Weather roundup for Monroe region and surrounding states
Mostly cloudy and a little cold today with occasional light rain or snow. Tonight will be partly cloudy and colder with lows 25 to 28. Tuesday brings clear to partly cloudy skies and cold with highs 36 to 44. North to northeast winds 10 to 20 mph. Regional notes cover Louisiana Arkansas and Mississippi with similar cold and unsettled conditions and minor precipitation chances.
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Monroe
Louisiana Delta
South Poins
Arkansas
Mississippi
Louisiana
Interior
Hodges Sees Expansion of Economy
Washington AP Hodges projects the U S economy to grow about 5 percent in 1964 and notes prices should stay fairly stable Personal income has risen about 300 per person over three years and could gain another 100 in 1964 GNP was 584 billion in 1963 and near 600 billion by year end If tax cuts are enacted GNP could top 620 billion in 1964, boosting expansion through 1965 unless Congress blocks tax relief.
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Washington
U.S
Luther H. Hodges
Hodges
Congress
Roosevelt hotel fire claim examines origin and toll
Mayor defends fire safety and notes origin near the Emerald Room while fire chief cites asphyxiation as cause for most deaths. Marian Curry, 43, of Santiago and Greensboro, dies after a rope collapse. Hotel guests, including Clemson coach Frank Howard and sportswriter Harry Mehre, flee as smoke fills upper floors.
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William HH. Johnston
Roosevelt
Meyer
Johnston
Marian F. Curry
Santiago
Chile
Greensboro
N.C
Curry
Emerald Room
Alton Joseph Crowden
Fire Department
Frank Howard
Clemson
Harry Mehre
Atlanta
University of Georgia
University of Mississippi
Rifle Theft and Car Theft Reported in Monroe
Monroe police report a rifle theft from a car at the Holiday Inn on Louisville Avenue. A Marlin 30-30 with scope valued at 110 dollars was stolen after the car was broken into between 10:30 p.m. and 5:30 a.m. A late model Cadillac stolen from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints lot in Monroe was found in Newton, Texas with a 15-year-old escapee from Louisiana Training Institute aboard. Police also booked three for DWI or reckless driving, including Alice Marbley for DWI and reckless driving.
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Monroe
Holiday Inn
Louisville Avenue
Asst
Sidney G. Martin
William W. Bond
Kenmore Ave
Alexandria
Virginia
Bond
Church of the Latter Day Saints
Lee and
Forrest Avenues
Newton
Tex
Louisiana Training Institute
Travis D. Dunn
S. Grand St
Fred Browne
Dunn
Browne
DeSiard Street
Alice H. Marbley
Louberta St
Swayze Street
Monroe Man Fined and Jailed for DUI
Judge Jesse Heard in Fourth District Court fines Cornelius Wright of 907 Atkinson $400 and costs and sentences him to 125 days in jail for driving while intoxicated the second offense in Monroe with the case heard today.
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Jesse Heard
Fourth District Court
Monroe
Cornelius Wright
Atkinson
Births at St Francis Hospital Share Local Names and Dates
Birth notices from St Francis Hospital list new arrivals with family placements in Monroe West Monroe and Sterlington. Included are Martha Faye Hix born December 20. Bobby Alan Stanley born December 22. John Otis Brown Jr born December 22. Rhonda Deen Beavers born December 23. Gary Wayne Maxwell born December 23. Norma Kay Justice born December 24. Tanya DeLynn Hale born December 24. Douglas Isaiah Thomas Jr born December 20.
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St. Francis Hospital
Samuel C. Hixon Jr
Swartz
Martha Faye
Z. L. Stanley
Prairie Road
Monroe
Bobby Alan
John Brown
Route 1
Mangham
John Otis Jr
D. L. Beavers
Sterlington Road
Douglas I. Thomas
Box
Douglas Isaiah Jr
Local Court Fines and Jail Term Appeal Guilty Plea
In Monroe the court fined and jailed one defendant after a guilty plea. Several other cases involving minor violations were also processed.
Johnson City Diplomacy Gains High Praise
President Johnson's first personal diplomacy with West German Chancellor Ludwig Erhard is praised by German and American informants. The leaders reportedly reached full agreement and understanding, and a communique says both sides aim to pursue East-West detente and a just, lasting peace.
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Ludwig Erhard
Texas
Lyndon B. Johnson
Stonewall
Tex
Johnson City
Johnson
Erhard
Three Charged In Tensas Parish Game Violations
Three Alexandria men, Jerry Martin aged 18 Richard A Schmidt Jr 18 and Irving Singer 28, were charged in Tensas Parish with four counts including illegal possession of deer meat after Friday night arrests by state game agents. Sheriff W M Seaman named the suspects and said fire hunting was among the charges.
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ST. Joseph
Alexandria
Tensas Parish
W.M. Seaman
Jerry Martin
N. Dr
Richard A. Schmidt Jr
Thornton
Rangers seize suspects in deer meat case on highway stop
State Rangers Vance Herring and Sidney Emfinger nabbed multiple suspects in Tensas Parish for offenses including hunting deer with unplugged guns and discharging firearms from a roadway along with illegal possession of deer meat.
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Tensas Parish
Vance Herring
Sidney Emfinger
New Year Dance Schedules by Pan Hellenic Council
The Twin Cities Pan Hellenic Council sponsors a New Year's Eve dance from 10 p.m. to 2 a.m. on the Virginia Hotel roof with John Fred and the Playboys providing music. Tickets available at the door. Police and fire departments will be on duty while council members return to work at 8 a.m. Thursday.
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Police Department
Fire Department
Pan Hellenic Council of the
Twin Cities
Virginia Hotel
John Fred
The
Playboys
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U.S. Weather Bureau
Swerk
Mississippi Valley
Southern Plains
Central Plains
Lakes Area
Dakotas
Idaho
EF. C. McDerman
Twin City Shopping
Council Dance
ONSEN
Northeast
Power Co-op., Inc
Winnsboro
Claiborne Electric Co-op
Homer
Concordia Electric Co-op
Ferriday
Member
Association of Louisiana Electric Cooperatives, Inc
Field’s
Monroe, Louisiana
City, ST
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