Special Honor Is Given Poverty Point Site
The Interior Department designated Poverty Point near Delhi as a national historical site. It is an Indigenous mound complex and the largest and most complex ceremonial earthwork of its kind in North America, with a central mound 640 by 710 feet at the base rising 70 feet. An octagonal earthwork surrounds the mound, about three quarters of a mile across, eroded on the east side. Radiocarbon dating places use around 700 B.C.
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the Point
Delhi
Egypt
Poverty Point
Poverty Point Mound
Red Cross To Hold Annual Meet Thursday
Ouachita Parish chapter of the American Red Cross will hold its annual meeting Thursday at 7 30 p m in the ballroom of the Virginia Hotel. Special guest will be Leslie R Boyd of Atlanta Ga Master of ceremonies will be to Goldman and Rev Wayne V Gray of the Covenant Presbyterian Church will be guest speaker. Boyd assistant regional manager will present special awards and certificates of appreciation for achievements during the past year. Twelve directors will be named.
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The
American Red Cross
Virginia Hotel
Leslie R. Boyd
Atlanta, Ga
Goldman
Wayne V. Gray
Covenant Presbyterian Church
Boyd
Milwaukee safety official fined for reckless driving
Frank J. Jazdzewski 67 a veteran Milwaukee County Safety Commission member was fined 10 cents Tuesday for reckless driving while returning home from a party for safety commission officials. The judge who imposed the fine also attended the party.
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UPI
Frank J. Jazdzewski
Milwaukee County Safety Commission
Party Force Safety Commission
Two Remain On Critical List In Area
Ferriday special report: two men injured in a head on collision on U S 65 near Ridgecrest Community five miles east of Ferriday remained in critical condition at Ferriday Hospital. Mor ris Lippman 55 of Jonesville was killed. John Halstead Maxwell 45 Concordia Parish Police juror and auto mechanic and Quincy Brown of Jonesville were injured. Funeral services for Lippman set 2 p m at Foster Funeral Chapel Natchez Rabbi Arthur B Lebowitz to officiate. Burial at Heard Cemetery Man ifest with full Masonic rites. He is survived by widow two sons Donald G Lippman Jonesville and Airman William Lippman at England AFB Alexandria a daughter Mrs Robert N Davis Dallas mother Mrs Isadore Lippman two sisters Miss Bessie Lippman and Mrs Sadie Ferbie Alexandria and seven grandchildren.
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Concordia Parish
Quincy Brown
Jonesville
Morris Lippman
Foster Funeral Chapel
Natchez
Arthur B. Lebowitz
Temple B'Nai Israel
Harold Davis
Heard
Manifest
Donald G. Lippman
William Lippman
England Air Force Base
Alexandria
Lions Install New Officers at Saddle and Spur
North Monroe Lions met Tuesday night naming incoming president Jesse McDonald and officers including Jack Herron as vice president Richard Wright second vice president Cy Epler Jesse Hanchey third vice president Marcus Mapp and Bill Goldsmith tail twister Lester Carr and Walter Ernst chosen for two year terms Lewis R White named board member for one year Frand Goulden outgoing president becomes club historian.
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North Monroe Lions
Saddle and Spur
Jesse McDonald
Jack C. Herron
Richard Wright
Cy Epler
Jesse Hanchey
Marcus Mapp
Bill Goldsmith
Lewis R. White
Lester Carr
Walter J. Ernst
Frand R. Goulden
Malone Named Purchasing Agent At Northeast Louisiana
Maurice L. Malone is named purchasing agent for Northeast Louisiana State College by James M. Nicholson dean of administration. Malone, a former purchasing officer at the University of Southern Mississippi, is a USM alumnus who studied at Ole Miss and holds memberships in national procurement and educational buyer groups as well as Masons Shriner and Baptist Church affiliations. He previously worked for the U.S. Post Office Department from 1952 to 1957.
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Northeast Louisiana State College
James M. Nicholson
Malone
University of Southern Mississippi
University of Mississippi
National Association of Purchasing Agents
National Association of Educational Buyers
Scottish Rite ,Mason and Shriner
National Exchange Club
Baptist Church
U. S. Post Office Department
Irving Green Receives Bank Scholarship at Calhoun High
Irving Green, from Calhoun High School’s graduating class, was awarded a four year scholarship at Northeast Louisiana State College funded by Ouachita National Bank. The grant covers tuition books and other expenses and has been awarded annually since 1953. The presentation was made by Irving A. Hodge vice president of the bank and manager of the College Town Branch.
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Calhoun High School
Northeast Louisiana State College
Ouachita National Bank
Irving A. Hodge
College Town
For The Birds Burage England Parish Clock Stopped
York investigators probing a parish church clock stoppage found three bird nests and enough straw to fill two buckets, suggesting avian nesting interrupted the mechanism.
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England
UPI
Wall Street seesawing amid near lows in 1926 market
The AP stock market report shows a turbulent session with the Dow Jones industrials around 577 after early losses, then a partial rebound. The day featured mixed prices, with IBM and Polaroid moving higher while other gaps persisted and volume rose to 2.31 million shares by noon.
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Associated Press
IBM
At&t
Ford
du Pont
Polaroid
Merck
International Nickel
Dow
American Stock Exchange
U.S
Markets at a Glance United Press International
Stocks mixed in moderately active trading with bonds lower. U S government bonds eased in quiet trade. American and Midwest stocks softened while grain futures in Chicago showed mixed moves. Dow Jones averages show gains in the industrial and utility sectors while rails slipped and overall turnover approached 870,000 by midday.
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U. S
Midwest
Chicago
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Indus
Deaths in Rayville Miss Elizabeth Doughtie dies at 74
Funeral services were set for 4 p m in Mulhearn Chapel Rayville for Elizabeth Doughtie 74 who died Tuesday at Rayville clinic after a week long illness She was a lifelong Richland Parish resident Burial planned at New Salem Cemetery Girard under Mulhearn Funeral Home Rayville with pallbearers J C Letlow James Parrish Ed Myrick Thomas Guynes Paul Jones and Bernard Waite and survived by nieces and nephews
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Rayville
Elizabeth Doughtie
Mulhearn Chapel
R. E. Walton
Ayville First
Miss Doughtie
J. C. Letlow
James Parrish
Ed Myrick
Thomas Guynes
Paul Jones
Bernard Waite
Funeral services set for Milton Hanna in Ruston
Milton Hanna a 60 year old Ruston farmer died Tuesday at Lincoln General Hospital after a lengthy illness. Funeral services will be held Thursday at 2 00 p.m. at Barnett Springs Baptist Church with Rev. James Moore officiating. Burial will follow at Greenwood Cemetery under Kilpatrick's Funeral Home of Ruston. He was a longtime Ruston resident and Barnett Springs member, native of Simmsboro. Survivors include widow Mrs. George Hanna of Ruston. four sisters Mrs. Dayton Cook, Mrs. Velma Gullatt, Mrs. Jim Ballance all of Ruston, and Mrs. Agnes Chambers of Simmsboro. two brothers Mark Hanna of Ruston and Earl Hanna of Minneola Texas.
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Milton Hanna
Ruston Farmer
Barnett Springs Baptist Church
James Moore
Greenwood Cemetery
Kilpatrick
Hanna
Barnett Springs
George Hanna
Dayton Cook
Velma Gullatt
Jim Ballance
Ag‘nes Chambers
Simmsboro
Mark Hanna
Earl Hanna
Minneola
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Signal Oil to close Long Beach refineries
Signal Oil and Gas Co said it will phase out operations at Hancock, Cal State, and central refining facilities in Long Beach, ending all work at the plants July 1. The 75 workers will be laid off as the plants are deemed unprofitable due to small capacities.
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Calif
UPI
Signal Oil and Gas Co
Hancock
Cal State
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Carlson
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Monroe
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Dwedirie
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Massey
Jackson Monroe
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Bertrand
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Louisville
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