The News-Star from Monroe, Louisiana (2024)

May 22, 1979

Publication:

The News-Stari

Location:

Monroe, Louisiana

Issue Date:

Tuesday, May 22, 1979

Page:

12

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Legislature '79 Juries lack control over waste disposal Henry firm on measure Teacher commission goal i "Bubba" Henry Sex education bill barely recognized House approves tough welfare abuse bill Strike bill dies Property tax appraisal bill OK'd sea ruit of the Land Timed Release The more effective vitamin RERIGERATORREEZER TBIfW Sen Gibbs ill 'S i IJ SAVE $75 'APPLIANCE URNITURE CENTERS 9S down an Iberville ordinance 4 67 cu ft reezer 2 wide 66" BATON ROUGE (AP) Not all chemical waste that smells is hazardous say state health of ficials But an odorous dumping site near Port Vincent will be cleaned anyway they said State experts had checked the dump after complaints from area residents and reported the dump contain wastes classified guidelines used by the Environmental Protection Agency the wastes be classified as said Dr William Cherry secretary of the Department of Health and Human Resources But Cherry said the owner of the Livingston Parish dump has agreed that some 60 rotting barrels at the wooded site be disposed of in an acceptable Mouton and Kiefer spent most of the 90 minute debate stripping their proposal of amendments add Statc Sen Lawrence Gibbs' absence from the Legislature is because of inner ear trouble Gibbs Monroe said Monday that he was hospitalized in St rancis 10 days ago for treatment His condition partly was agravated by plane flights to and from the capital after a previous two day stay at the hospital for the same problems He said he is following orders and does not know when he will return to Baton Rouge bills in previous years and approve the measure It passed 21 16 in service training to qualify The bill would revoke a lOyear old law that punishes teachers with 30 days suspension without pay if they deviate from a detailed list in the state other words) the constitution of 1974 greatly expanded the areas of local Tate said in his concurring opinion Energy Saver Helps cut Operating cost 2209 Cypress West Monroe Ph 325 7374 Odorous chemical dump will undergo cleanup Deluxe 18 cu ft Cherrysaid that may mean all of the barrels will be buried in a secured landfill or some of the li quids may be taken from the barrels and Injected into a deep well Residents of the area had complained about the smell coming from the dump for more than a year They said some bar rels had split open and liquid could be seen on the ground Cherry said tests from a private lab showed various amounts of chemicals including sulfides heavy metals and polycholoridnated biphenyls PCBs but the concentrations were very low and not con sidered dangerous Tests for pesticides also proved negative he said A large amount of the barrelled wastes are oil and grease tests showed News Star Capital Bureau BATON ROUGE The Louisiana Senate has refused to revive a bill that would have outlaw ed strikes by public employees The Senate voted 5 31 against a move by Sen Claude Duval Houma to overturn an un favorable committee action on his bill While many senators said they agree philosophically with prohibiting strikes by public employees several said the Duval bill was not the solution boils down to this: This bill is a very very simplistic solution to a very very sophisticated said Sen Henry Braden New Orleans He said there are plans for a year long study of the issue is a matter of broad national and state concern a review of this legislation it is apparent that the matter is such that spotty municipal and parochial control would be the court said is not difficult to conclude that if Iberville Parish is permitted to prohibit the disposal of hazardous waste within its border there will be in short order similar ordinances in every parish of the The supreme court decision was a victory for Rollins Environmental Services of Louisiana Inc which purchased a permit to handle hazardous waste disposals in Iberville Parish just one week before the police jury passed its amendment A Complete Line of Hi Efficiency Room Air Con ditioners Select Your Now Before the Hot Season Arrives tne tax bill on small parcels of land The Brady bill reduces from 10 to three acres the minimum size of land which can be classified as That technical change Brady said could reduce tax bills rom $50 to $10 an acre on the small tracts The senate committee passed reappraisal measure 3 2 It moves to the full Senate for further consideration The Senate has defeated similar legislation sponsored by Chehardy the past two years Representatives of the Louisiana Associa tion of Business and Industry the Louisiana Sheriffs Association and the Louisiana School Boards Association opposed the bill The bill would propose a constitutional amendment on December election ballots A provision in the 1974 Louisiana Constitution requires reassessment every four years shouted Mouton a candidate for governor what! So what! This will touch hundreds of thousands of young people who understand how to cope with a sexually oriented society Can we afford to protect ourselves in an election?" The bill would allow schools News star Capital Bureau BATON ROUGE Declaring he will not back down on his proposed statewide teacher commission House Speaker Henry asked legislators Monday to face the op position of teachers groups Henry said the House Education Committee should approve his proposed commission over the opposition of powerful teacher and union lobby" No date has been set for a second hearing on the commission bill which stalled in the com mittee The measure House Bill 1288 is the center piece of to package It would create a Professional Practices Commis sion with wide ranging powers to investigate complaints of teacher incompetence Representatives of the Louisiana Association of Educators (LAE) and the Louisiana edera tion of Teachers AL CIO successfully oppos ed the bill in committee They said the bill is un constitutional and attacks teacher tenure laws Horace Robinson of the LAE said the Henry bill would create a commission at the mercy of Education Superintendent Kelley Nix The superintendent would appoint the members under the Henry bill Henry Jonesboro said some legislators have indicated reluctance to vote for the bill because of the opposition in an election year Henry spokesmen said LAE charges that the bill is unconstitutional are without foundation House Clerk David Poynter drafted the bill which provides for due process for teachers in vestigated they said Xv News Star Capital Bureau BATON ROUGE Property in Louisiana would be reappraised for tax purposes every 10 years instead of the current four under provisions of a bill approved Monday by a Senate committee In a related move a House committee ap proved a bill which would reduce the proper ty tax bill on small tracts of rural land The Senate Revenue and iscal Affairs Committee approved the move to limit pro perty reappraisals to every 10 years The bill is authored by Sen Joseph Tiemann Il Metairie but is sponsored by Jefferson Parish Assessor Lawrence Chehardy The House Ways and Means Committee unanimously approved the bill by Rep Thomas Brady Olla which could reduce 1020 North 4th Monroe Ph 323 4426 Deep door shelves Two full width door shelves Zero degree freezer Dual temperature controls Spacious refrigerator with full width Energy saver switch cabinet shelves Magnetic door seal Covered dairy compartment boards on a local option basis to of fer sex education instruction in separate courses or part of existing biology or physical education classes All local sex education programs the law that outlines what can and would have to be approved by the cannot be taught in classrooms State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education as well as a local Barents advisory board In structors teaching sex education ed in committee by Sen Cecil also would have to undergo Picard DMaurice Our new Timed Release Natural Vitamins are specially formulated to allow your booy to absorb more of the vitamin over a longer period of time Unlike most vitamins which may work for only a few short hours timed release vitamins can work for several more hours breaking down more slowly to allow more of tne vitamin moreoi the nutritional benefits to be absorbed and utilized Dy your body New Timed Release Vitamins are efficient effective and more nutritionally beneficial New Timed Release Vitamins are also natural they contain NO STARCH NO PRESERVATIVES NO SUGAR NO ARTIICIAL COLORINGS NO SALT OR LAVORINGS COMPARE TIMED RELEASE NATURAL VITAMINS TO THE VITAMINS YOU ARE NOW TAKINGENJOY AND DISCOVER THE NUTRITIONAL BENEITS! Timed Release Natural Vitamins available now in popular vitamin formulas Now get more out of your Vitamins You may get more out of your life! amendment which banned all hazardous disposal in Iberville Parish was added to an earlier ordinance just weeks after a teen ager was overcome by chemical fumes and died at an unlicensed waste 1 site in the parish police jury in this state is a creature and subordinate political subdivision of the state and as such only possesses those powers conferred by con stitution and the supreme court said in 4000 To 31000 Saving Up To NEW ORLEANS (UPI) Police juries in Louisiana lack authority to prohibit hazardoas waste disposal in their parishes the Louisiana Supreme Court has ruled In a 6 0 decision issued Monday the court said the Iberville Parish Police Jury overstepped its powers in 1978 by banning all hazardous waste disposal in the parish The ruling which was expand ed to include police juries across the state upheld an earlier deci sion by a state court of appeal That court struck amendment to an Parish Police Jury adopted Aug 3 1978 The of $500 or more is a felony offense to use the general law "'said Rep Jimmy Dimes of Monroe 'Be said some district attorneys preferred to do away with the special law know lost $500000 so far this year in welsare Bel BATON ROUGE La (UPI) A train'd nrfds that Hnuse members will dilute It beyond recognition a care what the House bill removing restrictions that have banned sex education in Loui siana schools for the past 10 years has been approved by the Senate Sens Edgar Mouton DLafayette and Nat Kiefer DNew Orleans urged their colleagues Monday to disregard the record in destroying three similar Tun)qy Moy a 1779 Monro Nw Stor a separate which carries stiff prison terms rose is a rose and theft is theft atttrneys and we have a separate law on theft" said Bel Opponents said that nothing prevents district attorneys from using the general statute if they said 3 wish believe MQR (John) The House approved the Mamouledes the district attorney measure by a 74 22 vote and sent it The future of vitamins is available today Enjoy the greater benefits VI HUiUU II A BATON ROUGE La (UPI) Members of the Civil Law and Procedure Committee return ed to work today to consider amendments to a proposal giving Illegitimate children equal rights in inheriting property from either parent The bill a combination of proposals spon sored by Reps Diana Bajoie New Orleans and Manuel ernandez DChalmette would place children born out of wedlock directly behind legitimate children in lines of succes sion which are used by courts to divide proper ty of a person who dies without leaving a will Committee members delayed voting on the measure Monday claiming the proposal could infringeon the rights of legitimate relatives Present law allows children to inherit from il legitimate mothers after legitimate children receive a share of the estate but they can receive property from fathers only if no other relatives make a claim and the property other wise would go to the state In addition present law forbids fathers from willing property to illegitimate children The proposed law would revoke that prohibition In a concurring opinion Justice Albert Tate clarified the stand on police jury powers He said the new Louisiana Constitution adopted in 1974 allowed for police juries to exercise power not denied by its charter or by general as opposed to the previous concept of exercising overturning the ban on hazar only powers conferred by aous waste disposal recent evolution of environmental legislation at the federal and state levels speaks in unmistakable terms that regulation of hazardous wastes NOW SAVE fO BATON ROUGE La (AP) Measures to get tough on welfare fraud and tp continue i program to pursue fathers refusing to pay child support have been given House of Representatives approval Rep Clyde Bel Jr of New Orleans told his colleagues Monday that district attorneys are having a difficult time with prosecutions in welfare fraud cases involving msiErr In Paper thousands of dollars how have welfare fraud lew on the books and the district prosecute under the regular theft said Bel "My bill simply repeals the separate The special law says welfare a 1 a I in a punishable by a $100 fine or up to six months in iail Under the general statute theft Jn Jefferson said he has been able to the Senate saV INuaiM ANNUAL TRAINLOAD EVENT BEST PRICES THE YEAR BIG SAVINGS ON MANY MODELS! 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