24 Dec 1961
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Newspaper
Monroe Morning World
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1961
Page
1
Trinity Lutheran Church Monroe invites worshippers to Christmas messages in words and song from 7 PM to 9 PM. St John’s Christian Church Monroe offers choir singing and a special sermon this morning with a Christmas message reading from Luke planned for 9:30 AM.
A holiday schedule lists multiple churches in Monroe hosting masses and services today and tomorrow. St Joseph's, Grace Episcopal, New Chapel Hill Baptist, McClendon Baptist, and St Matthew's plan masses, processions, cantatas, and pageants with details for times and locations. Community members contribute donations and prayers in memory of loved ones as year end observances persist.
A sweeping Christmas snapshot covers weather chaos in the Midwest hindering travel, global holiday rituals, and peace appeals. Pope John XXIII delivers Urbi et orbi from Vatican, while U.S. sailors in Naples sing carols. European shoppers, antiwar protesters, and miners face strikes amid festive markets and poverty.
A historic December blizzard slammed Illinois Indiana Michigan and Wisconsin with up to 17 inches of snow in places and 14 inches in Iowa. It halted buses trains and planes and left at least 17 dead. Dozens of highways were blocked as thousands sought shelter in farms schools and gymnasiums. Maryville Missouri reported drifts up to 14 feet and hundreds of motorists waited for rescue within a 20 mile radius.
Twin City Pontiac extends warm greetings to friends and customers for the new year, thanking them for support and looking ahead to continued service, car care, and deals in the months ahead.
An ex convict attempted a stickup at Dr. Kane’s office but was repelled by the physician. A female accomplice Miss Mabel Conners leaped from a second floor window with injuries to escape police. A passerby alerted officers who fired a warning shot and the suspect surrendered. Dr. Kane has a history of resisting robbers since 1947.
Argentine President Frondizi said plans for his Sunday meeting with President Kennedy were unsettled though both would have a morning talk and lunch at Palm Beach. He arrived in New Orleans after a world tour and would fly to Trinidad then Brasilia or Buenos Aires.
Mr and Mrs S J Collins of Maysville Oklahoma announce their child Neyr Collins born December 18. The father is a counselor to Bate Cobere. Grandparents are Mr and Mrs Hugh Cameron of Greenville Texas and the Collins family.
A railway car derailed and plunged into a gorge killing 71 with more than 100 aboard. Survivors recounted lurches and being trapped as rescue teams cut through steel to reach bodies. Rome ordered an investigation. the motorman was held for questioning.
Three Red Cross envoys were killed with reports of U.N. soldiers involvement as bodies were later recovered for examination. The Katanga conflict rages with shifting control, calls for restraint at Kitona, and hints of a purge of white mercenaries as Katangan forces retreat toward Kipushi.
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