Unemployment rises in Ouachita area May report
Rudolf Grafton of the Ouachita Parish office of the Louisiana State Employment Service releases figures showing May unemployment at 8.9 percent with 4 908 estimated, up from April and 1 425 higher than a year ago. Civilian labor force 47 075, up 775 from May 1974, with contract construction up 100 workers and shortages in skilled trades cited. In Pretoria, ambulance delays and racial restrictions hampered care after a man was struck by a car.
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Rudolph Grafton
Ouachita Parish
Louisiana State Employment Service
Grafton
Five youths and 18 year old arrested in Ouachita Parish
Five juveniles aged 11 to 16 and George David Lee from Monroe were arrested near Jonesboro Road rest area on Wednesday night. They face burglary charges in three break ins at Moorehead Grocery Bennett's Country Store and Duchesne Grocery with most stolen goods recovered.
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Monroe
Ouachita Parish
George David Lee
S. 1St St
Jonesboro Rd
West Monroe
Moorehead
Cheniere Dam Rd
Bennett’s Country Store
Duchesne Grocery
Prairie Rd
Jo Ann Corrent
Crescent
Sheriff’s Department
John M. Collins
Monroe Dr
Collins
Monroe Youth Hurt In Wreck Near Camp Road
West Monroe deputies report 16 year old Alfred Ellis Oglesby was critically injured when his pickup was struck broadside by an Illinois Central freight train near Camp Road. The collision left the cab overturned. he was sent to St. Francis Hospital in critical condition. Engineer C. M. Humphrey of Bossier City operated the train. no charges filed pending investigation.
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Illinois Central
Camp Road
West Monroe
Alfred Elis
Oglesby Jr
Rt. 1
St. Francis Hospital
John Fogleman
Ouachita Parish
Alfred Ellis Oglesby
Box 211
C. M. Humphrey
Wakefield
Bossier City
FDR Proclaims Bank Holiday and Gold Embargo
On March 6 1933 President Franklin D Roosevelt proclaimed a bank holiday and ordered an embargo on gold to protect financial stability. The move aimed to halt bank runs and restore public confidence as the nation faced severe economic distress.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
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