Farm Bill Rejection Praised By Local Farm Leader
The Ouachita Parish Farm Bureau president Joe Dixon said he was exceedingly pleased by the rejection of Title 1 of President Kennedy's farm bill by both the House and Senate agricultural committees. He lauded local groups including the Chamber of Commerce the Louisiana Delta Council and the Cattlemen's Association for helping oppose what he called a dangerous legislative action.
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House of Representatives
Senate
Ouachita Parish
John Kennedy
United States
House
Congress
Secretary of Agriculture
Dixon
Chamber of Commerce
Louisiana Delta Council and
Cattlemen’s Association
Miss Tammy Contest Seeks Local Teenagers for Universal Event
Teens age 14 to 19 may enter by sending name age address phone number and a brief statement plus a photo to the Jim Theatre Monroe for a local Miss Tammy title. The winner will travel to New Orleans for two days of Universal Entertainment tied to the Tammy Tell Me True premiere.
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Tammy
Jim Theatre
C. A. Mathews
Monroe-West Monroe
New Orleans
Universal Pictures, Inc
Sandra Dee
John Gavin
Crescent City
Universal
DeSiard Street
Monroe
New Cooks Tip Milk Temperature for Rennet Pudding
A cooking note advises using lukewarm milk at about 98 degrees for rennet pudding. If the milk is too hot the pudding will not set.
Housing Bill Extends Mortgage Terms to Help Buyers
President Kennedy may sign a $5.65 billion housing bill that could let 3 million moderate income families qualify to buy homes. The act extends insured mortgage terms from 30 to up to 40 years for moderate income buyers, lowering monthly payments on a $15,000 house from 82.95 to 74.85 dollars, with down payments as low as 450 dollars and closing costs rolled into the loan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Istration
Housing and Home Finance Agency
FHA
Real estate transfers filed in Ouachita parish clerk office
A series of property conveyances are recorded in Ouachita Parish detailing buyers and sellers such as Greater Monroe Homes Inc and Donald L. Walker across Highland Park and Lakeshore Subdivision, with prices ranging from 200 to 14 250 dollars. Other transfers involve Ferris Hancock Joe Ellington Scroggs Walter J. Frank and numerous subdivisions including Westwood West Monroe Parkview and Bayou Oaks with mortgage assumptions and cash payments.
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Ouachita Parish
Greater Monroe Homes, Inc
Donald L. Walker
Highland Park Country Club
Ferris G. Hancock Et
Joe Ellington Scroggs Et Ux
Lakeshore
Ferris G. Hancock
Ouachita Cotton Mills
Walter J. Frank, Jr
Gordon Bowie
Westwood An
West Monroe
Charlie Cheeks
Herbert Lee Nall
Renwick
Horace R. Thompson
Tommie Thompson
James C. Thompson
Connella
Monroe Townhouse, Inc
Bobby R. Nugent
J. S. James Construction Co., Inc
Antley Building
Inn
Monroe Land and Gravet Co., Inc
Parkview
William Boyette Et Ax
Odis Russell
Booker T. Washington
Walter Watson
Hill Lumber and Supply, Inc
Jack S. James
Monroe Development Co., Inc
Marion G. Carso
Wallace R. Reitzell
Bayou Oaks
C. D. Westbrook
David Theodore Hall
David McCal
Biedenharn
Monroe
Jerald H. Womack
Marion D. Lew
Neil W. Johnson
C. J. Turpin
Highland Park
Two Men Burned In Car From Gasoline Can Explosion
In Bastrop near Collinston two men Charles Spencer Brown and Lester Burge were burned when a gasoline can exploded in their car. Burge suffered second degree burns. Brown had minor injuries. The car burned entirely. officers ruled the fire accidental.
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Bastrop
Collinston
Charles Spencer Brown
Lester Burge
Tallulah
Monroe
Burge
Brown
Oak Ridge
Five Domestic Charter Filings Noted in Louisiana
Five charter filings affecting businesses in northeast Louisiana were received by Wade O. Martin Jr secretary of state from June 21 to 27. All filings are domestic charters. The entries include Honest John's Furniture and Lean Company Inc locating at 106 Hood Street Lake Providence.
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Louisiana
Wade O. Martin, Jr
Honest John's Furniture and Lean Company, Inc
Hood Street
Lake Providence
Local Firms Report Capital and Shares in Varied Businesses
A list of firms shows Gibson's Tri-State Wholesale of Monroe with $100,000 capital at 3600 Louisville Avenue, Gibson's Wholesale Distributors in Monroe with $100,000 capital at 3000 Louisville Avenue, Olla Packing Company of Olla with $35,000 capital in meat processing, and Bruen-Brushy Development Corporation in St. Joseph with 10,000 shares no par value.
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Gibson's
Tri-State Wholesale of
Monroe, Inc
Louisville Avenue
Monroe
Gibson’s Wholesale Distributors, Inc
Olla Packing Company, Inc
Olla
Bruen-Brushy Development Corporation
P. O
St. Joseph
Commission
Ramsey Named Officer With Central Bank
Andrew Rudy Ramsey has been named an assistant cashier of Central Savings Bank and Trust in West Monroe Louisiana. A West Monroe native and West Monroe High School graduate he has worked for the bank since 1957 and serves in the U S Army Reserve and Louisiana National Guard. He also sits on the Claiborne Methodist Church board. The board approved a quarterly dividend of 50 cents per share for stockholders as of June 27 1961.
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Andrew Rudy Ramsey
Central Savings Bank and Trust &Co
West Monroe
West Monroe High School
American Institute of Banking
Ramsey
U. S. Army Reserve
Louisiana National Guard
Claiborne Methodist Church
Body Of Youth Found In Creek West Of Baskin
The body of Felix Edward Montgomery 13 son of a Baskin farmer Felix Montgomery was found about 6 p m Thursday submerged in five feet of water ten feet from the bank of Big Creek two miles west of Baskin Officials said the youth had gone fishing alone early Thursday morning and apparently wandered into the creek while wading
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Baskin
Felix Edward Montgomery
Felix Montgomery
Big Creek
Franklin Parish
Tragic drowning after hole incident on riverbank
A boy stepped into a waterfilled hole and drowned in a river area. Dr Brashear Earle, parish coroner, set death at about 10 a m, two hours after he left home to borrow a fishing pole from neighbor Charles Duchesne. The boy wore twin trunks. his clothes were found in a small boat tied to the bank near the scene.
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Ently
Brashear Earle
Parish
Charles Duchesne
Senate approves Admiral Anderson as chief of naval operations
The Senate on Thursday night confirmed Admiral George W. Anderson Jr. to succeed Admiral Arleigh Burke as chief of naval operations, marking a change in the Navy's top leadership.
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Washington
UPI
Senate
Adm
George W. Anderson Jr
Arleigh A. Burke
Naval Operations
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