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Newspaper

Monroe News Star

Location

Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America

Date

Dec 24, 1963

Page

7

Mississippi Roads Still Very Tricky

Subzero conditions eased but many Mississippi highways remained icy and dangerous. Patrol warned north and central areas to avoid travel with bridges iced over and spots of glaze persisting on routes from Port Gibson to Tupelo.

Mississippi Highway Patrol Port Gibson Jackson Carthage Macon Highway 61 Natchez Trace Kosciusko Tupelo Vicksburg Greenwood Greenville Batesville Helena Mississippi River Memphis New Albany Starkville Aberdeen Amory West Point Columbus Meridian Hattiesburg Gulfport Brookhaven Natchez Bridge

Late Markets Chicago Hogs Cattle Prices Mixed Up to Steady

Hogs at 6 000 traded mixed with steers and sows. Butchers steady to 25 cents higher for various weight ranges. Cattle and calves saw slaughter steers up to 50 cents higher with primes and high choices among 1 050 to 1 400 pounds. New Orleans reports limited supplies, sweet potatoes and citrus prices partly noted.

Chicago USDA

Recessed Jan 10 in Ruby bond hearing near Kennedy site

Jack Ruby's bond hearing is resumed January 10 in Dallas with defense seeking a venue change. The session included security measures, testimony about Ruby's state of mind and an incident where a dancer carried a concealed pistol in her purse. Judge Brown denied bond. trial set for February 3.

Dallas Tex Jack Ruby Stone’s Throw John F. Kennedy Melvin Belli Ruby Nellie Joe Tyler Karen Lynn Bennett Little Kyan Bill Decker R. B. Denson Joe Brown Belli Dist Henry Wade Oswald Texas George Senator Doyle Edward Lane Western Union Little Lynn Lane Karen Bennett Fort Worth

Jackson backs McKeithen in Louisiana runoff

Former governor candidate Shelby M. Jackson education chief endorsed John J. McKeithen in the January 11 runoff. Jackson, fifth in the December primary, cited fears of federal encroachment and preserving freedoms. Morrison and McKeithen opponents campaigned while supporters gathered in Louisiana parishes and cities.

Baton Rouge Shelby M. Jackson John J. McKeithen Jackson Gillis Long Robert Kennon Louis Michot McKeithen deLesseps S. Morrison United Press International Lake Charles Columbia New Roads Morrison Chalmette

New Orleans dockworker faces Christmas in hospital after chimpanzee kidney transplant

Jefferson Davis, 44, who received kidneys from a chimpanzee in November, remains at Charity Hospital with a head cold and fragile infection resistance. Doctors delay his homecoming amid weather and observation as Tulane physicians weigh when he can leave for Christmas.

New Orleans UPI Jefferson Davis Davis Charity Hospital Tulane University Doris

Three Indicted Following Probe of Embezzlement

NEW ORLEANS AP A former executive Jules B Hernandez 54 of Covington former vice president of Metairie Savings Bank and Trust Co and two former employees Sybil Williams and Rosemary Bridges of Metairie were indicted by a federal grand jury on embezzlement and diversion of bank accounts dating back five years Williams cited in six counts Bridges in one count Hernandez arrested August 24 1962 and released on 20000 bond

New Orleans Metairie Savings Bank and Trust Co Jules B. Hernandez Covington Sybil Williams Rosemary Bridges Metairie Miss Williams Miss Bridges

Qil-Gas Hearings Slated In State January 22 23

Public hearings are set for January 22 and 23 in Baton Rouge on oil and gas field operations. Louisiana Conservation Commissioner James Gill noted an additional hearing on an exceptional location for a well in Glade Bayou field added to January 16 in Shreveport.

Baton Rouge UPI James Gill Gill Glade Bayou Shreveport Belle Isle North Tepetate Klumpp Riceville Shuteston Miller Bosco Frio

World observes Christmas Eve around the globe

Pilgrims flocked to Bethlehem for nativity celebrations as Pope Paul VI urged peace. Wartime and division shadow many regions from Vietnam to Berlin, Cyprus to Korea. Rescue ships reached Madeira and the Canaries after the Lukonia tragedy. a winter storm affected travel nationwide.

Associated Press Bethlehem Pope Paul VI South Viet Nam Cyprus U.S North South Korea Berlin Madeira Canary I Slinos Morocco Lukonia Atlantic Church of the Nativity Pope Paul Ludwig Erhard Germany Berlin Wall Nicosia South Viet Nam United States

Realistic Yule Charity at Caliente Track in Mexico

In Tijuana Caliente Race Track John Alessio, 53, funds a yearly Christmas program giving 18 000 bags of food toys and stockings to and 27 families with blind parents amid 18 000 attendees. His seven schools, built at 50 000 each, plus a personal backstory from Clarksburg West Virginia to San Diego and a rise from shoeshiner to bank executive label him a local philanthropist.

John S&s Alessio Santa Claus Tijuana Mexico San Diego Calif Caliente John Alessio

De Angelis Faces 18-Count Trial In Oil Scandal

Anthony De Angelis, financier behind the Allied Crude Vegetable Oil Refining Corp collapse, faces an 18 count indictment for circulating forged warehouse receipts totaling about 39.36 million dollars. He surrendered after indictment and was released on bail as federal investigators proceed.

Newark Anthony de Angelis Allied Crude Vegetable Oil Refining Corp Bayonne de Angelis New York City Walter D. van Riper Allied American Express Warehouse Ltd U.S. Atty David M. Satz Washington Atty Robert F. Kennedy FBI Securities and Exchange Commission Department of Agriculture

Communists Send Oswald Letters and Replies

NEW YORK AP The Communist Party USA says letters from Lee Harvey Oswald and copies of replies have been sent to the commission probing President Kennedy's assassination. Party PR director Arnold Johnson said Oswald never was a Communist or Marxist, though he claimed to be one and sought literature.

New York Communist Party of the

Blanco Moves To White House as First Family Dog

A white collie named Blanco has moved into the White House as a Christmas gift for the First Family from Lois Nelson a 9 year old girl from Woodstock Tl In a letter to President Johnson she said the pup will bark at burglars and cheer his lonely job Johnson accepted the gift noting children everywhere love animals He asked future gift givers to donate to local groups instead The Johnsons already have two Beagles

Louisiana Morrison C. C Taddy) Aydock Franklin Alexandria Lafayette Percy Ledoux Opelousas Wilhelmina Savoy Cankton McKeithen Ledoux St. Landry Parish Pointe Coupee Francis A. Smith J. C. Roberts Joseph P. Jewell Juanita Laurent Percy D. Hebert D. Elmore Beenel Melbin P. Barre Harold L. Montegut Remy F. Cross Henry Hymes Carl B. Close Gillis W. Long Lawrence D. Richard Charles Patout Lafayette Parish Long St. Martin, Vermilion St. Mary Lafayette Parishes Washington Blanco White House Lois Nelson Woodstock Johnson

Rat Bite Fatal to Four-Week-Old Girl in New Orleans

A four-week-old girl, Genevieve Davis, died after a rat bit the nipple of her milk bottle and a hole in her forehead in a New Orleans apartment infested with rats. Police reported the bite occurred Sunday but was not reported until the baby's death this morning.

New Orleans UPI Genevieve Davis

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