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Newspaper

Monroe News Star

Location

Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America

Date

Jun 19, 1961

Page

6

Weather and bids in St Joseph area and parishes

Monroe and Vicinity mainly cloudy with warmer temps and scattered thundershowers. Louisiana expects high 80s with 70s lows. Mississippi mostly clear with little temperature change. East to southeast winds 8 to 16 mph. ST JOSEPH bids opened for Tensas Parish School Board office building, Leonard C Bassett apparent low bidder at 37752 dollars. seven bids taken under advisement.

Monroe Louisiana Mississippi ST. Joseph Tensas Parish School Board Leonard C. Bassett

Low Treasury No Shock To Taxpayer

Washington columnist Lyle C. Wilson argues Treasury Secretary Dillon faces cash shortfalls. He notes a 12 month period ending June with $86 billion in receipts versus $93 billion in spending, predicting higher debt and inflation. He expects Congress to raise the debt limit to $298 billion, sustaining deficits into 1962.

Treasury Washington UPI Secretary of Treasury Douglas Dillon Dillon U. S U.S Congress Kennedy

Police Dog Balances Out Police Fray

In New Orleans a K nine unit dog named Jet intervened when two police officers clashed with three Air Force enlisted men on Lake Pontchartrain shore. Jet leaped from a three wheeler, biting and tearing at the airmen who were later booked on charges of simple battery and resisting an officer.

New Orleans Air Force Jet Lake Pontchartrain Albert Andre Andry Alex Vega Keesler Air Force Base Biloxi Miss

Goldwater Faults New Frontier Tactics in New Orleans

Senator Barry Goldwater told the Young Republican Federation that the New Frontier relies on failed 1930s methods and warned that local problems may be handed to a Washington bureaucratic god. He also criticized Cuba tractor exchange plans as unconstitutional and immoral.

New Orleans Barry Goldwater R-Ariz Young Republican Federation Goldwater Washington Cuba Fidel Castro

Orleans Strikers Won’t Interfere With Unloading

Union spokesmen in New Orleans said strikers will not interfere with unloading two Army cargo ships, the Brinton Lykes and the Gen evieve Lykes, tied up idle due to an apparent conflict in orders among striking unions. Bob Meers faulted Sykes for a mistake while Harry Alexander said the union had cleared the ships for unloading, with policy to avoid hampering cargo in the national interest. another ship, the Volunteer State, has been cleared.

New Orleans Union Brinton Lykes Lykes Bros. Steamship Co Bob Meers Harry Alexander The National Maritime Union Sykes Volunteer State

Four Women Dead In Louisiana Weekend Crashes

Four women were killed in Louisiana weekend crashes on U S Highway 171 near Mansfield and on State Highway 13 near Crowley. Victims include Mrs Harvey Calvert 38 of Houston and Mrs Lillie Harden 50 of Pine Bluff. Linda Sue Calvert 15 was critically injured. Other injured include Mrs Velma Cook Harris 55 of Fort Worth and Harold L Davis 18 of Rayne. A Denham Springs resident Fannie Nettles 40 died in a separate Gonzales crash. Sam Cook faced homicide charges.

U.S. Hwy Mansfield Harvey Calvert Houston Tex Lillie Harden Pine Bluff Ark State Hwy. 13 Crowley Dua Comeaut Kaplan Harold L. Davis Rayne Tles Denham Springs Negri- Samuel Cook

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Rockies Continental Divide Central Plains Mississippi Valley North Atlantic States Gulf Coast Plateau Mid Atlantic North Atlantic Nation Ohio Valley Pacific Northwest By Lyle CC. Wilson Samuel V. Clark, D.D.S Medical Arts Center N. 18Th St Monroe, Louisiana H.P Mathes America BTU Btu’s New Frontier Orleans Strikers Associated Press U.S. Hwy. 61 Gonzales Fannie Net Mvguub Isodine Pharmacal Corporation Dove Dover Del Broyhill Forest Chemical and Supply Co., Inc Jackson Monroe Baton Rouge Shreveport Lafayette Lake Charles Monroe Alexandria Dallas Chicago New York Miami Southern Bell
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