Jerry Stovall Day Set in Twin Cities Honors LSU Star
Jerry Stovall, LSU halfback and Twin Cities native, is honored in a local celebration titled Jerry Stovall Day. The West Monroe Optimist Club promotes a parade through business districts, a coffee hour at Highland Park Country Club, and related festivities marking his All-America football achievement.
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Jerry Stovall
Twin Cities
Louisiana State University
West Monroe
Monroe
Highland Park Country Club
Stovall Schedule Parade and Evening Events
The schedule begins with a 2 p.m. parade route through West Monroe and Monroe including the Ouachita river bridge and DeSiard Street business district. From 4 to 5:50 p.m. is coffee at Highland Park Country Club, West Monroe, followed by a 7:30 p.m. banquet at the Paragon Club, Monroe.
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West Monroe
Ouachita River
Monroe
DeSiard Street
Highland Park Country Club
Paragon Club
Jerry’s tribute banquet at Paragon Club in Monroe
Dr. John Hunter LSU president will speak at the Jerry tribute banquet hosted by Paragon Club in Monroe. LSU coach Charlie McClendon and ten squad members plan to attend to honor their West Monroe teammate amid Stovall Day festivities led by Dr. Lake Oxford. Attending LSU guests include Neumann of Tallulah Gates of Lake Charles Habert of Vicksburg Flurry of Homer Crawford of Minden Guillot of Baton Rouge Miller of Homer Campbell of Shreveport Seesker of Memphis Wilkens of Homer with exams possibly delaying some attendees.
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Tallulah
Jack Gates
Lake Charles
Ed Habert
Vicksburg
Miss
Bob Flurry
Homer
Charley Crawford
Minden
Rodney Guillot
Baton Rouge
Fred Miller
Bo Campbell
Shreveport
Buddy Seesker
Memphis
Tenn
Ray Wilkens
Jerry
Another Cold Snap Expected In Area Today
The Twin Cities weather shows mix of warm and cool, with forecasts calling for mostly cloudy skies and colder readings today. High in mid 30s, tonight 20 to 25, after Friday's high of 55 and low 47 at Selman Field. Drizzle and overcast conditions grounded several planes. similarly likely today.
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Twin Cities
Weather Bureau
Selman Field
Federal Aviation
Plane Returns 90 From Cuba
Ninety persons arrived Friday on a Pan American plane from Havana carrying freed invasion prisoners and a ransom shipment. Of the 90, 38 were U.S. citizens formerly living in Cuba and 52 were relatives. Missionary Miss Sara Fernandez of Tampa was among them, expressing desire to return but awaiting clearance.
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Cuba
Pan American World Airways
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Sara Fernandez
Tampa
Oriente
Miss Fernandez
Omaja
Omaja. Miss Fernandez
Lucy Liiteras
Heavy Snow and Cold Spread Across Midwest
A brutal winter storm expanded through the Midwest bringing subzero temperatures, heavy snows, and strong winds. Arctic air pushed into northern Kansas and northern Rockies as Montana Wyoming Colorado saw heavy accumulations and school closures. blizzard warnings spread toward Nebraska Kansas Oklahoma and Arkansas with forecasts of further cold and snows southeastward.
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International Falls
Minn
Warroad
Minnesota
Aeather
Montana
Wyoming
Colorado
Bridger Bowl
Bozeman
Mont
Montana State College
Sheridan
Goodland
Kan
West Monroe welcomes new city garbage truck
Sanitation Superintendent W. R. Slim Townson returns from San Antonio Texas to West Monroe with a brand new garbage truck bought by the city. The vehicle is already in service and Townson is pleased with the purchase and its early use.
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West Monroe
W. R.slim Townson
San Antonio
Tex
Slim
Virus Death Ends Labour Leader Gaitskell Era
London AP Hugh Gaitskell Labour party leader and potential prime minister died Friday night at 56 after a two week illness from a mysterious virus. His death creates leadership turmoil, possibly aiding Prime Minister Macmillan's Conservatives in the next general election. His daughters and wife Anna were at his Middlesex Hospital bedside as doctors faced a severe heart and lung membrane infection with pleurisy and pericarditis and kidney complications. Gaitskell rose to prominence since 1945, serving as chancellor before 1951 defeat.
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Hugh Gaitskell
Labor Party
Harold Macmillan
Macmillan
Gaitskell
Anna
Moscow
Khrushchev
Middlesex Hospital
Cressida
Julia
Clement Attlee
JFK Seeks $6 Billion for School Aid Program
Washington AP Kennedy administration proposes a five year education aid plan with more than 6 billion dollars in total expenditures. The budget to Congress shows 144 million for the coming year starting July 1, with authorization requests up to 1.215 billion to enable fivefold spending later as planning and construction proceed.
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Kennedy
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White House
Welfare Department
Desegregation suits target schools near Barksdale AFB
The Justice Department announced new desegregation suits against Bossier Parish and three other areas receiving federal education funds under the impacted area program. The actions seek to end segregation in school systems near major military installations, including Barksdale.
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Washington
Justice Department
Bossier Parish
West Monroe Woman Dies In Accident
A 62 year old West Monroe woman died from injuries after a two car collision four miles west of Alto. Her 20 year old son was seriously injured and hospitalized. The crash near the intersection of state route 133 and highway 15 involved a 1959 car driven by Ronald C. Lawrence and a 1957 car driven by Vernon Patterson. Patterson suffered minor injuries and was not hospitalized. The elder Lawrence was thrown from the vehicle and died on arrival at St. Francis Hospital. The case remained under state police investigation with no charges filed Friday night. Community leaders commented on the tragedy and the impacted area school funds program details were noted separately. The program allocates funds for Bossier Parish schools including maintenance and construction.
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West Monroe
Alto
Ethel Lawrence
Arrant Road
St. Francis Hospital
Monroe
Ronald C. Lawrence
Mulhearn’s Funeral Home
Lawrence
Louisiana
Vernon Patterson
Russell B. Long
Joe D. Waggonner
Plain Dealing
Bossier Parish
Shreveport
Barksdale Air Force
Bossier Base
Today’s Chuckle Heading the List of Modern Composers
A quirky line notes the sleeping pill as a leading figure among modern American composers, joking that it dominates the field with dreamlike influence and a steady rhythm, reflecting a humorous take on the music scene.
Go Back to School Parents Learn New Math Jargon
In Hamden Connecticut parents attend evening classes to grasp the modern Grade School mathematics terms like sets unions and intersections. The program, backed by the National Science Foundation, aims to simplify math teaching and understanding for families as many schools adopt the new approach.
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Conn
Junior
Dad
Lola Salowitz
National Science Foundation
Twin Cities plan two convention bids announced
Monroe Chamber of Commerce announced invitations for two major conventions to be staged here one this spring and a 1964 event. Jim Williams said a meeting in Baton Rouge will extend an invitation for the 15th annual State-Wide Industrial Conference and that the Southern Region Pilot Club will be invited to hold its 1964 convention in Monroe. The spring conference is expected to draw 300 to 400 attendees and about 500 Pilot Club members are anticipated in Jackson Mississippi for the 1963 convention.
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Jim Williams
Baton Rouge
Southern Region Pilot Club
Monroe
Williams
Pilot Club
Jackson
Miss
Senator Soaper Populates Droll Global Quips
Senator Soaper remarks on Australia fearing kangaroo shortages while tennis players remain plentiful. He jokes that parking a car is simple without guidance from a passing expert. An acquaintance claims his company seeks a fresh image, though it truly needs new customers.
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Australia
Three Coal Bin Explosion Kills Three Workers
A silo blast at Bird Coal Co in Riverside, Cambria County, Pa, killed three construction workers Joseph Skura Ralph Taylor and Philip Beaver while they used cutting torches. The 80 foot coal storage bin lid blew off and debris collapsed as rescue crews faced a small fire. Authorities cited possible coal dust and methane gas as a causal factor with official ruling pending. Local witnesses reported a loud roar and rattled homes during the 9:30 am incident.
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Johnstown
Bird Coal Co
Johnstown, Pa
UPI
Riverside
Cambria County
Joseph Glovekar
Joseph J. Skura
Portage RD
Ralph Taylor
Philip Beaver
Richwood
W. Va
Bethlehem Mine Corp
Jack Barber
Lewis Evans
Doctors Deny Baby Allergic To His Mother
CHICAGO AP Doctors at University of Illinois hospital deny claims that 10 month old Kevin Rae Gibbs is allergic to his mother. The baby has eczema and is allergic to various substances but not to Mrs Gibbs. He will be examined again to determine his actual allergy.
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Chicago
Kevin Rae Gibbs
University of Illinois Hospital
Gibbs
Kevin
Larry Gibbs
Moline
Baby Dies in Westerville House Fire in New Iberia
A Westerville home fire killed 17 month old Walter Verret and injured bystander Junius Barnyard who tried to rescue the child. Acting Coroner J. M. Fernandez said the infant apparently suffocated in the flames and Barnyard suffered burns before hospital treatment.
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New Iberia
Westerville
Walter Verret
Gerald Verret
J. M. Fernandez
Junius Barnyard
Doctors Try Surgical Miracle In Boston
An ex Marine and former state trooper named William Hunt had his left leg stitched back after it was nearly severed in a traffic accident. Doctors at Peter Bent Brigham Hospital performed a six hour operation with a wide team, reporting Hunt moved his toes and felt the limb three days later.
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Boston
Peter Bent Brigham Hospital
William Hunt
Massachusetts
Brookline Public Works Department
Hunt
Frances B. Moore
Lucius T. Hill Jr
Francis B. Moore
Everett Knowles
Knowles
Massachusetts General Hospital
Moore
Eastland challenges Kennedy desegregation action in Mississippi
Sen. James Eastland urged that Atty. Gen. Kennedy lacks statutory authority to file a desegregation suit in Harrison County Mississippi. He argued Congress funded public schools to operate a segregated system and warned the suit oversteps constitutional and statutory bounds, asserting it should be dismissed.
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James O. Eastland
D-Miss
Robert F. Kennedy
Harrison County
Miss
Kennedy
Eastland
Congress
Supreme Court
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