Two Monroe teens held for liquor store robbery attempt
Ouachita Sheriff Bailey Grant said 16 year old Robert D Toney and 18 year old Jerry L Toney of Route 1 Moore Road were charged with armed robbery in the Tuesday night holdup of Willie T s Cut-Rate Liquor Store No 2 on the south side. A younger Toney matched a description provided by Jeanette Slaton and was identified in a lineup. The incident occurred after 4 pm Tuesday. about seven to eight dollars in cash and cans were taken and not recovered.
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Monroe
Ouachita
Bailey Grant
Robert Donald Toney
Jerry Lynn Toney
Route 1
Moore Road
Jeanette Slaton
Atkinson
Willie T
No. 2
Young Toney
Slaton
Louis Peres
Va Vadada
Contract Signed For New Plant In Ouachita Parish
A contract for a new Coca Cola bottling plant was signed today by Ouachita Coca Cola Bottling Co and Greek Construction Co. The facility, covering about 24,000 square feet of paved area with a triple A structural steel frame, will serve eleven northeast Londisiabe parishes and sit at the I 20 and U6 interchange southwest corner. The project includes warehouses in Bas Prege Chae Ua and will extend north to the Arkansas line and east to the Mississippi River. Architectural work is by Wolaaie and the plant aims to boost regional distribution and employment.
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Ouachita Coca-Cola Bottling Company
Highway 165
Greek Construction Company
Londisiabe
Monroe
Bouiahi Parihes
Arkansas Ine
Mississippe River
Company M
Bas Prege
Youth Who Shot Rabbi Down Dies
An article reports the death of the youth who shot a rabbi, after he had shot the rabbi and then turned the pistol on himself. The rabbi remained in intensive care with brain surgery noted recently.
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Packard Wiehner Bs
Bos Conmeresation
Hener Cassin
Erie
Fiat Tanicelsion
Adier
Gallerna Horalds
Ypoes Mahireas Kiabta Andier
Sattar Desputad
Cooler and Cloudy Forecast for Two Cities Today
Forecasts predict cloudy to partly cloudy skies and cooler temperatures for the Two Cities. Highs are expected between 46 and 60 degrees with cool mornings and a 40s low noted in Monroe.
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Monroe
Unclear OCR Text Kicks Off Local Campaign Notes
Fragmentary report names Curtis Jomer a Ward 3 jury member and mentions parish campaign activity. Text is garbled with unrelated phrases about operas and dramatics and references various unclear entities.
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Curtis Jomer
Pelice
Comanse
Antpditer Campiegn
Opera Hien
Otgehita Pariho Eto
U S Troops Wounded Amid Dominican Republic Unrest
Three American paratroopers were wounded in Santo Domingo during a violent attack as a general strike expanded nationwide. Reports say two wounded men remained uncertain in their condition while police clashed with demonstrators protesting police violence and government actions.
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Santoro Domingo
Domin
Santo Domingo
Minimum Wage Hike Faces Opposition In Legislature
An effort to raise the hourly minimum wage to 2.60 beyond next year stalled as White House advisers push for a higher target while the Education and Labor Committee fights for broader coverage. The panel backed a three step plan to 2.75 with farm workers included, but the bill never reached the floor amid party disputes and administration concerns.
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Econ Ceek Elias Tooostaunge
Tata
Ppotee Education and Labor Committee
Thestad Administration
Atl
P ProClais Minitatian
Sane Fevastabjan
Becauee
Platte Floor
Death of Alston Prophit Sparks Community Tribute
Alston Prophit 69 of Sot Jasmine Monroe died at St Francis Hospital after a prolonged illness. Funeral services set for Thursday at Mulhearn Funeral Home chapel with Rev Preston Brown and Rev Bod Hotlo officiating, burial in Old Civ Cemetery. A Monroe native, he was a retired businessman, World War II veteran, and active community leader in the American Legion, Presbyterian church, Twin City Community Chest, Masonic Lodge, and Monroe Rotary Club. Survived by two daughters Patty Prophit of Palo Alto and Sister Brigid of St Louis, two brothers and four sisters.
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Sot Jasmine
Monroe
St Francis Hospital
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Mulhearn
Preston Brown
Hotlo
Mr Prophit
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Hle
American Legion
Presbyterian Church
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Masonic Lodge
Efe
Monroe Chamber of Commerce
Riverside
Monroe City
University of North Carolina
Public Affairs Research Council
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Mystery Youth Death Probed Near Opelousas
Police investigate the death of a teenager from New York found shot near an Atharalaya River area road in Opelousas St Landry Parish Louisiana. The body showed a rifle wound. authorities say it does not appear self inflicted and a 22 caliber rifle was located nearby. The father from Flushing Meadow planned to arrive for identification.
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la. Cap
New York
Todas
John Patrick Piasiechie
Flushing Meadow
Long Island
Clathy Hassom
Brads
Athafalaya
St Landes
Fie
Havard Colins
Trooper Powell Dies After Store Shooting In Louisiana
State trooper John Sebe Powell was killed by a head shot at the Gold Crown Gift Center in West Monroe while his wife Evelyn Ann Powell 32 was wounded. Evelyn remained in critical condition at St Francis Hospital as investigators probed a possible personal motive in the Tuesday afternoon incident.
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St. Francis Hospital
Gold Crown Gift Center
Louisville Avenue
Hes
Powell
Bon Aire Drive
Gut Center
Oas
Cift Center
Keith Joseph Pierce
Clark Street
West Monroe
Parr
Pierce
Anottermann
Richard
Flora Ann Boone
Alexandria
John So Powell
Boo. Love
West Mooroe
Huey Lenard
Doyle Furgeson
Joe Lee Brantley
A. C. Buckley
Jeff Gulley
Cloyd Edwards
US Forces Deal Cong New Losses In Vietnam War
Allied troops and air power press Viet Cong on several fronts. US forces report 66 Viet Cong killed in one Tuesday action and 61 in another near Bong Son. US and Vietnamese spokesmen say enemy fire killed 340 US and South Vietnamese troops last week, while allies killed 684 Viet Cong and captured 64. Air strikes hit targets in the Vinh and Dien Bien Phu area and near the Dong Hai shipyard, with other raids to disrupt roads, railways, and storage facilities.
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South Viet Nam
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Cavalry
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North Viet Nam
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Dien Bien Phu
Hana
Dong Neain
Richland Bridge Damaged in Roman parish area fighting
The Beouf River bridge between Guk Ridge and Epps was washed out by high water, cutting traffic near Rayville Richland Parish. Army units swept through the area as Viet Cong losses mounted with 61 bodies found and several weapons and radios recovered in major operations around Tuy Hoa and Saigon.
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Beouf River
Guk Ridge
Epps
Richland Parish
Sheriffs Department
Toaih
Rayvalle
Humans reach the moon sparks hope for friendly aliens
A lighthearted remark envisions future lunar visitors viewing humans kindly and as more than a meal, hoping aliens will find Earth people interesting and appealing rather than a target.
Epidemic Strikes California Area
An outbreak described as a disease like influenza sweeps Southern California. Schools report many absences and an average illness rate. Businesses face similar effects. Similar infections reach as far north as the San Francisco area.
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Los Angeles
California
San Francisco Area
Booby Trap Valentine Gift Hurts Girl in Birmingham
A booby trapped Valentine package injures a Birmingham high school girl, Patricia Vdabo, as her sister Nancy opens a brief case. A sawed off shotgun was triggered by moving the case, grazing the left foot and breaking two bones. Investigators link threatening letters to the incident. Nancy warned Patricia by name before the blast.
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Aba Gap
Birmingham
Bieh
Patricia Vdabo
West Bend Hospital
Panibaush
Vol Part
Patricia Sn
Nancy
Nanes
Patricia
Valentine
West End High School
Debate Opens on Viet Nam Military Bill
Sen. Richard B. Russell challenged opponents to offer alternatives that would end the Viet Nam war honorably while urging speedy passage of a military authorization bill. Long urged a rider backing Johnson policies, but Russell opposed attaching policy riders to a bill funding helicopters missiles and supplies for troops.
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Richard B. Russell
D-Ga
Johnson
Russell
Senate Armed Services Committee
Russel B. Long
Louisiana
U.S
Viet Nam
Long
Southeast Asia
State and Defense
Vance Hoertke
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