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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1968
Page
6
Obituaries from Columbia Bastrop and Monroe list James Delbert Rogers 64 buried at Columbia Hill. Davie McClary Harrison 60 laid to Carter Cemetery Bastrop. John Crawford Hogan 80 buried Carter Cemetery Bastrop. Veronica Trudnak 73 Wilkes Barre mother of E B Trudnak Monroe. Rita McKenzie widow of West Monroe. with survivors, long illnesses, and service details. Remembrances include pallbearers and church affiliations.
Funeral services for Miss Elnora French, sister of a Monroe resident, will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Mater Dolorosa Church in New Orleans. Burial follows under Tharpe Sontheimer-Tharpe Funeral direction. Survived by Mrs Roy Q. Cole Sr. of Monroe and three sisters and two brothers.
Funeral services were held at 2 30 p m at Kilpatrick's Chapel West Monroe for Berry A McKenzie of 604 S 3rd St West Monroe who died Sunday at home after a lengthy illness Burial took place in Farmerville Cemetery Dr Clifford Tennison officiated
The Ouachita Parents Section of the Alexander Graham Bell Association met at St. Pauls Methodist Church Sunday with about 25 attendees. Peter A. Illing welcomed new members Frank Breese and Dr Levelle Haynes as the group viewed two John Tracy Clinic films. The first introduced a series by Mrs Spencer Tracy, the second titled Functions of the Ear and Audiogram explained sound transmission and how audiograms are read using special equipment so parents could hear as their hearing impaired children do. The group plans to show the remaining eighteen films at upcoming meetings and a July 1 start for a class for young hearing impaired children, with the Monroe City School Board to meet June 3 to finalize the class mechanics.
Ouachita Parish Sheriff’s Department booked Charles W. Massa 30 on a Pecos theft warrant. Massa was released to parish officials after extradition hearings in Santa Barbara May 29. Dallas Ray Kinney 26 was also released to parish officials and returned to Ouachita for theft, posting $750 bond. Deputies arrested Joe Bob Patterson 27 from Huntsville Prison and returned him for two burglary counts with bonds of $5,000 and $2,500.
The Border Patrol of the Immigration and Naturalization Service seeks physically fit men over 21 for outdoor federal law enforcement work. Starting pay is 6734 dollars, rising to 7630 after one year. No prior experience needed. written exam required. First exam July 13, 1968. applications due by June 12, 1968. Contact Interagency Board examiners or local offices for details.
The St Frederick High School honor roll for the final six weeks of the 1967 68 year was announced by Rev Fr Warren T Larroque principal. Seniors on the list include Joseph Carrero Frankie Joseph Terri Seiden Debbie Keller Const ance Spatafora and Margaret Breard. Juniors include Richard Anzalone Kay Inzina Deborah Guidry Alma Roberts Katherine Tauzin Frances Green Guina Silvestri Debbie Herlevie Virginia Guirlando Sophomores Jeff Wolf Richard Williams Robert Spatafora Richard Driscoll Thomas Boyle Earl Sedric Banks and Margaret Chariton Freshmen include Richard Norris Richard Purcell Thomas Mendel Robert Johnathon Johnson John Herlevic John Guidry and William Lee Gay.
Helen Keller died Saturday at Arcan Ridge after a long illness. Her cremated remains were laid to rest in Bridgeport, and a memorial service will be held Wednesday at the National Cathedral with Senator Lister Hill delivering the eulogy.
Louisiana lawmakers from Baton Rouge to Monroe react after Gov. John McKeithen withdraws tax proposals in a Sunday move. They call for a comprehensive study, warning against rushed measures while urging a lean, long term plan. Leadership supports forming a revenue study committee to assess needs and options.
Louisiana House approval would remove a constitutional exemption and place women on equal liability for jury duty with men. The measure allows exemptions for child care and pressing family needs, opposed by fears of exposing women to sordid trial details. Senate support was broad, but debate highlighted concerns over harsh testimony and gender roles. The article also notes the annual Ice Patrol season in the North Atlantic.
Columbia AP reports state and local offices closed in observance of Jefferson Davis birthday, a federal holiday-like observance in South Carolina. Born June 3 1808, Davis is commemorated with closures across government levels.
The Ouachita Parish Public Library released a Friday bookmobile schedule effective June 7, repeating every two weeks through summer. Stops include Monroe area sites such as MAVTEC, Sandelberry Cutoff Road homes, Red Cut Road addresses, and local businesses, with precise arrival and departure times from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. including a lunch break from 12:10 p.m. to 12:49 p.m.
Former Ecuador provisional president Andres Cordova led early returns in the first presidential vote since Velasco Ibarra's ouster in 1961. He led rival ex-presidents Velasco and Camilo Ponce as troops patrolled Quito and voters turned out in large numbers amid calm, while violence damaged radio stations in Guayaquil and bombs targeted homes of Ponce allies. Observatory observers from the Organization of American States monitored polling.
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