Amite Obituaries Highlight Butler Pitts Settoon Willie Deaths
Obituaries note the deaths of Kelly Butler Asberry Pitts William Settoon Sr and Leo Elvis Willie, all in southeast Louisiana. Survivors include spouses children and multiple relatives across Amite LaPlace and Tickfaw with services and burial details listed for each.
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Kelly Butler
Cynthia Bickerstaff
Los Angeles
Carla Johnson
Amite
Winnie Foster
Murray
Alvin
Conway Butler
Leander Butler
Plaquemine
Asberry Pitts
Liverpool
North Oaks Medical Center
Ida Womack Pitts
William A. Settoon SR
Laplace
Springfield
St. Timonthy’s Episcopal Church
Ponchatoula Cemetery
Grace Pantall Settoon
Claire Miller
Bristol, Tenn
William A. Settoon Jr
New Orleans
Jane McEachin
Kaiser Aluminum
Chalmette
Gramercy
Tasmania
Ghana
Jamaica
St. Timonthy’s Church
Miller-Guidry Funeral Home
Leo Elvis Willie
Robert
Tickfaw
Harry McEneely & Son
Ponchatoula
Randy Davis
Funeral Home Chapel
Robertson Cemetery
Myra Hull Willie
Lucy Lenora Blackwell Achord
Pumpkin Center
Dorothy Knutson
Pete
Ronald
Ray Hull
Margie Miller
Ella Wascom
Amniie
Robert Willie
Hammond
Leander Willie
Nancy Damiano
Wanda Achard
Josephine Addison
Edwards backs civil service pay raises for agencies
Gov. Edwards reversed earlier opposition and said he would aid agency heads in obtaining merit pay raises for civil service staff. He urged departments to assess budgets and seek funding, with possible reallocations approved by a legislative committee, while noting constraints and the goal of funding merit increases.
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Edwards
United States
Saddam Hussein
Iraq
Kuwait
FBI
Secret Service
Twin-span wreck claims 16 year old in New Orleans
An early morning crash on Interstate 10 at the twin span over Lake Pontchartrain killed 16 year old Gerardo Casais Jr and injured eight others. Charles Bell Jr was hospitalized and faces vehicular homicide and negligent injury counts.
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New Orleans
Interstate 10
Gerardo Casais, Jr
Slidell Memorial Hospital
Barry Fletcher
Lake Pontchartrain
Charles Bell, Jr
Calais
Fletcher
Bell
Northshore Medical Center
Gerardo Sr
Ana
Slidell Memorial
Humana Hospital
U S bombs Baghdad in retaliation against Iraqi threat
U S forces fired Tomahawk missiles at an Iraqi intelligence facility in downtown Baghdad after threats against former President Bush. The White House said the strike was carefully planned with civilian casualties minimized.
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Washington
US S
Baghdad
Bush
White House
Dee Dee Myers
Myers
U.S
Clinton
Navy
Red Sea
Persian Gulf
Pentagon
Pentagon moves 2.2 billion to finish Seawolf submarine
The Pentagon seeks a 2.2 billion reallocation to fund various programs, including 122 million to complete the first Seawolf submarine. The plan shifts 1.8 billion from 1993, 161 million from 1992, and 200 million from 1991, with Congress already backing two boats and Navy eyeing a third.
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Washington
Pentagon
Bush Administration
Congress
Navy
Christopher Dodd
D-Conn
I-10 corridor drug traffic vows big challenge for patrols
In Biloxi Mississippi Trooper Houston Dorr patrols I 10 where crews say vast drug traffic evades capture. Officials from Mississippi Florida Alabama Louisiana and Texas note manpower limits hinder seizures though major drug shipments and cash flow along the interstate continue.
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Biloxi
Miss
Houston Dorr
Interstate 10
Dorr
Mississippi Highway Patrol
Florida
Alabama
Mississippi
Louisiana
Texas
Randy Sibley
Gulfport District
I-10
Interstate 20
Ronnie Jones
Louisiana State Police
Jones
Pat Nixon remembered for grace and courage in death
Pat Nixon, 81, recalled for dignity amid pain in a service at the Nixon library in Yorba Linda California attended by former presidents Ford and Reagan and lawmakers. Speakers praised her compassion and character noting her Secret Service code name Starlight while detailing her prominence as first lady and patron of American culture.
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Yorba Linda
Calif
Pat Nixon
Billy Graham
Nixon
Graham
Nixon Presidential Library
Gerald Ford
Ronald Reagan
Congress
Bob Dole
John Chafee
Orrin Hatch
Mark Hatfield
Nixon White House
Henry Kissinger
Alexander Haig
C.G. ‘“Bebe’’ Rebozo
H.R. Haldeman
Charles Colson
Walter Annenberg
Cynthia Hardin Milligan
Library Board
Mrs. Nixon
California
Pete Wilson
Senate
Dole
Kansas
Power outage hits Hammond Square area customers briefly
LP and Light Power spokesman Mike Sanders said a feeder in the Hammond Square Happywoods Road area went out Saturday afternoon. Stormy weather was present but lightning cause was not confirmed. Eight crews were dispatched and power was restored shortly after 6 p.m.
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Daily Star
Lp&l
Mike Sanders
Hammond Square
Happywoods Road
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Civil Service
Veronica Ramos
Jean-Pierre Ramos
Mary Ramos
Louis Ramos, Jr
Louis Ramos
Ramos
Tration
Les Aspin
Colin Powell
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Defense Department
The
Door
Sibley
Mike Boles
David McEathron
Texas Department of Public Safety
Houston
McEathron
Grace
New Jersey
Air Force
China
Soviet Union
Jim Sledge
Biter Insurance Cos
Home
Hia
Sunday Star
Hammond Daily Star Publishing Co., Inc
S. Morrison Blvd
Amite News Bureau
Daity Star
Louisians
Call
Reg. Price
Fiersheim
Stacy Adams
Rockport
Freeman
Life Stride
Hushpuppies
Imperial Shoe Store
N. Cate Ave
Community State Bank
Hammond-Independence-Loranger
FDIC
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