U S Electoral Steps Would Amaze Constitution Writers
Washington AP report traces the U S presidential election path from primary selection to House runoff, detailing the Electoral College origins, the move to winner take all, and historical cases of minority wins. It notes the 1968 Wallace factor and how House delegations could swing a president, with 538 electors and 270 needed for victory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Mobley Washington
Philadelphia
House of Representatives
George Wallace
Congress
House
Senate
United States
Harry F. Byrd
Virginia
Richard M. Nixon
Risa
John Quincy Adams
Andrew Jackson
Adams
Rutherford B Hayes
Samuel J. Tilden
Mission
Hayes
Benjamin Harrison
Grover Cleveland
District of Columbia
New York
Rhode Island
Wallace
Final Rites For Drowning Victim Susan Dickey
Funeral services are planned in Tulsa today for 11 year old Susan Dickey daughter of Sgt and Mrs Monte Dickey of Monroe. She drowned in Bayou DeSiard Wednesday with burial at Floral Haven Cemetery Tulsa under Butler Funeral Home direction. Survivors include her two brothers Monte Dickey Jr and Donald Dickey of Monroe and her maternal grandparents Earl Phillips Tulsa and Mrs Lita Dickey Tulsa.
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Susan Dickey
Monte Dickey
Bon Aire Dr
Monroe
Tulsa
Oklo
Floral Haven Cemetery
Butler Funeral Home
Mulhearn Funeral Home
Bayou DeSiard
Vietnam
Monte Dickey Jr
Donald Dickey
Earl Phillips
Tula
Okla
Lita Dickey
Blackmon Receives Optometry Degree in Memphis
Larry Edward Blackmon, son of Dr. and Mrs. E. S. Blackmon of West Monroe, is among 77 seniors earning a Doctor of Optometry degree at Southern College of Optometry Memphis. A 1963 West Monroe High School graduate, he studied at Northeast Louisiana State College, is Phi Theta Upsilon member and Louisiana Club treasurer. He will wed Prudency Ann Lewis of West Monroe on June 22 after she earned a Northeast medical technology degree.
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Memphis, Tenn
Southern College of Optometry
Larry Edward Blackmon
E.S. Blackmon
West Monroe
Blackmon
West Monroe High School
Northeast Louisiana State College
Phi Theta Upsilon
Louisiana Club
Southern College
Prudency Ann Lewis
Devon Lewis
Northeast
Services For Mrs Powell Set Today At Church
Funeral services for Florance Bertha Powell 80 were held at 4 p.m. today at Bethel Baptist Church West Monroe with Rev Johnny Atkins officiating. Burial was in Hasley Cemetery under direction of Hixson Brothers Funeral Home. She died Sunday of an apparent heart attack. Survived by two sons Steve L Powell Monroe and A B Powell West Monroe two daughters Mrs Annie Lou Baker West Monroe and Mrs Margie Goughs Jackson Miss two sisters Mrs Laura Purvis Delhi and Mrs Ethel Conrad Sondheimer five grandchildren and five great grandchildren Pallbearers were Herman McLin Frank Lillo Lamar Priscok Robert Joyner Roy Simmons and R S Harold.
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Florance Bertha Powell
Bethel Baptist Church
West Monroe
Johnny Atkins
Hasley Cemetery
Hixson Brothers Funeral Home
Herman McLin
Frank Lillo
Lamar Priscok
Robert Joyner
Roy Simmons
R. S. Harold
Amazon River dwarfs other rivers in area drained
The Amazon with 2,368,000 square miles of drainage covers areas from the Bolivian andes through Peru Ecuador and Colombia to the Atlantic Ocean, nearly twice the drainage area of any other river, exceeding the Nile in length but far surpassing it in basin size.
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Amazon
Bolivia
Peru
Ecuador
Colombia
Atlantic Ocean
Preparation H Report Shrinks Hemorrhoids Relief
A New York special report says Preparation H offers a formula that in most cases relieves pain stops itching and reduces hemorrhoid swelling. Doctors note soothing irritated tissue and preventing further infection as it treats hemorrhoids in ointment or suppository form.
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New York, N.Y
Refugees in Honai Hope for Peace Amid North South Divide
In Honai, a city of refugees from the North, Catholic leaders and residents weigh Paris peace talks with cautious hope and lingering distrust. They share North Vietnamese parish names, memories of evacuation in 1954, and a sense that Honai has become home despite longing for a reunified country.
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Honai
South Vietnam
Paris
Father P. Su
Holy Rosary Church
Thai Binh
North Vietnam
Hanoi
Haiphong
Nam Dinh Dispensary
Bai Chu
Nguyen van An
Ho Chi Minh
Saigon
Bernard
Gaspe
Quebec
Brothers of St. John of God
Red River
Bui Chu
Geneva
Bien Hoa
Vung Tau
Long Hai
Shang
Hai
Moscow
Nguyen Cao Ky
Father Su
Property Tax Is Subject Of Bill
Rep Arthur Crais of New Orleans has proposed a constitutional amendment to abolish the 5% property tax mills. The plan would let parishes levy the same total millage as the state relinquishes and require continued state home stead exemptions without reimbursement. The measure is among 47 amendments filed Sunday night as the session begins.
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Baton Rouge
Arthur Crais
New Orleans
Crais
Richard Guidry
Galliano Guidry
Shady Wall
Monroe
Wild Life and Fisheries
Richard Talbot
Houma
Jesse Knowles
Lake Charles
Louisiana
William Boyd
State Civil Service Commission
Southern University
Grambling
Xavier
Dillard
Ernest Morial
My Answer on Death and Mercy in Faith
In a reader column the author contrasts two neighbors one a devout Christian who dies and one alcoholic who remains. The piece argues death can be a gain for the believer and that God may spare the troubled woman to allow time for repentance and recovery, framing suffering within mercy.
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Paul
Looting by South Vietnamese troopers in Saigon amid Tet fighting
In Saigon during the Tet offensive, South Vietnamese troops loot radios, television sets, liquor, clothing, and food as battles rage. A sergeant rebukes a looter who kept more than one radio, while others raid stores and shutters. The conduct harms government image and widens tension with Chinese shopkeepers in Cho Lon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saigon
MI6
Cholon
CALICO family protection for funeral expenses
Aimed at North Louisiana families, CALICO protection covers funeral costs and offers extra cash. It relieves financial stress by allowing pennies a day payments over ten or twenty years or longer, enabling coverage for the whole family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisiana
Calico
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Preston Smith
Texas
Lubbock
Smith
Don Yarborough
U.S
Larry Blackmon
Sampognaro
Back of St. Francis Hospital
Uy Nas
FT Cece
DeSoto St
North American van Lines, Inc
General Electric
Billy Graham
Raymond Rodriguez
Baus Marine Piano
ALICO
Central American Life Insurance Company
P.O. Box
Central American Life Insurance CO
Kilpatrick’s Insurance
Kilpatrick Funeral Homes
Ruston
Bernice
Farmerville
Blackwell Golden, Bastrop
Blanchards Funeral Home
Natchitoches
Waal Eed
Calico, P.O
West Monroe, la
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