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Newspaper

Monroe News Star

Location

Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America

Date

Dec 15, 1972

Page

4

Weather and regional forecasts for multiple parishes

Forecasts cover Union Lincoln Bienville Jackson Winn Morehouse Ouachita Richland Caldwell Franklin W Carroll E Carroll Madison Tensas Parishes with drizzle chances and cold highs in the 30s to 40s. Grant LaSalle Catahoula Concordia forecast mid 40s, with 20 percent precip today. Delta and Louisiana notes report freezes, humidity shifts, and diminishing winds. ANN ARBOR article notes gender career contrasts among University of Michigan women.

Senda Nels Grant LaSalle Catahoula Concordia Delta Louisiana

Twin Cities Chit Chat Holiday Visitors and Local News

Holiday visitors in the Sutton home greet Captain and Mrs. Leslie E. Smith of Dover AFB Delaware. Captain Smith leads the 486th Military Airlift Wing which recently won the Combat Airlift Competition. Northeast Louisiana University nears finals on a new semester schedule before Christmas.

H. C. Sutton 33Rd St Leslie E. Smith Dover Afb Delaware Smith Air Force 486Th Military Airlift Wing Dover Military Airlift Commands Northeast Louisiana University NLU

City Finds Treasure in Park Water Sparks Tourist Lake

A historic note describes drilling for a gas well in a park before the 1916 gas boom, but hot water was found. The water filled a lowland area, creating a new lake that the city turned into a tourist attraction.

Visiting Teachers Explore New Louisiana Student Services

The Fifth District Visiting Teachers held a December meeting at Tour lAffaire Caterers in Park Avenue to discuss the Louisiana Department of Education's new student services program. Guest speaker Mrs Marteal Webb outlined the initiative and plans for the International Association of Pupil Personnel Workers convention in New Orleans in October 1973. Attendees included educators from Caldwell Parish Catahoula Concordia Franklin Jackson Lincoln Madison Ouachita Union and Monroe.

Tour l’Affaire Park Ave Louisiana Department of Education Marteal Webb Education Department International Association of Pupil Personnel Workers New Orleans Lottie Wilkins Caldwell Parish Robert Little Catahoula Martha Paul Concordia Wilby Campbell Franklin Ira Reeves Jackson Denman Garner Lincoln Malcolm Stone Madison Havis McKaskle Ouachita Doris Gaston Union Eleana Brinsmade City of Monroe Webb State Department of Education

Anderson Elected To Director Post

Kent Anderson of Olinkraft West Monroe was elected director at large of the Fibre Box Association for 1972 73. The LSU graduate with 24 years at Olinkraft has served in alumni roles and is past president of the Ouachita Foundation.

Kent Anderson Orinkraft, Inc West Monroe Fibre Box Association Anderson Louisiana State University Olinkraft LSU Alumni Federation The University Foundation Oua

Mrs. Ida Spillers Funeral Saturday in West Monroe

Funeral services for Mrs. Ida Spillers 88 of West Monroe will be held at 10 a m Saturday at Calhoun Baptist Church with Rev C W Estes assisted by Revs Richard S Moore and Harold Spillers Burial will be in Aulds Chapel Cemetery under Kilpatrick's Funeral Home of West Monroe She died late last night in St Francis Hospital after a lengthy illness She was a Downsville native member of Calhoun Baptist Church Survivors include five sons Howard Boyd J A Bud Spillers Dock F Spillers and Jim Spillers two daughters Mary Evelyn Rogers and Deelie Heard two brothers John Walker 46 grandchildren 72 great grandchildren and 8 great great grandchildren Grandsons will be pallbearers

Ida Spillers West Monroe Calhoun Baptist Church C. W Richard S. Moore Harold Spillers Aulds Chapel Kilpatrick Howard and Boyd Spillers J. A Bud) Spillers Calhoun Dock F. Spillers Downsville Jim Spillers New Road Mary Evelyn Rogers Shreveport Deelie Heard Plain Dealing John Walker Transylvania

Bridge Contract Signed For $105 Million Mississippi Bridge

State highway officials plan to sign a $105 million contract to build an Interstate 10 bridge across the Mississippi River at Luling. Gov. Edwin Edwards said the bridge should open in 1976, linking St. Charles Parish with the New Orleans metro area, with Frankland & Leinhard and Modjeski and Masters as engineers.

Baton Rouge, la Mississippi River Luling Edwin Edwards St. Charles Parish New Orleans

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