Monroe Utilities Commission Opposes House Bill 778
The Monroe Utilities Commission issued a statement opposing House Bill 778. The commission says the bill would cripple Monroe and other Louisiana cities by altering eminent domain rules and enforce private utility control, favoring Power Company sponsored provisions. Mayor WoL Clack Howard and Council support remain aligned with the commission’s concerns.
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Wol Clack Howard
Monroe
French J. Smith
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Services Set For James A Hughes Drowning Victim
Funeral services are planned for James A. Hughes 63 a retired Continental Can employee drowned in Blake Lake Natchitoches Parish. Rev Richard Shreve will officiate at McDonald Baptist Church with burial in McDonald Cemetery under Holmonds Funeral Home Jonesboro. He is survived by his widow three sons a daughter three brothers two sisters and grandchildren.
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Jimmy) Hughes
Continental Can Corp
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Natchitoches Parish
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McDonald Baptist Church
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McDonald Cemetery
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Carl Hughes
Lovell Hughes
Peotone
Irma Neal
Chatham
Hazel Huckaby
West Monroe
Plaza Towers Auction Set in New Orleans
The unfinished 45 floor Plaza Towers office building in downtown New Orleans is to be auctioned Thursday after Civil District Court Judge David Gertler denied a petition by Sam Recile to stop the sale. Manufacturers Hanover Trust Co. holds a $12 million mortgage on Plaza Towers, Inc. and forced the foreclosure.
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Sam Recile
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Plaza Towers, Inc
Deputy Eddie Gibbs Returns to Duty After Surgery
Twin Cities Deputy Eddie Gibbs of Ouachita Parish Sheriff’s Department is back to work Tuesday after a month‑long recovery from surgery. Local businessman A L Tony Embanato heads the “pun. list” and is in Room 509 at St Francis Hospital undergoing tests as friends hope he recovers and is back up and at em.
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Ouachita Parish
Gibbs
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Tony’ Embanato
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Weather outlook for the region includes scattered thundershowers
Northeast Louisiana and Arkansas show partly cloudy warm conditions with scattered afternoon and evening thundershowers. Highs near 84 to 97, lows 70s. Mississippi also partly cloudy with isolated storms mainly in the south, highs in the 80s to near 90, lows in the 40s to 70s. Probability of rain ranges 20 to 60 percent.
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Young Ruth Ann Alvirez Attends Presbyterian Church Camp
Ruth Ann Alvirez, 10, spends her first full week away from home as the guest of Cindy Grantz in Moise Alabama. The girls departed Monday for a summer camp hosted by the Presbyterian church, an annual program for various ages.
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Moise
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Resurrection City Faces Mud as Marchers Press On
Thousands of protesters arrived in Washington for the Poor People’s Campaign but a vast shantytown by the reflecting pool turned to a quagmire after heavy rains. Trucks bogged down on Martin Luther King Plaza and makeshift bridges spanned sodden trenches as the marchers struggled to unify amid logistics and weather.
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Trenton Area Beautification Planned in West Monroe
A Community Improvement Council in West Monroe will lead a drive to beautify the Old Trenton Community. Residents and Ouachita Parish Health Unit representatives met to plan improvements at Trenton Baptist Church with leaders from the health service chamber of commerce and local agencies pledging support.
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Ouachita Parish
Aubrey Cyrus
Improvement Council
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Cypress Street
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Sallie Snapp
Edward G. Farmer
U.S. Public Health Service
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Eugene Smith
New Orleans Man Indicted on Draft Evasion Charge
Walter Joseph Collins of New Orleans indicted by a federal grand jury for violating Selective Service laws. He allegedly failed to report for induction on five occasions between September 15, 1967 and March 18, 1968. Collins was arrested in New York City and returned to New Orleans to face the charges.
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Walter Joseph Collins
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New York City
YWCO Teencamp Set In August
Registration remains open for the YWCO teen camp conference scheduled August 4 to 11. Miss Bess Sharp director says two speakers are planned Judge Mack Barham of Bastrop to address dating and marriage and Pascal Norris of Monroe on citizenship. Teens should contact the YWCO.
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Bess Sharp
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Mack Barham
Bastrop
Pascal Norris
Monroe
Miss Sharp
Palmer withdraws bid for reelection to Ouachita Parish board
W. E. Palmer, Ward 2 representative, says health reasons prevent another term on the Ouachita Parish School Board after 24 years of service. He cites gratitude for ward support and notes other board members have not confirmed candidacy or qualification.
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Ouachita Parish
W. E. Palmer
Abandoned Cars To Be Towed Off By Police Warning
Monroe Police Chief James C. Kelly Jr warns residents that from June 19 city and maintenance crews will remove abandoned autos on city or neutral property to the junk yard. If owners cannot be found they will be towed and charged towing and storage fees.
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James C. Kelly Jr
Monroe Police Department
Kelly
Monroe City
City of Monroe
Lambert Funeral for Heather Lambert Held in Monroe
Funeral services for Heather Lambert age 44 of 2301 S Grand St Monroe were held at 4 30 pm in Mulharn Funeral Home chapel Monroe. Burial followed at Memorial Park Cemetery. Lambert was found dead at his home late Tuesday and is survived by parents Willie Lambert and wife, two brothers A R and Morris Lambert, and sister Mrs Benny White.
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S. Grand St
Monroe
Mulharn Funeral Home
Memorial Park
Lambert
Willie Lambert
A. R and
Morris Lambert
West Monroe
Benny White
McCleish Attends Special Meet on Cooperative School Work
Dolph H. McCleish an educational consultant at Northeast Louisiana State College attended a workshop in Hot Springs Arkansas on a cooperative school work program for educable mentally retarded individuals. The event sponsored by the University of Texas Rehabilitation Research and Training Center drew over 120 participants from five states to learn coordination of schools, work, and job experiences.
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Dolph H. MccCleish
Northeast Louisiana State College
Hot Springs
Ark
University of Texas’ Rehabilitation Research and Training Center
Monroe Adverts Guarded By Better Business Bureau
A vintage Monroe newspaper promotes advertising integrity, urging readers to report untruthful ads to the Better Business Bureau Quachita Parish Division or the Monroe News Star World advertising manager.
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Better Business Bureau
Quachita Parish
P. O
Monroe
Louisiana
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