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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1963
Page
1
In the Mekong delta near Saigon a Communist ground assault shot down 14 of 15 U S helicopters evacuating government troops. Three Americans including an Army captain were killed and four wounded. Viet Cong forces suffered heavy losses as fighting spread to adjacent rice fields and canals.
Fidel Castro branded Kennedy a vulgar pirate while announcing Cuba had compelled the United States to pay indemnity for Bay of Pigs prisoners. He spoke on TV on the revolution's fourth anniversary, saying imperialists accepted indemnifications for the Girón Beach invaders.
Sen. Robert Kerr of Oklahoma is dead at 66 after a coronary occlusion. His death triggers immediate political reverberations in Washington and Oklahoma, affecting the White House, Senate, and state leadership as Kennedy mourns and Edmondson weighs a vacancy. The Senate tally shifts to 66 Democrats and 33 Republicans. Kennedy and Edmondson react while speculation grows on filling Kerr's seat before January.
Southern England endures its worst snow in 82 years as forecasters warn of another blizzard. Air Ministry predicts fresh snow across the south, menaced villages face food shortages, and roads rail lines remain blocked. About 12,000 auto workers idle, transport costs soar while 10,000 plows work nationwide. Helicopters ferry supplies to marooned areas including the Earl of Lytton in Somerset.
A light humorous quip noting some wives shout Charge like Teddy Roosevelt’s Rough Riders, wherever they go. The joke plays on bold, persistent energy.
Richard Clark, director of the Monroe Little Theatre, will hold tryouts tonight, Thursday and Friday at 7 30 pm in the Strauss Playhouse on Lamy Lane. Approximately 50 performers are needed for the annual musical presentation.
Twin City improvements will start a $11.25 million capital outlay in 1963 led by an $7 million 1-20 bridge over the Ouachita River. Project engineer Don Ingram said both river approaches should be completed by late March, weather permitting, with the bridge opening after approaches finish. Peter Kiewit Sons built the bridge. Farnsworth Co. handles approaches. Despite bridge completion in early 1963, linking Monroe to Shreveport will take 20 to three years. Construction of the federal highway to Vicksburg may begin soon, with completion around 1966. The 1-20 bridge spans the Ouachita at Grand St in Monroe and Austin St in West Monroe.
President Kennedy weighs a gradual 5 to 10 billion dollar tax cut to win congressional support. Treasury to draft a stepped plan to limit immediate deficits while keeping unemployment hopes alive. He seeks foreign policy leverage even as he faces House Rules Committee changes and wary allies.
Rev Paul Jones 75 of Clarks La died Tuesday at Marietta Memorial Hospital while visiting his daughter and son in law Mr and Mrs J R Cooper in Marietta He was born in 1887 in Center Texas and married Vivien Parker of Winnsboro La in 1916 Survived by widow a daughter and three grandsons Funeral service set for Clarks Baptist Church with interment at Old Bethel Cemetery in Clarks Body to be sent to Louisiana Wednesday. Partly cloudy benign weather expected with highs 58 to 64 and mild lows around 38 to 41.
Leopoldville Congo AP reports the Union Miniere copper giant aligned with United Nations reunification plans for the Congo while sporadic clashes continued in Katanga and surrounding regions. The shift signals cooperation as authorities pursue a rapid settlement in a province long torn by secessionist violence.
United Nations secretary-general wants actions not words from Katanga President Moise Tshombe. A UN spokesman said Thant believes negotiations are too late and discussions should focus on technical matters of the plan to reunify the Congo.
Fighting continued in Katanga, the secessionist province, while beleaguered leader Moise Tshombe appealed to UN Secretary General U Thant for a meeting with UN representatives. The item notes ongoing hostilities and international diplomacy directions within the federation crisis.
NATCHEZ Mississippi special report details a late night holdup at the Holiday Inn. A young curly haired bandit armed with a pistol held a female employee at gunpoint and fled with 360.50 from a cash register in a blue and white 1956 or 1957 Oldsmobile. Mrs Odessa Rousseau described a man in his early 20s about five seven, wearing grey work pants a white shirt and a dark jacket. Roadblocks were set up in the area and the intruder had earlier inquired about room gates and warned he would likely return.
London reports a sellout of knee length underpants as Britain's winter cold bites stores note bloomers are flying off shelves. A shop spokesman says they began as a laugh but in bad weather women find them essential. The bloomies are long wooly and unglamorous amid heavy blizzards.
A nine story building and a block long factory warehouse fire in North Philadelphia destroyed 20 homes and damaged 35 more. The $2 million loss left 250 homeless with 2,000 others displaced. Fire Chief Hink and two firefighters were injured. no deaths reported. The blaze forced mass rerouting of 16,000 commuters.
In Moscow Khrushchev offered no major policy shocks for 1963 and signaled steadfast support for Cuba. He warned of rapid Soviet retaliation against capitalist aggression while stressing unity with Fidel Castro. He also cautioned Ulbricht on the unresolved German question and its risk to world peace.
The Great Lakes cover about 96 000 square miles and are the world’s largest body of fresh water, per the World Almanac.local readers note the vast freshwater system surrounding the region and its global significance.
New Orleans AP report details an early morning bar robbery where Leonard Mormando owner of the bar says two armed men demanded the bar receipts and stole 250 dollars. They then kissed the barmaid Virginia Starr twice before fleeing with the loot.
United Press International reports seven people died in Louisiana during the four day New Year holiday with two highway fatalities near Slidell and Angola. The tally includes a drowning a fire death and two accidental shootings along with traffic deaths.
An explosion at Home Packing Co in Terre Haute injures at least 37 and kills eight in initial finds. Ammonia fumes hinder crews as one survivor remains believed trapped, with more workers unaccounted for. Police and fire units, plus a coal-mine rescue team, search the riverfront plant as officials tally casualties.
Rescue teams kept a round the clock search for families motorists and ice fishermen trapped by a severe blizzard in northern Maine. Three feet of snow blanketed Bangor with drifts up to twenty feet leaving authorities unsure when normal conditions would return. Giant snowplows battled drifting on routes while officials warned up to 2000 people could be marooned. Nine New England fires claimed lives in the storm and its aftermath including a Portland union official and nine crewmen from the tug Gwendolyn Spears in Long Island Sound.
A modest bedroom house with a small porch is listed on Arkansas Road near WM FA 20678. Property details emphasize compact living space and location details in a concise real estate notice.
Newly painted three room Northside duplex featuring a new stove and washer hookups. Forced air heating. Call 5-6522 for details.
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