Ronald Baker Faces Surgery After Runaway Saga
Ronald Baker, 16, who fled home to escape a cancerous bone tumor, is scheduled for above knee amputation on New Year’s Eve in Los Angeles. A 17 year old girl, Pretty Patty Handley, who underwent the same operation at 14, helped convince him the operation was his only chance to live. He had turned himself in to Arizona authorities in Flagstaff, fearing his mother’s worry, after nationwide attention.
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Los Angeles
Ronald Baker
Ronald
Patty Handley
Patty
Flagstaff
Ariz
Funeral services for Belva Colvin Frasier in Ruston
Funeral services for Belva Colvin Frasier 77 are set for 3 p.m. at Kilpatrick's Funeral Home with Dr. Clyde Fant presiding. Burial will follow at Mineral Springs Cemetery Dubach. She died Wednesday morning in a Monroe hospital after a long illness. She was a member of the First Baptist Church Ruston. Survivors include her son Gerald Frasier of Monroe a sister Mrs W H Taylor of Ruston three brothers Carl Colvin of San Angelo Ansley Colvin of Quitman and Parker Colvin of Monroe and one grandchild.
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Ruston
Belva Colvin Frasier
Kilpatrick
Clyde Fant
Mineral Springs
Dubach
Frasier
Unionville
Monroe
First Baptist Church of
Gerald Frasier
Oak Grove
Otto Settoon
First Methodist
Charles Walker
Kidder-Cox Funeral Home
Settoon
Essie Mae Settoon
Willie Settoon
Phoenix
Ariz
Harvey G. High
Floyd Weems
James Dumas
D. C Roberts
W. E. Huffman
Bill Chrisman
David McIntosh
John Gordon Douciere
John G. Douciere
Douciere Cemetery
Alto
Clifton Tennison
J. W. Douciere
Rayville
M. J. Loker
Funeral notices from Oak Grove Winnsboro Monroe areas
Multiple obituaries and funeral notices date from Oak Grove Kilbourne Winnsboro and Monroe. Emily Lee Stephenson Brown 78 of Kilbourne dies at home. Otto Settoon 80 of Oak Grove dies after brief illness. Donald Ray Williams 27 of Winnsboro funerals at Wayside Pentecostal Church. I W Price father of Mrs Davis Bingham of Monroe funeral in Dalton Ga. infant John Gordon Douciere burial near Alto. survivors listed for each.
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Winnsboro
Donald Ray
Bunk” Williams
Wayside Pentecostal Church
Here
Len Warthington
Jessie Hawthorne
Providence Memorial Park
Franklin Parish
First National Funeral Home
Ruby Williams
Donnie Ray Williams
Brenda Williams
Durham Williams
Viola Stevens
Texas
George Williams
Eddie Montgomery
Donald Kincaid Waldo Hemphill
Clifton Gill
P I. Anderson
Johnny Ukle
Mrs C A Hunt Dies in Oklahoma City Hospital
Funeral services for Mrs. C. A. Hunt mother of H. B. Hunt of Monroe are incomplete. She died Wednesday in an Oklahoma City hospital. Survivors include two daughters Mrs. Darnell Woodward of Stillwater and Polly Hunt of Oklahoma City.
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C. A. Hunt
H. B. Hunt
Monroe
Oklahoma City
Darnell Woodward
Stillwater
Okla
Polly Hunt
Funeral services for Charles A Bowser in West Monroe
Funeral services for Charles A Bowser 58 of 111 McClendon St West Monroe were held at Kilpatrick chapel with Rev F L Tanner officiating and burial at Hasley Cemetery. Bowser a native of Oak.
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Charles A. Bowser
McClendon St
West Monroe
Kilpatrick’s Chapel
F. L. Tanner
Hasley Cemetery
Bowser
Oak
Funeral services for Mrs Evelyn Berry held at Salem Church
Mrs Evelyn Andrews Berry 89 mother of Mrs L L Price Monroe died Wednesday at Keithville. Services were set for 4 p m today at Salem Baptist Church Stonewall with burial by First National Funeral Home Shreveport. Survived by four daughters Mrs H H Middleton Stonewall Miss Lucy Berry Keithville Mrs H B Bennett Weslaco Tex and Mrs George Mayfield Marshall Tex two sons J C Berry Shreveport P K Berry Tuscon Ariz.
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Keithville
Evelyn Andrews Berry
L. L. Price
Monroe
Salem Baptist Church
Stonewall
First National Funeral Home of
Shreveport
Berry
H. H. Middleton
Lucy Berry
H. B., Bennett
Wescalo
Tex
George Mayfield
Marshall, Tex
J. C. Berry
P. K. Berry
Tuscon, Ariz
Burglary Probed At West Monroe Test Office
West Monroe police probe a burglary at the McCulloch Corporation Field Test Office on Tren ton Street after 8 p.m. Wednesday. Two motors were stolen including a vo kart engine Model Me-6 and a new MeC500. Dennis Simon, 36, of Vacherie, was booked for DWI reckless driving and no license at 9:52 p.m. on Cy press Street. Alfred Viola, 37, of Monroe, was jailed for DWI and reckless driving after arrest at Peach and Jackson Streets.
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West Monroe
McCulloch Corporation
Trenton St
Dennis Simon
Vacherie
Cypress Street
Monroe
Alfred Viola
Rt. 1
Peach
Jackson Streets
Negro Pleads Guilty in Manslaughter Case
A 70 year old Negro, Ernest Norwood of West Monroe, pleaded guilty in Fourth District Court to manslaughter for the Oct. 10 shooting of Walter Wyatt. The murder charge was reduced, and Norwood was remanded to Ouachita Parish jail until Feb 1 for sentencing under Judge Jesse S. Heard.
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Ouachita Parish
Fourth District
Ernest Norwood
Ridge Dr
West Monroe
Walter Wyatt
Jesse S. Heard
St Josephs Monroe Plans Octave Christmas Masses
St Josephs Catholic Church in Monroe will observe the octave of Christmas with Masses at 12 30 a m 6 a m 8 am 10 am and 550 pm on Friday as a holy day of obligation.
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St. Joseph's Catholic Church
Monroe
Final Monroe Court Session Highlights Local Docket
Judge W M Harper oversaw the last Monroe city court session of the year. Fines ranged from 30 to 425 dollars for offenses including DUI speeding carrying concealed weapon and discharging a firearm in the city limits. Bond forfeitures covered several West and Monroe addresses. Additional cases included drunk and disturbing the peace running stop signs and no driver’s licenses.
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W. M. Harper
Monroe
Barren Calloway
S. 28Th St
Jon Bennett Barry
Park Ave
Leroy Gay
Benson St
West Monroe
Troy Lee Greer
Adam
Short Wood
John EF. Hodge
Loubertha
Eddie Gerret
Pearl
James H. Robinson
Eisenhowers Plan Birthday Celebration for Susan
Former President and Mrs Dwight D Eisenhower will attend Susan Eisenhower's 14th birthday tonight at Eldorado Country Club in Palm Desert California. The couple plans to return to Valley Forge Pennsylvania by New Year's Day by plane.
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Palm Desert
Calif
UPI
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Susan
John Eisenhower
Eldorado Country Club
John Fisenhowers
Valley Forge
Three Bodies Identified In Collision
A 33 year old Ocala minister his wife and their two year old son died in a flaming two car crash 14 miles west of West Monroe late Wednesday night. The driver of the second vehicle escaped unharmed. The three burned victims were P. O. Smallwood Susanne Smallwood and Winston Smallwood. Authorities identified the trio via Texas license plates on their car. John W. Gatlin 50 of Hodge drove on the wrong side of the highway and caused the head on collision. He faced negligent homicide and driving while intoxicated charges. The bodies were taken to Monroe and Ruston funeral homes.
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Ocala
Fla
West Monroe
P. O. Smallwood
South
West Theological Institute
Arlington
Tex
Susanne
Winston
Texas
John W. Gatlin
Hodge
Gatlin
Ouachita Parish
Hixson Brothers ‘Funeral
Monroe
Spears Funeral Home
Ruston
Duke of Windsor Thanks Doctors After Abdominal Surgery
The Duke of Windsor, 70, leaves Methodist Hospital after abdominal surgery and thanks Dr. Michael De Bakey and staff. He and the Duchess stay at the Warwick Hotel in Houston for about a week before returning to New York. He noted widespread well wishes and praised medical care.
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Houston
Tex
Duke of Windsor
Methodist Hospital
Warwick Hotel
New York
Michael DeBakey
DeBakey
Harris County
Louisiana Couple Sets Scholarship at Western New Mexico
Hammond Louisiana couple establishes a scholarship at Western New Mexico University to honor their daughter Lucy Watson rescued by Central New Mexico volunteer fire department after a 100 foot mine shaft fall. Lucy, 10, recovered from a two week coma in Silver City hospital. The award provides 125 per semester to a Western student.
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Silver City
N.M
Western New Mexico University
Hammond
Central
Lucy Watson
James A. Watson Jr
Lucy
Ray Armijo
The
Watsons
Western
Copter Pilots Brave Danger In California
A 50-strong mix of Marine Army Air Force and civilian helicopter pilots operate within 100 miles of Eureka to airlift food clothing and medical supplies and evacuate nearly 1000 people in a vast flood zone amid blizzards and wrecked towns. They also hand out candy to children as they deliver relief.
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Fureka
Calif
California
Marine
Army
Air Force
Eureka
Bold Louisiana Road and College Program Aimed for 1965
Gov. John McKeithen outlines a sweeping 1965 bond program to boost highways and build college and institutions facilities. He cites a possible $200 million bond total, funded from existing revenues, with Treasury estimates and tax-free surpluses under consideration. The plan targets major highway upgrades and a large bridge project on the Mississippi River in New Orleans, plus a potential Denver bound super highway idea.
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Baton Rouge
John McKeithen
A. P. Tugwell
Tugwell
Confederate Memorial Hospital
State Division of Administration
Alexandria
Krotz Springs
Mississippi River
New Orleans
Denver
Colo
McKeithen
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Ronnie Baker
Mrs. Belva Frasier
Mrs
Emily Brown
Emily Lee Stephenson Brown
Kilbourne
Kilbourne First Baptist Church
M. J. Martin
C. J. T. Cotton
Mount Carmel
D. R. Williams
T. W. Price
I. W Price
Davis Bingham
First Baptist Church
Dalton
Robert Jackson
Price
Atlanta, Ga
Hazel Bowser
Owen Bowser
Lufkin
Douciere
Charles Bowser
Evelyn Berry
Catholic Services
Louisiana
Brave Danger
Turkey
Hardwick
Wlardwick
Heedwick
Wise Homes
Theresa Hardwick
Calvert Frantom
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