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Newspaper

Monroe News Star

Location

Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America

Date

Jun 04, 1959

Page

8

Western ranchers clash with federal land managers over grazing allotments

In Boise Idaho rangeland disputes escalate as Forest Service and BLM cut grazing allotments. Emmett rancher Dave Little, who ran 18 000 acres for sheep in the Boise National Forest since 1942, says the cuts push him out of the sheep business. Agency officials cite land use balance among water timber grazing recreation and wildlife. Ranchers contend grazing is being shortchanged by federal agencies.

Boise, Idaho Dave Little Idaho Boise National Forest The Forest Service Emmett Bureau of Land Management BLM Howard E. Ahlskog

Obituaries From Louisiana Deaths Include Trunzler Freeman Griffin Knighten

Death notices from Harrisonburg Jonesboro Crossett and Columbia report funeral services and burials. B G Trunzler died in Gulfport Mississippi with services in Harrisonburg and burial in Locust Grove Cemetery. Arta Freeman died in a Hodge clinic. John R Griffin died in Crossett with services at Fountain Hill Baptist Church. Randall Knighten, five, died of pulmonary edema in Columbia with services at Fellowship Baptist Church. Survivors listed include spouses children and extended family.

B. G. Trunzler Gulfport Miss Harrisonburg Baptist Church Ray Walters Locust Grove Cemetery Jonesville Mulhearn Winnsboro Mammie Richard Tranzler Basil J, Jr Joe Tom Martin Harrisonburg Chester Coker Bessie Cheirs Arta Freeman Jonesboro Arta Lee Freeman Hodge Primitive Baptist Church Rufus Kitchingham Lelon Swanner Alice Walker Johnnie Slay George Anders Pineville B. M. Amerian Livingston, Tex S. C. Slay Springdale Ark John R. Griffin Crossett Russellville Fountain Hill Baptist Church Farr Madden Louie Aycock Port Humeme Calif Charles Hatfield James Sliger Bastrop Sam and and Earnest South Hill Alma Covey Jesse Brooks Lula White Fountain Hill Randall L. Knighten Columbia Randall Louis Knighten Louis L. Knighton Mack Belmore

Houston Company Wins Rate Hike

Mecom Petroleums of Houston has won temporary authorization to raise natural gas rates from 9 to 1742 cents per 1,000 cubic feet on sales to United Gas Pipeline Co. of Shreveport. A Federal Power Commission examiner ruled the increase should be granted, becoming final in 30 days if no review is started. Mecom had sought an increase of 1842 cents, or up to 321,275 dollars annually, under its Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana contract.

Washington Mecom Petroleums Houston Tex United Gas Pipeline Co Shreveport Federal Power Commission Mecom United Terrebonne Parish

Air Force maps world with 1370th group mission

The 1370th Photo Mapping Group at Turner AFB is the only unit of its kind in the free world. For 13 years it maps the world using HIRAN and RC130 aircraft to produce precise measurements needed for missile accuracy.

Global Surveyors U.S. Air Force Photo Mapping Squadron North Atlantic Hugh Schutte Albany, Ga Air Force Cuba Grand Bahamas 1370Th Aerial Turner Air Force Base George Humbrecht Free World Europe Baffin Island Canada Greenland Iceland Faroe Islands Scotland Norway Alaska Spain Portugal Italy Puerto Rico Central America South America Lesser Antilles Trinidad Russia John T. O'Donnell Pacific O'Donnell

Murder suspect nabbed in Mississippi by deputy sheriff and FBI

Peter Hayes 52 sought in Chicago for two murders surrendered in Tutwiler Mississippi. He faced a federal charge of unlawful flight to avoid prosecution and was held on 5000 dollars bond after appearance before U S Commissioner W C Luckett. The case ties to a 1957 Chicago shooting at Ella Hill birthday party.

Tutwiler Miss Chicago FBI Peter Hayes U. S W. C. Luckett Clarksdale Hayes Ella Hill Albany Ave Illinois Research Hospital William Harrell Harvard Ave Mississippi

Plastic cement comes in squeeze metal tubes for tile gaps

New York reports that plastic cement is now sold in a squeeze metal tube. It is designed to fill and waterproof the spaces between bathroom and kitchen tiles where original cement has worn away.

New York UPI

Corporation May Build In New Area In Louisiana

Baton Rouge AP report notes a 35 million dollar plant may be built in the Franklin Baldwin area after shell lands change. Rep Horace Lynn Jones says Southern Oyster Shell and Milling Corp of Mobile ceded 60 percent of coastal water bottoms, prompting expansion of two Lake Charles plants Olin Matheson and Lone Star Cement. Rep Edward LeBreton of New Orleans was hospitalized with a dizzy spell, not a heart attack.

Jones Lake Charles Olin-Matheson Lone Star Cement Shell Baton Rouge Edward LeBreton New Orleans

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