Committee studies placing authority with one board
In Baton Rouge the House Education Committee opened with Rep. Arthur Crais's bill to place control of the Louisiana State University Board of Trustees under a single governing board, signaling a major reshaping of state university oversight. The measure aims to consolidate authority and streamline governance across higher education.
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LSU Board
State Education Board
Legislative Committee On Higher Education
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Metairie
Fred Eagan
New Orleans
Joe D. Smith
Council For A Better
Alexandria
Town Talk
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Clerk Denounced For Sales Of Registration List
The executive director of the Election Research Council denounced Pulaski County Clerk R. E. Peters for selling voter registration lists at 200 dollars. A 1965 law allows two cents per name from the county fund. List must be by precinct, not alphabetic by county, officials said.
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Little Rock, Ark
UPI
Election Research Council
Pulaski
R. E
Bob) Peters
Nathan Schoenfeld
County General Fund
Schoenfeld
Peters
Lidate
Wylie Cavin Sr
Pulaski County
Trial of Cuban exile for hijack try begins in Miami
In Miami a 21 year old Cuban exile, Luis Medina Perez, goes on trial in federal court on airplane piracy and assault charges. Judge Ful ton ruled he is mentally competent to stand trial, though the defense will contend insanity at the time. Prosecutors say he boarded a National Airlines flight from Miami to Key West, produced a pistol, and tried to force a Havana flight to free his father from Castro regime. He was disarmed over the Middle Keys and handed to authorities at Key West.
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Miami
Fla
Charles B. Fulton
Luis Medina Perez
Medina Perez
National Airlines
Ellis Rubin
Federal Hospital
Springfield
Key West
Middle Keys
Havana
Fidel Castro
Funeral services for Mrs. Kittie Hubbard in Farmerville
Special obituary note from Farmerville states 91 year old Mrs. Kittie K Hubbard of Marion died after long illness. Funeral held at Kilpatrick Funeral Home Chapel with Rev George McVay officiating. Burial planned in Iuka Mississippi. Survivors include numerous cousins.
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Farmerville
Kittie K. Hubbard
Marion
Kilpatrick Funeral Home
George McVay
Clyde Elmendorf
S. 5Th St
Monroe
Hixson Brothers Funeral Home
Lea Joyner
EL Dorado, Ark
Robert Lee Love
el Dorado
Liberty Baptist Church
Linville
Don Harbuck
Young
Love
Weather synopsis for Monroe and surrounding regions
Partly cloudy through Wednesday with high temps around 86 to 94 and no significant changes. Northeast Louisiana, Louisiana, Arkansas, and Mississippi areas show warm conditions, light easterly winds 5 to 15 mph, with no rain expected through Thursday in many zones. Overnight lows mainly mid 50s to mid 60s, with scattered afternoon showers mainly in extreme south Louisiana.
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Louisiana
Delta
Arkansas
North Mississippi
Mid-South
Monroyans' flair extends to Mrs Banks flight win
Marian Banks formerly Moss of Monroe has won the annual 49er Airplane Race from San Diego to Fallon. A Monroe native now on the West Coast, she attended Quachita Parish High School and lived in Monroe until 1932. Her son Leo Newton recently completed a flying course in San Diego.
British Are Told Of Church Revolt
London AP report says Billy Graham addressed 60 British evangelical leaders noting a larger revolt against the church than in 1954. He cited 30 percent not church members in the current Greater London crusade, urged unity with Anglo Catholics, and announced 5,000 Bible study groups post crusade. Over 18,000 watched via closed circuit TV in Leeds, Newcastle, Leicester and Sheffield, with large crowds filling halls and local churches. Six hundred affirmed their faith before London crusade ministers.
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London
Billy Graham
Graham
Greater London
Church of England
Leeds
Newcastle
Leicester
Sheffield
Grand Jury To Hear Testimony In Dahmer Slaying Case
A federal grand jury in Biloxi was to hear more testimony as the Justice Department seeks indictments against 14 suspected Ku Klux Klan members accused of plotting the firebombing death of Vernon Dahmer. The 23 member bi racial jury met behind closed doors as FBI investigators and Dahmer’s widow joined observers. Dahmer, a former NAACP branch president, died January 10 from burns when firebombs were thrown at his home near Hattiesburg. his wife and daughter were injured.
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Biloxi
Miss
UPI
Justice Department
U. S
Harold Cox
Vernon Dahmer
FBI
Dahmer
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Hattiesburg
West Monroe Court Brief Fines Handed in City Session
Judge John McCormick presided over a West Monroe City Court session Monday during which several individuals were fined on speeding and reckless driving counts. Gary G. Schatz of New Orleans received $25 for reckless driving, while Charles L. Clay of Baton Rouge and Robert Tatum of Bastrop were fined $20 each for similar charges. Charles Morgan of 2311 Davan Street was fined $15 for speeding, along with Douglas N. Benson Jr. of 412 Smith Street, West Monroe. Daniel Robertson of 518 Jonesboro Road, West Monroe. Bobby Panzico of 105 Browning, West Monroe. and Douglas George of 1003 Crosley, West Monroe, each fined $10 for speeding.
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John McCormick
West Monroe
Gary G. Schatz
New Orleans
Charles L. Clay
Baton Rouge
Robert Tatum
Bastrop
Charles Morgan
Davan St
Douglas N. Benson, Jr
Smith St
Daniel Robertson
Jonesboro Rd
Judge Revokes Probation Here
Huey Adcock Taylor 18 of West Monroe had probation revoked by Judge Hillyer S. Parker in Fourth District Court for simple burglary of Kern's Kiddie Land on Sept 17 1964. He is sentenced to five years in the state penitentiary. Also, Judge Mack E. Barham set Lonnie Bray’s arraignment for June 23. Bray is charged with theft of a truck valued at 1500 and fined 300 for driving while intoxicated. Walter M. Taylor of West Monroe pleaded not guilty to DWI and his case is set for Sept 9.
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Huey Adcock Taylor
Rt. 4
West Monroe
Hillyer S. Parker
Fourth
Taylor
Kern
Mack E. Barham
Lonnie Bray
Monroe
Bray
Rights Marchers To Participate In Two Observances
Mississippi civil rights marchers held a two part memorial today for the 1964 Philadelphia killings. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr planned memorial services in Meridian for two white New Yorkers and a Mississippi man. Several groups traveled from Louise to Philadelphia to protest the deaths and to march toward Jackson.
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Louise
Miss
Philadelphia
Martin Luther King, Jr
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Meridian
Jackson
H.L. Montgomery
Montgomery
U.S. Highway 51
Memphis, Tenn
James H. Meredith
Meander
Marchers Trek 17 Miles In One Day On Montgomery Farm
In the Mississippi countryside the marchers covered 17 miles on Monday, their longest single day. They set up three tents on the hard packed ground of a large lot on Montgomery's farm near the small community of 481 residents.
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Sron
Mississippi
Montgomery
Forest Fire Contained After 11 Days Near Santa Barbara
In Los Padres National Forest a wildfire started by a fatal plane crash June 11 covered 92,000 acres and menaced 35 miles north of Santa Barbara. Firefighters, numbering about 2,500, completed a 123 mile perimeter and began demobilizing as damage reached $1.75 million. The fire, the second largest in the forest's history, caused minor injuries to fifteen fighters.
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Santa Barbara
Calif
Los Padres National Forest
Los Padres
Towns Primary Results Unknown in Princeton Maine
Princeton voters faced an unresolved result as the town’s primary total remained uncounted after the town clerk refused to release figures until the secretary of state completes the official tabulation.
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Princeton
Maine
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