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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1972
Page
5
Forecast calls for fair and pleasant conditions nationwide with showers limited to southern Florida. Cooler temperatures anticipated from New England to the Great Lakes and Northwest coast, while the Southeast edges warmer air.
Readings show high Tuesday and a cool morning with variable winds. Storm chances 20 to 40 percent across Union Lincoln Bienville Jackson Winn Morehouse Ouachita Richland Caldwell Franklin and surrounding areas. Most highs in the lower 90s with lows near 70 to mid 70s and scattered thundershowers possible through Saturday.
Morrian Campbell, making his 897th jump at a Dunedin pageant, fell 8000 feet with only a third of his parachute open. He suffered critical injuries, received 58 pints of blood, and remains hospitalized two months later. He recalls checking the altitude meter and waking in a hospital with intention to fly again once cleared.
Monroes Lamy Lane Evangeline Street pump station and new water mains, costing about 800000, performed well during a week of heavy rain totaling over two inches in some areas. The system drained lowlands and kept the Bayou DeSiard canal flowing, with many observers noting the dramatic water discharge resembled a geyser at Yellowstone. Also noted are local notices: Mr and Mrs John FE Wroten attend the Texas Hearing Aid Association convention in San Antonio with plans to visit Mexico, Ruby Murry receives an early birthday greeting, and the Holdsworths welcome their second child, Robert Bedwell Holdsworth, born at Glenwood Hospital in West Monroe. A brief aside mentions Anne Bonny, an 18th century pirate who escaped hanging by claiming pregnancy.
Monroe attorney Paul Henry Kidd plans to qualify as a Democratic candidate for Fourth Judicial District attorney. Ouachita Parish Republicans report Tom Davenport has qualified for Division B, with Kostelka and Haynes signaling potential bids. Other races see no major challengers yet in Divisions A C and 4.
River Stages cites Monroe Republican sources for candidate information in the City of Monroe School Board and John C. Massey. Haynes discusses Louisiana Public Service Commission and Fifth District U S Congress races. Democrats set a 5 p.m. qualifying deadline today for Fourth Judicial District and Ouachita Parish races ahead of Aug 19 primaries.
In Dortmund the Labor Office opened a nursery for children of mothers undergoing job interviews. The kindergarten, first of its kind in West Germany, is separated from the interview room by a glass wall so mothers can watch their offspring.
Baton Rouge. Louisiana education officials report about $100,000 in office supplies unaccounted for. Assistant Superintendent Winston Riddick says missing items include desks typewriters and adding machines and that no theft is suspected. Some equipment from the federal manpower program is also missing from projects statewide.
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