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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1963
Page
2
Half the residents in Ouachita parish were targeted for the Type III Sabin oral polio vaccine next Sunday makeup clinic after missing the initial Sunday. The Type III strain is most common in the area and prompted the program.
A list of transfers shows numerous parcels sold in Ouachita Parish with buyers and prices including Almond to Almond for two lots, McManus to Lee for a half quarter, and multiple Monroe area deeds. Also notes a polio vaccine drive with 51 percent uptake and upcoming Type III make up clinics at several schools.
In Yonkers a crash on Henry Hudson Parkway left five dead after Gareth Martinis son of City Criminal Court Judge Joseph A. Martinis allegedly drove drunk and forced another car off the road. He was arrested near his father’s home and charged with leaving the scene and assaulting a photographer.
Guiseppe Martelli a 39 year old Italian scientist with Euratom was ordered to stand trial on June 18 for spying for the Soviet Union. Police and secret agents testified of secret coded materials found at his home and office including a shoe with a hidden compartment and a cigarette case with coding tables. A photo of Nikolai Karpenkov the Russian embassy official was identified. Martelli denied bail and pleaded innocent.
Funeral services for William Waldroup Thompson will be held at 10 30 a m Tuesday in the chapel of Mulhearn Funeral Home Interment will be in Forest Park cemetery in Shreveport Thompson died at 42 Sunday morning in Houston Texas where he was a mechanical accountant He was a native of Pine Bluff Arkansas former resident of Monroe and had lived in Houston for six years He served in the U S Armed Forces in the Pacific in World War II and was a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Survivors include his parents Mr and Mrs W W Thompson Monroe and three aunts.
Samuel C. Stephenson 57 of Winnsboro died at home after a long illness. Funeral services are set for 3 p.m. today at Friendship Baptist Church near Baskin with Rev. Bob Nobles officiating. Burial will follow in Friendship Cemetery under direction of the Funeral Home of Winnsboro. Surviving: widow Annie Stephenson, four sons J. T. Stephenson Charley Samuel Stephenson Glenn Stephenson, three daughters J L McIntyre R B Belles Caroline Stephenson, three brothers W. Stephenson S B Stephenson T T Stephenson, two sisters X C Searcy and Mrs. Frank Wheeler, parents Mr. and Mrs. O L Stephenson and several grandchildren.
Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. at Old Union Baptist Church west of Grayson for 36 year old Chiotile Head McMullen wife of Williard R McMullen. Burial followed at the church cemetery under Ris er and Son Funeral HomeColumbia. Survivors include husband daughter Virginia and three sons Roy Ray all of Grayson her parents I L Head Longview Tex and Etta May West Monroe plus siblings and half siblings. Pallbearers named. Also a report from Bishops Hill England notes four year old Brian Fouracre has smashed 15 windows prompting an insurance policy to cover replacements.
Funeral services for James H. Whitaker 68 of Lake Providence will be held at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at Gay's Funeral Chapel with Rev. Paul Young officiating. Burial is in Epps Cemetery. He died at a relative’s home Sunday after weeks of illness. Survived by wife Florence and children Lottie Ellis Minnie Sandifer Nellie Revell Henry Lee Whitaker and siblings Laura Sikes Lib Chunn Maggie Williams Emma McCarty Howard Whitaker and others.
The Northeast Louisiana Society of X ray technicians met in the Glenwood Hospital X ray department on Thursday for a brief business session and a talk by Miss Virginia Laurent on Myelograms Cervical and Lumbar. Refreshments followed for attendees including Mr Jerry Oglesby Miss June Spicer Mr Byron Bayne Miss Shirley Blackwell Mr Sam Owens Mr Lem Owens Mr James McLemore Miss Virginia McLemore Miss Bessie Shavers Miss Virginia Laurent and visitor Mr Barney Dikes.
The Louisiana Legislature enters week two of the fiscal session with a repapportionment clash against Gov. Jimmie H. Davis. Rep. Warren Simon plans to file a study committee report on reapportionment, while debates include Ouachita Parish’s potential third seat and a House 4 p.m. session. The day also features the $546.4 million general appropriations bill and pushes for unpledged electors. A prison reform push faces budget concerns, and Rep. Hiram Allen proposes a 30 day jail term for buy votes with strict definitions.
Martin S. Haughton 39 of Midland Texas died after a long illness in a Houston hospital. He was born in Haynesville and was an oil production foreman for Southland Royalty Co. Surviving are his parents wife two daughters a son and two brothers. Burial will be in Greenwood Cemetery with Spears Funeral Home directing. World War II veteran and Church of Christ member.
Of Vinton and Billy L. Haughton of Morgan City, four sisters, Mrs Madeline Teer of Delhi, Mrs. Margie Mabry of Jackson, Miss. Mrs. Hilton Dodds of Ruston and Major Dorothy Haughton of Fort Polk, and one grandchild.
Bids on a 500000 gallon elevated water storage tank are due Tuesday May 28. Submissions go to the mayor and board of aldermen for public opening at 8 p.m. Plans and specs available from Jordan Kaiser and Sessions engineering office Natchez Mississippi for eight dollars per set.
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