Weather Summary for Monroe and Delta Regions
Northeast Louisiana and Louisiana Delta forecast partly cloudy today through Saturday with scattered thundershowers. Highs near 87 to 93, overnight lows 48 to 74. Winds variable to 15 mph, shifting to calm tonight. Midsouth reports clear to partly cloudy skies with a front near Oklahoma and Arkansas, bringing isolated thunder showers and a drying, cooler trend overnight.
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Amour
Louisiana
Louisiana Delta
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Tennessee
South Carolina
Texas
Carolinas
Mid-South
Great Lakes
Mississippi
Four Men Die in Plane Collision at Eglin
Four military pilots were killed when two training aircraft collided in flight over timberland in the Florida panhandle. Maj. Robert W. Robinson Capt. James J. Jones Jr Capt. Edward P. Doyle and Maj. Donald L. Mumadue died in the crash associated with Eglin Air Force Base. A local pulp worker recalled the moment as debris fell and the planes disintegrated in the air.
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Eglin Air Force
Basf
Fla
Viet Nam
Florida Panhandle
Robert W. Robinson
James J. Jones Jr
Edward P. Doyle
Eglin
Donald L. Mumadue
Edwards Afb
Calif
Louisiana headstart faces funding clash over tuition
Baton Rouge officials weigh charging tuition for Headstart children from families earning over $3,000 a year amid federal warnings of potential trouble for the program. The situation highlights state and local tensions in funding early education.
Louisiana brochure touts Huey Long death site at capitol
A Baton Rouge brochure from State Building and Grounds Sept. Jerry Bennett notes the observation floor of Louisiana's State Capitol where Huey P. Long died in 1935. It hails the building as a landmark and points of interest for visitors.
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Baton Rouge
UPI
Huey P. Long
Louisiana
State Capitol
State Building and Grounds
Jerry Bennett
Louisiana seeks cultural exchange pact with Quebec
Secretary of State Wade C Martin Jr said Louisiana and Quebec are drafting an exchange agreement rooted in shared French heritage The plan covers students French civil law exhibitions theater speakers and historical tours In Baton Rouge the Lafourche Basin Levee District was ordered to pay an operator a week’s salary after a suspension tied to an insubordination claim and lack of notice East Baton Rouge officials joined the beer industry league to curb underage beer sales citing state law banning minors under 18 from buying beer.
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Baton Rouge, la
UPI
Wade C. Martin Jr
Louisiana
Quebec
Hen ry J Voorhies to retire as Humble Oil exec in Baton Rouge
Henry J Voorhies vice president of Humble Oil and Refining Co and general manager of the Baton Rouge refinery will retire September 1. R F Howe assistant general manager will replace him at the plant in Baton Rouge.
Louisiana PSC approves $338000 loan to St Helena Telegraph
Baton Rouge AP The Louisiana Public Service Commission approves a Rural Electrification Administration loan of 338000 to St Helena Telephone and Telegraph Co. The commission also authorized Railway Express Co to operate on the Old Spanish Trail and Missouri Pacific to close Collins ton station. It cancels rough rice hauler permits after exempting them from PSC jurisdiction. A vocational office education conference will be held in Lafayette Monday through Wednesday led by Supt William Dodd and Asa Avants at Municipal Auditorium.
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Railway Express Co
New Orleans
Texas Line
Missouri Pacific Railroad Co
Collinston
Baton Rouge
Lafayette
William Dodd
Mack Avants
Municipal Auditorium
New Rotary Officers Installed at Monroe Club Luncheon
The Monroe Rotary Club installed new officers at the regular Thursday luncheon at the Virginia Hotel. Victor N. Davis was named president and Ernest C. Richard vice president, succeeding outgoing president Stanley Bagwell.
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Monroe Rotary Club
Virginia Hotel
Victor N. Davis
Ernest C. Richard
Stanley Bagwell
Iberia Parish School Board Ordered to Submit Desegregation Plan
U S district judge Richard Putnam orders Iberia Parish school board to prepare a desegregation plan starting this fall within ten days, in a suit filed on behalf of Negro children in the parish.
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Lafayette
Iberia Parish
U.S. Dist
Richard Putnam
Trial Dates Set In District Court By Judge Heard
Judge Jesse S Heard in Fourth District Court set trial dates for seven defendants on felony charges and remanded one guilty thief to parish jail. John M Hebert Jr pleaded guilty to theft of gasoline oil and cash with two misdemeanor theft counts. Trials scheduled Oct 11 13 14 15 for defendants including William Fenton McDaniel John A Green Robert E Parker Joyce A Lowe Sybble Woods Curtis Tarver Wes Aes Sir Magnolia M Hicks and others. additional sentences and fines handed down for various defendants.
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Jesse S. Heard
Fourth District
Quachita Parish
John M. Hebert Jr
Monroe
Hebert
William Fenton McDaniel
Star Route
Grayson
John A. Green
Wilmuth St
Joyce A. Lowe
Rt. 3
Ruston
Sybble Louise Woods
S. Grand St
Curtis Tarver
College Trailer Park
Beaumont
Tex
Wes Aes
Magnolia M. Hicks
Railroad St
West Monroe
Heard
James Jordan
Webster S
Charles Ray Wesson
Shreveport
Ben E. Drummond
Morland Street
Malakoff
Claude Edward Landers
Jewell St
Longview
C. W. Winborne Jr
Hinton St
Joe Lee Johnson
Pink St
Winborne
Johnson
Bond
William Clifford Collins
S. 3Rd St
DWI
Joe G. Gilbert
S. 6Th St
Ernest W. Toms
Orange St
Humble Oil reshuffles Baton Rouge refinery leadership
C. E. Riestle Jr. announced at Humble Oil Co. that the Baton Rouge refinery will see a retirement of its general manager. Henry J. Voorhies is to be replaced by R. F. Howe, who becomes head of refinery manufacturing petroleum products.
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Baton Rouge
C. E. Riestle Jr
Humble Oil Co
Humble
Riestle
Henry J. Voorhies
R. F. Howe
Death by electric shock claims life of Earl DuBurielle
In Alexandria Louisiana Earl DuBurielle a 46 year old Black plumber from Boyce was killed when he touched an underground power line while working on it Thursday. Police said the fatal incident occurred at a job site and an investigation is underway.
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Alexandria
Earl DuBurielle
Boyce
Monroe
Thursay
Red Front
N. 11Th St
Lena Mae Sewell
James R. Henning
Rt. 1
Chatham
Melvin Page
S. 17Th St
Texas Avenue
Robert Pitt
N. 26Th St
Lee Thomas
Renwick St
Jarvis Alley
Bond
West Monroe
Curtis Clifford Bank
Powderly
Tex
Cypress Street
Gerald M. House
el Dorado
Ark
Two teenagers held in Ouachita burglary case
Monroe police arrested two 18 year old Leon Carter Jr and 17 year old Johnny B Rankin in a local burglary and placed them in Ouachita Parish jail with a 14 year old detained in juvenile custody. Police continued the investigation and other offenses were reported in Monroe and West Monroe.
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Ouachita Parish
Parish
Monroe
Leon Carter Jr
Pine St
Johnny B
Rankin
North Carolina rescinds no TV welfare rules
In Goldsboro North Carolina the Wayne County Welfare Board voted to repeal a ban on welfare payments to households with televisions and telephones. The move followed state federal and public pressure and ended a policy protested by Gertrude Weil 85. The board held a brief 30 minute meeting in closed session and announced the change.
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North Carolina
Goldsboro
N.C
Wayne County
County Welfare Board
Gertrude Weil
Weil
Welfare Board
Jack Barfield
Mount Olive
Gazyred
Registration In Louisiana Shows Loss In Voter Roll
Louisiana voter registration declined from 1,190,163 on April 30 to 1,188,396 on May 31, a drop of 1,899. Democrats total 1,025,264 May 31, with parish by parish counts provided for northeast Louisiana including Ouachita and 11 other parishes.
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Louisiana
Board of Registration
Ouachita Parish
Ouachita
Caldwell
Catahoula
Concordia
East Carroll
Franklin
Jackson
LaSalle
Lincoln
Madison
Morehouse
Richland
Tensas
Union
West Carroll
Winn
West Monroe Officer Reaches 30 On Milestone Day
West Monroe police officer Jim Stricklin marked his 30th birthday on Thursday while noting his six month old son added a personal milestone. He joked about wishing to be closer to his son's age, calling it his last birthday as a younger man.
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Jim Stricklin
West Monroe
Nuclear Power Used In Offshore Work
Gov. McKeithen announced the first commercial use of SNAP nuclear generators on a Phillips Petroleum offshore platform 81 miles southwest of Morgan City Louisiana. The 60 watt 7F unit powers two beacon lights and a foghorn, with a five year design life and no moving parts.
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Baton Rouge
John McKeithen
Gulf of Mexico
Louisiana
McKeithen
Phillips Petroleum Co
Morgan City
U.S. Atomic Energy Commission
Louisiana Board of Nuclear Energy
Phillips
Bartlesville
Okla
AEC
Tor
Offshore Operators Committee
Gulf
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French’ Exchange
Cuty F Furniture
North 18Th St
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Silverstein
Kimberly
Silverstein’s
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Robert E. Parker
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George R. Hennigan
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Lyndon Johnson
Harry Truman
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