Yesterday's News

Daily news column 'WHIRLWIND IMPRESSIONS' wins writing award

Monday, March 15, 1976 The column, “Whirlwind Impressions,” which has appeared weekly in The Daily News since 1962, won the first place in the annual Margaret McDonald Memorial Writing Contest of Louisiana Press Women.

EDITORIALS

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JENNINGS DAILY NEWS Monday, July 3, 1972 As a newspaper, we get pretty uptight about a man's right to speak.

Louisiana dairy industry notes yearly growth

Monday, July 3, 1972 JENNINGS, La — If you count heads, you'll think the Louisiana dairy industry is slowly fading away. If you count dollars and measure milk, you'll see that dairy farming and the processing industry are growing much and the processing industry are growing stronger each year.

School board to reconsider religious education

Religious education in Jeff Davis Parish schools will be reconsidered when the parish school boards meets for its November session.

Decoration Day to be observed tomorrow

Tomorrow will be Decoration Day, and it is expected that there will be a number of people at the cemetery for the occasion of the decoration of the graves of the war veterans.

Elton bank robber gives up meekly at Mamou

“It was a damned foot stunt. I don’t know why I did it.”

Bull in China closet real

It was almost like a “Bull in a China closet” here last night.

Jennings to have fine exhibition at World’s Fair in St. Louis

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Jennings is certainly going to do her share in the Louisiana World's Fair exhibition at St. Louis. A letter was received this morning by the Commercial League requesting the League to send an exhibition, and already Secretary Cary is at work getting ready to make up the collection.

Jennings man has opened campaign headquarters in Main Street building

Gus Broussard today formally announced that he would be a candidate for sheriff subject to the democratic primary on January 21. Mr. Broussard has opened spacious campaign headquarters in the building across from the News office on Main Street. In the formal statement he says: To the Qualified Voters of Jefferson Davis Parish, Louisiana: I am taking this means of announcing to you my candidacy for the office of Sheriff and Ex-officio Tax Collector for Jefferson Davis Parish to be elected at the primary election which will be held on January 21, 1936.

Jennings pilot is decorated at White House

Decorations for 'skilled and daring seldom matched in time of peace' were awarded at a White House ceremony today to 30 Army and Air Force pilots who recovered bodies and wreckage after the June 30 Grand Canyon airliner disaster.