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Newspaper

Monroe News Star

Location

Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America

Date

Aug 07, 1973

Page

12

Carroll Righter's Horoscope Forecast for August 8 1973

General tendencies urge vitality focused results and self-reliance. Horoscope sections for Aries Taurus Gemini Moon Children Leo Virgo Libra Scorpio Sagittarius Capricorn Aquarius Pisces detail daily guidance and relationship tips. A note invites readers to order September forecast by sending birthdate and $1 to Carroll Righter at McNaught Syndicate.

Aries Taurus Mate Gemini Leo Virgo Scorpio Capricorn Aquarius Carroll Righter Hollywood Calif McNaught Syndicate, Inc

Desert Acreage Boom Fails in Las Vegas Story

A reader shares a cautionary tale about chasing hot investments after a tipsy desert land buy near County Roads 467 and 230 led to Las Vegas becoming a boomtown. The letter warns against following broker promises and emphasizes the risk of illiquid markets and inflated prices.

Many Residents Die In Wreck At Louisiana Intersection

Louisiana police report Willie D Porter of Iorien Louisiana died when his car hit a loaded log truck on Louisiana 171. Logs littered the highway for about 500 feet causing a hour long traffic halt. The truck driver was hospitalized with undetermined injuries.

Many Willie D. Porter Iorien Porter

Funeral services for Lou "Buddy" Smith observed in Monroe

Lou Buddy Smith 38 of 106 Fendals Street Monroe dies after brief illness at Charity Hospital New Orleans. Funeral at 2 p.m. Saturday Friendship Baptist Church Monroe with Rev Sol Johnson officiating burial Booker T Washington Cemetery Monroe under Mills Funeral Home. Survivors include widow Jennette Smith and seven stepchildren, three daughters, four sons, mother Maggie Morris, five sisters and Magazie Sledge of Gary Indiana. Pallbearers listed as James Ross Ray Smith Bobby Lawrence Ronald Lawrence Donald Smith Louis Smith.

Louis Buddy Smith Fendals St Monroe Friendship Baptist Church of Sol Johnson Booker T Washington Millers Funeral Home Smith Charity Hospital New Orleans Jennette Smith Patricia Smith Cynthia Smith Carla Smith Kansas City T Free Louis F. Smith Pervis Smith Kelvin Smith

Obituary notices for Bourn Vaughns May and May family deaths

Funeral services were held for Mrs. Wilhelmina Bourn 66 of Winnsboro at First Baptist Church with burial at State Place Cemetery. Survivors include husband Mosell Bourn and daughter Mammie Lee Smith. Separate services for Mrs. Cora M. Vaughns 56 of Rayville were at Mt. Zion Baptist Church with burial at Royal Blue Cemetery. survivors include husband Cage Vaughns. Also a Delhi service for Izola May 34 of Los Angeles formerly of Delhi with burial at St. John Cemetery. Survivors include Joseph B. May and several May siblings.

First Baptist Church of Winnsboro Wilhelmina Bourn Franklin Parish Hospital Mosell Bourn Mamie Lee Smith Los Angeles Cal Estatia Cammon Cora Vaughns Rayville Mt. Zion Baptist Church Cora M. Vaughns A. T. White Royal Blue Cemetery Simms and Gundy Funeral Home Arthur Bolden Pine Bluff Ark James Weatherspoon Toy Hampton Morgan Moss Willie Hubbard Robert Blackman A. C. Hunter William Harris

Funeral notices from Monroe and surrounding areas

Funeral services for Mrs Celestia Edwards Calloway 82 of Rayville are at 4 pm in Monroe Memorial Park Museleum Chapel with burial in Memorial Park Cemetery. Survivors include three daughters two sons and many grandchildren. Also listed are services for Henry B Crawford and Lou Sims Cox, along with Lucy B Keller and other local obituaries.

Funeral Rites Set for J L Simmons 93 in Choudrant

Funeral services Saturday at Liberty Hill Baptist Association Building Grambling for the Rev J L Simmons 93 of Choudrant with burial at Macedonia Cemetery. Officiants include Rev B F Martin and Rev Jessie J Hester. He died Saturday at St Francis Hospital after brief illness. He was a 33rd degree Mason and longtime pastor of several area churches. Survivors listed: wife Reasie Simmons, four sons including Willie L Simmons Sacramento CA and Rev C D Simmons Louisville KY, J T Simmons Louisville KY, Obadiah Simmons Inkster MI. six daughters including Marietta Pratt Sacramento CA and Ester Millsap Sacramento CA. other daughters in Los Angeles West Monroe. 30 grandchildren 123 great grandchildren 16 great great grandchildren. Ministers of the Liberty Hill Association to serve as pallbearers. Verlee Zeigler of Calhoun noted. separate service planned at Plumhill Baptist Church Eros for Zeigler 37 with burial Zeigler Cemetery Eros under Miller's Funeral Home Monroe.

Hixson Brothers Funeral Home Monroe Lucy B. Keller South 2Nd St Walter G. Mangham Old City Cemetery Monroe Manor St. Francis Hospital Macedonia Church No Hilly Mt. Sinai Baptist Church Choudrant Mt. Horeb Baptist Church Wall Lake St. Paul's Baptist Church Downsville Reasie Simmons Willie L. Simmons Sacramento Cailf C. D. Simmons J.T. Simmons Louisville, Ky Obadiah Simmons Inkster Mich Marietta Pratt Ester Millsap Calif Clara Washington Elsie B. Dawson Los Angeles Roba S. May Odell S. Outley West Monroe

Lena Brooks Dies at 62 in West Monroe

Mrs. Lena Brooks 62 of 203 Washington St West Monroe died after a long illness. Funeral services are set for 4 p.m. Wednesday at Kilpatrick's Funeral Home West Monroe with burial at Smith Cemetery. She is survived by husband A J Brooks five brothers and one sister in various states. Her death followed a lengthy illness.

Lena Brooks Lena Brooks Washington St West Monroe Kilpatrick A. J. Brooks Bessie Scarbrough Columbia F. T. Scarbrough E. F. Scarbrough Monroe Tommy Scarbrough Ernest Scarbrough Richard Scarbrough Ohio Earline Skiles Lander Wyo

Bearden Rites Held for West Monroe Resident

William Douglas Bearden 59 of 416 Washington Street West Monroe died Monday after a brief illness. Funeral services are set for Wednesday at 4 p.m. at Hixson Brothers Chapel with burial at Monroe Memorial Park Cemetery. He is survived by Mae Bearden West Monroe a son Charles Bearden West Monroe a daughter Janice Robbins Colorado Springs Colo and other relatives.

William Douglas Bearden Washington Street West Monroe Chapel of Hixson Brothers Funeral Home Monroe Memorial Park Bearden Mae Bearden Charles Bearden Janice Robbins Colorado Springs Colo

Major Drug Raid Nets Sixteen Arrests Across Parishes

A Monday night operation by Monroe and West Monroe police, Ouachita Parish deputies, Morehouse agencies, state police and the Ouachita-Morehouse DA Office led to 16 arrests on 32 drug counts. Warrant totals reached 26 with 10 more awaiting action. several suspects faced marijuana, LSD and hashish charges with bonds up to 11,500. The multiagency probe followed about six weeks of investigation.

Monroe Police West Monroe Police Bastrop Police Ouachita Parish William F. Moore Grayling Lane Monroe James Martin Dray Jr Timothy R. McMannus West Monroe Homer Jimmy Prince Prince Billy Ainsworth South 10Th Gayland Ainsworth South 2Nd Jimmy Head Lazarre Mike McFarland Dillingham Ray Mayo Parkview Julie Poindexter South 9Th James Rice Cresent Dr Bonnie Savage Gary Thornhill Montgomery David Woosley Hodge Johnny Parkerson Ouachita Morehouse

Britain must build 80 new cities for population growth

Leonard Vincent, an architect and town planner, told a symposium that Britain would need to construct about 80 new cities housing 100,000 people each to manage the population surge expected by century's end.

Vincent Britain

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