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Newspaper

Monroe News Star

Location

Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America

Date

Aug 06, 1963

Page

8

Arklatex Radio Schedule Fragments and Farm Reports

A fragmented radio schedule lists KWKH Shreveport and surrounding stations with sign on/off times, Farm Market Reports, news anchors like Alex Dreier and Paul Harvey, sports updates, and various music blocks across AM and FM stations including KC Monroe and Bastrop Louisiana. The document preserves station IDs, time slots, and program names in a dense, period-voice listing.

KWKH Shreve Arklatex Farm Arklatex Nws Open House the Bible Dillard Rfc Farm KUZN E.m KMAR Wrt Ews Alex Dreier Paul Harvey Tom Harmon Flair Bob Considine Life G'mouth Stan‘s Reds Harvey Red River Life Line KLIC KC Monroe Ami Farm Fulton Lewis Jr Monroe Toen NBC Morgan Beatty KWCL KVOB

William D Griffin Funeral Stated in Jena

William David Griffin of Jena died unexpectedly in a Morgan City hospital after a heart attack. He lived in Jena three years, was a welder, and will be buried at Zion Baptist Church Cemetery after services at Zion Baptist Church Jordan Hill Road with Rev Willard Bell officiating. Survivors include wife Ruby and children Allen Johnny Danny Lenei Debbie, siblings Felton Lyndal Vera Virginia and Velma Windham.

Jena William David Griffin Morgan City Griffin Rochelle Zion Baptist Church Jordan Hill Road Willard Bell Hixson Brothers Funeral Home Ruby Griffin Allen Griffin Johnny Griffin Danny Griffin Lenei Griffin Debbie Griffin Felton Griffin Copperscove Texas Lyndal Griffin Alexandria Vera Hundaker Virginia Griffin Pineville Velma Windham Trout

Airlines reach tentative contract with IMA aid

United Airlines and the International Machinists Association reach a tentative contract covering about 12 000 employees. The agreement includes mechanics ramp agents and dining service workers and ends the threat of a strike against the carrier.

Washington UPI United Airlines International Machinists Association IMA

Kennedy opens door to France on aid

Paris reports that President Kennedy signaled U S nuclear assistance to France if conditions, including adherence to the partial nuclear test ban, are met. French officials said De Gaulle discussed Kennedy’s July 25 letter but would not reveal its contents.

Kennedy Charles de Gaulle de Gaulle

Mercedes Douglas Remarries After Jurist’s Divorce

In Beverly Hills Mercedes Douglas plans to marry Robert B. Fichholz at 6 p.m. today, following her recent divorce from U S Supreme Court Justice William C Douglas who wed a 23 year old government employee. The justice, famed outdoorsman and travel author, married his third wife Monday after divorcing his second.

Mercedes Douglas Supreme Court William O. Douglas Douglas Washington Robert B. Fichholz Beverly Hills Calif Tallulah U.S. Supreme Court William C. Douglas Mercedes Robb Goldendale Wash Mildred Riddle la Grande Ore

Moved By Huge British Salute Today

Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower returns to Southwick House and Portsmouth to recall the Normandy invasion. He thanks local residents for cooperation and secrecy that kept D Day plans intact. CBS films the visit as crowds cheer and shake his hand.

Portsmouth England Dwight D. Eisenhower Normandy Adolf Hitler Germany Eisenhower Southwick CBS

Delhi Student Wins Northeast State College Scholarship

Lawrence Edward Higgins, ranked fifth in Delhi High School’s 1963 graduating class, received a Northeast State College academic scholarship. Higgins plans to major in mathematics or pre medicine, and he played football in high school while serving on student council and Beta Club.

DELHI Lawrence Edward Higgins Delhi High School Higgins Northeast

Harriman Expects Senate Approval of Test Ban Treaty

Undersecretary of State W Averell Harriman said on a radio panel he is confident the Senate will ratify the nuclear test ban by the required two thirds. He noted Khrushchev’s interest in possible East West agreements but argued a pact is unlikely. He urged a normal East West relationship and warned against Soviet domination of Germany. He said France’s stance is not a major risk but Red China’s rising nuclear threat remains a concern and could drive the danger of nuclear war.

Washington W. Averell Harriman Senate Moscow Harriman Khrushchev North Atlantic Treaty Organization United States Europe Soviet Union Germany Communist Party France Red China

Befriended Girl Ignores Order Gets Five Days

In Tucson Arizona AP report Justice Joe Jacobson had fined Juanita Fay Adams eight dollars and thirty five cents for hitchhiking and given a bus ticket to Yuma. A patrolman later encountered a woman passenger who identified herself as the same girl and she declared she did not care what the judge had said. Jacobson sentenced her to five days in jail for vagrancy.

Tucson Ariz Joe Jacobson Juanita Fay Adams Texarkana Tex Yuma Ari M. L. Richardson Jacobson

Robbery at Bank of Chaffee Nets About $3000

A man talking to bank cashier Melvin Kirklin about a loan Monday at the Bank of Chaffee drew a pistol at 3 p.m. and ordered a teller to take about $3000 from the tellers. He forced employees into the vault and alerted the Missouri Highway Patrol from the vault phone.

Chaffee, Mo Bank of Chaffee Melvin Kirklin Missouri Highway Patrol

Arrests Spread Across Three States in Civil Rights Actions

In Pine Bluff Arkansas Gadsden Alabama and New York City arrests grew as Negro and white leaders met in Washington for a civil rights strategy conference. Twenty one Negroes and a white woman were jailed on 500 bond after refusing to leave a hamburger stand. In Gadsden fourteen Negro teens seeking service at a white lunch counter were arrested bringing total arrests there to over eight hundred since June 10. Brooklyn pickets chained themselves at a construction site to protest job discrimination and twenty people were arrested citywide. A NAACP led strategy conference opened in Washington alongside a Birmingham Alabama integrated benefit show halted by a stage collapse. Reverend Martin Luther King Jr addressed the crowd calling the event a prelude to the Washington march.

Pine Bluff Ark Gadsden Ala New York City Washington Jin Dina Rinff Brooklyn National Association For the Advancement of Colored People NAACP Birmingham Miles College American Guild of Variety Artists Martin Luther King Jr

U S Army Chief Voicing Confidence in Korea Forces

General James F. Collins, commander in chief of U S Army Pacific, said there are no plans to reinforce troops at the Korean demilitarized zone and expressed full confidence in U S forces there after tours in South Vietnam, South Korea, and Japan. He indicated no evidence that China initiated the latest fighting and noted optimistic progress in Vietnam.

Naha Okinawa U.S Pacific Korean Demilitarized Zone James F. Collins U.S. Army Pacific Command South Viet Nam South Korea Japan Collins Moscow

Forgotten Pants Delays Outdoor Red Rocks Show

Denver UPI reports a Monday night outdoor concert at Red Rocks Amphitheater was briefly delayed by rain for two minutes and then by human error for five more. Vasilios Priakos, the Senet, forgot his trousers and wore cuffless street slacks over his tuxedo top half.

Denver UPI Red Rocks Amphitheater Vasilios Priakos

Juveniles Held in Forgery Case in Monroe

Four juveniles were placed in juvenile custody in Monroe on two forgery counts. Three youths, ages 18, forged a $10 check presented at Plum Street Safeway. A 15-year-old was tied to a forged $25 check at the same store. All were released to juvenile authorities awaiting juvenile court action.

Monroe James C Kelly, Jr Plum Street Safeway

Q A booklet offer on stock market terms

A publisher offers a booklet titled Q and A that explains stock market terms and concepts such as investing, stocks, bid and ask quotations, dividends, margins, bonds, and other topics. The offer promises clear explanations one or two per page with no charge or obligation and directs readers to send their request to Department GN-139.

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