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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1962
Page
7
A weather map notes cooler conditions across the northern and central Plains and the Southwest and western Gulf regions while the Southeast and eastern Gulf area warm. The AP wirephoto map accompanies the report.
Weather report details Monroe and vicinity forecasting partly cloudy conditions through Saturday with warmer today and tonight, cooler Saturday. Highs 62 to 66 today, 60 to 64 Saturday. lows 46 to 50 tonight. Winds SW 5 to 15 mph shifting to N 8 to 18 mph Saturday. Nearby Northeast Louisiana to Arkansas and Mississippi areas show varying clouds, showers, and temperatures from the upper 50s to 70s across counties with cool nights ahead. Louisiana Delta reports good to excellent drying conditions with little rainfall expected through Saturday.
The Ouachita Parish School Board will swear in six new members at 3 p m Monday. Commissions arrived from Gov. Jimmie H. Davis for those elected in the Democratic primaries. Holdovers listed include Tarver Buckley Shipp Riser Rhone Finley Holloway Rutledge Owens Trousdale Rorex Smith. Soviet troop notes cover Cuba missile defenses and potential redeployments as New York Times reports indicate 5 000 to 10 000 combat troops remaining in Cuba.
Survivors recount that Sunday December 7 1941 as Pearl Harbor attack memory. Williams Tate Semmes and Thompson share early war service from Guadalcanal to Okinawa plus the moment they learned of the attack and its impact on faith and daily life.
Convoyed miners descend two miles to the working face as the tunnel drops from 525 to 660 feet and the sole surface exit remains. Officials say air from the shaft shows no carbon dioxide, suggesting a fire in the blast area. An electric exhaust fan failed initially, restarted, then stopped again minutes later.
James Gired, assistant mine superintendent, said crews detected dust from all directions signaling a fire explosion. Ventilation shafts buckled, bad air pumped out while clean air returned. About three dozen relatives waited above ground as snow and ice disrupted roads to the mine opened in M6 producing up to 20 000 tons daily, an anniversary echo of the Monongah disaster.
A New Iberia reader testifies that Baker's Hair Tonic provides relief from dandruff and itchy scalp, praising Baker's Shampoo for cleanliness and shine. The advertisement asserts money back satisfaction and promotes Baker's products for troubled scalps.
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