Circle K to Attend Norfolk International Convention
Circle K will send President Bob Ford and Secretary Ronald L. Weir to the Norfolk Virginia convention August 26 to 29 with sweetheart Jullia Ann Wilhite among seven locals. About 600 Circle K members from U. S. and Canada are expected for elections and programs including two vice presidents and 12 trustees.
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Circle K International
Norfolk
Julia Ann Wilhite
Club Sweet
Circle K
Bob Ford
Ronald L. Weir
James S. Mathews
Randolph-Macon College
Ashland
Virginia
Mathews
San Diego
California
Wallace seconds action to back unanimity rule at Southern governors meet
Southern governors approved a unanimity rule to require a unanimous vote for adoption of any resolution, a move supported by Governor George Wallace of Alabama who said the rule blocks divisive civil rights proposals. The conference also named a resolutions committee and planned further discussion on Kennedy era civil rights measures and the August 28 Washington march, amid demonstrations at the Greenbrier.
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White Sulphur Springs
W. Va
George C. Wallace
Alabama
Wallace
Orval E. Faubus
Arkansas
Ross R. Barnett
Mississippi
Albert N. Carvel
Delaware
Carl E. Sanders
Georgia
John B. Connally
Texas
Terry Sanford
North Carolina
Greenbrier
Barnett
Washington
W. W. Barron
West Virginia
Barron
Kennedy
Orval Faubus
Second man sought after the Leckie slaying
Police seek a second man in the dismemberment slaying of Kenneth James Leckie whose body was scattered on the Mississippi River levee at Harahan. A New Orleans beautician, Melvin Keith Daitseh, was charged as a principal to murder and accessory after the fact.
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New Orleans
Kenneth James Leckie
Mississippi River
Harahan
Sys Tone advertised energy tonic claim helps fatigue
A tired man says he starved blood and aged before time yet after taking Sys Tone he has new energy, quiet nerves, and less gas. The ad claims Sys-Tone supplies iron energy to blood, works with food to prevent gas and provides vitamins, costing only a few cents daily with availability at Mont and nearby towns.
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Vous Ant
Sy Tone
Sys-Tone
Mont
Ady
McDonald to Meet Chamber on Tulip Festival Plan
E R McDonald of Newegan chair of the Tulip Festival committee for the Lovely Louisiana Tourist Association is to meet West Monroe Chamber of Commerce this week to outline plans for the tulip festival. The event runs March 1 to April 15 1964 with agriculture committee head George Tyner. Smith said the session likely Friday and advance tulip bulb orders topped 24000 before the deadline.
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E. R. McDonald
Newe ®Gn
Lovely Louisiana Tourist Association
West Monroe
McDonald
Chamber
Agriculture Committee
George Tyner
Smith
William A Powell obituary and services in Monroe area
Funeral services for 79 year old William Alfred Powell will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday in the Hixson Brothers Chapel Monroe with Rev Virgin Jones and Dr Clifton Tennison officiating. Burial will follow in Hasley Cemetery West Monroe under Hixson's direction Powell died Monday in a local hospital after weeks of illness He is survived by three sons J T Powell Monroe Douglas and W A Powell Jr both of Phoenix Ariz two daughters Mrs Emmett Brown West Monroe and Mrs Vernice Catoe Phoenix Ariz three brothers Walter Powell Los Angeles James H Powell Topeka and Yancey Powell Bastrop two sisters Mrs Fannie Solomon and Mrs Avery Morris Bastrop 11 grandchildren and nine great grandchildren Spicer J J Cozine and W E Bowles. DELHI Special funeral services were set for 4 p.m. today for W P Insley Sr who died Monday in a Monroe hospital Rev W Sirman to conduct rites at the First Methodist Church Delhi with interment in Delhi Masonic Cemetery Insley a Delhi resident, Masonic Lodge No 120 F&AM member, WWI veteran, and American Legion member Survivors include his widow Mary R Insley of Delhi a daughter Mrs Paul Harrup Waco Tex a son William T Insley Jr New Orleans two sisters Mrs George Montgomery Delhi and Mrs B J McLemore Beaufort Tex and three grandchildren Pallbearers listed: Earl Allen J B Humphrey W A Deaman Clyde Deaman Floyd Bradley Joe Stegall Floyd Stegall Lloyd Miers
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J. T. Powell
Monroe
Douglas
W. A. Powell, Jr
Phoenix
Ariz
Emmett Brown
West Monroe
Vernice Catoe
Walter Powell
Los Angeles
Calif
James H. Powell
Topeka
Kans
Yancey Powell
Bastrop
Fannie Solomon
Avery Morris
W. Sirman
Delhi Masonic Cemetery
Insley
Delhi
George Montgomery
B. J. McLemore
Beaumont
Tex
Earl Allen
J. B. Humphrey
W. A. Deaman
Clyde Deaman
Floyd Bradley
Joe Stegall
Floyd Stegall
Lloyd Miers
Funeral services set for Annie Elizabeth Gryshot
Funeral services for Miss Annie Elizabeth Gryshot age 40 were held today in Rayville. She died Monday morning in Mystic Conn. Rites conducted by Mulhearn Funeral Home. Surviving: an aunt Mrs Mamie Jones of Rayville a sister Mrs Sue Carden of Mystic Conn three brothers Joe and Duke Grayshot of Rayville and Davis Grayshot of Baton Rouge.
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Rayville
Annie Elizabeth Gryshot
Mystic
Conn
Mulhearn Funeral Home
Mamie Jones
Sue Carden
Joe
Duke Grayshot
Davis Grayshot
Baton Rouge
Funeral rites held for Nick Scallan in Monroe chapel
Funeral services for Nick Scallan, 79, of 1707 S 3rd St Monroe, were conducted at 10:30 in the Hixson Brothers Chapel with Rev Lea Joyner officiating. Burial followed in Riverview Cemetery. He died after a short illness at a local hospital, survived by son Dan J Scallan, two daughters Mrs M L Barnes and Mrs A W Bell, a brother Hunter Scallan, a sister Mrs Don Marler, and six grandchildren.
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Nick Scallan
S. 3Rd St
Monroe
Hixson Brothers Funeral Home
Lea Joyner
Southside Methodist Church
Scallan
Dan J. Scallan
M. L. Barnes
A. W. Bell
Alexandria
Hunter Scallan
Don Marler
Man on Beach Dives Without Trunks to Aid Drowning Man
In Bournemouth England Jim Williams a 27 year old bricklayer leapt from the shore when a man cried for help. He forgot his bathing trunks, swam out dragged the man to safety and then left without seeking thanks as spectators watched in astonishment.
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Bournemouth
England
Jim Williams
Manager Quits Position With Clyde Johnson
Houma realtor Harvey Sharp resigns as state campaign manager for gubernatorial candidate Clyde Johnson citing differing views and distrust in Johnson. Paul Richard of Houma, former campaign finance director, accompanied Sharp. Sharp valued roughly $20,000 in vehicles and sound gear used nationwide. Differences arose after a meeting between Johnson and Ambassador deLesseps Morrison two weeks earlier.
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New Orleans
UPT
Houma
Harvey Sharp
Clyde Johnson
Sharp
Paul Richard
Johnson
deLesseps S. Morrison
28 Students Pass Transfer Screening Test
East Baton Rouge Parish officials said 28 of 38 Negro students who applied for transfer to white high schools this fall passed screening tests. U.S. Dist. Judge Gordon West approved a desegregation plan weeks earlier, which starts a phased transfer rollout.
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U.S. Dist
Gordon West
Boys Club Head Attending Administrative Conference
Lloyd A. Williams, newly appointed director of the West Monroe Boys Club, is in Wichita Falls Texas today to attend the 11th annual Administrative Conference Southwestern Region of the Boys Clubs of America. Judge John F. McCormick says the conference runs Wednesday through Friday at the Holiday Inn.
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Lloyd A. Williams
West Monroe
Wichita Falls
Tex
Boys’ Clubs of America
John F. McCormick
West Monroe Club
Holiday Inn
Desegregation Plan Sets Steps for 12th Grade Transfers
The court ordered desegregation to start this September with a plan moving one grade lower each year while the board sought a one year delay. Openings are Sept 3 with registration Aug 30. Loyd Lindsey said 10 Negro seniors failed screenings mainly on academics. The district will use 16 criteria for screening transfer requests from Negro applicants seeking white schools. Initially 58 Negroes asked for transfer forms. 38 returned completed applications.
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Loyd L. Lindsey
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