Collision on 167 injures three in Vienna parish
Three Lincoln parish residents were injured at about 7:30 p.m. Tuesday when a car rear ended another as it slowed to turn off U 167 at Vienna. Sludson Billberry, 52, a sawmill worker, drove his wagon into the rear of a car driven by Ollie Lee Broadnax, 49, as she attempted a left turn onto White Lightning Road. Both cars were demolished.
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Lincoln Parish
Vienna
Sludson Billberry
Dubath
Ollie Lee Broadnax
Negron
White Lightning Road
Hudson Billberry
Dubach
Ruston Hospital
Ruston
Leadar
Tom Herline
Wreck Mystery Two Parish Accidents Hurt One
Ruston weekend accidents left one seriously hurt and Louis Willis, 81, dies at Ruston Hospital. A pickup rollover near Simsboro injured an elderly man. A I-20 crash west of Lincoln Parish yielded no confirmed injuries or occupants, while car checks revealed nonexistent addresses and conflicting details. Willis funeral held Wednesday at Temple Baptist with deacons and family survivors listed.
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Ruston
Thindy Bryant
Simsboro
Lincoln Parish
Quachila Parish
Lincoln
Ouachita Parish
Oly
Rustan and
Munroe
Barmore Home Consumed By Christmas Fire
The Mineral Springs residence of Wayland Barmore burned Christmas morning while the family was visiting relatives in Ruston. The house and furnishings were destroyed. Insurance on the furniture had run out. The owner was not identified. The family stays with relatives and friends bring donations to Livable Homes on East Georgia.
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Shreveport
Monroe
Barmore
Wayland Barmore
Mineral Springs
Ruston
Annie Mae Woods
East Georgia
Congo
Kasagubu
Kennedy
Latin America
Patterson
Johansson
South Africa
British Commonwealth of Nations
Congress
Britain
Russia
Laos
House
Macmillan
Florida
Alles Set Friday For E. H. Barnett Al Church in Hico
Eugene H. Barnett 76 of Dubach died Wednesday after a lengthy illness. Funeral services set for Friday at 10 a.m. at Hico Baptist Church with Rev Bevil officiating. Burial at Tenry cemetery near Hico under Kilpatrick funeral home direction. Survived by Rosie Barnett and two daughters, two sons, two brothers, 11 grandchildren and four great grandchildren.
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Alles
E. H. Barnett
Hico
Eugene H. Barnettt
Dubach
Hico Baptist Church
Bevil
Armony Chapel Methodist Church
Tenry Cemetery
Directt of Kilpatrick Funeral Home
Usion
Rosie Barnett
F. B. Davis
Mon
Oe Arid
Henry Hogg
Elrado
Ark
Louis G. Barnett
Panala
Tex
Howard G. Barnett
Newet of
Jim Gannoway
Datesville
Drardchildren
Feds
Cecil Thurmon Funeral Rites
Cecil C. Thurmon, 75, died Wednesday after a long illness. Funeral services were held at Kilpatrick chapel Thursday at 2 p.m. with Rev. A. ff.d Johnson officiating. Interment in Greenwood Cemetery. He was a retired printer who started in The Leader shop as a boy and later ran his own shop before joining The Leader Publishing Co. in 1951. Survivors: son Henry Thurmon, Sr. of Ruston. sister Mrs. Q. K. Huey of Ruston. another T. F. Thurmon of Purvis, Miss.. grandson W. H. Thurmon, Rijiston.
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Kilpatrick Chapel
A. Ff.d Johnson
Emmanuel Baptist Church
Greenwood Cemetery
Kilpatrick's
Ruston
Mr.Thurman
The
Leader
Leader Publishing Co
Price
Henry Thurmon
Q. K. Huey
T. F. Thurmon
Purvis
Miss
Rijiston
Transition to seven digit phone numbers in 1962
Southern Bell manager Lee Truman announced that after January 2 1962 new telephone numbers for Ruston Simshore Dubach and Grambling will switch from two letters and five digits to seven digits. ANC will replace prefixes and the first new numbers appear in the July 1962 directory.
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Lee Truman
Southern Bell
Jin Ruston
Simshore
Dubach
Grambling
Truman
O. P. Willett Funeral Rites Held Tuesday
O P Willett 72 of Clay died Christmas day in Jonesboro hospital after long illness. He was a member of Ansley church. Ansley Church Tuesday at 2 PM with Rev L Westbrook officiating assisted by the pastor. Burial in Prospect Cemetery under Edmonds Funeral Home Jonesboro. Survived by wife Sally.
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O. P. Willett
Clay
Jonesboro Hospital
Ansley Church
Revo
L. Westbrook
Prospect Cemetery
Edmonds
Rites Held for Retired Professor J. L. Hutcheson
J L Hutcheson 88 of Ruston died Christmas Eve at Ruston Hospital after a long illness. A Presbyterian, he was born in Franklin Tennessee and taught mathematics at Louisiana Polytechnic Institute for many years. He served as registrar at Tech in earlier years. His lectures were noted for philosophy. Funeral details pending.
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J. 1
Hutcheson
Ruston
Tech
Rus_ton hospital
Presbyterian Church
Franklin
Tenn
Louisiana’ Polytechnic’ Institute
Global Crisis and Space Race Headlines Chronicle 1961–62
A dense sweep of events spans Laos invasions and SEATO moves, Ike boosting Pacific readiness, Cuba-U.S. break, Santa Maria hijack and rescue, Lumumba’s fate, Congo conflicts, Kennedy’s defense pushes, Berlin standoff, and early spaceflight milestones. Includes battles, uprisings, assassinations, and diplomatic shifts shaping Cold War dynamics.
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Laos
Viet Nam
SEATO
Hisenhower
Pacific
U.S
Cuba
Castro
U.S.S.R
North Viet Nam
Georgia
New York
Air Force
Atlantic
Congress
Idlewild
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Louis M. Willis
Alabama St
Temple Paplist Church
Vernon
Tin
Temple Church
Temple Baptist Church
Harold A. Shirley
Kilpatricks Funeral Home
Juston
Hillberry
J. W. Banks
Feldota Thomas
Mina Mae Smithz
Broadwax
Arai
Polle
Nes
Gro
Bilberry
Banks
Hee
George Braddells Boro
de Pinely
Bilibei Aggon
Bainks
Cecil Thurmon
Cecil C. Thurmon
I Ars
Syst
J. L. Hutcheson
John F. Kennedy
Santa Maria
Ben-Gurion
Israel
Recife
Brazil
Sputnik
Katanga
Lumumba
Venus
U.S.S
Security Council
Sag
Mohammed V
Morocco
Hammarskjold
Nuremburg
London
Paris
New Mexico
Adolf Eichmann
Jerusalem
Yuri Gagarin
Earth
Ike
Algiers
France
de Gaulle
Algeria
Caribbean
South Viet Nam
Alan B. Shepard
Redstone
Uary Cooper
Alabama Mob
Seraes
South Korea
Geneva
Canada
Freedom Riders
Alabama
Mississippi
Vu.n
GOP
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S—U.n. Security Council
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Angola
Krushchev
West
Arthur H. Dean
Genevahl.s
U.N
America
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Iraq
Kuwait
Berlin
Japan
Ernest Slemingway
Park Chung-hi
Korea
North Korea
Dominican Republic
Mozambique
Denver
West Berlin
Cobb
Bizerte
Charleston
W.va
Virgil Grissom
Dake Tacerne
Switzerland
Rency
Gherman Titov
Titov
Havana
Miami
Norway
East Germany
Quadrog
Mont Blanc
Atlanta
Chicago
Jaan Goulart
Texas
Adenauer Party
Menderes
Turkey
Ag Hammarskjold
Rhodesia
Tshombe
Mongi Slim
Tunisia
U.N. Assembly
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Syria
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U.A.R
Yankees
Roger Maria
Gromyko
Prince Souvanna Phouma
Cincinnati
Communist Party
Moscow
China
Chou En-lai
Mr. K
Albania
Nasser
Dag Hammarskjald
John Luthuli
Stalin
Red Square
Rincess Margaret
U Thant
Gerietad
Los Angeles
Richmond
British Honduras
Sam Rayburn
Coiecer
Compoleve
Talian
Trujillo Ia
Gov
Rockfeller
Michael
New Guinea
Goy
Rockefeller
Son
Astromonk
Enos
Churchill
Dominican Republie
Joaquin Balaguer
Casetro
Elisabethsville
Elisabethville
Chantile
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