27 Jul 1966
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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1966
Page
1
A small town comedy opens Thursday at the Strauss Playhouse on Lamy Lane and runs through August 6. A fast talking salesman of musical instruments disrupts the plot in this 1912 era production photographed by Ronald F. Heflin.
Marina Oswald Porter relocates from Dallas to a modest frame and brick home in Greenville after leaving the “glass house” she shared with Lee Harvey Oswald. Neighbors and police-linked locals observe as Porter and her husband Kenneth Porter settle into a new town about 50 miles northeast of Dallas.
A Continental Trailways driver, Johnny Fr. Beebe of Shreveport, faces two counts of negligent homicide after a three vehicle collision on U S Highway 80 near Mound. The crash killed Claude Rosson and his 17 year old daughter Lynn of Gadsden Alabama. Beebe is charged by state police following Tuesday’s wreck that injured another occupant and left his wife Juanita in critical condition.
A two state task force with DeSoto County jail trustees searched the scene of Doris Evelyn Holloway s sex and robbery slaying in Memphis Tennessee and DeSoto County Mississippi for a large purse believed stolen. A Shelby County man was held for investigation at the DeSoto jail after being arrested in Memphis and agreeing to a polygraph test.
Richard Speck 24 faces arraignment after eight indictments charging murder in the slayings of eight student nurses. Judge Edward Healy noted arraignment timing may shift. Also involved, Philippine consul general Eric Provido seeks to meet survivor Corazon Amaro as authorities review hospital access. In Mineral Springs a truck stop owner’s wife Mrs Holloway is found murdered after an assault and robbery involving a missing purse.
About 800 homebuilders from all states gathered near Capitol Hill to press for more mortgage credit. They urged Congress to pass bills enabling Fannie Mae to borrow up to 3 billion, boosting funds to buy government guaranteed mortgages and free lenders for new loans.
Tests at a famous medical center identify a heartburn medicine formula that combines calcium carbonate with two magnesium compounds as superior to leading liquids tablets and prescription antacids in performance and relief outcomes.
In 1958 Kentucky Tavern was aged eight years and a New Orleans pub owner appeared the same year. Eight years later Paul Burke starred in 12 O'Clock High and Kentucky Tavern became Old Smoothie. The ad pitches eight-year bourbon as superior to younger varieties.
Real estate developer Geo. Fluitt says six inches of concrete streets will be poured this week at Forsythe Business Park. Sales had paused after G.M.F. Realty sold the 28th lot in a 49 day campaign. Fluitt plans to sell 10 of 22 remaining lots as of August 1 1966, with potential buyers urged to join the waiting list.
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