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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1969
Page
8
A border market story describes a fluid free market near the Vietnam Cambodia frontier. Vendors and buyers switch sides as authorities allow or restrict movement, with crowds and occasional armed troops observed on the shifting line.
Rob ert T. Robinson, an assistant professor of accounting at Northeast Louisiana State College, received a Doctor of Business Administration from Mississippi State University during spring ceremonies. He joined Northeast in 1967 after teaching at Southern Miss, Hinds JC and Mississippi State, and earned his bachelor's and master's from Southern Miss in Hattiesburg.
A cornerstone from the Lake Charles Louisiana Baptist Children's Home building, built in 1903 and razed for a new St Louis High School, was presented to the Monroe Baptist Home by Landry School principal Robert Angelle. The move occurred in June 1925 aboard the Rain bow Special with 1219 children. The Monroe Home now hosts 29 parishes represented by about nine cottages on a spacious campus.
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U S combat deaths in Vietnam last week were 261, four fewer than the prior week. South Vietnamese government casualties were lower, with 325 killed and 1,021 wounded. Enemy dead estimated at 2,637, with revised prior-week totals 4,087. Total American deaths since Jan 1, 1961, reach 35,791. wounded 229,383. missing or captured 1,328.
Fort Polk exhibits Civil War displays will be shown Sunday from 1 to 3 p.m. at the annual memorial service beside the Grave of the Unknown Rebel Soldier near Marthaville in Natchitoches Parish. The ceremony includes a display of Civil War munitions found in Louisiana and notes on Union gunboats sunk on Yazoo River during the Vicksburg siege. Spearheaded by the Unknown Rebel Committee led by Robert Gentry, the observance is held annually with many participants.
Local pools at Swayze Natatorium Forsythe Park and Benoit Liller Marbles Henrietta Johnson begin summer hours 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. and 3:30 to 8 p.m. Tuesday through Sunday with cleaning Mondays. Free playgrounds at Lexington Georgia Tucker Sherrouse Clara Hall Barkdull Faunk Lida Benton Lincoln Carver Clark open 8:30 a.m. Monday to Friday 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. Mrs. Peggy Garnett will teach crafts weekly. no admission charged.
Judge Lea S Thompson presided in Fourth District misdemeanor court listing fines for traffic offenses. John A Cameron 2416 Highland Shreveport 25 for reckless operation. Thomas C Dupree 33 Elmwood Monroe 25 for speeding. William C Gilliam 416 Hickory West Monroe 25 for speeding and 10 for no safety helmet. Michael Gehee General Delivery Hebert 25 for speeding and 25 for driving while under revocation. Firing waivers with the traffic bureau include Linda G Bamurg Hebert 25 Bobby G Reagan 101 Box 146 Columbia 25 John E Kilson Rt 3 Box 339 Jonesboro 25 Paul Anthony Ogletree 7355 Seco Blvd Dallas 25 Bobby G Regan 101 Grayson West Monroe 25 Robert J Staten 2411 S 6th Monroe 50 James D Vestal 1217 Trenton St Apt 17 A West Monroe 25 Kenneth Dean Waide Rt 1 Box 1406 Dexter NM 25 Huey L
Louisiana Tech's School of Education hosts an annual summer reading conference in the Tech student center June 26 and 27. Dr Evelyn S Thompson of the University of Houston serves as consultant offering practical reading improvement approaches. Sessions start at 9 a.m. daily with a book exhibit and discussion opportunities. Topics include New Reading Programs in Today's Schools Linguistics Applied to Reading and Individualization in Teaching Reading.
Names and addresses appear with monetary amounts: Whitten at 333 Jefferson Mansfield. Cynthia L Wood ward room 204 Hardin Hall Shreveport. John D Wright Jr at 905 S 9th St Monroe. Amounts include 50 dollars for Whitten, 50 dollars for Wood, and 25 dollars for Wright.
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