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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1963
Page
3
Partly cloudy and cold through Tuesday with highs 38 to 44 and lows 24 to 30. Winds mainly northeast 8 to 16 mph. Louisiana Delta and arksansas show similar cold, variable conditions with limited precipitation. Precip totals: 2.89 inches this month, 31.19 inches since January 1.
Nineteen cows wandered onto Ringway Airport’s main runway delaying a KLM Viscount flight. The aircraft with about 50 passengers and crew aboard faced a potential collision in the dark, according to KLM manager Ron Vigars.
The Los Angeles flood leaves several dead including Hlattie Schwartz 75 and Arch Young 58 as 690 unit Village Green apartments suffer major damage. Police evacuated residents after a pencil thin crack appeared in the dam and the structure burst at 3 38 pm. Debris crowds streets as cars and appliances pile along the flood channel.
Final counts show several wards advancing to runoffs after the first primary. Ward 5 features multiple candidates including incumbent Leslie Hamm and Ches ter Nichols as runoff contenders. Ward 9 and Ward 10 also move to runoff considerations with names like John Ensminger and A F E Montgomery Jr. among the high scorers.
A 16 year old West Monroe girl asks aid for her seven siblings and parents showing they are behind on bills and cannot afford medicine or food. She explains the family is poor, the father is unemployed, and they may have to move. Contributions may be sent to Goodfellows Drive care of News-Star World Monroe La.
The Buffalo roster for the post season includes fifteen players who previously played for the New York Mets. The move signals a strategic infusion of Mets experience into Buffalo's championship push.
Donations listed include memorials for John W. Martin Cole and Allyse Anne Brakerfield from multiple donors. Amounts shown include 5.00 10.00 9.00 and a total to date of 2.15, with several names such as Susan Kilpatrick Sally Kilpatrick Herb Kilpatrick and R. M. H. noted among contributors.
The North Louisiana Archaeological Society will hold its regular meeting Friday night at 7:30 in the conference room of the First National Bank of West Monroe. Louis Whitfield will discuss plans for a permanent meeting place and an exhibit room for member artifacts. The meeting is open to the public. Honors Cadet Paul S. Lazarus is named.
Taipei Mayor Huang Chi-jui, suspended 27 months ago on housing and city purchase kickback charges, has been reinstated. Francis Cardinal Spellman, Roman Catholic Archbishop of New York, was mentioned in the report as part of accompanying news.
Lazarus at 218 Jackson St Monroe earned academic honors for the second six weeks at Wentworth Military Academy Lexington Missouri. Paul achieved superior grades to qualify for the dean's special distinction list. Cadets with honors receive extra privileges and may wear the scholastic bar on their uniform.
The York and military vicar will travel Tuesday to visit servicemen abroad with stops in Honolulu and Christchurch New Zealand and four American scientific bases in the Antarctic. Gov. John Connally has been released from an Austin hospital after being wounded in Dallas and says he feels fine though weak. Doctors expect him to be on his feet by Christmas and he notes he is exchanging a hospital bed for a home bed.
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