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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1965
Page
5
This fragment recounts the origins of the Zabbazara bus in Santa Land. Mr Diefenderfer, nicknamed Mr D., drives the Main Street bus. He is a small, cross eyed man who wears glasses to see clearly, then removes his shoes at sunrise before starting his routine.
A narrator describes Mr. D with oversized feet unable to find shoes. He hides his shoes under a seat and places an official cap on his head. The cap sits oddly as Mr. D’s ears curve around it, giving the impression of a flying saucer perched atop his head.
Funeral rites for Dr Clyde Bronson Stuntz 79 retired Methodist missionary to India and Pakistan were held at 10 a.m. Tuesday at First Methodist Church Monroe with Pastor George W Harbuck officiating. Burial in Memorial Park Cemetery under Mulhearn Funeral Home. Survived by his wife a son three daughters and 12 grandchildren.
Weather readings for Monroe and surrounding regions show clear to partly cloudy skies through Tuesday with cooler air today. Highs reach mid to upper 60s to 70, lows 34 to 44, and minimal precipitation with no rain in the mid-South through Tuesday. Northern winds 5 to 15 mph becoming calmer tonight.
Three white men from Selma face trial on charges of murdering Rev. James J. Reed, a Boston minister who joined the civil rights movement. Odel Hoggle, 30, his brother William Stanley Hoggle, 36, and Elmer Cook, 41, are accused of beating Reed after he left a Negro cafe on March 9. Reed died two days after the assault in University Hospital in Birmingham.
The Pigestion report covers John L. Anderson 29 of Carriere killed by accidental shotgun discharge while handing the weapon to his brother Ronald 17. Other items note Bogalusa officials weighing charges after a brutal assault on violinist Guidetta Benin mistook her for a civil rights worker. A Missouri Pacific train crashes into a stalled police car near Bonita injuring no one. Cameron sees Glenna Marie Cooper 29 go on trial for the May 25 murder of Leroy Fontenot 38. In New Orleans a federal grand jury will review the case of Raceland folk singer Murphy Donollis who refused induction. The piece also cites Bogalusa Voters League efforts to boost picketing and transport Negro shoppers for Christmas.
In Bogalusa Louisiana a civil rights effort escalated as Black leaders vowed to intensify actions to enforce a complete economic boycott against white residents and businesses amid ongoing racial tensions and calls for pressure on local authorities.
Police said an armed bandit was slain by a service station attendant during a Sunday attempted hold up in New Orleans. The suspect, later identified as 18 year old Fred M. Tonkins, faced preliminary booking in the case.
Homicide Detective Fred Thorne said Edward Holmes, 38, shot at Tonkins who approached the station with a gun demanding the receipts around 375 dollars. The victim was hit in the head in the October incident.
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