25 Dec 1962
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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1962
Page
1
As Christmas nears its end residents in Northeast Louisiana attended church services and prepared to say goodbye to relatives. Only one traffic fatality near Tallulah Monday afternoon amid hazardous conditions. Police urged caution as highways crowded with holiday travelers and区域 drivers faced drizzle and poor visibility.
President Kennedy and the First Lady attend Christmas Mass then take their children to Joseph P. Kennedy's home for a large holiday dinner. Caroline and John Jr. gaze at a gingerbread house as the family relaxes at the White House vacation estate.
A house fire in Austin possibly started by an overheated gas stove killed two children Roy Ed Smith aged 3 and Debbie Gayle Wilson aged 2. Grandmother Jessie Jones 76 was critically injured and Juanita Smith, 1, hospitalized. Police said the parents left the children with Mrs. Jones.
The African Pilot, a freighter turned mercy ship, readies to sail from Havana to Port Everglades with 1,000 plus relatives of Bay of Pigs invaders. Fidel Castro calls the gesture a Christmas bonus as U.S. authorities approve the evacuees.
Survivors of the Bay of Pigs invasion were flown home in a two day Operation Ransom ending Christmas Eve. The 1,112 men shared holiday meals with families, while 1,000 women and children prepared to leave Havana for the United States as political refugees. Fidel Castro pledged early release for two American prisoners as negotiations continued.
Four death row inmates at the state prison were remembered at Christmas as a Fort Worth man donated 15 dollars for inmate gifts. Chaplain C M Johnston delivered fruit candy cakes soft drinks cigars and cigarettes, and a lighted tree was placed for the men who could see it. Awaiting execution are Joe Edward Smith of Houston Joe D Sneed of Dallas and Bennie Lee McIntyre of Tahoka with Jan 3 Jan 20 dates.
In Barrow Alaska, about 700 people packed the Utkegavik Presbyterian church for the annual Christmas program, featuring whale meat and caribou on the menu. Afterward, church members caroled through Barrow, the world main Eskimo village, with pastor Rev John R Chambers noting Christmas brings spiritual uplift to natives.
Providence RI report states the patient Theodore is listed in danger after release, with mention of an eight and an oldest one man eve, indicating continued critical condition and uncertain prognosis.
New York AP report says Pedro Rivera 44 the suspect in three fatal slayings was shot by police on Manhattan’s Upper West Side after killing a bartender. Rivera admitted the three killings as officers chased him, with one officer downing him in a running gun battle at 86th Street and West End Avenue.
East German guards on the Berlin Wall fired two shots and a flare as tensions rose near the checkpoint. Reports say guards broke the momentary quiet early in the morning, signaling a tense breach of the peace at the divided city.
Goodfellows distributed 485 baskets of food clothing and toys to those in need on Monday. Donations totaled 6311.24 surpassing the 6000 goal. The News-Star World thanks supporters including Cloverleaf Dairy for 200 quarts of milk and Monroe Wholesale Drug Co for cosmetics and toiletries.
An OCR fragment shows various donations to groups including Pi Lambda Alpha Omicron Pi Lambda Tau Chapter at Northeast Louisiana College and Parkview Baptist Sunday school class, with amounts such as 10.00 and 15.00. Names mentioned include George A Martin Paul and others. full details are unclear.
The remainder of Christmas Day will be cloudy and rather cold with scattered light rain and drizzle, increasing tonight and Wednesday. Highs near 42 to 48, tonight’s low 34 to 44, little sunshine expected. A Thursday freezing rain possibility was noted as the forecast. In Monroe Monday, the high reached 39 with a low around 4.
A light editorial quip notes many folks who feel fine still forget to let their faces reveal it. The column uses a humorous tone about facial expressions to draw a smile.
The Associated Press reports severe winter weather disrupted travel during the holiday period with hundreds killed or blamed for accidents nationwide. Officials urged motorists to stay off roads as icy conditions worsened nationwide.
Christians offered thanks for peace on Christmas as Cuba hosted a prisoner swap for medicine and food and exit permits for over 1,000 relatives. U S. President Kennedy praised the Cuban release as essential to national principles while Cardinal Spellman urged strength for peace. Pope John XXIII spoke of wisdom and prudence amid fear, and Elizabeth II highlighted the Telstar satellite. Queen Juliana reflected on Wilhelmina, and regional strife influenced pilgrim movements to Jerusalem as Yemen’s civil war intensified.
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