Eros Area Sees School Closure and Industrial Growth
In 1968 Eros area faced the closing of its elementary school and consolidation of Eros High with Chatham High. Tremont Lumber Co and several area mills spurred timber activity while local poultry operations expanded, with 56 000 layer hens near four miles south. Salem Baptist Church, organized in 1850, plans a sale of its buildings as part of relocating religious services to a new complex with a gym, cafeteria, and modern facilities.
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Olin Mathieson Chemical Company
West Monroe
Continental Can Co
Hodge
Tremont Lumber Co
Winnfield
Tremont Lumber Company
Joyce
Eros
Herschel Sharp
Wood
Chatham
Jackson Parish School Board
Jonesboro
Salem Baptist Church
O. F. Wheelis
Jonesboro Youth Mitchell Farley Shot In Wooded Area
Mitchell Ray Farley 18 was found shot in a wooded area near his home in Jonesboro after a late night incident and automobile accident. Funeral services were held at McDonald Memorial Baptist Church with burial at Garden of Memories Cemetery. he was a 1965 graduate of Jonesboro Hodge High School and employed by Continental Can Corp. of Hodge. He is survived by his parents two brothers a sister and several grandparents.
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Jonesboro
Mitchell Ray Farley
Richard Shreve
Irvin DeWitt
McDonald Memorial Baptist Church
Southern Funeral Home
Garden of Memories
Farley
Jackson Parish
Blast Victim Dies In Houma
Malcolm G Laird 37 of Aberdeen Mississippi died from injuries after a Gibson plant explosion and fire at Shell Oil Co bus gas processing plant. He was the sole identified injury in the incident. Funeral services are planned in Aberdeen Mississippi.
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Houma
Malcolm G.laird
Aberdeen
Miss
Shell Oil Co
Gibson
Laird
Abedreen
Maid of Cotton Finalists Arrive in Memphis for 1969 Race
Twenty finalists from thirteen cotton producing states arrive in Memphis to compete for the Maid of Cotton title. The winner earns a New York wardrobe trip, a year as a cotton goodwill ambassador, and a car. Events begin with a press conference and council briefing, then luncheon, TV appearance, dinner dance, private interviews, and a Friday night final.
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Memphis
New York
National Cotton Council
Reapportionment and Tax Votes Highlight Concordia Parish 1968
In Concordia Parish 1968 voters approved a school board extension for 10 years and a one cent sales tax to support schools, with funds diverted for salaries and new construction. The police jury tax proposal failed. Reapportionment moved from 12 wards to seven with nine members, amid candidacies including two Negroes. A special election also filled the 7th Judicial District judgeship. The Freedom of Choice plan faced federal scrutiny as suits urged a district plan, while Ferriday began building a new country club with an FHA loan. State police raids on gambling sites persisted.
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Vidalia
Concordia Parish
Parish
Ben C. Dawkins
U. S. Court of Western Louisiana
Vacter
Jesse McGee
J. O. Lancaster
Concordia Parish School Board
Concordia
NAACP
U. S. Department of Justice
New Ferriday Country Club
Ferriday
Oil Production In Mississippi To Set Record
Mississippi oil production for 1968 is projected to reach a record 59 million barrels, with six new Smackover lime fields found. Deep reserves and deeper completions drive the rise, including Clarke County sites East Nancy Pachuta Creek Double Creek Harmony and Wayne County Cypress Creek South Cypress Creek. A Tallahala Creek well in Smith County reports triple completion with 1500 barrels per day.
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Jackson, Miss
J. F. Borthwick Jr
Mississippi Oil and Gas Board
Borthwick
Nancy Pachuta Creek
Double Creek
Harmony
Clarke County
Cypress Creek
Wayne County
Tallahala Creek
Smith County
Wives Demonstrate in Spain Protest Arrests
Sixty wives of Spanish political prisoners staged a demonstration in a Roman Catholic church in Bilbao to protest what they described as their husbands being arrested for Basque separatist activities.
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Bilbao
Spain
UPI
Actions Prevent Big Catastrophe
James W. Moore of Kellogg-Moore Oil credited Monroe Fire Department with averting a major catastrophe after a gasoline fire at the company HQ on North 18th Street. A driver washed spilled fuel, a passerby set fire to it, and firefighters battled flames that spread along the street, risking nearby buildings. Authorities investigated as Gentry's Ambulance stood by.
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James W. Moore
Kellogg - Moore Oil Company
N. 18Th and
Breard Sts
Monroe
Moore
Bud Sanderson
Sanderson
18Th Street
W. A. Carr
Fire Department
Gentry
Weekend Traffic Toll Rises With Eight Fatalities
Five people died in Louisiana over the weekend in crashes that included three Louisiana residents killed in a Texas highway crash. A collision between a car and a Texas Pacific freight train in Lecompte left three dead and two injured. Mrs Mamie P Roberts 26 of Burns and two children Winette 4 and James Jr 2 died. James I Roberts 48 and a daughter Kay 7 were hospitalized in Alexandria in critical condition. Howard Johnson 48 of Bogalusa died in a head on collision with a pulpwood truck. Eugene Majors 28 was killed in New Orleans by a hit and run driver in a stolen car.
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Associated Press
Louisiana
Texas
Texas Pacific
Lecompte
Mamie P. Roberts
Burns
Winette
James Jr
James I. Roberts
Kay
Alexandria
Howard Johnson
Bogalusa
Eugene Majors
New Orleans
Sweepers Sought to Clean New York Sidewalks
New York environmental chief Merrill Eisenbudh called for a sidewalk vacuum sweeper that can operate quietly and be deployed on sidewalks. He said landlords must improve cleanliness and the city may bill them if needed.
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New York
Merrill Eisenbudh
Eisenbud
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Chatham High School
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Browder Lumber Company
Melton Lumber Sales
Roberts Lumber Company
Hunt Lumber Co
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Mississippi
Robert Frazier
Life Endowment Group
Metropolitan Life Ins. Co
Madison Ave
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Norti
Venth Street
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Ouachita Parish
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America
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