Better Business Bureau Protects Community From Health Frauds
Ouachita Parish area expands BBB operations to fight medical product scams. Stories cite fake nostrums and quack devices exposing the public to loss of money and danger. BBB Shreveport manager R. A. Booth describes conferences and actions with medical associations and law officials to curb rackets.
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Ouachita Parish
American Medical Association
Better Business Bureau
Better Business Bureau of
Shreveport and Bossier, Inc
R. A
Bob” Booth
Shreveport
Bossier
Louisiana State Medical Society
Washington, D. C
The
Medical Society
Booth
BBB
Commissioner of Public Safety
Chicago
Shreveport Better Business Bureau
State Health Department
New Orleans
Houston
Texas
Federal Food and Drug Administration
Quachita Parish
B. W. Biedenham
George Moses
Tony Renfro
Jack McBee
Hugh Balfour
Roy C. Brooks
Jack Campbell
Fred Fudickar
Wilbur Keko
Jerry Ryan
Kirt Touchstone
House Defeats Orleans Revenue Bills in Louisiana
Baton Rouge officials led New Orleans push for higher wages by raising soft drink taxes to fund city pay raises. The House Ways and Means Committee rejected the two bills after a two hour hearing. Mayor Victor Schiro and Police Supt. Joseph Giarrusso urged approval citing high turnover. Opponents argued discrimination and the Fraternal Order of Police threatened a city hall picket if gains aren’t granted.
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New Orleans
Schiro
Giarrusso
Fraternal Order of Police
Extradition Now in Progress Over Mississippi Theft
Extradition proceedings against James D. Blakney alias Barney Clifton Blakney of Taylorsville Mississippi began today over a theft of 1870.74 dollars from a Rapides parish company. A West Monroe Frozen Food Locker connection was a misreport. the local firm at 401 Cotton St. was used for transshipment but not involved. Blakney was arrested by Raleigh Mississippi deputies and refused to waive extradition.
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Mississippi
Rapides Parish
West Monroe
Blakney
Raleigh
Miss
Governor McKeithen mourns Jim McLean in Louisiana
Governor John McKeithen expressed shock at the death of veteran AP correspondent Jim McLean in Baton Rouge. He said he shared the feelings of thousands of Louisiana citizens who had come to know and love him.
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Baton Rouge
John McKeithen
Jim McLean
Associated Press
McKeithen
Louisiana
Jim
Crusaders Wore Quilted Undergarments Under Armor
Medieval crusaders wore quilted cotton undergarments beneath chain mail armor, providing padding and protection during battles and sieges. The article notes the use of layered clothing as practical defense and comfort for soldiers in armor.
Varied reaction to Governor McKeithen speech in Baton Rouge
Louisiana legislators divided in response to Gov John McKeithen’s joint address with quotes from Rep Lantz Womack Sen Spencer Myrick and Sen Charles Barham. McKeithen touted generosity toward elderly and disabled and highlighted Louisiana leading in state hospital spending for 1964 65.
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Baton Rouge
John McKeithen
House
Lantz Womack
Franklin
Louisiana
Womack
George Halstead
Lincoln
Charles Barham
Ruston
McKeithen
Barham
Former Newsman Heads Post In Forestry Group
Alexandria Louisiana Special Charles Eddington a former newspaper man and college journalism instructor has been named administrative assistant of The Louisiana Forestry Association LFA president Joe D Burns announced Eddington will assist Executive Director William H Matthews with administrative duties He will edit Forests And People the LFA quarterly and handle association publicity Eddington a Houston native raised in Many La … veteran of Korea War holds journalism degrees from LSU He worked at Baton Rouge Morning Advocate and State Times and taught journalism at Southeastern Louisiana College He is married to Edith Himel of Geismar with three children Brian Steve and Todd
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Alexandria
Charles Eddington
Louisiana Forestry Association
Joe D. Burns
Jonesboro
LFA
Eddington
William H. Matthews
Forests and People
Association
Houston
Tex
Many
LSU
Baton Rouge Morning Advocate
State Times
Southeastern Louisisiana College
Edith Himel
Geismar
Brian
Steve
Todd
Porcupine Chased Through New York Streets by Police
A 15 pound porcupine wandered Lower Manhattan as police traced its path along West Broadway. Officers chased the bristly animal to a restaurant cellar where a representative of the American Society for the Prevention of Animals collected it.
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New York
Porcupine Cruelty Case Sought Origin Clues
An injured porcupine was taken to an ASPCA shelter after cruelty reports. Police checked local pet shops and zoos for clues to its origin but yielded no decisive information. Authorities urge tipsters to come forward.
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ASPCA
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Home Owned and Operated
NO. 2
Orleans
Crusaders
News-Star Legislative Bureau
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Rayville
Tandy
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Longines
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