11 Dec 1967
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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1967
Page
1
Unclear OCR text mentions Robb and a bride flying to the Virgin Islands. The readable fragments imply a travel note or social item with names Robb and Bride and a destination, but details are missing or garbled. No firm dates or organizations are discernible.
A 15 year old described as a strange boy with wild eyes confessed to beating his 7 year old neighbor to death after kidnapping him in Versailles. Police said the boy carried the child in a packing case on a baby carriage chassis before the murder.
Alfred Joshua Reid of Monroe died Sunday afternoon at the VA hospital in Viewandrii. He was a retired chemist with Mathiesen Chemical Corp in West Monroe and a World War II veteran who served as a major in chemical warfare. Reid helped found the American Legion post and captained university teams in baseball and tennis during his career. Burial will be at Roselawn Memorial Park Cemetery with Rabenhorst Funeral Home directing the services scheduled for Tuesday.
Police said Emmanuel Malliart, 15, was abducted as part of a ransome plot led by an older boy. The money paid by his French government official father was recovered in a villa where the youth lived with his grandparents. Authorities noted signs of an amateur scheme and foiled tracking by dogs.
Monroe police booked Jerret Gates 21 of Farmerville on hit and run and negligent driving after an incident on Hinton Street. West Monroe deputies also booked several people including Bennett Sebren 21 AWOL from Ft. Leonard Wood and Lee Green 22 for speeding. Additional arrests include Chester Luby 36 for reckless driving and causing an accident and Dalton Poneal 22 for speeding. In weekend crashes, Mary Williams 20 faced careless driving and no license. Daniel Calvert 28 for reckless driving. Badly Adlbritton 22 for DWE and reckless driving. Jerry Parker 22 for DWE and reckless driving. Joy Dupriest 34 for reckless driving. Margarette Beaver 28 for reckless driving. In Window Rock Arizona, Katherine Arviso made tribal government history as first Navajo woman in an administrative post.
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