Pioneer Skills Highlight At Camp Terral Bicentennial Camp
Camp Terral hosts Ouachita Valley Council Boy Scouts for a bicentennial summer camp featuring almost forgotten crafts. Scouts from West Monroe, including John Watson, Mike Hislop, Ritchie Smith, and Tim Sims demonstrate hide tanning and shingle splitting beside an 1870s trading post and an 1830s trapper cabin near Farmerville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ouachita Valley Council
Boy Scouts of America
John Watson
West Monroe
Mike Hislop
Ritchie Smith
Tims Sims
Camp Terral
Farmerville
Louisiana House Okays Wife Permission for Community Property Sale
A House measure requiring a wife's consent for selling community property passed 954 to 0 sending House Bill 886 to the Senate. The amendment by Ben Bagert allows the wife to grant sale authority to the husband with withdrawal at any time. Opponents included Reps. Fowler Thompson Richey Patti. West Monroe’s Shady Wall backed the change.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana House
Senate
U.S
H. M. ‘‘Mutt
Fowler
Coushatta
Francis Thompson
Delhi
Dan Richey
Ferriday
Frank Patti
Belle Chasse
New Orleans
Ben Bagert
Bagert
Richey
House
West Monroe
Shady Wall
Wall
Louisiana
Nix threatens grand jury probe over state ed actions
Kelly Nix new education superintendent tells Monroe Lions Club 80 schools must clear certification deficiencies within 30 days or lose state funding next year. He hints top aides of former Supt Louis Michot could face scrutiny as staff has handed materials to Baton Rouge D A Ossie Brown.
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State Department of Education
Kelly Nix
Monroe
Nix
Lions Club
Holiday Inn
Louis Michot
Grand Jury
Michel
Baton Rouge
Controversial State Funds and Hiring Practices Highlighted
In Ouachita Parish funds were reportedly available while none reached Northeast Louisiana. A principal with no college degree was appointed through politics. Summer school certification was touted as easy with annual progress required. Criticism targeted Michot Nix for retroactive raises, 60 new hires at average $12,000, and a single $42,000 yearly dual paycheck. Some raises lifted salaries from $800 to $2,000 per month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ouachita Parish
Louisiana
Michot
Nix
State Department of Education
Nix urges education reforms and governance changes
Nix criticizes the State Board of Education and pushes for four years of English, social science requirements, and civics. He seeks classroom control of discipline, a 20 to 1 teacher ratio, focus on early grades, return to basics, and an appointive superintendent of education.
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Nix
State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education
Louisiana
State Board
Ouachita Board Approves Bids and Guidelines for Ransom Principal
Ouachita Parish School Board approved bids on multiple items and adopted guidelines for selecting the Ransom School principal. The personnel committee advised that transfers be driven by teachers to pursue positions, and recommended a screening committee to shortlist top candidates. The board also retained attorney Robert McCloud, awarded several bus and equipment contracts, and backed a parish children’s council concept.
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Ouachita Parish
Ransom School
Milton Ford
Ford
Ransom
Clem Toston
Toston
Supt
J.O. Lancaster
Boardmen
Robert McCloud
Northeast Louisiana Contractors Association
Civil Service Commission records destruction probed by DOJ
A congressional letter asks the Justice Department to investigate possible criminal destruction of records tied to hiring abuses in the Civil Service Commission. The inquiry cites withheld or destroyed materials related to two House probes, including the 1970 Burger son hiring case.
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Washington
Justice Department
Civil Service Commission
House Post Office and Civil Service Committee
David N. Henderson
D-N.c
Atty
Edward H. Levi
Henderson
Levi
Post Office and
Civil Service Committee
William Clay
D-Mo
Clay
U.S
Commission
Supreme Court
Warren Burger
Wade
General Services Administration
Burger
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News-Star Capital Bureau
Ouachita Board
State of Arizona
FBI
Delta City
Atlanta
Boston
Dallas/n' t Worth
Los Angeles
San I
New York
San Francisco
San Jose
Oakland
Lege
Leve
Delta
Deltamatic
Adelta
Robert Gandy
Mary’s Flower Shop
L.E.D
Jcpenney
Louisville
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