Deaths in Crossett and West Monroe Services
Funeral services for John West 48 died in Little Rock were held in Crossett at Jones Funeral Home with Rev. Roy Bunch and Rev. Atchley officiating. Burial at Pinewood Memorial Park. Survived by a son John Edward West a daughter Janice Parkhill mother Amanda West four brothers and three sisters. Final rites for A Melvin Ray Sr 80 retired carpenter and farmer were at Peniel Baptist Church with interment at Fellowship Cemetery. Died after a heart attack he resided in West Monroe twenty years born in Birmingham Alabama survived by wife four daughters three sons one brother twenty six grandchildren and twenty six great grandchildren. Pallbearers listed.
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Ray
Birmingham
Ala
Mary Ray
West Monroe
Ora Batson
Audie Mann
Zora Byrd
Martha Messina
Monroe
Asa M. Ray, Jr
Jack W. Ray
Pat E. Ray
Jacksonville
Fla
Newman Ray
Columbia
Donnie Mann
Harvey Mann
Charles Byrd
Oren Batson
Vernon Batson
Lavelle Ray
Jack Ray
Wendell Ray
Probe Of Safe Burglary Continues In West Monroe
West Monroe police and Ouachita parish sheriff's department continued an investigation into a safe burglary at Seven-Up Bottling Co. on 1118 Natchitoches street. Burglar(s) took about $530 in cash and change after tampering with the safe and opening a side window. The crime occurred Saturday night or Sunday morning. no suspects named yet and officials are following several leads. The last major burglary in West Monroe was Gentry's Grocery Store robbery near the old traffic bridge with several thousand dollars taken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Monroe
Ouachita Parish
Natchitoches Street
Jeff Caldwell
Caldwell
Sheriff Department
Gentry
Eastern Air Line Strike Tapering Off
Eastern Air Lines pilots returned to duty at several hubs as a 10 day stoppage eased though schedules remain crippled in New York and Miami. Pan Am faced widespread sick calls, 115 pilots out, raising questions about flight reliability while all three carriers protest FAA rules assigning another inspector behind pilots. National faced a looming strike threat over wages and working conditions by Tuesday midnight.
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NEW York
Eastern Air Lines
Pan American World Airways
Eastern
Boston
New Orleans
Atlanta
Chicago
Miami
Pan Am
Federal Aviation Agency
National
Air Line Pilots Assn
Father’s kidney transplant hope ends in son’s death
Robert Beck, 15, died after surgeons at Peter Bent Brigham Hospital transplanted his father Virgil Reck’s kidney in a bid to save him. Reck, a Dayton police sergeant, said everything possible was done. The operation aimed to set a medical precedent as the first father to son kidney transplant, but failed to establish adequate circulation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Robert Beck
Peter Bent Brigham Hospital
Virgil N. Reck
Robert
Bobby
Reck
Dayton
Ohio
Sgt. Beck
Legislature Votes For End To Federal Income Tax
The Louisiana Senate approved a resolution calling for ratification by states to end the federal income tax and government business activities. Provisions require liquidation of U S government ventures within three years of ratification and repeal of the sixteenth amendment thereafter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Congress
Secretary of State
United States Senate
House of Representatives
Louisiana
Johnston Rites Held Today for W M Johnston Jr
Funeral services were held at 10 a.m. Monday for W M Johnston Jr a 39 year old Monroe resident who died in a New Orleans Veterans Hospital Saturday. The service was at Kilpatrick Funeral Home chapel with Dr Hugh E Bradshaw and Rev Connie Ward officiating. Burial followed in Hasley cemetery. He is survived by his widow two sons William Johnston III and George Edward Johnston a daughter Deborrah Ann Johnston his brother Edward Johnston Crowville his mother Mrs W M Johnston Sr West Monroe. Pallbearers named W T Franklin E R Benoit C R Amos Howard Watson Curt Duggin Clem Vaught.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. M. Johnston
Monroe
New Orleans Veterans Hospital
Kilpatrick
Hugh E. Bradshaw
Memorial Presbyterian Church
West Monroe
Connie Ward
Kilpatrick’s
Hasley Cemetery
Johnston
William Johnston, III
George Edward Johnston
Deborrah Ann Johnston
Edward Johnston
Crowville
W. T. Franklin
E. R. Benoit
C. R. Amos
Howard Watson
Curt Duggin
Clem Vaught
Curb Market Inn Monroe Destroyed in Fire
West Monroe firefighters battled a 45 minute blaze that gutted the Curb Market Inn warehouse and part of the store on Natchitoches Street. Owner Ruffie Barkley said the fire likely started from a short in the wiring and that merchandise loss was limited mostly to groceries and bottled beer. Firefighters extinguished the fire by 9 30 p.m. after being alerted at 8 45 p.m. by motorists at the station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Monroe
Natchitoches Street
Ruffie Barkley
Natchitoches
Barkley
Bedgood’s Pharmacy
Redgood's
Worry Over Loose Teeth Spurred By Advancing False Teeth
An advertisement advises avoiding embarrassment from slipping dentures by sprinkling FASTEETH powder on plates. It claims the product adds comfort and security by stabilizing plates with no gummy taste, notes it is alkaline, and directs readers to obtain PASTEETH at drug counters.
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Richard Nixon
Fargo
North Dakota
Robert Owens
John West
Edward West
Janice Parkhill
Amanda West
Joe
Claude
Fred
Virgil West
Crossett
Rachel Dunham
Susan Rogers
Kingsland
Mary Edwards
Houston
Texas
A. M. Ray
General Electric
Cell Us
Louisville FA
N. Third, Monroe
Tappan
America
Sun Lighting
Eastern Air Line
Bs HM
Donald
OU Awe’ Bank BI
Monroe FA
Curb Market Inn
Ted
N. 7Th St
Bedgoods Pharmacy
Fryer
Smith
White House
U.S. No
Calif
Ghatahanwhe
Tact Tea Company
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