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Long signs old age pension bill and abolishes welfare boards
Gov. Earl Long signed an administration package raising the old age assistance minimum to $65 a month and abolishing the Kennan blue ribbon welfare, institutions, highways and wildlife and fisheries boards. He also signed 11 other measures including a larger Louisiana Racing Commission, district attorney retirement systems, and a metropolitan LSU branch.
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Baton Rouge
Earl Long
Kennan
Board of Commerce and Industry
Louisiana Racing Commission
U.S. District Court
LSU School of Vocational Agriculture
Dean Lee Agricultural Center
Ninth Judicial District
Rapides Parish
Lake Charles
Jefferson Davis Trade School
Jennings
Jefferson Davis Vocational Technical School
New Iberia