Farley on Postal Service Woes and Era Change
In a Q&A with Marilyn and Hy Gardner, former Postmaster General James A. Farley criticizes post office reform moves that moved the Post Office from a government agency and removed the Postmaster General from the Cabinet. He cites morale, discipline, and leadership changes as core problems and suggests a return to earlier governance.
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James A. Farley
Postal Service
Senate
House
Jim
Ryan O'Neal
Ursula Anaeasa
Grudki
Laura St. C
Cincinnati
Tatum
Paramount
Ursula Andress
Ryan
O'Neal
Jim Brown
Calvin Hill
Washington, D.C
Harvard
Yale
Brown
Gloria Steinem
Bob Cooke
New York Herald Tribune
CBS
B. Forbes
Staten Island
N.Y. A
Bob
Seattle
Akland. A
Mrs. J. S
San Antonio
Steven
Bill Dana
Louis Nye
Don Knotts
Tom Poston
Dayton Allen
Pat Harrington
Steve
Marilyn
Barcelona
Ruiz Picasso
Emily Buchak
Margaré
Fla
Guy Lombardo
London Ontario
Guy Albert
Guy
Lena
Paladino
Gaetano
T. Adams
Miami
General Cinema Corp
Richard A. Smith
New York
Onelda Silver
Carthace
Ind
Steve McQueen
Eli Wallach
Hy Gardner
P.O. Box
Chicago
Levy Oratorio Masada Salutes Israel at Kennedy Center
Marvin David Levy, composer of Mourn ing Become Electra for the Met, is commissioned by the National Symphony to write a large oratorio titled Masada. The work will premiere next fall at the Kennedy Center as a salute to Israel's 25th anniversary with Richard Tucker as soloist. The Masada tale recalls the Zealots' 70 AD siege on a Holy Land fortress.
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Washington
Marvin David Levy
Metropolitan Opera
Lincoln Center
National Symphony
Kennedy Center
Israel
Richard Tucker
Masada
Holy Land
Summer Palace
Funeral rites for several Monroe area residents
Obituaries note Mrs. Inez Smith Blepaton 66 of 1004 Roselawn Monroe to be laid to rest at Spears Vicker chapel with graveside in Forest Park Cemetery. Mrs. Stephenson a Shreveport Bell employee and Farmerville native dies after long illness. survivors include mother and sister. Mrs. Della Price, 86 of Downsville, to be buried at Unionville Cemetery after services at Pleasant Valley Assembly. extensive survivor list. Other notices include services for Od As Byrd and Manning of Bastrop with burial in local cemeteries, detailing churches, addresses, and funeral homes.
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Inez Smith Blepaton
Roselawn Monroe
Spears
Vicker Funeral Home Chapel
Harold Hunt
Forest Park Cemetery
Ane Ee
Gussie Lambert
Stephenson
St. Francis Hospital
Farmerville
South Central Bell
Della Price
Downsville
Pleasant Valley Assembly of God Church
Frosttown
David Schultz
Richard S. Moore
A. M. Allen
Unionville Cemetery
Dubach
Kilpatrick
West Monroe
Funeral notices from Monroe and surrounding areas
Funeral services are announced for Marie Celina Horne 74 of Monroe to be held at Mulhearn Funeral Home chapel with burial at Hasley Cemetery. Other services include James Holly Byrd Wisner Floyd R Desadier Natchitoches and Will Bunn Matthews Monroe with services at Holly Grove Baptist Church First Presbyterian Church and Mulhearn facilities. Survivors listed include several children grandchildren and siblings.
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Mulhearn
Wisner
James Holly Byrd
Holly Grove Baptist Church
Sonny Nugent
First Presbyterian Church
Will Bunn
Bill) Matthews
DeSiard
Monroe
G. Preston Brown
Ernest H
Wayne Gray
Riverside Cemetery
el Dorado, Ark
H. D. Matthews
Memorial for Monroe Leader Penelope Matthews
Penelope Matthews of Monroe longtime community figure noted for roles with the Ys Mens Club the Knights American Association of Retired Persons and YWCA. She leaves a daughter in Ruston and three sons in Metairie Shreveport and Atlanta along with seven grandchildren and six great grandchildren. Pallbearers and honorary pallbearers listed. Memorials suggested to First Presbyterian Church of Monroe.
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Colonial Manor
Y's Mens Club
Matthews
Knights
American Association of Retired Persons
The
YWCA
Penelope Smith Matthews
Monroe
Craig Lyon
Ruston
Williurn Matthews II
Metairie
Neill S. Matthews
Shreveport
Arthur Hugh Matthews
Atlanta, Ga
Shelby Matthews
el Dorado
Earl Matthews
Vidalia
Hugh Dawson Matthews
I. S. Marx
Lee Hodges
Tobe Wood
J. H. Alford
F. E. McCarty
Lem Hayes
Dave Cattar
Tom Rainer
Stubbs - Millsaps
First Presbyterian Church of
Funeral for Mrs Loveisa Baker Held in Mangham
Funeral services were held at Pilgrim Rest Baptist Church Mangham for Loveisa Baker 70 who died of an apparent heart attack at her Rayville residence. The Rev W M Brass led the rites at the church cemetery under Hunt's Golden State Funeral Parlor Rayville direction. She was a Richland Parish native and Pilgrim Rest member. Survived by Cavell Baker of Rayville five daughters Myrtis Cadewell Flonda Love Odell Island Floma Coleman and Margaret Parker and four sons Samuel Baker Cavell Baker Jr George Lee Baker and Charles L Baker plus 30 grandchildren and nine great grandchildren.
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Rayville
Pilgrim Rest Baptist Church
Mangham
Loveisa Baker
W. M. Brass
Hunt
Golden State
Myrtis M. Cadewell
Flonda M. Love
Chicago
Odell Island
Indianapolis
Ind
Floma L. Coleman
Delhi
Margaret R. Parker
Harvey, Ill
Samuel L. Baker
Harvey
Cavell Baker Jr
George Lee Baker
Charles L. Baker
Mrs Elsie Lamkin obituary from Biloxi
Mrs Elsie Lamkin Biloxi Miss died Saturday at Howard Memorial Hospital after a seven week illness. She was 98 and the widow of John Boamer Lamkin. Burial will be at Evergreen Cemetery Gulfport. She resided near Monroe for years and was a Meridian Miss native. Survivors include a daughter Mrs Arnaud Craves Biloxi and sister Mrs Mary Gary Howie Gulfport.
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Evergreen Cemetery
Gulfport
Miss
John Boamer Lamkin
Fof
Biloxi
Thomas Prentiss Gary Sr
Gary
Arnaud
Sarah) Raves
Mary Gary Howie
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Gibson & Jo Jr
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California
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Texas
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Kingston Apartments
Luther Manning
Letha Eppinette
Bastrop
Tylitha Brown
Grandy, Mo
Charlie Hayes
James H. Byrd
Herod
Floyd Desadier
Natchitoches
Floyd R. Desadier
Christian Harmony Baptist Church
Larry Holly
A. B. Conner Jr
St. Maurice Cemetery
St. Maurice
Southern Funeral Home
Winnfield
Desadier
Clarence
Betty Connor Desadier
Phanor Desadier
John W. Desadier
Minden
Nat Desadier
New Orleans
Clarence Gourdon
J. C. Murray
Merle Landier
Oscar Fredrick
Coushatta
W. B. Matthews
Zengler’s D Music Shop
Dorothy Gray
Mrs. Loveisa Baker
Aladdin
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Brother
Morgan
Lindsey
Twin City Met
Highland Shopping Center
W.M
Elsie Lamkin
Nativity Catholic Church
Gary Lamkin
Hh & Hudeen Lene Ph
Bankamericard
Elaine Powers
Ata
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Orlaine Powers
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