West Monroe Hosts Mini Seminar On Industry Growth
About 17 Louisiana communities gathered at West Monroe LP and L auditorium for a mini industry seminar hosted by the city West Monroe Chamber of Commerce and LP and L. Guest speaker Guy W. Murphy of Conway Development Corp. shared how Conway Industrial Park grew from 140 acres and under 100 stockholders to 40 industries and 1,200 local jobs. He noted park land use, building size standards, and the park’s proximity to rail, highway and airport as keys to success.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kathy Spurlock
Louisiana
Louisiana Power and Light
City of
West Monroe
LP & L
Dusty Rhodes
Bastrop
Dubach
Bernice
Gibsland
Grambling
Haynesville
Homer
Delhi
Waterproof
Springhill
Tallulah
Jena
West’ Monroe
Monroe
Rayville
Winnsboro
Olla
Murphy
Conway
Dallas
The
Conway Development Corp
State of
Arkansas
Danny McGee
North Delta
Jack Gaines
Parishes Get $90 Million Revenue Sharing Fund Allocation
Louisiana House Appropriations Committee advanced a plan to allocate about 90 million dollars in revenue sharing to parishes. The Tauzin amendment requires some parishes to fund local indigent defender boards from their share, including Orleans East Baton Rouge LaFourche Lafayette and Caddo Parish. Funds are distributed by parish population and homestead counts with several northern counties listed.
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News-Star Capital Bureau
Baton Rouge
House Appropriations Committee
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
Twin Cities Birth Record: Stormy Katrina Cascio
Stormy Katrina Cascio, first child and daughter of Mr and Mrs Joe Cascio Jr of Monroe, weighed six pounds ten ounces at birth at St Francis Hospital. Her maternal grandmother Mae Hernandez shares the birthday today and her grandparents are Mr and Mrs Pete Hernandez and Mr and Mrs Joe Cascio, all 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 in the John Edward Floyd versus Monroe City School Board civil case reached an out of court settlement after a Monday afternoon conference. The dispute centered on whether a Carroll High School teacher used force on a student within self defense and employment scope, with subpoenas already issued to several board officials and potential witnesses.
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Monroe City School Board
William Norris Iit
Norris
Fourth Judicial District Court
John Edward Floyd
Millard Neyland Jr
Ouachita Parish
Carroll High School
Monroe Ctty
Charles W. Robinson
Robert P. McLeod
Asst. Dist
James A. Norris Jr
Monroe City Commission names EEO Committee members
The Monroe Commission Council appointed six members to the Equal Employment Opportunity Committee including Mary Hall Mary Johnson Doug Haynes Jimmy Mack John Malta and Ronnie Plaisance They will hear grievances from city employees about discrimination.
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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
Baton Rouge lawmen probe anonymous bomb threats at capitol
Officials from the House and Senate urged people to clear chambers around 4 20 p m as state and city police searched the State Capitol. No bombs were found. Past threats echo 1970 prior blast damage. Governor Edwards stayed in his office as guards intensified screenings at galleries.
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Baton Rouge
House
Senate
E. L
Bubba’ Henry
Jonesboro
East Baton Rouge
Henry
West Monroe
Wall
Edwin Edwards
Senate Chambers
State House approves multiple pay raises for public workers
The House approved raises including $6,000 for the conservation commissioner and a $200 monthly hazardous duty supplement for wildlife enforcement agents. Additional bills would raise parish registrar of voters salaries by about 18 percent and boost local deputy registrar pay, with state costs of $56,900 and $46,000 respectively. A $200 monthly bonus for state policemen completing academy training was also approved.
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Nes
Conbineitt
House
Senate
Public’ Service
Commission
State
Plaquemine
Robert Freeman
Freeman
Beania
Nnance
Hen ‘Winnsboro
Lantz Womack
Womack
FBI Chief Warns of Rising Violent Crime
FBI Director Clarence M. Kelley told Kiwanis International delegates that violent crime is rising and must be eradicated or it will erode American life. He warned fear of crime is becoming a powerful social force.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta, Ga
FBI
Clarence M. Kelley
Kelley
Kiwanis International
Public Hearing Scheduled On Zoning of 157 Acres
Monroe planners vote to hold a July 7 public hearing on residential zoning for 157 acres north of Bayou DeSiard and near Lakeshore Subdivision. A request for an open land zoning change to permit a pet cemetery in Monroe prompts questions about floating zones and future neighborhood business uses along the Twin Cities Loop Parkway corridor.
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Cypress Point
Monroe - Ouachita
Twin ‘Cities
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 Hired at Eglin Refugee Center
About 40 South Vietnamese refugees have found jobs with the same employer they had back home at Eglin Air Force Base. The U.S. government has hired 46 refugees at $2.10 an hour as switchboard operators interviewers and interpreters at the relocation center, Maj. Jim Tilton said Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eglin. Air Force Base
Fla
U.S
Jim Tilton
House Debates Ethics Reform Bill On Wednesday
Alexandria Representative Ned Randolph pushed a reform bill aimed at strengthening the ethics board and extending guidelines to local officials and public employees. Opposition from several House members surfaced as the measure was set for special order on Wednesday after months of study by a committee led by Randolph. Columbia Representative Kirby Mills proposed a substitute to change the subject, but presiding official Walter Rigby ruled it out of order.
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Alexandria
Ned Randolph
House
Randolph
Board of Ethics
Columbia
Kirby
Mills
Bossier City
Walter O. Rigby
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Jackson
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Lincoln
Madison
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Ouachita
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Red River
Richland
Tensas
Union
Webster
West Carroll
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Ant Saale
Pia
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EEO Committee
Louisiana Paving Company
Monroe Uniform Service
Department of Public Works
Agcon Equipment, Inc
Recreation Department
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
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Standifer
Environmental Protection Agency
Monroe Utilities Commission
Louisiana Municipal Power Association
Lyman Ward
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Smith
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Louisville Plaza
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Moe
Hudson
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