Year of Headlines Profiles Nixon to Thieu and Beyond
AP News reflection lists numerous leaders who dominated 1971 headlines including Nixon Brandt Calley and Thieu. The piece notes Nixon’s focus on economy Red China and Vietnam with a planned 1972 visit to Red China to seek normalization and exchange views on peace and policy.
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Brandt
Calley
Thieu
Frazier
Red China
Vietnam
Nguyen van Thieu
South Vietnam
Aleksei N. Kosygin
Canada
Jozsef Cardinal Mindszenty
Hungary
Chiao Kuan - Hua
United Nations
Stage To Speak Before Monroe Jaycees Meeting
A veteran Jaycees leader seeking the attorney general post will address Monroe Jaycees at 7 30 p m at the Jaycee Home 712 N 30th St Tom Stage Republican candidate for attorney general is a former Shreveport Jaycees president and past Louisiana Jaycees VP He chairs the Shreveport Airport Authority and has served on the city finance study committee He is LSU graduate and a member of the Louisiana Wildlife Federation and American Legion The Jaycees will announce plans for their Outstanding Young Man of the Year event on January 18 1972
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Jaycees
Monroe Jaycees
Jaycee
30Th St
Tom Stage
Shreveport
Shreveport Jaycees
Louisiana Jay- Cecs
Shreveport Airport Authority
Louisiana State University
Louisiana Wildlife Federation
American Legion
George Studdard Dies at 89 in Lampkin
George Bart Studdard 89 of Lampkin died Monday night at St. Francis Hospital after a long illness. Funeral services set for 11 a.m. Wednesday at Mulhearn Funeral Home Monroe chapel with Revs. Tarpley and McCullar. burial in Memorial Park Cemetery. He was a Cleveland County Arkansas native, cotton farmer, Baptist, Odd Fellows member, survived by wife Lillie, daughter Roy C. Welch Sr., son Fletcher G. Studdard, five grandchildren and 15 great grandchildren. Pallbearers include Roy Welch Jr. and Roy C. Welch.
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George Bart Studdard
Lampkin
Mulhearn
Monroe
P. Tarpley
Hubert McCullar
Memorial Park
Studdard
St. Francis Hospital
Cleveland County
Ark
The
Baptist Church
Odd Fellows
Lillie Studdard
Roy C. Welch Sr
Fletcher G. Studdard
Roy Welch Jr
Charles B. Welch
Walter Lindstrom
Davis Baker
Benny Guy Baker
Maxie Fink
George Paul Fink
Roy C. Welch
UT Named Host for Mexican American Studies Fellowships
For the second year, University of Texas in Austin has been chosen as a host institution for National Endowment for the Humanities postdoctoral fellowships in Mexican American studies for 1972 73. Three UT scholars receive fellowships on campus while three are at the University of California at Berkeley.
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Austin, Tex
University of Texas
National Endowment For the Humanities
University of California At Berkeley
Two Die In Auto Crash North Of Oak Grove
State Trooper report says a one car wreck on La 17, 2.4 miles north of Oak Grove, killed Peggy Cheshire 18 Kilbourne and Billy Muirhead 2 Oak Grove. Driver Mabel Muirhead was hospitalized in fair condition. Car skidded on wet pavement, overturned hitting a culvert.
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News - Star
Oak Grove
West Carroll Parish
Here
Jerry Waters
Troop F
Peggy Cheshire
Kilbourne
Billy Muirhead
Mabel Muirhead
Muirhead
Trooper Waters
La. 17
Punching Bag Ad Teaches Caution in News-Star Want Ads
Quick inner-column note highlights a humorous tip from the News-Star Want Ads about not turning your back on a punching bag. The piece reflects lighthearted reader commentary and local ad culture.
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News-Star
Deaths and Funerals in Ruston and West Monroe
Funeral services for John Wesley Gaines 65 of Ruston were held at Jonesboro United Methodist Church with burial at Antioch Cemetery. He died Sunday at Lincoln General Hospital after a short illness. Survivors include his widow one son two sisters four brothers and two grandchildren. Also funeral services for Amye Elizabeth Parks 72 of West Monroe were at Hixson Brothers Chapel with burial in Memorial Park Cemetery. Survivors include her husband two sons one brother two sisters five grandchildren and two great grandchildren.
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Ruston
John Wesley Gaines
Jonesboro United Methodist Church
Tillman Brown
Dan Tohline
Antioch Cemetery
Edmonds Funeral Home
Jonesboro
Lincoln General Hospital
Lucy Gaines
James M. Gaines
New Orleans
Belle Day
Ruth Lockhart
Hodge
W. W. Gaines
Enoch E. Gaines
J. W. Gaines
Dumas Gaines
Richland
Wash
Amye Elizabeth Parks
Cypress St
West Monroe
Hixson Brothers Funeral Home
George P. Parks Sr
George B. Parks
Ohio
Billy B. Parks
Baton Rouge
Henry B. Barnett
Bastrop
Evelyn Call
Eva Willis
Funeral services for Haywood Raburn 82 of Castor
Funeral services were held for Haywood Raburn 82 of Castor at Old Saline Baptist Church with burial in Old Saline Cemetery. Raburn, World War I veteran and retired farmer, died after a long illness in Huckaby Hospital Coushatta. Survivors include wife Mrs Lillie Raburn two sons Nelson Raburn Shreveport Charles Raburn Tylertown Miss two daughters Mrs C R Knitts Mrs Sylvia R Adams two sisters Miss Vilda Raburn Mrs Emma Romney three brothers Lewis Raburn Willis Raburn Ollie Rayburn nine grandchildren and two great grandchildren.
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Castor
Haywood Raburn
Old Saline Baptist Church
J. W. Kennedy
Barry Nealy
Old Saline Cemetery
Edmonds Funeral Home
Jonesboro
Huckaby Hospital
Coushatta
Raburn
Lillie Raburn
Caster
Nelson Raburn
Shreveport
Charles Raburn
Tylertown
Miss
C. R. Knitts
Sylvia R. Adams
Saline
Vilda Raburn
Willington
Tex
Emma Romney
Canyon
Lewis Raburn
Mt. Calm
Willis Raburn
Hubbard City
Ollie Rayburn
Willington, Tex
Funeral Services for George C. Byrd in Monroe
Funeral services were set for 2 p.m. today at Hixson Brothers Chapel Monroe for George C. Byrd 57 of 201 Malvern St. Burial was to follow at Bosco Cemetery. Byrd died Monday at St. Francis Hospital after a brief illness. Surviving are wife Cordin Byrd a son Kevin Byrd three sisters Mae Perry Joe Spruell and Rosie Carr.
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George C. Byrd
Malvern St
Monroe
Hixson Brothers
Joe Mongel
Bosco
Hixson Brothers Funeral Home
Byrd
St. Francis Hospital
Cordin Byrd
Kevin Byrd
Mae Perry
Wichita Falls
Tex
Joe Spruell
Rosco
Rosie Carr
Columbia
Marslet H Crow 77 of Monroe died after brief illness
Marslet H Crow 77 of 306 Stone Ave Monroe formerly of Winnsboro died Sunday in St. Francis Hospital after a brief illness. Services were at 10 a m at First National Funeral Home Winnsboro with Rev Dr Sledge officiating. Burial in New Winnsboro Cemetery. Survivors include band C M Crow of Monroe three sons Arthur Carter Las Vegas Nev George P Carter Billy Carter Winnsboro three daughters Mrs Lucille Parker Winnsboro Mrs Aleene DuMour Green Valley Mo and Mrs Dora LaPietra Monroe one sister Mrs Annie Mae Abbott Fort Necessity 13 grandchildren and three great grandchildren.
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Marslet H. Crow
Stone Ave
Monroe
Winnsboro
First National Funeral Home
Randall Sledge
First National
Las Vegas
Nev
George P.carter
Billy Carter
Lucille Parker
Aleene DuMour
Green Valley
Dora LaPietra
Annie Mae Abbott
Fort Necessity
Services for J Earl Courtney in Monroe
Funeral services set for 3 p.m. Wednesday at Mulhearn's Chapel Monroe for J Earl Courtney 68 of 300 Bayou Oaks Drive. Rev Walter Mangham to officiate burial at Riverview Cemetery following a brief illness in Pasadena Texas. Survived by wife Dorothy Courtney of Monroe two daughters Brenda Dorman of Bossier City J Nutt of Pasadena Texas and stepson John B Hayes of Monroe.
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J. Earl Courtney
Bayon Oaks Dr
Monroe
City issues building permits totaling 122300 for week
Monroe building coordinator Dale Martha reports eleven permits issued in the past week totaling 122300. Seven permits for new homes totaled 108000 with three residential additions 13500 and one business addition 800. Permits issued to Whitlock Realty ESP Corp Mid South Homes and others at listed addresses.
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Monroe
Dale Martha
Whitlock Realty
Oregon Trail
ESP Corporation
Church
E. F
Dacca Orphanage Bombing Attributed To Indian Plane
Evidence and witness accounts tie an Indian Air Force Caribou to night raids over Dacca during the India Pakistan war. Bomb craters near the Islam Mission orphanage killed hundreds of boys and staff, while pilots and reporters confirm bomb racks were used.
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Dacca
Islam Mission
New Delhi
Indian Air Force
Caribous
Mohamed Rahman
Buthe
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