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00 THE SHREVEPORT TIMES Saturday, Sept. 7, 1974 9-A Jena to Open Bids For New Gas Line Times Alexandria Bureau JENA A special meeting of the Jena Town Council has been called for Sept. 16, to open bids for construction of a new gas line in downtown Jena. A recent gas leak survey indicated multiple leaks in the present line, stretching the entire length of Oak Street. The council is also expected to hear a report on the recently completed census.

Unofficial reports show that the population of Jena may now stand at nearly 3,200, compared to the 2,389 reported in the 1972 federal census. Also volunteers were called to help paint the concession stand at the new baseball field being constructed in the Jena Wanted a Qualified BIOLOGY TEACHER Must have a valid Louisiana Teaching Certificate. Apply St. Vincent Academy. Phone 861-7689 FOR LEASE Prime Retail Front Space GRANT PLAZA Corner of Airline Dr.

and Highway 80 Bossier Phone City, La. 742-6942 of Alexandria said the driver and guard, Shelton Smith, 24, of Carencro, amount" of money, turned over on La. and Roy Hwy. 28 just east of Pineville Friday Alexandria morning. State Trooper Phillip Waites injuries.

Projects Planned For State Farmers Times Ruston Bureau A Wells Fargo truck, loaded with what was described as "a considerable The board of directors of the Louisiana Farm Bureau have begun steps to set up a soybean marketing association and to provide a fertilizer manufacturing facility, according to a release Friday by James Graugnard, president. Study committees have been set up for both projects, the bureau president said. Louisiana currently produces more than 39 million bushels of soybeans annually, representing $214 million in sales. The study committee for the proposed marketing association will study programs in other states, Graugnard said, as it gathers information on such associations. Amnesty Is Opposed by Two Groups Times Natchitoches Bureau NATCHITOCHES Two Natchiteches war veteran groups have gone on record as opposing any type of amnesty for draft evaders and deserters from the armed forces, according to a Friday release.

The membership of Gordon Peters Post No. 10, American Legion Department of Louisiana and the Paul Potts Barracks No. 3545, Veterans of World War 1, in a joint resolution charged "that such action would break faith with the millions of men who answered their country's call to arms and served valiantly and honorably at great personal sacrifice." "Furthermore," the resolution continues, "such presidence would set the stage for utter disaster in future wars. The proposal that evaders and deserters be assigned to public service to earn their way back is horrifying particularly SO when we vision them assigned to veteran's hospitals. The resolution is signed by Elmer McBride, commander of the American Legion post and Curtis E.

Boozman, commander of the barracks. The resolution is addressed to President Gerald R. Ford. Fugitive Is Believed In Orleans BAY ST. LOUIS, Miss.

(AP)-A hitchhiker wanted on attempted armed robbery charges may have fled to New Orleans after he and a companion allegedly tried to force a motorist off U.S. 90 here, Hancock County Sheriff Sylvan Ladner said Friday. Ladner identified the hitchhiker as Delbert L. Odham, 31, of Pensacola, Fla Ladner said Roland Bolivar Hayes of near Grand Bay, identfied as a second hitchiker involved in the robbery attempt, was fatally wounded by motorist Thomas Stinson of Bay St. Louis.

Stinson told authorities he picked up two near Bay St. Louis early Thursday and that one hitchhiker pulled a pistol while the second tried to force his car off the highway. Ladner said Stinson had a pistol and he shot the man next to him. changed its stand on charging members for mileage outside the parish. He also said the jury was satisfied with the service provided by Northwest.

40 DEATHS (Continued from Page 8-A) will be: in the Oak Forest Cemetery. Survivors include his widow; "four sons, Harles E. Johnson of Washington, D.C., Elbert H. Johnson of Houston, Menfried Johnson of Leesville and Howard Johnson of Houston, two daughters, Mrs. Booth Crewell of Port Arthur, and Mrs.

Ruby J. Coneione of Akron, Ohio; a brother, Hardy Johnson of Cravens; two sisters, Mrs. Beedie White of Cravens and Mrs. Susie Peavy of Leesville; 21 grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Mrs.

Blackmon BERNICE Mrs. Georgia Blackmon, 91, of Pine Bluff, died Friday. Funeral services will be held at 8 p.m. Saturday at the First Baptist Church of Junction City, with the Rev. Phil Beech officiating.

Burial will be in the Roselawn Cemetery in Junction City under the direction of Kilpatrick Funeral Home of Bernice, La. Survivors include one son, Robert E. McLelland of Pine Bluff; one stepson, C. A. Blackmon of Edmonds, Washington; one stepdaughter, Mrs.

J. R. Howe of Jacksonville, three grandsons and one great granddaughter. Ronald Mendenhall Ronald William Mendenhall, 29, of Leesville died Sunday following a fire in his home. Funeral services were held Friday in the Hixson Funeral Home chapel with Chaplain Kramer officiating.

Burial was in the Leesville Cemetery. Survivors include his father and stepmother, the Rev. and Mrs. 0. I.

Mendenhall of Richmond, and a 'Richard Mendenhall of Galesburg, Ill. James Gamble MANSFIELD James Beacon Gamble, 83, of Grand Cane died Thursday at the family residence following a brief illness. Funeral services will be held Saturday at 3:30 p.m. in the Drewett Memorial chapel with the Rev. Dan McBride officiating.

Burial will be in the Grand Cane Cemetery. Survivors include a daughter, Mrs. Inez Wimberly of Springhill; three grandchildren and two great-grandchildren; two brothers, Roy Gamble of Grand Cane and Jack R. Gamble of Logansport; two sisters, Mrs. Annie Laurie Turner of Franklin and Mrs.

Rosa Hedrick of Longstreet. Mrs. G. R. Taylor RUSTON Mrs.

Gertie R. Taylor of Ruston died Friday. Funeral services will be held at 9:30 a.m. Saturday at the chapel of Kilpatrick's Funeral Home in Ruston with the Rev. 0.

W. Roberts officiating. Burial will be in the Culbertson Cemetery under the direction of Kilpatriek Funeral Home. Survivors include two sisters, Nita Sample of Mansfield and Miss Elva Rugg -of Shreveport; a newphew, Richard Rugg of Fort Worth, and a number of other nieces and nephews. TEXAS Mrs.

Leo Butter LONGVIEW, Tex. Funeral serviceds for Mrs. Leo Butter, an active Longview civic leader, were held Friday in the Trinity Episcopal Church. Mrs. Butter was killed Thursday when the car she was driving slammed into an abutment at a railway underpass in Longview.

Mrs. Butter, a native of Fort Worth, was the widow of Leo Butter, the founder of East Texas Plumbing Supply Co. Her civic activities included the Junior Service League of Longview and the Women of Trinity Episcopal Church, as well as the Good Shepherd Hospital Volunteer's Auxilliary and the local chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution. She had lived in Longview since 1935. Rex Roberts SAN AUGUSTINE, Tex.

Rex Roberts, 62, of Chireno died Friday. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday in the Antioch Baptist Church in Black Jack community near Chireno with the Rev. George Templeton and the Rev. J.

D. Wooten officiating. Burial will be in the Black Jack Cemetery under the direction of Wyman Roberts Funeral Home of San Augustine. Survivors include his widow; one brother, Bruce Roberts of San Augustine; and one granddaughter. ARKANSAS Everett Whaley STAMPS, Ark.

Everett E. Whaley, 74, of Taylor died Friday in a Magnolia hospital following a brief illness. Funeral services will be held at 2:30 p.m. Sunday in the Unity United Methodist Church in Bussey with the Rev. Larry Martineau officiating, assisted by the Rev.

Richard Justice. Burial will be in the Sharmon Cemetery under the direction of the Smith Funeral Home of Stamps. Mr. Whaley was a member of the Hughey Masonic Lodge No. 70 of Taylor and a member of the Order of the Eastern Star of Taylor.

Survivors include his widow; a son, James H. Whaley of Cullen, a daughter, Mrs. John H. Simpson of Denver, two brothers, Charlie Whaley and Chester E. Whaley, both of Taylor; two sisters, Mrs.

Annie Biglow of Magnolia and Mary Whaley of Malvern; and three grandchildren. John Deason EL DORADO, Ark. John Martin Deason, 67, of El Dorado died Thursday in a New Orleans hospital. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday in the Young Funeral Home chapel.

Burial will be in the Woodlawn Cemetery. Mr. Deason was a retired U.S. Postal employe, a veteran of World War II and a member of the First Baptist Church. Survivors include his widow; a daughter, Mrs.

Ferrell A. Gresham of North Little Rock; and two granddaughters; two brothers, Hubert P. Deason of Houston, and I. M. Deason Jr.

of El Dorado; seven sisters, Mrs. Ola Lawton and Mrs. Willie D. Runyan, both of El Dorado, Mrs. Birdie Adams of Big Springs, Mrs.

Gladys Wadley of Baton Rouge, Mrs. Charlie McWilliams of Shreveport, Mrs. Estelle Norvell of Port Arthur, and Mrs. Merle Ash of Tyler, Tex. Decision Expected On LaSalle Service of 1973 and in January of this year the jury subsidized the ambulance company at $950 a month until the membership drive was started.

Sizing up the feelings of the jurors, Johnson said "they want the service, if it is feasible." He said, however, there are a number of legal questions involved about subsidizing the service. The ambulance company, he added, would plan to continue to collect pickup fees from nonmembers if the jury authorized the $22,000 subsidy for this year. When public money is involved, he said, members might want their money back and nonmembers might consider it a public service. Johnson said the jurors are to talk with Dist. Atty.

Speedy Long about those questions before the Monday night meeting. From a financial standpoint, he commented, "it is possible they (the jury) could do it (subsidize the company) financially Johnson said he felt the reason the membership drive failed to reach its goal was Northwest Ambulance By Lee Young During the last two months Times Alexandria Bureau JENA A final decision is expected to be made Monday by the LaSalle Parish Police Jury on whether ambulance service company of Northwest Louisiana will continue to operate here. E. R. Johnson, the jury's secretary treasurer, said Friday "the question of continued service and a $22,000 subsidy request made by the company Thursday night will highlight the regular September meeting.

If the jury and the company fail to reach an agreement, said Johnson, the ambulance units will be pulled out of the parish at midnight Monday. The six-member jury met with Lynn Pickard, a company official, during a closed session Thursday night to list the company's problems in obtaining 2,500 members and what it would take to have the service continued. Johnson said Pickard told the jurors only 1,307 people in LaSalle Parish had signed up for the service that costs $25 per family and $15 for individuals. city park, a project spearheaded by Mayor Orland Sandifer and the council. A special workday will be announced sometime after the parish fair in Jena next week.

The cost of the paint will be the only expense of the city. Also, the council has voted to appoint Spencer Bradford to serve as traffic director at the Jena Junior and Elementary school to help the bus drivers in getting on and off of busy U.S. Hwy. 84, both in the morning and afternoon. INSURANCE AUTOMOBILE HOMEOWNERS RENTERS MOBILE HOME WATERCRAFT DIAL 424-1414 MONTGOMERY AGENCY Serving For 30 Years may field Albritton, a 38-year-old man, suffered slight Soldier's Death Is Ruled Suicide BONN.

West Germany (AP) The United States Army has ruled that a black soldier from New Orleans hanged himself last month and was not murdered, the Army said Friday. Graugnard said the price of fertilizer more than doubled last year, and added that fertilizer was in short supply. The Farm Bureau Executive Committee has undertaken the study to build, lease or arrange for access to a fertilizer manufacturing facility, Graugnard said. Two initial areas of concern are finding adequate financing for the multi million dollar project and locating an abundant supply of natural gas. Area members on the committee studying the marketing association include J.

A. McDaniel of Tallulah, Mark Swafford of Natchitoches and W. E. Jones of West Monroe. Executive committee members studying the fertilizer proposal include Paul Ransom of Monroe, first vice president; and Davis Means of Gloster, second vice president.

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