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The Times from Shreveport, Louisiana • Page 4

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The Timesi
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Shreveport, Louisiana
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The Time March 27, 19R1 Bus request OK'd for Multi-Faith Usrey files for bankruptcy Former Bossier police Mai. Joel Usrev has filed for arnioKauros Localregional ARK-LA-TEX ANTIQUE AND CLASSIC CAR CLUB Exhibits The Pride Of By-Gone From A 1910 Ford Re Wagon To A '55 T-Bird! Police Jury for a $29,598 supplemental grant from the Department of Health and Human Services to serve children In the Head Start program. HAP House Community Council for a $96,352 basic grant from the Department of Health and Human Resources to continue its program for the handicapped. Shreveport-Bossier Youth Services, Inc. for a $19,033 basic grant renewal from the Office of Human Development to provide a recreation camp.

SATURDAY, MAR. 28 From 1(W To 4 m. The Shreve Area Council of Governents approved a $20,120 grant application Thursday for a 14-passenger minibus for Multi-Faith Retirement Services. Other loan and grant applications approved include the following: Bossier Council on Aging for a $42,164 basic grant renewal from the Office of Human Development to prepare and deliver meals to the homebound. Webster Voluntary Council on Aging for a $65,473 basic grant renewal to serve meals to the elderly.

Evergreen Presbyterian Vocational School for a $14,960 basic grant from the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development for a van for the handicapped. Webster Parish Castration bill killed CITY (AP) The Oklahoma State Senate has killed a proposal which called for the castration of certain convicted rapists. The bill sailed through the Oklahoma House earlier this week. 21 years and has served on the Abbeville City Council. He fills a vacancy on the commission created by the resignation of Paul Duell of Baton Rouge.

Duell resigned the part-time rating commission post to take a full-time job with the state Parole Board. Duell's appointment was announced last week. Police dispatcher charged Time News Service MARSHALL, Texas A dispatcher for the Marshall Police Department has been suspended pending her trial on a shoplifting charge, police and city officials said Thursday. Gwen George, 23, of Marshall was relieved of her duties after a bottle of nasal spray was allegedly taken from an all-night supermarket after 2 a.m. Thursday.

At the time Mrs. George was on a meal break from her duties at the police department. She was released after posting bond on a charge of theft under $5. Oilfield worker killed Times News Service LONGVIEW, Texas An accident in the East Texas oilfield Thursday afternoon killed William Adkinson, 54, of White Oak, a spokesman for the Gregg County sheriff's office said. According to workers, four men were setting up a rig with a horsehead pump on a well two miles north of Spring Hill, a community just north of Longview.

A part of the machinery malfunctioned and the rig began to break apart. The horsehead pump came loose, fell several feet and struck Adkinson in the head. mem JUL p3 1 mm Business loans from A to anywhere In La. Home repair, bill consolidation too. 742-9404 Jr as hopping center i bankruptcy in federal bankruptcy court in Shreveport.

Usrey, former president of Bossier City police union Local 645, is facing a charge of embezzling about 118,000 in police union funds. He pleaded innocent to the charge Wednesday in 26th Judicial District Court in Benton and is set for trial May 26. Usrey, a Winn Parish resident, was arrested in February on a warrant issued by Bossier-Webster District Attorney Henry Brown following an investigation of alleged missing police union funds. Following his arrest, Usrey was demoted to the rank of patrolman one day before his scheduled retirement. The demotion means a hefty cut in his retirement pay.

He is appealing the demotion to the Fire and Police Civil Service Board. City murder leader Shreveport led Baton Rouge in murders reported last year, but Baton Rouge had more rapes, robberies, assaults and thefts reported than did Shreveport. The annual Uniform Crime Report for cities with populations of more than 100,000 showed Shreveport had 48 murders in 1980, only one higher than 1979; 108 rapes in 1980 and 87 in 1979; 473 robberies in 1980 and 416 in 1979; 705 assaults in 1980 and 675 in 1979; 5,500 burglaries in 1980 and 4,031 in 1979; and 11,003 thefts in 1980 and 9,235 in 1979. Baton Rouge had 29 murders, 136 rapes, 640 robberies, 2,089 assaults, 7,786 burglaries, 14,004 thefts and 1,542 auto thefts. Lawsuit filed A $105,000 federal lawsuit was filed Thursday against a Vernon Parish deputy and Vernon Parish Sheriff Frank Howard.

The suit, filed by Dallas Jean Hayes of Vernon Parish, alleges his arrest last June by Deputy James Bosley caused him to lose his job. Hayes claims Bosley failed to advise him of his rights under the Miranda ruling and seeks $5,000 for lost wages and $100,000 for punitive damages. Water still scarce Late February rains helped to recharge soil moisture storage for Northwest Louisiana, but the office of state climatology warns that the area could still have water resource problems. A newsletter published by the office at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge said, "Unless rainfall this spring is far greater and more consistent than normal across northern Louisiana, the duration of fully recharged soils and groundwater recharge will be far less than normal suggesting increased chances for water resource problems this spring and slimmer." 3 held in cocaine seizure METAIRIE (AP) Three men were arrested and $3 million worth of cocaine was seized by Jefferson Parish deputies in a raid on a van, sheriff's deputies said. In addition, $105,000 in cash and a automatic pistol were confiscated.

The three men were booked with possession of cocaine with intent to distribute. They were identified as Louis Carlos Bonnell, 32, of Miami, Robert McCormick, 27, of Morgan City; and Tony Stbles, 26, of Luling. Named to commission BATON ROUGE (AP) Gov. Dave Treen has appointed John Vidos, an Abbeville insurance man, to the Louisiana Insurance Rating Commission. Vidos has been a self-employed insurance agent for 1 1 9 rais 1 HOME ENTERTAINMENT AT ITS FINEST, FROM MARANTZ AND MAGNAVOX 19 INCH DIAGONAL COLOR PORTABLE SUPER SYSTEM! MARANTZ DELUXE 50 WATT COMPLETE RACK SYSTEM MAGNAVOX COMPONENT AUDIO SYSTEMS WITH CASSETTE OR 8-TRACK RECORDERS gtmts-mvi i i in i i MODEL Man admits to shooting A man who has pleaded not guilty to murder took the stand yesterday in Caddo District Court and admitted that he pulled a .38 snub-nosed revolver out of his shirt, pointed it at the victim and pulled the three times.

"I'm not gonna say I didn't pull the trigger 'cause I did it," testified Joseph Lee Williams, 28, of 4232 Joe Louis St. He said he felt he was being "controlled by something" when he did it. "I wasn't myself," he said. A verdict is expected today for Williams, who is charged with second-degree murder in the death of 21-year-old Wesley H. Ford of Bossier City.

Ford was shot about 4 a.m. on Dec. 22, 1979, as he sat at the counter inside Denny's Restaurant on Monkhouse Drive. Ford was eating breakfast at the restaurant while waiting for his girlfriend, a waitress there, to get off work. Williams, a black man, testified that he made flirtatious comments to the white waitress and called her sexy.

He later complained of runny eggs on his plate, and at one point used profanity to the girl. He said Ford got involved and said, "You don't talk to my lady like that." Williams said he approached Ford later to apologize and Ford struck him with a coffee cup, cutting his forehead. The two began rolling in a fight on the floor. Restaurant employees broke up the tussle, Ford returned to his meal and Williams was heading for the door, testimony revealed. But when he reached the exit, Williams said, he stopped and he turned with a gun in hand.

"There was a lot of people in the place, but it seemed like no people. It looked like there was nobody there but me and him. I couldn't see nobody else," he said. Williams told his jury, "I was walking back toward him shooting." He said he walked out of the restaurant and was arrested in Dallas more than a month later. If found guilty of second-degree murder, Williams would receive a life sentence, but the jury could also elect a lesser verdict, such as manslaughter.

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the City of Shreveport Landfill located on Bagley Road will operate from 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, and from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Saturday and Sunday. The Times: Shreveport Journal: to March 27. 28.

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