03 Jan 1960
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Newspaper
Monroe Morning World
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1960
Page
1
Voters in Quachita Parish will cast ballots in the January 9 Democratic second primary at numerous polling sites. The list details ward and precinct locations including churches schools courthouses fire stations and various business venues across Monroe and surrounding areas.
Ballot list from Ouachita shows candidates for governor lieutenant governor comptroller and other state posts. Voters select from names including Jimmie H. Davis deLesseps Morrison Aycock Bowden Henderson Theriot Pearce Shannon Dent Moore Hayes Tate Chennault Fowler and local offices for senator representative police jury with several ward races and vote counts cited.
Absentee voting continues with a 5 PM Wednesday deadline. By week’s end more than 100 parish residents had voted absentee. Registered voters out of town may vote at the Ouachita Parish court clerk's office from 8 AM to 3 PM Monday through Wednesday.
Police sought a trio of sex slayers after three young women were killed in Britain in just over a week. In Birmingham a 28-year-old woman’s headless body was found 19 days earlier, and an 18-year-old factory worker was beaten and strangled nearby. Ruth Carter died in Cowbridge Wales and her 6-year-old son was injured.
Campaigning stays brisk in the northeast La. area as the Jan. 9 runoff date nears after the first primary. Incumbents face second contests in many districts with several sheriffs and clerks of court headed to runoff races.
Voters in Ouachita Parish prepare for January 9 runoff elections for senator and representative seats. Candidates include Jamar Adcock and John Birdsong for senator. Mike John Jr and James Ussery for representative. Police jury races in Ward 2 and Ward 5 list two and four candidates respectively with several incumbents noted.
In Monroe the juvenile division reports a 1959 police contact total of 228, down from 500 in 1958, a 45.6 percent reduction. Judge William M. Harper cites reorganized court procedures, Mayor Howard’s support, full-time probation and juvenile officers, and community cooperation as factors behind the trend.
Hollywood file notes that actress Natalie Wood’s toy poodle Chi Chi once barked like a normal dog before training. After finishing school the dog never barks again, costing a chance to appear in Warner Brothers film Cash McCall.
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