Monroe City Council approves airport and street grants and leases
The Monroe City Council agreed to accept a 32 777 grant for an Airport Master Plan with state and federal partners, signed a lease for airport property at 250 per month, and approved asphalt overlay funding and two bids for the vacated Selman Field dog pound. The meeting covered street programs, police gear purchases, and code revision deferrals.
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Monroe
Jack Hover
DeSiard
Forsythe
Loop Road
U.S. Department of Transportation
Sidney Wilhite
B. E. Harrell
Morris Cabinet Works
Troy
Downtown
U.S. Army Reserve
Monroe Municipal
Monroe City Council
Ralph Troy
Monroe Utilities Commission
Roy Lange
DeSiard Center Improvement Committee
Monroe Redevelopment Agency
Monroe Airport Authority
Ouachita Parish
DeWitt Burdeau
Ann Dowell
Guatemala
Monroe Jaycees
State Aviation Division
David L. Blackshear
State Department of Public Works
Troyem
Federal Aviation Agency
Lebron Sneed
Selman Field
Ouachita Humane Society
Clay
Plantation Park
Breard Place
Charles Gaushell
FAA
Blackshear
Airport Authority
City Electrical Board
Ouachita Council of Governments
LSU to Study Deepwater Superport for 13 Oil Firms
Thirteen oil companies hire Louisiana State University to perform a $400,000 environmental impact study for a proposed deepwater superport 21 miles off the Louisiana coast. The work, funded by LOOP, aims to minimize ecological effects as federal approval is required. The package also includes a Nicholls State University offshore study.
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Baton Rouge, la
Louisiana State University
Louisiana Gulf Coast
Corps of Engineers
Louisiana Offshore Oil ‘Port, Inc
LOOP
LSU
Center For Wetlands Research
Grand Isle
Nicholls State University
W. B. Read
Read
Louisiana
Westlands Center
Jack R. van Lopik
Culvert official testifies on Mississippi bid practices today
Louisiana culvert firm vice president Bill Bezdak testified before the PEER committee in Jackson about price variances and bid obstacles. He alleged Mississippi supervisors favor local firms, with bids often ignored and specifications manipulated to limit competition, costing taxpayers money.
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Jackson, Miss
Louisiana
Mississippi
Bill Bezdak
Crowley
Bezdak
Lauderdale
Joe Mosby
PEER
General Legislative Investigating Committee
Texas
Arkansas
Hancock County
Lauderdale County
Mosby
Court to Hear Bunge Request On Year Round Elevator
The 4th Circuit Court of Appeal will hear arguments July 16 on Bunge Corp seek to run its grain elevator in Destrehan year round. The elevator has been shut by a district court order during Pecan Grove elementary school sessions amid noise and air pollution complaints from the St. Charles Parish School Board.
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Destrehan
4Th Circuit Court of Appeal
Bunge Corp
Pecan Grove
St. Charles Parish
Parochial School Aid Rulings Disappoint Officials Nationwide
The Supreme Court rulings against state tax and tuition breaks for parochial school families drew disappointment from church leaders and caution from civil rights groups. Advocates push for a federal tax credit plan while noting potential hardship for private schools and families.
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Kristin Liljeholm
Associated Press
Supreme Court
High Court
New York
Pennsylvania
Ohio
John J. Gilligan
Joan Tuttle
Massachusetts Civil Liberties Union
Leo Pfeffer
New York City
Robert Eggold
Kansas
House
Ways and Means Committee
Joseph Riley
Massachusetts Catholic Conference
William J. Green
D-Pa
Dan Rostenkowski
D-Ill
Rostenkowski
Walter Toner
Washington State Independent Schools
Maura McDonald
George Martin
Tulsa
Okla
William Novicky
Cleveland
James A. Ogurchock
Columbus
California
Leroy F. Greene
Gas Main Leak Ignites Series of Explosions in Madrid
In downtown Madrid near Republica Argentina Square a massive gas main rupture triggered about eight blasts lasting an hour. Dozens injured, with hundreds evacuated as fires burned, utilities cut and crowds overwhelmed police and emergency services.
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Madrid
UPI
Republica Argentina
la Paz
Red Cross
Republica Argentina Square
Malle Commodore
Grand Jury to Resume Probes Into State Agriculture Dept
A Baton Rouge grand jury that indicted 16 Department of Agriculture and Markets workers will resume today with predictions of more indictments. The probe targets payroll fraud linked to seasonal workers, including Pearce family members, as state officials say higher level charges may follow. Pearce denies personal malfeasance and notes about 20 former staffers remain on a list.
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Baton Rouge
Agriculture
Dave Pearce
Ossie Brown
Pearce
Brown
Tribes in Kenya clash with scientists over eclipse study
In northern Kenya tribesmen armed with spears fear researchers plan to blank out the sun. Thousands trek toward the desert as crews set up gear near Loyengalani. Tension rises after huts burn and a camel-mounted warrior chases a scientist.
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Kenya
Natrobi
Nairobi
Operane
Africa
Brazil
Indian Ocean
Mauritania
Atlantic Ocean
United States
Loyengalani
Lake Rudolf
Cape Kennedy
Samburu
Turkana
Fall In River Yields Nugget in Placer County
Amateur prospector John Betty, exploring a Sierra foothills river with Dick Eberhard, slipped and found a 3.5 ounce gold nugget in shallow water. Betty was told the nugget could be worth about 3000 dollars, likely the largest found in the area since gold prices rose.
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Placerville
Calif
Thar Hills
John Betty Stumbeld
Dick Eberhard
Betty
Eberhard
Sierra Foothills
Farm Show Building in Harrisonburg Tops US in Size
The Pennsylvania Farm Show Building at Harrisonburg is described as the larger of its kind in the United States, highlighting its scale and prominence among farm show venues.
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Harrisonburg
United States
Kent State deaths suit ruling slated for fall term
The Supreme Court agreed to decide if a suit over Kent State University killings may proceed under Reconstruction era civil rights law. The decision follows lower court rulings immuneing former Ohio officials and guardsmen and reflects renewed attention to the 1970 tragedy.
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Supreme Cau x. Salcomaaiee
Kent State University
Ohio
James Rhodes
Ohio National Guard
Robert F. Stamps
Kent State
Stamps
Rhodes
Guard
Allison Krause
Jeffrey Miller
Sandra Schenec
National Guard
U.S
Indochina
Elliot L. Richardson
Justice Department
House
Department
House Judiciary Committee
John N. Mitchell
U.S. Circuit Court
Cincinnati
New York State
New York
Pennsylvania
LSU New Orleans Students Object to Three-Board Education Plan
LSUNO student government leaders say the three-board concept would create duplication and bureaucracy and fail to correct funding inequities. Lawrence Eustis cites bare minimum funding and rock bottom financing for LSUNO, and criticizes governor appointment power over new board members.
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NEW Orleans
Lsu-New Orleans
Constitutional Convention
Lawrence Eustis
LSUNO
Eustis
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T.M
N.Y
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