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Gen. Robert Kennedy and his, wife, Ethel, who were hosts to the Reggies recently . . . The McKeithen family, by the way, is mourning over their dog, a big collie, who is presently under treatment at a local vet's for heart worms, so the only mansion dog at the moment, is "Hep," the pup presented to the children shortly after the gubernatorial election. However, the' family is hopeful the collie will soon be back on deck or perhaps on the lawn at the mansion, to be somewhat more ac curate ... Turns out Eddie Carmouche won't be able to serve as a member of the platform committee for the Democratic National Convention, opening Monday. Carmouche has a law suit which will require him to stay in Louisiana.
rshortly after Goldwater won the nomination. But on this score, Wallace flatly refused to budge. Louisiana's chief executive reportedly informed his fellow's conferees that the only reason) he isn't openly supporting Goldwater is he doesn't believe the GOP candidate can win the residency. Best bet on Mc-1 --Keithen's course right now is he owill try to be neutral.
It is reported also that Gov.
IIMcKeithen will not attend the ',Democratic conclave nor will
tthe other three governors. The Louisiana chief executive has „prmatteromised a week. statement on the ` this
s The situation is still fluid at e least insofar as McKeithen is concerned. But best bet now is that he will stay home from Atlantic City and try to chart a neutral 'course in the presi-
r0Niential race—if he can, that isljna •xogaNnf aqi umaj uaqul
em a&tutia aqy •pies aaliod "Is HASSLE OVER MC 9E9 le Jeff 31DelIS s,4e111
air REDISTRICTING X.rep.mq qt.piu Aepida a
- The Louisiana Legislature in
P1S aaam Spuvo Jo saxoq -pi which dragged its feet for moreuqg puu sailaaeia jo suoi
than three decades before reap-ed
[0.1 ‘allai3 TIT 03 PloqV I
portioning the House of Repre-
ie sentatives apparently is pre- p• aaliod `mopuim ittoupaq
S pared to do the same thing on9.1 s Ono.up patalua sem, redistricting the Senate. Or at"PISDjaqy•40P1
4,1. rnittee 110least some named to members come of a up com with-2 AeRs'ouPaiA 110@ml@cl awn EMS aDuarqsaa SIC( LUOIJ ualois
a plan indicate the only pro-", `asst and u puu teE
gram they will go along with is zei 01.110aia `0Ipei 'snags,
3A. one that in effect leaves all the[n*qs omi t..qpniaut `stuali 3114inequities in effect. 0Z6$ autospautoda.1 •is gas,
Reapportionment and redis-1130,L 3961 Jo umoag utfor No •un tricting is, of course, a thornyoS-g `SaVanq aaqioue —((political problem, which canoius 03llod 'in° map' aaam'
an 4 does arouse many hardAnoi uolininuan aaije appalfeelings,
feelings, But a lot of the bad umaj pauado Jo poiwtuif
feeling could probably be avoid-1ia atom sdoop aaijjo •saaujo
ed if Louisiana would adopt Jo auo '34 &peat mopuim
some type of automatic reap-is puoaas a uplua.lq puu;1 portionment following everYounq maperpa ue jo jou a , census. This is what the 1921'uos nqpalTe2 sem ijipiInci
.-051 Constitution attempts to do but tqs pueumaad is aqi of Sal
&u
•uoi leaves the matter up to the leg- .sunq oml om Jo sapei R)' islature which steadfastly re-lq em LIT uoileaado jo poqqatu io s fused to obey the constitutionals am pasn savi2.mq aqi c)j mandate until a federal court:
lEp g
pSOMII .1s uppoiA I *was breathing down the legisla-
ose. la 2ulpiTna Nurg uaopatur
five neck.
It will be interesting to see, ui sa so jo sum p m
Stan pijjo ti4oN
sa IliaiJanq . I -
bd, whether the legislature does situ pa
Is ,j',Tia” indeed .face up to its responsi- .1S
'''fbilities or if the dilatory tacticsullina '4S TOT la 2uipiing _ PIS of the past continue.
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AS, la uolug am in saiJup.znq 1.
Akl 'IN CAPITOL CORRIDORS ui xoq qsea ifilad s,Auedluoa I c
ails capital of the StatEldriStIT us 1110.1j uaNei senn
Sunday will probably be Ville; pus saDijjo ,sdopop anoj,.
,Ij 2uissitu pai.loV II\I Platte where Sheriff Elin Pitre,iins e IIIO
1.11 'Sen. Jack Fruge and Rep. Jo3eAk 1$ Pius saola.2psazillI
il seph E. Coreil will entertain at 'iCePan4eSi
a giant barbecue, honoring Gov.)daJ apliod `spojja .riaqi, L McKeithen, legislators and awn /quo palou lnq 1q2iu F bevy of other elected officials. :,..4 auiptinq Nuaq palls upi
The event is slated from 10:30 a 14 sapujo uanas padalua '
a.m. on and will be held at sdapanbpeaq aonod tuoajl
Sheriff Pitre's home. Gov. Mc-, aqi Keithen plans to attend with'n _ssoazu 2uipiinq a IT
'Airs. McKeithen . . . Stenog- OS °III! Mcucl sIEVIng tuilawaphers and clerks are badly,,
9$ iuneeded for state jobs in the Afi !IV. A Dp1./ j ouapiBaton Rouge area, according to' • ,a4Joe the Department of Civil Serv- JAH
) Tut ice which is holding special ' Sddiff0
exams Monday through Friday,
.0 ,,c/both morning_ and afternoon Li &wig...mg
end at night from 6 to 8 p.m. -a if applicants desire them. The
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