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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1973
Page
5
Funeral notices from West Monroe Delhi Bastrop and nearby areas list services for Ladelle Futch 75 of West Monroe Lome B Thompson 89 of Houston Texas W B Haile 82 of Haile Jim Matt Thompson 82 of Mer Rouge Poley Waggoner 64 of Chestnut Ivera Kinney 70 of Bastrop Matthew Brown Sr Monroe Mary Lee Johnson 40 and Cleola Jones 26 both of Monroe. Survivors and burial details noted for each case.
Louie Bishop Lee of West Monroe dies after long illness at Glenwood Hospital. Funeral 2 p.m. at Mulhearn West Monroe with burial at Memorial Park Cemetery. Survived by Elsie McCarty Lee. son John Robert. daughter Mary Beth. brothers John T. and Marvin. Carl Tee. Pallbearers listed. William Robertson of Waterproof 67 dies. funeral 2 p.m. at Mon Clova Baptist Church near Waterproof. burial in church cemetery. Survived by Winnie Mathews Robertson. Frances Bougere of Gonzales. Carol Beazley of West Monroe. sisters Allie Arnold Louise Ross Louis McClain. six grandchildren. Pallbearers named.
Funeral services for George Williams 65 of McHenry Place Monroe will be held Saturday at 2 p.m. at Gaines Chapel Baptist Church officiated by Rev kk. H Halland. Burial follows at J S Clark Cemetery under Acme Funeral Home direction. He died December 12 at home after brief illness. Survivors include his mother Ida Griffen Williams To ney of Monroe three sisters Leuvenia Merriweather Nina Mae Scoot both of Monroe and Clara B Sanders of Detroit and four brothers William Toney Archie Toney Herbert Toney Julius Toney all of Monroe.
In 1805 the Peace of Pressburg was signed by Napoleon Bonaparte and the Emperor of Austria ending hostilities between France and Austria.
Monroe police investigate a burglary at Pailette's Used Car Lot 1706 Louisville Ave a 1972 Pontiac taken. A second theft targets Northeast Louisiana University music instruments a Roth bass fiddle and a King tuba. Other incidents include a 1963 Chevrolet theft from 303 South 12th St and two ovens stolen from West Monroe Electric Co. storage at 506 Jewell St. Deputies seek details on oven serials 9907 and 9990.
Louisana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission Director An Belle refuses to close the second deer season segment in Tensas Parish for doe hunting. Woodrow Wiley, parish juror, says five days begin December 26 despite local concerns about deer flushed from flooded woods along the Mississippi River.
Joseph Vincent Polito Jr. of Monroe died this morning at St Joseph's Hospital in Houston Texas after a lengthy illness. Funeral services will be held under Wilberts Funeral Home of Plaquemine. Polito is survived by his wife Susan B Polito of Monroe his brother Anthony Polito of Plaquemine and his parents Mr and Mrs Joseph V Polito of Plaquemine. Memorials are requested to Stehlan.
In Herald Square the NYPD anticrime unit uses Santa disguises with guns and handcuffs to seize pickpockets during the holiday rush. Operation Santa Claus, piloted last year, resumed after proving successful with arrests by plainclothes back-up teams.
Monroe police say 33 year old Choudrant man Jimmy Barrett was in serious condition after a single pistol wound to the stomach from a 9 15 p m shooting at Sam s Round Up in Monroe following an argument. James Ira Jennings 47 of South 7th Street was charged with attempted murder in connection with the incident.
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