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The News-Star from Monroe, Louisiana • Page 2

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2-A Tuesday, April 28, 1970 Monroe News-Star Monroe Receives Clean City Award Monroe Mayor L. Howard, left, ac cepted today the plaque for being named cleanest city of its size in the Fifth District in the annual Louisiana's Cleanest City Contest. Making the presentation is Mrs. Margie Whitlock, Fifth District chairman of the The Monroe City Council ac- ers Such offenders are subject oented its award as the to a fine of $150 and or a jail Fifth cleanest city, sentence. In addition, he re- then launched a effort" minded the public of the to be named the clean- standing reward of for in- est city in judging scheduled formation leading to the con- for May 7.

viction of littertrs. Acting to prepare for that Monroe, it was noted, will be judging. Mayor W. L. Howard judged in the state finals of the and the Council doubled the annual Cleanest City Contest, charge for cutting overgrown1 sponsored by t'ie State Federa- vacant lots thus encouraging tion of Garden Clubs, on the owners to do it themselves morning of May 7.

con- and directed the Police Depart- test chairman Bob Sale joined ment to its ef- Howard at the Council meeting forts against litterers. in urging all residents to be- Howard stressed in both ac- come cleanliness conscious, tions that the aim is mainly to Presentation of the district prevent littering and to get award was made to Howard by owners to cut their own grass. Mrs. Vernon Whitlock. Fifth not to get the city in the grass- District chairman of the state cutting business or fine its citi-j federation.

She was attended by zens. however, it a number of local officials, is necessary to do something to eluding Sale, Co Chairman get their he Henry Bonner. Mrs. John Meed. Carter Jr.

of the Bayou Deifiard The charge for cutting over- Garden Club, Mrs. C. Lucky grown lots was doubled across of the Welcome Garden Club, Council (Staff Photo by John Fogle the board, from a raise of the Mrs. C. Dickerson of minimum from $7.50 to $15, and Twin City Garden Council.

Mrs came in a motion by Street J. M. Parker of the College reference to the President stated aim of turning over th to South Vietnan Gale McGee, Wvo Neal Gunn Detroit Suburb School Is Closed After Disorders WASHINGTON (AP) De- inflation takes he said. RIVER ROUGE, Mich. (AP) spite the stock market's worst have seen two quarters of Racial feelings, frazzled by slump in six years and other slowdown in the general econo- weeks of black-white hostility, signs of a troubled economy, my and we should see the slow- remained raw today in this in- there are indications of a real down of inflation very dustrial Detroit suburb, where a clash between black and white Inflation Expected To Slow This Fall Purge Becinning Senators Oppose Aid To Cambodia WASHINGTON (AP) The been going on for five Senate Foreign Relations Com- said Symington, mittee has made clear to the ad- just hope that it does ministration it opposes anv mean that somewhere back arms aid to Cambodia despite the administration policy ther that embattled plea for is a hedge a a i enough military hardware to he added i outfit a large army committee was virtually jin agreement and very firmly "Chting iagainst sending troops.

said Chairman Fulbright. y4'" D-Ark Secretary of State his fellow committe William P. Rogers briefed the members for wanting to ser panel behind clcsed doors Mon- arate Cambodia from the rest dav Southeast Asia, cutting off at aid and burying the problen Agreeing with FulhngM. sen in vlMev 01 lor Republican committee ber Sen George mont said he is sure Presi- one of the 11 members attenmn; dent will take into consideration the meeting who believed how this committee feels. administration should he alio Fulbright and Aiken met with wed to have options on Lambo newsmen following the with Rogers.

TV the judc have ,0 mer.t of members of the com Fulbright quoted Rogers as There is genuine solici- ('nmmiccinnnr II i. he Civic saying the Cambodians had fhpv arfl no! 1 IP 7 HnuarH kaii Heights Garden Club, Mrs. Gunn ended a four-month made a laree request for 1Dnrovaj ThPV arP seekinc ad Vi nor suggested a John Tolar of the Monroe Gar- apprenticeship today as acting equipping a very large armv," nt that thp dpn and Mrs Henry director of the local facility by including trucks, half- 1K he rate in at the Beautification being appointed permanent di tracks and airplanes-but not fulbright quoted Rogers Lln forceJast year- IBoard. rector. Effect of the appoint- military personnel thp be Howard promised notification In other action at today 10 was immediate heved it could send some addi oday to the Police Department a m.

session, the Acting at a City Council meet aid to ambodia wlthout i to ttfgm crackdown on litter- ed nt of property own- Howard from Ton ers for 1969's major S319.400 mfssiWr it was "in the it would strret Improvement program Commissioner 11 i hundreds of millions but I don v-avi- to get approval to meet the and, a fo -he numbers request. on the main 1970 pro- Gunn for havinp rfnnp is a verv serious ques- gram fine job Fulbright said the administra- saW Fulbright is Gave notice of intent to tion apparently has made no de- authority for widen two portions of North permanent appointment on going beyond what it into Cambodia Thev be- 19th Street: from Hudson Lane hf has replaced former already has done. Ifeve President has the au- looting and the DrivV in late "lls has hurnine of three stores vnftc -acnu confined to approving Vietnam This was challenged The high school, a center of Mrs. Eddie Matthews, shelters and restroom ing director at thlT for a of by the committee members tension since February, was or- Prin(1Pal the Dixie Private for Bernstein Park on Mu to 120 dav tn caPtured Soviet AK4T rifles and Ft ht -e dered closed until further notice announced the honor roll Created a so called Rob what he could do aeeorrlinp inK. forays into the enuM by the school board.

fi-th six weeks session inson Place District Howard Cambodian territory by South all th, requested tniti police officers and an Three students received the the Richwood area ii letnameve soldiers unknown number of civilians highest scholastic average of Called a public hearing for When asked whether the were injured in the disorder the school with over ail straight May 12 on the first vear nf Jr ministration had considered air hkes him, staff like, lrnop, him and he handled every as- an(t whplhpr wouW State Federation of Garden Clubs. Looking on from right are Monroe Beautification Co-Chairman Henry Bonner, Chairman Bob Sale, and Mrs. J. C. Dickerson, of the Twin City Garden man) Neal Gunn Is New Civic Center Head Honor Roll For Dixie Private high school students led to School Is Told slowdown in inflation by this fall, two top economists predict.

In making this assessment in 63P speeches to the United States Chamber of Commerce Monday, Walter Heller, former chairman of the Council of Economic Adviser' under former Presi- I IniAn dent Johnson, and Beryle III JuYftl UillOn Sprinkel of Chicago supported 7 of'the A's. They were: Shelia Gaum- work in the city urban renew UP Ta' quirod hospital treatment mtr. third crade: Charlotte Ann ai pro-ram will slow sharply in the autumn, to keep them from demon- 1 state of emergency with a 6 McGuire, seventh grade; and Advertised fir a new-type flf. saifj iff inninnralnr" tarv equipment and quoted an unnamed committee member commenting to that effort The vr-nator said suutested administration take up the Cambodian Mfuafion in the Nations and he nsideration to that aid Roger, was a natinns. in may pro- pect of the Civic Center very Fulbright said the But, as they spoke, other indi- stratmg during last Le- (0 5 a m.

curfew was or John Tynes, eighth grade. flame fume on 1 cations of a sagging economy nin ccntennial celebrations in dered 'bv Mavor John McEwan Students making all and for citv treatment r' caused concern in the business Moscow. Russian dissidents re- boxcar burst into flames cj a plant in a continuing fight a Prn now too. abided Ftiri- N'r wat Rogers answered community. port.

Some of the dissidents fear the Penn Central Railroad secona against odors in the riguez. in reference to thf Civic ther could Aiken He also In New York, the stock mar- a widespread purge is begin- tracks noar the school. Cheryl Brennan, Mary Ann Hill. Empowered Howard to first director William Fulbright said the administra fuJ that Dow Jones Industrial aver- ninS The disorder started after Deborah Chapman and Chuck purchase an approximately Lillyman. now managine an tion apparently wa- not overlv jpovr an age fell 12 14 points to 735.15.

KGB plainclothesmen arrest- students held a grievance Swanson. Third grade David 000 of adjacent to entertainment complex in Hart- concerned about the North Viet bv ia the worst drop since Nov. 22. ed 100 Tatars from Uzbekistan, meeting in the high school gym Carpenter and Janet Brantlev present sanitary land ford. Conn namese and Viet Cong troops 1 lu' 1963.

the day President John F. Kirgiz and the northern Cauca- Fights broke out in the streets Seventh Jamie Kay garbage dump, insuring Gunn, of 702 Joseph, has been Cambodia but bHievrd a Uv House an Kennedy was assassinated sas last Tuesday, and another 60 around the school. Groups of Aulds and Bernailier Ezcil. earbase bunal for at the Ci vie Center since anv substantial their secretary Ronald And, in Detroit. General Mo uerf UP Wednesday, ac- black and white students pelted malrmo all a with tn -vears the future" Was built, having joined Lilly- activity could threaten plans to JVnW fold he was cording to an underground each other, police and passing m.j man's staff in March, 1967, dur continue down the ViH not in a position sav when ing planning phases mm war.

President Nixon might reach a Married, the father of a daugh- Stuart Symington I) Mo decision nn aid to ter. he is a 1961 graduate of Ne- who the session after about Asked whether President ville HiKh a 1966 an said the north Viet- considered the situation a crisis, ate of Northeast Louisiana State namese and Viet troops he not char College, and attended LSU for have been using Cambtxlia as a arferwe it in wav to thi-v w'orld lip hett -Their demonstnUon never street of the black communities Students receivintt all r- een dnnn.lh,..am! off. and the whereabouts of River Rouge and the adjaccnt SB's were: Fifth frade-Abby (ounr'l1 De- thins i. o( Cambo At White House the arrested is unknowr, suburb of Ecorse. and began Hill Sixth grade Rebecca 1.a.

i AI Ttie -'i nase to be dia said a samizdat, or looting stores. Bedenbender. hearing of theft and conspiracy worked ut of an as- Why should there be i.t nf lishing as the un- In addition to the three stores The Dixie Private School lo- charges against a former mem sjstant Gunns job mendous reaction to what has f.s derground newsletters are burned, several were torn apart cated at 303 Montgomery Ave- ber of the parish police jury and expected in the near fu- known. by looters, who threw some nue in West Monroe recorded wife has been indefinitely re- ture. Persons circulating the samiz- and fixtures into the 75 cent of the student body cessed by the Jefferson Davis tors and Ford, the natkm's larg- lu underground each other, police and passing WUh est automobile maouftcturers, circulating in can with rocks and UA.J.

said that auto sales and profits cow Most of the injuries occurred I Hearinq ReCeSSed were down in the opening quar- Tatars had come to Mos- during the rock throwing. Kvatpmik vth fraHr ter this vear although both still row to demonstrate in front of As police reinforcements it finished in the black the Lenin Lebrary for the return moved in from surrounding Keith fayj' t. Seventh grade gy Jmi-W Ford rrnnrtprt its rnnsnliitatpH Crimean homeland and communities, bands of black and 7 sales thmn restoration of civil rights vouths up barricades on Vis- Rrado Tl five other economists called in for a special discussion of the nation economic outlook earning averages. a force of dat also told of a number of street. Administration officials de- and convictions across the At about 8 n.m med thr talks were directly con- this month Thev re- abnut 30 policemen bolstered nected to the stock market ported: by about 60 State lice troop- AfTI6nCdn I 13116 university teacher and a ers began a sweep up the street.

slump. One informant said the discussion was scheduled some student in the city of Gorki, 270 The heavily armed officers a a time and was a general mjjes east cf Moscow, were sen- marched up the 13-block stretch frPnOrtfiQ bull kind of educa- tpnced tn sevpn VPars at harfJ dispersing the remnants of the lxcf-vl 1 11 tional process for the President, labor for protesting resur- crowd as they advanced to let him hear what others in rcc(jon 0f Another No figures on the total num- the economic field are think- student was sentenced to six ber of arrests were made pub- vears and got five vears. He, although it was announced Meantime a large bank in Cal- LPVjn a well known that four adults and juve- On By Cuba MIG Parish Grand Jury Dist Atty. Bernard Marcantel said Monday the case against James Mallett, 37, and Mrs Mallett. 32, would resume when information" is ready for presentation Officers charged that Mallett, a farm supply dealer, got more than $40,000 from farmers for Judge Schedules Resumption Of Rap Brown Trial Art Photography Pupils To Display Works In Jackson replied with a flat when if additional raptured Soviet arms had hern to Cambodia in recent iforma announced it was reduc- ELLICOTT Md P.

Circuit Court Judge James seed they n. eived and has schwJuIed resu Monda KEY WEST. Fla. A that his wife assisted him in the (hr arsonnot jMal of student a invited to displav tbeir The head of the of Art at Northeast I uistan. State College.

Dr William Persick announced Mondi) tha JONESVILLE (Special) viet-led invasion of Czechoslova- than 2 per cent in the first quarter and so it goes in all the in -----------------industry by which the strength of our economy is CCA fie Aim Parker told a news conference cCll IsM wl At the Chamber of Commerce meeting in Washington, Heller. Clarfe now a University of Minnesota Livvli 3 professor, told the businessmen slack has developed in RUSTON (Special) Offi- the to assure the cers for 1970 71 have been gram by the Ma about a 4 per cent rate at the elected by the Louisiana Tech of Commerce ana end of the year. chapter of Future Farmers of upgrade industrial Sprinkel, senior vice president America (FFA)- services, and economic director of the Judge Macgill had suspended counts of Brown's trial last Monday when ua' request.d the Mission shrimp boflt in the Florida Hnd of the it Art Associitiofi of ickm cape, His wife was charged on tinned for feVral jurisdiction of SO partu We just kept digging for Key counts of theft and three of That the ninth delav in the at Municipal Arr West. They never touched conspiracy to commit theft Both proceedings. the MMA said Jack Lynn, owner of the WPre held in lieu of $200.000 bond Three judges of the 4th Northeast is represented bv boat.

each. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld James R. Weeks, instructor tn Lynn and charter pilot Jn Ju(Jgp WaIter court Monday a US District Court pholography; Barry Darling lo.inson were in tne sinale-en- £va p0ntenot, 32. judge opinion that there was graduate teaching and of trving to help the no evidence Brown civil rights "1 would A to commit simple es Monday as the date for resump 13-parish initial survey of man- West, at the extreme cape tion of the trial. ufacturing establishments in southern tip of Florida, is about firw hrr 2 William M.

Kunstler, chw central Louisiana will be made 90 fense lawyer, still could seek whose nf intellec- dustrial complexes, has been ra American plane searching for a Mallett faced Community National Bank Bakersfield. operates 17 wQman from Moscow, branches in that state, said he ifl Gorbanvevskaya. was I 1 CnrUOU Of hoped its action will trigger an- fined indefinitely to the psv- IHill31 jUlVeY UT other round of nationwide prime section of a jail while interest rate di ident was gub- weeks ago the bank was the na in AfeS KariSneS second to drop its rate eral h0Spital. Both had from 8 1 per cent to 8 per cent a the So- New car sales are off more demonstrated against the SO- ggpjp ed guilty to a reduced charge of the state level Macpill then set oamtu major fron Monroe Reggie 1 nate advertising design majo from West Monroe; Jerry Wilson, graduate teaching a sistant and painting-printmak durine the next tew vmks, 00 on pro- from cording to Rep. David I Pat the Cuban close Court Bandong.

senior ad Key West for about 10 Deputies said she delivered a Harris Trust anH Bq Tom Cathey, Stonewall, is Parishes included are Concor- when these two jets whizzej package for the Malletts which t' I u'r' phv major n.m president John Hart, Ruston, dia, Catahoula, DeSoto, Sabine, past us. one on each side of the included cash hidden in a out Uo of tha "'or Photography crease bv vear Th. mrrJw president; and Jimmy Winn. Vernon, (Jant, Rapides, airplane They must have made carton of cigarettes and several j. majejr ISS- by ycar-en-i The current Haynesv.ll«, tr.

a Avoyelles. I.aSalle Caldwell, eittht or 10 and on the blades rnside a has of anrt Bid )as, two one MKi fired bursts potato Kunstle I personal!) feel iMintin from hi, machine cun ls lrom rate is 5 per cent. ----------------------I am not afflicted with the js Jo, Womack, ron Devon j. q. Lancaster business community," Heller said the situation is ripe vocational agricultural educa GrOUp SpOOKCr for Nixon to call publicly for re- uon a 'ech a.

straint on prices and wages On the athletic committee Thp reKular meeting of the industrv and labor are Jerry Stevens. Oak Grove, Kobinson Elementary Schools NKNN ORIEANS (Af 1 in.il---- Airport Details To Be Released Background (hecked jnsw-jr st able method to slow inflation. both of Kilbourne, Bill Simms, schools, $10.000 bail and so far his presence has not hrrn required in LOl ISVII LE Ky (AP) A cou new ordinance in Iaouisville re- Once jurv selection starts quires an eight day waiting Maryland law requires a de period for the purchase of a fendant to he in court. Mer- hand gun The delay was includ ritf Pumphrey, Howard County l)e- ed to give police time to check Circuit Court clerk said this is expected to start Monday Embarrassing CHAFE pamful itchmg. Switch to stipar ratmad Kuspital quality MOROLINE WHITE PETROLEUM JELLV Morm for your monmyt Anotlw produci Pio.

all know that controlline Shongalo. and Hart. 20 WAYS TO SAVE MONEY AT THE SUPERMARKET will addres. the group. The The newspaper said the an-' meeting's agenda also includes nouncement wouW be made at a the installation of P.T A offi- news conference called by the cers for the 1970 71 school Site Selection ('ommitt of the Orleans AviaUon Board.

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