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The News-Star from Monroe, Louisiana • Page 11

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The News-Stari
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Monroe, Louisiana
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11
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10-A Thursday, April 23. 1970 Monroe News-Star Scoutmaster A. Glenn Golson of Troop 88. sponsored by the West Monroe Knights of Columbus Council, No. 3642.

left, and Cubmaster John B. Arthur, Pack 2. sponsored by St. Joseph's Catholic Church, Mon roe will be presented the St George Award by His Excellency Bishop Charles P. Greco at the 11th an nual award ceremony Sunday at St.

Church in West Monroe. Scouts and scout leaders of the Alexandria Diocese will assemble for the ceremonies Latter Day Saints Slate Conference Smoking Dangers Told To Students Some 14,000 school ton Ochsner famed New Or-i were told Wednesday that smok- i leans chest surgeon ing is a prolonged, painful and He spoke to the Ouachita Par- expensive way to die by Dr. A1- ish students, grades 4 12, at the Monroe Civic Center in Prison Escapee Free Many Years Gets Clemency CARSON CITY. Nev A convicted murderer, who escaped from the Nevada State noviM smoked a ngarette Prison and remained at 'onger than for nearly half a century, has Prrson who smokes one pack a granted clemency after Htnd years longer than months back in vho smokrs twn a dav sessions. Lung cancer is result of a form of suicide.

Dr. Ochsner said, adding that of the lung is now the most rapidly going cancer known and has become an epidemic in the United He said that almost 70,000 persons would die of lung (UPI) cancer this year. A person 50 years old who has a cigarette will Wainwright Heads Northeast SGA six been less than jail. just want to go out and bo a good said Leonard iFristoe, 77. He will live in New Mexico with a son he deserted in and see again until six the surgeon said.

Noting that smoking was considered immoral when he was young. Dr. Ochsner said, it is not looked at immoral, but it is known to destroy the human body. No piece of machinery has ever heen built that Mike Wainwright National River Academy Initiates Drive For Funds months ago at a tearful reunion withstand the abuses prison. body goes through and yet I ristoe.

who managed to stay goos on Presiding over a two day and Granite Stake in Utah conference of the Shreveport Elder Brown has just return- Stake Saturday and Sunday at ed from an extended trip to the the Monroe Civic Center wiU be far east where he assisted in Elder Hugh Brown, a mom- organizing a new mission and her of the Council of Twelve several stakes. He was also Apostles of The Church of present at the opening of Expo pardons board Jesus Christ of Latter Day in Japan, where the church fristoe admitted has an exhibit Saints (Mormon) The Shreveport Stake (diocese) includes 12 congregations in north Louisiana. Charles F. Cagle, Stake president. will be conducting the sessions.

The conference is usual-, lv held in Shreveport, but due roe Pnfpr to a lack of accomodations the meeting is set in Monroe. Elder Brown. 87, served for several years as first counselor to the late President David McKay, from which position he was recently released. In his RUSTON (Special) an- earlier life he served a mission nual campus carnival at Louisi- for the church of Great Britain ana Tech. a blend of fireworks, (1904 06).

He later presided pretty coeds, display booths and cold blood over the British Mission twice midway rides, got underway we are expected (1937 40 and 1944 46). He also today and will extend through wipe the slate Collin The Saturday meetings will be held at 4 m. and 7 at the Monroe Chapel, and the Sunday conference session will be held at 10 a in the Mon- Carnival Today At Area School HELENA. Ark (AP) The Board of Directors of the National River Academy held an out Of trouble during (hr years hr was at larce, was tn Silvm(, lhat expectant and a ia turned over to authorities late mothers who smoke are more last year in Compton. apj t0 have premature babies, after a family argument at the mother who continues to home of another son by a later smoke is jeopardizing the life marriage.

0f her unborn he said He was returned to the Dr. Ochsner was speaking in Nevada prison, where he Mas connection with a pilot program granted clemency Wednesday in tobacco, alcohol and drug by a 4 3 vote of the state education introduced in the parish school system last month he fatally Bobby C. W'llson. supervisor of of the Board shot two deputy sheriffs in child welfare and health and New Orleans White Pine County in 1920 after physical education, is coordina thcv fired on him in connection tor of the program with a robberv He told the board, shot them because I didn't want to get The convicted murderer was sentenced to life in orison, but escaped with a companion in 1923 after driving the prison warden to a local house of prostitution Chief Justice Jon Collins of the Nevada Supreme Court argued against commutation Wednesday on grounds Fristoe killed the pursuing deputies Water Pollution Research Slated NEW ORLEANS (AP) The Louisiana Department of Com merce and Industry has award ed a $65,077 contract to Bailey Chemical Co. of New Orleans to conduct research over two years to attack water pollution The project is to determine f0 wavs to prevent industrial waste m- paign to raise $300,000 so that classes can be held in temporary facilities by the end of the year Persons will he trained at the academy to work in various riv er jobs Floyd Mechling, head of the A I.

Mechling Barge Lines of! Joliet, III was named chairman John Donnelly of was named vice chairman and Rep. Bran don of Little Rock was elected seeretary-treasurer The 18 member hoard also adopted an immediate budget of SfiO.OOO of which $32,000 was pledged by various firms and: organizations The funds air to be used to set up an office at Helena and begin recruiting a staff for the school The board members visited a 60-acre site on the Mississippi Elected to head the Student Government Association for the 1970 71 academic year at Northeast Louisiana State College is Mike Wainwright of Shreveport, a junior in the School of Education Wainwright defeated Carl Shipp of Wisner. He is a junior in the School of Education Neal Adams of Houma was elected vice president, defeating Tom Chalifotix of Holyoke. Mass and Karen Dubois of Shreveport won the secretarial post over Gayle Wilkening of Shreveport. Jerry Ramsey of Swartz was unopposed for treasurer.

Of the class presidencies, only the sophomore post was con tested Bruce McCormick of Shreveport won this position over Noah Riley of Vidalia. Dan McKay Mangham. will be senior president, and Mittie King, Shreveport, will head the junior class. Parent Numbers Increase NEW YORK (UPI) Num bers of parents are on the rise, reflecting the birth boom of the 1950s. The National Industrial Cfmfcrence Board estimates that between now and 1980.

the parent population will increase by 23 per cent. Thcj pace is faster than during any comparable period since World War II By 1980. nearly threej out of every five families, totaling 35 5 million, will have a child living at home. (substituted NEW YORK (UPI) A recent discovery bv Uncle Sam's Agricultural Research Service is being investigated as a possibly safe replacement for cyclamate The substance is di- hydrochalcone. an intensely sweet substance obtained from citrus.

Elected to the student senate from the School of Education were: Leah Bridges, Min den; Greg Bullock. Delhi; Marilyn Fried, Monroe; Sheila Ham. West Monroe; Don Hoyt, Monroe; Mary Anne Percy. Pine ville: and Nancy Rogers and iCindy Webb, both of Shreveport Elected to represent the School of Liberal Arts in the senate were Becky Sanford and Becky Rast. both of Shrcve port; Paul Lawrence.

Bernicc; and Suzanne Smith. West Monroe. Winning senatorial candidates from the School of Pharmacy and Allied Health Professions were: George Harngan, New Orleans; Peter Lomonte. Alexandria: Margaret Neale, Morgan City: Jo Ann Nettles, Monroe; and Sharon O'Brien, Uncontested senate posts in the School of Business Admin istration will be filled by Tom Guyton and James Tripp, both of Monroe: Terry Aucion. Morgan City: Gerrld Klahr.

Hop atcong, and Phil lips. Jonesboro All uncontested were posts in the School of Pure and Applied Sciences to be held by Vance Beauregard, Shreveport Cliff Miller, Haynesvillo; William Nelson, l.ake Providence; and Regan Stinnett, Minden; and the Graduate School senatorial post to be held bv Gary Ouhrn of Baton Rouge Judge Proposes Voter Approval Of U. S. Justices CHICAGO (AP) Su preme Tourt justices should face voters for approval or rejection at periodic intervals, 'Chief Judge Donald H. Hunter of the Indiana Supreme Court said Wednesday.

Hunter, speaking at the DePaul University Law School, proposed a constitutional amendment which would permit the president to appoint justices from among nominees submit ted by an independent, bipartisan After appointment, justices would serve for a fixed term before appearing on the ballot in a national election Voters wou'd mark yes or no to determine whether the justice kept his seat Hunter, a Republican, said Senate rejection of two of President Nixon's nominees to the Supreme Court reflects frustration of the American people over the nation's highest Start a Secretarial Career April 27 Louisiana 2 1 River 10 miles The acreage is to the acaderm American Cm Line of Jeffer Helena donated twice Stake President Saturday Lethbridge Stake in Canada Publishing Firm Bought By Former City Residents Pelican Publishing House in New Orleans, one of the South's leading publishing firms, has been purchased by two former Twin Cities residents. Dr. Milburn Calhoun, a physician now practicing in New Or leans, and James Calhoun, assistant director of public reia tions at Louisiana State University, Wednesday announced the pcquistion of the firm from Hod ding Carter, noted publisher and Pulitzer Prize winning newspaper editor. The Calhoun brothers, natives of West Monroe, are both graduates of Ouachita Parish High School, Northeast State College and LSU. James served as sports writer for the Morning World from 1958 to I960 Specializing in works on Southern history and culture for more than three decades.

Pelican House's recent publica tions include Past As commemorating the 250th anniversary of the fbund ing of New' Orleans and edited by Hodding Carter; and Fishing in by McFadden Duffy: "Chopsticks I a Chinese cook book by Gee Nee Tong; and a reprint of the classic Cook by Lafcadio Hearn Dr falhoun said that Pelican House which will become a division of the Calhoun Publishing Companv. will continue to emphasize subjects and authors in the fields of biography, history and non-fiction He said that Pelican will maintain its policy of publish-, ing original manuscripts while also reprinting important out- of-print books A forthcoming work will include a history of the the last regular steamboat to operate on the Ouachita River, written by the riverboat captain's niece. One of Pelican's most notable publications is the Map of Plantations on the Lower M'vstssippj the first edition of which is considered a collector's item Classic historical works re printed by Pelican House include Charles four volume of Francois Martin's Historv of and Henry Castellanos' Orleans As It Was Pelican House also pub hshes bienmallv the the authoritative reference and fact book on isiana Bayou Books of New Orleans, a Calhoun Publifhing Co suh- sidiarv originally established in Buras. La in 19fil. is widelv recognized throughout the bonk world as a primary source for rare and out of-print books on Louisiana, the Mississippi Valley and the Gulf Coast principal officers of the new company will he Milburn Calhoun.

publisher and president Mrs Calhoun, vice ores- executive editor and secretary The carnival is sponsored by the student run Tech Union Board, and will display a giant fireworks display tonight said. does not seem to this fulfills the law of our Gov Paul Laxalt, board chairman and the man whose vote made the majority, said The area for festivities is Jo was not trying to justify the cated midway in the field killing of two deputies, but area between Caruthers and nothing could he achieved by Neilson Halls and the new Lou- keeping a frail old man in isiana Tech Football Stadium prison from home (turned, directlj or ,,2 me indirectly, into the Mississippi River and to find productive uses for the waste. A $32,539 grant from the Federal Water Pollution Control Ad- Barge nville, the $32 000 Mid-South Towing Co. of Tampa. Fla pledged $10,000 and Mechling Barge Lines pledged $5.000 The Inger soil Foundation pledged $3,000 ministration will partially fi- and Ingram Barge Line of New nance the work The slate will Orleans pledged $2,000 provide the rest of the Representatives of other and the Commerce and Industry barge lines said their firms Department will administer the would donate money, hut thev federal grant were unsure how much SINUS Sufferers Mirfj good you 1 (luovf SYNA 0 at and nasal us gtvtt up to I'om and of con you v- stepi ana runny Vow can buy SYNA CCf AP at ttv- ovl for St'H- bv ar Try li today! Introductory 11 VJ Cut out Nilt ad to of Horn listed below pack Syna sj's and rno't 1 (sack Barker's Pharmacy 1900 FRIDAY and SATURDAY SPECIAL! Nova price reduction Coordinating Tops In Three Styles 799 des Long rd iti Nova Sedan.

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