Weather Readings and Local Forecasts Across States
Partly cloudy through Tuesday with widely scattered mainly afternoon and evening thundershowers. Highest today and Tuesday to 86, lowest tonight 66. Variable winds 6 to 14 MPH. Rain chance 40 percent afternoons and evenings, 20 percent other times. Outlook: partly cloudy and warm with scattered afternoon thunder showers. Delta: drying conditions fair to locally poor through Wednesday. 40 to 50 percent sunshine today and Tuesday. measurable rains around 0.25 inch, higher spots possible. winds 4 to 6 MPH. Louisiana: partly cloudy through Tuesday with temperatures changing. highs in the 80s, lows 66 to 72. Arkansas: fair north, widely scattered to isolated afternoon and evening thundershowers south, continued warmth. highs near 80s. Mississippi: partly cloudy and warm through Tuesday with isolated to widely scattered afternoon and evening thundershowers mainly south. highs in the 80s, lows in the 60s.
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Urban renewal bills on House agenda across four cities
The House Municipal and Parochial Affairs Committee in Baton Rouge will act Wednesday on urban renewal measures for Monroe Shreveport Baton Rouge and New Orleans. Chairman P J Mills of Shreveport says the committee will study the bills after adjournment. The bills cleared the Senate last week by wide margins.
Indecision Slowed Soviets In War II
Washington AP reports a US Army study on the late World War II Soviet German campaign. It argues excessive caution and a scrapped 1945 winter plan delayed the push to the Oder and Rhine, costing six weeks and potentially altering postwar Europe. The study cites Zhukov’s flank cleanup orders and German counterattacks at Stargard and the Hron as factors.
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Twin Cities CHIT CHAT and New Arrival Items
U S Marine Cpl Bennie F Lawrence Jr on 20 day leave before Alaska duty assignment. Lawrence 19, family is Bennie F Lawrence and wife at 104 Campbell West Monroe. He recently returned from 18 months in Guam. A boy was born to Charlie Smalls at 111 Magnolia Monroe Edward Dwight born 6 lb 4 oz at St Francis Hospital. Mother and baby healthy. Sammy Stovall experiences fishing mishaps on Lake Lafourche Sunday with snakes and no coffee en route.
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Italy Faces Political Crisis as Unrest Spreads
Italy reels from a government crisis two weeks after elections as Premier Aldo Moro plans to resign. Socialist partners quit the coalition, triggering uncertainty amid student protests in Rome and Turin. Demonstrations called by Communist and Proletarian Socialist allies threaten more unrest with a fragile minority government looming.
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Gibbs Proposed As Member Of New Committee
Baton Rouge The Senate Education Committee plans to name three legislators to a 15 member coordinating council. The nominees are the chairmen of the House and Senate education committees and the Joint Legislative Committee on Higher Education. Current holders are Rep Lawrence Gibbs Sen Olaf Fink and Sen Fred Eagan.
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Stovall Pencil Gone Sparks Fisher Tale
Mrs Tina Hargis visiting from Las Vegas reports a hot spell in Louisiana. She is greeted by family including her parents and relatives. She is known locally as Mary L Gandy, daughter of C E Gandy.
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Two-Car Wreck Injures 4 Here
A two car collision at the intersection of U S 165 By Pass and La 15 Winnsboro Road injured four people. George Beckham and his wife Joann Beckham of Orange Texas and their two children Lynn and Tassa plus Beckhams father Willie C Beckham and Mrs Eddie B Beckham of Jena were taken to hospitals. Willie C Beckham remained in critical condition while Joann and Mrs Eddie B Beckham were in satisfactory condition. Sam Mack driver of the other car was treated and released. An Okefenokee marsh note mentions floating islands and trembling earth.
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Junior Rifle Program Opens In Ouachita Parish
Ouachita Parish Sheriff's Department launches a summer Junior Rifle Program from June 10 at the Ouachita Parish Rifle and Pistol Range near Selman Field. Open to youths ages 12 to 18, the program provides 22 caliber bolt action rifles and weekly practice without buying a rifle. Sessions run Monday through Thursday 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. with weather cancellations by calling 322-5123. contact Sgt. J R Bell for details.
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Student Wins Final Race After Deathbed Graduation
Trinity College in Hartford awarded a posthumous bachelor of arts degree in biology to Richard Den Vosler of Omaha Nebraska. He died of leukemia last Tuesday after eight years fighting the illness. He began his education in high school and finished all requirements before his death while planning to attend graduate school.
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Life Still Thrives on Bikini Atoll After Nuclear Tests
Scientists note that life remains resilient on Bikini Atoll, a Pacific island subjected to over twenty nuclear detonations. Despite extensive testing, ecosystems show signs of recovery with evidence of plant and animal activity continuing across the atoll.
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