Bipartisan Voting in Congress Falls in 1964 Study Finds
Congressional Quarterly reports 1964 bipartisan roll calls show Democrats and Republicans voting together 49.6 percent, down from 52 percent in 1963. Civil rights, tax cuts, social security changes, and pay raises featured bipartisan support in both chambers, with eight House and nine Senate unanimous votes.
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Congressional Quarterly
Washington
Congress
House
Senate
Lyndon Johnson
Carl Albert
D-Okla
Clement J. Zablocki
Wis
Thomas E Morgan
Daniel K. Inouye
Hawaii
George Aiken
Margaret Chase Smith
John F. Baldwin
Calif
Paul H. Douglas
Ill
Wayne Morse
Ore
Thomas G
VA Pensioners To Get Special Service Here
Veterans Administration pension recipients in the Monroe metropolitan area may get a special service at the courthouse in Room 204 on Thursday Friday and next week. A VA contact representative will assist 8 a.m. to 4 30 p.m. with questions about the amended pension law effective Jan 1 1965. The law expands benefits and excludes certain income when calculating annual totals.
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Veterans Administration
Monroe
William K. Hinds
Veterans Administration Center
Shreveport
Hinds
Ounchhita Parish
Man Drives into Motel Pool After Mistaken Parking Space
Houston resident T L Flanagin returned to his motel after shopping for magazines and accidentally steered into a swimming pool believing a space was vacant. He resurfaced joking about soaking his magazines as bystanders helped.
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Houston
UPI
T. L Flanagin
Obituaries from Marion Jena and Farmerville area
Funeral services were held for Buck Reppond of Marion after a long illness with burial in Dean Church Cemetery. Robert Estus Jackson of Jena had last rites at Mid-Way Baptist Church, with burial in Belair Cemetery. he was a World War I veteran. Mrs. W. P. Holley of Farmerville died recently. services were at Farmerville Methodist Church with burial in Farmerville Cemetery. Survivors include spouses, children, and grandchildren across multiple families and towns.
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Marion
Dean Baptist Church
Buck Reppond
Glenwood Hospital
West Monroe
Halley
Rawls Pearce
Church
Kilpatrick
Farmerville
Callie Reppond
Bobby Ike Reppond
Bastrop
Marion Hollis
Hamburg
Ark
Lawton Thomas
Dubach
Ralph Courson
Swartz
Frank Reppond
Ralph Cook
Lancaster
Ohio
Bessie Frickson
Silas Bardin
W. P. McKinner
Burrough Reppond
Floyd Franklin
Prentis Brantley
Eldrice Green
Robert Day
Funeral services for Dan Rollins Pettit Jr held in Mangham
Funeral services for Dan Rollins Pettit Jr of Rayville will be at Holly Ridge Assembly of God Church Mangham with Rev Jesse Eppinette officiating. Pettit died unexpectedly this morning in Mangham. Burial and other arrangements are being handled by Mulhearn Funeral Home. Pettit leaves wife Eula two children Dan Pettit and Helen Borden two stepchildren Minnie Pettit and Freddie Hammell and many relatives and friends.
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Rayville
Dan Rollins Pettit Jr
Holly Ridge
Helen P. Borden
Sterlington
Minnie Pettit
West Monroe
Scott Pettit
Texas
Fred Gwin
Sally Capshaw
Ailulah
Davie George
el Dorado
Minnie Elizabeth Jordan
Freddie Hammell
Felton Hammell
Lubbock
Tex
Funeral services set for Dr Marion Gilliland in Bastrop
Dr. Marion A. Gilliland 70 retired Bastrop dentist dies after long illness. Services 3 p.m. Friday at First Baptist Church officiated by Rev Ray Rust. Burial in Christ Church cemetery. He practiced in Bastrop since 1920 and was a member of the Louisiana and American Dental Associations. Survivors include Helen Gilliland of Bastrop two brothers Dr O S Gilliland of Delhi and Otho Gilliland of Rayville and one sister Mrs J T French of Monroe.
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Bastrop
Marion A. Gilliland
First Baptist Church
Ray Rust
Blackwell-Golden Funeral Home
Christ Church
Gilliland
Helen Gilliland
O. S. Gilliland
Delhi
Otho Gilliland
Rayville
J. T. French
Monroe
Funeral services for Mrs Bell Lewis Gilbert
Mrs Bell Lewis of Gilbert died Wednesday morning in a Monroe hospital after a short illness. Funeral services were held at 10 a m today at Mulhearn Funeral Home Winnsboro with Dr L W Knight officiating. Burial was in Chase Cemetery.
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Gilbert
Bell Lewis
Mulhearn Funeral Home
Winnsboro
L. W. Knight
Chase Cemetery
Funeral Services for John A Book in Monterey
Funeral services for John Arthur Book 72 of Monterey will be held at 10 a.m. Friday at New Era Baptist Church with Rev. J Q McNair officiating. Hixson Brothers Funeral Home of Jena will follow in Dewey Cemetery. Mr Book died at his residence Wednesday. He was born in Book in Catahoula Parish and lived in Monterey since 1926. He is survived by his widow 10 sons four daughters two sisters six brothers and a number of grandchildren. The body will lie in state at New Era Baptist Church.
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Jena
Robert Estus Jackson
Mid-Way Baptist Church
E. D. Smith
Belair Cemetery
Hixson Brothers Funeral Home
Jackson
Edna Jackson
John Allen Jackson
Gladys LaCroix
Rosetown
Marie Brooks
Betty Jean Mancil
Lake Charles
Mildred Roberts
Little Rock
Ark
Bobby Sue Chilliecothe
Missouri
Geven Jackson
Ed Jackson
Springhill
Winnsboro
Eddie Roberts
Crowville
Crockett Point Baptist Church
Larry Walker
B. F. Kirksey
Crowville Masonic Cemetery
First National Funeral Home
Delhi
Leona Roberts
Willard Roberts
Lottie Fletcher
Ollie Mae Killingsworth
Eloise Hopson
Gronville
Nellie Wesberry
Woodville
Miss
Margie Blades
Houma
Edith Smith
Conway
John A. Book
John Arthur Book
Monterey
New Era Baptist Church
J. Q. McNair
Dewey
New Era
Book
Catahoula Parish
J. A. Book
Tillman H
Columbus
LeRoy
John T. Book
Wardville
Ira Book
Freehold
N. J
J. A. Book Jr
Gibson
Ray Book
Ferriday
Dewey K. Book
Shirley
Tilton
Shelby Book
Acme
Hardy Tecanty
Lovina Morace
Catherine Paris
Judy Book
Minnie Sandidge
Enterprise
Nancy Hooter
Ellis
W. E. Book
C. B. Book
Alan
Lynn Book
Jonesville
Julius Book
New Orleans
Elderly Man Dies in Blaze in Natchez Home
In Natchez Mississippi John Reed, 75, an elderly Black resident, died when his house burned. Firemen arrived as the roof collapsed finding the body in the kitchen. The cause of the fire remains unknown.
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Natchez
Miss
John Reed
Moity Cleared in Defamation Charge by Iberia Officials
Washington AP reports Warren J. Moity of New Iberia Louisiana is cleared by the U.S. Supreme Court of defaming Iberia Parish Sheriff and District Attorney. The ruling ends the case against Moity who faced accusations from local law enforcement officials.
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Moity
Washington
U.S. Supreme Court
Warren J. Moity
New Teria
Iberia Parish
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