Trudeau Scores Canada Vote Win
Trudeau led the Liberals to a sweeping majority in Canada’s 264 seat election, the strongest Liberal gain since 1958. Roberts Stanfield conceded early as the Conservatives lagged, with Liberals winning 153 seats, New Democrats 23, and Quebec Creditistes 15, ending Social Credit’s presence.
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Toronto
Trudeau
Canada
Pierre Elliott Trudeau
Liberals
John Diefenbaker
Diefenbaker
House of Commons
Pearson
Quebec
Montreal
Robert Stanfield
Stanfield
Conservatives
New Democratic Party
Creditistes of Quebec
Social Credit Party
Atlantic
Candidates for Ouachita Parish School Board Election
Eighteen candidates qualified for six Ouachita Parish School Board seats in wards 1 2 3 and 5. Incumbents Gerald York Ham mons McVay Holloway ready for re election. Others include Oglesby Elmore Hall Harris Hart Johnson Towery Bayles Ford Green Reagan Roark Wall Wilson. Deadline was 5 pm Monday. primary set for August 17.
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Ouachita Parish
Gerald R. York
F. H. Hammons
Fred S. McVay
Chester P. Holloway
C. Oglesby
FE. D. Elmore
David Hall
Jewell L Harris
O. L. Hart
Charles T Johnson
Jimmy Towery
Fred M. Bayles
Jerry L. Ford
Larry S. Green
Tommy F. Reagan
FE. C. Roark Jr
Stanley R. Wall
W. O. Wilson
Barney E Roberts Funeral Friday in West Monroe
Funeral services for Barney E Roberts 83 of 1610 Florida St Monroe will be at 2 p m Friday at Kilpatrick Funeral Home West Monroe with Rev Leon Ivey officiating Burial will follow at Twin Cities Memorial Garden West Monroe Roberts died Tuesday in St Francis Hospital after a lengthy illness He was a native of Wynn Arkansas a retired Illinois Central Railroad employee Survivors include his widow Katie Roberts of Monroe three daughters Helen Lawrence Jean Inzina Ruby Purdy four sons William J Roberts Earl K Roberts Charles FE Roberts Barney FE Roberts and U S Army Fort Lewis Washington one brother Cecil W Roberts of Russellville Alabama Pallbearers will be friends of the family
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Barney E. Roberts
Florida St
Monroe
Kilpatrick Funeral Home
West Monroe
Leon Ivey
Twin Cities Memorial Garden
Kilpatrick
Roberts
St. Francis Hospital
Wynn
Arkansas
Illinois Central Railroad
Katie Roberts
Helen Lawrence
Jean Inzina
Ruby Purdy
Calhoun
William J. Roberts
Mil Valley
California
Earl K. Roberts
Enid
Oklahoma
Charles FE Roberts
Barney FE Roberts
U. S. Army of
Paris Station Fire Destroys Large Railway Offices
A fire at Gare de L’Est in Paris damaged a large portion of the station Tuesday night. It began in the partly underground publicity bureau offices and spread to baggage rooms, forcing evacuations and disrupting rail operations.
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Paris
UPI
Gare de L’fest
Bastrop Garment Plant Pact Wins State Board Backing
Bastrop wins tentative approval for an $800,000 industrial bond to back a pact with Morehouse Garment Corp. The plan would lease 65000 square feet and employ about 425 workers, mainly women, in men’s dress pants. Final sign-off from the State Bond and Tax Board remains to come. Mayor John Tully led a Bastrop delegation to the Alexandria meeting.
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Bastrop
Louisiana Board of Commerce and Industry
Morehouse Garment Corp
State
John Tully
Garment Industry
Morehouse
Alexandria
Commerce and Industry Board
North Koreans Display Boat Said Sunk As U S Spy Ship
North Korea paraded a 12 foot outboard boat at Panmunjom claiming it was the U S imperialist spy boat sunk near the border. The vessel bore Yamaha maker marks and Mercury engines while North Korea alleged it carried heavy weapons and killed crew. American and South Korean authorities denied any sinking and said the boat may be a fishing craft.
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U. S
Panmunjom
Korea
North Korea
Joint Military Armistice Commission
Yamaha Motor Co
Kiekhaefer Corp
Fond du Lac
Wis
Armistice Commission
Radio Pyongyang
Boppo
Pukpo
U.S
Vicksburg Man's Body Recovered
TALLULAH Special The body of 27 year old Junior Leroy Moore of Vicksburg Mississippi was recovered Tuesday at 7 15 p m from the Mississippi River about one half mile from where he was drowned Sunday morning Moore who had been fishing with William D McCaskell of Jackson Mississippi was trapped beneath the boat when he throttled the motor and it overturned McCaskell was thrown clear The drowning took place near Palmyra Island near the Madison Tensas Parish line.
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Tallulah
Leroy Moore
Vicksburg
Miss
Mississippi River
Moore
William D. McCaskell
Jackson
McCaskell
Palmyra Island
Madison - Tensas Parish
Official backs control of guns in California speech
California's chief deputy attorney general Charles A. O'Brien urged strict gun control to curb crime saying there are 20 to 30 million guns in California and 8 to 10 million owners. He noted concealable weapons sell at about 25,000 a month and dismissed constitutional barriers to regulation.
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Los Angeles
United States
California
Charles A. O'Brien
Honesty Pays Billfold Finder In Topeka
In Topeka Ray Hudson, a retiree with only $128 to live on for the month, lost a billfold containing that sum. Joe Douglas, 52, found it and returned it. Hudson gave a $5 reward. Since then Douglas has received 20 reward letters totaling $63 and $116 from a country club physician for services.
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Topeka
Kan
Joe Douglas
Ray Hudson
Hudson
Douglas
All l
Area Guardsmen Train at Fort Chaffee in two week drill
About 3,500 Louisiana National Guardmen arrived at Fort Chaffee and began a two week intensive field training. Units include the 143rd Transportation Company from Monroe Jena Homer Shreveport and Minden. An Emergency Operations Headquarters unit will aid disaster and emergency operations.
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Fort Chaffee
Ark
Louisiana National
E.O.H
Louisiana Guardsmen
Louisiana
John J. McKeithen
LeBlanc
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Barney Roberts
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