Warrant Issued For March Leader In Baton Rouge
Dist. Judge LeBlanc issues bench warrant for arrest of Rev. B. Elton Cox high point North Carolina integrationist who led a December 1961 courthouse march in Baton Rouge. Cox’s conviction for picket near a court building upheld despite prior appeals. no federal appeal filed.
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Baton Rouge
Fred S. LeBlanc
B. Elton Cox
High Point
N.C
Louisiana Supreme Court
Cox
State Supreme Court
John B. Fournet
U.S. Supreme Court
Ruston National Guard Set for 18th Annual Roll Call
Ruston Battery F National Guard to hold 7 p.m. roll call at the Veterans of Foreign Wars Home. Activated in 1941, the unit left Ruston Jan. 12 for Camp Hulin, Texas, for a year. After Pearl Harbor, 153 members remained on duty through World War II. Rex Halstead will lead the roll call. officers include Thomas Lewis as president and Hunter Lewis as secretary treasurer. Battery F belonged to the North Louisiana 204th Coast Artillery Anti-Aircraft Battalion.
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Ruston
Camp Hulin
Tex
Pearl Harbor
Rex Halstead
Thomas Lewis
Hunter Lewis
North Louisiana
Obituaries From Across Louisiana Region
Funeral notices from Oak Grove Bastrop Columbia Bastrop Delhi Ferriday Winnsboro Ruston and Monroe honor Mrs Lillie A. Davis Jack Meredith Myrtle Hart Lucille Dickson Charles Barefield Charles Phillips and Rob Y Martin. Survivors include multiple children grandchildren and great grandchildren with services across several churches and funeral homes.
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Oak Grove
Gay’s
Lillie A. Davis
H. R. Cook
Davis
Bastrop
Red Wing
Willie Bolton
Lake Providence
Ernest Bolton
Tallulah
Tildy Tackett
Beatrice Prince
Pioneer
Eva McGaha
Jessie Turner
Ida Dumas
Sally McLaughlin
Pine Bluff
Ark
Jerry Goodman
Bob Hunter
Robert Petty
A. G. Tate
J. W. Kimball
Jim Siatta
Columbia
Jack J. Meredith
Columbia Methodist Church
M. S. Robinson
IS. A. Seegars
Meredith
Columbia Hospital
Columbia Cemetery
Riser & Son Funeral Home
Ouida Hardy
Delhi
W. W. Meredith
M. M. Meredith
Baton Rouge
T. W. Martin
R. F. Meredith
Billy Long
Clyde James
R. C. Cumming
Charlie Page
Myrtle Ragland Hart
Bastrop First Presbyterian Church
Phil Spencer
Ray Rust
Christ Church Cemetery
Blackwell - Golden Funeral Home
Hart
Monticello
Oran Smith
Carl Hart
Leland Hart
Clyde Hart
North Little Rock
William Hart
St. Marys
Dewey Hart
Paron
Nelson Hart
Houston
Tex
H. T. Berry
Mary Kellum
Alexandria
Lonnie Powell
Warren
Lucille Jane Dickson
7Th St
Monroe
Mulhearn
George Harbuck
First Methodist Church
Mulhearn’s
Hasley
West Monroe
Dickson
Roy M. Dickson
Jessie James
Willie Plair
Jessie Thompson
Edith Posey
Boston
Charles Travis Barefield
Delhi First Baptist Church
Barefield
Monroe Hospital
Connie Ward
Delhi Masonic Cemetery
Mulhearn Funeral Home
First Baptist Church of
Neva Barefield
Charles Barefield Jr
Angleton
John Barefield
Baltimore
Livie Barefield
Boss Martin
Henry Ringles
Woodrow Cobb
J. R. Beard
Louis Roberts
Neal Leasure
Ardell Holland
Skipper Hagan
Ruston
Rob Y. Martin
Lincoln General Hospital
Kilpatrick
James H. Moore
Wesley Chapel
Vienna
The
Baptist Church
H. M. Worsh
Jimmerson and kin listed among Ruston relatives
The obituary fragment names am and Mrs. R. D. Jimmerson of Ruston, Mrs. R. M. Gallman of South Carolina, four brothers, Tom Price and L. L. Price of Dubach, L. P. Price of Calhoun, Linden Price of Shreveport, and 11 grandchildren.
Third Gaines Family Hurt During Season
Jonesboro special report details multiple Gaines family car accidents during Christmas. Mrs. Sharon Gaines, 51, is hospitalized in Shreveport after a collision on State Highway 1 near Jefferson Road. Husband Jimmy, 53, and their 15 year old daughter were treated and released. A. L. Phillips of Marshall Texas was charged with careless and reckless driving.
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Jonesboro
Jimmy Gaines
Sharon
Gaines
A. L. Phillips
Marshall
Tex
Roy Baines
Caddo Sheriff’s Department
Phillips
Bains
Atlanta
John W. Gaines
Here
St. Francis Hospital
Monroe
Lake Charles
Washington
Houston
Auto crash near Rayville injures couple
A three car collision eight miles east of Rayville on U S Highway 80 left Wheeler Farr and his wife Betty Ann with minor injuries. Elois Wyche and Allen E Thacker escaped injury as the Farr car rear ended a small foreign car then struck Thacker. The mishap occurred about 1 45 p m
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Rayville
Here
Wheeler Farr
Parish
Tex
Betty Ann
U. S. Hwy. 80
W. Thomanson
Elois Wyche
Tallulah
Allen E. Thacker
Norfolk
Thomason
Wyche
Farr
Thacker
Cross Wins Concordia Parish Sheriff Race with Malice Toward None
Special dispatch confirms Noah W. Cross defeated J. H. Love Jr. in the Concordia Parish sheriff primary. Cross thanked supporters, invoking the proverb about malice toward none and charity for all as he starts a new term. Other brief items note Christmas light contests in Lake Providence Pineville Monticello Ferriday Tallulah and related honors.
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Ferriday
Noah W. Cross
Concordia Parish
J. H. Love Jr
Sheriff Cross
Mice Show They Seek Challenge Over Rewards
Cleveland AP reports UC Los Angeles zoologists Daniel Brant and J Lee Kavanau presented findings from wild deer mice in a maze lab showing the rodents ran miles and climbed high for exploration rather than food or mates. They suggest humans may similarly respond to tough problems more than tangible rewards.
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Cleveland
Daniel Brant
J. Lee Kavanau
American Association For the Advancement of Science
University of California At
Los Angeles
Colts Hit 62 Home Runs For 1963 Season
The Houston Colts managed only 62 home runs in 1963, the lowest team total in the National League in 19 years, reflecting a cold power year for the club.
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Houston Colts
Thick Fog Delays Recovery Of Wrecked Vehicle
A wrecked car plunged over an embankment on U S Highway 65 three miles north of here. Thick fog delayed state police for hours as they retrieved the vehicle from near Lake Providence. Driver Nathaniel Littleton, 20, of Eudora Arkansas, was booked for driving while intoxicated with bond set at 250 dollars. three passengers uninjured.
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Lake Providence
Here
Nathaniel Littleton
Eudora
Ark
Littleton
Pari
Canton First Selectman Defends Sanding Efforts
Canton Connecticut official Samuel A. Richardson defends town road crews over gritty roads. He cites use of light colored sand this year to improve visibility on icy streets amid complaints.
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Canton, Conn
UPS
First
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Cocodrie Bayou
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E. A. Knicely Jr
Noble J.weaver Jr
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Mobile
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D. N. G. Nasif
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Harry Placks
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Lloyd Shelton
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Louisville and Nashville Railroad
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Ferriday Garden Club
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Charlie Massey
Marion Barnette
J. T. Jacobs Jr
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