Celebration of July 4 Planned by Legion Here
The American Legion post outlined a town Fourth of July program including an open house at the legion home a double header baseball game and a dance. The parade from DeSiard and Sixth at 9 a m will travel through main streets and the evening dance will be on the Hotel Virginia roof with the masqueraders. Baseball features include the Columbus Social club versus the Tax Dramatic club of Shreveport and two Big Six Industrial league teams to be chosen later.
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Post
The
American Legion
Legion Post
Columbus Social Club of
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DeSiard
Sixth Streets
Legion
Hotel Virginia
Columbus Social Club
Tax Dramatic Club
Shreveport
Big Six Industrial League
Chi Restaurant Manager Shot During Robbery in Chicago
Christ Patras, manager of a North Clark Street restaurant, was shot to death early Monday when he fired at two bandits attempting a holdup. The patrons witnessed the exchange as the robbers escaped, leaving the cash register untouched.
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Chicago
Christ Patras
Clark Street
Patras
Blaze Destroys Machine Shop at Breece Lumber
A fire yesterday afternoon destroyed the frame machine shop of the Breece Lumber company, causing about 10 000 in losses, with 2000 insured. A watchman alerted mill firemen, and Monroe firefighters arrived as the building went up in flames before being brought under control.
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Breece Lumber Company
Monroe
Louisville Population Grows by Ten Years Figures
Louisville announces 1980 population at 307 808 up 79 917 from 10 years ago as city limits expanded by about 35 000. Unemployment stands at 9 911 with 42 farms inside city limits.
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Associated Press
Louisville
Columbus
Toledo
Ohio
Providence
R. I
Portland
Oregon
Robert E. Woods
Three Men Escape Fire Of Speedboat On Pontchartrain
In New Orleans on Sunday a speedboat fire forced three men to swim to shore in Lake Pontchartrain. Owners Henry Fernandez 80 and Harold Marchal 27, aided by A Cuzillon 42, escaped unassisted though Marchal and Cuzillon suffered minor burns while escaping into the water.
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Associated Press
New Orleans
Lake Pontchartrain
Henry Fernandez
Harold Marchal
A. Cuzillon
Marchal
Cuzillon
Two New Gas Wells In Northeast Louisiana Completed
Two new gas wells came online in Northeast Louisiana as permits to drill rose, with flood waters receding and drilling activity resuming in the Richland and Union parish fields. The United Carbon Landers No. 1 in Richland and Greenwood Production Guinn No. 0 1 in Union show large daily open flow capacities and depths, signaling a strong start to the week in regional gas exploration.
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Louisiana
R. P. Webb
James A. Noe
Richland
United Carbon Company
Landers No. 1
Richland Parish
Greenwood Production Company
Guinn
Union Parish
Durham Indicted in Slaying Case by Grand Jury
John Durham, 25, was indicted by the Moorehouse parish grand jury in a murder case linked to the May 2 slaying of Robert Holman, 40. The trial is set for July 7. Louis Cheek was indicted for forgery, alleged to have forged Holman’s name on a note.
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News-Star
Bastrop
John Durham
Moorehouse Parish
Robert Holman
Durham
Louis Cheek
Earl Durham
Walter
Lloyd Ward
Holman
Jones
Cheek
White Wins Maine Senate Nomination Over Brewster
Congressmen Wallace H. White Jr leads with 70 precincts in Maine GOP race. White 42 197 Brewster 35 877. Dewar 6 064. White and Brewster are drys while Dewar is a wet.
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Portland
Wallace H. White
Maine
Ralph O. Brewster
Dugald B. Dewar
White
Brewster
Dewar
Capitalization Increases Reported for Louisiana Week
Baton Rouge reports that corporations doing business in Louisiana raised total capitalization by 631 500 during the past week. The data outlines gains across multiple firms and sectors within the state, signaling ongoing expansion in local business activity.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana
No Other Remedy Equals Bond's Pills
A Texas reader endorses Dr Bond's Pills for headaches dizziness sour stomach bilious complaints and constipation. The ad claims 25 cents at any drug store and urges refusing substitutes.
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Bond
Dr. Bond
T. E. Jones
Marshall
Texas
Dixie
Quick Relief Tablets Claim Fast Pain, Cold, Malaria Aid
A tablet product promises headache and neuralgia relief in three minutes, cold symptoms easing on day one, and malaria check within three days. The claim emphasizes rapid action across multiple conditions with a single tablet.
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