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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1976
Page
5
During a May 16 raid Ollie Morehead 64 of 205 Thelma St Monroe was charged with selling beer and liquor without licenses and selling alcohol on Sunday authorities said.
Debra Bryant, Miss America 1966, works as mistress of ceremonies for beauty pageants. She discusses timing as the key skill, dealing with silences, and entertaining audiences between contestants. The Miss Louisiana pageant in Monroe tests her nerves with microphone issues and high expectations. Debra travels from Mesa, Arizona, enjoying the interaction with contestants and the travel.
The Church of England faces higher charges as proposed by church commissioners would double wedding fees from about $14.16 to $28.32 and burial services rise from about $15.93 to $23. Baptism certificate fees would also double to about $1.77. If approved by the general synod, the changes take effect at the start of next year.
Victor Bussie AFL-CIO president sues the national Right to Work Committee and an alleged employee over a June 15 letter urging right to work legislation. The filing accuses the letter of implying Bussie’s ties to labor violence in Lake Charles and cites an independent union member’s death. Bussie had filed a prior libel suit against a rival union PR director.
Wildlife agents with the Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission District II Enforcement Division issued citations to three area men this week. Freddie F. Mobley of 708 N Sixth St West Monroe was cited for no life preservers. Wayne E Harper of 1013 S Fourth St Monroe and Dewey L McAdams of 1702 N Fourth St Monroe were cited for insufficient life preservers.
Dr. Jacob T. Stewart, dean of the College of Business and Applied Programs at Grambling State University since 1959, died Thursday in Lincoln General Hospital after a brief illness. A Dinwiddie County, Virginia native, he led the Business Department 1956 70 and shaped the Grambling State Industry Cluster, guiding blue ribbon corporate members and serving roles in the university and wider Episcopal and academic communities.
Dr Stewart listed in Outstanding Educators of America and Who's Who in the South and Southwest. He played an active civic role in the Ruston Grambling area with March of Dimes and other programs for handicapped children. Survived by widow Ruth and two children, Karen and Robert, all of Grambling.
Baton Rouge reports Sen. Joe Tiemann of New Orleans rejected an envelope containing 30 dimes handed to him on Thursday. A former priest, he accused labor opponents of pressuring him over the right to work issue and tossed the envelope into a trash can as he left a podium. Senator Nat Keifer said he delivered the envelope. Tiemann called it a serious matter not a joke.
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