The News-Star from Monroe, Louisiana (2024)

September 23, 1981

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The News-Stari

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Monroe, Louisiana

Issue Date:

Wednesday, September 23, 1981

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15

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A' I 1 Continued from page IB President promotes 4 projects 5 that officials rt I COURTS POLICE LOCAL Police plan crackdown I Mrs Davie Rollins Mrs Buelah Glover Mrs Mildred Jenkins DEATHS Lee Whitmore Miss Alice Cobb Hodge Mrs Norma Taylor for A fifth forgery charge was dismissed by the prosecutor after one juror indicated she was confused about how she wanted to vote Grantham said a distribution feeder went out at the plant Rabies test of coyote comes up negative The center has been soliciting applications for the position from the more than 800 members of the International Association oi Auditorium Managers It has set today as the cut off day for taking applications bullet did not penetrate Hamil skull At its last meeting the board decided not to make a recom mendation about renewing the contract until a new Civic Center director has been hired and has become familiar with the food service demands there In other action the board will continue to review resumes from applicants seeking to replace for mer center director Jim Wil liams who was fired in a major turnover at the center last month yv Services for Lee Whitmore 88 607 Harris St Monroe will be at 2 Thursday in New St John Baptist Church with the Rev Leo Reed offi ciating Burial will be in JS Cemetery under direction of Golden State uneral Parlor' WINNSBORO uneral arrange ments for Mrs Mildred Jenkins 62 are incomplete under direction of Winnsboro irst National uneral Home Mrs Jenkins died Monday at ranklin Parish Hospital' in Winns boro after a short illness cational and career guidance financial aid application assistance and post secondary school admission assistance to are high school students The program is one of only 12 funded from 90 applications by colleges and universities across the nation Biersmith said have been awarded to institutions to help identify qualified youths with an ex ceptional potential for post secondary edu cation to encourage them to complete sec ondary school and undertake post secondary he said In its grant application Northeast noted that the counselor to high school student Man charged in shooting Thagus Nobles 1409 7th St was released from Monroe City Jail Tuesday on $500 bond on a negligent injury charge He is charged in the accidental shooting of 22 year old Lee Dell Hamilton 809 Crosley St West Monroe who was listed in good condition Tuesday night at EA Conway Memorial Hospital Monroe police said Nobles was arguing with two or three uniden tified males at a bar on Eleventh Street in Monroe when one of the men threw a plastic garbage can at Nobles Nobles drew a pistol and fired' accidentally hitting Hamilton between the eyes A nursing supervisor said the build a kitchencafeteria in the heart of the current complex but the plans call for the building to be located within 12 feet of an other building The minimum distance is 20 feet so LTI is ask ing for an eight feet variance Robinson age unavailable of 3507 Halsell St Monroe was charged with filing five separate false invoices in December 1979 and early 1980 while she worked at Sears The jury began deliberations Tuesday morning It came back once to report it found Robinson guilty on four counts and innocent on the fifth But one juror indicated she was confused about one charge so the jury resumed deliberations The woman later indicated she still was confused about the charge and the prosecutor dismissed it Board to review LTI plan Board of Adjust ments will meet riday to re view expansion plans for the Lou isiana Training Institute in southern Monroe The special meeting will be at 3:45 pm in City Hall Council Chambers Bruce leming a planner in the Department of Plan ning and Urban Development said LTI is asking the board to waive a city ordinance that sets the minimum distance between two buildings leming said LTI wants to Woman convicted on four counts Barbara Robinson was found guilty Tues day of charges she forged four credit in voices for $226 at Sears Roebuck Co by a six person 4th District Court jury Graveside services for Alice Cobb Hodge 71 400 Auburn Ave Monroe will be at 3 pm Thursday in Halsey Cemetery in West Monroe with Dr Dewitt Ginn officiating Services are under direction of Mulhearn uneral Home of West Monroe Miss Hodge died Sept 22 in Geor gia Street Nursing Home after a long illness She attended Louisiana Tech Uni versity and Miami University in lorida She was a member and or ganizer of the Church Down By the Sea and was president of the Busi ness and Professional Club Robinson is to be sentenced Oct 28 The forgery charges carry a maximum penalty each of 10 years in prison A wild coyote that threatened to attack two women and a man Sunday night does not have ra bies said Barbara Tannehill ad ministrator of the Monroe Oua chita Regional Laboratory Beitcy Roberson and her daughter of Cheniere Lake Area I said a wild coyote ap proached them about 7 pm Sun day night as they stepped outside their house "It began circling us and The Monroe police department plans another crackdown on parking violators who fail to pay tickets Maj WE Warner said arrest warrants will be issued in 10 days for all outstanding parking tick ets during July and August He said once a warrant is issued the violator will have to pay the $750 fine as well as court costs Parking tickets cost $2 if paid during the first 48 hours The price increases to $750 after 48 hours Warner said warning notices to pay the fines already have been mailed BERNICE Services for Mrs Buelah Glover 79 will be at 2 pm today in the irst Baptist Church with the Revs Donald Lemmons and Jim Arrant officiating Burial will be in Bernice Ceme tery under direction of Kilpatrick neral Home of Bernice Mrs Glover died Tuesday in Tri Ward Hospital after a short illness She was a native of Vienna a mem ber of the Homemakers Club of Ber nice and a former receptionist at Kilpatrick uneral Home of Ber nice Survivors include a number of nieces nephews and cousins ay Hopkins BONITA Services for ay Hop kins 62 will be at 3 pm today at Saint Isadore Catholic Church in Bonita with ather Guy Henry offi ciating Burial will be in Harp Cemetery under direction of Golden uneral Home of Bastrop Mr Hopkins died Tuesday in the Oak Wood Home for the Elderly in Mer Rouge He was a veteran of World War II a rural mail earner ana a tarmei Survivors include two sons Ronald Hopkins of Bonita and Travis Hop I Mrs aye Louise look oi Duniw mu Mrs Maribelle Inzina of Swartz a brother Hopkins of Lake Charles and nine grandchildren Pallbearers will be Leon Doles RC Whitten Harley Rogers George Bunch Wilson Cain and James McDowell Johnnie Glen Miller was sentenced Mon day in 4th District Court to 15 years in prison on two theft charges Miller 24 of 14 Charmingdale St pleaded guilty Aug 25 to one charge of felony theft and one felony charge of unauthorized use of a movable reduced from a theft charge for taking a truck and a frailer from a West Monroe trailer dealership last December He also pleaded guilty to the theft of a car on Jan 7 from a shopping mall parking lot He was arrested after being chased by Oua chita Parish deputies Miller had been scheduled to be tried on the truck and trailer theft charges July 15 Customers lose electricity Between 300 and 400 residential and commercial Louisiana Power Light Co customers were without electricity for 38 minutes Tuesday morning be cause of a problem at the Monroe Power Plant 800 Park Ave Customers along Sixth Street from Rochelle Avenue south to the ICU railroad were without electricity from about 9:54 am to 10:32 am said District Manager John Grantham Parks also told the board the beginning of the new school year at Cooley has been smooth He attributed it to a tightening up of client supervision up client supervi sion has al wavs been a major target of Parks said the kind of area you can get lax in You see everything is going smooth so you kind of relax the supervision just tri 1 pled our efforts to make sure that but he failed to appear in court and could not be found by local police He was arrested later in Salinas Kan and returned to Oua chita Parish ourth District Judge William Norris sen tenced Miller to serve a five year prison term for the car theft This sentence runs consecutive to a 10 year prison sentence for the theft of the truck the maximum penal ty Miller was sentenced to three years in prison for unauthorized use of the trailer which runs concurrent with the 10 year sen tence 90 get temporary layoffs By JANICE CLARK CROSSETT About 90 employees of Georgia par ticle board plant have been laid off for two weeks because of poor market conditions a plant spokesman announced Tues day HK Rutledge manager of Timber Procurement and Manu facturing Board of the Crossett division said about 90 produc tion and maintenance employees willbe affected by the shut down which began Saturday The announcement came on the heels of the three week shut down of the No 1 paper machine in manufacturing opera tions which left 50 workers idled The Crossett particle board plant has a capacity of 93 million square feet annually of inch basic panel Mrs Beatrice Lucther WATERPROO Services for Mrs Beatrice Lucther 77 will be at 1 pm today in Cypress Road Baptist Church with the Rev Turner offi ciating Burial will be in Bass Cemetery under direction of Tennant uneral Home of Tallulah Mrs Lucther died Thursday ratio in area schools is 430 to and the dropout rate from post secondary schools is as high as 63 percent for area high school graduates Biersmith said the project would help in those areas by providing career guidance He estimated Talent would serve 1000 persons from a 13 par ish area during the 1981 82 academic year Part of the $105000 grant will be used to hire staff members to implement the program Centers will be established in certain area cities and towns to provide residents coun seling and services involving educational opportunities Service to give report Civic Center Advi sory Board will hear a status re port on the catering service at its 4 pm meeting today in the City Hall council conference room and improving food services at the center Board Member Chris Garrett said Ann Kilpatrick a hostess for Lou Craig Catering Service which is under contract to pro vide food services at the Civic Center complex will talk to the board about the service's plans for bringing in more business two year contract ex pires Oct 31 looked Roberson said The women called to Rober son in law Peter Viola who kept the coyote at bay with a tiller while the women went back inside the house son Steve then shot and killed the coyote The laboratory performed a rabies test Monday and found Tuesday that the coyote did not have rabies It was incinerated Tuesday morning Visitation will be from 7 pm to 8 pm today in the funeral parlor chap el Mrs Donna Chapman ARCHIBALD Services for Mrs Donna Kay Chapman 18 will be at 3 pm today in the chapel of Mulhearn uneral Home of Rayville with the Rev Paul Brooks officiating Burial will be in Lynn Cemetery in Archibald Mrs Chapman died Tuesday at St rancis Medical Center after a long illness Survivors include her husband David Chapman of Archibald a daughter Erica Chapman of Archi bald her parents Mr and Mrs Travis Chapman of Archibald and her father Harold Moore Jr mater nal grandmother Mrs Herbert Ep pinette of Archibald two sisters Mrs Beverly ile oi wiangnam anu Gill Chapman of Archibald and a brother Don Moore of Pinedale Wyo Mrs Girdie Johnson SANTA MONICA Calif Serv ices fbr Mrs Girdie Davis Johnson 71 formerly of Bernice will be at 1 pm Saturday at riendship Bap tist Church in Bernice with the Rev JV Braggs officiating Burial will be in the church ceme tery under direction of Union uner in Miami Mrs Johnson died Sept 19 in Santa Survivors include three daughters AV Anrv will ho of holH uianu vi vpn mu uvxu me Monroe livic uenier Jerry letcher public rela tions coordinator for the West Monroe school said he did not authorize any organization to so licit money for Cooley instructed her we would not allow the Cooley name to be used We have not given anyone letcher said administrative staff must give the approval and an OK would not be given to any project that would be demeaning to the residents or do not want the Cooley name used for letcher said The board is considering 14 ap plicants to replace former ad ministrator Granville Sydnor who resigned last May during 4th District Attorney Johnny Carl investigation of the operations By BILL SUTLEY number of on campus resident students A day after Sydnor submitted Staff Writer Despite a increase in overall enroll his resignation Parkerson filed nuoiuiN Louisiana Tech President Jay ment the number of students in Tech dorms two puis oi miormauon iui Taylor during visit frofn the state decreased by about 500 Taylor said (He said the District Court charging Sydnor Board of finance committee promoted projected final enrollment still was with defrauding the school of only four projects totaling $997 million of the 10900 students up from 10047 in 1980) more than $17000 between June umvvisny total 1345 million construction re quest for 1982 83 want go beyond the fourth priority be cause I think unrealistic consider any thing beyond Taylor said Those projects in priority order were $8232 million in general obligation bonds to renova te and air condition four academic buildings $500000 to plan the renovation and air conditioning of four dormitories $440000 to complete a securi ty energy management system and $800000 for' land acquisition After a brief presentation Taylor conducted a tour of the campus specifically pointing out the buildings targeted for renovation for the committee which annually makes such trips to state college campuses The Regents took no action on request Eventually the board will review all college con struction requests and establish a priority list for consideration by the Legislature and Gov Dave Treen In lobbying for the planning money to renovate four dorms Taylor noted that preliminary regis tration figures show a in the I Mr Whitmore died riday at EA Conway Memorial Hospital after a long illness Survivors include his wife Mrs Rosie Whitmore of Monroe a daugh ter Mrs Estell Elmore of Chatham a stepson Louis Powell of Winns boro a stepdaughter Mrs Whitmore of Monroe a brotner James Whitmore of Monroe 18 grandchildren and 25 great gr children Pallhparprs will he WJ Thomp son Joe Louis Powell Dan Gray Gustin Jackson George Dorsey Louis Powell Sr ana Denins Wheller Honorary pallbearers will be dea cons of New St John Baptist Church Survivors include a daughter Mrs Mary Cobb Schiem of Miami five sisters Mrs Evelyn Carmichael and Mrs RD arr Jr both of Monroe Betty Hodge of New Orleans Mrs Uavmz Utiwfhnrnp nf RflRtron and Monica Mrs Elaine Tucker of Evan Mrs Doanald Bodin of Portland owu vwvovmo Maine aDroiner jainebruiu nuugc Tv nf Pvonctfin nnri 1 InnHSOn nt Heard Donnie Meadows and Randy Portland Ore two brothers Joe visitation will be from 16:30 am Meadows Davis and George Davis of Monroe today until 2 pm Thursday at the Honorary pallbearer will be Barry and a number of grandchildren and funeral home chapel Meadows great grandchildren Cindy Carnes of the Better RiicinpQc Rnrpaii in Monroe said 7 she is referring all calls about the show to Monroe Police Chief Wil lie Buffington looked into this one that Carnes said Buffington said ne nas instruct ed the phone solicitors not to use any name when asking for donations He said if someone asks that tickets be given to a specific organization such as Cooley then the tickets will be sent to that organization The show is being sponsored by the Municipal Peace Officers As sociation Buffington said The money will be used for one of the local Boys Clubs he said Ml1 Deputy Continued from page ruling Tuesday dis missed a motion to recuse Par kerson from the investigation That motion was filed riday by attorney Paul Kidd ruling came after Har vey filed a motion in court Tues day to dismiss the motion to re cuse Parkerson from the investi gation The dismissal of motion prevented any testimony which SHREVEPORT Services Mrs Norma Taylor 57 will be at 9:30 am Thursday in the chapel Rose Neath uneral Home Marshall Street Shreveport with the Rev WL Cocherell officiating Graveside services will be at 2:30 pm at Providence Cemetery in Lake Providence Mrs Taylor died Tuesday at Veter ans Administration Medical Center in Shreveport after a short illness She was a native of Waterloo Iowa and lived in Shreveport for the past Q4 vonre Cha urab Rjjntist Survivors include her husband Hank Tavlorof Shreveport a son David Taylor ot Biancnara inree al Home armerville daughters Mrs Arnetta Meadows of Mrs jonnson died Sept 19 in Santa Lake Providence Mrs Sue Vincent Monica after a short illness nt tvrann rnener anu ivns ucuuic 4 Tori daughters Manin oi snrevepon a Mrs Ruby Lee JOnnson ana rars rnnknf Rnnita and Collins of Oakland Calif and eight Mattle Ruth AdkinSi both of Santa nronnoni inrun i anuvuuuvu Mrs Qa ii a 1 a DOaiii 0 1 ri i a nu Pallbearers will be Lynn Vincent ston ln two sons Thelmer Johnson Maine a brother James ord Hodge Kay Windham Harry Martin Van Jr Evanston and SJ Johnson of Monroe an(j a grandson 15 year prison term given WINNIELD Services for Mrs Davie Rollins 52 will be at 2 pm Thursday at Corinth Baptist Church in Winnfield with the Rev Donald Domangue officiating Burial will be in the church ceme tery under direction of neral Home of Winnfield Mrs Rollins died Monday at Terre Bonne General Hospital in Houma after a short illness Survivors include her husband DW Rollins of Houma a son Ro bert Rollins of Hitchco*ck Texas two brothers EJ Cannon of Winnfield and Havwood Cannon of New Or leans a sister Mrs Audie Bell fc Shows of Winnfield and three grand children Mrs Wilhelmina Medlin MARION Services for Mrs Wil helmiha Medlin 57 will be at 2 pm today in Marion Baptist church Bs with the Rev Roger Johnson official inS' I Burial will be in Marion Ceme tery under direction of Kilpatrick neral Home of armerville Mrs Medlin died Monday at her residence after a long illness I She was a native of Lawrence Kan and a member of the irst Bap I tist Church a Survivors include her husband EL Medlin of Marion three daugh 0 ters Mrs Sarah Jonhson and Mrs' i Sheila Medlin both of Marion and Mrs Dianne Dee Bevans of armer I ville a son Capt EL Medlin Jr of Bossier City her mother Mrs Mary Jones of Brady Texas and six grandchildren idd said would have proven al egations contained in the motion To recuse i According to that motion prominent political supporters of the district advised Sheriff Wan dall Coody that if he would fire Brown the charges pending (against Coody) would not be Both Coody and Parkerson have denied knowledge of such a deal Brown said last week politi cal supporters of Parkerson pressured Coody into firing him Bastrop Police Chief Harry Howard Elton Kennedy Wayne Owens Coody Parkerson and Steve Graves had been subpoen aed to testify in the hearing "We introduce the evi dence we had to prove the allega tions we had in our motion to re Kidd said Citing precedent making cases arr said nobody has im munity constitutional or other wise against an investigation by a district attorney NLU gets grant for student services Northeast Louisiana University were notified Monday that a $105000 grant to augment its student services program through a "Project Talent has been approved It was the second time in less than a week that NLU had been awarded a major grant by the US Department of Education Last Thursday NLU announced it had re ceived a $250000 grant to establish a com puter based comprehensive academic en richment and student assistance program Dr Edward Biersmith NLU director of research and projects said that the goals of "Project Talent Search" are to provide edu i inoo 1377 ana vecemoer ivov tell us their children simply are not going to live in old unair conditioned dormitories when they can go to schools that have nice ones I i Continued from page IB XdjlUI LvlU LUv olX 1 1 1 11 1 LCC llldllUCl I I I I The four dorms Adams Aswell Cottingham and Richardson were built between 1938 and 1958 She said the show called the and have never been air conditioned Taylor noted that renovation of the academic buildings Keeny Hall Memorial Gymnasium engineering annex and Robinson Hall was the top construction priority for 1982 of the nine re gional institutions under the Board of Trustees for Louisiana Colleges and Universities The 1977 Legislature approved a security energy management system for Tech but it covered only a central control unit and monitoring equipment for 13 major campus buildings The final phase for which $440000 is being requested would extend coverage to other buildings provide more security to dormitories and allow the system to monitor fire alarm Taylor said the land acquisition money was being sought to purchase older residential prop erty immediately adjacent to the campus A a OD News Star World Wednesday September 231981OD 7 Tech's tay lor lobbies Cooley fjpl it i IW.

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