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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1964
Page
15
A terse note from INLOPP recalls a quirky exchange where a dog shop owner asked a friend “Wanna pet?” prompting playful chatter about animal care and companionship. The fragment hints at casual, informal conversation in a storefront setting.
United Press International reports a commentator denounces President Johnson as presenting a misleading budget. The piece critiques projected deficits, spending levels, and repeated claims of economizing amid a growing national debt and recurring Treasury deficits across prior administrations.
Real estate transfers list cash deeds and mortgage deeds from Ouachita Parish. William W Ward sells to Phares Corder Lot 3 Block 19 Broadmoor Place for 7800. Robert Halstead sells to Joan Wesley Williams SW quarter of Sec 17 T17N R3E for 12950. Asrey Lumber sells to James Beaver Lot in Jamar Heights for 11600. Ouachita Construction sells to Northeast Realty of Monroe Lot 1 Block E Unit 7 Jamar Megats for 5800. Percy Savage sells to Northeast Realty a lot in Greater Monroe Homes for 4300 cash plus 10500 mortgage. James Johosky sells to Ronnie Cooper Lot 4 of resurvey of J S James Construction Co Unit 2 for 3750 mortgage. HM Zengier sells to Bible Missionary Court in Monroe La SW quarter of SW quarter Sec 11 T7N R4E for 8459. Mortgages include J S Thompson to Mrs Larkin Lot S6 of Renwick’s Addition for 1600. Peoples Homestead Association sells to Alvin Thorn Lot 7 Parkview Subdivision Unit for 11800. Zuber & Sours Silds Contrac tors to Vernon Waller et ux Lot 4 and east half of Lot 5 Square F Riverbend Addition to West Monroe for 2000.
The Paramount opens at 12:30 with a feature slate from 12:30 to 2:50 and evening shows at 5:05, 7:20, and 9:30. Contact 372-0970 for details and pricing.
Washington reports armor plating and bullet deflecting glass are being installed in the stand for President Johnson's inauguration parade on January 20. Aberthaw Construction Co. manager Joseph Donovan said this protection is new for the president and discussed similar glass at the Capitol stand with no decision yet.
Rodney Sumpter finished fourth in the six mile surfboard race at Honolulu. He demanded board weights and officials found one board too light, his own. Sumpter was disqualified for the violation.
A final AP analysis from Leopoldville weighs Congo chances as an independent nation. It argues that delaying Western and Chinese involvement may prevent a Viet Nam style conflict, noting Congo chaos, evolving rebel leadership, and the need for time amid Cold War pressures.
A New Delhi dispatch describes American expatriate children in Asia, their clash of cultures, and how despite living abroad they cling to American tastes. It notes their attire, language skills, and schooling as they adapt to life from Tokyo to New Delhi.
A man in Western hat and boots test drove a late model car from a Clovis New Mexico used car lot and failed to return. Police traced the car he left to Amarillo Texas where it had been stolen from a different lot, then found it had been stolen from a Lubbock Texas lot and traced further to Hobbs New Mexico as investigators worked to determine the original source.
Sheriff John Miller reports vandals dug up two mail boxes and a small billboard and placed them in the middle of U S Highway 60 east of Mount Sterling. They erected a barrel barricade and posted signs directing traffic around the obstruction.
The text describes American children living a traveling life, noting they often have higher IQs and do better in college but face disrupted math schooling due to travel. It portrays jet travel as normal, with conversations at night focusing on ice cream in Michigan rather than new sights, and longing for home every two or three years.
In Macon Georgia UPI reports a federal indictment against six Ku Klux Klansmen for conspiring to deprive Negroes of civil rights was dismissed by Judge W A Bootle for failing to show a federal violation. The case stemmed from the slaying of Lemuel Penn in Washington D C last July.
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