Hightower Sworn In as Fourth District Judge
Lemmie O. Hightower, a Morehouse Parish resident, was sworn in as judge of the Fourth Judicial District Court Division B in Bastrop. Associate Justice Mack E. Barham officiated, praising the new judge and stressing the law's need to evolve with society. The ceremony honored a Morehouse native elevating to the bench for the first time in decades.
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Hightower
Bastrop
Fourth District
Morehouse Parish
Dist. Atty
Johnny Carl Parkerson
West Monroe
W. B. Hatten
Appeals Court
Jesse S. Heard
Fourth District Court
Robert Farr
Solomon
Farr
James L Dennis
Fred Fudickar
Monroe
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Fourth Judicial District
Lemmie O. Hightower
Louisiana Supreme Court
Mack
Christmas Hopes Shared by POW Families in North Louisiana
Two area families observe an eighth and sixth Christmas without loved ones held as prisoners of war in North Vietnam. Mrs. Jane Seeber and Mrs. William Dawson say cautious optimism remains despite no peace agreement, with faith in government and updates from Hanoi linked to the Hanoi Letter Drive and MNITA. Both families stay involved with the National League of Families of POWs and MIAs and await news for their husbands Maj. James Gates and Lt. Col. Bruce Seeber.
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William Dawson
Mer Rouge
Dawson
Maj
James Gates
North Vietnam
Maj. Gates
Italy
National League of Families of Prisoners of War
Hanoi
Monroe Jaycees
Pair Tell Police Of Being Forced To Guide Robbers
In New Orleans two 20 year old men Steven Treigle and Paul Fra zier told police they were forced by two gunmen to drive them to the homes of friends. At Gene Beard and wife Stephanie the robbers took cash jewelry and property totaling over 700 dollars. They then forced the pair to a second residence Erie Nine where phonograph equipment valued around 500 dollars and other items were stolen. Nine was beaten bound and left in a cedar chest weighted with a television set but later freed himself and escaped.
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Paul Frazier
Gene Beard
Stephanie
Erie Nine
Nine
Pentagon says Hanoi violates POW rules over camp near targets
The Pentagon accuses North Vietnam of breaching Geneva Conventions by locating a bomb damaged POW camp near likely air raid targets in Hanoi. Radio Hanoi reports injuries among camp residents, unclear if American prisoners are among them, as bombing intensifies in Indochina.
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Labor Chief Seeks Cautious Step Back in Building Trade
Charles Anding of the Ironworkers Mid-South District Council told Monroe’s Build ing Trades Council at a Chateau Restaurant Christmas party that organized labor may need to step backward to advance. He cited open shop competition forcing concessions in contracts and urged unions to target open shop contractors, warning of a future with no work if ignored. He noted Louisiana contractors’ Right To Work support may not help unions and said the district office will move from Baton Rouge to Monroe next month.
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Monroe Building Trades Council
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Oklahoma
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Mississippi
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Santa on Church Roof Sees Ladder Thief
Hamilton Ohio AP report describes Santa Claus and a helper stranded on a church roof after the ladder was stolen while attempting a rooftop arrival for a children's party. A police interrogation followed and Rex Richardson, editor of the Hamilton Journal News Sunday, questioned whether he would continue as Santa. The officer later asked for a toy pistol as a Christmas item.
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