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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1968
Page
2
President Johnson chats with Leonard David Buloff Sherill Rae Peterson and Larry Dale Baker as they receive scholastic achievement awards at the White House. Don Staley of the Recording for the Blind stands behind them during the ceremony.
Monroe drafts an urban renewal bill ready for introduction in the Legislature. Mayor W L Howard says the plan seeks federal backing to buy raze and rebuild blighted downtown areas, with a 20‑year, 60 million dollar redevelopment plan guided by local leaders and a five‑member redevelopment agency.
A Ouachita Parish School Board meeting with 37 community representatives aims to mobilize support for a proposed one half cent sales tax for education. The funds would supplement teacher salaries and staff, excluding central admin. Officials say passage would help attract and retain qualified teachers and improve local salary competitiveness. Committees exist in all 37 communities to inform patrons and gather support.
The second in a series of youth opportunities conferences, themed The Business Community and Youth Employment, will be held Thursday at Northeast Louisiana State College in the College Union Building Auditorium. The day begins at 9 45 a m with Dr William H Enneis of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission delivering the keynote on Federal Recommendations for Employment Procedures.
Louisiana Budget Committee warns agencies spent beyond appropriations in 1967 68 fiscal year prompting a $6 million need to cover deficits. It proposes a $1.36 billion budget, stricter controls on new programs and facilities, and tighter agency budgeting while criticizing lack of legislative oversight and noting wasteful space rentals and moves. Senator Jamar Adcock chairs the panel and manages the office building corporation.
Dr. H. T. Garner, Dean of the Graduate School at Northeast Louisiana State College, announced graduate courses for the School of Education in the 1968 Summer Session. First term offerings span Elementary and Secondary Education, Psychology, Music, Special Education and more, with courses in measurements, reading, guidance, administration, and supervisory topics. Second term includes teaching methods, data processing, school law, and educational leadership.
Ouachita Representative Lawrence Gibbs plans to seek Legis lature support for a new 1 million dollar wing at E A Conway Memorial Hospital and urges beds after modernizing work. He also backs domed stadium in New Orleans, seeks 100 percent property assessment reform, and calls for an independent Legislature.
Dr. J Norman Efferson LSU dean announces Henry Bonner Jr of Monroe promoted from assistant county agent Ouachita Parish to associate county agent effective July 1 The action followed a LSU Board of Supervisors meeting in Baton Rouge in a letter from LSU President John A Hunter praising the advancement and its benefit to the university Bonner has served 17 years with offices in the West Monroe Agriculture Building
Voters in Newberia Louisiana on Tuesday rejected a $2 7 million bond issue proposed to fund a development project with an estimated cost of 3 856 495. The measure drew state opposition and the bond failed by a wide margin.
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