Federal Attorney Barrett Departs After Civil Rights Juries
U S district attorney Barrett returns to Washington as a grand jury in special session issues three no true bills on civil rights. Earlier, Barrett's first civil rights case produced a no true bill in Caldwell parish. Two one true bills followed from probes in DeSoto and Grant parishes with no updates on Jackson and Bienville parishes. The jury reconvenes February 25.
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St. John Barrett
Justice Department
Washington, D. C
Barrett
Caldwell Parish
DeSoto
Grant
Jackson
Bienville
Lasley Richardson
Rayville
T. Fitzhugh Wilson
U.S
Deaths in Northeast La. Frances Harrison and Culpepper rites
Funeral arrangements are set for Frances Harrison 74 of Epps who died in a local hospital. Interment will be in Oak Grove cemetery with Hall Funeral Home in charge. Survivors include numerous children grandchildren and siblings. A separate notice reports the death of Hiram Harvey Culpepper 69 of Oak Grove with services at Ebenezer Baptist Church Jonesboro and burial in Ebenezer Cemetery under Gay's Funeral Home. Survivors include a stepmother seven sisters five brothers and several relatives.
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Frances Harrison
Epps
Hall Funeral Home
Oak Grove
Hickman Dean
el Dorado
Ark
Thomas Dean
Denver
Colo
Charles Dean
Denton Harbor
Mich
Ralph Dean
Gladewater
Tex
Border Patrol Breaks Two-Way Smuggling Ring
The Border Patrol arrested two men and seized a twin-engine airplane, ending a two-way aerial smuggling operation. Pilot Charles S. Hudson of Taft California and Manuel Martinez of Mexico City were charged with smuggling aliens and contraband. Ground Observer Corps and Navy radar aided the interception.
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Corpus Christi
Tex
U. S
Border Patrol
Charles S. Hudson
Taft
Calif
Manuel Martinez
Mexico City
United States
Mexico
Ground Observer Corps
Navy
National Guard Campaign Aims to Enlist 15000 Members
The National Guard launches a nationwide drive to enlist 15 000 guardsmen in February with a local goal of 85. West Monroe Mayor J Allen Norris and Monroe Mayor W L Howard urge Twin Cities to back the effort. Local offices encourage contact at the National Guard Armory on Grand Street for those seeking to serve.
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National Guard
West Monroe
J. Allen Norris
Monroe
W. L. Howard
Twin Cities
Grand Street
Local Couples Apply for Marriage Licenses
William Jesse Chapman Jr 46 of West Monroe wed Juanita Lind 40 of Monroe. Vincent Whatley 28 of Trout weds Emogene Hudnall 29 of Jena. Harry Chernikoff 26 of Ruston weds Lillian Manasse 27 of Ruston.
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William Jesse Chapman, Jr
West Monroe
Juanita Lindsay
Monroe
Vincent Whatley
Trout
Emogene Hudnall
Jena
Harry Chernikoff
Lillian Manasse
Ruston
Real Estate Transfers in Ouachita Parish
Real estate transfers recorded Wednesday include Biedenham Realty selling to J Travis Hinke lot 9 block 7 Oak Park Monroe for 3573 dollars. J S James Construction selling to Amos Elmon Davis lots 9 and 10 block 39 unit 8 Highland Park West Monroe for 10550 dollars. Dilling Corporation selling to Maurice E Gross multiple Roosevelt Heights Ouachita for 4725 dollars. Aubrey Boldt et al selling to T A Grant lots 14 and 15 unit 2 Henrietta Boldt Monroe for 500 dollars. Robert Layton selling to M B Gwin lot 12 block 2 unit 1 Layton Texas Avenue subdivision for 950 dollars. John P Lewis selling to James Hi Hall lots 22 and 23 block 1 unit 1 Highland Park Monroe for 500 dollars. Phillip D Duncan selling to Ralph S Newman a lot in SW 4 of SW 4 in section 28 township 18N range 3E for 1000 dollars. Don Lowell Williams selling to Wilbur C Horn lot 7 and west half of lot 6 block 5 Riverside Bend West Monroe for 2578.57.
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Ouachita Parish
Biedenham Realty Company, Inc
J. Travis Hinke
Oak Park
Monroe
J. S. James Construction Company, Inc
Amos Elmon Davis
H. M. McGuire
Highland Park
West Monroe
Dilling Corporation
Maurice E. Gross
Roosevelt Heights
Aubrey Boldt
T. A. Grant
Henrietta Boldt
Robert Layton
M. B. Gwin Fot
Layton
Texas Avenue
John P. Lewis
James Hi. Hall
Phillip D. Duncan
Ralph S. Newman
Township
Don Lowell Williams
Wilbur C. Horn
Riverbend
Armond E. Sims Obituary in Winnsboro
Armond FE. Sims 635 a retired mail carrier died at his home Monday at Winnsboro He served 36 years with the post office department Funeral services will be held in Natchez from the Foster Funeral Home Interment will be in Natchez cemetery Survivors include two sisters Mrs Blanche Spence Natchez and Mrs Adelaide French Winnsboro and two brothers Richard Sims Sr New Orleans and Paul Sims Winnsboro
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Armond E. Sims
News-Star
Winnsboro
Armond FE. Sims
Sims
Post Office Department
Natchez
Foster Funeral Home
First National Funeral Home
Blanche Spence
Adelaide French
Richard Sims, Sr
New Orleans
Paul Sims
FBI Nabs One of Its 10 Most Wanted Ciminals
The FBI arrested escaped Utah convict Robert L. Green in a St. Paul Minnesota bus depot on a tip from two readers who recognized his photo. He surrendered without a fight and faces unlawful flight to avoid confinement charges. Green had been sought since 1954 after he and another inmate fled Draper prison.
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Minneapolis
FBI
Utah
Robert L. Green
St. Paul
Willis Arrives To Lead Red Propaganda Hearing
NEW ORLEANS Willis D La arrives to oversee a House American Activities subcommittee hearing on Communist propaganda. He will preside tomorrow with Rep. Moulder and Rep. Kearney. Committee counsel Richard Arens also attends. Subpoenaed witnesses include Lee Brown of ILWU Local 8 Jessie Sims local secretary and Ted Means.
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New Orleans
Willis
D-La
House On American Activities
Moulder
D-Mo
Kearney
R-Ny
Richard Arens
Washington
Lee Brown
International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen’s Union
Jessie Sims
Ted Means
Military Ball Set Friday at West Monroe Exposition Building
Northeast State College ROTC hosts its seventh annual military ball at 8 45 p m Friday in the West Monroe Fair Ground Exhibit Building. Durwood Cline's Shreveport orchestra plays as Cadet Capt Jimmy W Smith leads Company B in honoring distinguished ROTC graduates and faculty including President Lewis C Slater. Carolyn George, Bastrop freshman sponsor, will be crowned by Cadet Lt Col Sylvan Hoyem with an honor court listing sponsors Mrs Joan McGough Harris and others.
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Northeast State College
Reserve Officers Training Corps
West Monroe Fair Ground
Durwood Cline
Shreveport
Company B
National Society of Scabbard and Blade
Jimmy W. Smith
Sterlington
Northeast Rotc
Smith
ROTC
Lewis C. Slater
Richard B. Koos
Walter S. Mattox
Derwood Cann, Jr
P.M.S
George Whitmeyer
Carolyn George
Bastrop
Sylvan Hoyem
Monroe
Joan McGough Harris
West Monroe
Carol Ann Goodrum
West Monroe Sends Eight to Northwestern Speech Tourney
West Monroe High School will send eight students to the Northwestern State College Speech tournament in Natchitoches on February 15 and 16. Competitors include poetry oratory humorous declamations and after dinner speak across divisions with peers from Louisiana and Texas. Last year WMHS earned two third place certificates and one second place forensics honors presented by Donald Graham, the Northwestern director.
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Fight West Monroe High School
Northwestern State College
Natchitoches
WMHS
Donald Graham
Northwestern
Dignity Sought for Church Choirs by Music Educator
Methodist music teacher Dr. William C. Rice urged more dignity and less dance music in church choirs at the Music Teachers National Association convention in Chicago. He criticized songs with rhythmic characteristics akin to rock and roll and noted funerals and services featuring operatic love songs. Delegates elected Duane Haskell as president and chose officers Lavahn Maesch Virginia France John Lowell and Leland Coon for key roles.
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William C. Rice
Baker University
Baldwin
Kan
Music Teachers National Association
Rice
Tion
Duane Haskell
Arkansas State Colege
Karl Euersteiner
Florida State University
Lavahn Maesch
Lawrence Conservatory
Appleton
Wis
Duane Branigan
University of
Burns Fatal To Rayville Girl
Funeral services for Emma Dyess three year old daughter of Mr and Mrs C L Dyess of Rayville who died yesterday of burns will be held at 2 p m today at Midway Baptist church north of Holly Ridge Rev Fred Slater will officiate Interment under the direction of Gay Funeral home of Delhi will follow in the McKnight cemetery The child died after a 19 hour battle from second and third degree burns over 85 percent of her body she wore a cotton dress that caught fire from an open flame heater while her mother was outside Survivors include her parents two sisters Martha Lee and Mary Alice five brothers Charles Jr John Robert Kenneth Ray Henry Earl and Newton Willis all of Rayville and maternal grandfather W A Nelson Route 2 Rayville The residence is north of Holly Ridge.
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Emma Dyess
C. L. Dyess
Rayville
Midway Baptist Church
Holly Ridge
Fred Slater
Gay Funeral Home
Delhi
McKnight
Little Emma
Ball-Ellington Clinic
St. Francis Hospital
Martha Lee
Mary Alice
Charles, Jr
John Robert
Kenneth Ray
Henry Earl
Newton Willis
W. A Nelson
Dyess
Vermont Governor Skeptical of Gift Maple Tree
Gov. Joseph B. Johnson of Vermont questions a maple sugar tree presented by Gov. Harriman of New York claiming it was infested with tent caterpillars. The tree was a goodwill gift from Harriman during a neighborly exchange over maple products.
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Barre
Joseph B. Johnson
Vermont
New York
Averell Harriman
Harriman
Jefferson Davis junior livestock show and rodeo
Jennings Up Young farmers of Jefferson Davis parish will exhibit their best animals at the Jeff Davis junior livestock show on Saturday. Judging will be held for 11 classes of animals and a junior rodeo will climax the program in the afternoon. The event is sponsored by the Jennings Association of Commerce.
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Jennings
Jefferson Davis Parish
Jeff Davis
The
Jennings Association of Commerce
Doan's Pills Offer Fast Relief For Aches And Bladder Irritation
An old advertisement touts Doan's Pills as fast relief for backache headaches and muscular pains. It claims three actions plus soothing bladder irritation and mild diuretic effect to aid sleep and kidney function with a new large size option.
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Dean
Doan
Adv
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Gay
C. Culpepper
Chatham
Pearl Willie
Edwin Rhodes
Charlie Rhodes
H. Warren
Edgar Avery
Derwood Avery
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Edgar Willis
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Miami
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Draper
America
NTN Man
Ares
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Gordon
Stuart Hill
Portia Gould
Peggy Neal
Bennett Humphries
Wanda Fox
Kay MacMillan
Ronnie Sanford
Betty Lea
Louisiana
Texas
Allan McHose
Eastman School of Music
Rochester
N. Y
Paul Beckhelm
Cornell College
Mt. Vernon
Iowa
Archie Johns
University of Texas
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Ada
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