Milby Testimony Delivers Defense On Murder Trial Day Two
Billy Ray Milby testified in Fourth District Court as the insanity defense in the December 12 1975 shooting death of J W DeMoss Jr of Monroe faced new scrutiny. He described a burned home on December 11 and a day spent drinking before detailing how a shotgun linked to the case came into his possession. He said he retrieved the weapon from the fire and hid it in the trunk of a car, and at times said he could not recall entering the Villa Lounge or threatening DeMoss.
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Billy Ray Milby
Milby
Fourth District Court
J. W. DeMoss Jr
Monroe
DeMoss
Milby testifies on alcohol and combat in prior life
Heard Today questions Milby about killing J W DeMoss Jr and others. He denies intent and details his farm upbringing, three marriages, Vietnam infantry service, and the effects of alcohol on his personality. He recalls drinking all day on December 12 1975 and describes periods of lost recollection.
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J. W. DeMoss Jr
Viet Nam
Milby
Area Women Writing Guide
LSU hosts workshop to revise state consumer education guide
Baton Rouge area participants join 25 women mainly home economics teachers in a three week LSU campus workshop to update the consumer education teaching guide used in high schools and adult classes. Participants include Dot Johnson Monroe Hazel Montgomery Bastrop Kathryn Summers Winnsboro Mary Waldrip Quitman and Emma Wilson Grambling guided by director Thelma H. Leonard to tailor strategies for diverse student backgrounds.
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News-Star News Service
Baton Rouge
LSU
Dot Johnson
Monroe
Hazel Montgomery
Bastrop
Kathryn Summers
Winnsboro
Mary Waldrip
Quitman
Emma Wilson
Grambling
Thelma H. Leonard
Retirement Considered By Rayburn
Baton Rouge report says state Sen. B B Sixty Rayburn of Bogalusa is weighing retirement from the legislature to accept a job with the Department of Agriculture, a Times Picayune dispatch states.
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Baton Rouge
B.B
Rayburn
Bogalusa
Department of Agriculture
Times-Picayune
Three armed robbers sought after Monroe service station theft
Monroe police search for three six foot tall well dressed black males after a 12:30 a.m. robbery at the Delta 29 Station on 165 Bypass netting $213.65. Attendant Barabara Ashing says suspects wore scarves and fled on foot toward the south.
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Monroe
Delta 29
Barbara Ashing
165
Bell Official Denies Secret Political Funds Allegations
Murray Fincher vice president of South Central Bell's Louisiana division denied a North Carolina Charlotte Observer report that the company maintained secret political funds in 15 states over the past decade. He said the firm does not use slush funds or direct employee political contributions and that participation remains voluntary.
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South Central Bell
Louisiana
Bell Company
Murray Fincher
South Centralell
North Carolina
Charlotte Observer
Fincher
Break-In Probed at Ouachita Parish Service Station
Ouachita Parish sheriff deputies investigate a burglary at a Claiborne Phillips 66 Station on U S 80 in West Monroe. Details are limited as investigators proceed with the case. Police also report a Monroe man held on a Union Parish warrant for simple escape from jail after an earlier burglary sentence.
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Ouachita Parish
Claiborne Phillips 66
U. S. 80
West Monroe
Sheriff's Department
Nioe
Monroe
Monroe City
Union Parish
Andrew Lee Miller
Charmingdale
Miller
Ford names Howard Callaway 1976 campaign manager
President Ford announced on June 18 1975 that Howard H Callaway would become his campaign manager for the 1976 presidential race.
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Zengler’s Music Shop
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CCH
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Frigidaire
Daniel
Emu
Sys
M.S.R.P
Uae
Louisville Ave
Star of Best Buys Savings Act Now
Bell
U. S
Nea
S. Stolieees
Bobbie
Louisville
Donna Baker
Brazier Lane
Woody
Birmingham
Ala
South Second
Stone Streets
Terry’s
DeLiard
Texas
Friendly Inn
DeSiard
Alexander Coleman
Owl
E. A. Conway Hospital
Susie Perkins
Grammont
Michael Wayne Lawson
Louberta
Lawson
U.S. 165
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