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Newspaper
Monroe Morning World
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1963
Page
3
After the Tournament of Roses parade in Pasadena, floats are set out in a large east-end lot for close examination by the public. The day after the parade, the tournament office begins mailing thank-you letters to all participants.
Pasadena article outlines the 75th anniversary parade with 300000 orchids valued at 20000 imported from Hawaii, 60 floats costing 750900, and 225 silver‑trapped saddle horses. Eisenhower as grand marshal enlivens the two hour parade watched by 2300 bandsmen, while 10 million blossoms are used nationwide. The Rose Bowl’s role funds the festival, and Isabela Coleman, the Rose Parade matron, decorates floats for 54th year.
Twenty contestants from cotton states including North and South Carolina to California arrived in Memphis for the 1964 Maid of Cotton contest. Judges will interview and photograph them Sunday morning before the invitation-only finals Monday night at city auditorium. The winner will tour the world as a cotton industry ambassador with a dream wardrobe, a new car, and a busy travel year.
Dr. Jam Martin Klotsche of the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee advocates urban universities to serve city residents. The plan envisions vertical campuses, city partnerships, and outreach programs to help disadvantaged students pursue higher education without leaving home.
Foreman Dale Malechek guides visiting reporters across the LBJ ranch near Johnson City Texas noting 348 acres 6300 foot runway and 125 cows bred this fall. He recalls Johnson bought the spread in 1951 and plans sales of steer calves to 4 H members at about 150 dollars each. They see irrigated land 140 acres oats and stock ponds stocked with bass and catfish. Goats and sheep including 250 commercial sheep 20 registered Columbia ewes and 200 Angora goats are raised on the ranch with African sheep spotted for curiosity and barbecue.
Chicago prosecutors move to indict seven top Syndicate members in an insurance fraud case. Key witnesses Lewis Barbe, an insurance broker, and William Archer, a steel broker, exposed schemes to collect over 116000 through fake claims and a dummy hijacking involving 84843 on 800 dollars of steel wire. Marshall Caifano faces conspiracy charges. Arson?
Orrin Morris of Atlanta reports a house-to-house Southern Baptist survey showing over 84 percent of Knoxville residents aged 9 and over are church members. The figure exceeds the national average of 63.4 percent, marking one of the highest membership rates in the United States.
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