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The News-Stari
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Monroe, Louisiana
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Possible Increase Of Fees Studied Area High School Seniors Invited To NUJ Event An orientation for prospective outstanding high school seniors will be conducted at Northeast Louisiana University Jan. 26 and 27, which will be highlighted by a Scholars!) Banquet Jan. 27. James F. Hawkins, director Increased fees fur collection'either from private companies of garbage from commercial or from major gas pipelines nth- establishments in Monroe and or than the sole supplier possible small increases in clee- now, United, tricity rates in and) Moorc Torminal and Bar(re Monroe arr ex- Co Monmp rwd to area officials reveal.

powcr rup, Monroe Mayor Ralph Troy'oil it may need until additional said Thursday that use of is acquired. One major pipe instead of gas at the city pow- line runs through Sterlington cr plant will increase opera-1 but the cost of a connecting line turn expenses, stimulating a from Monroe would bo high, need for a possible rate in-1 As as substilule fuoIs crease for electricity to offset br at powrr increased manufacturing ex-; (f)st of manilfa, tunnK receive fur Beard of Ed- Study On Ouachita Splitting Pledged West Monroe Mayor W. R. Hatton reported Thursday that Kd Steimrl, director of the Public Affairs Research Council (PAR) has agreed for his staff to do a feasibility of study on the move to school seniors from throughout the state will attend the activities. will provide an according to Hawkins, see what NLU has to The are chosen to Only Rubble remains of a Caldwell Parish home near Corey south of Monroe after a tornado whipped through the area Thursday afternoon, killing 16-year-old Julia Lee and injuring her mother second twister struck a laundromat in Tallulah, injuring four persons.

(Staff photo by Ken Purcell) Two Tornadoes Strike Area; One Killed, Five Are Injured with gas and the increased opor The mayor said Wednesdayjation costs will eat into the that knows what profits usually obtained by the the increased cost of manufac- power plant and turned over to Hiring electricity will do to the the general fund for genera! fund. no operation of municipal serv- question that unless we get a re- ices. versal of this policy that the PPC is promulgating, going to be facing some serious financial he said. One possible additional source of general fund revenues, May or Troy said, would be increased garbage fees for com- Similar hints of rate inereas-j moreial establishments in Mones were made Wednesday by roe not paying any- Ilouisiana Power Light Com- where near what it costs the pany president E. A.

Rodrigue I for garbage pick up, May- The president said that gas cur--or Troy said. (ailments to affect, previous of Financial Aid and Placement Ouachita Parish into two estimated that some 250 high separate parishes. Mayor Hatton said he received a letter from Steimel earlier this week saving that upon the recommendation of the research committee of PAR, study would be made beginning in some four to six weeks. Steimel said the cost of the study would be $50 per day for Ste ff time plus expenses of local projects. Hatton also petitions for for the feasibility study and tile move to split the parish, should the study show the move to be in the best interest of people west of the River arc being circulated.

object of the Hatton said, to gi the opportunity to voire their ueation, NUJ Foundation and Alumnae scholarships ranging in value from $400 to $1,000 per year. Registration will be at 3 rn. Friday, Jan. 26, followed by a bus tour of campus and voimi' "I The previous administration, us principally at our Nine Mile Point Generating Station In- also sugccsu-d increased Two tornadoes touched down dead girl, however, buildings in the area received Northeast ma without a said Dr. minor damage, day afternoon, killing one girl Carroll, who see and Injuring at lea five other The infant, like the persons.

cr two occupants of the house at A 16 year old girl was kill- the time, were hurled several necessary cd and her mother injured hundred feet by the twas about 2 40 pm. near Corey, some IO miles north of Columbia, when a tornado struck their tenant farm home. A twister reports. incom- A cold front moving across the Mississippi Valley Thursday afternoon created conditions for tornadoes, ae. cording to the National Weather Service.

Tornado watches were issu- eated near Westwego in -Ioffer- collection son Parish but wall also affect source ho Sterlington Generating ue fun(ls Plant. of as an The banquet will begin at 6:30 p.m. in Gunby Dining Hall. Master of ceremonies ill be Keith Kirby of West Monroe, a senior member of the NUJ debate team. Student speakers for the banquet will be Patsy Hammonds of Monroe, a cheerleader and junior education major, speaking on Available to Women Students at Bill Lee of Baton Rouge, fresh- support of the feasibility The West Monroe City Council late last year adopted a resolution to have Hatton and Alderman Bruce Brooks seek the study from PAR.

The mayor made the move to the the people of West Ouachita Parish from the oppression of the power structure in U.S. Congressman touched down in Tallulah, injuring four persons and causing an estimated $30,000 in coinages to a laundromat about 5:10 p.m. Thursday. None of the injured were hurt seriously. Caldwell Parish Acting Coroner Dr.

Janus Carroll said lo year old Julia Ue died of head injuries after a torna- i struck the house in which her mother and three week old daughter were bv- 5,1 mg. Th 'I he girl urns pronounced dead at Caldwell Parish Rodrigue said the gas curtail- Passman nf Monroe told Major men will definitely have a Thursday his efforts to bearing on increasedI cosi for; Power Com. LPAL, some of which will sub- missl0n to its curtail- sequents bo reflected rn clee. order Monr()C fu. to our customers in of fuel JlJ gencralj man class president, speaking Ion "Opportunities Available to Otto Students at and of Deadline Noted For Delivery Of W-2 Forms trie bills the form tor, according to local Funeral services are pletc but will be under the di- cd Thursday afternoon for a ruction of Miller uneral number of Northeast iii Monroe.

ana parishes, including Rich- 10 tornado which hit Tt.Ha- land. franklin, Madison. More- residential users in lah later Thursday collapsed house, Fast and West Carroll, the roof of a laundromat on Twisters also hit parts of incrras('s some in customers and injured issippi Thursday night before four, j'oeording to Tallulah Po- the cold front moved northward. lice Chief a Wyche. John Ue, husband of Neither Louisiana Gas Serv Mi Moore as trans- Ue and father of the girl kill-1 Lo.

in West Monroe nor the I jn preparation for the 1073 om the Madison Par- cd at Corey, Thursday af- Monroe gas distribution YMCA Youth Ugis- ital to i St Francis tcrnoon he was just outside the yet have indicated what impact1 area high school stu- in Monroe, where house when the twister hit. gas shortage at the whole- j)Wn invited to at wa treated and released.) was in the garage next to m'fdit on. tend the first training session, ot nle The gas shortage also may result in increased wholesale the Twin Cities and those rate that cannot he absorbed would have to be passed on to users. Training Session For Students Set At YMCA Here I emu ish IR os pit level might hve on charged homeowners at scheduled for IO a rn. Saturday at the Twin Cities YMCA.

Workshop dire! tor. Dan Dun Charlotta Fincher Shreve- NEW ORLEANS The dead port, a sophomore State Board for employers to give proof Education scholar, speak ing on Challenges at A welcome will be extended to the students by Northeast President George T. Walker an entertainment will be provided by the NLU Singers. Beginning at 9 a rn. Saturday morning the students will meet with academic deans in their chosen area of interest The meetings will be held in the Pharmacy Building A lite ium.

I was in the garage or three injured the house working on my car, Hicks, 15, Mrs. Sara when I saw said Lee, on arrival at Parish Lu and Mr- Ernestine claimed he saw the twister I Mayor Troy revealed Thurs Hospital by Dr Carroll and Hay-, ii all treated and head for the building from the day that the city powcr kel, said State Representative: Mrs. Josephine the from the Madison Par- west. ran for the house but gas predicament has cased W. Humphries will be guest) motlier, was treated for brins- Hospital.

I make it so I dived somewhat, with United Gas speaker and research leader. I and a broken rib. lier con- Tile building in which under the front porch. It (the pinp Co. agreeing to in- The YMCA Youth Ugisla-I (iition was term "very good" laundromat was housed was tornado) just lifted it off me crease the allotment by tare, to told March 8-10 in by anoil 'I irsda; night.

part of Brutus Enterprises, and then set it. back down again'five million cubic feet per Rouge, is a replica of1 The infant daughter of the Wyche said eight or IO other and then picked it up and threw, Thp amount allotted to indus-jthe aper- it. It just exploded. I tries and power plants will ated in its by i i The tornado was travelling probably fluctuate, students. Tile prnrarvj about 35 miles per hour when depending upon tho demands for'purpose is to give young sighted near Corey, the Nation- heating gas as weather condi- pie experience in how laws are! al Weather Service reported, lions in the nation change, written and enacted.

Lee said the twister have top priority. Delegates must meet certain! the house and its three occu- on any available gas, with in- requirements in order to attend; pants into a nearby fenced areajdustries falling into a Youth Legislature which some 300 or 400 yards east of priority and power plaits now dude being the author or collie original site He falling into a fifth and last author of a bill and attending I said all ttiree persons priority. al least two training ions. found close together in the rub- power plant had Twin Cities YMCA Youth Ugis- the Department of english dint George I Wa ker Dr jdf. and he heard his wife cry been cut from its normal winter lature delegates will travel to Lomore replaces Hr help as he approached the reqirement of IO million to a Shreveport on Feb.

3 to attend wreckage. (curtailed allotment of only three their second training session. The foundation was million cubic feet per day. The virtually clean of debris and cut came earlier in the week water pipes were bent by the and the city prepared to make force. Bits of cloth- emergency measures.

mg and paper from the home At present, however, Hic city were found in trees several hun- power plant is receiving eight dred yards from the site. I million cubic feet per day. Just before the twister touch- or Troy said the five MCF teed down on the Lee property, crease allowed Thursday will according to the Caldwell Par-: permit the city to operate a turd ish office, it hit Cor- bine that can be fired only by Gin, about a quarter mile gas. The city power plant con-1 from the Ue home. The tor- Unties to operate under nado blew over several cotton gency Mayor Troy trailers but did no other dam- said, and every effort is tieing age and caused no apparent in- made to find some gas locally.

Collution Deadline On Dec. 31, 1970, President Nixon signed a hill setting a six year deadline for auto din trv to curb exhaust pollution plovers their 1972 W-2 forms is Wednesday, January 31, Carl Gromatzky, district director of Internal Revenue Service for Louisiana, said today. The form should show earn C. J. Bulloch Sr.

Dies; Services Slated Saturday Funeral services for Charles Bulloch, 75, of Dick Taylor Rd Monroe will be held at 3 m. Saturday in the Chapel of Hixson Rros Funeral Home of Monroe with the Revs. James Christie and Ernest Holloway officiating. Burial will follow in Riverview Cemetery under the direction of Hixson Bros. Funeral Home.

Mr Bulloch died Thursday at his residence after a brief illness. Mr. Bulloch was a retired auto mechanic and a garage owner He was a native of Jones County, Miss. and had lived in Monroe since 1924. Survivors include his widow Mrs.

Robbie Bulloch of Monroe two sons Charles Bulloch, Jr and Ray Bulloch both of Monroe; half brother Gary G. Bulloch of Starkville, ings, income tax withheld, and one sister Mrs Bessy Abcrom Social Security information. An employee has to file a W- 2 from each employer with his income tax return. Therefore, it is important that employers furnish to their employees by the date required in order to permit timolv preparation and filing of tax returns. An employer may have to pay a penalty for each W-2 he fails to furnish in time.

hie of Greenville, 9 grandchildren and five great grandchildren. COMBINATION MORNING and EVE NINO WITH SUNDAY Month 59 1J Month! IJT MORNING WORLD and Daily Sunday Sunday Only Only Mnnth 1.95 I MS IJ SIMO SIMO STM NEWS STAR (EVENING) Dally and Sun. Dally and Sun. With Sat Without Sat. Month lits I I to ll SIJ 40 sr: McLemore Named Northeast Dean Dr John A McUmnre head Thursday by NUJ Presi- at Northeast Louisiana University, has been approved as il's Dean of the Graduate School by the State Board of Education.

The announcement was made Passman Plates Work Onfecal Gas Prowlers Wooler, who retried from the Graduate School position during the semester reces Vice ident Dr tewers, chairman of Til Cheer the Shut-in with onnHI of Nor t. said, fill ha; do hef tJ Concrc reo on off) int the Otto from mrsdav Wi that Dr. McLemoi A member faculty since more is has directed and journalism clition he has rn ic Dean: "We are ork Dean id pleased Graduate a man of caliber o' the Northeast te65, Dr MrU- ior of FJnglish and rn English mec 1967. Im ad- rved as eoordi- Blooming Plants Spring Bouquets Green Plants Terrariums Glads, Carnations and Roses Call 323-3494 Mary's Flower Shop ter. which to use assman cd the sion foil a fuel plant! od th; in it Gomi really i Mon's pow- modi- nator of th) NU' he or owin ll fro nu twice Mayor Ralph 'I ro that he i- the polite but i of the officia Itll The official would nece to file for oxen (Unary relief, congressman.

Information wh forwarded in such be mailed to Tro to help the city I ception. Passman said believe that harsh a criticism would gi lief to the situation appear that under order, it would si that natural gas, wi at the power gem in Monroe, would I bilify be ex' of ground or ad thousands of expense of ei Pas mm ter was verj not only effe roe but and hundred Mimers. Ut Power Comr modified, the may have to other fuel, oil, and if ti necessary, the con- long dis- i Monroe ut added '-unpointed with Ufferent attitude that he talked insisted that for Monroe i pl ion for extraor- aceordrr Dr. Hut Theta, A na he hr teaehir mini1 rig Teatx rn Program for -ii Students, had more nee rn and uni- juries, a deputy said. Additional gas may come 3 I 8 No.

2 nd Monroe A of the Ll society. He is a 'tau Deit; eiety, and history honor ive of Sturgis, to the from IVE hon Id be pie-t will Passman the was also oral Arts I member! English i 'hi Alpha! society, Dr. was valedictorian at High School and was magna cum laude unpins State where he idem of the student received the A it Memphis State and on several university being chairman of SONY TC-270 ECONOMY STEREO TAPE SYSTEM with Lid-Integrated Speakers it hi and did not I directed any rebut it did ie present) ply mean 'as, which is used generating plants mild in all probe- ted from a Teas either cot to consumers miles away at the ai power that the mat- serious and would the Tty of body, IR de'Tee ii served three. Dr now resides with hi1 wife. Rosemary, at 2202 Beechwood is active in community ai affairs In Monroe.

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