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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1963
Page
6
Scattered showers and thunder showers are forecast for Thursday night across the western Lakes region southward through the central and southern Plains and the Gulf region and eastward through the Atlantic coastal area including the Southeast.
Partly cloudy to mostly cloudy with scattered afternoon and evening thundershowers across Louisiana Arkansas Mississippi and Louisiana Delta through Friday. Highs in upper 70s to mid 90s. lows in 60s to low 70s. Winds 5 to 15 mph. Agriculture advisory notes dry conditions by day and dewpoint concerns at night with limited showers and variable winds.
Osvaldo Dorticos extended the invitation on Wednesday via the Cuban Foreign Ministry. Goulart had not yet replied to the invitation.
The House Space Committee slashed NASA funding for the Mississippi Test Facility and Michoud plant in New Orleans. Cuts totaled 260 million from NASA's request, with Mississippi facing near 19 million reductions and Michoud about 1.5 million.
A St Louis public hearing on racial integration drew about 400 attendees as parents, led by Chester A. Virga for the Public School Patrons Alliance, opposed proposed plans to place about 4,650 bused students in all white classes in northwest and south St. Louis, arguing against making public school children pawns in reform efforts.
Officials praise the I-20 bridge linking Monroe and West Monroe as a key to economic development. Burgess outlined a six year plan to complete all I-20 by 1972, with 120 and bypass projects progressing in the Monroe area at costs totaling over 23 million dollars. Local leaders and state officials attended the ceremony lauding the bridge’s role in regional growth and interstate program completion.
The Monroe West Monroe unit of the Northwestern State College Alumni Association will hold a dinner meeting today at the Picadilly Cafeteria on Louisville Avenue, beginning at 8 15 p m. The event includes an award presented to outgoing secretary Wood Sers and features the principal speaker for the occasion.
The report shows improved local purchasing power as annual food expenditure per household would total 839 dollars if evenly spread. Auto, motorcycle, boat, trailer and accessory sales reached 28.93 million dollars, 22 cents of the retail dollar, with general merchandise 19.56 million (15 cents) and apparel 9.105 million (7 cents). Home furnishings brought in 6.051 million (nearly 5 cents).
The Irish gathering drew professional and amateur photographers as the Kennedy family posed, with a member promising they would not return more than once every ten years, highlighting the family’s ceremonial return.
John S. Kyser, president of Northwestern, will discuss the college's role in higher education in Louisiana. The speech highlights the university's influence and the state's educational landscape.
Western Star Lodge No 94 will hold a 7 o'clock meeting at the Masonic Temple in Monroe. The program includes work on the Master Mason Degree.
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