West Monroe Hosts Seminar On Industry Growth In Louisiana
Representatives from 17 Louisiana communities attended a mini seminar hosted by West Monroe LP&L and the city to hear Guy W. Murphy of Conway Development Corp speak on Conway Industrial Park. He described park growth, job creation, and plans for expansion while detailing site sizes, building covenants, and 75 percent of tenants on 10 acre lots or less.
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Danny McGee
North Delta
Jack Gaines
West Monroe
Lp&l
Louisiana
Louisiana Power and Light Auditorium
City of
LP & L
Dusty Rhodes
Bastrop
Dubach
Bernice
Gibsland
Grambling
Haynesville
Homer
Delhi
Waterproof
Springhill
Tallulah
Jena
West
Monroe
Rayville
Winnsboro
Ola
Dallas
Conway
Murphy
The
Conway Development Corp
State of
Arkansas
Parishes Okayed For Revenue Sharing Funds Amendments
Louisiana House committee approves about 90 million in state revenue sharing to parishes replacing the old relief fund. Taxpayer funds must support indigent defender boards in several parishes including Orleans East Baton Rouge Lafourche and Lafayette with more to follow.
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News-Star Capital Bureau
Baton Rouge
House
Billy Tauzin
Thibodaux
Edwards Administration
Tauzin
Caddo Parish
Shreveport
Alphonse Jackson
Vivian
Jimmy Wilson
Caddo
Orleans
East Baton Rouge
LaFourche
Lafayette
Uniform Public Defender
Senate
North Louisiana
Stormy Katrina Cascio Born in Monroe at St Francis Hospital
Stormy Katrina Cascio, first child of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Cascio Jr., weighed six pounds ten ounces at birth this morning at St. Francis Hospital Monroe. Maternal grandmother Mae Hernandez shares a birthday today. Grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Pete Hernandez and Mr. and Mrs. Joe Cascio of Monroe.
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Stormy Katrina Cascio
Joe Cascio Jr
Monroe
St. Francis Hospital
Mae Hernandez
Stormy
Pete Hernandez
Joe Cascio
School Board Case Settled Out Of Court
Attorneys for the Monroe City School Board and all parties met after noon Monday and announced a settlement in the civil case John Edward Floyd vs Monroe City School Board. Judge William Norris was to hear the case. Millard Neyland Jr. was a defendant and Carroll High School coach. The suit questioned whether a teacher used force on a student and if self defense justified it within employment duties.
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Monroe City School Board
William Norris
Norris
Fourth Judicial District Court
John Edward Floyd
Millard Neyland Jr
Quachita Parish
Carroll High School
Monroe Ctty
Charles W. Robinson
Robert P. McLeod
Asst. Dist. Atty
James A. Norris Jr
Monroe Commission appoints EEO Committee members
City Commission names Mary Hall Mary Johnson Doug Haynes Jimmy Mack Johnn Malta and Ronnie Plaisance to the Equal Employment Opportunity Committee to hear grievances over discrimination. Council actions include approving park and street bids budgeting general funds cemetery fee increases airport improvements and other contracts.
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Monroe Commission Council
Equal Employment. Opportunity Committee
Mary Hall
Monroe Redevelopment Agency
Mary Johnson
Planning Commission
Doug Haynes
Accounting Department
Jimmy Mack
Benoit ‘Recreation Center
Johnn Malta
Beautification Board
Ronnie Plaisance
Bentz & Elmore, Inc
DeSiard
Boyce B. Humble
Fish Creek
Mid-South Tank & Utilities, Inc
General Fund
Bomb threats target Louisiana Capitol as chambers cleared
State police and Capitol Police searched the Louisiana Capitol Building after anonymous calls warned of bombs minutes apart. No devices were found. House Speaker Bubba Henry ordered evacuations in the House while Gov. Edwards remained in his office with security guarding the nearby elevator.
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Capital Bureau
House
Senate
FE. L
Bubba”. Henry
Jonesboro
Ni” ‘Ity
East ‘Baton Page Sheriff's Office
Ty Peters
Henry
West Monroe
Shady - Wall
Edwin
Edwards
Lawmakers Approve Various Pay Increases for Officials
The House approved boosts for state and local officials including parish registrars of voters, deputy registrars, wildlife enforcement agents, sheriffs, clerks of court, district attorneys, teachers, and state police officers. A later measure adds 200 monthly for officers completing academy training. funding spans state and local sources.
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House
Senate
Public’ Service
Ing. Tees
Finance
Winnsboro
Lantz Womack
Womack
Kelley condemns rising violent crime at Kiwanis convention
FBI Director Clarence M. Kelley told Kiwanis delegates that violence is a growing force in American life and urged action to eradicate crime before it erodes society. He warned that without work to reduce violence the nation risks becoming a victim of crime.
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Atlanta, Ga
FBI
Clarence M. Kelley
Kelley
Kiwanis International
Public Hearing on 157 Acres Zoning and Cypress Point
Monroe planning officials schedule a July 7 public hearing on residential zoning for 157 acres north of Bayou DeSiard and west of Lakeshore Subdivision in Cypress Point within Monroe city limits. A pet cemetery request by Fred Henry seeks open land zoning for four and a half acres bounded by Hickory Peach South 12th and South 14th streets.
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Lamy Lane
LaSalle St
Westminster
Biedenham Realty Co
Zodiac Lounge
Safeway
Plum Street
Rose Cafe
U. S. Corps of Engineers
Ouachita River Lock & Dam No
Sea Wall
S. Grand
Standifer
Environmental Protection Agency
Monroe Utilities Commission
Louisiana Municipal Power Association
Monroe Redevelopment Agency
S. E. Huey
Economic Development Agency
EDA
Cypress Point
Monroe - Ouachita
Twin -Cities Loop Parkway
Alton Howard
Clyde Webb
City Atty
Charles Heck
Commission
James Smith
Heck
Howard
Fred Henry
Monroe
Henry
Hickory
Peach
South 12Th
Ron Marionneaux
Marionneaux
Refugees at Eglin hired as workers at relocation center
About 40 South Vietnamese refugees have found first jobs in the United States with the same employer they had back home. The U S government has hired 46 refugees at $2.10 an hour as switchboard operators interviewers and interpreters at the relocation center in Eglin Air Force Base Florida Maj Jim Tilton said Monday.
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Eglin. Air Force Base
Fla
U.S
Jim Tilton
House Ethics Bill Faces Opposition On Reform Plan
The Louisiana House debated a draft ethics code bill led by Rep. Ned Randolph. The measure would cover local officials and public employees and expand the Ethics Board’s enforcement powers. Rep. Kirby Mills proposed shifting topics, but the chair ruled it out.
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Alexandria
Ned Randolph
House
Randolph
Board of Ethics
Columbia
Kirby Mills
Bossier City
Walter C. Rigby
Mills
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