Highway Spending Plans Outlined in Shreveport
State Highway Director Ar sene Stewart and James W. Moore outlined the $100 million highway bond funded budget for the coming fiscal year at the Fourth District meeting in Shreveport. The board heard parish road improvements and bridge needs as citizens urged repairs while Governor McKeithen attended state business in Pittsburgh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arsene Stewart
James W. Moore
Monroe
State Highway Board
Shreveport
Fourth District Highway Department
Stewart
Moore
Fourth District
Ford Stinson
Bossier Parish
Frank Fulco
Caddo Parish
Highway Board
Highway Department
John J. McKeithen
Telephone Users To Get Relief From Tax Cut
Southern Bell's Eu gene Derouen says federal excise tax on telephone service will drop from 10 percent to 3 percent on Jan 1 1966 with 1 percent cuts each January until elimination in 1969. The savings go to customers as the tax is passed through by the company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe
West Monroe
Johnson
Eugene CC. Derouen
Southern Bell
Louisiana
Derouen
Worm with Two Tails Scares West Monroe Reader
Mrs Mae Brown of 316 Winks Lane West Monroe found a half inch worm with two tails while digging worms in a special bed this week. She is keeping the unusual specimen separate to monitor its growth and any further mutations.
Car Crash Kills Natchez Man Near Newellton
Lee Haynes age 66 a Natchez Mississippi Negro was killed Tuesday when his car crashed through Clark's Bayou Bridge three miles south of Newellton. The vehicle tore off half the bridge side and plunged into eight feet of water.
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Newellton
Lee Haynes
Natchez, Miss
Clark's Bayou Bridge
Here
Alexandria Gets New Industry in Rapides Parish Plant
Gov. John J McKeithen announced a $35 million paperboard plant will be built in Rapides Parish. Construction starts soon and production begins fall 1967, employing about 2,000 and producing 180,000 tons of linerboard annually. The joint venture involves Boocan Co and Finnish firms Enso-Gutzeit and Tampella. The plant would be the parish's largest industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexandria
Rapides Parish
John J McKeithen
McKeithen
Boocan Co
Enso-Gutzeit
Tampella
John W. O'Boyle
Telephone Use Seminar Slated by West Monroe Chamber
The West Monroe Chamber of Commerce will sponsor a two hour Telephone Use Seminar on July 27 for local businessmen and secretaries. Miss Sybil Christman of Southern Bell Telephone Company will teach correct usage techniques and telephone habits. The chamber also moved its meeting time to 7 a.m. on the third Wednesday monthly after installing new directors.
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West Monroe
Peach Festival Beauty Entrants Announced in Louisiana
Louisiana Peach Festival announces 21 entrants for the Queen Dixie Gem title and 27 contestants for the Princess Peach crown. Pageants run Thursday and Friday at Howard Auditorium with Gem and Peach events each evening. Contestants hail from Ruston and nearby towns including West Monroe Jonesboro Dubach Springhill Farmerville Bernice Monroe Shreveport.
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Howard Auditorium
Gem
Trebie Candice Stewart
Ann Hogan
Sue Ellen Sikes
Georgianna Lopes
Hilda Ann Hinton
Margaret Ann Richardson
Mary Hilan Marler
Dee Marie Kendall
Carol Emmons Turner
Candy Lea Williams
Cleopatra Long
Janet Louise Fiehler
Patricia Ann Baldwin
Ruston
Sara Lewis
West Monroe
Linda Bailiff
Springhill
Rose Ann Scarborough
Jonesboro
Donna Gail Tatum
Dubach
Susan Kneipp
Elaine Harvey Blalock
Mary Ann Eldred
Farmerville
Diane Marie Barnum
Peach
Suzanne Edmiston
Camilla Gray Kelly
Vicki Lou Robertson
Karen Elaine Duddy
Carol Elizabeth Fant
Karen Sue Simmons
Pamela Raedell McGehee
Lisa Annette Barfield
Tammy Guidry
Jane Turnbow
Jill Pennington
Kelly L. Rolf
Karen Ann Stinson
Gwendolyn Marie Strahan
Lisa Ann Blackwelder
Pixie Cook
Sandra Allison Taylor
Katherine Lee Hudwell
Loyce
Voters in Sterlington back water expansion plan
In Sterlington, voters approved expanding Greater Ouachita Water Co. into two town areas by a two to one margin. Unofficial counts: 128 in favor, 60 against. assessment vote 205,110 to 63,010 also favored. The move allows the company to cross streets for installation, extending service to about 75 new customers in Bartholomew and Cherokee Subdivisions, and a new well will be drilled.
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Sterlington
Greater Ouachita Water Co
J. B. Milstead
Bartholomew
Cherokee
Louisiana Worker Killed Falling From Trash Truck
An employee of the Bossier City Sanitation Department, Lynn Gay, 18, was killed after being crushed under a city trash truck. He had worked seven days and married three weeks earlier.
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Bossier City
Ruston Teeners Booked Today On Theft Charges
Three Ruston teenagers were booked on theft and attempted theft of an automobile after an incident in the 800 block of Cole Avenue. James Wesley Davis, George Thomas Hubbard Jr, and Jackie Franklin Luttrell faced charges related to a vehicle stolen from Madison Hall and an attempted theft from Kirby Desarneaux. Also reported were a burglary at Robinson's Grocery and other arrests for reckless driving and a false report to police. A Shreveport man faced negligent driving and no license charges, and a Monroe fire unit investigated a couch fire at J P McCarthy’s residence.
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Ruston
Cole Avenue
James Wesley Davis
Louise Dr
George Thomas Hubbard Jr
Farmerville St
Jackie Franklin Luttrell
Bond St
Asst
Sidney G. Martin
Madison Hall
Louisiana State College
Kirby Desarneaux
Cole Ave
Monroe
Cidney Babin Jr
Martin
Babin
Robinson’s
Morton Street
Ida Mae Robinson
Morton St
Ouachita Parish
West Monroe
Lapine
Leenta P. Duke
Nye St
Thomas R. Loflin
Natchitoches St
Viola B. Nash
Mitchell
Monroe Fire Department
Eason Pl
J. P McCarthy
Thetalions
Woman Held For Sentencing In District Court
Judge Hillyer S. Parker remanded 19 year old Mary Frances Gates of Lapine Community West Monroe to parish jail until June 29 for sentencing on criminal mischief and giving a false statement to officers. Pre sentence investigation ordered. Judge Harper fined Marion Lipscomb Kosciusko 100 dollars and costs for illegal possession of barbiturates. Lip scomb changed plea from not guilty. DWI count nolle presented. Carlos Manning Jr West Monroe pleads not guilty to DWI. trial set Sept 10. Parker set aside a previous bond forfeiture and allowed not guilty plea. Other cases were for minor violations.
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Hillyer S. Parker
Quachita Parish
Mary Frances Gates
Lapine
Rt. 3
Box 131-J
West Monroe
Fourth District
Harper
Marion B. Lipscomb
Kosciusko
Miss
Lipscomb
Nolle
DWI
Carlos Manning Jr
Parker
Institute Backs State Bond Sale for Louisiana Projects
The Gulf South Research Institute proposed selling 1.5 million in revenue bonds to the Louisiana State Science Foundation to fund three research projects and an economic study, with 30 year bonds at 3 percent. The foundation oversees state research financing and backs the institute, aiming to help attract a $300 million federal atomic energy project.
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Foundation
Louisiana Nuclear Energy Board
Louisiana
The
Science Foundation
Department of Commerce and Industry
Federal Atomic Energy Commission
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