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Monroe News Star

Location

Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America

Date

Aug 27, 1973

Page

9

Modern No-Roach pesticide ad offers lasting control

Johnston's No-Roach provides a colorless coating that lasts for months to control roaches and ants. The product is easy to apply and available at Safeway Dixie Dandy Pig gly Wiggly Brookshire's Triple S Great Valu KGB Drug and other grocers, distributed by F. Strauss.

Johnston Safeway Dixie Dandy Piggly Wiggly Brookshire’s Triple S Great Valu KGB Drug Dist F. Strauss

Private Grosvenor Club Crowned King of London Gambling

Voice Of Broadway profile portrays Bob Barnett’s evolution from famed nightclub impresario to a private club operator on Grosvenor Street. Once running the four clubs and the famed 400 Club, he now presides over a lawful, quiet betting establishment with his son as president, presenting a bankerlike image distinct from his flamboyant past. The piece links Lansky’s global syndicate to London casinos and notes British crackdown on American crime figures.

New York KFL Bob Barnett London Grosvenor Street England Britain Meyer Lansky Lansky America Benjamin Bugsy” Siegel New Jersey Abe “Longy" Zwillman Joseph ‘Doc’ Stacher Alias Harris Louis ‘‘Lepke’ Buchalter Murder Inc. Infame Moe Dalitz Lou Ross Rothkoff Cleveland - Detroit Las Vegas Bugsy Siegel Vegas Ted Lewin Meyer Ghana Lansky Syndicate Yugoslavia Titoland Lansky Group Colony Lansky - Mafia George Raft Eng George ‘Raft Colony Club Raft Prince Philip Mayfair George Ennui Grosvenor St Savile Row Barnett

Suspect Held in New Orleans for Bank Robbery

Ruben Scott, 21, arrested in New Orleans on a $153,082 armed bank robbery charge from 1972. U S Attorney Gerald Gallinghouse seeks a $100,000 bond. Police say surveillance linked Scott to 14 others detained on narcotics, harboring a fugitive, and other charges across multiple locations.

New Orleans Gerald Gallinghouse Ruben Scott Scott

Special Showings Slated Tuesday At Libraries

Area residents are invited to free film showings Tuesday at 12 noon at participating libraries. Ouachita Parish Main Library presents Garden In The Forest. Hodges Gardens At Many displays greenery and trails. Main Library also shows China Today about China’s post Cultural Revolution. West Monroe and Anna Meyer branches offer Eye of Picasso and Helen Keller in Her Story respectively.

Ouachita Parish Stubbs Hodges Many Louisiana China West Monroe Cypress Picasso Paris Anna Meyer Jackson Helen Keller Miss Keller Catherine Cornell

Walkerton man vows to quit eating chicken after contest win

Robert Bester, winner of Walkerton’s world chicken eating contest, gulped six pounds of fried chicken at Chickfest and said he won’t be eating chicken for a long time. The piece ties to a July 28, 1972 robbery case at the First National Bank of St Bernard Parish in Arabi with potential penalties up to 20 years and a $5,000 fine. no money was recovered.

Robert Bester Walkerton First National Bank of

Loretta Lynn Rodeo Tickets Go On Sale In Monroe

Tickets for the Loretta Lynn World Championship Rodeo go on sale at the Monroe Civic Center box office for Sept 21 22 with performances priced 5.59 5 4 and 82 dollars. Tickets available from Penneys Sears Wards and the Palace. A $1 discount applies for Saturday afternoon for children under 13. Mail orders to Monroe Civic Center P O Box 39 Monroe LA 71201 include a stamped self addressed envelope and ticket details. This marks the sixth year the Loretta Lynn Rodeo has played in Monroe as part of Ark La Miss Stampede Days featuring a chuck wagon barbecue square dancing live country entertainment a rodeo Queens contest and a rodeo dance after the Saturday show.

Loretta Swan Monroe Civic Center Penneys Sears Wards The Palace P.O Monroe Civic Center

Tenth Graders Parents To Meet At Carroll Schools

A meeting for tenth graders and their parents is set for 7:30 p.m. at Carroll High School this fall. An orientation for seventh graders and parents will follow Tuesday at 6 p.m. in the high school auditorium with Principal Jewel Harris and Supt. B A Petterson expected.

Carroll High School Carroll Junior High Jewel Harris Monroe City School Board B. A. Petterson

Two Are Booked On Illegal Sale Alcohol

Monroe police booked two persons for selling alcoholic beverages on Sunday. Sam J. Ruffins 42 of 2814 Dick Taylor Monroe and Robert Richards 68 of 907 Louise Anne Monroe were each booked with selling alcoholic beverages at New Town Grocery Store 615 Texas Ave. Police also booked Roy A. Whittington 19 of Stonewall Okla with away without leave from the U S Marine Corp.

Monroe Sam J. Ruffins Dick Taylor Robert Richards Louise Anne New Town Texas Ave Roy A. Whittington Stonewall Okla U. S. Marine Corp

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