Headlines – July 12, 1985
Louisiana: The State We're In
Details
Collection:LPB
Genre: Newsmagazine
Place Covered: Louisiana
Copyright Holder: Louisiana Educational Television Authority
Date Issued: 1985-07-12
Duration: 00:09:32
Subjects: Guste, William J. | Elections, 1986 | United States Senate election in Louisiana, 1986 | Edwards, Edwin W. | Education | Missing children
Contributors:
- Johnson, Ken Host
- Myers, Laura Reporter
- Guste, William Speaker
- Edwards, Edwin Speaker
- Epling, Carrel Speaker
- Harmon, Wayne C. Speaker
Description
This segment from the July 12, 1985, episode of the series “Louisiana: The State We’re In” features Ken Johnson and Laura Myers reporting on the week’s headlines. These stories include: Attorney General William Guste announcing his candidacy in the 1986 United States Senate election; a press conference with Governor Edwin Edwards discussing the defeat of the majority of his education reform package at the 1985 Regular Session of the Louisiana Legislature; Carrel Epling, the president of the Louisiana Federation of Teachers, discussing her disappointment with the cuts to education funding; and Wayne C. Harmon, a lobbyist, discussing the National Center for Missing Children’s plans to use Louisiana’s new Missing Children Identification Act as a model bill in other states.