Burglary Series Investigation Underway Here
Police in the Twin Cities focus on the Monroe Boat Dock area amid six suspected and six confirmed burglaries in the vicinity. West Monroe authorities solved a Thursday burglary of five houseboats and four businesses with two juvenile arrests, recovering over $100 in stolen property.
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Twin Cities
Monroe Boat Dock
West Monroe
Monroe
Natchitoches Street
J. B Collins
Jowers and Whitehead
de. Siard
Minister Acts As Probe Informer
A Kentwood, Louisiana, minister says he acted as a confidential informant for District Attorney Jim Garrison in the Kennedy assassination investigation. Clyde Johnson calls himself a hostile witness and threatens to withhold cooperation, while naming others linked to the Baton Rouge meeting involving Clay Shaw, Jack Ruby, and Lee Harvey Oswald. He predicts Shaw’s trial will reveal the truth and says he plans to sue Gordon Novel after the case.
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New Orleans
UPI
Kentwood
Dist
Jim Garrison
Kennedy
Clyde Johnson
Garrison
Baton Rouge
Clay L. Shaw
Jack Ruby
Lee Harvey Oswald
Johnson
Shaw
Oswald
Ruby
Capitol House
Baby
Gordon Novel
Final Services For Mrs Moore Slated Saturday
Final rites for Mrs Anna B Moore 79 of Monroe will be held at 10 a m Saturday in Kilpatricks Funeral Home West Monroe with Dr James T Horton officiating. Burial will follow in Union Cemetery near Marion She died Thursday at 2 45 p m in St Francis Hospital after a brief illness She was a Union Parish native and a member of First Baptist Church in Monroe Survivors include one sister Miss Alice Brasher Springhill and several nieces and nephews Pallbearers are Edward Eckles Jerry Coleman A L Hammons Terry Gilmore Jerry Johnson and Glen Bingham
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Anna B. Moore
N. 6Th St
Monroe
Kilpatrick
West Monroe
James T. Horton
Union Cemetery
Marion
First Baptist Church
Alice Brasher
Springhill
Edward Eckles
Jerry Coleman
A. L. Hammons
Terry Gilmore
Jerry Johnson
Glen Bingham
Junior Rifle Program Free To Youngsters
The Ouachita Parish Sheriff's Department offers a free Junior Rifle Program for ages 12 through 18. The program provides .22 bolt action rifles and ammunition on site with instruction weekdays 9 30 to 11 30 a.m. Private rifles may be used if not pump lever action scoped or automatic. Contact J R Bell for information.
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Ouachita Parish
Bailey Grant
J. R. Bell
Sheriff's Office
Louisiana Man Dies At Pipeline Construction Site
MERIDIAN Mississippi UPI reports a Louisiana man James D Poe 38 of Baton Rouge was killed in an equipment mishap at a pipeline construction site west of Highway 11 near Enterprise. He had worked for Plantation Pipe Line Company two weeks.
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Meridian
Miss
Claiborne Baptist Homecoming Set
Claiborne Baptist Church West Monroe announces its annual homecoming on Sunday with Sunday school at 9 45 a m and worship at 11 a m Lunch follows the service At 2 p m Rev Joe Mongel of Central Baptist Monroe will be special speaker
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Claiborne Bptist Church
Nelson DeFreese Rd
West Monroe
H. L. Driskell
Joe Mongel
Central Baptist Church of
Drug Abuse Class Seminar Slated Here June 27
The Bureau of Drug Abuse Control with LSU Law Enforcement Training Program and the Louisiana Association of Chiefs of Police sponsor five one day seminars on drug abuse this month Monroe hosts June 27 at the National Guard Armory from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. The five hour sessions aid law enforcement campus security and education personnel. Julian A. Martin says the program is part of a national continuing education effort. Topics include drug uses identification and laws governing sale distribution and possession and current drug problems.
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Bureau of Drug Abuse Control of
The
U. S. Food and Drug Administration
LSU Law Enforcement Training Program
Louisiana Association of Chiefs of Police
Monroe
National Guard Armory
Julian A. Martin
LSU
Brown Funeral Is Held Today
Funeral services were held for Leander Moore Brown age 2 at First Presbyterian Church Monroe with Rev. G Preston Brown officiating. Burial in Riverview Cemetery. The child drowned Wednesday at his home pool. Survivors include parents four brothers a sister and extended relatives.
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Leander Moore Brown
Edmund G. Brown
Lakeside Drive
Monroe
First Presbyterian Church
G. Preston Brown
Riverview Cemetery
Mulhearn Funeral Home
Military Honors and Promotions for Local Servicemen
Local men receive commissions and promotions across branches. Stephen M. Henry becomes Army second lieutenant at Ft. Eustis after Transportation Officer Candidate School. Jewel Kendrix earns Outstanding Airman at Keesler AFB. Ralph Jennings heads to Lowry AFB for technical training. Gary W. Carver graduates navigation systems course at Keesler and heads to Taiwan. Percy J. Knox promoted to staff sergeant at Edwards AFB. Herbert L. Treadway arrives at Pleiku Vietnam with the 4th Infantry Division. Alvin Gray promoted to Army specialist four in Germany. Albert C. Davis completes infantry training at Ft. Polk. Eugene L. Hester Jr. assigned to the 9th Infantry Division in Vietnam. Jerry G. Mathews promoted to airman second class at Glasgow AFB.
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FT. Eustis
Stephen M. Henry
DeWitt Henry
Jasmine St
Monroe
Army
Transportation Officer Candidate School
San Antonio, Tex
Ralph Jennings
Mike Jennings Jr
Rt. 2
Winnsboro
Lowry Afb
Colo
U.S. Air Force Office
Lackland Afb
Tex
Air Training Command
Biloxi
Miss
Gary W. Carver
Evert L. Carver
Chilton St
Keesler Afb
U.S. Air Force
Carver
Ouachita Parish High School
Taiwan
Pacific Air Forces
Edwards, Calif
Percy J. Knox
Daniel A. Knox
29Th Ave
Seattle
Wash
Knox
Edwards Afb
Calif
Hazel Knox
Quachita Ave
U. S. Army
Germany
Alvin Gray
Jack Gray
Winnsboro Road
3D Battalion
35Th Artillery
Spec. Gray
Ft. Sill
Okla
Vietnam
Eugene L. Hester Jr
Naomi Hester
Jackson St
Gth
Pvt
Hester
60Th Infantry
Ft. Polk
Glasgow
Mont
Jerry G. Mathews
Rt. B, Vidalia
Mathews
Glasgow Afb
Strategic Air Command
Free World
Steering Defects Lead Auto Troubles In Twin Cities
Steering defects were found in 39 percent of 183 cars checked last Saturday in Monroe and West Monroe during voluntary inspections by Sertoma Club and Independent Garage Owners. Seven inspectors assessed brakes lights exhaust and steering in about three minutes at Eastgate Twin City shopping centers and Highland Center. The second inspection day is planned for Saturday at the same sites. Officials say free non obligatory inspections aim to reduce traffic deaths and injuries.
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Twin Cities
Sertoma
Eastgate
Twin City
Monroe
Highland Shopping Center
West Monroe
Stan Bogg
R. L. Jackson
Louisiana Auto Safety Commission
Crossett Soldier Promoted to Sergeant First Class in Saigon
Carrol B. Jenkins aged 25 gains sergeant first class status during ceremonies in Saigon Viet Nam. He serves as noncommissioned officer in charge of Adjutant General Classified and Custodian of documents with Headquarters 1st Logistical Command. His wife Shirley resides on Route 3 Bastrop Louisiana.
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Carrol B. Jenkins
Mildred Jenkins
Cedar St
Crossett, Ark
Saigon
Vietnam
Set. Jenkins
Adjutant General
1St Logistical Command
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el Kantara
Suez Canal
Tel Aviv
Maurice Keane
N. 3Rd St
Alvester Williams
Earnest Moss
Richardson
Moss
Stella
N. 7Th St
Miran Ellis Gentry
Natchitoches St
Cypress Street
Marshall ©. Smith
Dick Taylor St
Louisiana State Police
Solomon J. Dobbins
Chatham
Wesley Hamilton
Calhoun
Morris Joshua
Flynn
Fairbanks Rd
Grover E. Addison
N. McGuire
Brennan Utilities
North Grand
Novel
Columbus
Ohio
Louisiana
Claiborne Baptist
Bruce Terminix
America
Palit
Desiard
Brown
Bethia Brown
Edmund Graves Brown III
Percy McCay Brown
James Ewing Brown
Donelson Taylor Brown
Percy L. McCay
Robert Ewing Brown
Toulmin H. Brown
Shreveport
Caffery McCay
C. D. Oakley Jr
Miles H. Sager
David Garrett Jr
H. H. Davis
0. A. Easterling Jr
Lawrence A. Stone
Ark-La
Miss Servicemen
Jewel Kendrix
Ike Kendrix Jr
Litroe
Kendrix
J. C. Benson
Rt. 1
Pleiku
Herbert L. Treadway
Blanks
Treadway
Barlow
4Th Infantry Division
Sophoniia Treadway
Blanks No. 2
Pinecrest High School
Winnfield
Albert C. Davis
Raymond Davis
Willow St
Bernice
DRUG
North 7Th
Howard Griffin
Fedders
Shirley
Route 3
Bastrop, la
Man Mose
Riendly
Finance Service
Ouachita Bank
Herbert Breard
Roselawn
Gail Harkins
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