Hearing Set On Smoking Warning
The Federal Trade Commission votes 3 to 2 to proceed with hearings on a new cigarette warning. Testimony from Surgeon General William S. Stewart and Dr. Luther L. Terry leads the lineup of antismoking experts. The panel will assess a proposed rule demanding prominent, explicit health warnings in ads across newspapers, magazines, TV and radio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Federal Trade Commission
FTC
Congress
William S. Stewart
Luther L. Terry
Philip Eman
Mary Gardiner Jones
Games MM. Nicholson
FITC
Paul Rand Dixon
Everette MacIntyre
Stewart
Terry
National Interagency Council On Smoking and Health
Charles F. Tate
University of Miami
Lewis E. January
American Heart Association
Sol R. Baker
American Cancer Society
Committee On Tobacco and Cancer
Robert H. Browning
Tional Tuberculosis and Respiratory Disease Association
Fred G. Bock
New York State Department of Health
Bentley J. Bloem
Smoke Watchers International
Monroe Men Conclude Test On Compounds
Three Monroe men tested energy producing compounds for effects on grip strength and a 300 yard run in the Louisiana Association for Health Physical Education and Recreation Bulletin. The study involved John W. Nipper of Louisiana Training Institute and professors Dr. August G. Danti and Dr. Barry L. Johnson of Northeast Louisiana State College.
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Monroe
Louisiana Association For Health Physical Education and Recreation Bulletin
John W. Nipper
Louisiana Training Institute
Northeast Louisiana State College
August G. Danti
Department of
Allied Health Sciences
Barry L. Johnson
Prison Sentence Meted Out Today
A 53 year old man Sophious F Harris was found guilty of attempted aggravated rape of his five year old granddaughter and sentenced to 15 years in the state penitentiary by Judge Robert T Farr in Fourth Judicial Court. Houston Free 18 currently at Ouachita Parish Jail Extension was sentenced to six months in jail for theft, term to begin with arrest date.
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Sophious
F. Harris
Robert T. Farr
Fourth Judicial Court
Houston Free
Ouachita Parish
Louisiana Numismatic Association Convention Set for Monroe in May
Monroe Area Coin Club officials announced the Louisiana Numismatic Association convention will be held at the Civic Center in Monroe in May 1970. About 50 dealers are expected. the event typically draws around 5,000 visitors. Exhibits include a 1913 five cent piece sold for 40,000 dollars and a display of currency totaling one billion dollars by the Treasury. The Smithsonian will show specimen coins and currency.
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Monroe
Louisiana Numismatic Association
Civic Center
Harper
Monroe Area
Hershel Sharp
Eros
State Numismatic Association
W. W. Shivers
Winnfield
U.S. Treasury Department
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Smithsonian Institution of Washington
Preliminary Miss Lou Louisiana pageant winners named
In Monroe at the Civic Center Theater Shirley Ann Weeks of Franklin Parish won in the swim suit category and Sharon Jean Branaman of Lafay ette won talent. Weeks, 19, a Louisiana Tech student, said she enjoys sports and playing football and softball. Branaman, a 19-year-old USL sophomore, aims to open a private school of fine arts after graduation. A misfit costume hook disrupted Miss Arizona Kathleen Ennis’s prelim, but she recovered as the crowd applauded. A special West Monroe Lodge meeting will confer the entered apprentice degree tonight.
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Monroe Civic Center
Kentucky
Janet Hatfield
Centenary
Frances Backstrom
Franklin Parish
Shirley Ann Weeks
Weeks
Louisiana Tech
Miss Branaman
University of Southwestern Louisiana
Lafayette
School of Liberal Arts
Fine Arts
USL
Miss Kentucky
Arizona
Phoenix, Ariz
Miss Ennis
Monroe
Atlantic City
N. J
West Monroe
F & AM
American Party Organizes Ouachita Parish Meeting
Dr. M R Abramson leads Louisiana American Party call for an organizational meeting in Ouachita Parish at 8 p m Friday June 27 in the West Monroe library. H L Driskell is named temporary chairman and W J Kidd as temporary secretary treasurer. A 21 member executive committee and a 5 member at large group will be chosen, with a petition for a state charter to Ouachita Parish.
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American Party of
Louisiana
5. R. Abramson
Marksville
American Party
Quachila Parish
Ouachita Parish
Cypress Street
West Monroe
H. L. Driskell
McGuire Ave
Monroe
W. J. Kidd
Swartz
American Party of Louisiana
Pain A Lay Relief for Sore Gums and Extractions
Denture irritation and extraction pain can be eased quickly by Pain A Lay. Dentists endorse swishing for fast relief at the pain site, with effects lasting for hours and millions of users reporting effectiveness.
House May Pass Surtax Monday
Washington AP report says Democrats plan a Monday vote on extending Nixon's surtax after Republicans signaled unity. House will also vote Friday to extend withholding rates through July 31, avoiding a midnight June 30 drop to pre surtax levels. Senate action remains uncertain.
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Washington
Nixon
House
Senate
Gerald R. Ford
Michigan
Ford
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