Expedition Finds Ancient Village In Middle East
A French-Syrian expedition near Tel Ramad, 15 miles from Damascus, uncovered an 8 500 year old village showing the shift from nomadic hunter to settled farmer. The site reveals circular huts, rectangular houses, grain barns, obsidian arrowheads, and early religious practices with mortuary rites suggesting 8 000 year old religious development.
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Damascus
Syria
Henri de Contenson
Middle East
Tel Ramad
Contenson
Turkey
Storms Strike In South Dakota and Florida
Electrical storms with heavy rain hit eastern South Dakota late Tuesday night. Huron had over 5 inches of rain with hail, Aberdeen saw two thirds of an inch in six hours and a tornado touched down 40 miles northeast. A funnel cloud was spotted southwest of Aberdeen with no damage reported. Over an inch drenched Vero Beach and Coca Beach Florida as thunderstorms persisted into morning across the northern Rockies, Great Plains, and Gulf Coast. temperatures ranged from 43 at Houston Maine to 89 at Needles California.
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Associated Press
South Dakota
Florida
Huron
S.D
Aberdeen
Vero Beach
Coca Beach
Weather Bureau
Rockies
Great Plains
Gulf Coast
Houston
Maine
Needles
Calif
Texas man charged in Houma fatal crash
A 48 year old Texas man was charged with negligent homicide after his car struck and killed Adonis Robichauz, 60, of St. Martinville, on Grand Caillou Road in Houma. The driver, Hubert Foster of Port Arthur, was arrested.
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Houma
UPI
Grand Caillou Road
Adonis Robichauz
St. Martinville
Hubert Foster
Port Arthur
Parish School Board Backs Sales Tax With Conditions
Ouachita Parish School Board supported Franklin Rep. Lantz Womack's Fifth District sales tax with amendments aimed at guaranteeing teacher pay raises and refunding surplus revenue to the parish. The board, preferring state wide reach, would accept district scope if amendments stand. It also kept property taxes at 16 mills for bonds and considered consolidating operating taxes, with no action taken.
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Ouachita Parish
Franklin
Lantz Womack
Baton Rouge
B. A. Tarver
Marie Louise Snellings
Ouachita Parish High School
Tarver
S. T. Howell
Jamar Adcock
Monroe
Snellings
Gerald York
Ward 1
Milton C. Hall
Womack
Sharon VanZile
West Monroe High School
Frankie L. Mills
Lenwis
Dale Sanderson
West Monroe High
Oscar H. Head
Sylvia Rambin
Logtown
Gretchen Magee
West Monroe Junior High
Fred J. Vogel
Brunetta Shamlin
Richwood
Barbara Neal
Tim Tippit
Kenneth Hebert
Drew and Swartz
Louise Plitt
Dorothy Mack
Trudie Jackson
Man Killed In Two Vehicle Crash Near Galliano
Gil bert J. Dupre, 34, of Galliano, died in a two vehicle accident near Galliano on Tuesday when his car struck the rear of a truck on Louisiana 1. Police reported the fatal crash and said Dupre was the sole occupant of his vehicle.
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Galliano, la
UPI
Gilbert J. Dupre
Galliano
Here
Dupre
La. 1
Westerhoff Named Chief Executive of FB&D and Its Construction Unit
Russell P. Westerhoff, elected president last August, becomes chairman and chief executive of Ford, Bacon & Davis, Inc. and its construction subsidiary in Monroe. The announcement follows director meetings and notes Westerhoff’s long career from FB&D engineer to leader and project manager on major plants.
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Russell P. Westerhoff
Ford, Bacon & Davis, Inc
Westerhoff
Charles C. Whittelsey
Ford, Bacon & Davis Construction Corporation
Monroe
George O. Phillips
Fb&d
West Virginia
American Society of Civil Engineers
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
McClure Family Reunion Near Jonesville
A McClure family reunion was held recently at the home of Mrs. Rose Young near Jonesville. Attendees included numerous McClures and related families such as John Withers, Jell Brad dock, Samuels McClure, and Sgt Major Samuel McClure, highlighting a large gathering of kin from the area.
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Jonesville
McClure
Rose Young
John
Davis McClure
Joe
Billy Emsminger
Gary
Thomas Duchamann
Donald
Shirley
Beverly
Toni
Myrtis McClure
Joe Ed
Sadie McClure
Fred McClure
Douglas McClure
Jeff
Gay
Jane
Ross
Mike
Pete Farr
Leslie
Johnnie
Kathy
Joel
Joan
Louise Gainey
Juanita Bradford
Wayne
Sharon Duck
Sue Lewis
Scott
Kimberly
Robert McGowen
Bobby
Bruce
Johnnie Evans
Janet
Ernest McClure
Baker Collins
Allen and Douglas
Bud Collins
Daisy Skinner
Aline Schneider
Frankie
Ray
Johnny Ruth Freeman
Cindy
Ruth
Flora Taylor
Edd McClure
Gary Neal
Jimmy Wilson
Cheryl
Jamie
Whitney LaCroix
Clyde Bradford
Ivy Francis
Elizabeth
Mandy
Levin
Velda Berry
James Edward
Albert McClure
Carolyn
R. Jones
Jean
Marsha Braddock
Major
Samuel McClure
Abner McClure
Thomas
Bryan
Malcolm
Ronald
Doyle W
Lott
Bert
Local Engineer Resident Ties Family to New Jersey
A native of Patterson New Jersey the engineer lives with his wife a daughter and son in Ridgewood New Jersey Another daughter Mrs Dwight W Benton resides in Ramsey New Jersey The text references the Professional Engineers society suggesting his professional affiliation and regional ties.
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Tional Society of Professional Engineers
Paterson
N. J
Ridgewood
Dwight W. Benton
Ramsey
House Approves Bill Opening Group Records
Louisiana House votes 97-2 to require public access to the records of the Louisiana Office Building Corp. A companion measure to place private firm under state budgetary controls is shelved amid administration opposition. Gov. McKeithen created the entity for financing and planning new state office construction.
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Morley Hudson
Caddo Parish
Lantz Womack
Franklin Parish
Hudson
Grand jury to continue slaying probe in Biloxi
A UPI report says a federal grand jury in Biloxi will press on with the Vernon Dahmer killing investigation and likely hear evidence in other cases after concluding the firebomb slaying of Hattiesburg civil rights leader Vernon Dahmer killed by night riders last January.
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Biloxi, Miss
UPI
Hattiesburg
Vernon Dahmer
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Ruth Confrey
Norwich
Conn
Janice Mirkin
Ocean Beach Park
New London
Parish School Board
R. P. Westerhoff
BYU
Peite Treee
House
Haddad Hardware
Admiral Chest
Sugar Bowl
Lion
China
Haddad
Addad
North 5Th
Pine Monroe
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