Lake Providence to host Miss Louisiana pageant and talent show
Lake Providence prepares July 1 3 for the Miss Louisiana scholarship pageant with a three night talent filled pageant. contestants perform in music drama and art with a parade water show and coronation ball. judges include state and regional representatives and notable pageant officials.
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Lake Providence
Lake Charles
Patricia Ann Wolf
Shreveport
Mary Lynne Disiere
Bossier Parish
Jann Folsom
Northeast Louisiana
Diana Smith
Mary Lois Sanches
Catahoula
Toni Chandler
Claiborne Parish
Beverly Elizabeth Smith
Concordia
Gloria Dawn Briggs
Slidell
Frances Ruth Keyser
Miss Cenla
Patricia Ann Holloway
Ouachita Parish
Beverly
Sumrall
Thibodeaux
Ark
Tom Allen
Brinkley, Ark
Two Prisoners Turned Loose Through Mistake
NEW ORLEANS UP I reports a clerical error led to the release on April 18 of burglary suspect Leland Gregory alias Ike Benton 31 of Covington Kentucky and two companions Gregory John Johnson 30 and Virgil Elam 25 both of Kentucky. The trio had been arrested in Bay St. Louis Mississippi and brought to New Orleans in February. Johnson and Elam were re arrested but Gregory did not return prompting an intensive search.
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New Orleans
UPI
Leland Gregory
Ike Benton
Covington
Criminal District Court
Bay St. Louis
Miss
Gregory
Gregory John Johnson
Florence
Virgil Elam
Vernon
Deaths Hodge Special George Dewey Hardin
Funeral services for George Dewey Hardin, 61, of Hodge were set for 3:30 p.m. today at Edmons Chapel in Jonesboro with Rev. J. D. Wagnon and Rev. E. D. Morris officiating. Burial followed at Hodge Cemetery. Hardin, a former depot agent in Hodge, died Tuesday morning after a brief illness. He was a 32nd degree Mason and is survived by his widow Myrtis Hardin, two sons George D. Hardin Jr. and Lavelle Hardin, a daughter Frances Hardin, three brothers Joe W. Hardin, Milton Hardin, Lee Hardin, and two grandchildren.
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Hodge
Myrtis Hardin
George D. Hardin Jr
Benton, Ark
Lavelle Hardin
Houston
Tex
Frances Hardin
Joe W. Hardin
Milton Hardin
Lee Hardin
Union Official Indicted On 26 Fund Charges
A federal grand jury in New Orleans indicted Baton Rouge Teamsters Local No. 5 secretary treasurer Edward Grady Partin on 26 counts. Thirteen counts allege embezzlement of union funds and thirteen allege falsifying union books and records. The accused allegedly diverted about $1,600, with charges under the Landrum Griffin Act of 1959.
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New Orleans
Baton Rouge
Teamsters Union
Edward Grady Partin
Teamster Local No. 5
U.S
Landrum-Griffin
Area News Briefs Highlight July Events Across Cities
Dale Robertson will headline Alexandria Amicus Club’s first annual horse show July 13 15. Louisiana Tech observes July 4 break from July 3 to July 5. Red River Presbyterian Youth Fellowship leaders attend a July 2 6 regional conference at Mo Ranch Texas. Harold G Bres Kiwanis speaker visited Ruston. Dr Rudolph Fiehler of Louisiana Tech named editor of Humanities in the South by the Southern Humanities Conference.
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Alexandria
Dale Robertson
Winnfield
Red River Presbyterian Youth Fellowship
Mo Ranch
Hunt
Tex
Southern Bell Telephone Co
Harold G. Bres
Natchitoches
Kiwanis Club
Four Lutheran Denominations to Merge into One Body
DETROIT AP Four Lutheran denominations plan to merge into a single church on Thursday after closing their separate conventions. Leaders say unity fulfills Christ's will and preserves each group’s identity within a larger united church of about 3.2 million members. The move aims to include Lutheran representation at the upcoming Vatican II council.
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Detroit
Franklin Clark Fry
United Lutheran Church
Christ
Malvin H. Lundeen
Augustana Lutheran Church
American Evangelical Lutheran Church
Suomi Synod
America
Fry
Lutheran World Federation
Catholics Discuss Love Or Marriage From New Viewpoints
In remarks at the Catholic National Family Life convention, Rev. Michael J. Faraon warned that sex without love in marriage may be morally acceptable yet psychologically harmful. He urged a love energized union over a rules bound marriage and stressed isolation of sex, support from the spouse in temptation, and care of love to protect the relationship. Another educator, Rev. Henry V Sattler, defined love as active response to reality and said sin is choosing wrong values over neighbor and God.
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ST. Louis, Mo
UPI
Michael J. Faraon
O.P
St. Michael's College, Santa Fe
N.M
Catholic National Family Life Convention
Henry V Sattler
C. S
National Catholic Welfare Conference
Family Life Bureau
Father Sattler
God
Poetic Dog License Reminder in Ashford
Dog Warden Andrew C. Seles in Ashford uses a rhyming prompt to urge timely pet license payments. The verse advises owners to license their dogs before due dates to avoid fines and emphasizes a friendly, preventative approach.
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Ashford, Conn
UPI
Andrew C. Seles
Ethics Charge Hurled At Insurance Boss
Baton Rouge lawmaker Rep. Jack Dyer accuses the state insurance commissioner of milking both sides by serving as commissioner while his law firm represents about 20 insurers. A House committee report blocking Dyer’s bill prompts protests from Rep. Edward Lebreton, who criticizes punitive moves and urges public-interest representation.
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Dyer
Edward Lebreton
New Orleans
Little Hoover’ Commission
House
Lebreton
Tax Transfer Tax Passes In Louisiana Senate
In Baton Rouge Senate leaders recommitted and then approved a bill imposing a two percent sales tax on used car transfers. The tax would apply when a new owner applies for a title transfer and, if a trade in occurs, tax is charged on the difference between the old and new car prices. The measure passed by a 30 to 7 vote.
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Baton Rouge
UPI
Senate
Cotton Sales Promotion Plan for 1962 63
Washington AP reports a cotton sales promotion for 1962-63 to be conducted by the Commodity Credit Corporation under the Agriculture Department. Sales will be via competitive bids with export terms to be defined. Announcement planned mid July with first offer around August 1 from the New Orleans ASC office. The plan supplements the existing payment in kind export program and relies on open market cotton for most exports.
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Washington
Commodity Credit Corporation
Agriculture Department
New Orleans
Department
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
Louisiana Sales To Military Jump 247 Percent
New Orleans report indicates Louisiana firms sold goods and services to the military rising 247 percent from the first quarter a year earlier. Commerce Department data show military procurement totaling 86,048,000 dollars.
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New Orleans
Rickover backs nuclear ships amid Navy cost worries
Vice Admiral Hyman G. Rickover told a House subcommittee the Navy errs by opposing more nuclear powered ships due to cost. He cited a 20 year life cost about 1.5 times higher than conventional ships and criticized academy graduates compared with European standards.
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Washington
UPI
Hyman G. Rickover
Navy
House Appropriations Subcommittee
Rickover
Five Industrial School workers charged in pupil death
Five employees at the State Industrial School for Colored Youth in Scotlandville face murder charges over the death of 15 year old Hosea Fountain, who died after a prolonged beating with a strap. The group includes assistant superintendent George D. Smith and E J Johnson, Cameron Letherman Jr, Felton Holiday and Isaac Johnson, all described as Negroes. Fountain reportedly attacked Letherman after lunch, then Holiday beat him later, leading to his removal for discipline.
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Isaac Johnson
Bill Daniels
Baton Rouge
Michoud Saturn plant hires at New Orleans
New Orleans report states the Michoud Saturn plant is expected to employ 7,000 workers by July 1963 and has already hired 1,239 technical, administrative and related personnel to date.
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New Orleans
UPI
Michoud Saturn
Caldwell Auto Wreck Injures Five Persons
Five people were injured in a two car collision near Columbia on highway 165 Tuesday night. Hattie L McNemar and her three children were taken to Caldwell Hospital. Elton R Thompson and twin Felton Thompson were hospitalized. Reeves state police charged Elton Thompson with reckless driving.
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Caldwell
Columbia
Here
Hattie L. McNemar
Patricia Fay
Martyn
Billie Ray
Caldwell Hospital
Highway 165
Elton R. Thompson
Route
Grayson
Felton , Thompson
Caldwell Parish
Elton Thompsson
Gas Refunds May Be Due
A Federal Power Commission examiner ruled Union Producing Co. of Shreveport Louisiana must refund about 4 million dollars to its natural gas customers for the 1958 test year. The company is a wholly owned subsidiary of United Gas Corp and the decision awaits commission review.
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Washington
UPI
Union Producing Co
Shreveport
Federal Power Commission
Union
United Gas Corp
Ethel Seeks Car Mentioned in News-Star-World Want Ads
The line hints at a person named Ethel asking about a car advertised in the News-Star-World Want Ads. It reflects a domestic, casual query likely from a newspaper page. No further context or details are provided in the readable text.
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News-Star — World
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