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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1968
Page
1
Two suspects arrested beside the Crossville jail face charges in a robbery slaying of a beloved young farmer, the wounding of a neighbor boy, and the kidnapping of a woman. AP Wire report includes photo.
AP reports a Trudeau tidal wave as Pierre Elliott Trudeau leads the Liberal Party to a clear mandate, the largest victory since 1958. The win follows Pearson's retirement and marks Trudeau becoming prime minister by party choice.
Qualifying for six Ouachita Parish School Board seats closed Monday with 18 candidates. Incumbents include Gerald York Ward 1, Dr. F. H. Hammons Ward 3, Fred S. McVay Ward 3, and Chester P. Holloway Ward 5. Others from Wards 1 2 and 5 include Minor C. Oglesby FE Elmore David Hall Jewell Harris O L Hart Charles T. Johnson Jimmy Towery Fred M. Bayles Jerry Ford Larry Green Tommy Reagan FE Roark Jr Stanley Wall and W O Wilson. The deadline was 5 p.m. Burt Sperry chaired the qualifying. W E Palmer of Ward 2 earlier said he would not run due to health. The primary is set for August 17.
Barney E. Roberts 83 of Monroe died Tuesday in St. Francis Hospital after a long illness. Funeral 2 p.m. Friday at Kilpatrick Funeral Home West Monroe with Rev. Leon Ivey. burial in Twin Cities Memorial Garden. Survivors include widow Katie Roberts, three daughters Helen Lawrence Jean Inzina Ruby Purdy, four sons William J. Roberts Earl K. Roberts Charles E. Roberts Barney E. Roberts, and brother Cecil W. Roberts. Pallbearers are friends of the family. Paris UPI report notes a large fire hit the Gare de l Est station in Paris damaging the publicity bureau and baggage areas.
The Louisiana Board of Commerce and Industry approved an industrial pact between Bastrop and Morehouse Garment Corp creating an $800,000 bond issue slated for August. The plant will occupy 65,000 square feet and hire about 425 workers, mostly women, making men’s dress pants. Mayor John Tully led the delegation to the board meeting in Alexandria.
A Reader's Digest July issue surveys American men on preferred looks age and intelligence and whether sex appeal matters. It notes a feature on Cancer risks nursing home guidance and The Naked Ape from the best seller list.
North Korea showed a 12 foot outboard boat at Panmunjom claiming it was the U S imperialist spy boat sunk off Korea’s west coast Saturday. Officials dispute sinking claims with no US or South Korean vessel reported lost.
The body of 27-year-old Junior Le Roy Moore of Vicksburg Miss was recovered Tuesday at 7 15 p m from the Mississippi River about half a mile from the drowning site. Moore had been fishing with William D McCaskell of Jackson and was trapped beneath the overturned boat. McCaskell was thrown clear. The drowning occurred near Palmyra Island near the Madison Tensas Parish line.
California's chief deputy attorney general Charles A. O'Brien calls for strict gun control to curb crime. He argues there are 20 to 30 million guns held by 8 to 10 million Californians and concealable weapons are selling at 25,000 a month.
A Topeka man named Joe Douglas found a billfold with 128 dollars on a downtown street. Ray Hudson received the wallet and offered a 5 dollar reward. Douglas, a father of seven and guardian of an eighth, has since been flooded with rewards totaling 63 dollars plus 116 dollars from a physician after waiting at a country club.
About 3,500 Louisiana National Guardmen arrived at Fort Chaffee for two weeks of field training at the Emergency Operational Headquarters Brig Gen Robert J LeBlanc announced The units include the 163th Transportation Company and an engineer group among others Training runs through the second week with a governor’s review and a field layout inspection planned before return home by July 7.
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