Bell Telephone Notes Largest Annual Gains
Southern Bell reports 1967 growth with 81,666 new telephones in Louisiana and total service reach 10,888,301 across eight states. The nine state territory sees $540 million invested in facilities, $1.23 billion in expenses, and $2.22 earnings per share on 86,000 employees.
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Southern Bell Telephone Company
Southern Bell
Louisiana
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
Florida
Mississippi
Kentucky
Tennessee
Alabama
DAR Award Won By Area Student
Carol Beth Patrick an 11 year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Ormand Patrick of Transylvania won first place in the state DAR American History Essay Contest for sixth graders The award sponsored by the Moses Shelby Chapter from Lake Providence was presented at the State DAR Conference in Lafayette.
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Lake Providence
Carol Beth Patrick
Ormand Patrick
Transylvania
Moses Shelby
Lafayette
Rites Set Friday For Area Marine
Final rites are planned for PFC Charles Morgan 19 U S Marine Corps Thursday at West New Home Baptist Church Holly Ridge with military honors. Burial in McKnight Cemetery near Holly Ridge will follow under First National Funeral Home Delhi. Morgan died February 13 in Vietnam and is survived by parents six brothers and six sisters.
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Delhi
Charles Morgan
U.S. Marine Corps
West New Home Baptist Church
Holly Ridge
Melvin Bounds
Everett Geis
McKnight Cemetery
First National Funeral Home of
Holly Ridge High School
Morgan
Vietnam
Buster Morgan
Holly
Funeral set for Mrs Lula Doyal of Chatham
Mrs Lula Walsworth Doyal 94 of Chatham dies Wednesday after a long illness at Pine Hill Nursing Home Quitman. Funeral at Concord Methodist Church Friday at 4 pm with burial in Concord Cemetery Kilpatrick Funeral Home of West Monroe in charge. Surviving: two daughters Elva Head Baton Rouge Audie Mae Leckie Chatham, one son M E Doyal Shreveport, two stepdaughters Stella Willis Chatham and Or Jean Avery Midland Tex, one step-son Willie Doyal Mobile Ala, six grandchildren fourteen great grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. Body lies in state at Kilpatricks until about one hour before services. Local readers include Miss Mary Morgan Tampa Fla and Miss Ann Morgan Holly Ridge.
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Lula Walsworth Doyal
Chatham
Concord Methodist Church
R. H. Herne
Concord Cemetery
Kilpatrick Funeral Home
West Monroe
M. E. Doyal
Shreveport
Stella Willis
Or Jean Avery
Midland
Tex
Willie Doyal
Mobile
Ala
Kilpatricks
West Germany Opposes Any Compromise With Red Force
West Germany says it will not recognize East Germany or negotiate with a Soviet puppet. In a Northeast Louisiana State College lecture, Miss Heike Zenkar outlined Berlin’s stance on reunification, US policy in Vietnam, and the enduring division of Germany as a test of the free world.
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West Germany
Red Force
Heike Zenkar
New Orleans
Federal Republic of Germany
Soviet Russia
College Union
Northeast Louisiana State College
Zenkar
East Germany
Soviet Union
Germany
Charles DeGaulle
DeGaulle
Miss Zenkar
France
United States
New Left
Vietnam
Girl Scouts Plan Council Events for Skills and Playday
Silver Waters Council officials schedule a planning session Friday at 10 a.m. in Monroe to organize councilwide events. Mrs. Kay Overton stresses neighborhood representation for each program level as Brownies and Juniors from 11 parishes prepare for the annual Skills and Playday outdoor activities.
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Silver Waters Council
Monroe
Kay Overton
Luker Rites Set In West Monroe For Grover C Luker
Funeral services for Grover C Luker of West Monroe will be held at 11 a m Friday in Kilpatrick s Funeral Home chapel with Rev Earl Monzingo officiating. Burial follows at Twin City Memorial Gardens. He died Wednesday morning at Alpine Nursing Home in Ruston after a long illness. Surviving are a daughter Lettie Walker of West Monroe a son Thomas J Smith of Perkinston Miss a sister Sue Antley of West Monroe two brothers Frank Luker of Taylor and Claude Luker of Shreveport ten grandchildren and 17 great grandchildren Pallbearers are Ernest Hart Floyd Partin Harvey Gene Willis Charlie Feazel Hal Wales and Aubrey Henry.
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Grover C. Luker
West Monroe
Kilpatrick
Earl Monzingo
Twin City Memorial Gardens
Luker
Alpine Nursing Home
Ruston
Lettie Walker
Thomas J. Smith
Perkinston
Miss
Sue Antley
Frank Luker
Taylor
Claude Luker
Shreveport
Ernest Hart
Floyd Partin
Harvey
Gene Willis
Charlie Feazel
Hal Wales
Aubrey Henry
Home Poison Charts To Be Distributed By Jaycees
Monroe Jaycees will hand out home poison charts in the city on Sunday and March 17, led by Randy C Richardson chairing the effort. George Moore assists, with help from American Business Women's Association chapters and local Boy Scout troops. The charts list common poisons and emergency counterdoses and attach to cabinet doors. Poison incidents in U S homes exceed 500,000 annually, mostly involving children under five, with aspirin medicines and cleansing agents among top offenders. National Poison Prevention Week is proclaimed for March 16 each year.
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Monroe
United States
Union Parish Grand Jury Adjourns After 44 Complaints
The Union Parish Grand Jury met since Monday morning and adjourned Wednesday at 3 30 pm. It examined 44 complaints, returned 19 true bills 23 no bills and two pretermitted. Four prisoners remained in the parish jail awaiting trial. The jury found the jail and parish courthouse sanitary. The report recalls 1932 unrest with four job seekers killed outside a Ford plant in Derront.
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Farmerville
Union Parish
Ford Motor Co
Derront
Gospel Singing Slated Sunday At Beekman School
Gospel Quartet Convention unfolds Sunday at 1 30 p m in Beekman School auditorium twelve miles north of Bastrop on Highway 142 with nine groups from Arkansas and Louisiana. Featured acts include Jeffress Ladies Trio Sentinels Quartet Cooley Quartet Lindsey Trio Faith Quartet Harmonettes Trio Southerners Trio Allen Family and Robinson Trio. Soloist Becky Eubanks leads the program. admission is free and open to the public.
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Beekman School
Bastrop
Hwy. 142
Arkansas
Louisiana
Jeffress Ladies
Sentinels
Cooley
Lindsey
Faith
Harmonettes
Southerners
Allen Family
Robinson
L. L. Robinson
Becky Eubanks
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Proeest
Barry Mitchell
Federal Land Bank Bldg
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City & State
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Montgomery Ward
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