Pollution concerns push five year plan for Ouachita cleanup
Kenneth Biglane of the Louisiana Stream Control Commission urged opposition to a five year timetable for stopping pollution of the Ouachita River at a Camden Arkansas hearing. He cited oil wells and municipal and industrial wastes in the Smackover Creek Basin as the pollution source and warned of possible federal intervention. A second hearing was set for El Dorado tomorrow as nearby towns face pollution scrutiny.
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Camden, Ark
Kenneth Biglane
Louisiana Stream Control Commission
Ouachita River
Arkansas Water Pollution Control Commission
Camden
Arkansas
Quachita Basin
Biglane
Monroe
Streets and Parks
W. D. H. Rodriguez
Ouachita
Smackover Creek
Union County Court House
el Dorado
Ark
Arkansas Oil Operators Association
Louisiana
Septhens
Smackover
Arkansas Commission
Deaths of Odie Griggs and Minnie McWilliams
Odie Griggs 62 of Daytona Beach died Sunday night in Lake City hospital. Funeral 3 p.m. Wednesday at Indian Village Methodist Church near Calhoun, with burial in church cemetery by Kilpatrick Funeral Home. Survivors include widow Marie, son Billy, daughter Gloria Thompson, siblings, and extended relatives. Minnie Ada McWilliams 80 of Monroe died yesterday in a local hospital after a lengthy illness. Short services were held, body sent to Lake Charles for further services and interment at Orange Grove Cemetery. Surviving daughters Ada Alberta and P M Karlowitz and V L Ellerbe, sons W F Tyler M J A L, nine grandchildren and one great grandchild.
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Odie Griggs
Daytona Beach
Fla
Lake City
Indian Village Methodist Church
Calhoun
Kilpatrick Funeral Home
Jackson Parish
New York
Florida
Mason
Marie Griggs
Minnie A. McWilliams
Minnie Ada McWilliams
Columbia Ave
Monroe
Coldwater
Mich
First Christian Church
Peters Funeral Home
Carney Burcham
Lake Charles
Burke
Orange Grove
McWilliams
Ada McWilliams
Alberta McWilliams
P. M. Karlowitz
V. L. Ellerbe
Lafayette
W. F
Tyler
Tex
M. J
A. L., Winnsboro
Clarence B. Stacey 67 Dies in Hot Springs Ark
Clarence B. Stacey aged 67 died in Hot Springs Arkansas yesterday after living in Oak Grove Louisiana previously. Funeral services were held at Roselawn cemetery in Little Rock at 3 p.m. Survivors include his wife Mrs. Tris Stacey one daughter Martha Stacey and a brother Lester Stacey of Meridian Mississippi.
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Hot Springs
Ark
Clarence B. Stacey
Oak Grove
Roselawn Cemetery
Little Rock
Tris Stacey
Martha Stacey
Lester Stacey
Meridian
Miss
Work Scheduled on Castor Dam Near Olla
A $75 000 Castor Creek dam near Olla will start in August. Rep. T H Gaha ran disclosed. Dr Gaharan said he conferred with Lorris Wimberly. The project aims to create a fresh water fishing ground for LaSalle Caldwell and Winn parishes and will be signed by Gov Earl K Long. A feasibility survey for Old River dam above French Forks in LaSalle Parish will begin soon.
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Baton Rouge
Castor Creek
Olla
T. H. Gaharan
Gaharan
Lorris Wimberly
Department of Public Works
Wimberly
Earl K. Long
LaSalle
Caldwell
Winn
Old River
French Forks
LaSalle Parish
Ruston hospital to be converted into alcoholism facility
The Louisiana House passed a measure by 67 votes to 9 to convert the Ruston tuberculosis hospital into the Louisiana Rehabilitation Hospital for alcoholics. Supporters cited geographic need and state aid while opponents argued the facility lacked appropriate services.
Hospital staff cut as Ruston TB center converts to rehab
Director Paul C. Kiene of the Ruston Tuberculosis Hospital said the staff would drop from 115 to 15 or 16 with the facility’s conversion to a rehabilitation center for alcoholics. He noted a lower patient load and that some workers would be rehired, with the possibility the staff later rises to about 60. He had no word on his future role.
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Napper
State Board of Hospitals
Sutton
Ruston
North Louisiana
Fields
Paul C. Kiene
Ruston Tuberculosis Hospital
Kiene
Louisiana
Ben F. Holt
Alexandria
Monroe
Holt
Clark
T. H. Gaharan
Jena
Louisiana to convert Ruston facility into rehabilitation hospital
The amendment to convert the Ruston institution into the Louisiana Rehabilitation Hospital for alcoholics passed after debate. It earmarks 470 397 dollars in the general appropriations bill. Rep. L D Napper explained the plan amid opposition from Gov Earl Long's allies.
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Jesse McLain
St. Tammany Parish
Ruston Institution
Louisiana Rehabilitation Hospital For
L. D. Napper
Ruston
Move Coeds In With Men At K C Campus
University of Kansas City dormitory reconfiguration places women on the fourth floor of the men's dormitory while men occupy the lower three floors. Separate doors and alarmed locks protect gender separation and have not been triggered. Previously, out of town coeds stayed in approved city homes.
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Kansas City
University of Kansas City
Bill Signed For Bus Drivers Pension Fund In Monroe
Gov Earl K Long signed legislation creating a Monroe bus drivers pension and relief fund. A House committee rejected a proposal to refund gasoline tax money to Monroe and Alexandria transit systems. The plan calls for $10 monthly deductions from eligible bus department employees and a city appropriation to reach $65,000, plus funds from bus advertising.
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Baton Rouge
Earl K. Long
Monroe
Lawrence Gibbs
House
Ways and Means
Alexandria
Gilbert Faulk
Revenue Department
Gibbs Pension Bill
City of
Khrush Wins Victory In Unusual Way
Soviet premier Nikita Khrushchev appears to have gained a political victory by yielding to opposition within the Russian Communist Party. The Stalinist faction reportedly pressured him to soften domestic and foreign policies and ease control over Eastern Europe, though his authority may be weakened long term.
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Nikita S. Khrushchev
Khrushchev
Central Committee
Russian
Communist Party
Russia
Josef Stalin
Stalin
Belgrade
Tito
Yugoslavia
Europe
Opelousas post office bids headed by Wood Leonard bid
Dallas based general services office announced the apparent low bidder for air conditioning lighting and interior painting at the Opelousas post office and courthouse. Wood Leonard Air Conditioning Co of Houston Texas bid about 25000 less than rival C B Spencer Co of New Orleans.
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Opelousas
Dallas, Tex
UPI
General Services
Dallas
Tex
Wood Leonard Air Conditioning Co
Houston
C. B. Spencer Co
New Orleans
The Neglected Art of Being Different
This excerpt promotes embracing individuality in science entertainment and business. It urges readers to ignore social pressures and highlights July Reader's Digest content on growing and profiting by being oneself, available at newsstands.
Five Bills Of Area Lawmakers Are Approved
Five bills sponsored by northeast Louisiana lawmakers were acted on in the house and senate Monday. Sponsors include Rep. W. S. Peck Jr Sicily Island Rep. Jack Crane Monterey Rep. W. Spencer Myrick Oak Grove Rep. T. T. Fields Farmerville and Rep. Vail M. Delaney Lake Providence. Actions cover soft drink tax shifts, fish mesh size, mineral rights for state lands, a Ruston rehabilitation hospital, and shared equipment costs among tax recipient bodies. Willis Boyd 80, oldest Scoutmaster in U S leads a Georgia Boy Scout troop.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana
House
Senate
W. S. Peck, Jr
Sicily Island
Jack Crane
Monterey
Spencer Myrick
Oak Grove
T. T. Fields
Farmerville
Vail M. Delaney
Lake Providence
Myrick
Peck
Crane
Department of Highways
Department of Public Works
Louisiana Rehabilitation Hospital
Ruston
Parish
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Castor Dam
Bill
Ruston Hospital
Fletcher S. Luton
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Fields Sone
K.C
Roark Bros
Jackson St
Monroe, la
Khrush
Charles M. McCann
St.louis
M. E. Pickett
Dig. Frt
Pass. Agt
Arilllac
Willis Boyd
U. S
Georgia
Kentucky
OLD Charter Distillery CO
Louisville, Kentus
Westinghouse
Stanley Ave
Cadillac
Louisville
Oldsmobile
Cadillac, Inc
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