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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1963
Page
9
Farmers market notes light supplies and fair trading in New Orleans with beans butter okra potatoes and pumpkins listed by price. Cotton futures move modestly with mixed bids and declines across several delivery months.
United Press International reports firm stocks in moderate trading and mixed bonds. American shares were irregularly lower while Midwest stocks held firm. cotton futures steady and grains in Chicago fell with wheat and corn listed at specified prices. Grain futures edged higher later as talks of dwindling stocks supported short covering. Carrot receipts were estimated for multiple grains and soybeans.
Earth tremors rocked the Azores archipelago today with landslides damaging houses on Pico Island. Terceira, home to a U.S. Portuguese airbase, reported no damage and no casualties across the island group.
USDA cattle and hog quotes show steady if mixed demand. Hogs 5,000 head butchers mostly 17.25 to 18.00 per 100 pounds for various weights. cattle receipts around 800 with slaughter steers 22.25 to 24.50 and cows 10 to 16.50. sheep 300 with lambs 21.00 for 90 to 105 pound lambs and ewes 4.00 to 6.00.
In New York trading the market rose on a sharp rally in savings and loan stocks while overall sentiment stayed uncertain due to stalled rail strike negotiations. First Charter Financial and Wesco Financial led gains, Deere & Co boosted farm equipment shares, and several big names like Xerox and Texas Instruments moved modestly. The AP 60 average slipped, with mixed sector performance and a cautious mood prevailing at noon.
Local law enforcement reported little activity Wednesday night and early Thursday with most arrests for minor violations. Theodore L. Rogers of Grenada Mississippi, 45, was booked for DUI and reckless driving at 10:40 p.m. in the 2200 block of Louisville Avenue. Two others were ticketed for reckless driving after an accident at Vernon and Polk Streets: Larry D. Houston, 15, Route 2, Anita Drive 106 and George W. Hall, 25, Route 1, Box 46-W Monroe.
Prices were mixed on the American Stock Exchange with corporate bonds narrowly mixed and U.S. government bonds remaining mostly unchanged, reflecting cautious trading and stable debt markets.
Additional teachers for the 1963 64 school year have been put on the roster for the Ouachita Parish school system. Approval of the additions was made this week. The school board also noted.
Deridder Louisiana funeral services are held today for Georgia Moritz 73 a veteran Louisiana newspaperwoman who died in a local hospital. A Macon Georgia native she moved to Beauregard Parish in 1916 taught school eight years spent three decades with the Deridder Enterprise also worked at The Lake Charles American Press. In collaboration with Dr Mary Mims of Louisiana State University she coauthored The Awakening Community.
The Ouachita Parish School Board approved changes for many teachers for the coming year. White teachers include William J. Hering, Robert Lynn Kilpatrick at Ouachita parish high and others. Negro teachers listed for Boley High School, Swayze, and Central. special education posts at Crosley. junior high postings for Mrs J Dodd Brooks Hester Cole and Blanche Maxwell. homebound teacher Mrs W A Coates. trainables teacher at Selman Field. reemployment of Gerry Lynn Vineyard at Ouachita Parish Junior High. transfer for Lloydelle Hering to junior high.
London police detained a blonde for questioning in the record 7.3 million mail train robbery. Officials say she was held overnight after Scotland Yard questioned her, while detectives widened the hunt to resort towns on the South coast Liverpool and Glasgow. Five suspects were arrested last week in the Aug 8 ambush near Cheddington, with loot receivers charged. Police recovered 768,031 of the stolen cash including 84,000 found in a house trailer. A 728,000 reward is offered for key information on the gang, reportedly 31 members strong including probable female associates.
Mrs Christine Owens was granted maternity leave from Ran som School while the resignation of Mrs Florence M Parker from Claiborne School was accepted.
The East Carroll Parish School Board awarded a $202,460 contract to Cooley Construction Co. of Ruston for a new gymnasium at Lake Providence High School. The building will be on property recently purchased by Mrs. A J Wyly and lies adjacent to the existing Lake Providence school.
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