning Center
Oncy Tass
Ered
Quingnen
Eastgate Shopping CE Center
Highland Shopping Center
Murphy
Dizzy Dean
Big Value! Star
Jamaica
POLO
Cordana
HAM
Cypress St.highland Shopping Center
Wash & Wear
Louisiana
Cypress ST
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