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Monroe is served by two African-American-owned weekly newspapers: the Monroe Free Press and the Monroe Dispatch. The Free Press was founded in 1969 by Roosevelt Wright, Jr., and The Dispatch was founded in 1975 by Irma and Frank Detiege. The Ouachita Citizen is a locally owned and operated weekly newspaper that was founded in 1924.
Robert E. Powell (1923–1997), mayor of Monroe 1979–1996; Melvin Rambin (1941–2001), mayor of Monroe 2000–2001, only Republican in the position since Reconstruction; banker in Baton Rouge and Monroe; interred in Baton Rouge; Frank Spooner, oil and natural gas producer and Republican politician, moved to Monroe in 1967 [5]
St. Louis Truck Assembly was a General Motors automobile factory that built GMC and Chevrolet trucks, GM "B" body passenger cars, and the 1954–1981 Corvette models in St. Louis. Opened in the 1920s as a Fisher body plant and Chevrolet chassis plant, it expanded facilities to manufacture trucks on a separate line.
The Monroe metropolitan area, officially the Monroe metropolitan statistical area, is a metropolitan statistical area in Northern Louisiana that covers three parishes—Ouachita, Union, and Morehouse. According to the 2020 census, the MSA had a population of 207,104.
According to security researcher Runa A. Sandvik, Variety Jones joined Silk Road in 2011 as a marijuana seed vendor, opposed to the war on drugs.Working closely with Ross Ulbricht, they were to act as a penetration tester, financial advisor and mentor, and was the person who suggested the "Dread Pirate Roberts" title Ulbricht used.
Chevrolet Kodiak/GMC TopKick; Overview; Manufacturer: General Motors: Production: 1980–2009: Assembly: Pontiac, Michigan Flint, Michigan Toluca, Mexico Bogota, Colombia Valencia, Venezuela [1] Janesville, Wisconsin São José dos Campos, Brazil (GMC 12-170/14-190/16-220) Body and chassis; Class: Medium-duty truck: Layout
Smedley Butler (1881–1940), U.S. Marine Corps major general, double recipient of the Medal of Honor Smedley Crooke (1861–1951), British politician Smedley Darlington (1827–1899), American politician
Smedley Darlington Butler (July 30, 1881 – June 21, 1940) was a United States Marine Corps officer and writer. During his 34-year military career, he fought in the Philippine–American War , the Boxer Rebellion , the Mexican Revolution , World War I , and the Banana Wars .