Weather Summary for Monroe and Adjacent Regions
Partly cloudy today with fair conditions tonight and Wednesday. Cold spell persists with highs in the 40s and 50s, lows in the 20s. Louisiana and surrounding areas show similar patterns with light rain in the far southeast and temperatures ranging in the 40s to 50s. Sunset 5 13. Sunrise 7 10. Rainfall total 2.89 inches for the month to date.
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Monroe
Louisiana Delta
Mississippi
Louisiana
Johnson weighs veto of $4.4 billion public works bill
President Johnson faced a decision on vetoing or signing the 4.4 billion public works appropriation. He aims to explain his stance publicly whether he signs or pockets the bill. A Kansas City briefing with top aides precedes a report to former President Truman on budget and intelligence matters.
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Johnson City
Tex
UPI
Johnson
White House
Panama Canal
House
Senate
Theodore C. Sorensen
Lbj Ranch
Charles Murphy
Michael Forrestal
National Security Council
Marshall Carter
Central Intelligence Agency
Elmer Staats
Budget Bureau
Johnon
Washington
Kansas City
Harry S. Trumane
Murphy
Truman
Fixed Elector Nominating Method Urged
The Public Affairs Research Council urged Louisiana legislators to adopt a specific method for nominating presidential electors to avoid future sudden changes by any party state central committee. PAR proposed two elector slates for the July 25 primaries, one pledged to national nominees and the other potentially unpledged or to another candidate.
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Baton Rouge
Public Affairs Research Council
Louisiana
Democratic State Central Committee
National Party
PAR
State Central Committee
Aycock says he will win as independent candidate
Golden Meadow Louisiana Lt. Gov. C. C. Tad Aycock declared in press remarks that independence remains misunderstood in Louisiana politics. He cited 190000 endorsements in the first primary and stated he sought no endorsements for the second if reelected. He affirmed his independent status and confidence.
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Golden Meadow
UPI
C. C
Taddy) Aycock
Louisiana
Aycock
Americans Smoke 523 Billion Cigarettes In 1963
Washington AP report says Americans smoked about 523 billion cigarettes in 1963, a new high for the seventh straight year. The Agriculture Department also notes 7.2 billion cigars and cigarillos were smoked, a 40 year high, while chewing tobacco output fell to about 65 million pounds, down 20 percent from a decade ago.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Oil Slick Four Miles Long May Land On Beach
A huge oil slick four miles long and a foot thick lay off the Southern California coast threatening to reach the beach. The Coast Guard saw the slick stationary and could not predict its movement. A line broke at Wilshire Oil facilities during tanker Oregon Standard discharge, releasing about 1,000 barrels of crude into the sea before discovery.
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Huntington Beach
Calif
The
Coast Guard
Oregon Standard
Wilshire Oil
Watch Night Services at Southside Methodist Church
New Year's Eve watch night services are at Southside Methodist Church 1623 S 4th St starting 7 p.m. The church opens to all ages until 9 p.m. with music, youth activities, and TV viewing. The Junior High Methodist Youth Fellowship Presents a film Professor and the Prophet then an installation at 10 p.m total with refreshments and holy communion at 11 p.m.
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Southside Methodist Church
S. 4Th St
Lea Joyner
Junior High Methodist Youth Fellowship
Valachi observes New Year from lonely DC jail cell
In a fourth floor DC jail cell Joseph Valachi marks New Year while under constant guard. The former mob informant remains a convicted murderer with a rumored $100,000 bounty on his head and no immediate plan to appear before the Senate subcommittee again.
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Washington
Joseph Valachi
Valachi
District of Columbia
Senate
Little Theatre Tryouts for Once Upon A Mattress
Tryouts for the musical Once Upon A Mattress will be at Strauss Playhouse Lamy Lane Thursday through Sunday at 7 30 p m. Monroe Little Theatre executive director Richard Clark invites anyone who wants to act sing dance or work backstage to participate. The show satirizes a fairy tale princess who cannot sleep on 20 mattresses, a role that helped launch Carol Burnett to fame.
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Strauss Playhouse
Lamy Lane
Richard Clark
Monroe Little Theatre
Carol Burnett
Shotguns Stolen From Automobile in West Monroe
Monroe police investigated the theft of two automatic shotguns from a parked jeep truck at a DeSiard Road restaurant. Tex Kilpatrick and Harry Carpenter, both West Monroe residents, reported their 12 gauge Browning shotguns were taken while they dined. Kilpatrick’s gun valued at 175 dollars and Carpenter’s at 145 dollars. Police also probed a separate theft of a single basin sink from Economart Furniture and Appliance Store on Jackson Street.
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Monroe
DeSiard Road
Tex Kilpatrick
Maine Dr
West Monroe
Kilpatrick
Harry Carpenter
Clover St
Community club and lodge officers installed in Monroe area
Parker earns promotion to Probation Officer II overseeing nine northeast Louisiana parishes. E Roy Jones becomes president of North Monroe Kiwanis, Jim Heimgartner vice president, A F Canizaro secretary treasurer. Stonewall Lodge Knights of Pythias installs officers. X L Leonard serves as Chancellor Commander. West Monroe Kiwanis installs new officers at Highland Park Country Club with Clarence Wisdom leading the ceremony. Rinehart marks 22nd year as secretary treasurer.
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Northeast
Louisiana
Parker
West Monroe
Jackson Parish
Monroe
The
National Council On Crime and Delinquency
E. Roy Jones
North Monroe
A. T. White
Stonewall Lodge No
Knights of Pythias
Castle Hall
St. John Street
X. L. Leonard
Kiwanis Club
Highland Park Country Club
Eugene Smith
Ed Koscrog
Henry Malone
Herbert Rinehart
District 6
Kiwanis
Clarence Wisdom
Ferriday
Rinehart
Tree Fall Fatal To Campti Man
Campti resident John W. Foster aged 24 was killed when a tree fell on him while cutting pulpwood. His companion Francis Vascoca, also of Campti, was seriously hurt and transported to a hospital in Shreveport. The accident occurred off U S 71 between Coushatta and Campti.
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Campti
Coushatta, la
John W. Foster
Francis Vascoca
Shreveport
U.S. 71
Coushatta
Police Bookings Report From Ouachita Parish
Ouachita Parish sheriff's department booked 50 year old Ivory Joe Hunter on a peace warrant filed by a woman and released him on a $500 bond. West Monroe police booked 24 year old Jimmy C. Walker for driving while intoxicated at 12 midnight on Natchitoches Street.
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Ouachita Parish
Taxpayers Line Up To Meet Tax Deadline In Ouachita Parish
Ouachita Parish tax office sees long lines as property owners rush to beat the deadline for state and parish taxes. Postmarked payments through December 31 will avoid a 10 percent penalty. Civil deputy Co D Meredith reports total receipts of 3.192 million as of Monday with Monday’s intake at 935 thousand and total collectable property taxes for the parish this year at 4.708 million.
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Ouachita Parish
Meredith
City Court Hears Light Docket In West Monroe
Judge John McCormick fines Lesley Mayo 300 dollars plus costs for driving while intoxicated and 50 dollars for driving without a valid license. Three others are fined for reckless driving and speeding. additional details list names and ages. Also notes spring training games by the Yankees in Fort Lauderdale with night games against the Dodgers on April 6 and the Senators on April 10.
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John McCormick
West Monroe
Lesley Mayo
Mayo
Nat St
Ray G. Winchester
Nero Bradford
Negro
Rt. 2
Jonesboro
Brent Hussey Jr
Tupelo Dr
Ralph E. Givens
Jonesboro Road
Joseph Easterling
Olia
Yankees
Fort Lauderdale
Dodgers
Senators
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Bill Bailey
Lavon Butts
Ray Nixon
B. J. Parker
Odis
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Pontiac
Lonely Cell
Little Theatre
Westport II
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Miss Meredith
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Ala
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