Alimony For Men Statute Defeated in Louisiana House
Baton Rouge The House defeated a bill to allow men to claim alimony from their wives, arguing the existing law already grants relief to women. Sen. Frank Simoneaux said he will seek reconsideration later in the session after a 52 to 24 vote fell short of the 53 needed for passage.
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News-Star Capitol Bureau
Baton Rouge
Sen
Frank Simoneaux
Oo Baton Rouge
Simoneaux
House
Funeral services held for Henry Few Easterling 69
Funeral services for Henry Few Easterling 69 former traffic manager for Olinkraft Corp in West Monroe were held at Rose Neath Funeral Home chapel Shreveport with Rev James C Buckner officiating Burial followed at Forest Park Cemetery in Shreveport He died Monday in Doctors Hospital after a long illness He was a native of Warren Arkansas and had lived in Shreveport six years after retiring from Olin Mathieson in New York He was earlier traffic manager for Olin West Monroe and helped found the Traffic and Transportation Club of Monroe West Monroe and the local Delta Nu Alpha chapter He leaves his widow Mrs Mabel Easterling three sons David Easterling Grand Prairie Texas Don Easterling Garner NC and Henry F Hank Easterling Jr New Orleans two sisters Merle Coley Ruth Simon both of Baton Rouge one brother Ned H Easterling of Shreveport and eight grandchildren.
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Olinkraft Corp
West Monroe
Rose - Neath Funeral Home
Shreveport
James C. Buckner
St. Paul's Episcopal Church
Forest Park Cemetery
Easterling
Doctor's Hospital
Warren, Ark
New York
Olin Mathieson
Olin
Monroe
Traffic and Transportation Club of
Delta Nu Alpha Transportation Fraternity
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church
Mabel Easterling
David Easterling
Grand Prairie
Tex
Don Easterling
Garner
N. C
Henry F
Hank) Easterling Jr
New Orleans
Merle Coley
Ruth Simon
Baton Rouge
Ned H. Easterling
Tallulah
Bill Whitaker
Parkview
Jack Bowden
Bill Sanders
Beecher Lowery
Leroy Chambless
Ross Murphy
House approves school discipline statute with 78 3 vote
The Louisiana House backed a bill to let local boards set classroom discipline rules. The measure passed 78 to 3 with detractors Rep. Alphonse Jackson and Reps. Johnny Jackson Jr. and Dorothy M. Taylor voting no. Supporters say it allows milder methods than suspension to keep order. Jackson warned it could invite civil damages and criticized hearings.
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News-Star Capital Bureau
Baton Rouge
House
Senate
Alphonse Jackson
Shreveport
Johnny Jackson Jr
Dorothy M. Taylor
New Orleans
Rainbow Girl State Convention Opens in Shreveport
The International Order of the Rainbow for Girls begins its 49th Louisiana state convention at Shreveport Convention Hall with the theme Faith, the Heritage of Life. Attendees include Rainbow Girls, Eastern Star and Masonic members from Louisiana and guests from Texas.
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Rainbow Girl
News-Star News Service
Shreveport
International Order of the Rainbow For Girls
Shreveport Convention Hall
The
Rainbow Girls
Order of the Eastern Star
Masonic Lodges
Louisiana
Bryce W. Patton
Natchitoches
Supreme Assembly of the Rainbow Girls
Funeral notices from Tallulah Lake Providence Arcadia area
Obituaries report multiple funeral services across Tallulah Lake Providence and Arcadia for Bill Whitaker 62 Addie Beatrice Hutson Leonard R Bartlett and related survivors and pallbearers. Services listed with dates churches and burial sites with officiants and funeral homes.
Funeral services for Doyle Traylor
Funeral services for Doyle Traylor 59 of Rayville will be Sunday at 2 30 p m in New Bethany Church with Rev M B McCall officiating He died Sunday June 1 in Pineville Burial will be in New Bethany Cemetery under Tennant Funeral Home direction Survivors include wife Vintin Mae Traylor seven children one sister Lillie Mae Allen and three brothers all of Dallas Texas
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M. B. Mc
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Pineville
New Bethany Cemetery
Ida Armstrong
St. James Bapitist
James Stewart
Royal Blue
Simms and Gundy Funeral Co
Armstrong
The
Baptist Church
Mary Horn
Charlie
Ruston
Elmo Davis
New Prosperity Baptist Church
Clay
D. Jackson
Our Christian Funeral Home
Devise
Lincoln General Hospital
Eva Mae Davis Porter
Monroe
Jesse Lee Davis
Ace Lee Davis
Ventura
Calif
Liberty Cemetery
Linville
Kilpatrick
Farmerville
Herring
Union Parish
United Pentecostal Church of
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Mrs Mary Harrison Funeral Services Held In Calhoun
Mrs Mary FE Harrison 93 of West Monroe dies at Ridgecrest Nursing Home. Funeral services Saturday at 2 p.m. at Jerusalem Baptist Church Calhoun with Rev J J Hester officiating under Simms and Gundy Funeral Home. Burial at Parkertown Cemetery. Survived by sister Mrs Martha Mattox and son-in-law John.
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Mary FE. Harrison
West Monroe
Jerusalem Baptist Church
Calhoun
J. J. Hester
Simms and Gundy Funeral
Monroe
Parkertown
Harrison
Ridgecrest
Martha Mattox
John
Obituary notices from Ruston to Malvern list many deaths
Funeral services are announced across several Louisiana towns. Rev Elmo Frazier of Ruston dies and is buried at Mt Zelia. Wallace Woods of New Orleans. Elsie Starks of Monroe. Elmo Davis of Ruston. Nettie Herring of Haile. Samuel Simpson of Alexandria. Leo Slate of Malvern. Survivors include spouses children and siblings. services conducted by local pastors with burial in area cemeteries.
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Volvo
U.S
Canada
Louisville Ave
Monroe
Last Crewman Recovered After Drilling Rig Disaster
The body of Shelly LaGrange of New Theria Louisiana was recovered in the Gulf of Mexico by fishermen five miles north of the capsized drilling rig. He was the 12th man aboard and the sole fatality after the rig rolled over on Sunday afternoon during tow. Seven men were thrown into the sea and five trapped in air tight compartments.
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New Orleans
Gulf of Mexico
Coast Guard
Shelly LaGrange
New Theria, la
Sanday
Gulf of Mexico Stretch and Size Cited
The Gulf of Mexico is described as the largest gulf in the world with 3 199 miles of shoreline and 59 000 square miles in area.
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