Queen Dixie Gem XVII Title Sought By 20 Contestants
Twenty beauties compete for Queen Dixie Gem XVII as Peach Festival opens in Ruston with 21 girls vying for Princess Dixie Gem XVII. Activities include cookery contest, flower show, parade, golf, air show, and an appearance by Meredith MacRae. Contestants Rebecca Smith and Jane Holland are named among entrants.
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Dixie
Ruston
Howard Auditorium
Louisiana Tech
Meredith MacRae
Billie Jo
Petticoat Junction
Rebecca Smith
Richard Smith
Jane Holland
H. B. Holland
Northwestern State College
Pamela Anne McCarty
Becky Marbury
W. A. Marbury
Charlotte Hightower
Charles R. Hightower
Kathy Kelley
Maj
Charles H. Kelley
Bernice
Jann Aldredge
Truman Aldredge
Tech
Linda Karen Urbantke
Hugh FE. Urbantke
Susan Carol Gilard
Russel Gilard
Norco
Destrehan High School
Judy Kaye Hicks
A. B. Hicks
Cotton Valley
Rebecca McKneely
E. L. McNeely
Sharon Dawn Nicklas
Don Nicklas
Ammon Elizabeth Marshall
George B. Marshall Jr
Barbara Lynn Boersma
Dale Boersma
Diana Ann Norman
Jerry J. Norman
Louisiana imposes 36 aspirin tablets per bottle rule
The Louisiana Department of Health limits child aspirin to 36 tablets per container effective July 1 and requires a warning that the bottle is not fully childproof. The move aims to curb child overdose deaths.
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New Orleans
UPI
Louisiana Department of Heart
Key Scions Split On Question Of Missile Defense
Washington report shows two congressional leaders clashing over ABM deployment after China tests an H bomb. Rep Mahon says no imminent threat and warns against $40 billion cost. Rep Hosmer argues the feat dictates deployment to protect cities. McNamara cites high price and possible 10 year plan.
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Washington
UPI
Red China
Peking
United States
George H. Mahon
Dtex
House Appropriations Committee
Craig Hosmer
Rcalif
House Republican
Joint
Congressional Atomic Energy Committee
U.S
Defense
Robert §. McNamara
Congress
Johnson
Russia
Mahon
Lafayette
Services Pending Arrival Of Body Of Area Soldier
Spec. 4 James Ronald Garcia 23 of Minden died in Vietnam from a jeep collision with a land mine in the Jackson Hole area north of Pleiku. He served with the 35th Engineer Battalion Combat and entered service in 1966. Funeral at Minden Presbyterian Church with military rites. Survivors include parents Jay and Mrs Garcia and three brothers and a sister.
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Minden
James Ronald
Ronny" Garcia
Jay Garcia
Vietnam
Garcia
Department of Army
Jackson Hole
Pleiku
35Th
Murrah High School
Jackson
Miss
Hinds Junior College
Missisona
Northwestern State College
Natchitoches
Minden Presbyterian Church
Phillip Joseph
J. Michael
Joel Andrew
Susan
Laurens Glass Breaks Ground For New Plant In Louisiana
Gov McKeithen joined Laurens Glass officials in a ground breaking near Ruston for a 200000 square foot Easterby Plant four miles west of town off I 20. The $multi million facility aims to start production by May 1968, employing about 100 workers rising to 500 by the early 1970s as it makes light emerald and clear glass for the Southwest.
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Laurens Glass Company
Ruston
Simsboro
John McKeithen
P. W
Here
Interstate 20
Easterby
Lauren Glass Company
Holiday Inn
P. W. McAllister
McAllister
McKeithen
Louisiana
Charles Bussey
Jack Kilpatrick
Billy Lum
Buck Mickel
Daniel Construction Company
W. T. Hackett Jr
Louisiana Department of Commerce and Industry
Grambling
Arcadia
Charles Barham
George B
United Statessurance Committee
Laurens
Applications For Auto Insurance Hikes Considered
The Casualty and Surety Division will review two rate requests. American Guaranty and Liability Co. seeks an 11.6 percent rise for private passenger car coverage. Zurich Insurance Co. Chicago requests a 25 percent increase across all auto liability lines.
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Baton Rouge, la
American Guaranty and Liability Co
New York
Zurich Insurance Co
Chicago
Summer heats continues as official season begins
Louisiana faces highs in the mid to upper 90s with scattered thundershowers through Thursday. Monroe topped the state at 97 degrees while Alexandria and Baton Rouge posted the nightly low of 71. The long range forecast calls for temperatures two to four degrees below normal with light, widely scattered storms.
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Louisiana
Monroe
Alexandria
Baton Rouge
Lafayette
Lake Charles
Kenner
New Orleans
Shreveport
Insurance merit rating plan based on driving records
A committee delayed making specific recommendations. A merit rating plan would lower premiums for drivers with safe records and raise rates for those with accident histories.
Hearings Called On Train Service Between Little Rock and Alexandria
The State Public Service Commission scheduled public hearings to hear protests to Missouri Pacific Railroad proposed discontinuance of two passenger trains between Little Rock Arkansas and Alexandria Louisiana. The railroad plans to stop service on July 17. Hearings will be held in Alexandria and Monroe. The PSC said the action would cause a distinct hardship upon the towns.
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Baton Rouge
State Public Service Commission
Little Rock
Ark
Alexandria
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Monroe
PSC
Inquest Set For Seattle Shooting Victim Swain
King County coroner Lee Sowers schedules June 2 inquest into the fatal shooting of 19 year old George L. Swain of Seattle. Swain, formerly of Baton Rouge, was killed June 15 outside a cafe by two men who fled the scene.
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Seattle, Wash
King County
Lee Sowers
George L. Swain
Seattle
Swain
Baton Rouge
Simmy Swain
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Tri-State Briefs
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Mobile
Ala
Ernest Moyers
The
American Baptist Association
Department of Defense
Pfe. Leroy Reed
Roberta Reed
Plaquemine
Victor Wintz
Iberville Parish
R. L. McCarty
Rebecca
Becky) Irby
Wesley C. Irby III
Lillian Louise Fulmer
F. A. Fulmer
Business College
Jane Hoogland
John A. Hoogland
Sally Thigpen
J. J. Thigpen
Donna Lynn Odom
James Reagan Odom
Dale Smolinski
H. J. Smolinski
Peggy Jean Phillips
Edward T. Phillips
Farmerville
Farmerville High School
Tire
Laurens, 8. C
Nation
Associated Press
Aeatlf
Frigiquip
Mark IV Nordic
Vornado
Sears
Thurso Swift
PRI
Suburbia
Italy
Sears, Roebuck and Co
Louisville Ave
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