Bombers crash in Hampton kills two and injures dozens
A Marine Corps A6 Intruder collided with another aircraft at 2000 feet and crashed into a Hampton subdivision near Buckroe Beach, killing a mother Mary Gallant and her 19 month old son Donald. Forty others injured and eleven still hospitalized as rescue crews comb damaged homes and debris.
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Hampton
L. H. Nicholson
Buckroe Beach
Chesapeake Bay
Chesapeake
Fordham
Air Force
Langley Air Force Base
Ft. Monroe
Sergeant Street
Mary Gallant
Donald
Ouachita Parish Jury May Build One Road Reject Another
At Ouachita Parish Police Jury meeting two road proposals sparked debate. A favorable vote approved building a gravel road for the Glenwood Subdivision while a plan to accept a church dedication and build a road in Happy Acres passed 15-4. Montgomery’s gravel road bid failed 13-4 with two abstentions as opponents urged the jury to wait for developer responsibility. The Happy Acres action cited deeded property to White's Ferry Road Baptist Church and an Alton Howard child care plan linked to the church. The diagram of three Howard lots delayed action last week.
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Ouachita Parish
Leslie Hamm
Ward 5
Happy Acres
Montgomery
Robert Downing
A. E. Montgomery Jr
Love Street
Hamm
White's Ferry Road
West Monroe Chamber Launches New Population Survey
The West Monroe Chamber of Commerce, with the Louisiana Department of Commerce and Industry, conducts a broad survey to attract new payrolls and industry. About 25 volunteers, led by Leslie Hamm, gather data on prices, labor, facilities, utilities, transport, taxes, and safety, to prepare two master copies for meetings with prospects. deadline set for late July.
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West Monroe
Eugene Smith
Johnny Mitchell
Fire Department
Aubrey Taylor
Tom Gaumnitz
Ewell Singleton
Bill Hoover
Evelyn Terrell
Roy Brooks
G. B. Folds
Floyd Adams
Hugh Balfour
Ray Buce
Stan Wall
Benford Jacka
Jeff Burnett
William Norris III
S. W. Jackson
Alton Calhoun
Frank Seymour
Rochester Man Named Grand Monarch Of Veiled Prophets
Joseph G. Lester of St Petersburg Florida has been named grand monarch of the Mystic Order of Veiled Prophets of the Enchanted Realm in Rochester New York.
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Rochester, N.Y
Joseph G. Lester
St. Petersburg
Fla
Mystic Order of
Monroe Officials Oppose Boundaries and Sales Tax Change
City leaders joined the City School Board to oppose freezing tax boundaries and to seek exclusion of the city system from a Fifth District sales tax. West Monroe Chamber joined Monroe's opposition as Rep Womack pushes a district wide tax. Local boards warn Ouachita Parish would lose maintenance funds as new areas incorporate.
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Monroe
Baton Rouge
Frank
Lin
Lantz Womack
West Monroe Chamber of Commerce
City School Board
W. S. Gannaway
Bill Hargiss
van Dodom
W. D. H. Rodriguez
H. W
City of Monroe
City
Ouachita River
West Monroe
Roy Brooks
Womack
Ouachita Parish
Monroe Chamber
Jim Williams
Monroe Council
Jamar Adcock
Adcock
Parish Board
Co-Eds Bid Farewell To Rosebud on River Voyage
Six Hollins College graduates finish a 950 mile raft journey down the Mississippi aboard Rosebud Hobson a 16 by 40 raft built from oil drums and lumber. They ashore near the French Quarter after a Canal Street Dock mix up and received warm New Orleans welcomes.
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New Orleans
Rosebud Hobson
Mississippi River
French Quarter
Canal Street
Gordon W. Cooper
Paducah
St. Louis Basilica
Coast Guard
Gordon Cooper
Pat Nield
Hollins College
Roanoke
Traffic Arrests Noted In Twin City Streets
Twin City police took two men into custody for DWI early today. Russell Cole, 27, of 101 Louisville Avenue, was arrested on Cypress Street in West Monroe. Michael Joseph Hargiss, 19, of 2210 Gordon Avenue, was taken into custody at South 2nd Street and Peach Street. Ouachita Parish deputies arrested Frank Redfearn, 37, of 118 Grayson Street in West Monroe on Monday night for disturbing the peace.
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Twin City
West Monroe
Cypress Street
Russell Coleman
Louisville Avenue
Monroe
Michael Joseph Hargiss
Gordon Ave
South 2Nd St
Peach St
Ouachita Parish
Frank Redfearn
Grayson St
Police chief adds hydrant watch to beat duties
Chicago Police Superintendent O W Wilson ordered patrolmen to watch for open fire hydrants and after hours lawn sprinkling in addition to normal crime and race tension duties during the hot summer months.
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Chicago
UPI
O. W. Wilson
Wilson
Overtime Pay Bill Killed in Louisiana Senate Committee
In Baton Rouge UPI reports a House passed measure to fund 100 new troopers led lawmakers to kill a Senate committee bill that would grant time and a half for over 40 hours weekly. Senate Judiciary chair Sen. Jamar Adcock cited redundancy as reason.
Canadians Welcome Record Soviet Wheat Sale
Ottawa reports an $800 million three year wheat deal with the Soviet Union, delivering 336 million bushels. Officials say the shipment task from prairies to ports is a national problem amid harbor strikes and a looming rail strike. Prices and benefits ripple through bread and dairy costs, with hopes the sale spurs higher world prices.
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Ottawa
Soviet Union
Canada
John J. Greene
Greene
Prairies
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Norfolk
Ronald Beasley
Beasley
Ward
M. W. Montgomery
Glenwood
Bruce Terminix
Yellowstone
Bourbon
Kentucky
Der
Yellowstone Distillery CO
City of
Richard Tyler
Valey Finance
Cypress
Reams O.oo
Canadian Wheat Board
U.S
Red China
Europe
United
United States
11Th St
Arrow
Rayville
Louisiana Gas Service Company
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