Auditor criticizes Morehouse Parish Sheriff for improper use of funds
Louisiana legislative auditor Joe Burris denounced public funds used to transport National Guardsmen and families to Fort Polk and questioned nine trainees’ transport. He cited unvouchered uniform purchases and noted a $26,768 two year deficit in the Sheriff Salary Fund.
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News - Star Capital Bureau
Baton Rouge
Joe Burris
Morehouse Parish
Hughie Perry
Sheriff's Department
Fort Polk
Leesville
Burris
Anzola
Perry
Legislative
Bastrop
Rome Third Session Opens for Tech Rome Study Center
Applications are open for Tech Rome International Study Center in Rome offering a third session through the Louisiana Tech-American Association of State Colleges and Universities. Semesters run Sept 10 to May, with a June 15 deadline for full year and first semester apps. courses cover archaeology to European history and modern languages.
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News-Star News Service
Ruston
Louisiana Tech
American Association of State Colleges and Universities
Rome
Tech
John F. Leich
Tech College of Arts and Sciences
Center For International Studies
Wyly Tower
Madison Hall
Rome Center
Italy
Edwards Claims Far East Trip Good For State
Governor Edwin Edwards said Louisiana rice could gain 40 million dollars from a South Vietnam preference and a 10 percent rise in acreage after his Far East trip to promote cotton and rice. He cited talks with President Thieu and a 1970 Korea trip as key to selling Louisiana rice in Asia. The Farm Bureau committee warned the allotment boost might lower prices and noted flood risks could affect usage.
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New Orleans
Edwin Edwards
Louisiana
South Vietnam
Edwards
Far East
Nguyen van Thieu
Korea
Asia
Rice Advisory Committee
Louisiana Farm Bureau
Military Ball at Louisiana Tech Honors POW Graduates
Louisiana Tech plans its annual Military Ball on May 11 at 8 p.m in the Student Center with the AFROTC hosted event themed This Is My Country. The evening includes a 6 p.m reception at a local restaurant and a 7:30 p.m. reception at the center. Special guests include POW graduates Lt Col Bruce Seeber Lawrance Barbey and Wendell Holmes. Twenty six candidates were announced for queen with Cheryl Arrington Karla Barr Barbara Bizet Elizabeth Byers Diane Dare Jan Day Dianne Evanoff Barbara Evans Carol Fitzgerald Paula Frisby Maureen Graham Cathy Grehn Becky Guess Gale Guess Judy Hogg Karen Homan and Janie Horton among them. A Second Air Force Band from Barksdale AFB will play first, followed by the Harmon Drew Combo from Tech.
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News-Star News Service
Ruston
Louisiana Tech
Tech
Air Force Reserve Officers Training Corps
Afrotc
Air Force Band
Barksdale Air Force Base
Harmon Drew
Cheryl Arrington
Baton Rouge
Karla’ Barr
Bossier City
Barbara Bizet
Shreveport
Elizabeth Byers
Diane Dare
Jan Day
Alexandria
Dianne Evanoff
Barbara Evans
Carol Fitzgerald
Paula Frisby
Maureen Graham
Cathy Grehn
St. Petersburg
Fla
Becky Guess
Gale Guess
Judy
Natchez Mourns Doris Kim bro Arnold Funeral Rites
Funeral services for Doris Kim bro Arnold 51 of Natchez Miss were held in the Laird Funeral Home chapel with Rev Howard Smith and Father Martin Joyce officiating. Burial followed at Green lawn Memorial Park Cemetery. She died Monday after a lengthy illness at Jefferson Davis Memorial Hospital. Survivors include four daughters three sons seven sisters and one grandchild. Pallbearers were named Dena Walker Kendall Golden Ray Kimbro James Dukes James Rymer and Gary Golden.
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Natchez
Doris Kimbro Arnold
Miss
Linda Roberts
Vidalia
James
Clifton
Johnny Arnold
Veron Kimbro
New Orleans
Clarence Kimbro
Des Allamands
Clifford Kimbro
L.A. Ferguson
Jackson
J. H. Keary
O. F. Dukes
B. F. Holmes
W.B. Spillers
Delhi
H.c.golden
L. H. Smith
Brookhaven
Susan Covington
Ruston
Yoland Stuckey
Aline Covington
Beverly Hills
Calif
Roy Tromater
A. C. Hornbeck
R. C. Ellis
van Covington
Paul Covington
Steve Ellis
Obituaries and funeral notices for several residents
Funeral services are planned for George Washington Holland 81 of Canyonville Ore at Goodwill Church of God with burial in Red Wing Cemetery under First National Funeral Home direction. Also listed are notices for Mrs Bessie Williams Mrs Mary McKinney Mrs Effie Bagwell and others with service times at Mt Pleasant Baptist Church New Bethany and Kilpatrick's Funeral Home. Survivors include multiple children grandchildren and great grandchildren with pallbearers named where listed.
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Oak Grove
George Washington Holland
Canyonville
Ore
Goodwill Church of God
Raymond Cheeks
Red Wing
First National Funeral Home
Holland
Emma Holland
Lee M. Holland
Haynesville
W. L. Holland
Riddle, Ore
Erna M. Barr
Alma Desoden
Myrtle Creek
Lillian Sasser
Arcata
Calif
Josie Russell
Edith Bennett
Bastrop
Funeral services for Mrs Alda H Mecom Mecom
Funeral services were set for 11 a m today at Charlet Funeral Home Zachary for Mrs Alda H Mecom 65 of Baton Rouge formerly Wisner. Graveside rites follow at Holly Grove Cemetery near Wisner. She died Sunday after a short illness. Survivors include son Sidney A Mecom Jonesboro Ark daughter Sarah Smith Baton Rouge brother Albert Harrell Dallas Tex sister Thelma Daigle Houston Tex and four grandchildren.
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Zachary
Alda H. Mecom
Baton Rouge
Wisner
Charlet Funeral Home
Holly Grove
A. D. St
Sidney A. Mecom
Jonesboro, Ark
Sarah Smith
Albert Harrell
Dallas, Tex
Thelma Daigle
Houston
Tex
Obituaries list several Monroe area funeral notices
Funeral services were held for Dorothy Williams 62 of Monroe a longtime local businesswoman with services at Mulhearn Funeral Home. Other notices include Robert Shelby Trisler 51 of Many Charles F Eads 57 of West Monroe with services in Pawhuska Oklahoma and Mrs Sadie Jackson of Tallulah with burial in New Oakwood Cemetery. Survivors listed include Williams parents siblings and nieces and nephews with memorial gifts to Louisiana Baptist Children's Home.
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Dorothy Williams
Civic St
Monroe
Mulhearn Funeral Home
James T. Horton
Charles F. Eads
Rt. 7
West Monroe
Pawhuska
Oklo
Johnson Funeral Home
Obituary notices for Mrs. Houston Goullette and Ada Seymour Lord
Obituaries list funeral plans for Mrs. Houston C. Goullette 60 of Many with service at Kilpatricks West Monroe and burial in Hasley Cemetery. She died after a long illness in Fraser Hospital. Survivors include husband Percy, daughters Mary May and Martha Bruve r e, son Percy, sister Rachel Taylor, mother Ada McQueen, and 12 grandchildren. Winnsboro services for Ada Seymour Lord 80 at Lone Cedar Baptist Church followed by burial. Born in Mississippi, she resided in Franklin Parish 75 years and was a Lone Cedar Baptist member. Survivors include sons Clifton Lord, M D Lord, Alvin Lord, brother Pearlie Seymour, nine grandchildren.
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Odie Porter Sutton
Lazarre Ave
West Monroe
Hixson Brothers
Virgil Jones
Cecil Warbington
Hasley
Sutton
St. Francis Hospital
Riverview Baptist Church
James F. Sutton
C. J. Porter
Essie Hendrix
Annie Belmore
Addie Rich
Harold Spillers
Jeff Fonte
Bagwell
Aransas Pass Hospital
Aransas Pass
Tex
Eros
Central Baptist Church
Ingleside
Mose Bagwell
Everett Bagwell
Dallas
Marel W. Bagwell
Kennedy, Tex
Viola Eakin
Texas
John King
Marshall King
Shreveport
Lannie King
Brownwood
V.C. King
C. K
Charles F. Eads
James W. Eads
Gerald Lee Seads
Nancy Jane Jones
Pawhuska
Okla
George T. Jones
Sam Thornsburg
Jackson
Madison Parish
Sadie Jackson
Tallulah
Houston Goullette
Kilpatricks Funeral Home
Richard Allen
Has‘ley
Goullette
Fraser Hospital
Calhoun
The
Baptist Church
Houston C. Goullette
Many
Percy Goullette
St. Francisville
Mary May
Denham Springs
Martha Bruvere
Monroe
Rachel Taylor
Ada McQueen
Winnsboro
Ada Seymour Lord
Lone Cedar Baptist Church
Jewell Barton
Randall Sledge
Lord
Riverside
Mississippi
Franklin Parish
Clifton Lord
M. D. Lord
Alvin Lord
Pearlie Seymour
Baskin
Nive
Funeral services for Will Jackson in Tallulah
Funeral services for Will Jackson, 98, of Tallulah were scheduled for 1 p.m. in Tallulah. The text notes his age and location but lacks further details about the service or family.
Funeral services for Adolphus Williams in Monroe
Adolphus Williams age 85 of 1407 DeSiard Monroe died Saturday in Shreveport Veterans Hospital. Funeral services Thursday at 3 p.m. Zion Hill Baptist Church with Rev. H. Y. Franklin officiating. Burial in City Cemetery Monroe under Acme Funeral Home. Survived by wife Adelia, five daughters, three grandchildren, two great grandchildren, three nieces, one nephew, and many friends.
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Adolphus Williams
DeSiard
Monroe
Zion Hill Baptist Church
H. Y. Franklin
City
Acme Funeral Home
Williams
Veteran's Hospital
Shreveport
Adelia Williams
Marie Davis
Oakland
Calif
Dorothy Blake
Kansas City
Kansas
Mildred Williams
Bertha Williams
Betty Starke
Detroit
Mich
Daf Sells 15000th Car in Britain in November
Daf the Netherlands auto maker sold its 15 000th car in Britain in November doubling its 1971 pace in 11 months. British importers expect a further 50 percent sales rise for their automatic belt driven models in the UK this year.
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London
Daf
Britain
United Kingdom
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Dick” Reitzell
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