Kresge Founder Resigns After 53-Year Chairman Tenure
DETROIT AP Sebastian S. Kresge 98 resigns as chairman of S S Kresge Co ending a 53 year tenure and stepping down from the board of the Kresge Foundation. H B Cunningham will continue as president and CEO. Kresge, who built a $1 billion annual sales empire, notes health limits and plans to advise only briefly. He endowed the foundation with 65 million in gifts. the foundation now holds about 175 million. He remembers starting with $8,000 and a Memphis store.
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Canada
Puerto Rico
S.S. Kresge Co
H. B. Cunningham
Kresge
New York Stock Exchange
Detroit
John G. McCrory
Memphis
Tenn
McCrory
McCrory Corp
Mountainhome
State Supreme Court Actions Noted In Louisiana
New Orleans.AP The Louisiana Supreme Court has listed writs refused and granted actions among numerous cases across parishes including Assumption East Baton Rouge Caddo Calcasieu Orleans Jefferson Terrebonne Ascension and Cameron Writs refused include Prentice v Amax Petroleum Corp and others while writs granted involve West v Certified Credit Corp Crimen v Fidelity & Casualty Co and State through the Dept of Highways v Salemi plus various succession and administrative matters.
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Prentice Et al
Amax Petroleum Corp
Assumption Parish
Lloyd Vs. Register Et al
Ascension
Francis Et al
State Livestock Sanitary Rd
East Baton Rouge
Peninger Et al
New Amsterdam Casualty Co
Caddo
State Farm
Auto. Ins. Co
Travelers Ins. Co
Calcasieu
Campbell
Standard General Realty Co., Inc
Orleans
Campbell Vs
Hanner Et al
Gilbert Et al
Jackson
Sykes_ Bros. Steamship Co. Inc
Macaluso
New Orleans Public Service, Inc
Gilbert
Rabin Jr
American Employers’ Inc. Co
Stuart
Anheuser-Busch Co
Jefferson
Lofaso Et al
Blanchard Et al
Terrebonne
Hollier
Bahry Sr
State
Wilson
Cameron
West Et al
Certified Credit Corp. of la., Inc
Crimen
Fidelity & Casualty Co. of
New York
Dept. of Highways
Salemi
Northeast freshmen rank in top group at college
Twelve entering freshmen at Northeast Louisiana State College placed among the nation’s top 10 percent on Cooperative English Tests. Bona Elizabeth Benajmin led the group with a top five percent nationwide score. 11 others from Neville High and area schools also ranked high in reading and English expression.
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Northeast Louisiana State College
United States
Jack Kimball
Bona Elizabeth Benajmin
Pollock
Northeast
Linda J. Anderson
Taleulah High School
John Perry Bell
Amite High
Decia L. Dalby
Winnfield High
Stephanie K. Davis
Thomas Arthur Dukes
Carol Hargus
Mary Louise Hunnicut
Neville High
Monroe
Margaret Ann McDougald
LaSalle High
Olla
Martha Jean Neathery
Rayville High
David W. Shell
Caldwell Parish
Columbia
Robert Edward Trudeau
St. Joseph Seminary of
St. Benedict
State Funds For Handicapped Schools Okayed
Baton Rouge Louisiana House passes bill boosting private school funds for exceptional and handicapped children to up to 40 a month, up from 10, to aid those far from specialized public schools. A second Hudson bill on license suspension procedures passes 79-21 to require court notice to the Department of Public Safety.
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Department of Public Safety
Wallace Calls for Restoration in Louisiana Address
Wallace denounces federal encroachments on private property and Civil Rights protests. He faults Katzenbach logic and Interstate Commerce power, contrasts U.S. court rulings with Communist regimes, and urges Louisianans to join Alabama’s freedom movement in the Louisiana Legislature.
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Natchitoches Man New President of Movie Group
Doyle Maynard of Natchitoches La. became president of the Louisiana Association of Theater Owners succeeding Clare Woods of New Orleans after a joint convention with the Mississippi Theater Owners Association. Next year the two groups plan Biloxi meetings in June or July. New Louisian a officers include E Calogne Frank Degraauw and George Ogden as vice presidents, Mrs Gene Barnett re elected secretary treasurer. Mississippi elected Harry Thomas McComb president, with A L Royal Jr. of Meridian stepping down.
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Miss
Doyle Maynard
Natchitoches
Clare Woods
New Orleans
Louisiana Association of Theater Owners
Mississippi Theater Owners Association
Louisiana
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Frank Degraauw
Abbeville
George Ogden
Baton Rouge
Gene Barnett
Harry Thomas McComb
A. L. Royal Jr
Meridian
Wounded Leader Leaves Hospital After Shooting
In Sydney Arthur Calwell a 68 year old Labor leader left hospital under guard after a shot through his car window. Five police cars escorted his car to the airport and a government plane flew him to Melbourne where he will recover. A 19 year old factory worker faced charges of firing a sawed off rifle at Calwell with intent to murder. The motive remains unknown and Calwell has advocated withdrawal of Australian draftees from Vietnam if his Labor party wins later this year.
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Gordon Tait
Sydney
Australia
Arthur A. Calwell
Labor Party
Melbourne
Peter Raymond Kogan
Calwell
Kogan
Mosman
Labor
Viet Nam
Ken Ellis
Pointblank Range
Local Firms Top Bidders for Northeast Louisiana Dorms
Two Twin Cities firms emerged as apparent low bidders for two Northeast Louisiana State College residence halls. Jesse F Heard and Sons of West Monroe bid 2,842,000 for an 11 story men’s dormitory and Cadavi of Monroe bid 769,816 for a three story women’s dormitory. Bids will be reviewed by the State Board of Education Friday in Shreveport, funded by revenue bonds with no state tax money.
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Twin Cities
Northeast Louisiana State College
West Monroe
Jesse F. Heard and Sons
Cadavi| of
Monroe
State Board of Education
Shreveport
George T. Walker
Don A. Baxter and Son
Sicily Island
H. A. Lott, Inc
Houston
Tex
Southern Builders
Study Of State Powers Sought In House Bill
Baton Rouge AP The House passed a concurrent resolution directing the Louisiana Legislative Council to study the state's constitutional and statutory powers. The report is due by May 1 1967 and aims to assess the legislature functions duties and weaknesses and strengths. Also on the agenda two local bills: one to dedicate state surplus to a teacher pay raise and another to set up administrative procedures for state agencies.
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House
Parey Branton
Webster
Joe Keogh
Baton Rouge
Lawmakers kill bill to keep welfare records confidential
The Louisiana House Judiciary A Committee rejected a bill to render welfare records confidential and shield them from court subpoenas. Supporters argued federal welfare law compliance and loss of matching funds. Critics cited a slander suit discovery issue and urged transparency. The panel also favored reports on ethics and school facilities funding from sixteenth section land proceeds.
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Baton Rouge
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Judiciary A. Committee
Edgar Mouton Jr
State Welfare Department
Robert Angelo
St. Martin Parish
Allen Gremillion
Acadia Parish
Alcoholic Beverage Control Board
State Revenue Department
ABC
Taylor O’hearn
Caddo Parish
Louisiana Commission On Governmental Ethics
Louisiana Board of Ethics
Kennedy plan raft trip to Salmon River at Sun Valley
Sen Robert F Kennedy his wife Ethel and seven of nine children with astronaut John Glenn booked at a Sun Valley Idaho resort for June 30. They aim to raft the Salmon River after a similar trip was canceled last year when water ran high.
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Robert F. Kennedy
D-N.y
United States
Idaho
Kennedy
Ethel
John Glenn
Salmon River
Green Rivers
Colorado
Utah
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