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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1963
Page
5
West Monroe saw a July surge with 29 building permits totaling 340 750 in work. The largest was a 165 000 church on North Seventh Street, as plumbing inspections reached 69 totaling 312 in receipts.
A health ad urges replacing high salt drinks with Mountain Valley Water from Hot Springs Arkansas. It claims the water is very low in salt and palatable, recommending six to eight glasses daily unless a doctor restricts fluids and advising consultation with a physician for health matters.
Funeral services for Dallas H. Davis 86 of West Monroe will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Mulhearn Funeral Home Monroe with Rev Clifton Tennison officiating Burial follows in Riverview cemetery with Masonic rites Davis a West Monroe resident 45 years died Sunday in a Shreveport hospital He was a retired Illinois Central Railroad employee and a 50 year Mason A Masonic Temple meeting is set for 9 a.m. Tuesday to honor him He is survived by son Harold E Davis three brothers two sisters and other relatives Pallbearers are listed.
Mrs Lynn Zoll Tucker of Monroe has prepared a special research paper to be delivered at the International Congress of Pharmacology on August 20 in Prague Czechoslovakia. The paper on drug inhibition of cell growth is coauthored with Francisco Alvarez O Rourke and will be presented by LSU pharmacology associate professor Dr Helmet Redetzki. The work may point to a new cancer treatment approach. Mrs Zoll Ta parents long active in education and sports. her mother is Lakeshore Elementary principal.
West Monroe Boys' Club directors plan a 6 p.m. barbecue dinner Tuesday at the club building. Judge John F. McCormick, president, said the event will include discussion of important club business.
Monroe police probe a late Sunday burglary at J. L. Bloomer's residence 2201 South Grand. Missing items include a Smith and Wesson revolver, a grey transistor radio, and a large army payroll box with papers. Also noted were minor injuries from a two car collision and multiple DUI bookings in West Monroe and Troop F.
Willie Flennoy Jr a 38 year old Monroe resident pled guilty in Fourth District Court to simple rape and was sentenced to five years at Angola He originally faced aggravated rape of an 11 year old girl the count was reduced and plea entered He had been jailed since summer. Ernest Williams also of Monroe to be jailed until August 26 for three burglary counts and unauthorized use of a movable terms nonconcurrent Alex Boise Jr received concurrent terms Henry Lee Little 20 given two years for theft Three people fined 300 and costs for DUI Guy Black Clinton Hodge Billie Hollis not guilty pleas entered by Ralph Adams Dewey Horne Jemas Keith to trial October 18 West Monroe Masonic Lodge to serve as honorary pallbearers.
Senator Richard B. Russell of Georgia says Georgia would back Barry Goldwater over President Kennedy if a election were held today. He cites civil rights as the deciding factor and notes he has no plan to aggressively support the Kennedy administration. Russell adds Goldwater’s stock is high in Georgia.
In Flint Michigan a hotel fire at the Adams Hotel killed 84 year old resident Fred Whittley and injured 15 others. Firemen rescued a blind man Frank Torrey and 84 year old Alice Everitt who waited six hours as flames raged around them. Three guests remained unaccounted for early today though many missing had been found.
Thousands report astonishing results with a medicated creme that rubs off corns calluses and warts without cutting or irritation. DERMA-SOFT softens and dissolves growths leaving skin silky smooth. Available at all druggists.
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