Bumpers and Cannons Cost Shoppers This Christmas
Chicago ap report describes pickpocket teams called bumpers shot and cannons that rob shoppers during the holidays. Ricki Dunn a 26 year old stage pickpocket explains the method while Chicago police note purses as prime targets. Dunn offers tips to protect wallets by carrying them upside down and using a comb and rubber band as a guard.
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Chicago
Ricki Dunn
Dunn
FBI
Chicago Police
Newark
N.J
Airlines join for shared electronic reservation system
Eleven U S airlines merged their electronic reservations to provide instant seat availability across carriers. The move lets passengers see flight data and book seats regardless of the airline contacted, marking the first time major carriers unify their data processing for shared access.
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Washington
Abandoned Lutheran College in Carthage For Sale
A deserted Carthage College campus near Chicago is offered for 1.5 million by Previews Inc. The 37 buildings on 44 acres include Old Main from 1871 and a 1951 chapel music hall. Community leaders hope a buyer reopens a college in the Midwest.
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Carthage, Ill
Carthage College
Kenosha
Wis
Chicago
Carthage
Hancock County
Previews, Inc
National Clearing House Real Estate
New York
Robert E. Reilly
Midwest
Obituaries from Farmerville highlight Dol lie Fitzgerald death
Funeral services for Mrs. Dollie Fitzgerald 97 of Bossier City were set for 2 p.m. today at Providence Baptist Church with Rev Billy Carter. Interment in Buggs Bluff Cemetery followed under Kilpatrick's Funeral Home. Survived by nieces and nephews including Mrs Alfred Antley of Bossier City who cared for her, she was a native of El Dorado Ark and lived in Monroe since 1919. Also listed are husband J C Leath daughter Dorothy Covington son C E Leath five grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Burial by Rayville Funeral Service at Old Cleveland Cemetery. Also noted is the death of Mrs Taylor former Mangham school teacher in Monroe Hospital with survivors including son J R Taylor of Chicago and daughters E L Landrum Christine McConnell and Francis Clark.
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Farmerville
Dollie Fitzgerald
Bossier City
Providence Baptist Church
Billy Carter
Kilpatrick
Buggs Bluff
Fitzgerald
Alfred Antley
J. C. Leath
Monroe
Dorothy Covington
McGhee
Ark
C. E. Leath
F. J. Fava
Shreveport
Zula Sims
Jack Edwards
el Dorado
D. T. de Masterson
Jake Benton
J. W. Keith
Norton Bannister
Leonard
Walton Jones
Cleveland
Rayville
Taylor
Mangham
Monroe Hospital
First Baptist Church of
J. R. Taylor
Chicago
Ill
E. L. Landrum
Hattiesburg
Funeral rites set for Mrs Hallie P Lupo at Epps Baptist
Funeral services for Mrs Hallie P Lupo 81 were set for 2 p.m. today at Epps Baptist Church with Rev Vanda Fairchild officiating. Burial followed in Epps Cemetery under Kidder Cox Funeral Home of Delhi. Lupo a Mississippi native died Saturday at her Pioneer residence. She had lived in West Carroll Parish since 1996 and was a member of Epps Baptist Church. Survivors include two daughters and a sister and six brothers. pallbearers listed.
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Delhi
Hallie P. Lupo
Epps Baptist Church
Vanda Fairchild
Epps
Kidder-Cox Funeral Home
Lupo
Mississippi
Pioneer
West Carroll Parish
James Hendrix
Jim DeLoach
Lula Craft
Monroe
Luther Prine
Willie Prine
Columbia
Ollie Prine
New Orleans
Houston Prine
Amite
Altus Prine
Foxworth
Funeral services for Samuel L. Graham at Grace Episcopal Church
Funeral services were set for 10 a.m. at Grace Episcopal Church Lake Providence for Samuel L. Graham 68 resident of Lake Providence and Sierra Madre California. Burial at Lake Providence Cemetery under Brown-Capit Funeral Home. Graham a retired civil engineer died Saturday in a Fort Worth hospital. WWI veteran member of the 40 and 8 American Legion past Grand Master of the Masonic Lodge survived by sister Mrs Edward Snyder of Lake Providence. W F McFarland Long Frank Burley C R Evans C N Hamilton Sr Howard Gittinger A I Guenard George T Hider R C Johnson.
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Lake Providence
Grace Episcopal Church
Samuel L. Graham
Sierra Madre
Calif
Paul A. Vaney
Brown-Capit Funeral Home
Graham
Fort Worth
Tex
American Legion
Masonic Lodge
Edward Snyder
W. F. McFarland Long
Frank Burley
C. R. Evans
C. N. Hamilton Sr
Howard Gittinger
A. I. Guenard
George T. Hider
R. C. Johnson
Funeral services for Margaret Rice Tate in Warren
Mrs. Margaret Rice Tate 79 died Sunday after a short illness. Funeral services are set for 4 p.m. at Frazer's Funeral Home with Dr. Kenneth Spore officiating. Burial will be at Oakland Cemetery. Survivors include Elmer Tate husband. two sons James Tate of Colorado and Robert Tate of Warren. two daughters Alda Wetherington of Natchez and Opal Cox of Monroe.
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Warren, Ark
Alda Whetherington
Natchez, Miss
Opal Cox
Monroe
Funeral for Lida Vance Taylor Held at First Baptist Mangham
Funeral services for 87 year old Lida Vance Taylor of Mangham were set for 10 a.m. today at the First Baptist Church with Reverends Paul Brooks H B Cramer and C leading the service in Mangham.
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Mangham
First Baptist Church
Lida Vance Taylor
Paul Brooks
H. B. Cramer
Mrs Mary Bertrand Dies After Long Illness In Monroe
Mary E Bertrand native of Monroe and First Baptist Church member died after a long illness in an Alexandria hospital. Funeral services set for 10 a.m. Tuesday at Hixson Brothers Funeral Home Monroe with Rev James T Horton officiating. Burial in Old City Cemetery. Survived by son Aubrey L Bertrand Monroe and two sisters Mrs EF Hill and Mrs J B Parker both of Monroe.
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Mattie B. Trull
Monroe
Hixson Brothers Chapel
Nick Panasenko
Memorial Park
Mary E. Bertrand
First Baptist Church of
Alexandria
Hixson Brothers Funeral Home
James T. Horton
Old City
Aubrey L. Bertrand
EF. H. Hill
J. B. Parker
Sicilian Farmer and Wife Slain in Bed
In Palermo a 54 year old farmer Rosario Randazzo and his 39 year old wife Giuseppina were found clubbed to death in their one room home over a stable. Police said no robbery motive and no suspects. The couple lived in poverty with one child.
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Palermo
Sicily
Rosario Randazzo
Giuseppina
Columbia Yale Program Slated Christmas Concert
Caldwell Parish High School will present a Christmas concert at 7 30 p m Tuesday. The school band directed by Jim Choate will perform along with the Choral Club directed by Miss Lois McGee singing Christmas carols.
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Columbia
Caldwell Parish High School
Jim Choate
Lois McGee
Three Men Held Over Gas Balloon Prank at Church
In Montgomery Alabama three men Henry Alexander James White and Donald Landers were detained after a gas filled balloon attached to a pickup exploded near a crowded Negro church. Police say they admitted causing the blast to frighten black parishioners. They face explosives charges with possible death penalties.
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Montgomery
Ala
UPI
J. D. Wade
Henry Alexander
James M. White
Donald B. Landers
Jack Shows
Marvin Stanley
Monroe Broadcasters Plans FM Station in Monroe Louisiana
Monroe Broadcasters Inc filed with the FCC on November 25 1964 for a permit to build an FM station in Monroe Louisiana on Channel 291 1061 MHz with 30 kilowatts ERP. Proposed tower atop the Penn Hotel on South Grand Street 2133 feet above ground. Company address is Penn Hotel Monroe LA P O Box 1345. Officers and major stockholders include Edd Routt Sellers Aycock Jr Dr J Bolling Jones Roy A Kelly and Oliver H Vreeland.
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Monroe Broadcasters, Inc
Quachita Parish
Louisiana
Federal Communications Commission
Washington, D.C
Monroe
Penn Hotel
South Grand Street
P.O. Box
Edd Routt
Sellers Aycock Jr
Drs. J. Bolling Jones
Roy A. Kelly
Oliver H. Vreeland
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S. 2Nd St
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