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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1972
Page
9
The piece notes force deployments since the Six Day War spanning June 5 to June 10, 1967, highlighting sustained positions opposite Egypt and shifts in military posture over the subsequent years.
Reporter John Pinkerman visits the Bar Lev fort near Kantara to observe Israeli defenses facing Egypt along the Suez Canal. The post, built after the 1967 war, includes barbed wire, sandbag walls, underground living quarters, and a patrol that reflects a tense calm amid recurring threats from Egyptian forces. U N observers monitor the area while Israelis maintain the buffer and readiness for possible air or ground attacks.
The forgery trial of 19 year old Charles Edwin Simmons began in Fourth Judicial District Court with jury selection and opening statements. Prosecutors say a July 24 forged check tied to a Monroe burglary was used at a local Safeway. The defense urged jurors to focus on the charged crime only while witnesses were to be called after a noon recess.
Logtown Junior High School 4-H Club hosts a Christmas lighting contest with winners announced shortly before Christmas. The event highlights community participation and seasonal displays at the school.
Obituary notices report funeral services across Winnsboro Bastrop Delhi Choudrant and Monroe for Carrie Stevens John Hodges Ellen Abrams A B Bates Moses Hamilton and Lee Walker. Services occur at First Baptist Church Mount Zion and Olive Grove Baptist with burial at Holly Grove McKnight Mount Mariah Ziegler and other cemeteries.
Funeral services for Huey Lee Hill Sr. 32 of Detroit will be at 1 p.m. at New Light Baptist Church Monroe with Rev Elijah Brass officiating Burial follows at J S Clark Cemetery under Miller's Funeral Home of Monroe Hill died Saturday at his home from a gunshot wound He is survived by a daughter Veronica Hill two sons Huey Lee Hill Jr a wife Rosetta Hill Monroe siblings and extended family members from Monroe Detroit and Oakland California Also bereavement notices for Rev Sherman E Dodd of Alexandria accompany the page.
A 51 year old Monroe man Arvel L McDaniel was freed after bond cut from 5000 to 1000 on a fugitive drug possession warrant. He was arrested after 232 pills were found in Hazel Ark transport crash and extradition to Arkansas was pursued following a June 14 release and a July 12 preliminary hearing.
Space Center Houston reports no further special telecasts by CBS NBC or others until Monday when astronauts Eugene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt land on the moon and begin the first of three lunar explorations. Monday’s Eastern time schedule lists CBS and NBC blocks with specific air slots and a landing target around 2:54 p.m.
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