First Annual Concert Winners Highlight Louisiana News
Don a Gartman of Columbia won as one of two top prize winners in the Caldwell Parish High School first annual concerto competition. The student earns a scholarship to LSU and will perform with the Baton Rouge Civic Symphony at a youth concert series.
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Columbia
Dona Gartman
David M. Gartman
Ofolumbia
SU School of Music
Caldwell Parish
LSU
Saton Rouge Civic Symphony
Solons Favor Extending Truce
AUSTIN Texas Senator Ralph Yarborough backed Senate Majority Leader Mike Mansfield in proposing a 30 day extension of the Vietnam truce. He argued the longer pause would allow combatants to seek avenues toward permanent peace and that even a 20 day pause would be welcomed by the world.
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Austin
Tex
Ralph Yarborough
D-Tex
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Viet Nam
Obituaries: Finley Lizzie Smith Harris services held
Funeral services were held for Samuel Howard Finley 100 at Belah Methodist Church with burial at Belah cemetery. Finley a former Trout Lumber superintendent and father of six Monroe area residents died at Golden Age Nursing Home. Also noted were services for Lizzie Smith 93 of Calhoun and Thelma Harris 35 of West Monroe with burials at Indian Village cemetery and Luna Cemetery respectively.
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Trout
Samuel Howard Finley
Belah Methodist Church
Dan Blake
E. W. Sandel
Funeral rites for Henry L Ramphrey in Monroe
Funeral services for Henry Lee Ramphrey 60 of Rt. 1 Monroe were held at 2 p.m. in Mulhearn Funeral Home chapel with Rev Joe Chaplain officiating. Burial followed at Memorial Park Cemetery. He died early Wednesday at Confederate Memorial Hospital Shreveport after a long illness. Pallbearers were W A Lamon Doyle Hopkins Wayne Bennett Robert Barker Frank Allen and Armour Miller.
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H. L. Ramphrey
Henry Lee Ramphrey
Rt. 1
Monroe
Deaths and funeral arrangements in Louisiana and Arkansas
Cemetery services directed by Proctor Funeral Home Cam den Arkansas. Mulhearn Funeral Home Winnsboro arranged local services. Blagrave a Missouri Pacific Railroad foreman died at home after a heart attack. Survivors include widow two daughters James F E Blagrave Jr son three grandchildren great grandchild. Mary Elizabeth Murrah 70 Bougere died after long illness Funeral at Bougere Baptist Church burial in Bougere Cemetery Youngs Funeral Home directed.
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Proctor Funeral Home
Camden
Ark
Mulhearn Funeral Home
Winnsboro
Blagrave
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Leonard Russell
Denton
Lloyd Darby
Murphys
Calif
James FE. Blagrave Jr
Chichester
Funeral services for Arthur Lee Wallace in Oak Grove
Arthur Lee Wallace age 75 of Oak Grove died Wednesday at E A Conway Memorial Hospital Monroe after a long illness. Funeral services were held at 2 p m today at Kidder Cox chapel with Rev T B Walls officiating, burial followed at New Forest cemetery Forest. He was a retired farmer.
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Oak Grove
Arthur Lee Wallace
Kidder-Cox Chapel
T. B. Walls
New Forest Cemetery
Forest
Wallace
E. A. Conway Memorial Hospital
Monroe
Final rites for Mrs Mary Lee Strange held in Antioch Church
Funeral services were at 3 30 p m today in Antioch Methodist Church for Mrs Mary Lee Strange 56 who died Thursday in Glenwood Hospital West Monroe after a short illness Burial followed in Antioch cemetery Officiating were Rev Roy Grant and Rev Tillman Brown She is survived by husband Ernest L Strange son Harold Pool two brothers Jimmy Walker West Monroe Will E Walker Calhoun and one grandchild Pallbearers were Lewis Partin Clifford Young Lewis Spikes Odis Howze Gilbert Snowden and Cleburne White ST JOSEPH Special Funeral services for Cecil Andrews Loyd 70 of St Joseph were to be held at 3 p m today at Crothers chapel Tallulah with Rev Wallace Blackwood officiating and burial in Newellton cemetery Loyd died unexpectedly at Newellton Hospital Thursday morning R A Thomas FARMERVILLE Special Funeral services for Reed A Thomas 55 of Farmerville at Wards Chapel Church of Christ near here with Jerry Brantley and Chuck Farrington officiating Burial was in Liberty Hill cemetery under direction of Kilpatrick Funeral Home Mr Thomas died Wednesday night at Confederate Memorial Hospital Shreveport after a long illness
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Lizzie Smith
Rt. 1
Calhoun
Indian Village Methodist Church
W. G. Stegall
R. E. Carter
Kilpatrick
West Monroe
Indian Village
Smith
Glenwood Hospital
Webb City
Ark
Ray Smith
Raleigh Smith
Clinton Smith
Aubrey Gaston
Princeton Smith
Howard Smith
Claude Smith
Johnny Hill
Thelma Harris
Jonesboro Road
Hixson Brothers
John Dallalso
Luna Cemetery
Harris
Confederate Memorial Hospital
Shreveport
Mary Elizabeth Murrah
Bougere
Bougere Baptist Church
Edward Cotton
Young
Murrah
Antioch Methodist Church
Mary Lee Strange
Antioch Cemetery
Roy Grant
Tillman Brown
Lewis Partin
Clifford Young
Lewis Spikes
Odis Howze
Gilbert Snowden
Cleburne White
ST. Joseph
Cecil Andrews Loyd
Crothers Chapel
Tallulah
Wallace Blackwood
Newellton
Loyd
Newellton Hospital
Farmerville
Reed A. Thomas
Wards Chapel Church of Christ
Here
Jerry Brantley
Chuck Farrington
Liberty Hill Cemetery
Kilpatrick Funeral Home
Mr. Thomas
Funeral services for James E. Blagrave Sr. Sicily Island
Funeral services for James Ed ward Blagrave Sr. 64 of Sicily Island were held at 2 p.m. today at Chidester Methodist Church Home Ark. with Rev. L C Taylor officiating. Burial followed in Chidester.
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Sicily Island
James Edward Blagrave Sr
Chidester Methodist Church
Home Ark
L. C. Taylor
Chidester
Baby Jesus Taken From Courthouse nativity scene theft
Crowley Louisiana residents awaited the return of the infant Jesus figure stolen from the courthouse nativity display. The theft occurred Wednesday night amid renovations at a nearby nativity scene at First Methodist Church. Aaron Carr, president of the Acadia Parish Police Jury, said the replacement could not be ready in time for Christmas and urged the thief to return the figure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crowley
Jesus
First Methodist Church
Aaron Carr
Acadia Parish
New Jersey School of Medicine Seeks $1.475 Million Budget Rise
The New Jersey School of Medicine and Dentistry seeks a $1.475 million state budget increase in its first full year after the college was bought from Seton Hall University for $4 million. The state already allocated $700,000 for operating costs post takeover, with most of the raise earmarked for salary adjustments.
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Trenton
N.J
New Jersey School of Medicine and Dentistry
Seton Hall University
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