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STILL APPEARING much as it did I bv Mr*. J. R. Wooten and Mrs. Anna when built approximately 160 years afro Slagle and is another of the fine Mon* is this home located at 2111 South roe landmarks. (Staff photo by Ben Grand St. The house is occupied today 1 Bradford)Newsmen Exempt From Travel Bannections have been prohibited from going to Cuba under restrictions like those on travel to RedWASHINGTON (UPI) - All Americans except newsmen and businessmen with established con-Rezoning Of Tract Of Land Is RequestedChina and other Communist countries.The pr^Castro Havana newspaper La Callc said the ban would make it easier to catch •‘American spies among the few Americans who will be allowed to go to Cuba.The State Department Monday said travel to the Caribbean island. which once was a favorite pleasure spot for fun-seeking Americans, would be limited toPLANTATIONCmubmlt; rm r*n on)throughout the house, and most of it is about ISO years old. Mrs. Wooten points to a wall mirror and a carved French bed as being the oldest piece! in the house.She notes that the mirror is at least 12 generations old. and the bed well over 200 years.When Mrs. Wooten bought the property, the kitchen was still separate from the house, as was the custom in ante-bellum homes, and the yard also had a harness house, still containing some pieces of harness.Mrs. Wooten has restored the structure, which still has original, wide-plank flooring In two rooms, and has built around it an old-fashioned garden.The Monroe Planning Commis-For many decades, twin syca-kmi I-more trees stood like sentinels in,i0“com *?• ™ *ih' ,e,wa portion of the oprthside, anlee the safe!y of Ameri. by lightning.rezoneof the city from open land to commercial property. The request wa* made at a regularcans in Cuba.The action put Cuba in the am* ralaffnrv with Red ChinaThe other stiii stands, like the old house, steadfast and strong.
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Monroe News Star
Monroe, Louisiana, US
Tue, Jan 17, 1961
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