Adcock and Wood Telegrams on School Boundary Proposals
Louisiana figures Sen. Ja mar Adcock and Rep. George Wood report close to 200 telegrams each on a proposed constitutional amendment to freeze Monroe City School boundaries. Most messages oppose the measure amid parish concerns about annexation and tax maintenance losses. Eight parish school board members live inside Monroe as a bill proposes a popular vote.
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News-Star Legislative Bureau
Baton Rouge
Jamar Adcock
Senate
Ouachita Parish
Monroe City
Monroe
S. T. Howell
Adcock
Twin Cities
Sterlington
Althouh
West Monroe
George Wood
Quachita School Board
Northeast Louisiana Alumni Meet in Qua CHita Parish
Alumni of Northeast Louisiana State College living in Qua chita Parish are invited to the annual chapter meeting at 7 p m Thursday at the American Legion Hall. Officers will be elected followed by a fish fry.
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Northeast Louisiana State College
Quachita Parish
American Legion Hall
Bill Package Reducing Governor Powers Advances
A House Committee moved 18 of 26 bills from a study group led by former Gov. Sam Jones to curb gubernatorial power. Proposals include placing levee boards under the Public Works budget, scrapping the budget appeals panel, and requiring written agency reports to the governor. The package would cut local appointive power from 1,721 to 375.
West Monroe Couple Welcomes Baby Sandra Elizabeth
Former West Monroe residents Wayne and Sandra Bunn announce the birth of Sandra Elizabeth Friday at Glenwood Hospital West Monroe. The family is at home as their pace changes notably. Visiting in Monroe is Sara Womack Dean of Palo Alto California staying with the H Womacks on McCain Drive. Dean is a 1963 Northeast Louisiana State College graduate and now a speech therapist with the Children’s Health Council in Palo Alto while her husband Dick pursues a master's degree at Stanford University.
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West Monroe
Ruston
Wayne Bunn
Sandra Elizabeth
Glenwood Hospital
Sara Womack
Palo Alto
Calif
Monroe
H. ©. Womacks
McCain Drive
Dean
Northeast Louisiana State College
Children's Health Council
Stanford University
Weather Summary for Monroe and Delta Region
Partly cloudy with no large temperature changes across Northeast Louisiana and Arkansas. Highs mainly in the 80s to low 90s, lows in the 60s to mid 70s. Scattered showers and thundershowers forecast near the coast and across Arkansas, Missouri Bootheel, western Kentucky, and portions of Tennessee. totals light to moderate with most activity shifting eastward tonight through Thursday. Winds variable 5 to 15 mph, then lighter tonight.
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Aspence
Louisiana
Delta
Arkansas
Mississippi
Kansas
Missouri
Missouri Bootheel
Kentucky
Tennessee
mid-South
Misur Boothee
Monroe Chamber opposes firemen pay raise and sales tax
The Monroe Chamber of Commerce led by executive director Jim Williams attacked the proposed firemen's pay raise bill in the Legislature and a district sales tax. He warned the raise could jeopardize Monroe's 1968 move to a better insurance rating and cited cost impacts on the city budget and bond-financed improvements. Williams argued the tax would yield contested funds for school salaries and criticized interparish spending and tax effects while outlining planned development and joint parish planning initiatives.
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Monroe Chamber of Commerce
Jim Williams
Monroe Kiwanis Club
Williams
Frances Hotel
Senate
Lantz Womack
Ouachita
Monroe
Baton Rouge
Chamber
W. L. Howard
National Fire Underwriters
Louisiana House
Womack
Parish
City of
Weather notes mid-South temperatures vary day to night
The Louisiana delta and central Mississippi area see little change in daytime temperatures with readings in the low 60s to low 90s. Nights warm slightly as low level moisture increases, affecting overnight readings.
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Louisiana Delta
Mississippi
mid-South
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