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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1963
Page
5
Partly cloudy and hot through Thursday with isolated afternoon thundershowers. Highs near 96 to 102, lows 74 to 78, winds 5 to 15 mph. Louisiana Delta mostly clear to Thursday with isolated afternoon storms, highs 95 to 100, nights near 70s. Agriculture advisory notes good drying by day, poor at night, dewpoints in 70s.
The city of Monroe with a 66,500 population notes rising electricity use due to air conditioning. Utilities officials say they have met demand this summer and plan a plant expansion. A Westinghouse turbine will raise capacity to 99,500 KW, set for March 1965, financed by a $62 million revenue bond issued to Ford, Bacon & Davis.
LAKE CHARLES LA UP I reports a state hospital official in Baton Rouge says the charity hospital will not close next month as warned by Chief of Staff Dr. Robert Emmett. Emmett cites staff shortages and funding as reasons, while Director Winborn Davis says no closure but possible service cutbacks.
Ten Concordia Parish 4-H youths competed in the Chick-N-Cue contest final, bringing grills and vying for 80 dollars in prize money. Contestants included Ronny Gard ner, Ronny Roberts, Timmy Shaeffner, Jimmie Lindley, Judy Loomis, Dianne Wike, Brenda Paul and Linda Loomis. Judging focused on fire control timing doneness and finished appearance.
In Lowestoft England Graham Williams 17 sent a telegram claiming he was lost at sea to end his romance with Carol Leatham 16. She fainted in grief but learned he was alive. In court Williams was fined 14 for causing needless anxiety. Carol said she wants nothing more to do with him.
In Franklin Louisiana AP report, Cyrus Rebardi 18 from Columbia DC is found alive and in good health after Berwick Bay boat capsize. He initially vanished July 24 while fishing, later told officers he fled. He declined returning to Berwick.
Demonstrators filled the Lincoln Memorial grounds with signs calling for decent housing and FEPC reform while Hollywood figures and religious leaders addressed the crowd. A bus attack on route to the capital left a window broken. three youths were taken into custody. Police noted hospital treatments for some participants and many downtown workers stayed home.
Firemen fought two small fires in Middletown New York one at the home of Charles Wolfe where heating apparatus caught fire and products burned another blaze started outside the Wolfe residence in a hose winding electric motor on the fire engine.
Roscoe Holcomb, assistant director at the West Monroe Boys' Club, will resign on August 31 per President John F. McCormick. The board will seek part time applicants from Northeast State College as Holcomb returns to Ruston to study at Louisiana Tech. The move follows a board meeting noting 72 sustaining members for a total of 246, including 42 board and 132 corporate members, with 700 plus boys using the club facilities.
More than 30 rescuers battled heat and gas after an underground explosion at 4 50 p m Tuesday in Moab. Crews worked to ventilate the mine before searching two downward tunnels for missing workers, with officials warning the task could take days.
Johnson supporters battled for lieutenant governor backing as reports show 26 000 vote lead in the first primary with Johnson 182 000 Coleman 156 000 Sullivan 132 000. Coleman warned of a future life as returns favored Johnson amid riots and heavy Marshals at the university scene.
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