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Alexandria Daila Gottm Salli Saturday, November 8, 1986 A-5 II State: Kember Can't Serve as Lawmaker without compensation," the law provides. "The suspension from public office without compensation shall continue until the conviction is final and all appellate review of the original trial court proceedings is exhausted," the statute provides. Kember and Plaquemine businessman Wesley Verret Sr. were convicted on mail fraud BATON ROUGE (AP) Because of his federal felony conviction, state Rep. Harry "Soup" Kember, D-White Castle, is automatically suspended from his legislative post, state officials said Friday.

Kember, after his conviction on six counts of mail fraud Thursday, said he would keep his House seat shine Fabricators to purchase a fabricating shop. Prosecutors said that some of the money was diverted from Sunshine Fabricators to Beau Bayou and ultimately into the pockets of Kember and Verret. U.S. District Judge John V. Parker allowed Kember and Verret to remain free on bond and ordered a pre-sentence investigation.

charges stemming from the misuse of a $150,000 state grant. Both men face maximum sentences of five years in prison on each of the six counts and a total of $500,000 in fines. During the trial prosecutors charged that KemDer helped Verret secure a $150,000 grant from the state Industrial Prospect Emergency Fund. The money was to be used by Sun The automatic suspension is included in provisions of a 1985 act of the Legislature. "The law is pretty clear," said Assistant Attorney General Kenneth DeJean.

"The suspension is automatic," he said. "The conviction for a felony of a public officer shall automatically suspend that individual from his public officee Kember said he plans to keep his House seat his conviction on six counts of mail fraud. "He is suspended from serving and can't perform any act as a legislator," said House Clerk Alfred W. Speer. The suspension also means that he does not receive any compensation as a state legislator, said Speeer.

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A Democratic Party staff member talked of rumors that an effort might be made by the delegation to ask the House to refuse to seat Baker because of the controversial voter purge in East Baton Rouge Parish. Billboard Bill SHREVEPORT (AP) City Council approved an ordinance last February that ruled out billboards within 1,000 feet of the Clyde Fant Memorial Parkway and some other major thoroughfares. But that ordinance faces a test at the end of the month when Council considers an amendment that would allow a billboard company to install a sign even closer to the parkway. This week, the Shreveport-Cad-do Metropolitan Planning Commission recommended an amendment to relax the restric tion. Abuse Charge IOWA (AP) A teacher's aide at a federally funded head-start program for pre-school children was arrested and booked on three counts of molestation of a juvenile, the Calcasieu Parish Sheriffs Office said.

Bond was set at $10,000 for Ne-dra Landry, 26, of Iowa, deputies said after the arrest Wednesday. Deputies said the parents of three toddlers, two boys and a girl, had complained. Investigators said that several of the children reportedly were having nightmares and other psychological problems. Deputies said the children attended the Tom and Jerry Head Start School here. Murder Trial LAKE CHARLES (AP) -Troy Dugar, 15, of Crowley, will be tried as an adult on a charge of first-degree murder in connection with the death of a St.

Martinville man, a grand jury has decided. The Calcasieu Parish grand jury on Thursday indicted Dugar, who was held without bond, accused of slaying Donald Louis Williams, 31. Williams' body was found Oct. 27 on a Sulphur street. Williams was reportedly shot numerous times, and his car and the gun believed to have been used were recovered iater in Houston, Texas, authorities said.

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