Meeting Today Reunites Two After 70 Years
Mrs. Sara Jones, 96, in Ridgecrest Nursing Home Monroe, reunites with her brother Harry Fennell after nearly 70 years. He flew in from Sidney Australia to visit, after a long family split since Ireland. Niece J P Humble met him at the airport and escorted him to see Mrs. Jones.
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Monroe
Sara Jones
Ridgecrest Nursing Home
Harry Fennell
Australia
Harry Fennel
Jones
Ridgecrest
Sidney
J. P. Humble
Fennell
Ireland
America
New VFW Post Ezell Finley No. 7882 Formed in Monroe
A new Veterans of Foreign Wars post Ezell Finley Post No. 7882 is established in Monroe with officers John Sadd as commander Winston Bennett as senior vice commander Norman Flinn as junior vice commander Jimmy Clifton as quartermaster and George Beard as chaplain. The post honors William B. Ezell and Douglas Finley Jr. Bi monthly meetings begin with the next on January 8.
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Veterans of Foreign Wars
Ezell-Finley
Monroe
A. E Gossett
John Sadd
Winston Bennett
Norman Flinn
Jimmy Clifton
George Beard
William B. Ezell
Kenneth Ezell
Douglas Finley Jr
Douglas Finley Sr
West Monroe
Christmas Eve Communion Service at Cove Covenant Church
A 6:30 Christmas Eve service at Cove Covenant Presbyterian will feature a communion meditation titled God Wants Us to Laugh led by Rev. Russell Burns. A quartet providing cello violin organ and piano will perform special music.
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Covennant Presbyterian Church
Russell Burns
Israeli Spying Suspect Sentenced to 10 Years in Haifa
A Haifa district court sentenced 28 year old Andre Ben Ayar to ten years in prison after finding him guilty of spying for Syria. Prosecutors said Syrian intelligence offered $1,500 monthly plus expenses for information on Israeli missiles and radar. Ben Ayar expressed remorse for the affair.
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Haifa
Israel
UPI
Syria
Andre Ben Ayar
Ben Ayer
POW Letters Bring Joy To U S Families This Christmas
Cards and letters from 131 American POWs in North Vietnam lifted families nationwide as word arrived that loved ones were alive. Maj. Donald Odell’s children sang carols after learning their father had been found alive, while other families, including those of Lt. Michael Burns and Cmdr. Robert Schweitzer, expressed relief and gratitude amid the holiday season.
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North Vietnam
Maj
Donald Odell
Mount Clemens
Mich
Shirley Odell
Air Force
Michael T. Burns
Warsaw
Ind
John B. Burns
Washington
Pentagon
Gwen Schweitzer
Lemoore
Calif
Associated Press
Lief
Navy
Robert Schweitzer
Gwen
Eric
Carl
San Francisco
United States
Cora Weiss
New York
Women Strike For Peace
Madeline Duckles
Berkeley
West Coast
Committee of Responsibility
Vietnam Women’s Union
Mark Gartley
Greenville
Maine
Paul Bordon Brown
Newton
Mass
William J. Mayhew
New Manchester
W. Va
Prisoner Mail Guidance From Camp for Detention of Pilots
Officials express confidence mail issues will ease and urge relatives to send one letter per month and a package every two months weighing up to six pounds to the detainee. The instruction specifies including the prisoner's name, serial number, and camp designation for pilots captured in the Democratic region.
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Hanoi
Weiss
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U.S
Mary’s Flower Shop, Inc
North 2Nd
Monroe, LA
Jewel St
Buddy Magee
Harter
Lincoln-Mercury
Buddy
Bobby Johnson
Tomers
Don Paul
Twin City
Pontiac
Christ
Savior
Huey Lenard
Family Police
Winnsboro Rd
MY Beauty Shop
Aea
Dollie
Dollie Guin
Highland Sensing Center
Merry Christmas
Sam Sloan
Mrs
Ruby Hay
Joe R. Skeen
Jimmy Ray Cody
Roy Greer
Ray Hennigan
Hazel Ratcliff
Otisc. Lanier
Gladys C. Eyre
John E. Garland
Myrtle H. Skeen
Barbara Gates
Ola Glenn
Thelma Stocks
June Sims
Central State Life Ins. Co
Jackson Street
District
Office
Monroe, Louisiana
Barlyn
Olivetti
Underwood
Monroe Building & Loan
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