Deaths James E Rainer Jr longtime West Monroe farmer
Funeral services for James E. Rainer Jr., 61, retired West Monroe farmer, will be held at 2 p.m. today at Chinese Baptist Church. He died Friday in Shreveport Veterans Hospital after a monthlong illness. Burial is in Hasley Cemetery. He was a World War One veteran and Cheniere Baptist Church member. Survivors include his widow Jessie M. Rainer, a daughter Mrs. Thomas Haynes, three sons Bill Jim and Tom, a sister Mrs. 0. K. Carter, a brother Clarence Rainer, six grandchildren, and six pallbearers.
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Chennese Baptist Church
James E. Rainer Jr
West Monroe
Shreveport Veterans Hospital
Peters Funeral Home
W. C. Cory
Cecil H. Avery
Hasley Cemetery
Rainer
Cheniere Baptist Church
Jessie M. Rainer
James E. Rainer Sr
Thomas Haynes
Monroe
Bill
Jim
Tom
0. K. Carter
Hattiesburg
Miss
Clarence Rainer
Claude Owens
Floyd Whatley
Marshall McDonald Sr
W. B. Nelson
Ellis Fowler
Howard Carter
John E Lewis 83 Dies After Long Illness in Arkansas
John E Lewis of McCrory Arkansas died yesterday in a Little Rock hospital after a long illness. He is survived by his son John G Lewis of Monoe. Funeral services set for 2 pm Monday in McCrory under Thompson-Wilson Funeral Home direction.
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John E Lewis
John E. Lewis
McCrory
Ark
Little Rock
John G. Lewis
Speed
Monoe
Thompson-Wilson Funeral Home
MRS IDELL C PRINCE DIES AT 77 IN WILLSBORO AREA
Mrs Idell C Prince 77 of Sikes died after a short illness in a Winnsboro clinic. Funeral set 10 30 at Fellowship Baptist Church near Sikes with Rev Victor Anderson officiating. Burial at church cemetery under Southern Funeral Home Jonesboro. Survivors include four sons three daughters two brothers four sisters and many grandchildren and great grandchildren. Pallbearers are nephews.
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Idell C. Prince
Winnsboro
Sikes
Fellowship Baptist
C. J. Prince
Wayne Prince
Chatham
Opal Wassom
Little Rock
Ark
Jewel Wiggins
Lois Arnedge
Benton
I. D. Crain
W. O. Crain
Dodson
Jona Young
R. C. Johnson
Rites held for Grady Hutson at Sterling ton
Grady R. Hutson 55 of New Orleans died Friday in Oschner Foundation Hospital after a short illness. Funeral services at First Baptist Church Sterling ton with Masonic graveside rites at Memorial Park Cemetery Monroe. Survivors include wife, son Cornelius, daughters Mrs Pipes and Mrs Roberson, parents, siblings, six grandchildren, and many nieces and nephews. Burial in Monroe. Active pallbearers named. Muhleisen and Son and Mulhearn Funeral Home cooperating.
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First Baptist Church of
Sterlington
Grady R. Hutson
New Orleans
Oschner Foundation
Mr. Hutson
Louisiana Power and Light Company
Memorial Park Cemetery
Monroe
Cornelius G. Hutson
Jackson
Miss
Truman H. Pipes
Choudrant
Robert C. Roberson
Fairbanks
W. C. Hutson Sr
Summitt
W. C. Hutson Jr
Baton Rouge
Higdon Hutson
Earl Hutson
Charles T
Mulhearn Funeral Home
Trout Catches Surprise Eight-Inch Brook Trout
Marlborough Connecticut resident George Cronstedt reported scooping water from a brook to cool his horse when he caught an eight inch trout in the same bucket.
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Marlborough, Conn
UPI
George Cronstedt
Ver non Ervin Traps Two Rats with One Stroke
Edgewood Illinois reports a surprising catch as Ver non Ervin checks a rat trap and finds it had trapped two rats simultaneously boosting local pest control efforts.
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Edgewood, Ill
UPI
Vernon Ervin
Sixty candidates listed for Northeast State summer degrees
Dean William M. Smith announced that sixty students will receive bachelor’s degrees after the summer session. The list shows seniors by major, including Agriculture and Home Economics, Business, Fine Arts, Liberal Arts, Pure and Applied Sciences, Education, and Health and Physical Education, with hometowns such as Monroe, West Monroe, Winnsboro, and Oak Grove and several out-of-state entries.
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Northeast State
William M. Smith
Ronald Keith Anglin
Monroe
Ralph Wilkins Killian
Crowville
Jesse Felter
Wisner
Donald Eugene Forman
West Monroe
Nelda Sue McCormick
Linville
Allen O’quinn
Rayville
Robert Ray Townley
W. A. Bradshaw
Sterlington
Delores Logan Durden
Elvis C. Stout
Charles Stratford
J. C. Wallace
Mangham
Patricia Ann Young
Margarette Pearce Larkan
John Stuart Mason
Winnsboro
Dean Eugene Miller
Lake Charles
John Edward Ridgley, Jr
New Orleans
William Henry Stigall
Gilbert
Jerry Booth Wallace
DeQuincy
Hilda Gay West
Lillie
Myrtle Mae Allder
Oak Grove
Lon Anne Allen
Patricia Lawless Shaw
Oak Ridge
Annette Odom Shipman
Sallye Ann Amith
Barr Wayne Taylor
Downsville
Cecile Mahlon Thurman
Velda Ann Watts
George Renford Hopkins
Lake Providence
Betty Ruth Jarrette
Baskin
Trade Stamp Bills Still On Calendar
In Baton Rouge the House defeated a bill regulating trading stamps after a senate committee blocked it. Housewives rallied to protest outlawing coupons, as the measure would have required bonds and redemption fees. Two tougher bills remain in committee aiming to drive stamp companies from Louisiana.
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Baton Rouge
UPI
Senate
House
Louisiana
Kennedy Endorsed by Massachusetts Democrats for Re nomination
The Massachusetts Democratic state convention endorsed U. S. Senator John F. Kennedy for renomination by acclamation. Kennedy accepted with a brief speech saying the Democratic party will win the greatest victory in history this year.
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Boston
Massachusetts
U.S
John F. Kennedy
D-Mass
Kennedy
Burglaries Solved in Monroe. 17 year old and three youths charged
Monroe Police report twelve burglaries solved after youths admitted to the crimes. A 17-year-old, Charlie Lee Smith of 1107 Olive St., and three juvenile suspects were taken into custody. The breakins spanned six months from December to Sundays, targeting boxcars, a newsrack, cigarette machines, a poker center, a car wash, a high school and various stores.
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Monroe
Charlie Lee Smith
Olive St
James C. Kelly
Kelly
Morgan Lindsey
F. Strauss
Walnut Street
Seawall
Hester
Louisville Avenue
Miller
Louisville
Lamar Moore
Carroll High School
West Germany Protests Over Embassy Riot by Refugees
About 400 Hungarian and East European refugees demonstrated in Bonn hurling rocks and ink bottles at the Soviet Embassy in protest of the execution of Imre Nagy and other 1956 Hungarian anti-Soviet revolt leaders.
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Bonn
Germany
Russia
West Germany
Imre Nagy
Pal Maleter
Hungary
Vacation Loan Plan promoted by Domestic Finance Service
A classified style notice urges salaried employees not to skip vacations, promoting a vacation loan plan from Domestic Finance Service. It highlights consolidation of bills into one loan with a first payment delayed until after returning to work, and lists J. E. Wood as manager and loan counselor at 109 No. 2nd St with FA 5-4355.
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Domestic Finance Service
J. E. Wood
No. 2Nd St
Neville High School announces spring honor roll list
Neville High School principal Paul J. Neal released the spring semester honor roll. Seniors with all A's were Judy Harrison Anne McDonald Carol McKinley and Darla McAllister. The full list includes many seniors juniors sophomores and their names, reflecting high achievement across grades.
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Paul J. Neal
Neville High School
Judy Harrison
Anne McDonald
Carol McKinley
Darla McAllister
Weather forecast signals broad rain across upper Lakes and West
Rain is expected today over the upper Lakes area from the south Atlantic states to the southern Plains and into the lower Ohio Valley, with fair weather and warmer temperatures in the rest of the U S. Central U S and northern and central Rockies also warm. Clear skies in New England.
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Upper Lakes Area
South Atlantic
Southern
Plains
Ohio Valley
Rocky Mountain
California
U.S
New England
U. S
Rockies
Burglary Fire at Better Brands Office in Hartford
Hartford police say burglars started a fire at the Better Brands Co. office to mask a break in. Firefighters responding to the blaze alerted officers who found the intrusion at once.
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Hartford
Conn
UPI
Better Brands Co
Honor Roll Freshmen Named For Spring Semester
Joan Williams and Mary Jane Young are noted. Freshmen with perfect grades include Lynn Smith and Nancy Wilson. Other freshmen on the honor roll are Roxanne Becker Linda Bird Alice Butler Linda Bradley Bunny Cannon Sandra Cararas Dickie Ellis Alma Faulk Jim Guthrie Sandra Guyton Courtland Gray Trudy Hasse Sandra Holloway Judy Johnson Don Kurtz Roger Klam Diane La Grange Marie K Nelson Sylvia Pritcher Anne Pankey Susie Quillen Judith Reagan Thomas Ryland Tommy Ritter Jeanne Slaughter Jean Shaughnessy Virginia Sprague Lea Thompson Jan West Lynda Woods Jack Whitehead.
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Virginia Burroughs
Martha Burns
Linda Bridges
Linda Clark
Carolyn Cummings
Mary FE. Davidson
Linda Eby
Bill Ellis
Martha Gilliland
Gail Gilliland
Patsy Gulley
Lea Hale
Betty Hines
Marie Hancock
Betty Lou Jenkins
Judy Lane
Jimmy Leverett
Neil McDonald
Don Middleton
Jackie Masur
Marie Nelson
Janice Powell
James Palmer
Mary Lynn Scogin
Dan Sampson
Eine Trousdale
Kathy Tilton
Catherine Thomas
Allen Trousdale
Warren Taylor
Richard Wright
Evelyn Amman
Sandra Burford
John Byrnes
Georgia Burkett
Betsy Blackmon
Guy Campbell
Linda Coleman
Robert DeLange
Sandrea Ducote
Wayne Dyer
George Forman
Allen Foster
Gloria Folds
Cindy Guilkey
Donna Guyton
Suzanne Kellogg
Marshall Lawson
Mary Lawrence
Mildred Levi
Marilyn Landry
Linda Moos
Linda Low Robison
George Riser
Clifford Ramsey
Johnny Rivers
Tom Simonton
Betty Slaughter
Clair Soloman
Susan Stewart
Ann Trousdale
Genie Tull
Sheila Townley
Jenny Williams
Marcia Willis
Ann Walker
Katie Young
Martha Hasse
Nancy Snellings
Norma Barnes
Bucky Buckner
Penny Deen
Ginger Donald
Carol DeCelle
Theresa Danna
John Frazar
Gretchen
Guelzow
Suellen Gilmont
Raymond Jones
Helen Jackson
Robert Koontz
John Loftin
Annie McCan
Sandra Meachern
Carol McKeithen
Patsy Miller
Sharon Mann
Slade Moody
Cecile Menuet
Julian Mehl
Pete Mulhearn
Nina Jo Osborn
Richard Olson
Chuck Rubey
Herbie Ryland
Jeanne Rogillin
Mary Jo
Joan Williams
Mary Jane Young
Lynn Smith
Nancy Wilson
Roxanne Becker
Linda Bird
Alice Butler
Linda Bradley
Bunny Cannon
Sandra Cararas
Dickie Ellis
Alma Faulk
Jim Guthrie
Sandra Guyton
Courtland Gray
Trudy Hasse
Sandra Holloway
Judy Johnson
Don Kurtz
Roger Klam
Diane la Grange
Marie K. Nelson
Sylvia Pritcher
Anne Pankey
Susie Quillen
Judith Ann Reagan
Thomas Ryland
Tommy Ritter
Jeanne Slaughter
Jean Shaughnessy
Virginia Sprague
Lea Thompson
Jan West
Lynda Gay Woods
Jack Whitehead
Jaycees Breakfast Stop in Monroe Enroute Home
Twenty four Savanna Georgia Jaycees members visit Monroe for breakfast with Monroe Jaycees at the Holiday Inn at 9 am on their way home from the National Convention in Los Angeles California which ended Thursday.
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Savanna
Monroe
Monroe Jaycees
Los Angeles
Calif
Holiday Inn
Billy Hargiss
Monroe Jaycee
Arctic Tern Shows World’s Longest Migration Route
The Arctic tern makes the longest migration of any bird, breeding in the Arctic to raise young and then spending winters in the Antarctic regions.
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Arctic
Antarctic
Massachusetts First State Compulsory School Law Enacted
In 1852 Massachusetts enacted the first state compulsory school attendance law. It required children aged 8 to 14 to attend school for 12 weeks per year.
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Massachusetts
Birthday Party Mixup Involves Lost Film Roll
Mrs. E. G. Geater mailed a film roll from her two year old son's party. The post office recovered an unclaimed roll, which could be hers after development. The photos turned out to show a twin four year old girls party, not her son.
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Memphis
Tenn
Upid
E. G. Geater
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Veterans of Foreign Wars
Fred C. Dent
Lucille May Grace
Robert J. Rouse
VFW
Crystal Ballroom
Virginia Hotel
Charles J. Perilloux
VFW Department of Louisiana
Sen. Kennedy
24Jaycees
the Daylily Farm
Norris Lane
Alton Howard
DeSiard
New Westinghouse
Comfort Command
Westinghouse
Westinghouse Electric Corporation
Garland
Tellulah, le
Pogue-Atkins CO. Inc
Stanley ST
Monroe, LA
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