Musical Chairs host Adam Wade profile and trivia quiz
The piece profiles Adam Wade, first black host of Musical Chairs, detailing his Pittsburgh upbringing, Westinghouse High, a Virginia State basketball scholarship, a Salk lab career, and a 1960 Cash Box poll as most promising male vocalist. It also includes reader Qs on health trends, Margaret Trudeau, Stalin’s birth name, Raymond Burr, Mother Goose, and public interest trivia.
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Adam Wade
Jerry Liss
Miami
Adam
Westinghouse High School
Pittsburgh
Virginia State College
Harlem Globetrotters
Jonas Salk
Luggio R
Scranton
U.S
Margaret Trudeau
M. Streichman
San Antonio
Tex A
Trudeau
Joe Stalin
Remo Amarari
Denver
Joseph Vissarionovich Djugashvili
Soso
Raymond Burr
Birmingham
Ala
Goose
Boston
Isaac
Elizabeth Foster
Mother Goose
Thomas Fleet
Hirmaty Doninty
Prehard Nivan
United States
Two Ancient Oaks Gain Reprieve From Chain Saws
In New Orleans a judge halted bank plans to cut a 70 year old oak pending a hearing. In Baton Rouge the Planning and Zoning Commission delayed action on a zoning change to save a 200 year old Bicentennial Oak for 90 days.
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New Orleans
Baton Rouge
Planning and Zoning Commission
Weather Monroe Readings High Tuesday and Showers
Partly cloudy conditions with highs near 90 across regions including Monroe. Neat forecast shows a 40 percent rain chance today, 20 percent tonight, and 40 percent Thursday with easterly winds 5 to 15 mph. Local readings list multiple area towns with warm, humid air and scattered storms.
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Calhoun
Tallulah
St. Joseph
Winnsboro
Union
Lincoln
Bienville
Jackson
Winn
Morehouse
Ouachita
Richland
Caldwell
Franklin
W. Carroll
E. Carroll
Madison
Tensas
Grant
LaSalle
Catahoula
Concordia
Northeast
Louisiana
Delta
Mississippi
Henderson and West Families Remember Local Notables
Obituaries from Ferriday, Jones, Monroe, and Winnsboro note deaths from heart attack and illness. Survivors include spouses, children, siblings, and numerous grandchildren. Funeral arrangements list churches, cemeteries, and area funeral homes with pallbearers and officiants.
Funeral Services Noted for Darryl Liggens and Mae Miles
Funeral services were held today for 6 year old Darryl Liggens of Chicago Illinois at Tennants Funeral Home Rayville with burial in Royal Blue Cemetery Rayville. Mae Miles 89 of Quitman died Monday at Lincoln General Hospital Ruston after a brief illness. services were in Buck Edmonds Memorial Chapel Jonesboro with burial in Antioch Cemetery Quitman. Survivors include multiple children grandchildren and great grandchildren across Illinois Louisiana and Arkansas.
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Rayville
Darryl Liggens
Chicago
Tennant
Royal Blue
Liggens
Sarah Liggens
Kavin Liggens
Jena Liggens
Ill
Kinley Green
Mable Roberts
Quitman
Mae Miles
Buck Edmonds Memorial Chapel
Jonesboro
Jimmy Miller
R. P. Willis
Antioch Cemetery
Edmonds Funeral Home
Miles
Lincoln General Hospital
Ruston
Hitler Purge Targets Hundreds of Leaders in 1934
In 1934 Adolf Hitler launched a decisive purge in Germany removing hundreds of political and military leaders as part of consolidating power. The sweeping action reshaped the Nazi leadership and secured unchecked authority for the regime.
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Adolf Hilter
Germany
Funeral services held for Monroe deputy fire chief Hubert Hampton
Funeral services were conducted at Southside Baptist Church for Hubert O. Hampton 60 longtime Monroe deputy fire chief who died of an apparent heart attack while cooking at home at 616 South 6th Street. Burial followed at Memorial Park. Mr Hampton served 36 years with the department and was a WWII veteran. He leaves a wife Mrs Mertice Hampton a son Joe Hampton a brother Oscar Hampton and two sisters plus several nieces and nephews. Pallbearers included local civic and fire department members with honoraries from Monroe and Ouachita Parish firemen.
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Mamie Aldrich Smith
All Holly St
Monroe
Hixson Brothers Funeral Home
John W. Reynaud
Mt. Olive Cemetery
Smith
The
Baptist Church
Johnnie Wagoner
Shreveport
Maycele Moore
West
Hubert O. Hampton
Southside Baptist Church
Memorial Park Cemetery
Hampton
South 6Th St
Fire Department
Mertice Hampton
Joe Hampton
Oscar Hampton
Marynel Ravencraft
Hodge
del Spell
Funeral services for Exola Hollingsworth in Monroe
Mrs. Exola Hollingsworth aged 60 of 103 David Circle Monroe died Thursday at Glenwood Hospital. Funeral at 1 p.m. today at Tabernacle Baptist Church with Rev. W. R. Ellis officiating. Burial in Richwood Memorial Gardens. Miller Funeral Home of Monroe directed arrangements.
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Hollingsworth
Exola ‘Hollingsworth
David Circle
Monroe
Tabernacle Baptist Church
W. R. Ellis
Richwood Memorial Gardens
Miller Funeral Home
Glenwood Hospital
Funeral Notices From Monroe Ruston and Jonesville
Funeral services held for Nina Watson Tolson 83 of Monroe at Hix Monroe Chapel with burial in Memorial Park Cemetery. Dave H. Oxford 83 of Dubach dies at Lincoln General Hospital. services at Kilpatrick’s in Ruston with burial Buckner Cemetery. May Fairbanks Hawthorne 86 of Jonesville buried at Parhams Baptist Church Cemetery.
Williams Funeral Services Held for Charlie Neal Williams
Charlie Neal Williams 44 of Monroe died after a long illness. Funeral services were held at 1 p.m. Saturday in the chapel of Hunt's Golden State Funeral Parlor in Monroe with burial in City Cemetery. Survived by wife Mandy Williams, stepson Eugene Robinson, and stepdaughter Laura Robinson, all of Monroe.
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Charlie Neal Williams
Monroe
Funeral service for Mrs Sammie Flanangan Flanangan
Mrs Sammie Flanangan Flanangan 93 of Jonesboro dies after long illness at Jackson Parish Hospital. Services 2 p m Friday Pleasant Hill Baptist Church Rev H D Lewis officiating burial at Our Christian Funeral Home Ruston. Survivors include son Artis Flanangan daughters Eula Jackson Lemonne Williams Lillie Mae Ross Lena Calep brother Ozell Watkins 18 grandchildren 47 great grandchildren 26 great great grandchildren grandsons pallbearers to serve.
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Semetery
Wintisboro
National Funeral Home
Rodgers
Franklin Parish Hospital
Minnie’ Rodgers
Gilbert
Webb ‘Rodgers
Winnsboro
Tim Rodgers
Edith Nel’ Hugh
Marshal Turnage
Slick Williams
Franklin Parish
Ruston
Sammie Lee Flanangan
Jonesboro
Pleasant Hill Baptist Church
H. D. Lewis
Our Christian Funeral Home
Flanangan
Jackson Parish
Artis Flanencan
Bryceland
Eula Jackson
Lemonne Williams
Lillie Mae Ross
Lena Calep
Ozell Watkins
NLU to Build Facility Overlooking Bayou DeSiard
Plans for a 1.75 million NLU project at Northeast Louisiana University move forward this fall. The facility by President George T. Walker will include an Olympic pool diving wet parking area and related facilities. The project may raise semantic questions for Twin Cities sports writers due to similar Monroe facilities and terminology debates. Also includes Irma D. Wade birthday greetings and Jowers Caldwell Mathis-Whittington family reunion at Cheniere Lake Area No 7 from 10 am to 4 pm with 100 expected attendees from distant states.
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Northeast
Louisiana ‘University
NLU
George T. Walker
Bayou DeSiard
Twin Cities
Monroe
Natoriums
Natoria
the Jowers
Caldwell
Mathis
Obituary fragment lists survivors and pallbearers
Ville and family note one daughter Mrs Anie Wadsworth of Natchez Miss along with five grandchildren ten great grandchildren and one great great grandchild. Pallbearers were Joe Rachal Vaughn Seale A J Smith Stanford Richardson Johnny LaCroix and Bob Hutchins.
Funeral services for Priscilla Ann Ray in Winnfield
Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday in the chapel of Southern Funeral Home for Priscilla Ann Ray 84 who died Tuesday afternoon at Winnfield General Hospital after a short illness. Rev E B Barton will officiate with burial in Brown Cemetery. She was a member of Sardis Baptist Church. Survivors include sister Mrs Pinkie Young of Winnfield.
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Rayburn
Nina Watson Tolson
S. 1St St
Monroe
Hixson Brothers Funeral Home
Gray Wilson
Memorial Park Cemetery
Tolson
St. Francis Hospital
Junction City
Ark
Methodist Church
James T. Tolson
James Edwin Tolson
H. W. Tolson
E. Shelby Hill
Jack O’donnell
Jack Allen
Max Stracener
Jack Rushing
Carter Acker
J. C., Thrower
J. M. Johnson
Ruston
Dave H. Oxford
Dubach
Kilpatrick
Herman Saterfiel
Harvey Delery
Buckner Cemetery
Sharon
Oxford
Lincoln Genral Hospital
Lincoln Parish
Rock Island Railroad
Gustie M. Oxford
Gladys Sander
Clotile Oxford
Dearborn Heights
Mich
Walter H. Oxford
Arcadia
John Otis
Oxford Ruston
Harry Owen Oxford
Ernest Meeing
Bossier City
Ila DeFreese
Mary Slater
Marshall, Tex
Jonesville
May Fairbanks Hawthorne
Parhams Baptist Church
Parhams
W. C. Sandiford
John Snell
Young’s Funeral Home
Hawthorne
Catahoula Parish
Winnfield
Chapel of Southern Funeral Home
Priscilla Ann Ray
Winnfield General Hospital
E. B. Barton
Brown Cemetery
Ray
Sardis
Aeropres Corp Sees Growth Amid Fluorocarbon Concerns
Shreveport based Aeropres Corp reports 32 new accounts for its hydrocarbon propellant as firms fear fluorocarbons may be banned to protect the ozone. CEO Wayne Morgan cites cheaper, safer hydrocarbon spray propellants and expansion plans in Louisiana and beyond amid regulatory scrutiny.
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Shreveport
Aeropres Corp
Wayne Morgan
Aeropres
Edibon
Morgan
Academy’ of Science
United States
Louisiana
Mexico
Group Sets Meet Emotions Anonymous Meeting Tonight
Emotions Anonymous, a nonprofit helping cope with daily stress, will hold a meeting at the Saul Adler Recreation Center tonight at 7 30 p m.
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Emotions Anonymous
Saul Adler Recreation Center
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Hubert Hampton
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D. D. Cantrell
A. W. Christman
T. J. Telano
James W. Richards
Boyd Tanneill
Monroe and
Ouachita Parish
Caribe
Sterlington Road
Nina Tolson
Mrs. Hawthorne
Charlie Williams
Mrs. Flanangan
Trenton Appl. CO
Trenton
West Monroe
Irma D. Wade
Ms. Wade
Priscilla Ray
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Louisville Ave
Thomas Rd
Norfolk
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