Two City Students Graduate From Washington Universities
Janice Hamilton Outtz and Brenda Reddix, daughters of West Monroe and Monroe residents, earned advanced degrees in Educational Psychology from Howard University and a Juris Doctorate from Georgetown Law. Outtz joins HEW advisory staff. Reddix plans Louisiana Bar exam then private practice in Washington. Parents attended the ceremonies.
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City
Washington
Janice Hamilton Outtz
Osha Hamilton
West Monroe
Brenda R. Reddix
John J. Reddix
Monroe
Washington, D. C
Ms. Outtz
Howard University
Ms. Reddix
Georgetown University Law School
Little Flower Academy
St. Frederick High School
Parade Groups Set Meeting To Finalize Ouachita Bicentennial
Organizations with floats in the Ouachita Parish Bicentennial Parade are urged to send representatives to a 5 30 p m planning meeting today at the Elks Lodge 1304 N 18th St Monroe.
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Ouachita Parish
Elks Lodge
18Th St
Monroe
Panel Okays Drug Measure In Senate Health Committee
Senate Bill 55 by Sen. Joseph Tiemann moved through the Health and Welfare Committee with an unfavorable report. The Louisiana Pharmacists Association supported the bill while the Louisiana Medical Society opposed it, arguing substitutions must be therapeutically chemically bioequivalent, a standard doctors say no trade name drugs meet, risking patient harm.
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Baton Rouge
Senate Health and Welfare Committee
Senate
Metairie
Joseph Tiemann
Louisiana Pharmacists Association
Louisiana Medical Society
Association of Physicians
Registration Sets for NLU Summer Term in July
Registration for the second NLU summer term runs 1 to 8 p m Thursday July 8 with classes starting Friday July 9. Current students get packets automatically while new or transferring students and those who graduated must file admission forms. A July 3 parade in West Monroe features dignitaries and the Monroe Freedom Train as part of the bicentennial events.
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Northeast Louisiana University
NLU
Central Bank
Russell Long
U. S
Otto E. Passman
Louisiana Supreme Court
James Dennis
Monroe
West Monroe
Ralph Troy
W. B. Hatten
W. L. Howard
Harlan Prestridge
Luther T. Harper
Postponed Baton Rouge bill on third party suits in workers compensation
Senate delayed action on a bill barring third party suits by injured workers against co workers after lobbying by business groups and with New Orleans Senator Nat Kiefer seeking sufficient votes to avoid near term amendments. The measure, already approved by the House, targets suits unless gross negligence is shown.
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Baton Rouge
Senate
New Orleans
Nat Kiefer
Louisiana Association of Business and Industry and Contractors Associations
House
Kiefer
Louisiana Trial Lawyers Association
Foster parents honored for service at Louisiana event
The Louisiana Division of Family Services will recognize foster parents at 8 pm today at Jack Hayes High School in a Northeast Louisiana ceremony. Awards span five to over 25 years with recipients including the Jeters Hackneys Alexander Fryer Laird Kennedy Williams Welch and many others.
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Louisiana Division of Family Services
Jack Hayes Hool
Northeast Louisiana
Foster Parents Association
P. M. Jeter
Oren Hackney
Claude Alexander
Douglas Fryer
Bill Ezell
H. L. Laird
William Kennedy
A. C. Williams
Robert Welch
Clyde Williams
J. C. Christy Sr
Major Martin
Jake Higgs
Statton Wiggins
Shed Scott
Dallas Hogue
Jimmie Lewis
Jewell Pierce
Emeal Scott
Sheperd Buggs
Will Dorsey
J. T. Etheridge
Jesse Holder
Richard Shirley
Ramage Tarver
Millege Wood
Lavon Jones
Dan Britt
John McIntyre
Jack Russell
Jesse Brice
Inez Collins
Willie Cummings
William Eagles
Archie Johnston
Percy Parks
Elizabeth Tibbs
Gladys Bankston
Aubrey Brown
Watson Harvey
Frank Stringfellow
Grover Gray
Joe Hatten
Olan Hayes
S. B. Quinn
Bobby Watkins
Leroy Hendrix
Sidney King
James Milline
Bert Piazza
Arlene Powe
L. E. Robinson
John Shaffer
Ethel Stewart
Winston Hammons
James McKnight
Herman Wilson
Clinton.Gipson
Robert Silmon
Henry Beavers
Melvin Ellington
Herbert Lee
Wilmer McCandlish
Robert D. Boles
Richard Giesse
Lester Parker
Charles Smith
James Speights
Sam Ella Walton
Paul Alexander
A. D. Arceneaux
Edd Barnes
Willie Brown
Pearl Gatson
Charles Horn
Allie Kight
Florence Morris
Lula Orange
Jack Snow
Tennie Taylor
Willie Young
Court Opens Under Gorges Charter at Saco
The first General Court under Charles I's charter opened at Saco Maine on June 25 164. The assembly marked a new colonial governance start with local leaders convening to establish laws and oversight for the settlement.
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Gorges
Charles I
Saco
Maine
Billy the Kid Tombstone Restored with Thief-Proof Fortifications
The Billy the Kid tombstone is back at Fort Sumner after being stolen in 1950 and recovered near Granbury Texas. It now sits encased in a welded steel band secured to a concrete plate. The epitaph reads The Boy Bandit King He Died as He Lived. Billy the Kid, born William Bonney in New York City on November 23 1860, is famed for a life of gunplay and a death at Lincoln County Sheriff Pat Garrett on July 14 1881.
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Fort Sumner
N.M
UPI
Billy the Kid
Granbury Tex
William Bonney
New York City
Lincoln County
Pat Garrett
Notable World Figures in Oval Office and Global Events
Pearl Bailey met President Ford in the Oval Office to discuss Middle East tour results and an upcoming Economic and Social Council meeting in Africa. Anne-Aymone Giscard d Esteing publicly addressed rumors about her husband and their family life in Paris. Andy Devine faces serious health issues during kidney dialysis in California. Ford accepts multiple official resignations including James Smith and others in Washington. Montreal names Eteri Andjaparidze as a $10,000 prize winner in the International Piano Competition with fellow Russians sharing remaining prizes.
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Washington
Pearl Baile
Ford
Oval Office
Miss Bailey
U.S
United Nations Economic and Social Council
Middle East
State Department
London
Anne- Aymone
Giscard d’Estaing
Madame Giscard
Daily Express
Jean Rock
France
Paris
Elysee Palace
GOP Drafts Soft Platform to Unite Party in 1976
The GOP plans a concise platform with limited controversy to back a united bid against Carter. Ford and Reagan aim to avoid floor fights, with debates likely on foreign policy and a few divisive issues such as abortion and busing. The draft begins after mid August and includes public hearings across cities.
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Washington
Republican Party
Ford
Ronald Reagan
Platform Committee
Robert Ray
Iowa
Republican Platform Committee
Ray
Reagan
Platform
Jimmy Carter
Kansas City
Los Angeles
Ames
FCC plans Class D expansion eyed for August release
The FCC is expected to announce a plan to expand Class D radio channels, with 40 to 50 new channels and tighter transmitter specs to cut interference. New channels may reuse five Class C lanes for remote control devices, with market-ready radios by January.
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Federal Communications Commission
FCC
West Point honor code under scrutiny amid cheating probe
Army testimony at a House subcommittee hearing defends the West Point honor system after a March engineering test scandal. Secretary Martin Hoffman cites 171 of 823 juniors implicated in alleged collaboration while noting only one cadet exonerated. Naval Academy leaders testified on disciplinary methods as calls grow for broader probing.
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Washington
Army
West Point
Ate Armed Services
U.S. Naval Academy
Kinnaird McKee
Naval Academy
James Winnefeld
Midshipmen
Service Academy
Martin Hoffman
Hoffman
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Janice Outtz
Brenda Reddix
News-Star Capital Bureau
Bailey
Economic and Social Council
Africa
Devine Serious
Santa Rosa
Calif
Andy Devine
Bill Hickock
Sonoma County Hospital
Bohemian Grove
David J. Shapiro
Devine
Newport Beach
Dorothy
James Smith
Smith
Walter Sauer
ExportImport Bank
Herman Kleine
Agency For
Montreal
Eteri Andjaparidze
Andjaparidze
Nikolai Demidendo
Naum Grubert
Gerhard Oppitz
West Germany
Pearl
GOP
Kawaihae
Hawaii
Sweden
Secret Service
Carl XVI Gustav
Silvia
William P. Roth
Honolulu
Richard S. Larsen
Atlanta
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Henry Kissinger
South Africa
Ralph David Abernathy
United States
Vorster-Kissinger
Kissinger
John Vorster
Souther Africa
AIR Force Academy
Colo
William Woodyard
Ralph Abernathy
Amateur and Citizens Division
Washington, DC
British Columbia
Denmark
Norway
Japan
Italy
Netherlands
Belgium
Great Britain
CB Truckers News
Congress
Chicago
Dallas
Craig
E. F. Johnson
Panasonic
Cbs
Royce and
Midland
P.O. Box
Weatherford
Citizens
Acme Tuxedo Rental
Cypress, W.M. Pr
Forsythe
Ryee du
Jackson ST
Saveontras
Diagonal Television
Father
Dinette
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