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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1976
Page
22
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Three Monroe residents were booked by Monroe police on marijuana possession charges. Alvis Dorsey 22 Marjorie Carroll 17 and John Jackson 21 also faced glue sniffing counts. Deputies investigated thefts including a 1974 Honda motorcycle valued at 900 and three citizen band radios stolen from vehicles.
Funeral services for John McClusky 88 of Swartz will be held at 10 a m Wednesday in Monroe at Mulhearn Funeral Home with Rev Thurman Davis officiating Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery McClusky a lifelong Ouachita Parish resident and former railroad worker died Sunday at his home He is survived by two daughters two sons nine grandchildren and 11 great grandchildren Memorials may go to Swartz Baptist Church Pallbearers are named In separate police notes vandalism was reported on 1305 Roselawn Dr a car rub with sandpaper and a 12 gauge shotgun CB radio AM FM radio and a calculator were reportedly stolen from a vehicle in West Monroe.
Funeral services for Clarence Stanford 74 of 214 Powell Ave Monroe were held at Good Hope Baptist Church near Strong Ark with pastors Lewis Warren Harold Spillers and Richard Jones officiating. Burial followed in the church cemetery. He died Sunday at E A Conway Hospital after a long illness. Survivors include his widow four daughters a brother two sisters twenty five grandchildren and three great grandchildren. Pallbearers were Joseph Coppersmith Elmer Stanford Sidney Haynes Melvin Teal Whet Baker and Willie Ranchell.
A Monroe man, David Dorsey Jr., 41, was charged with murder after a 24 year old resident Claiborn Gant died from a single chest wound. The shooting occurred at about 7 50 p m at the Peach Street Apartments following a dispute. Dorsey fled but was captured about 11 p m in the 4200 block of Beale Street.
Northeast Louisiana University invites sealed bids to furnish and install a purge pump. Bids due 10:30 a.m. July 6, 1976, with public opening in Administration Building Room 145. Specifications from Purchasing Agent. University may reject any bids or waive informalities. Monroe Louisiana June 22 24 28 1976.
Funeral services were held for Dr. Jacob T. Stewart 60 dean at Grambling State University in Ruston with burial in Grambling Memorial Gardens. Also noted were services for Minnie I Evans 84 in West Monroe, Mattie McRee 89 in Monroe, and Harris 89 in Simsboro, with survivors listed and multiple obituaries across Arcadia Mer Rouge Bastrop and Simsboro areas.
Mrs. Eliza H. Collins, 77, of Monroe dies at St. Francis Hospital after a short illness. Funeral services are Wednesday at 2 p.m. at Miller Funeral Home in Monroe with Rev. J. L. Hall officiating. Burial in Richwood Memorial Gardens. Survived by husband Andrew Collins, three daughters, one son, two sisters, three brothers, and 18 grandchildren.
Funeral services for Biagio Papa Miano 84 of 311 Hilton St Monroe will be at 10 am Tuesday at Jesus The Good Shepherd Church officiated by three priests Burial will be in St Matthews Mausoleum A native of Salaparata Italy he came to the United States in 1907 and settled in Monroe in 1914 He ran a grocery store until retirement He belonged to Good Shepherd Catholic Church and Columbus Social Club The family asks memorials to Jesus The Good Shepherd Church Pallbearers include Louis Costanza Joe David Cascio Bennie Barbiero Charles Cascio Joe Costanza Tony Lewis Pete Bee and Bill Wynn The rosary is at Mulhearn Funeral Home Chapel at 8 pm today
Funeral arrangements were pending for Marvin Hinton 64 of Epps and Nadine Hinton of Kelly killed in a two car collision on U.S. 165 south of Clarks. Injured Melva Lynn Terrell 38 of Pineville and her husband Harry Terrell 42 of Pineville were treated at Caldwell Parish Hospital.
Charles Garding 104 of Oak Grove dies after a lengthy illness. Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. at Kidder Cox Funeral Home Chapel with Rev C N Elliott officiating. Burial followed in Red Wing Cemetery. He was a retired farmer and Oak Grove resident since 1938. Survivors include stepdaughter Liddie Morse, two stepgranddaughters Goldie Warren and Ide Boyd, several stepgreat and stepgreat great grandchildren. Pallbearers listed.
A July 5 1970 crash of an Air Canada DC-8 en route from Montreal to Los Angeles during approach to Toronto killed all 108 aboard. The incident prompted funeral notices in Columbia and the sheriff reported no charges filed.
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