Rites Scheduled For Col Roberts in Louisiana
Col James L. Roberts 50 of New Orleans died Thursday at Jackson Barracks after a heart attack. Funeral at 3 p.m. Sunday in West Monroe with burial in Concord Cemetery Chatham. He served in the Southwest Pacific in World War II and rose from lieutenant to full colonel. Survived by widow Eloise, son Joel David, daughter Lorrie Louisa, sister Virginia Ewin, and brother Warren a Monroe officer. Military honors will be rendered.
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New Orleans
James L. Roberts
Chatham
Jackson Barracks
Kilpatrick
West Monroe
Clifton Tennison
Concord
Roberts
U. S. Navy
Southwest Pacific
Navy
Louisiana National Guard
Monroe
State National Guard
National Guard
Col. Roberts
Armed Forces Reserve Medal
Warren Roberts
Eloise Roberts
Joel David Roberts
Lorrie Louisa Roberts
Virginia Ewin
Two Injured In Separate Monroe Accidents
Two people were hurt in separate crashes Thursday in Monroe. James J. Harlen, 27, and Stephen A. Scalia, 19, sustained non life threatening injuries after Harlen attempted to pass and struck Scalia who was turning onto Oliver Road at Forsythe Avenue.
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Monroe
Forsythe Avenue
Oliver Road
James J. Harlen
Northgate Drive
St. Francis Hospital
Harlen
Forsythe
Stephen A. Scalia
Horn St
Scalia
Reporter Identifies Assailant In Bombing Case
Arizona Republic reporter Don Bolles identified a photograph of John Harvey Adamson as the man who lured him to a midtown Phoenix hotel where a bomb exploded. Adamson is considered key to the investigation. Bolles, 47, remains in extremely critical condition after losing a leg. investigators note the explosive resembled TNT or dynamite and may have been battery triggered.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Arizona Republic
Don Bolles
Bolles
John Harvey Adamson
Jack Bentley
Adamson
Phoenix Pital
State Capitol
John Adamson
Arizona
The
Republic
Emprise
Emprise Corp
Buffalo N.Y
R-Ariz
Steiger
Don Lozier
Senate approves bridge funds search linking Natchez Vidalia
The Louisiana Senate backs a $60 million plan with Mississippi to form a joint Bridge Authority to pursue federal funds for a Natchez Vidalia cross river bridge. Governors of both states would chair and each appoint five others, with highway officials as voting members. The measure passed 33 to 2.
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Mississippi Louisiana Bridge Authority
Highway Departments
Senate
Joseph A. Sevario III
Prairieville
Blind man runs for seat in West Virginia House
Delwyn Maggard, a blind vendor at a Kanawha County Courthouse stand, announced his bid for the Democratic nomination to the House of Delegates on May 11, saying his vision surpasses that of many politicians.
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Charleston
W. Va
UPI
Delwyn Maggard
Maggard
Kanawha County
House of Delegates
Appropriations Bill Advances in Louisiana Budget Clash
The $7.9 million deficit bill including $3,077,000 for Corrections and funds for Shreveport Confederate Memorial Hospital and Monroe E A Conway is approved by the House 93-10. Gov Edwards must sign for pay—$600,000 payroll—while a $57,000 prison farm item faced opposition and was rejected.
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John Hill News-Star Capital Bureau
Baton Rouge
Department of Corrections
News
Shreveport
Confederate Memorial Hospital
Monroe
E. A. Conway
Edwin Edwards
Mary Evelyn Parker
Corrections Department
House
Senate
House Appropriations Committee
Kevin Reilly
Reilly
Alexandria
Ned Randolph
Angola and Dixon Correctional Institute
Jackson
Joseph Kyle
Edwards
Randolph
Olinkraft Plans $125 Million West Monroe Expansion
Olinkraft Inc president M. H. Collet told Monroe Rotary Club the $125 million West Monroe project will start in about 60 days. The expansion adds a clay coated board machine, the largest of its kind, boosting output from 1500 tons per day to over 2000 tons and reducing time.
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M. H. Collet
Olinkraft, Inc
West Monroe
Monroe
Subscriptions Rates Notice for Monroe Publications
The notice lists daily and Sunday morning world papers with monthly and yearly pricing, including morning and evening editions. It notes mail subscription rates and states second class postage paid at Monroe Louisiana.
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moeNfie Rae
Arwverine
Monroe
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Ramada Inn
Bill Coody
Ray Horton
C.L.A
Ray Windsor
R. B. Scarborough
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Charles J. Bulloch
Jack Dietle
Col
J. L. Roberts
Variety Outlet
Natchitoches
Sears
Sears Garden Shop
Americas
Sears, Roebuck and CO
Louisiana
Louisville Ave
Allan Pursnell
News-Star Capital Bureau
Gambull Lane
Catahoula Parish
Brown
Charles C. Barham
Ruston
State Highway Department
Olinkraft
Mary's
Mens & Boys Action
Tye
Bankamericard
Twin City Mall
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