Milton Tornado Leaves Milton, Florida Devastation
A Florida tornado outbreak killed 15 and wounded many as Milton and nearby areas suffered extensive damage. A temporary morgue was set up in Milton, with 60 treated and 19 seriously hurt shifted to Pensacola hospitals. Power lines failed and a 350 foot microwave tower toppled as crews and volunteers searched for victims.
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Pensacola
T. G. Melson
Milton City
Highway Patrol
Nacaville
FA Walton Beach
Panama City Beach
Hese Vaunecoan
Alabama
Mississinni
Montgomery
Ala
Jackson Camp
Elberta
Coatheact Alabama
Pleasant Hill
Columbus
Mise
Milton
Georgia
Tifton
American Legion Club
Doeran
Alma
J. W. Jordan
Panama City
Daughtery
C. H. Phillips
Pensacola News- Journal
Phillips
The
News Journal
Masonic Meet Marks Louisiana Grand Lodge Anniversary
A Masonic program in Monroe kicks off Louisiana sesquicentennial events with Judge Smith, Dwight A. Dahmes and Dr Dee A Strickland on stage. The 66 member Northeast Louisiana State College choir will perform as part of the ceremony amid a year long celebration across Louisiana from New Orleans to Baton Rouge.
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Judge Smith
Dwight A. Dahmes
New Orleans
Louisiana
Dee A. Strickland
Monroe
Northeast Louisiana State College Choir
Grand Lodge of Louisiana
Shreveport
Alexandria
Lake Charles
Opelousas
Baton Rouge
Farmerville man shoots three in grocery store incident
In Farmerville, Joseph Bilberry shot his former wife Mary Lee Bilberry and a bystander, then injured himself with a .22 revolver. Pat Watson was also wounded as others were treated at a Monroe hospital. all injuries reported as minor.
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Farmerville
Union Parish
Jord Stewart
Stewart
Joseph Bilberry
Mary Lee Bilberry
Pat Watson
Bilberry
Monroe
Grim Disaster Strikes Milton As Winds Raze Homes
Eyewitnesses describe a deadly storm in Milton flattening homes. A father recalls rushing home to rescue his daughters Vonnie Jo eight and Linda one from rubble, Linda injured and Vonnie with a broken leg. Funeral director A C Lewis noted a high toll and swift aid from Pensacola responders.
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City
Sion
Pensacola
A. C. Lewis
Wolfe-Lewis Funeral Home
Ted M. Childers
Milton
Vonnie Jo
Linda
Vonnie
Faubus To Skip Fifth Term Race
Governor Faubus announces he will not seek a fifth term as governor of Arkansas. The field for the Democratic primary opens wide with two announced candidates, Rep. Dale Alford and Kenneth Coffelt, while Faubus cites progress in education welfare mental health highways and industrial development during his eight years in office.
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New York
Faubus
Arkansas National Guard
Central High School
Little Rock
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Fabus
Greasy Creek
Francis Cherry
Dale Alford
D-Ark
Kenneth Coffelt
Arkansas
Easter Seal Parade Set Today In Ouachita Parish
Canvassers will visit homes in Monroe West Monroe Sterling and surrounding areas to sell Easter Seals. Monroe chairwoman Mrs W H McFadden and West Monroe co chairwoman Mrs Oscar Harrell urge local participation to fund services for crippled children and handicapped adults in Ouachita Parish with last year’s recipients benefiting and more people helped this year.
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Monroe
West Monroe
Sterlington
Fairbanks
Charmingdale
Green Acres
Town and Country
North Monroe
W. H. McFadden
Oscar Harrell
Root
Ouachita Parish
Easter Seal Society
Soviets Put US Mission Under Guard
Soviet authorities barred all American mission travel outside Potsdam and sealed the headquarters with guards after East German police fired on a U S mission vehicle. Passes from the Russians might be needed for any movement outside Potsdam and possibly over East German territory toward West Berlin. Colonel Ernest von Pawel reportedly met with the Soviet forces chief of staff in a guard escorted briefing.
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U.S
Germany
ADN
Potsdam
West Berlin
Frankfurt
Ernest von Pawel
U. S
Two-Year Steel Contract Okayed in 1963 Labor Pact
The agreement ends the threat of a strike until August 1963 with a right to reopen on wages pensions and other matters. It reflects industrial cordiality after tense relations and aims to ease job fears from automation through extended paid vacations and improved benefits. Five-week vacations for 25-year workers rise to six weeks by 1964 with incremental boosts for other tenure groups.
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Kennedy
Trapped Vehicle Over Bridge Listed as Fatal Accident
Funeral services planned for Blakeney at Welcome Home Church of God in West Monroe with burial at Mount Vernon Cemetery. He is survived by parents two sisters and a grandfather. Pallbearers named. Separate services and burials scheduled for Kerry youth of West Monroe High School at Bethel Baptist Church Riverview Cemetery Monroe. Survivors include parents a brother paternal and maternal grandparents. Funeral Home Kilpatrick and Hixson Brothers coordinate arrangements.
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Sandra Kay Blakeney
West Monroe
Charlies Gray
Memphis
Tenn
Roy Davis
Joe Davis
Billy Ray Brown
Royce Allbritton
Wayne Clampit
Junior Clark
Kerry
West Monroe High School
Bethel Baptist Church
Lionel Crowell
Riverview Cemetery
Monroe
Kilpatrick Funeral Home
E. E. Kerry
Phillip Maxwell Kerry
Ervin Vallery
E. E. Knighten
Honors convocation recognizes outstanding Louisiana College students
Donna Sue Guyton daughter of Mr and Mrs Don F Guyton Jr among 21 students to be recognized for academic achievement at Louisiana College first annual Honors Convocation in Alexandria Hall auditorium. Guyton is a 1959 graduate of Neville High School.
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Donna Sue Guyton
Don F. Guyton Jr
Louisiana College
Alexandria Hall
Neville High School
Gibbs Seeks Third Seat for Ouachita Parish
Louisiana state representative Gibbs argues Ouachita Parish deserves an extra House member due to industrial growth and a 101000 population. He cites constitutional referendum and notes opposition to federal court involvement in state reapportionment while not condemning legal challenges.
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Quachita Parish
Ouachita Parish
Supreme Court
Gibbs
Louisiana
Alabama
Tennessee
Prescott Memorial staff to open new library building
Ruston special edition notes the Prescott Memorial staff will hold an open house for the new Louisiana Tech library facility. Scheerer, head librarian, recalls the date mirrors 1927 when a similar library costing 75 000 dollars with equipment opened to students faculty and the public.
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Ruston
Prescott Memoria
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Monroe Morning World
Florida
Florida City
Negro
Swimsuit Headquarters
Jantzen de Weese
Rose Marie Reid Elizabeth Stewart Oleg Cassini
Pease One
A. AF. Aeriske Sr
Twin Cities
B “ Ly
Zale
Desiard
Happy Homes
Knoe-Tv
Blue Mountain
Bonita Granville
Catelpe
DeSierd
Westbury
Inverstein
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