Weather and agriculture advisory across states
Clear to partly cloudy conditions persist through Saturday with cooler days. LouisianaDelta, Arkansas, and Mississippi regions report highs in the 40s to 60s and lows down to the 20s or 30s. Drying conditions favored during daytime. frost possible tonight. sunshine 80 percent or more. Precipitation not indicated through Saturday. Sunset and sunrise times noted. last year temperatures listed.
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Theft Of Wallet Is Being Probed
The Monroe police are investigating a theft from an automobile. A wallet containing $11 was taken from a car parked at Joe and Dave's Grill in West Monroe. Carolyn Causey reported the incident from 303 Iris St. West Monroe. A 57-year-old St Louis man, Alvin L Cantrell, was booked for simple theft of a pocket flashlight.
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Monroe
Carolyn Causey
Iris St
West Monroe
Louisville
St. Louis
Alvin L Cantrell
Five year old dies after running into road near Opelousas
Five year old Michael Brous sard was killed by a truck on La. 742 about four miles southwest of Opelousas. State police said the boy ran into the road to investigate a firecracker which had not exploded. The truck was driven by 21 year old George Robin of Little Teche. no charges were filed.
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Opelousas
UPI
Michael Broussard
George Robin
Little Teche
Morrison claims Monroe assets to boost Louisiana image
Gubernatorial candidate Chep Morrison told a Monroe breakfast crowd that the area has assets to enter the big leagues with a 9 foot channel underway. He urged a local development team approach to attract industry and shift state attention to northeastern and northwestern Louisiana.
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de Lesseps S. Morrison
Monroe
Louisiana
Morrison
Baton Rouge
Claude Duval
Jack Dyer
Farmerville
Ruston
John J. McKeithen
Columbia
Northeast
Gulf South
Chep Morrison
Earl K. Long
James A. Noe
New Orleans
Marksville
NOSTRA Linked To 1962 Mob Insurance Fraud Scheme
The Sun-Times reports that Caifano and Barbe formed a criminal scheme in 1962 involving writing a theft insurance policy for a DuPage County firm claiming to import onyx art from Africa. The warehouse burglary of $68,000 worth of art objects never occurred, Barbe said, noting two burglars forced open the warehouse door.
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Caifano
Oak Park
Barbe
The
Sun-Times
DuPage County
Africa
Perry Mason Endures as TV’s Golden Mystery
Hollywood notes praise CBS TV series Perry Mason starring Raymond Burr. The column credits Burr’s performance and the show’s Los Angeles setting and production unity with writer Erle Stanley Gardner and producer Gail Patrick Jackson, noting its lasting popularity and sophisticated portrayal of crime.
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UPI
Cbs-Tv
Mason
Paris
John Wayne
Raymond Burr
Y. A. Tittle
Perry Mason
California
Los Angeles
Gail Patrick Jackson
Erle Stanley Gardner
Longshoreman killed by 2800 pound wire roll on barge
In New Orleans a 2,800 pound wire roll toppled onto Ivy Gaudet, 50, in the hold of a Mississippi River barge, crushing him instantly. Sam Moran of the coroner's office said the rolls shifted when a passing ship caused one to fall. the warehouse loss was listed as empty.
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New Orleans
UPI
Mississippi
Ivy Gaudet
Sam Moran
Coroner’s Office
Gaudet
Two U S Airmen Die In Plunge Near London
In thick fog and icy roads, a car carrying two U S Airmen swerved into a canal 65 miles north of London. Airman William McFarland of South Carolina and Airman Thomas Franklin of North Dakota, stationed at Lakenheath, were killed. Both widows and three children survived them.
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Britain
Mildenhall
1.C
William McFarland
Hartsville
S.C
C. Thomas Franklin
Ryder
N.D
Lakenheath Air Base
McFarland
Gloria
Franklin
Dianne
March for the March of Dimes drives planned next year
Plans for the March for the March of Dimes drive are being formed for the early part of next year. Mrs. Glenda Saxon leaves the West Monroe Police Department after earning the title Sergeant and plans to open a beauty shop at home. Her exchange to beautician comes after a long service career that included the unique nickname given by City Judge John F. McCormick. Northeast State College freshman Sylvia Smith works as chamber of commerce secretary during a city official’s leave, while her father Eugene Smith remains the boss at home.
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Glenda Saxon
West Monroe
Saxon
Northeast State College
Sylvia Smith
West Monroe Chamber of Commerce
Evelyn Terrall
Miss Smith
Eugene Smith
West Monroe Boys Club Opens Holiday Hours
West Monroe's Boys Club will be open 8 a.m. to noon on New Year's Day. Club President John F McCormick said the boys are out of school and the club offers opportunities. Director Lloyd Williams will keep the building open 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on other days during Christmas vacation.
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West Monroe
John F. McCormick
Lloyd Williams
Tree mailed to DeRidder woman for Christmas
Mrs Elizabeth Hart of DeRidder receives a gift Christmas tree by mail each year from friends in New Hampshire, former Fort Polk staff. Relatives in West Monroe called it the prettiest tree seen, noting last year’s arrival on Christmas Eve kept up past Mardi Gras.
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Louisiana
Elizabeth Hart
DeRidder
Beauregard Parish
New Hampshire
Fort Polk
West Monroe
Perez couple visits Baton Rouge for Christmas
Mr and Mrs Nicholas Perez traveled by the Alexandria route to Baton Rouge to celebrate Christmas Eve and Day with family. They noted clear roads after passing Monroe about 50 miles south.
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Nicholas Perez
Baton Rouge
Alexandria
Monroe
Want Severance Tax Ruled Invalid
Shell Oil Co sues in federal court seeking to strike part of Louisiana severance tax as unconstitutional. It seeks a 32854 refund for taxes paid on oil and gas production from wells on Barksdale Air Force Base and names Roland Cocreham of the state revenue department as defendant.
Licenses Issued For Wheat Sale Deal May Be Off
The Commerce Department issued two conditional licenses totaling 40.6 million dollars for private wheat sales to the Soviet Union. If Moscow accepts U.S. terms including shipping on U.S. vessels the sale proceeds, otherwise the deal may fail. Unnamed American firms hold the licenses. The plan follows President Kennedy's approval three months earlier amid Soviet objections to higher U.S. shipping rates. The Soviets are said to want cash payment.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Soviet Union
U.S
John F. Kennedy
Negro Woman Killed in Auto Crash Near Jonesville
A 47 year old Negro woman Bethel Farris of Winnfield was killed when the car she rode with her husband crashed at the French Fork bridge on U S 84 near Jonesville. Her husband was mildly injured in the wreck.
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Here
Bethel Farris
Winnfield
French Fork Bridge
U. S. 84
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