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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1972
Page
5
Staff photo credits Eddie Cox and lists Northeast Louisiana District NA LC officers: Ling officer, vice-president Mrs. Sandi Riser secretary and Mrs. Essie Garrison treasurer.
The newly chartered Ladies Auxiliary 2699 of the National Association of Letter Carriers installed officers Monday. Dorothy Riser was named president, Brenda Smith vice president, Sandi Riser secretary, with Essie Garrison retaining treasurer. Kessler Wyatt presented the charter. regular meetings are the fourth Monday at 7 p.m. in Room 212 of the Postal Service Building on Sterlington Road.
Belfast Chamber of Trade appeals to the British government for 244 million dollars in emergency aid to keep Belfast Londonderry and Newry firms open amid ongoing bombs and shootings. The plea comes as bomb blasts hit a Belfast garage and a tobacco warehouse, with three years of violence reducing city trade by 35 percent and 542 lives lost.
Barbara Clayton presents paintings in a Rayville study at Art Bry Gallery while Benny Burts shows ceramics at Wesley Foundation Gallery NLU Eugene Hayes displays photographs at College Town Bookstore The Eastgate chain screens Fiddler on the Roof The Wrath of God Stanley Joe Kidd Cowboys and Cisco Pike titles shown at local theaters Rockwell linked to Arlington VA murder noted in passing
Voice Of Broadway Jack O'Brian reports on rabies cases, restaurant openings, film rights deals, high profile roasts and social moves in New York. Includes Tony Downey, Robert Redford, Anthony Burgess, Gene Hackman, Rosemary Murphy, John Lindsay, and Moshe Dayan among scattered entertainment and political notes.
Bayou Desiard 4 H Horse Club held a Riverside Riders Arena show with strong turnout. High Point went to Jenny Shelton. top placers included Rene Gallien, Jimbo Morris, Patti Jeffery, Amy Jackson, Liz Carbrey, Stacy Woods, and others across classes such as Hatter Mares Geldings Showmanship Western Pleasure and Ranch events.
In a 100 mile BC spree a gunman killed six including an elderly couple and a Nakusp fisherman, wounding three others. RCMP arrested a 40-year-old suspect near Galena Bay as the manhunt spanned rugged terrain with helicopters, dogs, and heavy machinery.
Monroe Oua chita Regional Planning Commission will hold a Sept 18 public hearing on expanding the Monare City Cemetery. The area covers all or part of 11 lots in Stubbs Young's Bayou Addition with plans to move from open land to light industry zoning.
In New Orleans police booked 45 year old Thomas Dorsey and his 18 year old son Willy for the January 18 murder of 26 year old Diane Douglas, identified after a woman’s body found in a drainage ditch prompted an investigation. The foster mother Minerva Dorsey reported that her husband shot the girl and they moved the body to a deserted area.
In 1921 a bilateral peace treaty was signed in Berlin between the United States and Germany, formalizing terms after World War I. The agreement marks a landmark step in postwar reconciliation and diplomatic relations.
Local ad lists steak sandwich and Cole slaw for 79 cents at The Place located at 1465 By Pass Monroe. Phone number 225 2334 provided for Mr Beef gas.
Lyn Etta Lewis daughter of Mr and Mrs Rufus Lewis of 2719 Jackson St Monroe has been awarded a graduate assistantship at Wayne State University Detroit for the current academic year. A 1964 Carroll High School graduate she is on sabbatical from Spellman College Atlanta where she teaches sociology.
Governor George C. Wallace is set to leave the Spain Rehabilitation Center in Birmingham no later than Thursday, possibly today, and will return to Montgomery to continue therapy at the Governor’s Mansion. Wallace has undergone treatment since July 14 after a May 15 shooting in Laurel Maryland left Fallace paralyzed.
Northeast Louisiana University art department released its fall schedule with shows at Bry Gallery featuring Barbara Clayton and others from Alexandria High School. Benny Burts and R. Eugene Hayes lead ceramics and photography exhibitions, plus a film series including The Lavender Hill Mob and Blow-up.
A Governors Conference will be held at Hilton Head Island, South Carolina next week. He said Wallace would arrive Monday or Tuesday.
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