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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1977
Page
7
A dense header of mixed stock quotes shows prices and changes across many tickers. The page lists banks and industrial firms with bid and ask figures, volumes, and percentage shifts, reflecting a busy noon trading snapshot in New York markets.
The Associated Press reports noon stock figures from the American Stock Exchange and New York market listings. Investors digest mixed gains and losses across many firms led by energy, auto, and industrials as prices fluctuate and volumes rise.
Market brief notes New York stocks with mixed activity. Industrial stocks show marginal gains while utilities drift as traders weigh larger market cues.
Mary Hall, former Monroe Redevelopment Agency director, was named director of the Community Development Program within city government, creating a new city run position and a raise. George Parsons noted HUD recommended placing program responsibility in the city. The council also reviewed bids for police cars and fencing, extended a business district, amended zoning for business colleges, and approved sanitation equipment contracts.
The West Monroe City Council plans to adopt the fiscal 1978 operating budget today with general fund revenues rising above fiscal 1977 by more than 300000 due to a half cent sales tax for the government complex. Total revenues are projected at 2440300, up from 2123400, with raises slated for police and fire departments and increases in most other departments except Streets.
A 25 year old Alto woman and her infant daughter were killed in a one vehicle accident around 1 50 p m Monday near Rayville Louisiana authorities said the two were in a car that left the road and overturned police reported no other occupants were in the vehicle.
The 1977 Miss Louisiana Pageant at Monroe Civic Center June 23 25 will award the queen 1000 from Gillette Kellogg Campbell State Scholarship 2000 from Miss Louisiana Scholarship Fund plus travel and wardrobe stipends and a 500 fashion wardrobe grant. Stratford College provides a 300 scholarship to Miss Congeniality and a finishing program.
Sabine Parish officials report a nine year old Baton Rouge boy drowned near Buckeye Landing at Toledo Bend while wading. A six year old Lake Charles boy witnessed the incident. Houston CPR attempted resuscitation. Body recovered in seven feet of water. Coroner ruled drowning. Father Tyrone’s Baton Rouge address listed.
Optimist Bulletin reports that crime costs the nation billions each year while insisting the public still gets substantial crime activity, reflecting a paradoxical view of safety and expenditure.
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