Weather Brief for Monroe and Surrounding Areas
Partly cloudy and warm through Tuesday with scattered afternoon and evening thundershowers. Highs 89 to 93, winds southerly 5 to 15 mph. Louisiana Delta expected 88 to 93 with a low around 70. Southeast Arkansas hot with 90 to 96 highs. Mississippi regions show 86 to 94 highs and 66 to 76 lows. Rain chances up to 30 percent, dewpoints near 70, drying conditions improving by Tuesday morning.
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Monroe
Louisiana Delta
Arkansas
Mississippi
Louisiana
Monroe School Board Meeting Sets Bids on Cafeteria Equipment
The Monroe City School Board will meet Tuesday at 3 p.m. to bid on cafeteria equipment and to select an official journal and fiscal agents for the new year. Summer school closes Wednesday afternoon through Monday for the Fourth of July holidays. Odom's office will be closed.
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Monroe City
van Odem
Odom
Students Defy U S Law For Cuba Fact Finding Trip
About 59 American students flew to Cuba via Prague to gather independent views on life in socialist Cuba. They defy U.S. travel bans, aiming to tour cooperatives and meet leaders including Fidel Castro, while facing potential prosecutions on return.
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Czechoslovakia
U.S
Levi Laub
New York
Cuba
Laub
Columbia University
Harvard
Todd Stuart
Boyce
Helen Fleming
San Francisco
Prague
Cubana Airlines
Riviera
Fidel Castro
Don Rainman
Oakland
Calif
Havana
U.S. State Department
Kennedy Bears Gifts To Rome
President Kennedy presents gifts to Rome for Segni Leone and Pope Paul VI. Segni receives a silver desk set with the presidential seal, a silver framed photo, and a leather bound set of Kennedy books. Leone gets a stone azurite paper weight with a gold plaque and Kennedy books. Paul VI receives a red velvet lined desk box with papal arms and the presidential seal, plus a silver framed photograph.
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Rome
Kennedy
Antonio Segni
Giovanni Leone
Paul VI
Segni
Leone Kennedy
Leone
Pope Paul
Northeast State College Art Education Major Profile
CHIT-CHAT continues from page one detailing a student at Northeast State College pursuing art education. The subject, a modeling student of Mabs Jolissaint, is identified, with the Peters residing at 101 Fairfield Avenue in West Monroe.
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Northeast State College
Mabs Jolissaint
Fairfield Avenue
West Monroe
Ouachita Parish to patrol boats and mobiles for Fourth of July
Sheriff Bailey Grant said Ouachita river patrol boats Gunsmoke and Doc Adams will guard the holiday period and serve as first aid stations while deputies operate water units trained in first aid. Mobile units will cooperate with state and local police to curb highway violations as crowds flock to Ouachita Parish waterways, especially July 4. Local police chiefs promise heightened patrols along through Monroe and West Monroe with special officers on duty for Forsythe Park and Neville High School stadium celebrations.
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Bailey Grant
Doc Adams
Ouachita River
Monroe
West Monroe
James C. Kelly
Jeff W. Caldeen
Forsythe Park
Neville High School
Kennedy Defends Civil Rights Bill Before Commerce Panel
Senator Kennedy urged that racial discrimination in privately owned public accommodations is morally wrong and economically wasteful, rejecting exemptions for small businesses. He explained the bill’s reach hinges on substantial interstate impact, and that owners could seek court rulings to learn coverage. Cotton pressed on how to determine applicability without a clear threshold.
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Commerce Committee
Kennedy
Cotton
49 Misdemeanor Cases Handled In Busy Session
Judge Hillyer S. Parker presided over a busy Fourth District Court session handling 49 misdemeanor cases. Most offenses were traffic related. Four defendants entered not guilty pleas for DWI and will be tried on Sept 13 or Oct 11. Odell Adams pleaded guilty to DWI with a $300 fine. Luther Hamilton had a warrant issued for failure to appear on a reckless driving charge. Wilbert Potter was fined $25 for reckless driving. Everett McCready faces trial Sept 13 for illegal possession of a CNS stimulant. Other minor offenses noted.
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Hillyer S. Parker
Fourth District Court
Ednal R. Whitlock
Downsville
James Angurson
Burg Jones Lane
Monroe
Charles M. Caples
Cecil B. Williams
Poplar Street
Odell Adams
Debra
Unsure coverage note in proposed legislation
The fragment notes that certain items should not be covered by the proposed legislation. It mentions exemptions or scope questions but lacks clear details or named entities.
East Berlin hosts Red leaders amid Ulbricht birthday show
In East Berlin on Ulbricht’s 70th birthday, Khrushchev praised the East German leader and pledged German unity under communism. Albania, North Korea and North Vietnam voiced support for Beijing’s line, while Kadar, Novotny, Zhikov, and Gomulka showed little visible enthusiasm among about 3000 onlookers.
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Red
East Berlin
Walter Ulbricht
Albania
North Korea
North Viet Nam
Peking
Khrushchev
Germany
Janos Kadar
Hungary
Antonin Novotny
Czechoslovakia
Todor Zhikov
Bulgaria
Wladyslaw Gomulka
Poland
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U.S. Weather Bureau
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Lakes
Monroe School Board
James A. Truly, M.D
North 7Th St
Bourbon
Hiram Walker & Sons Limited
Walkerville, Canada
Canada
Grant
Ouachita Parish
Robert
Walter Pierron
Lakeshore Pharmacy
DeSiard Road
Sol
S. M.L._Ivy
Jantzen
Dobbs
SI M
Entiri
Freeman
Florsheim
Madras
Cord Blazers
Reg
Sol Snyder
Ulbricht
International Communist Movement
Het Shoe Shop
Eja
Skainberg
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