Blaze Destroys Businesses Here
Winter Eastgate Shopping Center officials cleaned up as Monroe Fire Department investigated a fire that destroyed Sol Snyder's Men's Store and Butler's Shoe Store. Smoke damaged several other shops while officials described rapid water response and a wooden wall contributing to spread. Fire began in Butler's, with six engine units responding. a week may pass before damage estimates.
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Eastgate
Butler’s Shoe
Nell Lee
Monroe Fire Department
Sol Snyder
Monroe Shire
H. L. Hales
Butler's
Butler’s
Snyder’s
Hales
Noel Johnson
4Th St
West Monroe
W. A. Carr
J. W. Faler
Sol Synder
Snyder
Shainberg’s
Kress
Safeway
William Liedtke
Johnson’s
Louisville
John Morgan
DeSiard Road
K-Mart Plaza
Sammy Merck
Arcadia
Real estate man pitches bargain to young couple
A real estate agent offers a property for 5000 dollars and suggests a ride to inspect if it remains standing, reflecting a brinkmanship tone in a small town exchange.
Twin Cities CHIT CHAT Airman Horton completes training
Airman Terry G. Horton nephew of Clyde R. Lowrey of Quitman finished basic training at Lackland AFB Texas and will train at Chanute AFB Illinois in aircraft equipment maintenance. Horton, a 1968 Ouachita Parish High School graduate, is listed alongside Army Warrant Officer Grady G. Purdy, assigned to the 199th Light Infantry Brigade near Long Binh Vietnam. Purdy’s wife Inge resides on Route 5 West Monroe.
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Terry G. Horton
Clyde R. Lowrey
Rt. 1
Quitman
Lackland Afb
Tex
Chanute Afb
Inl
Airman
Horton
Ouachita Parish High School
Grady G. Purdy
199Th Light Infantry
Long Binh
Vietnam
Inge
Route 5
West Monroe
Four Bodies Found After Hotel Burns
Four bodies were recovered from the smoldering ruins of the Mid Town Hotel in Paterson New Jersey where arson is suspected. The fire damaged 31 second floor sleeping rooms above shops, with about 25 residents. Fire officials described the loss as about $200000 and noted several injuries among survivors. Police said witnesses reported a band of young men tossed gasoline soaked rags into the building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanley Nelson
Solomon Reines
Edwin Englehardt
Raymond Borges
Raymond
Increases For Teachers Set Next Year In Monroe Ouachita Schools
The Monroe and Ouachita Parish school systems will start pay raises for teachers and other staff next year with a first month half-cent sales tax yield of 79 413.04. October collections were 48 632.55 to the parish board and 30 780.49 to the Monroe board, confirming by Wesley Shafto and Dwight Owens. The plan aims for monthly installments after evaluating October to January receipts, with total parish sales tax for October at 83 943.85 after 4 530.81 in deductions.
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Monroe
Ouachita Parish
City of
Parish School
Wesley S. Shafto
Parish Board
Dwight Owens
Shafto
Former Governor Davis Remarries In Chattanooga
Former Louisiana governor Jimmy Davis has remarried in Chattanooga Tennessee to Anna Gordon widow of Howard Gordon. The ceremony was in a small church and the bride is an alto singer who has performed with the Chuck Wagon Gang and records hymns.
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Baton Rouge
Jimmy Davis
Davis
Louisiana
Anna Gordon
Nashville
Tenn
Howard Gordon
Alvern Davis
Chattanooga
Christmas package hope from wife of POW aviation veteran
Mrs Hayden J Lockhart of Alexandria appeals for her Christmas package to reach Capt Hayden J Lockhart, the first Air Force pilot shot down over North Vietnam and held since March 2, 1965. She notes Paris talks and a 1965 capture as hoped for relief and mentions her son Jamie, 34, who helps prepare the gifts including gum, cigarettes, a deck of cards, and personal items.
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Alexandria
Hayden J. Lockhart
North Vietnam
Lockhart
Paris
Johnson
Iso
Hayden
Air Force
Jamie Lockhart
Nixon Names New Federal Budget Chief
President elect Nixon announced Chicago banker Robert Mayo as budget director before detailing cabinet plans in New York. Mayo, with 18 years in the Treasury and nine in private banking, will join a prospective strong cabinet and attend all cabinet meetings.
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Richard Nixon
Pierre
Chicago
Robert Mayo
Nixon
New York
Robert Mayor
Washington
Mayo
Treasury Department
Treasury
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Continental Illinois National Bank & Trust Co
Spiro T. Agnew
William P. Rogers
Eisenhower
George Romney
Michigan
Melvin R. Laird
Rwis
Defense
Robert Finch
California
Finch
Health, Education and Welfare
Donations Lag as Twin Cities Appeal Seeks Christmas Cheer
Citizens are urged to donate to the Goodfellows drive to aid needy families this holiday season. Only 1345.50 has been raised against an 8000 goal set by Campaign Chairman Jack Hesketh. Recipients include elderly couples, a mother of seven, a family with eight children, and a sole-support mother earning 40 dollars weekly.
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Twin Cities
Goodfellows
Jack Hesketh
Donations Acknowledged For Goodfellows Please Total 2345 50
Anonymous gifts and contributions from individuals and groups list cash amounts in memory of loved ones and in lieu of Christmas cards. Donors include Monroe Automobile and Supply Co., Irene Reid Real Estate F Love Dorothy Zeagler and family, Music Shoppe, E H Bing Miller, R G Taylor, Mrs G W Copeland, Bayou DeSiard Country Club Ladies Golf Association, John Drouet family, Ivy Guild Garden Club, Dr and Mrs L J Mickey, Progressive Baptist Church Missionary Society, Central United Foundation, Judith Ann Griffin, and others. Total to date amounts to 2345 50.
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Robert Cowden Monroe
F. Love
Dorothy
Everett Zeagler
Freddy
David
Alice
Grayson
E. H
Bing” Miller
R. G. Taylor
G W. Copeland
H. M
Dow Smith
LFW
NLSC
Leo 'M. Baer
Ivy iGuild Garden Club
Monroe
iDr
Mrs. L. J
Mickey
Progressive Baptist Church Missionary Society
Central United ‘Foundation, Inc
Judith Ann Griffin
Slow warming trend and showers forecast in Louisiana
A gradually warming trend is expected in Northeast Louisiana with a chance of showers tonight and Thursday. In Monroe, FAA at the airport logged a high of 60 Tuesday and a 37-degree low, with 64 to 70 expected highs and 50 to 56 lows today and tonight. Winds shift from east to southeasterly then southerly, with dewpoints rising into the 40s and 50s. Delta Agricultural Advisory notes drying conditions, sunshine around 30 percent today and under 20 percent Thursday.
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Louisiana
Twin Cities
FAA
Monroe
Louisiana Delta Agricultural Advisory
Pot sniffing dog stirs controversy in cocoa
Cocoa Florida national headlines describe postmaster C P Geiger allowing Duke Brevard County pot sniffing dog to sample suspicious Christmas packages. Postal Inspector calls it a seal violation while Sheriff Leigh Wilson defends the dog’s track record and cites past narcotics cases and a 20000 dollar drop.
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Cocoa, Fla
C.P. “Rinky
Geiger
Duke—Brevard
J.A. Callahan
Callahan
Atlanta
Post Office
Brevard
Leigh Wilson
Wilson
Nar
Cotic
Duke
Cocoa Beach
Hijacked Trans World Flight Diverted To Havana On inaugural St. Louis Nashville Route
Trans World Airlines Flight 496 carrying 40 passengers and seven crew was hijacked after takeoff from Nashville. The captain reported a gunman in the cockpit and directed the Boeing 727 toward Havana Cuba. Golfer Mason Rudolph and singer Tex Ritter were aboard the plane. The jet had started in St. Louis, stopped in Nashville, and was due in Miami before the Havana landing at 12:27 p.m. EST. The hijacker threatened fuel to reach Cuba, and the crew and passengers faced separate return plans under Cuban authorities. The incident marked the 19th hijacking of a U.S. airliner that year.
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Miami, Fla
St. Louis
Miami
Cuba
Nashville
Chattanooga
Trans World
Mason Rudolph
Tex Ritter
Havana
Jose Marti
U.S
U. S
National Air Lines
Dawkins Norris Dies of Heart Attack in Bastrop
Dawkins Steele Dick Norris, 65, resident of Bastrop for 44 years and operator of Norris Trading Post, died at his home from an apparent heart attack. Funeral at St. Joseph Catholic Church with burial in Hasley Cemetery Rosary tonight at the funeral home. Survived by widow Myrtle Norris, one brother Ellis Norris of West Monroe, three sisters Hazel Albritton Estelle Greer and C E Granberry.
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Bastrop
Dawkins Steele
Dick” Norris
Norris
Union Parish
St. Joseph Catholic Church
Tom Cashman
Blackwell and Golden Funeral Home
Hasley Cemetery
West Monroe
Myrtle Norris
Ellis Norris
Hazel Albritton
Estelle Greer
Farmerville
C. E. Granberry
River Stage Readings and Changes Reported
River stages across locations Camden Monroe show rising levels with Camden at 268.21.2 and Monroe at 40.23.3, indicating a fall in the stage at one site while others rise. Local authorities monitor changes for flood risk and warning updates.
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Camden
Monroe
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Friends of Goodfellows
Tennessee
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J. A. Graffius
Maimi Faa
Mingy Tower
Graffius
D. Loehren
P. Walthall
S. Brandt
S. Miller
C. Lizza
P. Gula
Dawkins Norris
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