Area Republicans Meet for Monroe Voter Registration Drive
Area Republicans gathered in Monroe for a noon luncheon at Wyatt's Cafeteria followed by a voter registration clinic sponsored by the Louisiana Republican Party. State Chairman James H. Boyce urged boosting GOP rolls toward 100,000 by January 1974, noting 37,000 Republicans and 1.6 million Democrats in the last gubernatorial race. Participants included Pat Lindh, Jay Stone, and William B. Moran who outlined registration mechanics and legal considerations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe
Republican Party
James H. Boyce
Baton Rouge
Boyce
Louisiana
Wyatt
Pat Lindh
The
Regis
GOP
Jay Stone
Stone
Springhill
Lindh
William B. Moran
Harold B. Lee Becomes Mormon Church President
Harold B. Lee assumed the role as the 11th president of the Mormon Church on July 7, 1972, stating the church would move guided by the spirit of the Lord and prioritizing actions over promises.
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Salt Lake City
Sentences handed down by Fourth District Court judge
Three persons were sentenced on six counts in Fourth Judicial District Court with Judge James L. Dennis presiding. Larry John Knighten, 22, Monroe, got two years for a November 18, 1971 theft of 99 dollars, six months for a November 13, 1971 bad check, and two years for a December 9, 1972 theft of 100 to 500 dollars, all concurrent. Julius Sanford, 17, West Monroe, received four years in parish jail for assisting escape and five years probation in lieu of a suspended three years for distributing marijuana on August 16, 1972. Lee Roy Davis Jr., 55, Indianapolis, was placed on two years probation for a suspended six months for a June 19, 1972 bad check of 100 to 500 dollars.
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Fourth Judicial District Court
James L. Dennis
Larry John. Knighten
S. 4Th St
Monroe
Knighten
Julius Sanford
Rt. 1
West Monroe
Lee Roy Davis Jr
South Neal
Indianapolis
Ind
Louisiana official aims to revive drilling in state
Ray T. Sutton commissioner of conservation said Louisiana will do all to make it economically feasible for oil and gas firms to take drilling rigs out of mothballs. He spoke at the Ford Bacon Davis Seminar final session with officials from 20 states and Canada. Sutton urged broader fuel conservation beyond gas stamps and noted oil and gas will lead the nation’s fuel supply for years as other energy sources need higher prices.
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Ray T. Sutton
Louisiana
Sutton
Ford, Bacon & Davis
Ramada Inn
Canada
Edwin Edwards
Charles Hembree
Dallas
Tex
Office of the Federal Assistance Board
Ben Gunn
Ford
Bacon Davis
Edwards
Monroe Market Robbed By Lone Bandit Wednesday
A lone bandit robbed Stop-N-O Market on Sterlington Road near Monroe. Attendant Joe Slaughter said a young black male entered, shot at him with a .22 caliber pistol, ordered him behind the counter, and fled with about 60 to 65 dollars in a brown paper bag. He was described as in his teens or early 20s, five six, 120 to 125 pounds, wearing a flower print towel on his head. The robbery occurred around 7 p.m.
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Sterlington Road
Monroe
Joe Slaughter
Slaughter
Trial on marijuana charge delayed by continuance
Fourth District Judge Lemmie C. Hightower granted a continuance in the trial of Thomas Harrison Herrmann a West Monroe man charged by information with distributing and dispensing marijuana The date on the bill was amended from March 20 to March 21 after police and undercover agents corroborated the revised timing The jury was excused and the panel of ten regular jurors plus an alternate were listed with Ward designations and the date reset for Monday March 12 1972 in the same courtroom
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Fourth District
Lemmie’ C. Hightower
West Monroe
Thomas. Harrison
Herrmann
Cole Ave
Harrison
Allen Coon
Man held in aggravated rape case in Ouachita Parish
A 38 year old Monroe man was held by Ouachita Parish Sheriff officials on charges connected to the aggravated rape of a 22 year old West Monroe woman. The incident reportedly occurred late Wednesday night near Rowland Drive in Monroe. Deputies also reported a burglary at Swartz School involving removal of a cafeteria window screen and theft of food. Police investigated theft from a car at East Gate Cinema Theatre with a 357 Ruger revolver and gear missing. Luther Reed of Monroe was booked on four counts including two shoplifting charges and theft from the Barrow Hotel. West Monroe police investigated theft of $800 from a residence.
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Monroe
Ouachita Parish
West Monroe
Joe K. Tucker
Love Road
Rowland Drive
Swartz School
Eastgate
Roy Telano
Happy Acres Trailer Park
Reed
Barron Hotel
Albert Robinson
North Delta bicentennial meeting targets tourism funding
Friday meeting convened by Henry Rubin and the North Delta Area mayors to discuss tourism promotion projects in Monroe Epps Winnsboro and West Carroll Parish. Grants to Louisiana Tourist Development Commission may finance the Epps Poverty Point Museum Bayou Macon and Turkey Creek Lake Park with initial requests from 2500 to 10000 dollars. Police report Lion Oil Monroe ownership and Edna Lee Jenkins 22 West Monroe booked for aggravated battery.
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Henry, Co
Rubin
Directual Commission
Monroe
Epps
Winnsboro
West Carroll. Parish
North Delta
Louisiana Bicentennial Commission
Louisiana Tourist Development Commission
Bicentennial Commission
Epps - Poverty Point
Louisiana Purchase Gardens and Zoo
Turkey Creek Lake Park
Bayou Macon
West Carroll Parish
Charles Nickens
Conella St
West Monroe
Lion Oil Company of
Edna Lee Jenkins
Phillips St
Whale meat import ban announced by government
United Nations recommendation to preserve whales cited. Attorney General Lionel Murphy announced a ban on the importation of whale meat and other whale products. Government officials say the ban will impact the pet food industry where whale meat is widely used.
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Astra
A& ‘United
Nations
Lionel Murphy
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Alyce Stringer
Right
Steve Cookston
Sara Cookston
Eric Allen
Darwin ‘Nicholsol
Chuck Bell
Kenneth Purcell
Area Republicans
Lone Bandit
John. ‘Harrison
Luther Reed
321 Loop Road
the Palace
Cook
Preddy
DeSiard Street
North Delta Regional Planning “and Economic Development Council
Justice St
Forsythe Business Park
Freeman Aero-Space
A. G
RT Ae
Commerce ST. West
Mattingly & Moe
J. W. Dane
Henry McKenna
Jim Beam
Highland Mist
King George
Oth Cutty Sark
Job Wees
Burton's
Calvert’s
Popov
Bartons QT
Ballantine
Texas Pride Schlitz
Con Miller
ARK — Furnitures
Aoottoltips
ETL
Coole
Cletus
Bassett
Leaf & China
Herculon
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