Weather Outlook for Monroe and Mid-South Region
Partly cloudy and warm through Thursday with scattered afternoon and evening thundershowers. Highs 88 to 92, lows 70s. Winds 5 to 15 mph. Missouri boot heel to central Arkansas showers 10 to 50 percent, with drying conditions and good evaporation by Friday and Saturday. Forecaster notes scattered showers, fog limited visibilities, and rising ceilings above 10,000 feet.
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Studio Directors Meet May Oust Fox President
New York AP reports directors of 20th Century Fox met amid talks of replacing SPyros Skouras, the $139000 a year president. Skouras, 69, whose family holds about five percent of stock, navigates a financially troubled studio with Cleopatra still in production. The board expected a long meeting. lunch was ordered. Fox posted a $22 million loss last year and another half million in Q1, prompting stockholder pressure for change. A spokesman said Skouras is not being blamed for Cleopatra costs, which are pegged at about 35 million with a hoped gross over 200 million. Skouras recently underwent surgery and is convalescing.
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20Th Century-Fox
Spyros Skouras
Skouras
Elizabeth Taylor
Rome
River Flood Stage Change Report
River authorities issue a 24 hour stage update amid rising water levels on River Street. Officials warn residents near floodplains to prepare for possible stage changes and potential evacuations.
Michigan Lad Joins Famed Scots Guards
David Elder a 17 year old from Battle Creek Michigan joined the Scots Guards after choosing the regiment over the US Marines. He flew to Britain with money from his father to reach the Pirbright depot. He signed for nine years, overcoming a height requirement of 5 feet 8 inches.
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U.S
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William Sabin
U.S. Marine Corps
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Pirbright
Airlines Strike Ban Extended
A federal judge ordered a 10 day extension of his temporary ban against Pan American World Airways engineers strike. The order came as counsel for the engineers said they would seek immediate appellate review. Eastern Air Lines, shut down since Saturday, awaited further court action before deciding on any course of action and warned that resumption would take days with no guarantee of continued operations.
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Engineers’ Union
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George Rosling
U.S. Court of Appeals
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League Protests State Education Superintendent Change
Elizabeth Manhein, voter service chair, reports Louisiana League of Women Voters support for replacing the elected state education superintendent with an appointive commissioner. She says Monroe League of Voters was not consulted and the organization did not authorize the statement.
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Louisiana League of Women Voters
Elizabeth Manhein
Monroe League of Voters
Couple Die In Tragic River Route Accident
New Orleans reports 52 year old Joseph J. Clule long time railroad bridge tender on the L and N line at the Rigolets. He nightly commuted by a 16 foot outboard boat and was drowned after being thrown from his craft early Tuesday. The boat was recovered in a marsh and his body found within hours near the landing at his home by Claire.
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UPI
Joseph J. Clule
Louisville and Nashville
Rigolets
Claire
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