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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1969
Page
5
The latest AP weather note predicts snow tonight in the Great Lakes area with showers just to the south. Rain continues in the Pacific Northwest while much of the nation enjoys sun and warmer temperatures.
Partly cloudy to cloudy today through Friday with a 20 to 30 percent rain chance. Highs 68 to 74 degrees, lows 50 to 56 tonight, diminishing precipitation this weekend. Southeast winds 6 to 16 mph. Delta region shows drying conditions shifting from good to fair to fair after Friday.
Officers of the Catholic Area Committee on Scouting were announced at a Wednesday meeting in the South Central Bell conference room. J. W. Webster Sr. was named area lay chairman with Dewey Albritton as vice chairman and David Hodges as secretary treasurer. The committee includes Bobby Holmes scout development, D. Joe Kern membership, Webster religious emblems with Albritton co chairman, Vic Revoire religious activities with Sherman Moore co chair, and Henry Norris publicity chairman. The area committee operates under the Diocese of Alexandria committee established by Bishop Charles P. Greco.
Twin Cities brief notes Frank Woolsey Sr. of West Monroe is in fine condition following Monday surgery. He is in Room S11 and welcomes visitors from friends and neighbors. Sharon Stevens turns 11 today, daughter of C. J. and Mrs. Stevens of Ro land Rd Monroe. Bobby Underwood, 16, of Lakeshore Dr Monroe, observes his birthday amid new licensing rules for hunting and fishing.
Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission approves taking unmarked hogs from the fenced Saline Wildlife Management Area in LaSalle and Catahoula parishes. Hog hunting runs Dec 26 to Jan 4, overlapping with deer season. Marked hogs will be impounded and disposed of after January, per J aw.
A Monroe youth was wounded by gunfire on Wednesday afternoon at Ouachita Parish High School campus and is in satisfactory condition at St. Francis Hospital. Shelby Smith, a Swartz bus driver, is jailed on attempted murder and concealed weapon charges after the incident.
East German President Walter Ulbricht sent a message to West German President Gustav Heinemann signaling readiness for dialogue. It marks the first high level contact since 1951 and follows the Volkskammer resolution urging better relations based on peaceful coexistence.
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