Employment Director urges students to stay in school
Louisiana Employment Security official urges high school completion to improve job prospects. He notes apprenticeships and most skilled trades require a diploma, warning dropouts face irregular employment and lower wages. He cites automation and rising demand for educated workers and urges employers to keep youths in school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burton le Leder
Lents
Louisiana
Brown
Fies
Louisiana Division of Employment
Prade
Public service cooperation with Advertising Council note
Public service notice published in cooperation with The Advertising Council outlines a civic information campaign. The brief item credits collaboration between the publication and the council to disseminate health safety and community welfare guidance to readers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Advertising Council
4-H to Honor Ex Members
The 4-H Alumni recognition program honors former 4-H Club members chosen for national awards. Each year eight outstanding individuals nationwide are selected, with the 1960 recipients including an editor, a teacher, and three mothers whose children benefited from 4-H guidance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Io Service Committee
State Land Grant College
Ikach
4-H Alumni Recognition Banquet Highlights 4-H Graduates
Since 1953 scores of 4-H grads have been personally congratulated at the annual 4-H Alumni recognition banquet during the National 4-H Club Congress in Chicago. Host is the Olin Mathieson Chemical Corporation with guests including USDA officials and National 4-H Service Committee members. TL. Nevins, VP, has led the program from its inception.
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BOR
Chicago
Olin Mathieson Chemical Corporation
Agricultural Chemicals Division
Little Rock
Arkansas
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Olin Mathieson
TL. Nevins
State Extension Service
Actor Recalls Carnival Life
Hollywood star Liam Sullivan, son of Eli Bridge Co. president Lee Sullivan Jr, recalls his family Ferris wheel business and his acting career. He notes the wheel’s history from George Ferris’s 1893 design to today, with models from 10 to 12 seats and a kiddie wheel, while describing his path from Harvard economics to stage and TV roles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
UPY
Liam Sullivan
Sullivan
Katharine Carnell
Julius Caesar
Romeo
Susi Strasberg
Juliet
Pop
Lee Sullivan, Jr
Eli Bridge Co
Jacksonville
Ill
Liam
Tian
Sulivan
Harvard University
T'H
Tilo
Hill Farm Stockman Inheritance Principles
Hill Farm Stockman explains inheritance and genetics for breeders. It outlines cells, cytoplasm, nucleus, chromosomes, and genes as the determinants of traits such as color size and temperament. It discusses dominance and recessiveness with polled versus horned genes in cattle.
Egypt Seeks Record Tourist Influx for 1960
Cairo reports a buoyant 1959 with 418000 visitorsa 32 percent rise and a forecast of a new 1960 high surpassing half a million. Americans lead nationalities as Giza Pyramids Sphinx Valley of the Kings and the Suez Canal attract renewed interest. Hotels in Cairo filled since October anticipate bookings through spring 1961 with hope of reaching one million tourists annually.
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Cairo
UPI
Egypt
Suez Canal
Middle East
Pyramids
Valley of the Kings
Calra Museum
Asl
Buy
Benera
Rashad Mourad
Mourad
Non-Sailing Galley Goes Into Dry Dock
Vatican City UP I reports a three masted galley in Vatican Gardens is moved to dry dock for refitting. The fountain vessel features bronze hulls cannons and a lead replica of the Fountain of the Galley with a view toward Rome and St Peters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vatican City
UPI
Vatican Gardens
John XII
Vatican
Carlo Maderno
Paul V
Bramante
Rome
St. Peter's
Pius XI
Pius VI
Baker Family Celebrates 90th Birthday of Father
The Baker family gathered Sunday, August 2, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. T. Ey Raley to honor Mr. J. Ai Baker on his ninetieth birthday. Children Leon, Thom, Davis Baker, and others from the Douglas Community attended with gifts and well wishes. Coffee and punch accompanied a Bible-shaped cake inscribed 90 Years Young. Beulah Baker and friends from Sibley, the Douglas Community, and Ruston joined the celebration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sunddy
Baker
T. Ey Raley
J. Ai Baker
Mayo
Li Monroe
Leon
Thom
Davis Baker
Douglas
Guy, Baker
Herbert Baker
Chér
Portayton
Raley
Beulah Baker
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Cl.ari Ee
Pouislania Division of
Louisiana Tech
Comet
Wallace Mercury CO
Georgia Ave
Dial al
J. A. ST. Amant
United Press International
Extension Star
George Ferris
Century Life Insurance CO
W. Ala
Krousel Bldg
Ruston
Alton Hawk
Hill Farm
Lux Theater
Holywood
Nat'l. Farm: Loan Association
M. K. Weaver
Avery
Ita
Mid- America
Mid-America
Wayne A. Johnston
Illinois Central Railroad
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