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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1968
Page
11
The James Machine Works crew assembles a 2900 gallon tank for an external chemical plant. Pete May oversees the tank on a temporary platform while Carl Graves directs operations. A 65 by 180 foot expansion is planned to increase tank production and employment in North Louisiana and South Arkansas.
Jewel Miller owner of Miller's Heating and Air Conditioning stands in a festive New Year scene wishing customers a happy and prosperous 1969. The photo highlights the local business and its community ties as it enters the new year.
Snow and ice blanketed the French Riviera and much of Italy causing traffic snarls and one death a Yugoslav woman was found frozen on a road between Camporosso and Tarvisio. Nice streets were blocked and highways iced closed including the Limoges region routes and the Paris to Toulouse corridor. In Latina Italy snow marked first in 12 years and Punta Rocca reported minus 17 degrees. Miller Heating advertises York units and free estimates at multiple West Monroe locations.
End of year sale continues at House of Bargains Discount House 1700 Cypress West Monroe offering oak and maple bedroom sets dinettes and recliners from 49.95, king ensembles 99.95, half price mattresses and full appliance line including Philco and Maytag with 36 month terms and ready service.
The National Safety Council forecasts 200 to 260 traffic fatalities during the 30 hour New Year period starting 6 p m Tuesday and ending at midnight Wednesday. Executive vice president John D Lawlor says limiting intake to one ordinary drink per hour can keep driving ability largely intact and notes alcohol involvement in over half of fatal crashes. For a nonholiday 30 hour period, about 95 deaths are expected.
Sterlington Masonic Lodge 420 F and AM installs new officers led by Robert W. Cretney with John W. Blake Aubie Lee McGough and Wayne Odom as installing officers. New officers include O. O. Cornelius Worshipful Master Larry Graves senior warden Basil Sanderson junior warden J. B. Brasher treasurer John W. Blake secretary Ray Bonner senior deacon Dan C. Hudson junior deacon Austin C. Antley master of ceremonies C F Edmiston chaplain Jurdine Tyler Roger Lewis senior steward and John E. Upchurch junior steward.
Mortgage deeds show Frederick Marsh selling to Wilbert Woodslot for 13100 dollars in B T W addition. Cash deeds list Robert Davis James Davis and Bertha Davis Perkins selling to Jodie Campbell in Brownville for 700 dollars. Discount Center Inc sold to Noah Nugent in Layton's 3rd addition for 10000 dollars. Zuber and Sons Building Contractors sold to Clarence G Cooper Jr in Zuber's Highland Park for 5000 dollars. James D Sparks sold to Ouachita Homes Inc in East Parkview subdivision for 2738 dollars.
Actress Sophia Loren, after eleven years married to Carlo Ponti, gives birth by Caesarean to a 7 pound 11 ounce boy at Geneva State Hospital. The baby, named Carlo, arrives amid public congratulations as Loren recovers with her son and husband at her side.
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