West Carroll Parish board race sees lone challenger
In area results C P Tolar faces Mack McIntosh as the only opposition in the West Carroll Parish School Board election set for August 23. Other incumbents in ward seats are unopposed and listed as W L Gwin, Ben B Ross, Mike Miller, W R Willis, and Otis Harper.
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Oak Grove
West Carroll Parish
C. P. Tolar
Tolar
Mack McIntosh
W. L. Gwin
Ben B. Ross
Mike Miller
W. R. Willis
Otis Harper
Wine Tax Bill Rejected By Committee
Louisiana Senate urged the House to act as 99 bills sit on the calendar. Sen James Sparks warned if measures aren't moved next week they will be gone. Speaker Angelle ordered strict desk attendance and warned of adjournment with action blocked by House committees. Legislature returns Sunday night to push bills before July 10 deadline.
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Sen
James Sparks
Monroe
Senate
House
Sparks
Sammy Downs
Robert Ainsworth
B. B
Rayburn
Angelle
Atarms
Highway Work Scheduled For 20 Parishes
Baton Rouge AP Twenty parishes are involved in 31 road projects with apparent low bids totaling 10.47 million dollars. Bids include Sulphur-Westlake concrete pavement on I 10, Sibley Road interchange on I 20, and bridge work on Amite River routes among others led by W R Aldrich, T L James, and J W Snowden firms.
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Baton Rouge
Highway Department
Calcasieu
W. R. Aldrich and Co
Webster
Sibley Road
Interstate 20
T. L. James and Co., Inc
Ruston
Livingston
Amite River
W.R. Fairchild Construction Co
J. W. Snowden Construction Co
Hattiesburg
Mass
Lincoln
Dubach-Bernice
U. S
Atlas Construction Co
Vidalia
Jefferson
Jefferson Highway
U.S 90
Bob Brothers Construction Co
New Orleans
St. Martin
Breaux Bridge
J. B. Talley and Co
St. Martinville
Acadia
Bayou Plaquemine-Higginbotham
Rimmer and Barrett, Inc
Rayne
St. Bernard and Plaquemines
Violet-Braithwaite
Delta Paving Co
Lafourche
Leeville-Grand Isle
St. Martinville—Parks
Ascension and Livingston
Bayou Pierre
W. R. Fairchild Construction Co
St. Landry
Debeau-Big Game
W. H. Smith
Bossier City
Hall and Holland
Montgomery
St. Tammany
St. Tammany-Hickory
W. R. Core
Covington
Winn and LaSalle
Plaquemines
Fort Jackson-Venice
R. B. Buyler and Co., Inc
Grant
Pollock - Walker
Beebe Advises Birdwatchers Step With Each Song
Naturalist William Beebe urges bird watchers to move a step when a bird sings, claiming most birds will not notice the small movement. His guidance frames a cautious approach to observing avian song in nature.
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William Beebe
Southern Solons Demand Equal Time On Rights Hearings
Washington AP South ern congressmen led by Rep William Colmer demand equal hearing time in the House Judiciary Committee on civil rights bills Colmer argues opponents are underrepresented and warns against using the subject as vote ball strategy citing recent events in Little Rock New York and the non functioning Civil Rights Commission He asks Chairman Emanuel Celler to set aside time for opposition witnesses and questions the timing of the hearings
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Washington
House
Judiciary Committee
William Colmer
D-Miss
Emanuel Celler
D-Ny
Colmer
Celler
Little Rock
New York
Civil Rights Commission
Congress
Mother Faces Murder Charge in Baton Rouge Shooting
A mother of three, Mrs Charles Merge, is charged with murder in the fatal shooting of her husband after a long argument over religion. Police say they grappled over a pistol which discharged accidentally, with threats reported prior to the incident.
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Baton Rouge
Charles Merge
Parish Road Projects Revealed With Bid Totals
Road work bids listed for several Louisiana and Mississippi sites include the Concordia Timber Trestle span over Boggy Bayou with Nesom Brothers at 24 230 dollars and a Centerville state route asphalt overlay by Martins Truck Service priced at 21 955 dollars.
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McCormick and Spaulding
Alexandria
Concordia
Parish
Nesom Brothers
Columbia
Miss
St. Mary
Centerville
Martin's Truck Service
St. Landry
Alexandria Gravel Co
Music Critic Wins Right Of Arbitration
Ewing Poteet, a 46 year old music critic fired by the New Orleans Item after seven years, wins arbitration to decide if his dismissal was for just and sufficient cause. The Fifth Circuit affirmed a lower court ruling granting arbitration regarding his termination tied to a desegregation petition.
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New Orleans
Ewing Poteet
New Orleans Item
U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals
U.S. District Court
Poteet
St. Joseph
The
Item
George Chaplin
Anderson Named Institution Chief
E R Anderson is named director of institutions by the Board of Institutions succeeding Dr Edward Grant who resigned. Acting director since April 1, Anderson will lead the agency with prison warden Maurice Sigler ordered to add two associate wardens by July 1. A report shows 9797 restitution paid for former prison employee Lloyd Knox after a funds shortage.
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Baton Rouge
E. R. Anderson
Anderson
Board of Institutions
Edward Grant
Maurice Sigler
Lloyd Knox
The Facts About Menopause
Aunt Molly's gossip has done harm and fear overwhelms many women aged forty to fifty. July Reader's Digest presents facts to sweep away mental cobwebs and superstitions about change of life, showing misapprehension is the greater hazard. Get July Reader's Digest now at newsstands everywhere.
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Molly
July Reader's Digest
Labor Leader Denounces Steel Industry Alibi for Price Hikes
United Steelworkers president David J. McDonald told the USW district 20 conference in Midland Pennsylvania that the steel industry uses wage costs as a smokescreen for price increases. He cited rising productivity and 15 hours per ton of steel work, arguing wage gains come from productivity gains, not higher costs.
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Midland
UPI
David J. McDonald
United Steelworker
McDonald
USW
Life Insurance Becomes Unselfish Yet Rewarding Purchase
The piece argues that buying life insurance is selfless yet valuable to the purchaser, offering security and fulfilling responsibilities to loved ones. It emphasizes the provider role and invokes the Institute of Life Insurance as a source.
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Institute of Life Insurance
Madison Ave
New York
N.Y
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