Challengers Oppose Stop Goldwater Drive
Washington AP Two potential GOP challengers to Barry Goldwater, Richard Nixon and William Scranton, say they will not back any stop Goldwater movement. Nixon warns such a drive would split the party and devalue the nomination. Scranton says he will not join any movement and expects Goldwater to win. Rockefeller, Fannin, and Costello weigh in as convention forecasts roll in. Nixon hints at a possible Scranton ticket if Goldwater is nominated.
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Washington
Barry Goldwater
Richard M. Nixon
William W. Scranton
Pennsylvania
Goldwater
Nixon
Long Island
Harrisburg
Scranton
California
Fannin
Rockefeller
Suffolk County
Huntington Station
Obituaries list funeral rites for several Monroe residents
Funeral services and burial details are listed for Mrs Helen Aden 63 of Monroe with services in Mulhearn Chapel and Fisher Funeral Home Vicksburg. Also notices for Mrs Mary Pittman 93 and Mrs Eula Ledbetter 71, detailing venues, times, officiants, and survivors.
Funeral rites for A J Berry held in West Monroe
Funeral services were held at Kilpatrick Funeral Home for A J Mack Berry 66 of West Monroe with burial in Hasley cemetery. He died after a short illness at home. Survived by sister Ester Doss of El Dorado and several nieces and nephews and grandchildren.
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A. J. (Mack) Berry
West Monroe
Funeral notices across towns list multiple local deaths
Special notices from Wisner Ruston Oak Grove Winnsboro and Winnsboro honor Hugo Milton Martin Rosie Etta Ainsworth Robert McCree Wooley Walter Woods and relatives with service times at First Baptist Trinity Methodist Gay's Funeral Home and Mulhearn Funeral Home Burial plans set at Central Cemetery Greenwood Cemetery New Forest Memorial Park and Old Winnsboro Cemetery Numerous survivors listed including spouses children siblings and grandchildren and veterans status noted for Mr Wooley Funeral homes direct arrangements in the Ruston Winnsboro and Oak Grove areas
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Oak Grove
Rosie Etta Ainsworth
Bastrop
Gay
New Forest
Grover C. Ainsworth
Pioneer
Widow, two sons among WWII survivors in obituary
Mrs Isabel Woods of Winnsboro is widow of a World War II veteran. Survivors include sons Walter Woods Jr of Shreveport and Jac. Landis Woods of New Orleans, sister Mrs Ernest Clements of Oberlin, brother Louis Woods of Alexandria, and eight pallbearers. Also noted is the death of Mrs Lillian Gist, 68, of West Monroe. Funeral services are set for 2 p.m. Saturday at Cheniere Baptist Church with Rev W C Bounds and Rev Marvin Stone officiating. Interment follows in Herr ingville cemetery near Epps under Kilpatrick's Funeral Home direction.
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Lake Providence
Robert Price Kennedy
Gay
J. L. Kennedy
Regina Noble
Jackson
Dorothy K. Maher
New Orleans
Leonard R. Kennedy
Pilcher Gilfoil
Walter Pittman
John Hester
Ruston
T. L. James Sr
T. L. James Construction Co
Trinity Methodist Church
James
Douglas McGuire
Greenwood Cemetery
Spears Funeral Home
Floyd B
G. W
Bill” James
J. C. Love Jr
H. D. Burkhalter
J. T. Folk Jr
A. J. Hodges
John C. Hodges
Knoxville, Tenn
Winnsboro
Walter Woods
Mulhearn Funeral Home
Clarence Young
Woods
Rapides Parish
Isabel Woods
Walter Woods Jr
Shreveport
Jac. Landis Woods
Ernest Clements
Oberlin
Louis Woods
Alexandria
Fred Neilson
Ed Hastings
T. B. Merrill
Sonny Jim Godfrey
Johnny Vallance
George Caraway
Harold Short
Mark Butler
Lillian Gist
West Monroe
Cheniere Baptist Church
W. C. Bounds
Marvin Stone
Herringville
Epps
Kilpatrick
Devine Says foreigners should mind U.S. politics
Rep. Samuel L. Devine of Ohio urged that foreign nations mind their own business over reactions to Barry Goldwater's California primary win. He criticized overseas interference in United States internal affairs during a Thursday House speech.
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Washington
UPI
Samuel L. Devine
Ohio
U.S
Devine
House
Sen
Barry Goldwater
California
United States
Gist Family Roster Highlights in Obituary
The obituary notes the deceased lay in state until 12 30 p m Saturday and lists survivors including two daughters Mrs W B Nelson of West Monroe and Mrs W W Cooper of Dubach, three sons J T and W C Gist of West Monroe and C E Gist of Los Angeles California, a brother Bennie Langley of San Antonio Texas, sixteen grandchildren and three great grandchildren.
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W. B. Nelson
West Monroe
W. W. Cooper
Dubach
J. T
W. C. Gist
C. E. Gist
Los Angeles
Calif
Bennie Langley
San Antonio
Tex
Anti-Dropout Drive Slated by West Monroe Chamber
The West Monroe Chamber of Commerce plans an August anti dropout campaign led by education chair Dr. T Scott Strickland. At an 8 am meeting, members discussed publicity and a team approach with schools to persuade students likely to drop out to stay in class.
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West Monroe
Methodists Ready For Appointments
SHREVEPORT Louisiana AP The reading of pastoral appointments by Bishop Aubrey G Walton Friday highlighted the final session of the 119th Louisiana Annual Conference of the Methodist Church. Ordination services at First Methodist Church capped Thursday's activities. Robert P Lay of Shreveport was named outstanding conference layman of the year.
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Shreveport
Aubrey G. Walton
Louisiana Annual Conference
The
Methodist Church
First Methodist Church
Robert P. Lay
Shreveport Insurance
West Monroe Chamber Holds Final Organizational Session
The West Monroe Chamber concludes its last in a series of organizational committee sessions, outlining upcoming initiatives and member roles for the new term.
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West Monroe Chamber
Also Mentioned on This Page
Ouachita Humane Society
Society
Ben Bradford
York
Nelson Rockefeller
Cleveland
Paul Fannin
Arizona
Associated Press
San Francisco
Timothy W. Costello
Liberal Party
New York City
Johnson
Liberal
New York State
Costello
Madison Square Garden
George Reedy
White House
Helen Aden
Bon Air Dr
Monroe
Mulhearn Funeral
W. W. Hatcher
Westminister Presbyterian Church
Vicksburg
Miss
Fisher Funeral Home
Mulhearns
Old City
G. A. Aden
John Ethridge
Harvey B. Aden
Charleston
W. Va
Mary Pittman
Bres Ave
Hixson Brothers
Paul McComb
Mrs. Ledbetter
Eula Jenkins Ledbetter
Mulhearn
Clifton R. Tennison
First Baptist Church of
Earl Wiggins
Hasley
A. L. Stewart
Donald Stewart
John B. Bradley
Russell Putnam
Newell E. Ledbetter
Colorado Springs
Colo
S. E. Mequet
James M. Jenkins
Neal Jenkins
A. J. Berry
Ida A. Clark
R. P. Kennedy
Hugh M. Martin
Mrs. Ainsworth
Robert Wooley
Rom Sale
Sierra
Wright
Zale
DeSiard
Bruce Terminix Co
Strickland
Silverstein
Jarman
Penney
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