Glad You Asked That Tom Jones Insured For A Million
Hy Gardner and Marilyn Gardner answer reader questions on celebrities. Tom Jones is insured for a million dollars, denying uninsurability due to fan attention. The column covers ages, origins, marriages, and other trivia about figures like Benny, Satchel Paige, Nixon, Berlin, Raquel Welch, and Peter Falk with brief, factual responses.
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Marilyn
Hy Gardner
Gardners
Jack Benny
Satchel Paige
Benny
Satchel
Tom Jones
Tom
George Mills
Elliot Gould
Boston
Danny Thomas
Joe Cocker
Eileen Webster
Erle Stanley Gardner
Perry Mason
University of Texas
Ed Parker
Irving Berlin
Kate Smith
Raquel Welch
San Diego
Raquel Tejada
Cat Stevens
Michael Haynes
David Carradine
David
Richard Nixon
Nixon
California
Playboy
Library of Congress
Washington, D. C
Ann-Margaret
Marilyn Monroe
Peter Falk
Perry Como
Dean Martin
P. O. Box
Chicago
Oudil
Martlyn
Schools reopen prompting driver cautions in Ouachita Parish
Law agencies including Ouachita Parish Sheriff's Department West Monroe Police and Monroe Police warn motorists to slow for school zones as students return next week. Officers will patrol designated times and crosswalks while parents are urged to map safe routes and walk with children on day one.
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Ouachita Parish
West Monroe
Monroe
Mitchell
Cypress
Travis
Cryer
I. G. Garrett
Garrett
NLU Booster Club Urges Local Club Support
Pace maker City Kiwanis urges civic groups to back the Northeast Louisiana University Booster Club. Dr. Preston M. Juvenal of NLU says the Pacemaker club purchased a Booster Club membership and asks others to follow suit.
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City Kiwanis Club
Northeast Louisiana University Booster Club
Preston M. Juvenal
NLU
Pacemaker Club
Drake Departs On Final Voyage From Plymouth
Sir Francis Drake leaves Plymouth on his last voyage to the Spanish Main, dated August 28 1595, amid preparations for a bold expedition by sea.
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Drake
Sir Francis Drake
Plymouth
Spanish Main
Funeral notices and survivors across multiple towns
Funeral services were held or announced for numerous individuals across Memphis Monroe Minden Vidalia Alexandria Mangham Jonesville and Grambling. The notices list ages birthplaces former occupations including a streetcar motorman and Sears Roebuck executives, burial sites in Memphis Memorial Park Spring Branch Green Oak Mt Oliver Heard Summerfield and Aspen Grove, and survivors such as spouses children siblings and friends.
Poll at Meramec Caverns Seeks God Bless America Return
Meramec Caverns on Route 66 conducts a tourist poll to decide whether to restore the closing song. Owner Lester Dill notes last year’s switch to America The Beautiful drew mixed reactions. If results show two to one in favor, tours will again end with God Bless America.
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Dill
Problems in Education Seen as Man Made by Gruwell
Dr. Melvyn Gruwell of Tulane told Monroe City School System teachers at Wossman High School that in 40 years he has seen no education problem that wasn’t man made. He urged humane values, classroom focus, and humane discipline while noting social economic roots of conflicts, urging educators to do more than teach bodies.
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Bob Hammack
Melvyn Gruwell
Center For
Tulane University
New Orleans
Monroe City
Gruwell
Wossman High School
Tulane
Office of Economic Opportunity
United States
George C. Hardin Dies at 58 in Monroe
George C. Hardin, 58, of 412 Malvern Monroe, died this morning at St. Francis Hospital after a brief illness. Funeral at 10 a.m. Friday at Central Baptist Church Monroe with Rev. W. A. Massey officiating. Burial in New Salem Cemetery McCall Mississippi at 2:30 p.m. Graveside rites follow. Survived by wife Bonnilia Hardin of Monroe four daughters Linda Hardin and others, mother Floris Hardin, two brothers Charles and Comer, two sisters Mrs. Carl Flowers and Mrs. Helen Funk. Veteran of World War II and member of Central Baptist Church El Karabah Shrine, Mon roe Consistory, College Town Masonic Lodge. Employed as electrician with Northeast State University.
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Mangham
Lee Joyner
Lone Cherry Baptist Church
Charles Freeman
Doyle Adams
Lone Cherry
Mulhearn
Rayville
Joyner
Jackson
Miss
Arkansas
Louisiana
Texas
Mississippi
New Home Baptist Church
Tallulah
Mania Joyner
Joy Camp
Llano
Tex
Bob Barcliff
St. Louis
Lee Roy Joyner Jr
Durwood, Md
Joe E. Joyner
Calhoun, Ga
James T. Joy
George C. Hardin
Malvern
Monroe
St. Francis Hospital
Central Baptist Church
W. A. Massey
New Salem
McCall
Hardin
Franklin County
College Town
Helen Funk
Rockford, Il
Monroe Rotary to hear Beall Keller on NLU athletics
The Monroe Rotary Club noon luncheon will feature Northeast Louisiana University athletic director Bill Beall and coach Ollie Keller. They will discuss NLU football potential as the Indians prepare for the Sept. 8 season opener at Brown Stadium in Monroe against Troy State. Rotarian Sam Rubin introduces the program.
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Monroe Rotary Club
Northeast Louisiana University
Bill Beall
Ollie Keller
NLU
Northeast Indians
Troystate University
Brown Stadium
Monroe
Sam Rubin
Man Booked On Burglary Count In Monroe
Monroe police booked 4 year old Monroe man Robert A. Little 4303 Beale St. on burglary charges. He is tied to a burglary at Joe and Bills Warehouse at Olive and Walnut Streets Monroe where a Columbia residence was reported ransacked and $35 stolen. Deputies from Ouachita Parish Sheriff’s office were assigned to the case with details limited pending further investigation.
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Monroe
Joe
Bill
Olive and
Walnut Streets
Robert A. Little
Beale St
Ouachita Parish
Columbia
Robert Neilson
They Didn't Get Away
Washington reports Americans are eating more fish despite talks of exhausted fisheries. In 1972 per capita consumption reached 12.2 pounds, up from 11.4 in 1971. Imports of fillets steaks and blocks rose 24 percent and U.S. canned tuna production climbed 40 percent.
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Washington
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
U.S
Teachers' speech cites need for positive attitude in new plan
Gruwell urges staff to handle problems with a positive approach and says those unable should leave education as the city school system prepares a new enrollment plan. The plan aims to better integrate all schools into the system compared with past efforts.
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Gruwell
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Rapides General Hospital
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Tenn
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Memphis, Tenn
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Sherman, Tex
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Billy V. Bissie
Summerfield
Our Christian Funeral Home
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Nathaniel Richard
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Simsboro
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Bertha Roane
Mavis Kidd
Los Angeles
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Rev
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Collinston
Salem No. 1 Baptist Church
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Wham
Miller Funeral Home
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Prudie Hall
Lily Eagle
Pine Bluff
Ark
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James Lindsey Crawford
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