Harvard Prof Sees Campus Unrest As Constructive If Guided
New York AP Harvard professor Dr Dana L Farnsworth says student unrest is encouraging when channeled by faculties and administrations with fairness and listening to complaints. President E K Fretwell of the Association for Higher Education urges greater student leadership in running colleges, citing Peace Corps and civil rights wins as proof. The NEA convention opens with a million dollar fund drive to aid Negro teachers losing jobs due to desegregation.
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New York
Harvard
Dana L. Farnsworth
Harvard University
Farnsworth
National Education Association
E. K. Fretwell
Association For Higher Education
Peace Corps
Fretwell
City University of New York
Far
NEA
South
Horse Throws Boy Fatally Against Auto
In Wichita Kansas AP report 12 year old Stanley Mike East died Sunday after a horse he rode bolted and hurled him into a car driven by 43 year old Charles York. York stopped after the horse ran wild. East died on arrival at McConnell Air Force Base hospital. Parents listed as Sgt. and Mrs. John East. Sgt. East stationed at McConnell.
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Wichita Kan
Stanley Mike East
Charles York
McConnell Air Force Base Hospital
John East
East
McConnell
Obituaries for Mrs Katie Crowell and others
Funeral services for Mrs. Katie Crowell 66 of West Monroe will be at Antioch Methodist Church Eros at 3 p.m. Tuesday with burial in Antioch Cemetery. She died Sunday in a local hospital after a long illness. Survivors include her husband six sons three daughters and many relatives. Also noted are services for Will Leggett and Olene Robinette with burial in Lake Providence and Springhill Cemeteries. Mr Leggett died Sunday in Lake Providence after a long illness and Mrs Robinette died in California after a heart attack.
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Katie Crowell
Hinton St
West Monroe
Antioch Methodist Church
Eros
B. K. Miller Jr
Antioch Cemetery
Charles L
John W
Hershall
Moton
Grady
Richard Crowell
Lloyd Mitchell
W. C. Elmore Jr
Ray Langston
Bill
W. J Gunter
Lonnie Phillips
Jack Hearold
Lee James
Baton Rouge
Charles Gunter
Charles L. Crowell Jr
Troy Branch
Pat Wayne Hudgins
Gary Elmore
Sonny LaRue
Ringgold
Olene Robinette
Springhill Baptist Church
Sprinhill
Conger Funeral Home
Robinette
Brea
Calif
Funeral Services for Mrs Mis souri Pace Spires
Funeral services for 83 year old Missouri Pace Spires of 605 Pecan Street Monroe were held at Peters chapel at 2 p.m. today with Revs. J P Taylor and Walter Helms officiating in Springhill cemetery at Swartz. She died Saturday after a short illness.
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Missouri Pace Spires
Pecan St
Monroe
Peters Chapel
J. P. Taylor
Walter Helms
Springhill Cemetery
Swartz
Funeral Services for Mrs Stel la Bennett Anderson
Funeral services for 81 year old Mrs Stel la Bennett Anderson of Monroe were held at Mulhearn chapel with Rev George Womack officiating. Burial followed in Old City cemetery. A Bernice native and Pine Grove Baptist Church member, she died after a long illness. Survivors include son Clyde Anderson Monroe two daughters Maydee Fontana Monroe and R J McGill New York City five grandchildren and 13 great grandchildren. Pallbearers were Frank Fontana Leon Fontana Franie Joe Fontana Frank Stone Willie Thompson and Oliver Thompson.
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Stella Bennett Anderson
Rt. 1
Monroe
Mulhearn Chapel
George Womack
Old City
Anderson
Bernice
Pine Grove Baptist Church
Clyde Anderson
Maydee Fontana
R. J. McGill
New York City
Frank Fontana
Leon Fontana
Frankie Joe Fontana
Frank Stone
Willie Thompson
Oliver Thompson
Mrs Pearl Self Jeffress Funeral Arrangements Update
Mrs Pearl Self Jeffress of Shreveport sister of Mrs W TH Armstrong of Monroe has funeral services pending but planned in Leesville.
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Shreveport
Pearl Self Jeffress
W, Th, Armstrong
Monroe
Leesville
McCoy Funeral Services Held in Grayson
Funeral services for David Mark McCoy age 25 of Grayson were set for 2 p.m. at Old Bethel Church with Rev. Jimmie Bolton officiating. Burial followed at Old Bethel Cemetery under the direction of Riser and Son Funeral Home of Columbia. McCoy died early Saturday morning in New Orleans.
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Grayson
David Mark McCoy
Old Bethel Church
Jimmie Bolton
Old Bethel Cemetery
Riser and Son Funeral Home
Columbia
McCoy
New Orleans
Funeral services for Rev Felix G Carroll Bastrop
Rev Felix G Carroll 44 died while delivering services at McCreight Street Baptist Church Sunday Funeral services set for 4 p.m. today at the McCreight Street Baptist Church with Revs Jake Johnson and Dub Prather officiating Burial will follow at Morehouse Memorial Park Cemetery under Blackwell and Golden Funeral Home Bastrop
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Bastrop
Felix G. Carroll
McCreight Street Baptist Church
Jake Johnson
Dub Prather
Morehouse Memorial Park Cemetery
Blackwell and Golden Funeral Home
Mock Execution Fatal To 17 Year Old In Winchester
A Cincinnati doctor said a real bullet likely caused the injury during a mock execution at a Winchester sesquicentennial celebration. Steven Wilhite, 17, remained in poor condition at a Cincinnati hospital as a neurosurgeon reported the .22 caliber bullet lodged near his brain after the mock firing squad reenactment. Wilhite had played a boy who died in 1863 after shooting at General John Hunt Morgan’s hat in Winchester.
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Winchester
Ohio
Cincinnati
Steven Wilhite
Wilhite
John Hunt Morgan
Labor Day Established for Federal Employees in 1894
In 1894 Congress designated Labor Day as a federal holiday for government workers and set the first Monday of September as the day of observance.
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Congress
Thornhill Rites Scheduled Today
Funeral services for Ray S. Thornhill 48 of Transylvania were to be held at 4 p.m. in the Transylvania Baptist Church with Rev S B Boyette officiating Burial under Gay's Funeral Home direction would follow in Lake Providence Memorial Park Thornhill was killed Saturday in an accident near Holly Ridge He was a passenger in a truck driven by Harry Dudley Rogers Columbus Ga who was also killed Rogers body was returned to Columbus for services Thornhill is survived by his widow Nina Thornhill two sons Kenneth Ray Thornhill and Gary Lynn Thornhill both of Lake Providence one step son Melvin Brown of Baton Rouge two daughters Mrs Jimmy McClendon of Kilbourne and Mrs Floyd Pardon of Oak Grove one brother Lee Thornhill Transylvania one sister Mrs Jack Hagel Lake Providence and seven grandchildren
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Lake Providence
Ray S. Thornhill
Transylvania
Transylvania Baptist Church
S. B. Boyette
Gay
Lake Providence Memorial Park
Thornhill
Holly Ridge
Harry Dudley Rogers
Columbus
Rogers
Whisky and water bottle robber turns out harmless
In McKinleyville California a liquor store clerk Augie Rocha mistook a water pistol for a gun during a hold up. Rocha chased the bandit to the door, struck him with a whisky bottle and bit his thumb before the robber escaped with $1,500.
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Mckinleyville
Calif
UPI
Augie Rocha
Rocha
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Loyke
Kywag
Teazol
Will Leggett
Brown - Capit Funeral Home
Paul Young
Leggett
Mrs. Spires
Mrs
Stella Anderson
Mrs. Pearl Jeffress
Norman L. Menckef
Optometrists
Clover Leaf
D. M. McCoy
Rev
F. G. Carroll
Sterlington
Rome
Cuba
Purina
Purina SeaNip
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