Burglary arrests and thefts linked in Monroe area
Monroe police arrest James Larry Gable 22 for a February 6 burglary at two Monroe residences where a radio was taken. West Monroe police charge Louis O Riordan 48 with displaying a dangerous weapon after a Saturday incident and aggravated assault. Two theft cases closed with arrests of local men Jerry Greer 19 and others. Deputy investigators report a missing 14 foot aluminium fishing boat valued at 119.50 from Hamilton Lake. A break in reported in Monroe yields 18100 worth of goods stolen from a residence. Otis Banks reports guns and jewelry taken over the weekend.
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Monroe
James Larry Gable
West Monroe
Louis O'Riordan
Rodeway Inn
Ife
Jerry Greer
Ludwig
Knights
Local Youth Charged in Property Damage Case
Police report says Joseph Soares age 17 of 517 North 3rd St was arrested on charges including damage to property and related offenses after an incident at a North 7th Street business. Items recovered included a Remington shotgun with scope and assorted ammunition along with jewelry valued at 600 to 700 dollars and various electronics.
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North 7Th Street
Joseph Soares
S17
North 3Rd St
Charg
Mary H. Wilcoxson
P. O. Box
Monroe
Washington
Shelia Marie Woodard
North 7Th St
Willie Trewell Woodard
E. A. Conway Hospital
Two Thefts Probed by Monroe Police
Monroe police investigate two thefts including a toolbox with equipment valued at 230 dollars reported by William Wynn at 907 North 35th. The second theft involves a 23 channel Citizen band radio taken from Katherine Stamper’s car at the Civic Center.
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Monroe
William Wynn
North 35Th
Poltice
Louisville Ave
Katherine Stamper
Church St
Royce
Stamper
Civic Center
Mary R. Atkins
Jackson St
E. A. Conway Hospital
David Lee Brown
Cagle Street
Rites Wednesday For Rev Lenn on Lenon
Rosary services for the Rt Rev Msgr Terrence J Len on 57 pastor of St Matthews church Monroe will be at 730 p m today Requiem mass at 1030 a m Wednesday with Bishop Graves and Bishop Greco officiating Graveside 3 pm in Mary Hill Cemetery Pineville Mulhearns Funeral Home Monroe supervised the rites He died suddenly at St Francis Hospital Monroe Survivors include a brother and two sisters Body lies in state 6 pm today until services Clergy members to pallbearers
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terrence J. Lenon
St. Matthews ‘Tholte Church
Monroe
Lawrence P. Graves
Charles P. Greco
Mary Hill
Pineville
Mulhearn
Lennon
St. Francis Hospital
Land
St. Matthew's
Four Receive Sentences Here
Four defendants faced charges in U S District Court and were placed on supervised probation by Judge Tom Stagg. Carl A Shay received a five year probation term with restitution of 1791 dollars for interstate shipment theft. Huey Bonner got three years probation for aboard aircraft crime and assault. Jimmy Dale Smith received five years probation in lieu of a suspended sentence for interstate transportation of a stolen vehicle. Lloyd W Brown was sentenced to two years for fraud and for a false statement to the Farmers Home Administration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S. District Court
Tom Stagg
Carl A. Shay
Huey Bonner
Jimmy Dale Smith
Funeral Rites Planned Thursday for Mrs White
Mrs Mary Battaglia White 55 of 2710 Lee Ave Monroe died Monday night at St Francis Hospital after a brief illness Funeral services will be 10 am Thursday at Kilpatrick s Funeral Home chapel West Monroe Burial in Monroe Memorial Park Cemetery Survivors include two sons Sam Battaglia and Joey White six daughters Rose Zeigler Lena Rawls Angie McLeod Mary Crain Mary Allen White and Joan Miletello two stepsons Larry White James White two stepdaughters Earline Wendt Nancy Craft and Sallie Joe Fasterwood four brothers Tony Jack Joe and Rock Battaglia and one sister Lucy Sawyer plus grandchildren and great grandchildren
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kilpatrick
Funeral Home Chapel
West Monroe
Monroe Memorial Park
Sam Battaglia
Metairie
Joey White
Monroe
Rose Zeigler
Lena Rawls
Tickfall
Angie McLeod
New Orleans
Mary Crain
Columbia
Mary Allen White
Joan Miletello
Larry White
James White
Jackson
Miss
Earline Wendt
Zachary
Nancy Craft
Baton Rouge
Sallie Joe Fasterwood
Lake Providence
Tony Battaglia
Jack Battaglia
Joe Batteelta
Rock Bettaglia
Swartz
Lucy Sawyer
Manene
Downsville
Farmerville
Noah
Jasper Clark
Lincoln General Hospital
Ruston
Jim Ailer
Mt. Nebo
Clark
Macedonia, Ill
Bethel United Methodist Church
Bess Clark
T. F. Jones Jr
Roy Gover
Wichita Falls
Tex
Jonesboro
Nell S. Young
Rt. 3
Edmonds Funeral Home
Bill Fuller
Eddie Taylor
Ansley
Young
Jackson Parish Hospital
John Young
Mildred Henderson
Lois Smith
J. L. Smith
Hope, Ark
Lee’ Scarborough
Truxno
Birds Chapel
Terral
Tarrar Funeral Home
Scarborough
V.A. Hospital
Shreveport
Jacksonville
Fla
Sim Scarborough
Carson City
Nev
Bertha Albritton
Haywood Taylor
Ira Matthews
Linville
James Knight
Frank Knight
Connife Ray Alford
Zane Matthews
Tynwood Taylor
Avril W. Aswell
Rt. 5
Box 10
Clai- Sornier Methodist
Burl Dampier
Randon
Hasley Cemetery
Aswell
Claiborne United Methodist Church of
West’ Monroe
United Women's Methodist Group
Kenneth Aswell
James EB. Aswell
Union
New Jersey
Marie Wallace Wilbanks
Mary Ice
Houston
Archie Wilhite
Bastrop
Evelyn Lenard
Rose Colon
Sadie Haggard
Jimmy Aswell
James G. Aswell
Joel Aswell
Don Ice II
Tommy Dillon
Eugene Ducney
Mike Wallace
Johnny Aswell
Advisory Group Meets Tonight in Cotton Mills Addition
The Cotton Mills Addition Neighborhood Advisory Committee will meet at 7 p m tonight in the Benoit Recreation Center Auditorium at 1700 Oak Lawn. Chairman Ray Ellerbe says the session will cover a rezoning issue moving one neighborhood section from B-3 to B-1. Area residents are urged to attend.
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Cotton Mills Addition
Benoit Recreation Center
Oaklawn
Ray Ellerbe
Funeral notices from Tallulah and Winnsboro reflect local losses
In Tallulah, King dies after years as a Tallulah resident and former National Guard member. funeral with Rev. Ned Stout at Tallulah Methodist Church. Survivors include widow Geraldine and multiple siblings. In Winnsboro, Mrs. Cora Orr, 75, dies. services at Fort Necessity Baptist Church with burial in church cemetery. Survivors include five sons, three daughters, a sister, a brother, and many grandchildren.
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Tallu
Winnsboro
Cora Orr
Fort Necessity Baptist Church
Roy Moore
Jack Jones
John Orr
Ferriday
Jimmie Orr
New Orleans
Mary Dunn
Betty McKay
Alexandria
Louise Erwin
Fort Necessity
Leona Talbert
Jonesville
Jessie Perry
Greenville
Miss
Annias Walker Rites Held at Flower Mount Baptist Church
Funeral services were set for 1 pm Thursday at Flower Mount Baptist Church for Annias Walker 74 of Monroe after a lengthy illness at Caldwell Hospital in Columbia. Burial followed at Richwood Hunt's Golden State Funeral Parlor in Monroe. Survivors included five daughters and five sons, with multiple grandchildren and great grandchildren. The obituary notes service details and familial survivors across Monroe Columbia and beyond.
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Flower Mount Baptist Church
Annias Walker
Monroe
Bennie Butcher
Richwood
Hunt
Golden State Funeral Parlor
Walker
Caldwell Hospital
Columbia
Mattie Walker
Charlotte Jackson
Dottie Armstrong
Gracie Mae Wesley
Alma Scott
Ella Mae Walker
Issac Walker
Los Angeles
Calif
Ernest Walker
Oakland
Levi Walker
Nouma
Annias Walker Jr
Ivory Walker
Serena Pimpton
Ida “Orper
Laura Johnson
Darlene Johnson
Clarks
Ed Walker
Chicago
Funeral notices for Nell S Young and others in Louisiana
Funeral services are listed for Nell S Young 83 of Ruston at Edmonds Funeral Home with burial at Ansley Cemetery. Other notices include Scarborough of Truxno, Aswell of West Monroe, and Jackson of West Monroe with details of dates, churches, cemeteries, and survivors.
Obituary for Mr. Clack at Colonial Manor Guest Home
Mr. Clack died Monday after a long illness at Colonial Manor Guest Home near Rayville. He is survived by his son James F. Clack of Alexandria, two daughters Floyce Schmutte of San Angelo Texas and Gwen Hanes of Pineville, six grandchildren and one great grandchild.
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Rayville
Clack
James F. Clack
Alexandria
Floyce Schmutte
San Angelo
Tex
Gwen Hanes
Pineville
Funeral services for George Miller Jr. held in Newellton
Funeral services were held for 17 year old George Miller Jr. in Newellton with Rev. Albert Jones officiating. Burial followed at Ruthwood Cemetery under Richardson's Funeral Home of Monroe. He died after a lengthy illness at E A Conway Hospital. Surviving include his father George Miller Sr. of Tallulah and a sister Cynthia Flowers of Newellton.
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Newellton
Paradise Baptist Church
George Miller Jr
Albert Jones
Ruthwood
Richardson
Monroe
Miller
E. A. Conway Hospital
George Miller Sr
Tallulah
Cynthia Flowers
George Flowers
Howard Griffith Dies at 61 Owner of KUZN KYEA Stations
Howard E. Griffith 61, owner of KUZN and KYEA radio stations in the Twin Cities, died Monday at Glenwood Hospital after an apparent heart attack. A World War II signals engineer, he led mobile radio efforts and founded Northeast Louisiana’s first TV station KFAZ. He built KUZN in West Monroe in 1956 and added KYEA FM in 1968. Burial at Roselawn Cemetery in Calhoun followed funeral services at Kilpatrick's West Monroe.
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Howard E. Griffith
KUZN
KYEA
Twin Cities
Chanel
Kilpatrick
West Monroe
Lowell Ashbrook
Roselawn
Calhoun
Griffith
Glenwood Hospital
Tswee
Louisiana
United States
KFAZ
Monroe
NLU President Vines to keynote Tech graduation
Dr Dwight Del bert Vines new Northeast Louisiana University president will speak at Louisiana Tech winter commencement on March 4 at 10 a.m. in Howard Auditorium. About 354 Tech graduates will receive degrees as Vines, former businessman and dean, was appointed president Jan 1 1976.
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News - Star News Service
Ruston
Dwight Delbert Vines
Northeast Louisiana University
Louisiana Tech
Howard Auditorium
Tech
F. Jay Taylor
Vines
College of Business Administration
NLU
American Association of Collegiate Schools of Business
College of Business Administrattion Alumni Association
Nsw
University of Colorado
Louisiana State University
Northfreuen ‘State University
Northwestern State University
Pi Sigma Epsilon
United States
State Farm Insurance Companies
Olinkraft, Inc
Louisiana Machinery
Associated General Contractors
Accrediting Commission
United Business Schools Association
Phi Kappa
Phi
Funeral services held for Mrs Ha zel C Hilborn
Funeral services for 55 year old Mrs Hazel C Hilborn of 335 Sel man Drive were conducted at Kilpatrick's Funeral Home chapel in Monroe with Rev Carl S Barnes officiating. Burial followed in Riverview Cemetery. She died Sunday at her residence after a brief illness. A native of Union Parish she had been a resident of Pennsylvania. She was a member of Dixie chapter 179 Order of the Eastern Star and the Ocauhita chapter of the American Businesswomen's Association and the Evergreen Garden Club.
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Hazel Calk Hilborn
Selman Drive
Kilpatrick
Monroe
Carl S. Barnes
Riverview Cemetery
Hilborn
S*e
Union Parish
Ansylvania
Dixie
Order of the Eastern Star
Ouachita
The
American Businesswomen's Association
Evergreen Garden Club
Beltone offers free tiny hearing aid model
In Chicago Beltone proclaims a free nonoperating model of its smallest hearing aid to anyone answering the advertisement. The device weighs under a third of an ounce and sits at ear level in one unit. Free to keep and requires no purchase.
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Chicago
Beltone
Funeral services for Mrs. Isabelle Crain in Columbia
Mrs. Isabelle Crain, 70, of Columbia, died recently. Funeral services were to be held at 2 p.m. today at Riser & Son Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. K D Mills officiating. Burial was to be in Welcome Home Cemetery in Grayson.
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Columbia
Isabelle Crain
Riser & Son Funeral Home
K. D. Mills
Welcome Home Cemetery
Grayson
Four Motorists Fined In Court For DUI Offenses
In Monroe City Court on Monday Judge Elvis Stout fined four motorists for driving under the influence. William A. LaDart William N McLemore Daniel S Rekstaff and Preston Scott each faced $400 fines or 85 days in jail. One offender Roland Dotson paid $100 for a stop sign violation. Enoch W Lindsey received a $150 fine with 40 days in jail suspended and 50 days to serve plus 25 suspended days for leaving the scene with restitution ordered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe
Elvis Stout
William A. LaDart
McGuire St
West Monroe
Daniel S. Rekstaff
Washington St
Downer Groe
Preston Scott
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Otis B. Banks
Dr., Monroe
North Sth
Rev
Mrs. White
Mary Battaglia White
Lee Avenue
Richard M. Clack Rayvilile
Finneral Serv
Association
Brandeis
National Association of Broadcast Engineers
Margie .M. Griffith
April. Griffith
Debbie. Smith
Atlanta
Susan Griffith
Dallas
Arthur Griffith
Susie Griffith
Thomas
Ed Griffith
Robert Griffith
George Griffith
Blanch Mabry
Bossier City
William Norris
Jerry Sandidge
Gordon Williams
Hank Wallace
al Wilkinson
Chuck Morgan
Rev. A. L. Calloway
Monroe City
Cemette
Veterans Administration Hospital
Larry Hall
Marie. G. Johnson
Extension
Leola Myer
Carbondale
Illand
S. L. Scarborough
Noah Clark
Mrs
Nell Young
Beevers
Avril Aswell
Clara Jackson
Ridge Dr
Mount Pleasant Baptist Church
F. D. Nash
Miller Funeral Home of
Kdren and Praidchildren
Jett Richardson
Morton
Scott County
Smith County
Cracker Station
Springfield
Arlena
Phillips Richardson
Wiley Richardson
Luther
Ruby Turner
Ruby M. Turner
Columbia Hills Cemetery
W. M. Causey
Virgil Wilson
Riser & Son Funeral Home of
Howard Griffith
Kuzn Radio
Kyeafm
Hazel Hilborn
Garvan
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