LSU Board Term Bill Wins Okay
The Louisiana House approved a constitutional amendment to shorten LSU board of supervisors terms to nine years and raise membership to 18, sending the measure to the November ballot. Critics warned it shifts control from the public to politicians, while supporters argued it broadens state representation. The bill passed 84 to 11.
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Jimmie Davis
Ford Stinson
LSU
Stinson
Davis
St. Tammany Parish
Jesse McLain
Cotton Center Bill Okayed by Senate
In Baton Rouge the senate approved a bill to create a cotton research center at the Red River Experiment Station in Bossier parish and sent it to Gov. Jimmie H. Davis for signature. The $105,000 appropriation kickstarts the project, with Rep. Lantz Womack of Winnsboro as co author. The measure passed 33 0 after house approval.
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Jimmie H. Davis
Lantz Womack
Winnsboro
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Womack
Solon
Appropriations Committee
Speedy
Long
Jena
Winn Parish
Civil Service
Sen
Jamar Adcock
Monroe
Police Hunt Giant Negro For Murder Of Seven Women
Los Angeles police seek a 6 foot tall 220 pound black man about 30, linked to seven murders and rapes of white women in the last six weeks in the western LA area. A roommate surprised him after a last attack. he fled with a white rubber ball in hand. Composite drawing released to aid the manhunt.
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Los Angeles
House Bill Curbs Reckless Drivers
Rep. Fred Deguir of Iberia parish introduces a measure to strip licenses from drivers who cannot post bond after traffic offenses. Prompted by a fatal New Iberia multi collision, the bill mirrors New Orleans policy to curb reckless driving, affecting an estimated ninety percent of offenders.
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Baton Rouge
UPI
Fred Deguir
Iberia Parish
New Iberia
New Orleans
Louisiana House approves insurance investment bill in FHA and VA loans
A bill passed in the Louisiana House allows insurance companies to invest in FHA and VA mortgage loans regardless of licensing status in Louisiana. In the Senate Rep Vail Delony sponsored a final passage measure. The Senate approved extending retirement benefits for legislators 32 to 0. Bastrop Rep Woodrow Wilson’s bill allowing merchants or employees to detain a suspected shoplifter for one hour, granting immunity from false arrest, passed 31 to 1.
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Louisiana
Senate
Vail Delony
Lake Providence
Bastrop
Woodrow Wilson
Senate backs labeling for home hazardous materials
The Senate approved a bill requiring clearer labeling of poisonous and hazardous materials brought into homes and sent it to the White House for signature.
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Washington
UPI
Senate
White House
Seek Change In Federal Tax Limit
Louisiana would become the final state needed to ask Congress for a constitutional change limiting the federal income tax to 24 percent. Rep. Algie D. Brown said the House concurrent resolution would make Louisiana the 34th state to petition for such a change. He noted 33 states have ratified and only one more is needed. a similar resolution was passed in 1950 but rescinded in 1956 at Senator Russell Long’s request.
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U.S
Russell Long
D-La
House Votes To Send Pay Bill To Davis
The Louisiana House approved a bill 80 to 5 to send to the governor a measure setting a $1.25 hourly minimum and a 40 hour workweek for most hourly workers. A 43 to 15 vote defeated amendments that would have directed rather than set the new pay and hours. The provisions would cover workers in Institutions Public Works Highways Hospitals the Forestry Commission Confederate Memorial Medical Center and Charity Hospital New Orleans.
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Risley C. Triche
Assumption
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Public Works
Forestry Commission
Confederate Memorial Medical Center
Shreveport
Charity Hospital
New Orleans
Senate
Ticket Meter Collector in Hamlet Faces Fine
Policewoman Mrs. J. J. Freeman was issued a ticket for overtime parking on Tuesday while she was in a bank depositing coins collected from the town meters.
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Hamlet
N.C
UPI
J. J. Freeman
Louisiana House approves $1.25 hourly minimum bill
The Louisiana House sent to the governor a bill to set a $1.25 hourly minimum and 40-hour weeks for lower bracket state workers. The Senate passed the measure 80-5, with administration floor leaders offering amendments. Confederate Memorial Medical Center in Shreveport is mentioned among related notes.
Graham Attends Baptist Congress in Rio de Janeiro
Billy Graham flies into Rio for the 10th Congress of the Baptist World Alliance. The American evangelist will speak Sunday night and is expected to draw the largest crowd, at least 100000, of the congress.
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Billy Graham
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