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23 Feb 1963
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Monroe Morning World in Monroe, Louisiana
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Newspaper
Monroe Morning World
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 23, 1963
Page
1
U S Cuba policy outlined after closed Senate meeting
Senator Richard Russell said Secretary of Defense Robert MacNamara outlined methods for Cuba policy to end Castroism and communism. He pledged U S planes would shoot down Cuban MiGs attacking U S ships as retaliation. The discussion followed a Cuban MIG attack on a shrimp boat, with holiday rhetoric from Moscow deemed no threat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Richard B. Russell
D-Ga
Robert S. Mac-Namara
Russell
Senate Armed Services Committee
McNamara
Cuba
U.S
Moscow
Dean Rusk
Rodion Y. Malinovsky
Malinovsky
Nikita Khrushchev
United States
Soviet Union
Union Chiefs To Complain To President
AFL-CIO leaders at winter meetings agreed to press President Kennedy face to face over handling of domestic economic problems. George Meany and Walter Reuther plan to seek an early White House appointment to urge stronger measures and more frequent public briefings to spur economic relief and create jobs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami Beach
Fla
AP Afl-Cio
Kennedy
Congress
George Meany
Federation
Walter P. Reuther
White House
Afl-Cio Executive Council
Reuther
Meany
Libyan town relief airlift launches by U S planes
U S planes began a major mercy airlift to Al Marj Libya after a sequence of earthquakes killed about 250 and left thousands homeless. American and British aircraft flew in tents medicines and supplies while helicopters shuttled relief workers and the wounded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
AL Marj
Libya
U.S
Radio
Benghazi
Libyan Red Crescent
Red Cross
U.S. Air Force
Wheelus
Tripoli
Record Freeze Grips Eastern U S in Deep Winter
United Press International reports a severe cold snap across the eastern two thirds of the country. Dozens of record low temperatures were shattered from the South through the Midwest to the Northeast. Lake Ontario snow belt in upstate New York faced heavy snowfall and 31 below in the Adirondacks, while Pellston Michigan logged 35 below. Downtown Nashville posted 2 above, Indianapolis 9 below, Pittsburgh 8 below, and other spots hit subzero readings in a dramatic late winter cold wave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Midwest
Upstate
New York
Lake Ontario
Adirondacks
Pellston
Michigan
Dixie
Mt. Pisgah
Clingman's Peak
Great Smokies
Nashville
Tenn
Indianapolis
Pittsurgh
Bluefield
Flattop
W. Va
Kingston Springs
Rome
Winter Warm-Up Edges North as Temperatures Rise
An approaching thaw returns to the Twin Cities with a high near 50s and a night low in the upper 30s. Friday sees a 44 degree high after a 18 degree low this morning. Winds from the southwest and south at 8 to 12 mph.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Twin Cities
The
Mercury
Mon roe Musicians Open Faculty Recital Series at Tech
Two Monroe area musicians now on Louisiana Tech faculty will perform in the first music faculty recital at 3 p.m. Sunday in Howard Auditorium drama theatre on the Tech campus. Mrs. Elizabeth Martin is listed among participants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe
Louisiana Tech
Howard Auditorium
Tech
Elizabeth Martin
Absentee Vote Underway For Bond Election
Absentee voting is underway for Monroe’s 62 million revenue bond election set for March 12. Carter Cozine says ballots are due by March 5 at 5 p.m in the parish courthouse basement. no ballots cast by Friday afternoon. The bond issue, called by the Monroe City Council per the Utilities Commission, would fund expansion of electrical and water systems, supported entirely by utility revenues with no tax or rate increases.
Judge Calls New Trial In Slant Oil Suit
Henderson Texas AP Dist Judge A Royce Stout voided the jury verdict for H L Long and four others in a 475000 slant oil well case filed by Humble Oil & Refining Co and Texaco Inc. He ordered a new trial stating this was a miscarriage of justice and that the case stands on the docket as if never tried. Witnesses described slanted wells draining Humble leases and drilling mud surfacing in Humble wells.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henderson, Tex
A. Royce Stout
Stout
H. L. Long
Tyler, Tex
Humble Oil & Refining Co
Texaco, Inc
Long
All But One Evacuation Missed One Resident in Norphlet
In Norphlet Arkansas Civil Defense evacuated 699 residents during a ammonium nitrate fire threat after a caboose collision with a gasoline truck. Katie Lopez 60 remained in town watching the blaze and later worried why authorities hadn’t notified her. Her son Harvey Ray located her after the danger passed, noting roadblocks prevented entry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norphlet
Arkansas
Norphlet, Ark
Katie Loper
Civil Defense
the Devil
Tom Walker
Harvey Ray Lopez
I'll Meet You Halfway Says Wife During Argument
A lighthearted line from a daily chuckle features a wife declaring she will admit she is right only if her partner admits he is wrong, highlighting playful marital banter. The quip reflects common relationship humor and midweek wit.
Statewide flu outbreak feared as Jackson area hit hard
Flu spreads through Jackson and Union Parishes with schools closed and absentee rates rising. Weston High School shut, 90 rise in parish absenteeism for a total near 800. Bernice High reports 50 of 350 absent. Dr. Bruce of the Health Department predicts spread to surrounding parishes. Hospitals jammed. Asian flu likely. officials urge rest and avoiding crowds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson
Union
Health Department
Weston High School
Jackson Parish
Union Parishes
Bernice High School
Union Parish
Weston High
Jonesboro - Hodge High School
Farmerville High School
John M. Bruce
State Health Department
Monroe
Bruce
St. Landry Parish
Bienville Parish
Central
H. F. M. Garrett
el Doraldo
Ark
Senator Soaper On Coin Testing And Social Observations
A committee completes its annual sampling of United States coins to check their condition. The piece satirically notes coin biting as a niche field, mentions rookie phenoms at baseball camps without naming them, and contrasts anti-American sentiment abroad with tourism and money leaving. It concludes with a statistic about spending by gender and calls for equality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
O.k
99 Cent Autos Worth All Night Wait in Freeze
In Elizabeth New Jersey three bargain hunters braved near zero temps for a 99 cent used car sale. Raymond Lamberti won a 1958 English Ford after spending the night on showroom steps wrapped in a blanket. Yolanda Muti took a 1951 Studebaker and John Schenesky a 1954 Chevrolet as doors opened at 4 p.m. on Washington's Birthday bargains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth
N.J
Washington
Raymond Lamberti
Lamberti
Yolanda Muti
John Schenesky
Miss Muti
Studebaker
Schenesky
Castro claims capture of eight pirates smuggling weapons
Havana said eight pirates were seized Thursday night seeking to smuggle weapons and counter revolutionaries into Cuba. One was reportedly skipper of an armed craft that escorted landing ships during the 1961 Bay of Pigs raid. The regime blamed the CIA and Britain for access to Elbow Key Island, and said two captured fishing boats from February were recovered. It denied Cuban fighters fired on a drifting shrimp boat and said raiders moved the stolen boats to British-held Key Elbow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havana
UPI
Cuba
Central Intelligence Agency
CIA
Elbow Key Island
Salt Key
Florida Straits
Cape Roque
U.S
Key Elbow
Washington sale cools shoppers on Washington's birthday bargain frenzy
Bargain hunters braved record cold to snag 22 cent typewriters and 99 cent sewing machines during the annual Washington Birthday sales. Despite warnings about shoddy merchandise, thousands camped out and crowded stores, with some autos offered from 25 dollars and two Buicks advertised at 69.99. Government offices closing for the holiday boosted crowds in the shopping district. The event began in 1919 after a haberdasher sold shirts for 50 cents and was mobbed by customers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Better Business Bureau
Federal Trade Commission
Washington
Russians Agree To Procedures For Test Ban Talks
The United States said it could accept seven on site inspections to police a nuclear test ban if the Soviet Union agrees to meaningful procedures. Washington urged three nation talks and noted Fos ter would return to Geneva to press for a deal. Moscow held to no more than three inspections a year and refused to continue three power subcommittee talks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Soviet Union
U.S
William C. Foster
Geneva
Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
Foster
Kennedy
New Record Enrollment Hit At NLSC
Northeast Louisiana State College reports a spring enrollment of 3,027 students, an all time high. The registrar notes 1,729 men and 1,298 women, with 1,050 freshmen, 625 sophomores, 536 juniors, 585 seniors, and 231 graduates. The graduate class has more women (128) than men (103).
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northeast Louisiana State College
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Afl-Cio
Royal Air Force
Island
Cyprus
U. S
United Press International
Ramblin
Hot Springs
Little Rock
Dorade
Memphis
Tai
Vicksburg
Soaper
NLSC
News - Star World
News-Star—World
West
Louisiana
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