Tornadic Winds hit north Louisiana and Arkansas towns
Severe weather disrupted north Louisiana and adjoining Arkansas as multiple tornadoes damaged structures in Rayville Collinston Shreveport and Monroe. Roofs were ripped from homes and shops. several trailers and a cotton gin were damaged. power and phone service were knocked out and repair crews worked to restore blocks and streets blocked by fallen trees and lines.
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Richland Parish
Rayville
Collinston
Morehouse Parish
Charles Thompson
Monroe
Frank Delia
DeRidder
Associated Press
Louisiana
Shreveport
Minden
U.S
Union Parish
Sheriff's Department
Marion
Arkansas
Amite
Claiborne
Webster Parishes
Athens
Forsythe
U. S. 165
St. Joseph’s
Donovan
Walnut
Nith
Thurman Potts
Northeast Louisiana University
Potts
College Blvd
Bayou
Kansas
Oklahoma
Fargo
N. C
Wade Kennedy
University Ave
Bayou Street
Richard Venable
Holly Ridge
K&b
Rayvile
Nichols Ford
Richland Motors
Green Wholesale
Wilkinson Motors
Trader Park
East Carroll Parish
Keener Howard
Ved Am
U.S. 65
Lake Providence
Lavelle Best
Howard
Highland
Howards
Pin
Carrollton Plantation
West Carroll Parish
Oak Grove
Harold Bailey
Terry
South Central Bell Telephone
Pat Regan
The
Telephone Company
Regan
Monroe Chamber and Texas International discuss Houston link
Texas International Airlines executives joined Monroe Chamber of Commerce transportation committee aboard the Smile America on the Ouachita River to explore a Monroe to Houston connection. About 30 attendees included city officials and Chamber leaders. Mayor Ralph Trey was represented by Police Chief Charles Ganshell as Trey attended a conference in Puerto Rico.
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Texas International Airlines
Monroe Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Transportation Committee
Smile America
Ouachita River
Robert Carney
Texas I Nternational
Donald Burr
Jim May
Jim Cassady
Berlin Fuller
Monroe
Howard Griffin
Monroe Chamber of Commerce Transportation Committee
Bob) P Bealle
Convention Bureau
Ralph Trey
Charles Ganshell
Trey
Puerto Rico
J T Mizell Jr Dies Services Set Wednesday
J T Mizell Jr 39 of Monroe dies after brief illness at St Francis Hospital Burial at Memorial Park Cemetery directed by Mulhearn Funeral Home Services Wednesday at Parkview Baptist Church officiated by Rev Harold Tughems off
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J. T. Mizell, Jr
Forsythe Ave
Monroe
Pan
Parkview Baptist Charceh
Harold Tughens
Memorial Park Cemetery
Mulhearn Funeral Home
Mizell
St. Francis Hospital
West Monroe
Parkview Baptist Church
A. B. Dick Co
Jane Limerick Mizell
Emily Margaret Mizell
Laura
Marie Mizell
J. T. Mizell
Raymond Cupples
Aubrey Walker
Bernard T. Alley
United States Air Force
Michigan
Man Apprehended After Chase in Monroe
A 48-year-old West Monroe man, Monsanto W Nesbitt of 129 Cherry St, was jailed on 10 counts after a chase across North Monroe. He faces burglary negligent driving speeding 90 in a 15 zone running a red light hit and run two stop signs improper left turn driving on wrong side and resisting arrest. Police pursued after a Oakmont Street burglary report and nabbed Nesbitt near Pine and Riverside. Further details were unavailable at press time.
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West Monroe
Monroe
North Monroe
Monsanto
Oakmont Street
Nesbitt
Pine
Riverside
Weather damages hit Monroe district with tele phones down
Wind damage disrupts service in Rayville Winnsboro and Monroe area. Telegraph poles broken lines down and phones out of service with reports of damaged cables and downed lines in multiple towns.
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Monroe
Rayville
Winnsboro
Refan
Deaths and Funerals in Bastrop and Monroe Routines
Death notices report Charles Leonard Gill 71 Bastrop and Eva Lou Oliver 65 Monroe with funeral services in Bastrop and Monroe, burial at local cemeteries, and survivors listing spouses, children, and grandchildren. Additional notices include Feula Cathryn Wiggins 56 Bastrop and Polly Parish Carpenter 61 Monroe with church affiliations and memorials noted.
Gardner Will Jess Gardner Funeral at Antioch Church of Christ
Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. at Antioch Church of Christ for Will Jess Gardner 74 of Spearsville with burial at Olive Branch Cemetery under Rumph Mortuary El Dorado Arkansas. Gardner a native of Union County died after a short illness at Tri Ward Hospital Bernice. He was a retired logging foreman and member of Antioch Church of Christ. Survivors include son Felston Gardner Spearsville Arkansas brother Lawson Gardner Spearsville five grandchildren seven great grandchildren.
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Bastrop
Charles Leonard Gill
Golden Funeral Home
Edwin Barksdale
Christ Church Cemetery
Gill
Morehouse General Hospital
International Paper Co
Masonic Lodge
Vertie Thompson Gill
Robert L. Gill
Florence, D. D
Margaret Dean Canfield
Eula Wiggins
Feula Cathryn Wiggins
Robert McDaniels
Morehouse Memorial Park Cemetery
Wiggins
Bastrop Free Will Baptist Church
Ira Wiggins
Phyllis Moore
Imogene Woods
Kansas City
Kan
Vickie Wiggins
Anita Wiggins
Ernest Reavis
Chole Nolan
Monnett
Lena Cornell
Mt. Vernon
Rosie Frazier
West Chester
Ethel Branham
Hutchinson, Kan
Audrey Fossett
Antioch Church of Christ
Will Jess Gardner
Spearsville
James Miller
Olive Branch Cemetery
Rumph Mortuary
el Dorado
Ark
Gardner
Union County
Tri - Ward
Bernice
Antioch Church of Obrint
Huttig
Lawson Gardner
Funeral notices from multiple parishes and towns
Funeral services for Fuleft Saulsberry 81 of Monroe will be at 2 p.m. at Mount Pleasant Baptist Church with burial at Cuba Baptist Cemetery. Elizabeth Maxwell 71 of Tullos will be buried in Jena Cemetery after services at 3 p.m. at Hixson Brothers Chapel. John Allen Burnett Jr. 68 of Wisner will be buried at Oakley Cemetery after services at St. Paul No. 1 Baptist Church. Susie Gribble 90 of Concordia Parish Nursing Home in Ferriday will be seen at Rose-Neath Chapel with burial in Greenwood Cemetery Shreveport. Survivors listed for each.
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Tullos
Hixson Brothers
Jena
Elizabeth Maxwell
William Smith
Maxwell
Hardiner Medical Center
Urania
Ernest Maxwell
Ildred A. Maxwell
Edwin S. Maxwell
New Iberia
Elizabeth
Wisner
St. Paul No. 1 Baptist Church
John Allen Burnett Jr
E. G. Lumpkin
Oakley Cemetery
Simms and Gundy Funeral Co
Rayville
Burnett
Franklin Progressive Lodge No
Loella W. Burnett
Mahala Brockman
Chicago
Ill
Leaster Johnson
Houston
Tex
John Allen Burnett III
Dexter Sylvester Burnett
Vincent Jerome Burnett
Paul Bernard Burnett
Baton Rouge
Adline Colby
Indianapolis
Ind
Alberta Burnett
Mamie Lee Lerns
Helen Meredith
Chicago, Ill
Matthew Burnett
James Burnett
Vernon Burnett
Franklin Progressive Lodge
Shreveport
Susie Gribble
Concordia Parish
Ferriday
Tech Chapel
Rose - Neath
Greenwood Cemetery
Charles M. Gribble
Nell Hall
Dale Y. Poss
Robert L. Terry
Funeral for I. J. Tucker in Farmerville
Funeral services were held at Kilpatrick's Chapel for I. J. Tucker 56 of Farmerville with burial at Zion Mill Cemetery. He died at 4 30 a.m. Monday after a short illness. Survivors include three brothers John F. Tucker of Shreveport Everett Tucker and Orin Tucker of Marion and four sisters Eva Tucker Opal Tucker Faye Brunson and Avis Armstrong all in Texas or Monroe.
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Farmerville
Kilpatrick
I. J. Tucker
M. M. Melcher
Zion Mill Cemetery
Tucker
John F. Tucker
Shreveport
Everett Tucker
Orin Tucker
Marion
Eva Tucker
Opal Tucker
Dallas, Tex
Faye Brunson
Avis Armstrong
Monroe
Obituary notices for Walker and Ross residents of Louisiana
Leslie H. Walker 81 longtime Bossier City resident dies after illness in Meadowview Nursing Home Funeral services set in Rose Neath Junior Home and graveside in West Monroe fasley with Royce Swinder officiating Burial under Mulhearn Funeral Home follows for Dorothy M Ross Monroe native St Paschal Catholic Church burial Riverview Cemetery in Monroe with 10 am service and 7 20 pm rosary Survivors include spouses children siblings and grandchildren with pallbearers named for both cases
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Bossier City
Leslie H. Walker
Meadowview
Chapel of Rose - Neath
Royce Swinder
Fasley Cemetery
West Monroe
Walker
Illinois Central Railroad
Church of Christ
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Flattie Walker
T. FE. Walker
Haughton
W. D. Walker
Minden
QO. KF. Parrett
Bernice
Royce, DeLee
George McCann
T. I. Somith
F. W. Rebels
A. J. Dulpree Jr
J. W. Crosby
Dorothy M. Ross
St. Monroe
St. Paschal’s Catholic Church
Monroe
Jordan Schell
Riverview Cemetery
Mulhearn Funeral Women of
Mulhearn Chapel
Ross
FE. A. Conway Memorial Hospital
New York
Roberta Johnson
Atlanta
William P. Dorris
Lansing
Mich
Tom Ross Jr
Baton Rouge
John R. Ross
USAF
Guam
Randy Fr. Ross
Josephine Carr
Johnny Mertains
Alfred Bartlett
William S. Dervis
Edward P. Machnik
Juliene Bedoit
Bob Rhodes
Kurby Wade
Funeral services for Mrs Mabel S Cheshire Mer Rouge
Funeral services were held at Mer Rouge Methodist Church for Mrs Mabel S Cheshire of Mer Rouge who died after a lengthy illness. Officiating was Rev Arby Coody with burial at Christ Church. Survivors include W A Cheshire Jr and three granddaughters Frances Claas Patricia Campbell and Corinne Faust.
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Bastrop
Mabel S. Cheshire
Mer Rouge
Mer Rouge Methodist Church
Arby Coody
Christ Church Cemetery
Golden Tuneral
Cheshire
Morehouse General Hospital
W. A. Cheshire Jr
Frances Claas
Patricia Campbell
Little Rock, Ark
Corinne Faust
Malvin, Pa
Funeral services for Walter H. Alexander held in Dubach
Funeral services were at 2 p.m. today at the First Baptist Church for Walter H. Alexander 94 of Dubach. Burial followed at Corinth Cemetery in Hiro under Kilpatrick’s Funeral Home of Ruston direction. He died at 6 40 p.m. Sunday in Alpine Nursing Home Ruston after a short illness. A Nico native, he was a retired farmer and lifelong resident, and a member of the First Baptist Church.
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Dubach
First Baptist
Walter H. Alexander
D. A. Doughty
Corinth
Hiro
Kilpatrick
Ruston
Alexander
Alpine
Nico
First Baptist Church
Church hall food prep pictured with Conti sisters and priest
In a church hall a food preparation scene shows Mrs Arlene Cascio and Mrs Nellie Conti with Mrs Francis Conti serving, while Rev Fr Pat Cahill observes. The staff photographer is John J Fogleman.
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Arlene Cascio
Nellie Conti
Francis Conti
Pat Cahill
John J. Fogleman
Funeral services set for Joseph Morrison in Monroe
Funeral services for 81 year old Joseph Morrison of Monroe will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday at Zion Spring Baptist Church with burial at J. S. Clark Cemetery. Morrison a World War II veteran is survived by two daughters Mrs Mattie Anderson and Mrs Lizzie Taylor two sons Alex Wilson and Herbert Spears a sister Mrs Laura Easley a brother Tom Morrison 23 grandchildren and 31 great grandchildren. Burial is under Burtons Funeral Home supervision.
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Eva Lou Oliver
Rt. 1
Prairie Rd
Monroe
New Light Baptist Church
Hixson Brothers Funeral Home
George M. ‘Marie’ Oliver
William Bruce Adams
Lake Charles
I. J. Tharpe
Shallow Water
Kan
Tommie Tharpe
Zion Spring Baptist Church
Joseph Morrison
Hassell St
BE. J. Jones
J. S. Clark Cemetery
Burtons Funeral Tome
Morrison
Mattie Anderson
Lizzie Taylor
Dallas
Tex
Alex Wilson
Los Angeles
Calif
Herbert Spears
Wisner
Laura Easley
Detroit
Mich
Tom Morrison
Verdict of Guilty Returned in Monroe Marijuana Case
A 12 man jury found Allen Ward 47 of 411 Atkinson St Monroe guilty of producing marijuana at his residence in Fourth Judicial District Court. State police reportedly found 33 marijuana plants at Ward’s home on Aug 20 while pursuing another address. Judge Fred Fudickar Jr presided. Charles Traylor prosecuted. C A Easterling defended.
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Monroe
Fourth Judicial District Court
Allen Ward
Atkinson St
Louisiana
Ward
Fred Fudickar Jr
Charles Traylor
Monroe man jailed for attempted arson in Red Onion case
A 40 year old Monroe man, George Washington White, was sentenced to five years hard labor at Louisiana State Penitentiary for attempted simple arson. Dennis David Brown, 20, of Monroe, received two six month jail terms on two theft counts. A St. Francis Hospital maternity unit advertises incubators and isolation facilities for newborn care.
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Monroe
Louisiana State Penitentiary
Fred Fudickar Jr
George Washington White
Peach
Apt
White
Red Onion
DeSiard
Namsuc
Dennis David Brown
Louis Locke Homes
Motorist Given Fine In Court
Several motorists were fined Monday in Monroe City Court for driving while under the influence of intoxicants. John Willard Salter of Box 243 Marion was fined 500 dollars or 50 days plus 125 days compulsory jail for DWI, his second offense, and acquitted of negligent driving. Elvis Stout fined three others 400 dollars or 85 days for DWT. Earvin Louis Jackson of Rt 1 Box 8 Marion acquitted of negligent driving, Ben Paige of Collinston cited for improper muffler, and George D. Gomez of P.O. Box 584 Columbia guilty of negligent driving.
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Monroe
John Willard Salter
Box 243
Marion
Elvis Stout
DWT
Earvin Louis Jackson
Rt. 1
Box 8
Ben Paige
Collinston
George D. Gomez
P.O
Columbia
Beltone offers free tiny hearing aid model
Beltone announces a free non operating miniature Beltone aid for hearing, mailed to requesters. The ultra light unit weighs under a third of an ounce and fits at ear level with no body wires. Mail Dept. 2469 Beltone Electronics 4201 W Victoria Chicago Ill 60646.
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Chicago
Beltone
Beltone — Electronics
W. Victoria
Ill
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Louisville
Vaughan
Roy Grimshall
J.T. Mizell Jr
Charles L. Gill
Mrs
Eva Oliver
J. W. Montgomery Jr
George S. Montgomery
Jack Yeldell
John M. Yeldell
Wiliam Shaw
Albert Sisson
J. W. Sims Jr
Mrs. Carpenter
Mulhearn Funeral Home Chapel
Polly Parish Carpenter
Loop Rd
W. D. Boddie
Jess Gardner
Fuleft Saulsberry
Mount Pleasant Baptist Church
Nation
Cuba Baptist Cemetery
Bossco
Miller Funeral Home
BK. A. Conway Memorial Hospital
Rebecca Saulsberry
Bertha Walker
Tom Saulsberry
Mrs. Maxwell
John Burnett Jr
Dorothy Ross
Mabel Cheshire
Walter Alexander
St. Joseph’s Catholic Church
Benton St
Mrs. Mary Band
Hodge
Mary Gatlin Band
Hodge Baptist Church
Arthur Rockett
Bill Fuller
Jonesboro Cemetery
Tedmonds
Norte
North 18Th ST
Ron Solanic
Mgr
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