Son of Monroe Man Graduates From Annapolis
A. C. Stanley of Monroe reports his son Robertson Pledger, 23, graduated with high honors from the U S Naval Academy at Annapolis Maryland with a 3 83 average. He ranked 70th in a class of 886 and was selected by Admiral Hyman Rickover for the nuclear program. He will stay at the academy as a plebe instructor before two years at Mare Island then nuclear submarine duty.
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Robertson
A. C. Stanley
Pargoud Blvd
Monroe
U.S. Naval Academy
Annapolis
Hyman Rickover
Navy
Maryland
Mare Island
San Francisco
Calif
Bryan Adams High School
Dallas
Tex
New Mexico Military Academy
Roswell
N.M
Drowning Tragedy Near Vidalia Claims Natchez Youth
In Concordia Parish near Vidalia a 19 year old Natchez youth Hebert Chatman drowned while swimming a bar pit. Companion Willie Lee Whitley tried to aid him but Chatman pulled him under. Rescue teams recovered the body about 9:05 p.m. in 15 feet of water, 25 feet from the bank.
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Vidalia
Natchez
Miss
Here
William T Polk
Concordia Parish
Hebert Chatman
Willie Lee Whitley
Chatman
Whitley
Vidalia Fire Department
Vidalia Tire Unit
Concordia Parish Rescue Team
Ike Milligan
Negro Carrying Weapons Nabbed in Demopolis
Eugene Thomas of Monroe Louisiana was arrested by state troopers in Demopolis after police found a 22 caliber pistol a carbine and a police dog in his car. He faced charges of speeding and carrying illegal weapons and was jailed. Public safety director C W Russell said Thomas claimed membership in the Deacons for Defense a civil rights group.
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Demopolis
Ala
Eugene Thomas
Monroe
Highway Patrol
Marengo Cunty
C. W. Russell
Thomas
Deacons For Defense
Technical Law Points Save Mejia From Speedy Trial
Roy J. Mejia, 28, accused of four murders, won an indefinite delay after a three hour sanity hearing. Judge Blanche ordered new hearings and written psychiatric reports by June 16 with a brain wave test planned, delaying the trial previously deemed sane by two psychiatrists.
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Baton Rouge
Roy J. Mejia
Mejia
Berwick
Fred A. Blanche Jr
Blanche
Sanity Commission
Joseph Edelman
Louisiana
Charles Feigley
F. A. Silva
Barbara Verrett
Brenda
Lucie
Robert Jr
Garbage collectors strike ends with immediate raise
SHREVEPORT UPS City workers halted work Monday over a misunderstood half cent sales tax intended for pay raises. Public Service Commissioner H Lane Mitchell then authorized an eight percent wage increase effective Thursday after talks with the mayor, noting the tax had not begun collection. He warned only two options existed: accept the raise or see garbage left in the streets.
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Shreveport
UPS
Public Service
H. Lane Mitchell
Mitchell
Symphonic Color-Fall Fountain Dedicated June 30 in Monroe
Monroe officials announce the dedication of the Symphonic Color-Fall fountain at the Civic Center on June 30. The $100,000 centerpiece, donated by James A. Noe and his wife Anna Gray Noe, features multi colored lighting and a nearly hour long light water show. The project includes a Noe Mall named area and a new four lane road opening before the dedication. Tickets for Broadway road shows go on sale July 1 with Holiday on Ice set for Sept. 13 at the arena.
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Monroe Civic Center
Monroe
W. L. Howard
Howard
Civic Center
James A. Noe
James A. and
Anna Gray Noe
Louisiana Highway Department
William B. Lillyman
Ballenger New Post Commander of Legion Here
Robert Ballenger has been elected Post Commander of L. B. Faulk Post 13 American Legion. Vice Commanders named are Charles Casio Arnold Jones and Sam Rubin Jr with Harold Gill Robert Cowden and J. B. Bradley on the Executive Committee.
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Robert
Bob) Ballenger
L. B. Faulk
American Legion
Charles J. Cascio
Arnold A. Jones
Sam Rubin Jr
Harold Gill
Robert Cowden
J. B. Bradley
James B. Scruggs Jr
Ernest Holloway
George Epler
Marion E. Dupont
Max Hornbeck
Jack R. Taylor
H. F. Madison Jr
Pascal Norris
Man Sentenced To Prison Term In Local Court Action
Fourth District Court action was light today as Judge Hillyer S Parker sentenced Gerald Manford Tabb 32 of Jacksonville to five years in the state penitentiary on a forgery conviction. Also noted were fines and arrests including Rufus Sellers 30 of West Monroe for battery and Wesley Hamilton 27 of Calhoun for driving while intoxicated with license suspension. The report also mentions James Hobbs appointed for C C Walker and a birth note for Raymond Ditmars born in 1876.
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Fourth District
Hillyer S. Parker
Gerald Manford Tabb
Jacksonville
James Hobbs
C. C. Walker
New Orleans
Walker
Jesse S. Heard
Rufus Sellers
Lilac
West Monroe
Sellers
Ouachits
Alpha O. Sellers
Wesley Hamilton
Calhoun
Shaw's Lawyers Plan Skirmish To Quash Indictment
New Orleans AP Shaw's defense prepares to subpoena grand jury members during an amended motion to quash the conspiracy indictment against Clay Shaw over the Kennedy assassination. Judge Haggerty allows sealed juror records but blocks public disclose. Trial dates face delays as 67 disputed points and dates are argued.
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NEW Orleans
Clay L. Shaw
Kennedy
F. Irvin Dymond
Truth and Consequences of
New Orleans, Inc
Orleans Parish
Atty
Jim Garrison
John F. Kennedy
Dallas
Edward Haggerty Jr
Haggerty
Garrison
Shaw
Dymond
Higgerty
Geeral
International Trade Mart
Lee Harvey Oswald
David W. Ferrie
Ferrie
Oswald
Tme
Georgia Agent Will Address Insurance Men
W. G. Morrison vice president and director of agencies for the Life Insurance Company of Georgia will be the principal speaker at the Northeast Association of Life Underwriters meeting. The annual banquet begins at 6 30 p m at the Paragon Club. Morrison of Atlanta will discuss You are Partners as the yearly ladies night is observed with special invitations extended. He previously led both South Carolina and North Carolina Underwriters Associations and served as vice president of the Georgia State Association of Life Underwriters.
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The
Life Insurance Company of Georgia
W. G. Morrison
Northeast Association of Life Underwriters
Paragon Club
Wade Kennedy
Kenney
Morrison
Atlanta
South Carolina
North Carolina
Georgia State Association of Life Underwriters
Cedartown native elected vice-president in 1964
A Cedartown Georgia native and 31 year veteran of the company was elected vice-president in 1964. His responsibilities include overseeing activities in Louisiana Alabama Mississippi and northeast Florida territories.
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Louisiana
Alabama
Mississippi
Florida
Cedartown
Secretaries Association weighs admitting men to membership
The National Secretaries Association debates whether to admit men to membership. Historically clerical and secretarial work was done by men, a period described as the Dark Ages.
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National Secretaries Association
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Pledger Robertson
Hne
Gaines
Florence
Bruce Terminix
Hudson LN
Feigley
Silva
Barbara
Shri
State Farm Car Finance Plan
Robert Kennedy
Hudson Lane
State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company
Bloomington
Illinois
Cadillac Motor Car Division
Cadillac
OlDsmobIle
Cadillac, Inc
Louisville Ave
U.S
Raymond Ditmars
Nathan Brunson
Hudon LN
Zenith
Acme Hearing Aid Center
Milton St
Monroe, la
Bobby Malcomb
Georgia
Louis Masur, Jr
Metropolitan Insurance Consultant
Life Annuities Pensions Group & Health
Metropolitan Life Ins. Co
Madison Ave
Monroe Trade Area
Bigelow Carpet Cleaning Institute
Aladdin
Aladdin Carpet and Rug Cleaners
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