State Meet Of Postmasters Set In Lafayette
The Louisiana NAPUS state meeting will be June 12 to 14 at the Evangeline Hotel Lafayette. Postmasters from Monroe area including Hathorn Roark Smith Parm Dosh er Files Defor will attend with Ned Arceneaux and Bill Broussard hosting. Robert J. Christ will preside as convention opens with speeches and ends with a banquet. Washington and Dallas officials will attend plus two officers Costin and Henry. Regular business sessions and postal information seminars are planned each afternoon.
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Louisiana
National Association of Postmasters of the United States
NAPUS
Evangeline Hotel
Lafayette
Monroe
W. W. Hathorn
Homer B. Roark
West Monroe
Austin Mith
Rayville
Henry Param
Mangum
Ollie Dosher
Kilbourne
Marion Files
Oak Ridge
Police Activity In West Monroe Sees Multiple Arrests
West Monroe officers report several arrests including Travis Hamilton 37 for driving while intoxicated reckless driving and driving with a revoked license at Montgomery and Coleman Streets. Walter Myron Taylor 56 faces battery charges after a late Thursday arrest at his home following a complaint from Mrs Homa M Taylor. Bond set at 1000. Four West Monroe men were booked at 12 15 a m on drunkenness and vagrancy after arrests at N 3rd and Louisville. Robbery at 1103 N 1st St reported with a man fleeing after grabbing a white purse containing about 27 dollars.
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West Monroe
Travis Hamilton
S. Riverfront
Montgomery and
Coleman Streets
Ouachita Parish
Walter Myron Taylor
Rt. 1
Aylor
Homa M. Taylor
Monroe
N. 3Rd
Louisville
Hershel Dor Wheat
Montgomery
Thomas F. Sebren
Marshall E. Wright
Willis W. Purvis
Rt. 2
N. 1St St
Improvements Of Two Streets Get Underway Here
West Monroe will hard surface Pear and Hilton Streets next week, expected to take about a week. Projects are city coordinated and funded entirely by property owners, with Hilton Street costing 5 742 86 from 13 owners and Pear Street costing 2 847 from 11 owners. All funds are collected and placed in an escrow account.
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Pear
Hilton Streets
West Monroe
Bert Hatten
Hilton Street
Pear Street
Hatten
Louisiana Asphalt Company
Florida Man Remanded For Sentencing In Forgery Case
Judge Hillyer S. Parker remanded Gerald Manford Tabb of Jacksonville for sentencing June 13 after a five man jury found him guilty of forgery. Clyde Ellis Bagwell of Monroe pleaded guilty to track theft and received a five year suspended sentence with three years probation. Boyce Strickland of Monroe pleaded guilty to theft between twenty and one hundred dollars and was remanded for pre sentencing investigation with a June 22 return. Sanity hearing for Gilbert Walters of Calhoun extended to June 16 on aggravated rape charges. In misdemeanor cases James W. Thomas of Quitman received sixty days in jail for drunken driving and John H. Alston of Monroe was fined twenty five dollars plus costs for reckless driving.
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Fourth District
Hillyer S. Parker
Gerald Manford Tabb
Jacksonville
Fla
Clyde Ellis Bagwell
Wood St
Monroe
Bagwell
Boyce Strickland
Rt. 3
Box 59
Gilbert Walters
Calhoun
Walters
James W. Thomas
Quitman
John H. Alston
Harvey St
Dobbs Family Reunion Set for Glendale Plantation Home
The annual Dobbs Family Reunion will be held Sunday at the Glendale Plantation Home near Clay on Mrs. Nelle Dobbs. All relatives are urged to bring picnic lunches per Mrs. G Stuart.
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Dobbs
Glendale Plantation
Nelle Dobbs
Clayon
G Stuart
Education Group of Chamber Sets Third Meeting
The Monroe ALERT Education Committee will meet Monday at 3 p.m. in Monroe Chamber of Commerce offices. The public library sub-committee will report, led by Ouachita Parish librarian Frances Flanders. The panel will also review Saturday sales tax results and their impact on ALERT scores.
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Monroe
Monroe Chamber of Commerce
Public Library
Frances Flanders
Ouachita Parish
Examination Set For Roy Mejia
Roy Mejia, accused mass killer, was to undergo a neurological examination at Our Lady of the Lake Hospital in Baton Rouge. The test ordered by Dist. Judge Pred Blanche Jr aims to aid a potential insanity defense as Mejia faces trial on four murder indictments including the killing of Barbara Verrett and her three children in April 1966.
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Quest
Mejia
East Baton Rouge ‘Parish
Our Lady of the Lake Hospital
John M. Hopper
Dist
Pred A. Blanche Jr
Barbara Verrett
Berwick
Cowboy Posts 30-30 Rifle Bail in Madison Court
Municipal Judge John Kasimas postponed the case of a cowboy who offered a 30-30 rifle as bail for $48. The judge quipped about depositing a rifle at the bank with court receipts while hoping the man may redeem his firearm.
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Madison
Wis
UPI
John Kasimatis
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Florida
Roy Mejia
Monroe, LA
Northwestern Security Life Ins. Co
Guitars
Roark Bros. Music
Garvan’s
iSuperthrust
Plum ST
Monroe Au Eae
Southside Shopping Center
Gibson
Oxfords
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