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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1972
Page
10
New York AP notes a link between dull low education jobs and high risk hobbies such as sky diving and car racing. It cites motives for risky leisure, mentions weather effects on heart attacks, gastric bypass for obesity, and several quirky quotes and trivia from the era.
Louisiana lawmakers debate a bill requiring deer hunters to wear at least 400 square inches of fluorescent orange. House Speaker Bubba Henry introduced the measure at hunters’ request to reduce hunting accidents. Rep. Lantz Womack suggested calendar return to fix amendments including an on property exemption and bow hunting orange wear. Henry agreed to revisit the bill, noting he does not deer hunt himself.
Monroe police report a Saturday night motorcycle collision injuring Ronald O. Jones. The 3618 Calypso resident received minor injuries and was treated at St. Francis Hospital after striking a car owned by Bessie P. Sanders on Calypso while attempting to pass on the right.
A fragmentary advertisement lists items like purple hull peas watermelons grade A large eggs and shortening brands Mrs. Tucker's or Swift's Jewel. The snippet mentions times and a date 12-07 but provides no additional context or full details.
Ouachita Parish Public Library announced Tuesday routes for the bookmobile with stops across Monroe including nursing homes on Sterlington Road and homes on Kentucky Street Well Road Hillcrest Avenue and Wallace Dean Road. Service runs daily from 8 am to 5:30 pm with visits to numerous residences and the West Monroe area on July 18 August 1 15 and 29.
The Louisiana House approved 350000 to fund the upcoming constitutional convention. Earlier in the session lawmakers authorized summoning a convention in January to rewrite the state constitution.
The Louisiana House of Representatives approved a resolution to allow college graduation after 112 credit hours within three years. Rep Woody Jenkins Bates Rouge led the effort with the state Board of Education and LSU board oversight to implement changes. No objections were raised as the measure moved toward the Senate.
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