Social News Roundup of Local Visitors and Family News
Mrs W H Mays and Mrs A C Ball of Hope Ark visited near family friends. Bir and Lucy Lyles hosted guests while granddaughter Lucy Phillips stayed in Shreveport. Harold Atkins hosted an outdoor supper for relatives of Mrs Atkins and Mr and Mrs Roy Madden. Cecil Farley from the Marines spent days at home with family. Phyllis Mills and Chester Mills spent three weeks with grandparents in Shreveport. Warne Coarse and daughters from Orlando Fla visited Des Cilvin and family. Ronnie Colvin was baptized with Rev T Baptist officiating.
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Lucy Lyles
Lucy Phillips
Shreveport
Harold Atkins
Cecil Farley
Mer
Tat Marines
Phyllis Mills
Chester Mills
And
Jirs
Don Whitr
Warne Coarse
Orlando
Fla
Des
WC Cilvin
Ronnie Colvin
Charles Cilvin
Tate Sur
Ronnie
Divtist Chon Texas
Ruston Child Struck By Auto In Shreveport Hospital
A Ruston boy, son of Mr and Mrs Bartarmen, aged seven or eight, was struck by a car while crossing a street near Fast California Avenue. He was taken to Shreveport Triphlan Sanitarian with a shattered jaw and injuries to facial bones. Doctors reported the child in critical condition and under care of Dr. Mat ayabisle. Police investigated the accident at the Go Oshon area as traffic units were deployed.
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AneesenRott
Ruston Hoy
iMps
Atarmen
Shreveport Triphlan Sanitarian
Seven Injured in Lincoln Parish Wrecks Over July Fourth Weekend
Seven people were injured in two separate crashes in Lincoln Parish during the July Fourth weekend. Details remain partial as responders investigated the incidents and secured the crash scenes.
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Lincoln Parish
Temple Baptists name new youth groups leader
Marvin Jones joins Temple Baptists staff after serving as Youth Director and Associate Pastor in Louisiana and most recently four years in Salem Oregon. He and his wife have three children ages 11 13 and five months.
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Manitou Springs
Colo
New Orleans
Ex-Navymen May Rejoin Service Under Flexible Rules
The Navy allows ex sailors to reenlist within two years of discharge and retain ratings. Active reservists may transfer to the Regular Navy without pay loss, effective through December 31, 1958, covering numerous rates and preserving the PO corps with experienced reenlistments. The Ruston police scene probes supplemental pay and a possible veto of a million dollar budget item as Louisiana lawmakers debate a special session and tax pressure.
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Autus
Navy
Ruston
Dade Rouge
Osha
Ruston Soginttins
Tne
Tare
New cotton insecticide wallops Delta weevils
A Arkansan planter describes a new cotton insecticide devastating Delta weevils on 2000 acres near Hollsridei, with claims of powerful control against pests and aphids. Advertisements and grain alarms note various products from major manufacturers, noting early field success and resistance to traditional controls amid widespread use.
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Delta
Plantare
George
Ranklin
Insecticide Melathion Gains Popularity With Louisiana Farmers
A public health report notes melathion as one of the safest insecticides for cotton crops in Louisiana. Unlike phosphate options, it reduces the need for respirators and offers protection for workers in the field.
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USDA
Lagisiana
Ruston Police Pay Cut Could Hurt Recruitment and Retention
Chief O. O. Osbon on Tuesday warned that proposed reductions to the police state supplement would impede recruiting and make it harder to retain experienced officers in Ruston.
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O. O. Osbon
Local family notes and a wedding in July 1968
Mrs Wile Maather Powell visits from San Diego with her 6 week old son Ferrell Ellis while her husband Jones Ellis family remains. Fellowship Church Women’s Day drive raises over 600 dollars. Milton Holland Jr on leave from Air Force in New Mexico. Frederic Powell recovering from a 28 stitch leg cut. Miss Novell Powell wed Durias Gardner on July 3, 1968.
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Sarah Coleman Ellis
San Diego
Calif
Jones Levelle Elis
Moses Coleman
Ferrell Kinsley Ellis
Mission Band of Fellowship Church
Milton Holland, Jr
Air Force
New Mexico
Frederic Powell
Novell Powell
Durias Gardner
Police payout veto loom as legislature nears adjournment
Louisiana police officials fight to preserve their appropriation as a veto on supplemental pay would cut about 174 dollars in one case and 50 dollars in another. The governor has already been approached as lawmakers prepare to adjourn Thursday.
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Sions Hill
Louisiana
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