Schools Closed To Avoid Road Hazards
Surprised Twin Cities area residents faced a light snowfall of one to one and a half inches by noon as clearing skies were forecast later. Temperatures would fall further, creating hazardous conditions by Friday with lows 14 to 18. Ouachita Parish schools closed but plan to resume Friday if not changed, with early Friday updates via electronic notices. Overpasses iced and state police urged only emergency traffic. the Monroe old traffic bridge was closed.
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Twin Cities
Ouachita Parish
Monroe
Wood-Garbed Man Appeals For Alex Lab
Charles H. Lewis Jr. of Alexandria Louisiana in wood clothing and cookies claims to urge Congress to fund a wood products research laboratory in Alexandria with 450000 dollars. He describes coats shirts and ties of wood and rayon from wood with cookies of cellulose. He cites plywood beams pine siding and stabilized 2 by 4s from southern pine and argues intensified research will restore healthy markets for southern tree farm products.
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Washington
Charles H. Lewis Jr
Alexandria
Congress
Lewis
Louisiana Forestry Association
House
Wisconsin
Leave Wildlife Out In Country Officials Warn
Officials from the Monroe Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission warn it is illegal to capture or keep wild animals. Dr W Carroll Summer says wild animals may carry rabies. animals may bite and die in captivity. The note urges leaving wildlife in their natural habitat to protect public health.
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Monroe
Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission
W. Carroll Summer
Ouachita Parish
Dr. Summer
Commission
State Chamber Chief Stricken at Barksdale Dinner
SHREVEPORT UPS State Chamber of Commerce President Leonard W. Phillips, 45, suffered what a relative called some kind of a heart attack and was hospitalized after collapsing at a reception and dinner at Barksdale Air Force Base in Bossier City. The relative said Phillips was on the floor before help arrived.
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Shreveport
UPS
State Chamber of Commerce
Leonard W. Phillips
Phillips
Barksdale Air Force Base
Bossier City
Kennedy orders alert as Cuban MIGs fire near shrimp boat
President Kennedy ordered all necessary action to prevent a repeat of Wednesday’s Cuban rocket attack on the shrimp boat Ala near the Florida Straits. The White House said several thousand Soviet personnel will be withdrawn from Cuba by mid March, a move seen as reducing tensions. The Ala was not hit, and U.S. officials sought a full explanation from Havana via Swiss channels.
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Florida Straits
Cuba
U.S
Defense Department
Washington
Kennedy
Havana
United States
White House
Salinger
Ala
Pentagon
Florida
Health Care Package Sent To Congress
President Kennedy unveiled a $10 billion five year aging plan emphasizing elderly housing, income, and life improvements. The package centers on hospital insurance funded by Social Security, tax benefits for the elderly, plus housing loans, group residences, and elder employment measures. An administration bill mirrors last year’s proposal, opposing private plans and arguing for Social Security financing.
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Washington
Kennedy
Congress
American Medical Association
Royal Rally In Adelaide Sees 500 Children Collapse
In Adelaide more than 500 children collapsed at two mass school rallies for Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip. About 17,000 children gathered in Elizabethville Township as temperatures reached 80 degrees in the shade. Sixty ambulance corpsmen ferried fainting children from the crowd while the Queen and Prince toured in an open car. A cooling breeze later reduced casualties at the Victoria Park rally, but hundreds required ambulance treatment after their departure.
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Adelaide
Australia
APD
Queen Elizabeth
Prince Philip
Elizabethville
Prince
Victoria Park Race Park
Today’s Chuckle on avoiding trouble and wronging none
A lighthearted quip advises avoiding trouble by harming no man and writing no woman, presented in a classic newspaper humor tone. The pun hinges on wordplay about conduct and language, reflecting a gentler era’s social humor.
Board Faces Budget Shortage At Louisiana Institutions
Louisiana state institutions confront operating capital shortfalls as Lincoln Greene, chair of the State Board of Institutions, warns the Angola prison is deteriorating due to last year’s budget cuts. He cites an unfinished hospital at Angola lacking equipment and staff, while E. R. Anderson notes growing financing problems as the year advances and a $7.2 million request awaits legislative consideration.
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Louisiana
Chester Greene
State Board of Institutions
Greene
Angola
Louisiana Training Institute For Boys
LTI
E. R. Anderson
Legislative Budget Committee
Monroe Chamber Plans March Convention Posters
Monroe’s Chamber of Commerce preps for the March convention season with two large posters to dress hotel lobbies. One shows a projected Selman Field airport terminal and the other a forthcoming municipal auditorium and civic center.
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Monroe
Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Selman Field
Municipal Auditorium
Civic Center
George McDonald
Frances Hotel
Virginia
Two Salt Lake City girls battered and buried alive
In Tooele Utah two 18 year olds Carol Annette Clayton and Drinda Jane Ames were found alive after being battered with a hammer and buried under desert brush. A 19 year old dishwasher Rex Hintze admitted the assault and was jailed for assault with a deadly weapon. Tony Robertson 19 helped seek aid after the attack. The girls were hospitalized in critical condition. Robertson fled on foot a race of 14 miles to summon help.
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Tooele
Utah
Salt Lake City
Carol Annette Clayton
Drinda Jane Ames
Tony Robertson
Faye Gillette
Rex Hintze
Great Salt Lake
Gillette
Robertson
Cocke Cleared Of Malfeasance
State District Judge Lessley Gardiner acquitted Criminal District Judge J Bernard Cocke on malfeasance in office. Gardiner, a special Opelousas judge, had earlier found Cocke innocent of contempt of an Orleans Parish grand jury. The verdicts followed hearings held within 18 hours of each other.
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New Orleans
Lessley Gardiner
J. Bernard Cocke
Gardiner
Opelousas
Orleans Parish
Louisiana Supreme Court
You Know The Number Of Women In Gainful Work
The number of employed women in the United States has nearly doubled since World War II began, according to Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. This reflects significant labor market participation increases during the war era.
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United States
The
Metropolitan Life Insurance Co
Judge stands firm lower bail for pickets refused
A Baltimore municipal court judge denied reducing bail for 74 students arrested in protests against segregation at the Northwood Theater. Most defendants are Morgan State College students. Bail set at 600 dollars for 71. three freed on recognizance due to illness. Integrationists vow to continue protests.
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Baltimore, Md
Baltimore
Northwood
Morgan State
Finnerty
Juanita Jackson Mitchell
Supreme Bench
Tl Am
Grand Ole Opry Star Shot Six Times By Wife
Ira Louvin of the Grand Ole Opry was shot six times at his Nashville area home. He suffered chest and hand wounds and remained in serious condition. Wife Faye Louvin was jailed on assault with intent to murder and a lunacy warrant was issued. Louvin said he was beaten, and the shooting followed an argument with his sisters present, who denied restraining him.
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Grand Ole Opry
Nashville
Toen
Ira Louvin
The
Louvin
Charlie Louvin
Faye
Gordon Walker
Louivin
Leon Slater
Lorene Phillips
Henagar
Ala
Tremendous George Washington Birthday promotion by Twin Cities merchants
Merchants across the Twin Cities plan a Friday and Saturday George Washington Birthday event featuring tremendous values on winter, spring, and summer merchandise. Participating groups include the Greater Monroe Downtown Association and the Twin City Shopping Center with many other merchants. The Eastgate Shopping Center runs a Mardi Gras promotion alongside.
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Twin Cities
Greater Monroe
Twin City
Eastgate
News-Star
Monroe
Winter Weather Advisory for Louisiana
Cold air grips the state with a hard freeze expected lows 14 to 18 and a Friday high near 24 to 42. Snow reached Winnfield around 11 a.m. with possible flight cancellations if conditions ease. Morehouse Parish schools weigh dismissal. Icy overpasses in Union and Morehouse being salted. Strong winds ease tonight.
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Louisiana
Winnfield
Selman Field
Morehouse Parish
Union
Morehouse
Wall Street Astir After Widow's Stock Stolen
The theft of more than 3.5 million dollars in stock certificates from widow Therasa N. McSweeney's New Rochelle home prompted Wall Street alerts after a securities firm warned that stolen certificates were to be presented for transfer. FBI said the Sept 10 1961 break in involved two armed men who tied the caretaker and stole valuables, with jewelry also taken at Atlantic City days earlier.
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New York
Wall Street
FBI
Theresa N. McSweeney
New Rochelle
N.Y
Atlantic City
N.J
Blossom with Want Ads for spring business boost
A promotional note touts Want Ads as a rapid sales tool that outperforms ten salesmen in a week. It highlights fast easy inexpensive advertising and urges business owners to start using the Want Ad Number FA 2516 to generate leads and profits.
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John Fogleman
Alex Lab
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Pierre Salinger
Rally For Royalty
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Louise Bushnell
Women's Department
National Association of Manufacturers
Chamber Commerce
Virginia Hotel
Mobile
Joe Hodge
Central Baptist Church
Lee Avenue
Fellowship Hall
Harold Taylor
Miss Clayton
Miss Ames
Cocke
Joseph Finnerty
Morgan State College
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