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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1964
Page
16
AP reports three farmer referenda on upland and extra long staple cotton and flucouted tobacco seek two thirds approval to impose marketing quotas. Officials expect large majorities but smaller margins could influence upcoming farm legislation in Congress. No rice or grain referenda were planned for 1965.
Heavy selling pressed the New York market lower with the Dow down 6.88 at noon to 853.77 and the AP average off 18 to 3194. Industrials, rails and utilities fell while gold mining shares advanced as investors seek safety amid talks of a world price rise. Analysts cite a breached support level since December and note auto stocks may lead a rebound after ongoing strikes.
Louisiana cattle and hog markets are listed with prices for calves steers and heifers. New Orleans market notes show light supplies and slow trading with cabbage cauliflower greens and various produce priced per dozen or per bushel. Dow Jones averages are provided with early morning totals and volume 1 240 000 shares.
London Conservative David Walder tells the House of Commons that army trousers face a seven year delay from initial principle to button design. He describes a committee that debates trousers and their buttons, prototypes, trials, and final reports before production.
Rep James Roosevelt declares run for Los Angeles mayor at a news conference, criticizing city government as unstable under Mayor Yorty. He rules out resigning his congressional seat while noting Norris Poulson ran for mayor while keeping his House seat.
The Pentagon aims to complete a major reorganization of the Army Reserve forces within about 16 months with a target date of end March 1966. Guard and Reserve units may enter summer training in their current form while officers work out the shift of about 150000 reservists into expanded National Guard structures. A troop list and unit transfers will be ready by mid February, guiding governors and states on losses and gains amid questions from reservists awaiting answers.
LSU Law School will expand its summer program starting with the 1965 term to two six week sessions. Students may take up to five credits per term and can earn up to 20 semester hours by attending both sessions.
The Justice Department dropped its conspiracy charge against Horace Doyle Barnette 26 of Cullen La in the Mississippi civil rights workers case. The case may proceed with a Mississippi grand jury to indict Barnette and 20 others. other charges were dismissed after a Meridian official refused to admit Barnette’s confession as evidence.
Baton Rouge AP. Gen. Troy Middleton reflects on the Ardennes offensive December 16, 1944. He recalls holding Bastogne under Patton and the praise for a decision viewed as a stroke of genius amid a 50 mile front with gaps and German forces pushing into Luxembourg.
Fred Tuton, from Monroe, was installed president of the Ouachita Association For Retarded Children, succeeding Dr. Levelle Haynes. Other officers installed include C. B. Roberts as vice president, Mrs. Jasper Hicutt as secretary, and Mrs. Lindsey Wells as treasurer. The Ouachita group began in 1958 with formal affillation to the state organization.
West Monroe High School band under Henry Camp will join 53 national groups in the 1965 National Cherry Blossom Parade in Washington D C on April 10. The 86 member unit is the sole Louisiana entry, part of a festival marking U S Japan friendship with receptions pageants fashion shows and a high school concert. Louisiana's previous participation was Lake Charles High School in 1963.
Manufacturing activity in Louisiana rose 33 percent in 1963 from 1958 levels but remained 1 percent below the national average, according to the U S Department of Commerce Census Bureau.
Donn M. Kurtz of Monroe was elected secretary treasurer of the Louisiana Paint Stock Horse Association at its second annual meeting in Alexandria. About 45 horse owners attended to elect officers and board members. Other officers named were J. D. Hooter president, R. Eldon Chachere first vice president, and Bill Landrum second vice president. The association has shows set.
The schedule lists events in Natchitoches in March Alexandria on March 27 Monroe in May and Baton Rouge on August 21 as part of the Fundora program with multiple venues.
Officials search for two sailors missing since last weekend skindiving near LA JOLLA California. Hospitalman Jerrell D Devalcourt 20 Sunset Louisiana and Hospital Corpsman 2C John E Rigers 23 Kansas City Missouri are unaccounted for.
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