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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1963
Page
5
USDA AP report from Chicago shows hogs trading around 18.00 to 18.75 per hundredweight with various weights, including 5,500 head and sow ranges down to 13.25. Cattle and calves feature slaughter steer bids from 21.25 to 23.50 per hundredweight, with high choice loads and Holstein lots noted among varied beef and dairy classes.
In New Orleans market notes fruits and vegetables list various prices for corn cucumbers eggplant okra peppers and peaches with quality distinctions. In New York stocks rallied early with rails leading gains while oils and some industrials moved higher or held steady as macro merger hopes influenced trading. The Dow stood near 718.17 as sessions showed mixed activity across exchanges.
United Press International reports stocks mixed and higher in a modest session with U.S. government bonds firm amid quiet trading. Midwest shares ease while cotton futures hold steady and Chicago grains move lower.
Thomas Peter Sherlock 24, a Northeast Louisiana State College student, died in a Monroe hospital from injuries in a two car collision on U S Highway 86 near Rayville. Funeral services in Gunwood Funeral Home with Rev. Wesson. burial in Green Acres. Survivors include parents, a brother, a foster brother, and a grandmother.
Investment adviser James Dines urges ignoring forecasts of a summer rally noting that past declines in summer have been sharp. The Alexander Hamilton Institute adds markets remain selective and consolidating with a possible moderate dip from current levels.
Richard Clark announces the cast for The Desperate Hours at Strauss Playhouse Lamy Lane. The four day run begins July 12, produced by Northeast Louisiana State College and the Little Theatre of Monroe with a lineup including Stan Wyatt, Beryl Franklin, and Linda Lee Martin among others.
Dr. Daniel Dupree chair of the mathematics department at Northeast Louisiana State College received a National Science Foundation grant of 3500 dollars for a one year project. The work, entitled Approximation by Rational Functions, aims to obtain the function that best describes the optimum flight path for missiles.
Monroes and West Monroes city courts processed mainly minor traffic cases on Monday. In West Monroe Judge John McCormick fined Carl M McCormick and William B Bennett 300 dollars plus costs for DUI. McCormick also paid 25 dollars for reckless driving while Bennett saw no further action on the count. Hilton Phillips Jr received a 25 dollar suspended fine for reckless driving. Johnnie F E Averette was fined for speeding. Mrs Howard McCready received a six month suspended sentence and two years probation for theft by check. In Monroe Judge W M Harper handled 31 cases with Earliner Thomas fined 100 dollars for theft. Richards Lawlert had two theft counts nolled. Annais Brooks was fined 30 dollars for two counts.
West Monroe man James Stewart of 1119 Hayes street was fined 30 dollars plus costs for hit and run driving and a similar amount for reckless driving. Curtis Ragan Jr of 120 South 3rd street and H H Davis of 400 Bon Aire Drive faced reckless driving charges, with Davis’s count treated as nol. Lyda Coon of 3414 Westminister Drive forfeited a 130 dollar bond on a reckless driving count. Ronald Rugg of 306 South Trenton street Ruston and Travis West of 323 South McGuire street Monroe forfeited bonds for speeding.
President Radhakrishnan returned Monday from a three week tour of the United States and Britain. He told reporters he stressed India's policy of nonalignment and support for peace and disarmament.
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