Monroe Goodfellows Seek Funds for Christmas Aid
With five days until Christmas the Goodfellows campaign is $2,461.95 short of its $12,000 goal. Donations continue, including in lieu of cards and in memory of loved ones, to aid Twin Cities families. a letter from an 18 year old describes need for eight children while another family faces unemployment and alcohol-related hardship. Send contributions to News Star World Publishing Corp Monroe Louisiana.
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Goodfellows
Twin Cities
the Goodfellows
Ren
News - Star— World Publishing Corp
North 4Th St
Monroe
In Memory Tributes and Donations Highlight Local Obituaries
A roundup of memorial gifts and acknowledgments from residents, families, and organizations to honor deceased loved ones. Donations listed include amounts to St. Francis Surgery, Monroe Fire Fighters Association Local 629, and multiple families, with notes of memory for Mrs. Winona Mingledorff and others, plus a local humor column closing.
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Monroe Fire Fighters Association
Jack Blanks
Willie W. Griffin
Nellie Chambers
Effie B. Winston
Todd Tonore
Sukhlin Bal
Lex Barton
Winona Mingledorff
Friends Of Goodfellows Donations Listed With Names
A long list of individual donors and memorials shows contributions totaling 9,538.05 with multiple gifts from families and church groups. Entries mention Christmas cards memory tributes for relatives and friends, including limited amounts and donors such as Warren Randall Kathy Gold and the Covenant Presbyterian Church Sunday School class.
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Saul Adler
David Adler
Covenant Presbyterian Church
Tough Convicts Give 44 Children Christmas Gifts
Marion Illinois AP inmates from Penitentiary hosted a Bowen Children's Center party for 44 mentally retarded children donating $1000 themselves. Santa called children to stage for gifts, escorted by 125 donors from the prison Jaycees chapter, with inmates sharing warmth amid holiday music and wrapping chaos.
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Marion
Ill
United States
Alcatraz
Bowen Children’s Center
Harrisburg
The
Jaycees
Santa
Mac
Kentucky
Gunman at Kennedy shoots two guards during disturbance
A bearded man with guitar and attache case triggers a metal detector at Kennedy Airport, grabs a federal guard's gun, and fires at least six shots wounding two agents. Robert J. Dobbelaer, 25, from Valley Cottage, is arrested on a runway. charged with attempted murder and assault on a federal officer.
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New York
UPS
Kennedy Airport
Robert J. Dobbelaer
Valley Cottage
N.Y
Pan American World Airways
Port Authority
Dobbelaer
Sky Marshals
Gerald McCarthy
Commack
Anthony Petrucci, Jr
Bloomfield
N.J
Pan Am
Barbados
San Juan
Customs
McCarthy
Petrucci
Bob Gough
Interstate 20 work near Bossier City updated
State Highway Department commissioner James W. Moore warns Twin Cities residents to drive cautiously on U. S. 80 as preservative paint is applied to newly installed bridges. Interstate 20 is mostly complete from the Texas line to Foster's Road east of Bossier City with four contracts to finish Foster's Road to McIntyre over 7.5 miles at about 20 million dollars. Two overpasses on U. 80 near completion.
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Twin Cities
State Highway Department
James W. Moore
Monroe
U. S. 80
Bossier City
MclIntyre
Northeast Louisiana Weather Outlook With Showers
A cloudy pattern in Northeast Louisiana with mild daytime highs around the mid 50s and upper 40s at night. Fog reduced visibility in the Twin Cities early, lifting by late morning, with a chance of rain or thunderstorms today and tonight. Friday to Sunday forecast features partly cloudy skies and a chance of showers Saturday.
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Twin Cities
Louisiana
FAA
Monroe Municipal
Monroe
Ouachita Parish Votes Down $14 Million School Bond
Ouachita Parish voters reject a $14 million bond proposal by a wide margin 5165 to 2957 affecting busing and school placement across the parish outside Monroe. Superintendent Lane discusses options including using empty rooms and staggered school times to handle overcrowding and possible reopening of Miles High School with repairs.
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Ouachita Parish
Monroe
Supt
J. O. Laneas
West Monroe
West Monroe High School
Ouachita High School
Lancaster
Miles High School
Sterlington
Inside The News-Star 8C 4 Sections 48 Pages
The front page notice presents the newspaper’s lead structure with eight columns and four sections across forty eight pages. It signals a full weekday edition with diverse content including local news, sports, features, and classifieds.
River Stages Station Flood Present Change Stage
River stages show changes at multiple stations with readings for Monroe Camden and others. Data indicate 40 33.1 rising by .7 and Camden at 26 30.0 falling by 7, reflecting flood stage fluctuations.
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Monroe
Camden
Apollo 17 Crew Returns From Moon Mission
Apollo 17 astronauts Eugene Cernan Ronald Evans and Harrison Schmitt landed the command ship America on Earth after a 13 day space flight ending the Apollo program. They were welcomed aboard the USS Ticonderoga with a ceremonial reception as doctors began postflight examinations.
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Uss Ticonderoga
Cmdr
John Ecker
Ronald Evans
Harrison Schmitt
Eugene Cernan
Ticonderoga
Eugene A. Cernan
Ronald E. Evans
Harrison H. Schmitt
America
Space Science and Engineering
Earth
Space Agency
Charles K. LaPinta
Navy
Cernan
Evans
Schmitt
Nixon Is Advised To Exercise More
President Nixon passed his annual physical at Bethesda Naval Hospital with a clean bill of health and a recommendation to exercise more. Doctor Maj Gen Walter Tkach praised his condition while noting Nixon’s reluctance to golf and urging more walking swimming and Florida stays. Blood pressure 110 over 80, pulse 70 at rest, 80 after exercise, chest and senses normal.
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Bethesda, Md
Tkach
Nixon
Florida
Monroe City Council approves wide ranging code amendments
Special advisor Scott Reis won emergency approval for amendments to Monroe crime and traffic codes. Changes cover rabid dogs false police reports obscene remarks trespassing littering inspection tags and more with immediate effect and future plans for tougher rules on combustibles and hazardous items.
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Scott Reis
Monroe Police Department
Monroe
Reis
Ralph Troy
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J. P. Barnes Jr
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Friends of Goodfellows
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Vernon S. Ridger
Tecades Seescees
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Marion H. Lewis
Warren and
Helen Randall
Kathy and
Kenneth Gold
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T-Bo
Joey
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Ear
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Roy Linzay
Mrs. Swanson
Wayne
Eula Meeks
Ida W. Middleton
St. Joseph
Joe Guerriero
Roy Cole, Jr
Sue Walter C Smith
Lonnie F. Wilhite
Lee Herron
Kathey
Sharon
A. V. Breard
D. §. Johnston
Earl G. Johns
Joe Dixon
L. F. “Jiffy” Fowler
Mab Fowler
Johnye Lavendar
Mab Bowe Wsaceam
Merlin Surphie
McComb
Miss
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Monroe Wholesale Drug Co., Inc
Leon G. Sugar
W.H. Fitch
Jimmy Walker
Bing Crosby
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