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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1967
Page
2
A vehicle wreck was reported on Star Route 15 near 1515 Star. Responders from North McKe nlie Comp cor 506 N Fore Rov serv were alerted and arrived to assist. No further details on injuries or outcome are provided in the readable text.
Committees examined four measures authorizing a $130 million Gulf Coast shipyard project. Aimed at Litton Industries financing, the plan would issue bonds and use Jackson County lands for industrial purposes, with state and county funding for dredging and site prep. Gov Johnson urged swift action to spur growth and elevate Mississippi's bond standing.
Kenneth Cy Roscoe Young a longtime area engineer with the Corps of Engineers in the Vicksburg District was named to the Gallery of Distinguished Civilian Employees at a 192nd anniversary ceremony. He served from 1915 to 1956 and is noted as an Ouachita River Basin flood control expert and high water fighter.
Dr John G Lewis Jr urged Louisiana Masons at the 104th annual convocation in New Orleans to act with caution discretion and compassion on controversial issues including Vietnam He emphasized light over darkness and the duty to aid the needy The meeting re elected him and appointed officers including A V Williams A V Kirk L D Adams R A Clark and William A Brown
Governor John McKeithen said Baton Rouge is earning a bad reputation among industry due to a trucking and sand and gravel dispute. He ordered a 30 day suspension of lead limit laws to ease tensions after gunfire erupted with no injuries reported.
The Pentagon scrapped a week long summer maneuver near Fort Bragg involving 70,000 personnel and canceled a carpet upgrade for Asst. Secretary Phil Goulding. Exercise Kitty Hawk was dropped to reduce spending with Army Navy Marine and Air Force units affected.
The Federal Communications Commission tells Western Union Telegraph Co. to meet its own 1959 service standards for delivering business telegrams within 75 minutes, with one hour for telephonic delivery and two hours for birthday greetings. A chart shows major offices meet the targets less than 90 percent of the time, which the FCC calls barely satisfactory.
State legislatures raise taxes via new sources and higher rates across 1967. Nebraska adopts corporate and personal income taxes. West Virginia imposes 6 percent corporate tax. Maryland Montana Tennessee raise corporate rates. Minnesota North Dakota Vermont tweak personal taxes and banks. Sales tax expands to 44 states plus DC. state gasoline, cigarette, and tobacco taxes rise. local option taxes pass in Texas and Nevada. New Hampshire tobacco tax up to 30 percent.
Hearings in Philadelphia and New York this week address a maritime deck officers strike that disrupted Atlantic and Gulf coast shipping. US District Judge John P. Fullam ordered back to work by midnight or face damages, with arbitration to resume to avoid further penalties.
Milan AP Sophia Loren, 33, says she isn’t afraid of aging as long as she keeps working. In Tempo she notes love as reciprocal esteem, supports birth control, and hopes to work with Charlie Chaplin again on a new project while praising his vitality.
Washington five of nine members of the District of Columbia Board of Education oppose any appeal of a federal court ruling ordering sweeping changes in the capital's schools. The decision targets placement policies racial makeup and aptitude tracking in a landmark case led by Julius W. Hobson amid concerns the ruling could affect urban schools nationwide.
A 24 year old inmate from New Orleans at Angola State Prison cut his right heel on Tuesday marking a second self inflicted wound in a week. Donald Lee Hawkins age 24 is serving 22 years for armed robbery attempted armed robbery and simple escape. The incident follows a similar cut to his left heel Thursday night.
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