Willis Funeral Held Today At Hebron Church
Funeral services were set for 2 p m Tuesday in Hebron Baptist Church near Sikes for Orin Oscar Willis 83 of West Monroe who died unexpectedly Monday in a local hospital Rev T F Seale to officiate with interment in the church cemetery by Kilpatrick s Mr Willis leaves his widow Lydia four daughters Lillian Fatheree W F Causey Gladys Redlo all of West Monroe Mrs Mose Pauley Springhill a son L D Willis a sister Mrs Nancy Patton Pine Bluff Ark four brothers W R Alvin Willis Oak Grove N J Willis Sikes and Albert Willis California 10 grandchildren and 7 great grand children
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Hebron Baptist Church
Sikes
Orin Oscar Willis
West Monroe
T. F. Seale
Kilpatrick
Mose Pauley
Springhill
L. D. Willis
Nancy Patton
Pine Bluff
Ark
W. R
Alvin Willis
Oak Grove
N. J. Willis
Albert Willis
California
Bedroom Invader Pleads Guilty To Burglary
Jessie Nash, 29, a Black man, pleaded guilty in Baton Rouge to burglary after entering a white woman's home and kneeling at her bed. He received the maximum nine year term while on parole from a prior simple burglary conviction. Police said Nash claimed he thought he was in his own home.
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Baton Rouge
Jessie Nash
Nash
Mississippi Man Is Fined for DUI and Reckless Driving
J R Bourne Sr 205 Anne St Petal Mississippi was fined 300 and 90 days costs in West Monroe City Court for driving while under the influence. He received 25 and 10 days costs on a reckless driving count as Judge John McCormick presided.
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Mississippi
J. R. Bourne Sr
Anne St
Petal, Miss
West Monroe
Bourne
John McCormick
Dunlap Nabbed As Suspect In Robbery Here
Glenn W. Dunlap, 33, surrendered to Avoyelles parish sheriffs after police surrounded his home near Marksville. He and partner Charles Davis, 26, of Pasadena Texas, face charges in the May 6 Weingarten’s Supermarket heist in Marksville, where $10,000 was taken after employees opened the safe under duress. Davis was arrested May 20 in New Orleans. Monore police planned to question Dunlap in Marksville.
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Weingarten
Louisville Avenue
Vick
Avoyelles Parish
Glenn W. Dunlap
Marksville
New Orleans
Dunlap
Charles Davis
Pasadena
Texas
Davis
Monroe Police Department
Kennedy Space Program Urged as American Moon Goal
Demarquis D Wyatt NASA program director warns adoption of Kennedy space plan is essential to making the moon mission American. He says without the program, it won’t be American. The remark underscores the national push for space leadership.
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Atlanta
Demarquis D. Wyatt
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
President Kennedy
Traffic Club Golf Tourney Shaping Up at Highland Park
Thirty four entries have been received for the traffic and transportation clubs golf tournament at Highland Park Country Club on Wednesday. The event marks the 10th anniversary of the Monroe West Monroe club with a social hour and dinner at 6 30 p m. Certificates will be presented to past presidents during the dinner.
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Highland Park Country Club
Traffic and Transportation Club of
Monroe- West Monroe
Bob L. Branch
M. E. Pickett
H. Few Easterling
Dan A. Miller
R. A. Holland
Harry N. Davis
Fletcher W. Ashcraft
G. L. Simpson
Floyd R. Adams
Harry E. Dixon, Jr
L. E. Head
Naval Academy Chief Says He disagrees with Rickover on reforms
Rear Adm. John F. Davidson says he does not agree with Adm. Rickover's call to abolish or drastically reform the Naval Academy. Rickover testified before the House Appropriations Committee, urging major changes and a Navy reduction of about a third of its officers to boost efficiency.
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Annapolis
U.S. Naval Academy
Hyman G. Rickover
John F. Davidson
Academy
Public Information Office
Rickover
Naval Academy
House Appropriations Committee
Navy
House approves worldwide espionage crime bill
Washington UPI reports the House approved legislation to make espionage against the United States a crime anywhere in the world. The bill would extend current rules that let the government prosecute only when the act occurs in the United States or on an American ship.
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Washington
UPI
House
Senate
United States
Television Notes on Voodoo in a Skeptical Night
A UPI column critiques two anti voodoo episodes on CBS and ABC highlighting rational explanations behind supposed mystic events. The piece riffs on Twilight Zone references and calls for stronger network promotion of documentary and public affairs programs rather than limited fleeting plugs.
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New York
UPI
Hennesey
Peter Gunn
Private Eye
Craig Stevens
Rod Serling
John Newland
Ronald Dahl
Tennessee Governor Says Integration Law Must Be Obeyed
Gov. Buford Ellington of Tennessee told AP in Dallas that while the state does not approve of racial integration in schools it will obey the federal law. He cited six years of gradual integration, noted lingering tensions, and criticized Freedom Riders as harming their cause.
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Detroit
Tractors For Freedom Committee
Fidel Castro
Dallas
Tex
Buford Ellington
Tennessee
Ellington
Honolulu
Danny Thomas Silenced by Doctors Two-Week Mouth Guard
Comic Danny Thomas must keep quiet for two weeks after throat fatigue from a month long tour for the St. Jude building project. His television series begins filming early in July.
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Hollywood
UPI
Danny Thomas
Thomas
St. Jude
Infant Clyde McDonald Dies, Rites Held
Final rites were held Tuesday morning for Clyde Margaret McDonald five day old daughter of Mr and Mrs Clyde McDonald of Sterlington Drive The infant died Monday in a local hospital Interment was in Clark Springs cemetery under the direction of Hixson Brothers She is survived by her parents three brothers Lawrence John and Donald McDonald all of Monroe and her maternal grandmother Mrs Katie Smart of Monroe
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Clyde Margaret McDonald
Clyde McDonald
Sterlington Drive
Clark Springs
Hixson Brothers
Lawrence
John
Donald McDonald
Monroe
Katie Smart
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