Monroe Council Weighs Zoning and Bid Decisions at Heavy Meeting
The Monroe Commission Council held public hearings on zoning amendments to extend a B-3 zone near Turner Street by adding land now zoned B-2 and heard bids for the Maddox Street traffic bridge from D J Construction and Bentz Elmore. Improvements on street program 1 71 were bid by Bentz Elmore, and a street contract was approved. A special study on the Lamy Lane storm drainage was referred to Ford Bacon Davis with a report due Friday.
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Monroe Commission Council
Lany Lane
Turner Street
U.S. 145
Garland Shell
Maddox Street
D & J Construction Company
Bentz & Elmore Construction Co
Bayou Street
Center Street
Ben Stern Street
Bentz & Elmore
N. 7Th
Morrison, Farand
35Th Streets
William A. Staab
St. Frederick High School
35Th Street
Betin Heights
Staab
Masur Museum
River Oaks
Bon Aire Drive
Louisiana University
Lamy Lane
Ford, Bacon & Davis
City issues sixteen building permits valued at 139630
Monroe Building Coordinator Dale Martha announced the city issued 16 permits last week totaling 139 630. Nine permits for new homes valued at 128 000 went to North Park Builders Shelton Howard Whitlock Realty Key Homes and Whitlock Realty. Additions and alterations accounted for five permits at 11 630 and two permits were to demolish residences.
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Monroe
Dale Martha
North Park
Goins Drive
Shelton Howard
Luther
Whitlock Realty
Gayton
Key Homes
Standifer and
Oregon Trail
John Spence
Bon Aire Drive
Lee Herron
Maywood
Eugene Smith
Cooper
Anetta Lewis
Registration Drive for Black Voters in Ouachita Stalls
A push to register 5000 Black voters in Ouachita Parish under Operation REACH trails its goal. Registrar Everett Zeagler reports 113 registrants since June 8, with the top day bringing 24 voters. Rev. John L. Russell leads the effort as volunteers work through the month.
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Ouachita Parish
Everett Zeagler
John L. Russell
Zengler
Newspaper Subscription Rates Summary
Subscriptions offered for MORNING WORLD and NEWS STAR with combinations for daily and Sunday editions. Prices shown include one month and 12 month terms, with morning and evening options and separate Sunday only rates. Prices range from about 1.45 to 1.95 daily and 17.40 to 23.40 annually depending on edition and schedule.
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Morning World
News-Star
Daily & Sun
Daily & Sm.ith
Police Hunt Suspect After West Monroe Officer Shot
West Monroe police search parishwide for a white male of average build with dark hair after officer David Shelton was shot in the hip near the Wood Street post office. The suspect fled in a 1963 or 1964 gray or green Mercury with 57F series Louisiana plates.
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West Monroe
David Shelton
Wood St
Wood Street
Shelton
Louisiana
Moore Speaker Before Jaycees
The West Monroe Jaycees will meet Wednesday at 7 p.m. in the Tiffin Inn. Guest speaker will be James W. Moore, chairman of the Louisiana Department of Highways, who will discuss state roads and highways. Future plans were urged by Jiles Davis Jr., spokesman for the Jaycees.
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West Monroe
T C Bancroft Honored For Police Service In Monroe
30 year Monroe police veteran T O Toby Bancroft Sr received a plaque and Pacesetter Award from the Monroe Police Department and Monroe Commission Council. Mayor W L Jack Howard lauded Bancroft for reorganizing the department after World War II and for leading firearms training efforts.
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Monroe Commission Council
Police
Monroe Police Department
T. O
Toby” Bancroft Sr
Monroe
W. LI
Jack” Howard
Bancroft
Louisiana Police Officers Association
Howard
Toby Bancrofts
Ralph May
Tom Watson
Ed Raney
Alfie Franklin
Jerome J. Brand Heart Chairman For State Group
Monroe leader Jerome J Braud named chairman of the Louisiana Heart Association personnel and administration committee for a fifth term. Dr Gerald S Berenson announced the new president and Braud also won a two year board term and remains on the state finance committee. He earned a 1969 American Heart Association medal for leadership and served as Ouachita Parish Heart Council president in 1947. He has been recognized as Man of the Year by the Northeast Association of Life Underwriters in 1967 and is active in Knights of Columbus, holding multiple honors including Faithful Navigator of the Fourth Degree.
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Monroe
Jerome J
Jerry) Braud
Louisiana Heart Association
Gerald S. Berenson
Association
Braud
American Heart Association
State
Ouachita Parish
Knights of Columbus
Lodge To Meet at West Monroe No. 419 Masonic Temple
West Monroe Lodge No. 419 F and A M will hold a meeting at 7 30 p m today in the Masonic Temple on Cotton Street.
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West Monroe
F & AM
Masonic Temple
Cotton Street
Deerfield subdivision rejected by Ouachita Parish Jury
The Ouachita Parish Police Jury declined developer James Colvin’s tentative Deerfield Park subdivision plan by a 61 to 57 vote after Ward 3 members objected to lot sizes and sewer plans. FHA had withdrawn approval, while parish engineer Dunlap cited compliance with ordinances. Other actions approved road work totaling 5,296.82 and $20,000 in state funds for rural routes and school bus paths.
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Deerfield Park
Ouachita Parish
James Colvin
Ruston
Patrick Wright
C. M. Dunlap
Dunlap
Federal Housing Authority
David Gleason
FHA
Wright
Gleason
Department of Health
Colvin
Greater Ouachita Water Co
Ward 3
Curtis Joiner
Bernie van
Ward
Arlan Rawls
Ward 5
Lennon
Charlie Griggs
Jones
Lee Anding
Mt. Olive
First Sidewheel Steamboat Appears on Mississippi River
The first sidewheel steamboat made its appearance on the Mississippi River in 1811 marking an early milestone in riverine transport and technological progress.
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Mississippi River
Richland Parish Redistricting Approved by U.S. Court
In a Monday hearing U.S. District Judge Ben C Dawkins Jr. approved a re districting plan for Richland Parish splitting it into three police jury and three school board districts with one member district in the main area. The plan, proposed by Monroe attorney Paul Kidd for plaintiffs Thompson et al, replaces a 10 member layout. Judge Dawkins allowed a conference to negotiate details after denying William R. Coenen's bid to rescind the plan.
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U. S. District Court
Richland Parish
U. S Dist
Ben C Dawkins Jr
Shreveport
William R Coenen
Monroe
Paul Kidd
Thompson Et al
Coenen
Kidd
Dawkins
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Johnny C. Mitchell
Jiles Davis Jr
The
Jayveees
T. C. Bancroft
Jerome J. Brand Heart
State Group
J. I. Braud
Lodge
Deerfield
Rea
Ward 2
John Puckett
Joe White
Swartz
J. R. Garland
Ward 6
Lloyd Coon
Nettles Road
W .O. Roberts
Ward 7
Billy Banks
Mum
Richland
Sterlington
Management Consulting
Harmon Johnson Road
Kash Sales, Inc
Livestock Exchange
Kansas City
Missouri
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