Custer Relative Plans New Orleans Speech on 100th Stand Anniversary
Robert Lee Custer, descendant of George Armstrong Custer, defends the general's legacy and will attend the Little Bighorn anniversary at the Montana battle site. He notes his family ties and the enduring memory of Custer’s Last Stand as the century mark approaches.
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Robert Lee Custer
George Armstrong Custer
Custer
Battle of the Little Bighorn
New Orleans
Little Bighorn
Montana
R.L. Custer
America
Stephen E. Ambrose
University of New Orleans
Ambrose
Northwestern State hosts gifted students session in Natchitoches
Six area students join 32 high school scholars for Northwestern State University’s four week gifted and talented program. The first session runs through Sunday with ceremonies Friday at 1 p.m. in Kyser Hall. Dr. Donald E. Ryan coordinates the project funded by an $18,000 state grant.
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Natchitoches
Northwestern State University
Steven Bates
Joseph Hand
Winnfield
Carla Rushing
Jonesboro
Rosalind Peterson
Goldonna
David Watson
Monroe
David Youngblood
Newellton
John S. Kyser
Donald E. Ryan
Northwestern
State Department of Education
Contest Winners Announced for Daughters of the Confederacy Essay
Louisiana Independent Schools Association announces first and second place in the 1976 essay contest. Bowie Snyder of Franklin Academy wins $100 for a Richard Taylor piece. Gayle Holley earns $75 for a Henry Watkins Allen essay. Plaque rotation for 1976-77 to be kept by Franklin Academy. Also notes past Franklin Academy winners and a separate NY Life insurance anecdote about Custer and 7th Cavalry officers.
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Winnsboro
Rex Pearce
Louisiana Independent Schools Association
Bowie Snyder
Gayle Holley
Franklin Academy
Richard Taylor
Snyder
W. M. Snyder
Miss Holley
Reid Lea
Jim Stephens
Sheila Vick
Connie Powell
SBC adopts record Cooperative Program budget for 1976 77
Messengers at the Southern Baptist Convention in Norfolk approve a 1976 77 Cooperative Program budget of 55 million dollars, up 4 million from the current year. It designates 49 million for basic operations, 1 million for capital needs, and a 4.9 million challenge goal split into 1 million and 3.9 million phases.
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Norfolk
RNS
Southern Baptist Convention
SBC
Southern Baptist Seminaries
Radio and Television Commission
Foreign Mission Board
Home Mission Board
Southwestern
Fort Worth
Golden Gate
San Francisco
SEC
SBC Brotherhood Commission
Radio and Television
Charles Harvey
The
Brotherhood Commission
Ouachita COG Receives $37,500 Planning Grant
The Ouachita Council of Governments secured a $37,500 planning and assistance grant from the Department of Housing and Urban Development. U.S. Rep Otto Passman and Senators J Bennett Johnston and Russell Long announced the award, to fund a land use and housing element study across the parish.
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Department of Housing and Urban Development
Ouachita Council of Governments
U.S
Otto Passman
J. Bennett Johnston
Russell Long
COG
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