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Newspaper
Monroe Morning World
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1967
Page
5
The article recalls Father’s Day as a symbol and a series of shared moments in Twin Cities families. It names fathers and sons across several households in Monroe and West Monroe, from lake sailing to fishing lessons and football, all built into memories that endure as they grow.
In Dayton Ohio twenty one White Hats to deter racial disturbances on the West Side reduced incidents Friday night and Saturday though a $200000 supermarket fire, possibly arson, is under investigation. Fire Chief Wintermute cited two separate fires suggesting arson could be involved while police note the youths, aged 17 to 21 and active in the neighborhoods, helped keep vandalism in check with officers nearby.
A 19 year old Monroe youth Bennie F Norris suffered minor cuts and bruises in a rear end crash on Plum Street near South 7th Street. He was treated at St Francis Hospital by Gentrys Ambulance Service and released. The other driver David V Whitman 20 of 1404 South 9th Street Monroe faced negligent driving charges.
Mrs Becky Milton will spend Father's Day in Shreveport nursing her father Willard Brickell who fractured his foot bone waterskiing on Cross Lake Saturday. Bill Milton of News Star World will join her there today and they will return to West Monroe tonight.
Port of New Orleans reports all deck officers back on duty and no ships idled as some ports remain affected by strikes. Harbor Police say no picketing, easing concerns over Middle East crisis session attendance by six statesmen.
Susie Killen of Collinston, visiting relatives at Crew Lake, saved 5 year old Danny Keith Fuller from drowning after he fell from a diving board into a 14 foot water hole. Unable to swim, she reached with a board and then was aided by Mary Killen and another neighbor who pumped water from the boy’s lungs. Danny thanked Susie after being dried and revived.
Monroe police arrested Bud Marzell 66 of 510 Jack McEnery St on aggravated assault charges after neighbors said he threatened them with a shotgun. Also, Willie Williams 19 of 4913 Hammond St and Jasper Sandifer 44 of 3609 Jackson St were charged with driving while intoxicated in Monroe. West Monroe officers charged James Waldrop 20 with reckless driving and DWI. A C Kendrix 603 Stone Ave was arrested for aggravated battery and landlady Letha Jacobs 63, 601 Stone Ave, treated for a head cut from an axe in a rent dispute. Earlier Jeff Quinn 21 of 1000 McGuire was arrested for aggravated battery. Prentice Jackson 19 Rt 1 Box 16 Chatham faced simple escape charges.
A succinct quotation from Irish Nobel laureate William Butler Yeats likens years to large black oxen treading the world with God as the herdsman driving them forward.
The Peking broadcast says China tested a hydrogen device and claimed guided missiles were ready. President Johnson had warned China in 1966 to deter any atomic power within reach. Defense officials say current missiles would cover up to 700 miles in two to three years, with intercontinental range unlikely before a decade.
A 12-year-old boy, Herbert Lee Miller of Rayville, was struck in the Bowlero Bowling Lanes parking lot on Louisville Ave by a car driven by Hillery H. Graves. Miller suffered minor cuts and bruises and was treated at St. Francis Hospital after being carried there by Gentry's Ambulance. No charges were filed.
New Orleans UPI Gerald Bonin Louisiana public welfare commissioner says chances of legislature passing urban renewal bills are very slim. He says country legislators will not go along with it and view it as creeping socialism.
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