Sterlington Plant Blast Injures Worker
An explosion and fire at the Commercial Solvents Corp. Sterlington plant injured a worker, Delbert Evans, 46, and blocked the area for over an hour. Plant manager W. W. Wilson said a process tank erupted and fire spread, with responders from Ouachita Parish Fire Dept. averting a major disaster. The crystal plant was evacuated and damage assessments began.
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Commercial Solvents Corp
Sterlington
Delbert ‘Doodle’ Evans
St. Francis Hospital
Gentry
Totally False Child Mutilation Rumors Stated
Monroe Police Assistant Chief W J Hunnicutt called reports of a four or five year old child being sexually mutilated completely false. He said rumors have circulated since October in the Twin Cities area and that a thorough police probe found no substantial evidence. He urged anyone with valid information to contact the department for a further investigation.
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Monroe
W. J. Hunnicutt
Twin Cities
Hunnicutt
Monroe School Board Sets 9 30 A M Meeting at Paul Neal Office
Paul J Neal announces a regular business meeting of the Monroe School Board to be held at 9 30 a m Tuesday in the board offices located at 2101 Roselawn Ave. The notice outlines the time and venue for the public session.
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Monroe School Board
Roselawn Ave
Paul J. Neal
Arthur L. Broome Dies in West Monroe at 67
Funeral services for Arthur L. Broome 67 of Arkansas Road West Monroe will be held Tuesday at 2 30 p m in Mulhearn Funeral Home Chapel with Rev A C Cantrell officiating Burial follows at Hasley Cemetery Broome a native of Hattiesburg Mississippi lived in West Monroe 43 years and retired as Maintenance Supervisor at Olin Kraft Survivors include his widow Mae a daughter Frances Grant and sister Verna Patum Pallbearers Ralph Fields Herbert Steed Worth Beasley Julius Ray Lefty Counts Ben Nordan Jim Nordan and D B Foster Sr
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Arthur L. Broome
Arkansas Rd
West Monroe
Mulhearn Funeral Home
A. C. Cantrell
Hasley Cemetery
Mulhearn Funeral Home of
Broome
Hattiesburg
Miss
Olin Kraft
Mae Broome
Frances Grant
Verna Patum
Beaumont
Ralph Fields
Herbert Steed
Worth Beasley
Julius Ray
Lefty Counts
Ben Nordan
Jim Norldan
D. B. Foster
CSC To Honor 27 Employes On Long Tenures
Twenty seven employes of the Sterlington production facilities of Commercial Solvents Corporation will be honored at a buffet dinner Tuesday at the Monroe Civic Center Conference Hall. R. C. Wheeler, president, will be featured speaker. Special recognition will be given to a list of 27 named workers.
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Sterlington
Commercial Solvents Corporation
Monroe Civic Center
R. C. Wheeler
George C. Addison
Elbert D. Albritton
Jimmy Ray Albritton
Elbert B. Clower Jr
Earl Dodd Jr
Jessse S. Feazel
J. D. Frasier
Louis Green
Roby M. Hollis
J. C. Honeycutt
William T. Knowles
George W. Miller Jr
Zarela May
Jesse Neal Jr
Meddie L. Nelson
Taber L. Pardue
Ted L. Pardue
Leonard F. Puckett
Thomas E. Rainer
Lewis M. Reppond
Lavelle Silmon
William Skains
Vernard H. Snearly
Charlie J. Swedeck
Jesse Glynn Tucker
Herman Walker
William A. Woodall
Deaths and Funerals Across Multiple Parishes
Obituary notices from Rayville Monroe Columbia Winnsboro Winnfield list funeral times venues and burial plans for Mrs. Sarah V. Catlin Mrs. Blanche McBride West Mrs. Jane Fitch Mrs. Mary Blazier Jordan Mrs. W F Tannehill Verdie Boots Mayes Layne Gilmer Addison Oscar E Alford and others detailing ages origins survivors and service details.
Two Booked On Driving Counts In Weekend Traffic Stops
Local police booked two individuals for driving while intoxicated during weekend traffic patrols. O.7 Dilley, 42, of Dunn, faced DWI and red light violations in Monroe. Henry Sanders, 50, of Shreveport, was jailed on DWI by West Monroe Police.
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Monroe
Dilley
Dunn
West Monroe
Henry Sanders
Shrevenort
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Northeast Louisiana Area Health Planning Council
Raymond C. Horton
Albert M. Robinson
HEW
Kenneth Purcell
Wilson
Ouachita Parish
Homer Massingale
Massingale
Mary Trout
CASH
CSC
Sarah Catlin
Rayville
Sarah V. Catlin
Alpine Presbyterian Church
Menlo
Alpine Cemetery
Blanche West
Brownfield Jr
Bastrop
Lee Walker
Lee’ Walker
Washington St
Hunt
Golden State
Walker
Wallace Walker
Los Angeles
Calif
Rod Walker
Arizona
Riverview
Blanche McBride
Columbus
W. D. Bodie
First United Methodist Church
Memorial Funeral Home
West
Monroe City
Georgia Tucker School
Sherrouse
Sue McBride Brizius
St. Louis
Sara Ann Cain
Minnesota
Jim Roberts
Artesia
Vennie Hawley
Jernigan and Warren Funeral Home
Fayetteville
N.C
Vennie S. Hawley
Vance C. Hawley
William R. Hawley
Margaret Hawley
Myrtle Cashiell
W.C. Seawell
Morgan City
Rena Jones
Suffolk
N. C
Mrs. Jane Fitch
St. Timothy Bapitist Church
Jane B. Fitch
Gayton St
F. J. Jackson
City Cemetery
Miller’s Funeral Home
Fitch
Lincoln Park
Julius A. Williams
Sacramento
Norah McClain
Arleadia Davenport
Abraham
M. B. Jordan
Mary Blazier Jordan
Tippett
Hixson Brothers Funeral Home
Fred Johnson
Riverview Cemetery
Mrs. Tannehill
Chapel of Hixson Brothers
W. F. Tannehill
D’arbonne St
Raymond R. Rugg
St. Joseph Nursing Home
Church of Jesus Christ Latter Day Saints
Albert Tannehill
Boyd Tannehill
John Tannehill
Lloyd Tannehill
Willie Tannehill
Mangham
Jimmy Tannehill
Swartz
Tom Evans
Ernest Stephens
Minnie Mapp
Olla
J. C. Laulis
Bridgeport
W. Va
R. H. Harknett
el Verta
John W. Lee
James Lee
Bunkie
Riley Lee
Shreveport
John Fowler
L. A. Boykin
Hammond
C. H. Panguin
Tallulah
Hobson
Norris Lee Earl
Danny Mapp
Ernie Tannehill
Larry Tannehill
Leslie Templeton
Verdie Mayes
Columbia
Verdie
Boots” Mayes
Pasadena
Tex
Grayson
Old Union Baptist Church
Charles Lutrick
Frank Smith
Church
Riser and Son Funeral Home
Mayes
Lucille Haddox Mayes
Roger, Mayes
Dallas
Bobby Mayes
Houston
Coy Mayes
Danny Mayes
D. G. Mayes
Urania
Curt Mayes
Herman Mayes
Jerry Mayes
Toad Mayes
Vivian Gamble
New Orleans
Lonnie Smith
Winnfield
Mrs. Eliza Stroud
Winnsboro
Eliza Myers Stroud
Crowville
First Baptist Church
Robert McDonald
Crowville Masonic Cemetery
First National Funeral Home
Stroud
Colonial Manor
Meadsville
Franklin Parish
First Baptist
Layne Addison
Layne Gilmer Addison
Spurgeon Dr
James E. Christie
Memorial Park Cemetery
Mulhearn’s
Addison
Dealer’s Supply Co
Oscar E. Alford
Winnfield General Hospital
Alford
A. J. Lester Co
McComb, Miss
First Baptist Church of
Knights of Pythias
Calvin Phelps
Joe Mangle
Alton Thompson
Thomas R. Crosby
Cocoa
Fla
Gloria Goobee
Baldost
Sam Alford
Tom Alford
McComb
Smythe Alford
Lanelle Pottroff
Tucson Ariz
Ray Davis
C. E. Pickering
Ed Griggs
Marvin Haley
Rodney Haley
Alvis Haley
D. L. Aldridge
Progressive Credit Plan Inc
Monroe, LA
FHA
Odel
North
Frantor
Todel Dde
VIO Center
Cypress St
W. Monroe
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