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Monroe News Star

Location

Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America

Date

Dec 31, 1962

Page

2

New Year Holiday Sees No Deaths In Area Traffic

Minor injuries from traffic incidents reported across the region during the New Year weekend, with no fatalities so far. A three car crash at Sterling on Highways 2 and 553 around 11 am Sunday left four people with minor injuries, including Cynthia Cupit and Alice Handley.

Sterlington Cynthia Cupit Box Alice S. Handley South Third Street Monroe Marion D. Hadley South Tird Street Johnny Johnson Louisiana State Lire Bobbie L. Cupit Sterlngton Louisiana 2 Hadley Woodrow W. Harp Sterlington Harper Supit Lynte Street West Re Parnell Tarrance Jackson_she

Ada Marionneaux Rites Held At St Marys Winnsboro

Funeral services for Ada Voigt Marionneaux 82 of Winnsboro were set for 10 am at St Marys Catholic Church with Father John Mulkeen presiding. She died Saturday after a long illness at a local nursing home and is mother of WoFE Marionneaux and wife of Ralph Marionneaux of Monroe. Burial followed at New Winnsboro Cemetery under Mulhearn Funeral Home guidance. Rosary was Sunday service. Survivors include son Alvin of Port Arthur, daughters Enid Frazier of Shreveport and Hazel Metzger of Miami Beach, 11 grandchildren, 26 great grandchildren and two great great grandchildren. Pallbearers listed as John Barkley Knight Jr, Joe Alpe, Edgar Lowry, Robert Barrey, and John W Tarver.

Winnsboro Ada Voigt Marionneaux St. Mary's Catholic Church John Mulkeen Marionneaux Wofe Marionneaux Ralph R. Marionneaux Monroe Mulhearn Plaquemine St. Mary's Church Alvin L. Marionneaux Port Arthur Tex Enid Frazier Shreveport Hazel Metzger Miami Beach John Barkley Knight Jr Joe Alpe Edgar Lowry Robert Barrey John W. Tarver

Edwards Funeral Services Held At 2 PM Today

Funeral services for Mrs. Thelma Thomas Edwards 58 of Monroe were set for 2 PM in Mulhearn Funeral Home chapel Christian Science rites followed by burial in Union Parish Cemetery She died Sunday morning at her home and had lived in Monroe 82 years Survived by husband M L Edwards two sons Thelma Edwards and John Edwards both of Monroe one daughter Miss Thelma Louise Edwards two sisters Mrs Enice Dean Monroe and Mrs Jorine Cartlidge Eastland Texas

Edwards Union Parish Shead Monroe Christian Science Church M. Edwards Aroug. Edwards John .Edwards Thelma Louise Edwards Enice Dean Jorine Cartlidge Eastland Texas

Cardinal Visits American Troops in Northern Pakistan

Francis Cardinal Spellman archbishop of New York began holding visits Sunday to American servicemen stationed in northern Pakistan. Spellman has toured U S bases overseas on his annual Christmas mission after trips to Alaska Japan the Philippines Vietnam Okinawa and Formosa.

Karachi Pakistan Francis Cardinal Spellman Archishop New York Akistan Alaska Japan Philippines Viet Nam Okinawa Formosa U.S

Drennan To Stay In Sterlington

Charles G. Drennan, a pharmacist, will remain on the Sterlington Town Council and Ward 1 of the Ouachita Parish School Board. He declined offers in Jackson and Monroe and will continue serving while people want him to stay. He and Supt. Ward plan to travel to Chicago Tuesday to sell $2 million in school bonds.

Charles G. Drennan Sterlington Ouachita Parish Jackson, Miss Monroe Ouacchita Parish Drennan Supt Chicago

Tough Native Troops Harass Viet Nam Red

Montagnard highland tribes in South Viet Nam, armed and relocated to fortified hamlets, bolster Saigon forces against the Viet Cong. Reds target these communities, looting, drafting, and even burying resisters. Route 14 activity rises as stockades spread through two thirds of the highland territory, widening tension with lowlanders.

Viet Nam Saigon South Viet Nam S. Guidance Red Malaya South North Highlands

Bus Sinks in Iraqi River Killing 38 in Crash

A Baghdad bus plunged into the Euphrates River, killing 38 people as it crossed a bridge. The vehicle carried 77 students and teachers. among the dead were 22 girls, 8 teachers, and the headmistress.

Baghdad Iraq UPI Euirrates Tiday

Kennedy Writes Look Bet on Free World Future

President Kennedy argues in Look that the Communist bet on world conquest is failed and that the future lies in a world community of independent nations with diverse systems. He warns against complacency and urges vigilance and effort to uphold democratic ideals while contrasting Eastern Europe with Western Europe and the Common Market.

New York Kennedy Look Magazine Europe

Electric Utility Industry Faces Growth in 1962 Records

In 1962 the electric utility industry continued its growth with output projected at 459.4 billion kilowatt hours, up 99.6 from 1961. Generating capacity reserves reached 407 million kilowatts, and investment climbed to about $5 billion with 12 percent of U.S. business investment. Nuclear plans emerged with Consolidated Edison proposing a $175 million plant in New York City.

New York Edison Electric Institute Consolidated Edison Co New York City Standard & Poor

Tugboat Gwendolyn Steers Missing With 16 Aboard

A 100 foot tugboat the Gwendolyn Steers with 16 men aboard disappeared after radioing pumps and taking on water two miles west of Eatons Neck Long Island. Coast Guard planes and a New London cutter searched amid 75 knot winds and 10 to 15 foot seas, but no trace was found. Lifeboat sighting reports could not confirm the vessel’s fate.

New York Gwendolyn Steers Coast Guard Steers Sand and Gravel Co Huntington Eatons Neck Long Island New London Floyd Bennett Field Brooklyn Gwendolyn Northport

Final Rites For Cauthron Child

Graveside services for Linda Nell Cauthron six years old daughter of Mr and Mrs F Cauthron of Highland Texas were set for 2 pm today at Memorial Park Cemetery with Rev W T Hemphill officiating. The Hartford died Friday in a Houston hospital after an extended illness. Burial under Hixson Brothers Funeral Home direction. Surviving are her parents two sisters Radona Marie and Sammye Leann Cauthron both of Highland and paternal grandparents Mr and Mrs Tom Cauthron of Clayton La.

Linda Nell Cauthron 8. F. Cautheron Highland Texas Memorial Park Cemetery W. T. Hemphill Houston Cauthrons West Monroe Hixson Brothers Funeral Home Radona Marie Sammye Leann Cauthron Highland, Texas Tom Cauthron Clayton. la

Bar owners brace for wind to keep TV signal clear

Bayonne New Jersey fans gathered at a local bar as four brothers Samuel Joseph Anthony and Carmen Maita rotated on the roof to steady a 30 foot television antenna in strong gusts. The high winds disrupted the national football league championship broadcast from a Philadelphia station keeping patrons anxious for the outcome.

Bayonne N.J UPI Joseph Samuel Anthony Carmen Maita Philadelphia

Van Allen attacks JFKs science group at AAAS

Dr James Van Allen critical of the President's Science Advisory Committee at the AAAS meeting saying the panel relied too heavily on Telstar data and ignored Injuns satellite evidence He called the committee hasty and government dominated while Space Agency officials announce Mars robot expeditions for 1966 and a 1970 Apollo astronauts radiation exposure limits plan.

Philadelphia James van Allen David Beckler Space Agency United States Mars van Allen Science Advisory Committee Johnston Island Pacific State University of Iowa Telstar Jerone B. Weisner James W. Warwick Boulder, Colo

31 Hour Talkathon Proves Failure

Yonkers residents aged 14 to 65 talked for 91 hours to block a plan by the City Council Democrats to redistrict election wards. The long session failed to stop the council from pursuing the partisan redraw.

Yonkers. N.Y Yonkers

Real Estate Transfers and a Chicago style council filibuster

A long list of real estate transfers records several sales in Ouachita Parish including a Farmerville Bank sale to Owl Creek Realty Co and multiple subdivison transactions with prices ranging from 459 to 12500. A political filibuster incident is noted where Democrats blocked a council plan by a 31 hour session, leading to a 7 6 vote to end it and adoption of a redistricting plan favoring Democrats for next November’s election.

Guachita Parish Farmerville Bank Owl Creek Realty Co, Inc Gossett Pearl Kingston Russ Hettie Moore John Ralph Morgan Ruth Clark LaGrange Oak Park Clifford J. Calloway J L. Osborn J. T Vinson Fortheast Township 14 Eugene William Biegenwald J Paul Hewitt Breard Place Larry H. Mamilton Continental Insurance Co Carter West Monroe Larry W. Seabet Belle Sanders Smith Humphries Airport Lester L Reese William Fulton Martin Township 17 James M. Bradford John L Luffey Roselawn Addition John E. Flynn Flynn

Mice Feeds for Boa Constrictor in Haddam

David Townsend in Haddam Connecticut says he will buy plain house mice for his five foot boa constrictor. He notes white mice are too expensive to feed such a Christmas present. The boa was bought from a New York pet shop by his uncle.

Haddam Conn UPI David ‘Townsend David New York

Better Prepared Winsford Ham Thief Strikes Again

Police suspect the same thief who 15 months ago roamed a Winsford butcher shop stealing a ham and carving knife. He struck again Saturday night taking another ham a knife and a roll of bandages from the shop and left.

Winsford England UPD

Should the doctor tell in the medical debate

A condensed Reader's Digest article from Good Housekeeping examines whether doctors should tell incurably ill patients the truth. The piece discusses patient crises and the loss of preciousness in life, featuring a debate by two distinguished physicians in a January issue.

Reader’s Digest Good Housekeeping

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