Accidents Claim 12 Lives In State Over Weekend
The Associated Press reports twelve people died in Louisiana wrecks and drowning over the weekend. The fatalities include Lorenzo Davis a 12 year old struck on La 582 near Lake Providence and Ozell Washington 13 who drowned in a pond near Lisbon. Additional deaths occurred in a triple fatal crash at Erwinville, a rear end collision near Opelousas, a Bridge City three vehicle wreck, a Shreveport underpass collision, and a Greenwood I 10 crash. Sixteen different towns and residents are named among the victims and injuries.
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Louisiana
Lorenzo Davis
Lake Providence
Fast Carroll Parish
Rafe
Roger L. Bowen
Oak Grove
E. A. Conway Hospital
Monroe
Ozell Washington
Lisbon
Claiborne Parish
R. W. Wasson
Metairie
Erwinville
Baton Rouge
John A. Barnes
Leota
Tammy
Barataria
Fortmayer
Opelousas
Elie Ledoux
Ledoux
Benjamin Wyble Jr
Wyble
Bridge City
Alvin Phoenix
Portedly
Shreveport
Jo Ann Miller
Henry Wiggins
Greenwood
Caddo Parish
Two Delegations Visit Monroe For Civic Center And Airport
Two out of town delegations visited Monroe to study projects. From Marietta Georgia the group evaluates plans for a new Monroe Civic Center with Cobb County officials and Larabelle Commission members. An Abilene Texas delegation will review Monroe airport plans and may inspire a new municipal facility.
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Marietta
Monroe
Monroe’s
W. D. H. Rodriguez
Cobb County
T. L. Nixon
H. W. Mc
Larabelle Commission
Monroe Chamber of Commerce
Jim Williams
City Hall Planning Commission
Roy Simmons
Cobb County Chamber of Commerce
Robert Austin
Bill Tapp
Abilene
Tex
H. B. ‘Hank” Hargrove
Prince Andrew Stricken With Measles At Buckingham Palace
Seven year old Prince Andrew, son of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, is confined to bed at Buckingham Palace with measles. Court sources say the illness is expected to run its normal course.
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London
UPI
Prince Andrew
Buckingham Palace
Elizabeth I
Prince Philip
EDA Lists Area Parishes For Aid
Washington report notes 849 communities including several Northeast Louisiana parishes qualify for federal aid due to unemployment and low income. Commerce Department released the annual list for the new fiscal year beginning July 1, reflecting continued national economic growth.
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Washington
Special
Louisiana
Economic Development
EDA
Commerce Department
Safeway Annual Picnic Highlights District Attendance
The Safeway Employees Association Picnic was held Sunday at the American Legion Hall in Forsythe Park, drawing 437 attendees from the Tri-State District. The district includes Greenville and Greenwood, Mississippi, along with several Arkansas towns, marking the first time the event occurred in Monday.
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Safeway Employees Association
American Legion Hall
Forsythe Park
Tri-State
Greenville
Greenwood
Miss
McGhee
Monticello
Crossett
Fl Dorado
Camden
Ark
Bastrop
Monroe
West Monroe
Oil-Gas Field Hearing Set for June 28 in Monroe
Louisiana Conservation Commissioner J. M. Menefee announced hearings on multiple area oil and gas fields in Monroe City Council Chamber starting at 9 a.m. June 28. The program covers Northeast Lisbon, North Big Island, Locust Ridge, Greenwood-Waskom, Minden, Nebo Hemphill, Lake Formosa, Colquitt, Walnut Byou, and East Haynesville Fields with repeated listings marked in parentheses.
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Louisiana Conservation
J. M. Menefee
Monroe
Council Chamber
Lisbon
North Big Island
Locust Ridge
Greenwood - Waskom
Minden
Nebo - Hemphill
Lake Formosa
Colquitt
Walnute Byou
Haynesville
Chinese Reds Lead in Tree Farming
The FAO reports China ahead of the United States and the Soviet Union in large scale tree farming. China controls about one third of the world’s estimated 200 million acres for timber. The United States and Russia each have about one eighth.
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United Nations
N. Y
UPL
China
United States
Soviet Union
Food and Agriculture Organization
FAO
Russia
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Harold H. Fortmayer Jr
East Lansing
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Robert Perkins
Safeway
Caldwell
Catahoula
Concordia
East Carroll
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Grant
Madison
Richland
Tensas
West Carroll
Avoyelles
Evangeline
Natchitoches
Pointe Counee
Red River
Sabine
St. Helens
St. Landry
St. Martin
Southport
Tangipthee
Vernon
Teere
Ouachita Parish
Boss
State Farm
State Farm Life
Jimmy L. Terry
State Farm Life Insurance Company
Bloomington
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