Simsboro Youth Burned In Butane Truck Crash Near Ruston
A 19 year old Simsboro resident, Jimmy Traylor, was severely burned early Friday when the butane truck he drove left Highway 80 near Ruston and crashed into a high voltage line. Deputies found no clear cause, noting a spark from the wires may have sparked the blaze. The Choudrant Butane Co truck was destroyed. The Ruston Fire Department fought the fire. the accident occurred about 5 am. Traylor sustained extensive burns on his back arms face and chest and a deep neck laceration. His condition was listed as serious.
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Simsboro
Ruston
Jimmy Traylor
Dolphus Traylor
Route 2
Simaboro
Sheriff's
Traylor
Reflections on Lincoln Essay Contest Opens
Lake Charles Louisiana writers urged to submit 1500 word essays titled Reflections While Standing Before the Lincoln Memorial. Donald J Miller chairs the Louisiana screening committee noting the contest is open nationwide with no age or occupation limits. Sponsored by Broadcast Music Incorporated with the American Association for State and Local History and others.
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Lake Charles
Louisiana
Lincoln Memorial
Donald J., Miller
The
Historical Association
Kenneth Trist Urquhart
American Association For State and Local History
Lincoln Field
Miller
This Week
Abraham Lincoln
Broadcast Music
BMI
Tech college expands with six schools and new campus
The institution outlines its six schools: Agriculture and Forestry, Arts and Sciences, Business Administration, Education, Engineering and Home Economics. It lists programs from agricultural engineering to education and industrial engineering. A $750000 Student Center began last August and is slated for fall use. The college seeks accreditation and participates in several professional associations. A Lincoln essay contest offers up to 2000 dollars, with BMI planning to publish the winning piece in This Week Magazine and incorporate it into The Abraham Lincoln Story.
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Edare Carson-Taylor
Dudley
Pearce
Jenkins and McFarland
School of Agriculture and Forestry
Arts and Sciences
Business Administration
Tech
The
Association of American Colleges
Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools of the
Southern States
American Association of Collegiate Registrars
Engineer’s Council For Professional Development
American Association of Colleges For Teacherducation
Society of American Foresters
American Association of Collegiate Schools of Business
American Society of Agricultural Engineers
Turner and Farley families greet newborn and kin
Robert Edwin Turner Jr. is welcomed as the 8 lb son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Turner Sr. of Athens Alabama with his mother the former Yvonne Farley, daughter of the Farleys of Vienna. The notice also highlights Charles Ledbetter, a former Vienna resident, who earned combat air crewman wings in Japan. Additional local notes cover church revival, family visits, patio meal ideas, and assorted regional curiosities.
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Robert Edwin Turner Jr
Robert Edwin Turner Sr
Athens
Ala
Turner
Yvonne Farley
W. C. Farley
Vienna
Charles Ledbetter
Charles
Free World
Louisiana Safety Agencies Plan Fourth of July Traffic Crackdown
Louisiana State Police and four Safety Councils coordinated a statewide plan to cut traffic deaths over the July Fourth weekend. Law enforcement will be intensified with speed watches and continuous patrols from Thursday evening through Sunday night, targeting speed, drunken driving, improper passing, and failure to yield.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana
Safety Councilé
Forrest Gaines
Greater
E. P. Roy
Ups Soc Eery
Roy
Traffic safety urged for holiday period by Baton Rouge council
The Greater Baton Rouge Safety Council will compile and distribute accident and traffic safety data to press associations, newspapers, radio and TV stations every three hours during the holiday period starting at 6 p.m. Thursday, according to Forrest Gaines.
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Greater Baton Rouge
Circle Meeting at Mrs. Garter Home
A Circle meeting at Mrs Garter’s home featured a program Our Lot a church actres sing faith with works by Mrs W Avdt and Mr Dyson offering devotional. Attendees included Mrs W A Je Lawila Mrs B Rautine Len Harold H Brown Mrs Orim Burkhalter and Mrs T Richardson along with the hostess. A note on literacy and European signs reflects historical context and Bulova founder John H Bailard’s 1926 radio advertising idea.
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Mra
W. Avdt
Laewig
Dyson
W. A. Je Lawila
Mi B. Rautine
Len Harold
H.brown
Orim Burkhalter
T. Richardson
Mr. Carter
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Louisiana College
Pinesville
Joseph Robert Grown
1610 College Avenue
Monroe
W. Darrell Overdyke
Centenary College
Shreveport
Mienna
Mercury
Saint Veran
Mt. Katahdin
Maine
U. S
Kendall FE. Ball
Mississippi
Dallas
Texas
Billy Ann Ball
LSU
Neiman Marcus
Mary Durden
Winnsboro
KK. E. Ball
Nannie Watts
San Paulo
Brazil
Patricia Carol King
Maryland
Connie King
Washington, D. C
Dept. of Agriculture
Watts
Newfoundland
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Mima City
Panama
Vien
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Europe
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Bulova Watch Co
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