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Newspaper
Monroe Morning World
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1964
Page
7
Earl M. McLain died at his Oak Grove home after a short illness. Funeral at 2 p.m. at Kidder Cox Funeral Home Chapel with burial in Red Wing Cemetery. Survivors include widow Minnie and four sons, two daughters, two brothers, one sister, and four grandchildren. Pallbearers listed.
Funeral services for Mrs Lou Vennie Vance 66 of 204 Atkinson Street Monroe will be at 2 p m today at Calvary Baptist Church with Rev Louis L Morris officiating. She died Friday at a local hospital after a short illness. Burial will be at Hasley Cemetery by Hixson Brothers Funeral Home. Hudson L Vance a son Jack Vance of Monroe five daughters Mrs J W Lewis and Mrs J C Dozier both of Monroe Mrs John Cook of West Monroe Mrs Hazel Merrow of Jackson Miss and Miss Nell Vance of Houston Tex five brothers Perry Brown and Morris Brown both of Mississippi and Howard Brown of Mobile Ala five sisters Mrs J R Jones of Monroe Mrs Henry Goss of Meridian Miss and Mrs Bertha Thrash Mrs Liza Arthur and Mrs Hattie Barham all of Union Miss 12 grandchildren and one great-grandchild. Pallbearers are Robert L Bass Burl DeLaney Victor Rutledge Virgil Crawford Louis Pettit Jr and Colbert Sharp.
Funeral services for Mrs Lillian Dunbar Kelly 56 who died at her home in Nederland Texas will be held at 2 p m today at Peters Funeral Chapel with Rev Goldman of Be thel Baptist Church officiating Burial will follow in Riverview Cemetery under Peters Funeral Home direction Survivors include husband B A Kelly Sr of Nederland a son B A Kelly Jr of Monroe a daughter Mrs Troy Sexton of Houston a sister Mrs Clara Durbin of Monroe a brother J D Strange of Monroe and four grandchildren Pallbearers named are Ben Wisner Fred Becton A W Ivy C D Baylock Guy Smart and Lawrence Gibbs
Olby Belden Holloway, age 8 and 4, died here Saturday at 3 05 a.m. The brief notice records the death in Bastrop with no further details on cause or survivors.
Mrs. Alice B. Griggs 74 of West Monroe died Saturday at 11 30 a m after a brief illness. Funeral is 2 p m Monday with Rev J L Causey officiating. Burial Antioch Cemetery by Hixson Brothers. Survivors include two sons Jov Brown and J W Griggs US Navy. four daughters Lenna Mae Kirkland Ruby Williams Erdell Gates Sybil Miller. one brother E L Bailey. five sisters Mildred Hayden Clara Adams Cora O Daniel Decia Fralic Minnie Powell. 27 grandchildren 14 great grandchildren.
Charlie Wilson, 88, of Jonesville, died Saturday after a short illness in a local hospital. Funeral held at 1 p.m. at Poole Bend Pentecostal Church with Rev. Mayo Curry and Rev. Ernest Hooter officiating. Burial at Wilbanks Cemetery near Wilbanks by Riser and Son Funeral Home of Columbia. Survived by widow Lillie Wilson. son W. R. Wilson. daughters Madron Montpelier and Vula Poole. brothers Barbin and Theodore Wilson. nine grandchildren, 36 great grandchildren, and numerous great great grandchildren serving as pallbearers. Body remains at funeral home until service.
In St Augustine Gov Farris Bryant banned night marches after FBI warned some demonstrators could die that night Attny Gen James W Kynes said Bryant moved to curb violence Bryant later declared he neared a solution but still faced hurdles He said he would press on Sunday as aides noted numerous White House calls
At Western College for Women in Oxford Ohio about 300 volunteers departed by chartered bus and "bomb proof" cars for Mississippi where three colleagues vanished last Sunday. The group aims to assist in voter registration drives for Negroes and some will work in community centers and freedom schools. A missing student’s car was later found burned in Mississippi. Officials said only five students quit this week.
President Johnson orders a new draft policy starting July 1. About a million 18 year olds will receive immediate physical and mental examinations upon registration, with results guiding enlistment or planning futures. The plan targets 1A18 year olds, excluding students, married men, or those in essential civil work.
New Jersey Assemblyman Irving E. Keith offered a 100 reward to anyone supplying information leading to the arrest and conviction of those responsible for the disappearance of three civil rights workers last Sunday night in Philadelphia Mississippi. Keith urged others nationwide to match the offer to aid the investigation.
River stage data from several stations shows rises at St Louis Memphis Helena Ark City and Natchez while Vicksburg and Atchafalaya areas fall. New Orleans and Baton Rouge report rises, with readings accompanied by daily changes and a note of a yesterday morning stage pool.
Partly cloudy today and Monday with widely scattered thundershowers in the afternoon and evening. Temperatures near unchanged with highs 88 to 94 and lows 68 to 72. Winds 5 to 15 mph. Also notes Louisiana and Arkansas readings with similar patterns and Mississippi outlook including isolated thundershowers and nighttime clearing.
Foreign Secretary Paul Martin told the House of Commons that talks with the United States on Canada's plan to extend territorial waters and fishing limits to 12 miles from three will be resumed soon.
The Swedish press called Khrushchev five day state visit a fiasco while cautioning about unfinished business. He heads to Norway aboard Bashkiria with his family remaining behind during the windup of an 18 day Scandinavian tour. Disputes over Raoul Wallenberg’s fate color Stockholm reaction as Erlander cites Soviet denial and evidence of his death. Khrushchev says talks with Tage Erlander were frank and friendly.
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