Weather details Monroe and Delta forecasts with showers
Partly cloudy through Tuesday with thundershowers affecting about 50 percent of the Monroe area today and up to 20 percent Tuesday. Highs 84 to 90, Lows 46 to 72, southeasterly winds 5 to 15 mph. Delta region: showers 30 to 50 percent today, up to 20 percent Tuesday. Highs mid to upper 60s, lows 66 to 72. Outlook: warm through midweek, drying conditions varying by area with rain totals near half an inch overall.
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Twin City Chit Chat on vacation and Gemini 4 link
West Monroe couple Mr and Mrs C D Red Smith enjoy a Colorado Wyoming trip and snow in Leadville Colo Mrs Smith a West Monroe alderman praises spring beauty The Monroe man Graham L Humble notes one Gemini 4 crewmate is a former West Point classmate of Edwin H White The two attended US Academy together in 1952 but in different companies
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Wallace Takes Editors On Alabama Tour
Visiting editors tour Alabama under Gov. Wallace as he pledges openness in a four day trip from Selma to Huntsville and Mobile. They may inspect state records while Viola Liuzzo’s murder spot is visited en route. Wallace defends progress in education and industry amid racial tensions and promises correction if findings differ.
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Lightning Strikes Twice at Hidden Valley Course
Dr Russ Poulson aced the 176 yard third hole at Hidden Valley Country Club for a hole in one, matching a prior ace on the same hole with the same three iron. Seven golfers watched, with Poulson boasting about the earlier round witnessed by four people.
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UPI
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More Schools Comply With Act
Washington AP report notes many public school districts in southern and border states submit desegregation plans for all grades by fall to secure federal aid. Of 114 plans accepted, 88 call for full 12 grade desegregation this year, with guidance aiming for complete desegregation by 1967.
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Office of Education
Alabama
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Francis Keppel
Welcome home with JAX Genuine Draft in bottles
Jackson Brewing Company of New Orleans announces JAX Genuine Draft Beer in bottles. The beer requires no refrigeration until you are ready to chill it for drinking and is marketed as a draft beer experience at home. A six pack is recommended.
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JAX
Fire simulator trains foresters without burning risk
Teaneck based Decision Systems, Inc. unveils a Forest Service training aid that projects moving flames and smoke and responds to trainees decisions. Thomas A. Wood, president, says the device lets firefighters practice without getting burned.
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UPI
U. S. Department of Agriculture
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Thomas A. Wood
Decision Systems, Inc
There's A Reason For Sea Landing
Spaceflight notes explain U S manned spacecraft rely on splashdowns due to lack of back to land capability. Gemini and Apollo crews would wet land unless a new system using a parachute and braking rockets near ground is developed. American engineers pushed the idea, inspired by Russian methods.
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Houston, Tex
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Edward H. White II
U.S
United States
Manned Spacecraft Center
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Paraglider landing system proves feasible for Gemini craft
Engineers led by project engineer Lee Norman tested a dummy Gemini capsule equipped with rockets, demonstrating a maneuverable parachute can bring a spacecraft to a dry landing spot without disaster. Recent land tests loosen NASA funding for full scale development, after past $30 million on a sea splash system. A dry land landing would save maintenance costs and enable reuse, unlike saltwater recoveries requiring complete refurbs.
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Lee Norman
NASA
Manned Spacecraft Center
Bridge Tops Popular Card Game In America
A Chicago card company reports survey results showing bridge as America’s most popular card game. Following it are poker canasta pinochle rummy hearts auction bridge and solitaire.
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UPI
America
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