Westside fire district rejected by Ouachita Parish Jury
Ouachita Parish Police Jury votes 12 to 7 to create a parish wide fire district covering rural Ouachita, rejecting a west side district plan. A board of commissioners will be appointed after January 1 to oversee the new district, with discussion of a 3.5 mill initial tax and 2.5 mill yearly thereafter to finance protection. Different officials argue for or against parish wide versus municipal protection and equipment needs.
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Ouachita Parish
Ouachita
Ward 2
Leland Carpenter
Carpenter
Monroe
Ward 5
Leslie Hamm
West Monroe
West Ouachita
Ward 10
A. E. Montgomery Jr
Olin
Louisiana Power & Light Co
Hamm
Sterlington
John Carter
Arlan Rawls
Lloyd Coon
Webb Roberts
J.A. Brown
Jesse Wilson
City Hall
W. L
Jack) Howard
Albin P. Lassiter
Wilhite
Howard
Coon
Howard Sais
Bandit Captured After High Speed Bank Foiled Plot
A suspect in a Buckhead bank job was pursued by police in a helicopter and captured after a dramatic chase. He held Ray West and family, then four hostages at the bank before fleeing with another hostage. Five hostages escaped unharmed. The man threatened to blow up a school if interference occurred.
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Atlanta
UPI
Ray West
Jury Seeks Impartial Panel in Degges Murder Case
Prospective jurors in the Degges murder trial are questioned as the Williams case opens in Ashley County Arkansas. James Williams 34 is charged with first degree murder and rape in the Sept 24 death of Maudine Degges of Crossett. The state seeks the death penalty.
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Hamburg
Ark
Degges
Ashley County
James Williams
Maudine Degges
Crossett
Thomas L. Cashion
Eurora
Hhe
Cashion
Williams
C. B. Colvin
Frank Wynne
Fordyce
Two Women Found Dead in Pasca goula Apartment
Two women, Bernice Ferguson 28 and Rebecca Morgan 24, were found dead in an overheated bedroom of a Pasagoula apartment. Police said suffocation likely caused their deaths and an autopsy was planned. Ferguson was separated from her husband. her 18 month old child was with a babysitter.
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Pascagoula
Bernice HL. Ferguson
Rebecca A. Morgan
Twin City Chit Chat Newborn and Airman Update
The item notes the birth of Mark Wayne Godwin to the Perryville family with grandparents listed. It also reports Airman 3c Levi M. Welch III, son of Monroe residents, graduating as a U S Air Force fuel specialist at Amarillo AFB and assignment to Barksdale AFB.
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Thomas Gray Godwin
Perryville
Mark Wayne Godwin
Jeffery Gray Godwin
J. C. Barrett
Fred Gray Godwin
Fairbanks
C. C. Wade
Monroe
Clyde Barrett
Bendette de Moss Owen
Levi M. Welch III
Levi M. Welch, Jr
Parkview Dr
U.S. Air Force
Amarillo Air Force Base
Texas
Welch
Neville High School
Northeast Louisiana State College
Barksdale Air Force Base
West Monroe Chamber initiates study of Ouachita school overlaps
The West Monroe Chamber of Commerce starts a special study on inequities and overlapping in Ouachita Parish dual school systems. President Bert Hatten will appoint a committee to prepare a comprehensive report for officials and the public. The chamber cites tax waste and unequal representation as core issues.
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West Monroe
Bert Hatten
Ouachita Parish
Parish
Ouachita
Monroe
West Monroe Chamber of Commerce
Kosygin Announces 1965 Soviet Defense Budget Cut
Premier Kosygin revealed a 500 million ruble reduction in the 1965 Soviet military budget, bringing total to 12.8 billion rubles and 12.9 percent of government spending. He urged major powers to follow, citing steps toward easing international tension and peaceful coexistence with the United States.
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Moscow
Alexei N. Kosygin
Soviet Union
Kosygin
Supreme Soviet
United States
Nikita Khrushchev
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Khrushchev
Soviet Communist Party
Alexei Adzhubei
Izvestia
Phil Newsom
Kremlin
Red China
Alexei Kosygin
Monroe Christmas Lighting Contest Seeks More Class B and C Entries
Five days remain to enter the Monroe Christmas Home Lighting Contest sponsored by the City and News-Star-World. Class A entries under 25 dollars are coming in at a good rate, while Classes B and C show slower turnout. Judging by businesswomen and homemakers, winners will be announced December 23 at Monroe City Hall with prizes ranging up to 120 dollars.
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City of
Monroe
News-Star—World Publishing Corporation
Morning World
News-Star
News-Star— World Publishing Company
Olive
North Fourth Street
Monroe City Hall
Goodfellows
West Monroe
Christmas Help Sought by Families in Need
Letters to the Goodfellows reveal dire needs for Christmas aid in the Twin Cities and Monroe. Volunteers collect cash food clothing and toys aiming to reach a $6 000 goal with $1 161 raised so far. Donors urged to send contributions to the News Star World Monroe for needy families including large households and single parents awaiting help.
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Antisumas
IY Lusuang
Goodfellows
The
Twin Cities
Rain Expected For This Area Northeast Louisiana Forecast
Occasional rainfall is expected tonight and Thursday for northeast Louisiana with daytime highs 54 to 58 and nightly 42 to 46. Winds will be variable five to 11 mph. Skies mostly cloudy the next two days as a disturbance in the western Gulf of Mexico moves northeast. Monroe recorded a high of 57 Tuesday and a low of 37.
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Louisiana
Gulf of Mexico
Monroe
Taxes Rise Surest Way to Spend All Your Money
A humorous line warns that taxes are the only expense certain to increase, urging readers to prepare for inevitable rising levies. The quip frames taxes as a universal financial certainty affecting every citizen.
Contributions Acknowledged For Goodfellows Campaign
A list of donations totals 1161.00 with contributors including Mrs Gladys Wofford Jemmy Shift Thermatomic Carbon Co and several individuals. The record documents amounts given in memory of loved ones and in appreciation, ending with a grand total to date.
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Gladys Wofford
Jemmy
Thermatomic Carbon Co
M. W. Montgomery
RWB
Lena F. Lemle
Effie Davis
K.G
Cecil Pecasting
Joseph B. Cascio
FWC
John M. Drouch
Hattie
Pap Strauss
Brivette
Brivette 3.0) Slagle - Johnson Lumber, Inc
KR. E. Major Sr
C. H. McHenry
Lo Pasternack
Warren Milstead
Martha Milstead
Harry J. Silverstein
Blanche M. Florsheim
Edgar N. Florsheim
Thompson Wood Lee
U S Officer Killed In New Viet Victory
In the An Lao Valley fierce three day action US forces recaptured a hill from Communist guerrillas. A U S infantry officer died in an ambush on highway 1 in Phu Yen Province, raising American combat deaths in South Viet Nam.
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U.S
New Viet
Saigon
South Viet Nam
An Lao
Viet Nam
Highway No. 1
Phu Yen
West Monroe Sees Bid For Riverfront Sale Debated
West Monroe officials prepare for a 7 p.m. Thursday hearing on a riverfront property sale termed cut and dried by Alderman Joyce Smith. She will vote against a referendum, noting likely poor turnout and urging the board to proceed with the sale as the law requires a hearing on protest letters.
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West Monroe
Board of Aldermen
Joyce Smith
Your Best Bet Shop Want Ads Feature
Classified ad list offers 46 ft Hicks Geluxe trainer Alp conditioned and priced for quick use. Also features a Ruston Nice Gas Server combination trees or refrigerator listed at $40. Includes a low 10 day rate with cancellation privileges.
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Ruston
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