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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1966
Page
8
Parsley haw or parsley hawthorn is a small crooked tree in the rose family common in Louisiana woodlands. It has deeply cut leaves with 5 to 7 lobes, white March and April flowers, and bright scarlet fruits ripening in October. Birds feed on the fruit, deer on the foliage and fruit, and it serves as an ornamental and wildlife plant. propagation is via seed with winter stratification.
Louisiana Attorney General Jack Gremillion ruled that the body of penniless Hungarian refugee Josef Harmat, who died in New Orleans on May 18, can be released to friends or relatives for burial. The Anatomical Board had said only Harmat's widow could claim the body, but she is behind the Iron Curtain awaiting entry to the United States.
U S District Judge Harold Cox will set trial dates for 15 white men indicted by a federal grand jury in the fire bomb death of Vernon Dahmer, a Negro leader in Hattiesburg. The indictments were disclosed in Biloxi after Mordaunt Hamilton Sr., owner of a Hattiesburg hardware store, was arrested. The 14 other defendants were already free on bond. Hamilton posted a $10,000 property bond and was released.
Richard M Helms won quick committee approval for his nomination as CIA director. He pledged the agency would not set government policy and would share information with Congress within presidential directives. The panel chair indicated a Senate confirmation would follow if no further hearings are requested.
Herbert I. Collier resigns effective July 15 as Ouachita Parish engineer to become assistant superintendent of building and grounds at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge. In a letter to 19 police jurors he cites mixed emotions and progress by the highway department.
LSU Board of Supervisors links oppose Senate plan for a statewide higher education super board. The resolution, offered by Tom Dutton of New Orleans, passed unanimously. The board also renewed a ten year contract for Athletic Director James Corbett at $22,500 annually, noting a prior similar deal.
Peggy Dean Sullivan, 39, of 3801 Cypress St. is held in parish jail on two bogus check charges. She was returned from Meridian Mississippi by Ouachita Parish Sheriff's deputies. Bond set at $1500.
Four persons pleaded guilty to driving while intoxicated in Fourth District Court. Judge Hillyer Parker presided as Raymond L. Allen Lucille D. Ford Arthur L. Gilbert all of Monroe and Curtis Graham of Dubach each were fined 300 on separate DWI charges. Ralph M. Harrison of Ruston also pled guilty and was fined 300. Billy Ray Woods of West Monroe received 30 days in parish jail for simple battery.
AP reports the first male dormitory at the new multimillion-dollar Simon Fraser University has been stolen. Freshman Donald Koenig said someone took the tent he lived in near the recently opened campus in an unpopulated area. He claimed university facilities were used for washing and eating and his daily living cost was about $1.
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