Carter transfers H W Tillery to Monroe Sears manager
Homer W. Tillery becomes manager of Sears Roebuck in Monroe succeeding Ed Carter who moves to Tuscaloosa Ala. Tillery, a Macon native and Auburn graduate, arrives from Rome Ga where he led the Sears store since 1961 after prior leadership roles in Leesburg Fla Greensville S C and Richmond Va. He is married with two children and active in community service groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sears
H. W. Tillery
Ed Carter
Tuscaloosa
Ala
Tillery
Rome
John Fogleman
Homer W. Tillery
Sears, Roebuck and Co
R. G. Murphy
Monroe
Leesburg
Fla
Macon
Auburn University
Greensville
S.C
Richmond, Va
Southern Territory
Atlanta
Renie Rousseau
Alan
Drake
Presbyterian Church
Rotary Club
Boys Club
United Fund and Livestock Association
West Germany edge on signing nuclear test ban treaty
Washington reported U.S. officials are confident West Germany will sign the U S British Soviet pact Ban on nuclear tests with underground testing only while Adenauer weighs domestic politics concerns and how a signature might affect East Germany status The Bonn government seeks guarantees against misusing the treaty to advance East German recognition
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.S
West Germany
Konrad Adenauer
Germany
Bonn
Adenauer
East Germany
Karl Guenther von Hase
Ada Gruber Named President of Cerebral Palsy Group
Mrs Ada Gruber of West Monroe is the new president of the Cerebral Palsy Association of Louisiana after being elected at the annual Alexandria meeting. Abbie Leckie of West Monroe becomes state treasurer with other officers J N Singletary of Baton Rouge first vice president Hans Heinemann of New Orleans second vice president and Mrs Albert N Flynn of Alexandria secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada Gruber
West Monroe
Cerebral Palsy Association of
Louisiana
Donald A Dunnington
New Orleans
Gruber
Alexandria
Abbie Leckie
J. N. Singletary
Baton Rouge
Hans Heinemann
Albert N. Flynn
School Board Convenes Today to Hear Bids and Zoning
The Monroe City School Board convenes at 3 p.m. to open bids on a cinder track at Carroll High School and on cafeteria supplies for the coming year. It will advertise for bids on biology lab equipment and discuss rezoning next to Lee Junior High School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supt. van Dodom
Carroll High School
Odom
Lee Junior High School
Miller Says GOP Convention To Be Wide Open
Republican National Committee chairman William E. Miller says the 1964 nominating convention in San Francisco will be wide open with potential dark horses. Miller notes front runners include Nelson Rockefeller Barry Goldwater George Romney and William Scranton while Richard Nixon remains a convention figure. He expects no factional squabbling and aims to boost urban precinct organization to win over big city voters. The party plans to present Kennedy era promises across Berlin debt civil rights and an expanded Vietnam commitment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Big City
Republican Party
William E. Miller
Niagara County
N.Y
Republican National Committee
Newsmen
Miller
New York
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Arizona
Barry Goldwater
GOP
George Romney
Michigan
William W. Scranton
Pennsylvania
Richard M. Nixon
Far Right
Kennedy
Berlin
Viet Nam
Tennis Ball Kills Hippo At Bandung Zoo
A one year old hippo died at Bandung Zoo after a tennis ball lodged in its stomach causing fatal internal injuries. Antara reported the ball was too heavy for 10 men to lift and officials suspect a zoo visitor may have thrown it into the hippo’s mouth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jakarta
UPI
Hippotamus
Bandung
Antara
Mexsana Medicated Powder Claims Quick Rash Relief
A vintage ad touts Mexsana Medicated Powder as curing heat rash and diaper rash fast. It highlights vegetable starch for softness and absorption, claims germ-killing action, and promotes a big size for savings.
Funeral services for Victor H. Cole in Spearsville
Victor H. Cole 68 of Spearsville died after a short illness in an El Dorado Arkansas hospital. Services set for 10 a.m. Wednesday at Spearsville Baptist Church with burial in Spearsville Cemetery under Kilpatrick's. Survivors include Vera A. Cole widow two sons Louis Chelette Walter Chelette three daughters eighteen grandchildren and eighteen great grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spearsville
Spearsville Baptist Church
Victor H. Cole
el Dorado
Ark
A. W. Smart
Kilpatrick's
Farmerville
Cole
Vera A. Cole
H. M. Cole
Houston
Beulah Church
Clyde Coulter
P. C. Morse
Beulah Cemetery
Gay's
Funeral Held for Bedford Bolin Ruston Engineer 49
Bedford Forrest Bolin 49 a retired chemical engineer of Ruston died Monday at the Veterans Hospital in Shreveport after a long illness. Funeral services were held at 10 a.m. in Kilpatrick's Funeral Home chapel with Rev. R. P. Willis officiating. Burial followed in Vicksburg Mississippi under Kilpatrick's direction. Survivors include sister Mrs. R. C. Page Sulphur and brother John W. Bolin Huntsville Alabama.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruston
Bedford Forrest Bolin
Veterans Hospital
Shreveport
Lincoln Parish
Kilpatrick
R. P. Willis
Vicksburg
Miss
R. C. Page
John W. Bolin
Huntsville
Ala
Albert Chelette and Gustafson Funeral Notices In Louisiana
Funeral services for Mrs Frank Gustafson 66 Calhoun held at Kilpatrick West Monroe with two ministers. Burial at Twin City Memorial Gardens follows. Survived by husband one daughter five brothers two sisters one granddaughter. Albert Chelette 90 Oak Grove dies after long illness. Funeral services planned in Oak Grove after a local hospital death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Gustafson
Calhoun
Kilpatrick Funeral Home
West Monroe
Frank Lankford
R. E. Carter
Kilpatrick’s
Twin City Memorial Gardens
Gustafson
Billy Wyrick
L. G. Andrews
Jim Andrews
Ensley Andrews
Jonesboro
S. J. Andrews
Lake Charles
Weaver Andrews
Hilly
E. L. Colvin
Shreveport
Maude Lawrence
Dubach
Oak Grove
Albert Chelette
Family Of Six Killed In Virginia Crash
A Warrenton family of six perished in a flaming collision when a car turned left into an oncoming truck near Morrisville Virginia. William J Finotti wife Arlene and four children died in the crash Barbara Ann Finotti died later of injuries. The truck occupants Bealer Christian and William G Smith escaped injury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
Morrisville, Va
William J. Finotti
Finottis
Warrenton
Barbara Ann Finotti
Finotti
Arlene
Marion
Hazel Heflin
Damage at Delhi bar blamed on faulty wiring
Delhi Special report says about 4000 dollars in damage occurred at a Negro bar near Delhi when a fire started about 1 am Monday. Ernest Ray, owner of the bar, blamed faulty wiring for the blaze.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delhi
Here
Ernest Ray
Meredith Attacks All Gubernatorial Candidates
Meredith, the first Negro U Mississippi student and key figure in the governor race, called the candidates all bad. He said the campaign distracts from serious state issues and uses him to revive a racial stereotype. He denied attending a Coleman rally, saying he merely drove near it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oxford, Miss
UPI
James H. Meredith
University of Mississippi
Meredith
United Press International
J. P. Coleman
Paul Johnson
Fraud at Kansas City beauty shop over wig loan
A guest booked a $20 hairdo and asked to view a $275 wig, leaving her purse as security. She disappeared after promising to return with the money, prompting Norma Clarke to check the purse and find only papers and a hotel ash tray. The hotel confirmed no guest matched the description.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Norma Clarke
Miss Clarke
Impromptu Strip Prompts Court Appearance in Beverly Hills
Timothy Knapp, 25, is scheduled for a court appearance after an impromptu strip along Sunset Strip. Police say he performed in a glass elevator on the exterior of a five story apartment building opposite a Sunset Strip night spot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beverly Hills Calif
UPI
Timothy Knapp
Sunset Strip
Knapp
Fire Marshals to Attend Arson Seminar in Shreveport
Three deputy state fire marshals from the Fifth District will attend the 11th annual Arson and Fire Prevention Seminar in Shreveport August 12 and 13. Monroe representatives Bud Tidwell Jr. and Garland May along with Lloyd Perkins of Waterproof will participate. registration is free. The two day program precedes the Louisiana State Firemen's Convention August 14 to 17, with sessions at the Captain Shreve Hotel Garden Room and lectures by national, state and local officials including Shreveport Mayor Clyde Fant and FBI agent Ernest C. Wall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shreveport
Bud) Tidwell Jr
Garland May
Monroe
Lloyd Perkins
Waterproof
John E. Coon
Coon
Captain Shreve
Clyde Fant
Louisiana Afl-Cio
Victor Bussie
Charles Ammen
Norman Reese
National Automobile Theft Bureau
Jackson
Miss
FBI
Ernest C. Wall
John Savage
National Board of Fire Underwriters
St. Petersburg
Fla
W. A. Breedlove
Louisiana Police Jury Association
Natchitoches
Julian A. Martin
Louisiana State University
Sidney S. Bowman
Campbell Palfrey
Frank Musso
State Firemen’s Association
Harvey D. Teasley
Irby Gascon
Light Court Session In West Monroe Handles Traffic Cases
West Monroe court sessions were light with traffic violations dominating. A DWI case against Billy C. Hollis led to 300 fine, 90 days in jail, six month suspended sentence upon probation, plus 50 fine and license suspension. Others fined include Walter Green for theft and several for speeding and reckless driving.
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John McCormick
Billy C. Hollis
Route 1
Box 566
West Monroe
Walter Green
Coleman Avenue
Mostly Traffic Cases Handled In City Court
Monroe City Court presided by Judge W M Harper handled mostly traffic violations with three theft counts. All three defendants forfeited bonds of 100 dollars each: Grace Granberry Nellie East Billie Luton, all of Monroe. One trespassing fining: F M Hazel. Eleven people forfeited bonds for speeding, including Louis Williams and Martha Crabtree and others in Monroe and West Monroe. Also fined for reckless driving: Cecil Barnes Swartz. Additional sentences: four people 90 days for habitual drunkenness. two fined for drunkenness. six for overparking. one each for running a red light, following too closely, and running a stop sign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. M. Harper
Monroe
Grace Granberry
Columbia Road
Nellie East
Lincoln Road
Billie Luton
F. M. Hazel
Coleman
West Monroe
Flanagan
West
Nathan Antley
South 12Th Street
Bobby Robin
Orleans Street
Cecil Barnes
Swartz
Coon Hound Missing in Milwaukee Case Returns Dog
Joseph Burt sought return of his coon hound last November after two locals allegedly took it. He recovered a dog that answered to Whistles with light brown toenails, not Queenie with red toenails, prompting further court action to locate his missing hound.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Wis
Queenie
Joseph Burt
Burt
Jail Escapee Injures Self In Morehouse Crash
Travis J. Rawls a 29 year old West Monroe man who escaped from West Carroll parish jail was injured in a crash in Morehouse parish while in a stolen deputy’s car. He and two truck occupants were hurt. Almond and Jarrell reported in satisfactory condition. Rawls in serious condition earlier and is charged with reckless driving and negligent injuring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Monroe
Travis J. Rawls
Charity Hospital
Morehouse Parish
Ama
Mlunsuay
Rawls
West Carroll Parish
Oak Grove
Harvey Joe Almond
Minden
D. K. Jarrell
Bossier City
Almond
Jarrell
Robert Mathis F
Marvin Eubanks
Doctor's Invention Offers Free Truss Trial in Kansas City
A Kansas City newspaper ad invites ruptured individuals to test a Doctor's Invention for 30 days and receive a $3.50 Truss gratis. The device claims no leg straps or belts and promises to hold rupture in place. If unsatisfied, return the device but keep the truss. Send inquiries to Physician's Appliance Co. at 8165 Koch Bldg. and 2906 Main St. Kansas City Mo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Physician’s Appliance Co
Koch Bldg
Main St
OAS Calls Hurried Meet On Haiti Exile Invasion
The Organization of American States called an emergency council meeting for 3 p.m. to discuss the exile invasion of Haiti. Ambassador Fern D. Baguidy asked for the session amid reports that about 500 exile soldiers landed on Haiti's north coast early Monday. Baguidy charged the exiles arrived from the Dominican Republic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Organization of American States
Haiti
Fern D. Baguidy
OAS
Baguidy
Dominican Republic
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Carter
H.W. Tillery New Sears
Palsy Group
Monroe City School Board
Hippo
Bedford F. Bolin
Ese
Trim
Ouachita National Bank
Yachita National Bank
Tee Prete Beree
Anthony B. Ruggiero
Turner L. Fuller
Sterlington
Gary Fields
Powell Street
Albert Lampkin, Jr
James H. Traylor
Grammont Street
Lonnie V. Trichell
Oaklawn
Reynold
Lane Wilson
G. Earl Guinn
Louisiana College
Louisiana Tech
Junior Blakely
Minden Hall
Mississippi
Ouachita River
Monroe Office Equipment CO
Greon
Halland
Diamond Merchants OF America
Gordon’s Spocality Jewelers
Gordon’s
Dessard Street
Eastgate Shoping Center
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