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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1964
Page
8
A year ago high and low temperatures are noted with a single day rainfall and month to date totals. The entry records yesterday's rain and cumulative precipitation for the current month and year to date. The fragment references 76 degrees as a high or low in the sample.
Northeast Louisiana and Arkansas show partly cloudy warm conditions with highs in the upper 80s to mid 90s and lows around 68 to 74. Winds southeast to southwest 5 to 18 mph. Agricultural advisory notes drying conditions, dewpoints in upper 60s, and 70 percent sunshine today and Wednesday.
River stages show flooding in the 24 hour period with changes recorded at multiple stations along the stream. Officials monitor rising water levels and advise caution for nearby communities and low lying areas.
A West Monroe woman, Joyce D. Poulson, 22, was booked for driving while intoxicated and reckless driving after a 3:35 PM crash on Trenton Street. Her car struck three parked cars, ran over two meters, and toppled a sign near the Trenton Pine intersection.
Louisiana Tech President F. Jay Taylor told the Monroe Lions Club that education trends favor normalcy over excellence. He urged that the superior be placed above the average and that colleges provide superior teachers to match student energies. He spoke at the Frances Hotel Gold Room luncheon.
In a continuation from page one, Adcock, a Monroe senator, reiterates backing Gov. McKeithen and states his willingness to back a teacher pay raise bill if revenue allows. He asserts McKeithen will find the funds in due course and predicts history will show who championed the schools.
Fort Worth Texas AP report says attorneys for former Maj. Gen. Edwin A. Walker begin presenting evidence today in a $2 million libel case against The Associated Press. A jury of four women and eight men was selected Monday to hear the proceedings.
State police report a two vehicle crash on Louisiana Ave near Wallace Dean Road. George Anzelmo 15 Butler St West Monroe was ticketed for failing to yield the right of way and negligent injury after his car struck by James R. McKnight 29 Rt 5 West Monroe as McKnight’s car hit the left front of Anzelmo’s vehicle while turning left. Glen Hobanks 12 West Monroe and James R. McKnight are named in the incident.
The Twin Cities area will be well represented at the first session of Ozark Boy's Camp in Mount Ida Arkansas with eight boys leaving Friday Bill Haile Tom Burnett Berry Dumas David McIntosh Jr Mack Barham Larry Barr Edwin Conger and James Hogan. Several area boys plan to attend the July second session and include Billy Husted Ashley Snabnet Eddie Barns Brian Hall Lewis Hanks Russ Morrow and Don Etzel.
James Farmer of the Congress of Racial Equality outlined plans to fight for civil rights at the Democratic national convention. The strategy targets Mississippi and Louisiana delegations as not representing Negro voters, seeks seating for the Freedom Democratic Party, and contemplates challenging Republican delegations with registered minority voters.
Two area school superintendents J B Thompson Jr Richland Parish and Ted Wright Morehouse Parish attended events with the 95th Division at Fort Polk during a weekend parade and activities. A Freedom Democratic Party delegation is planned in Mississippi by precinct county and state bases with a rump convention of excluded Negro voters. CORE and SNCC staff will drive voter registration in Mississippi and focus on the 4th Congressional District including Meridian and Canton. Louisiana plans are not announced. The Democratic platform will push unemployment solutions and open housing alongside a strong civil rights plank.
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