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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1963
Page
9
A Navy prototype featuring retractable fins demonstrated in flight, capable of folding under the fuselage for streamlined operation. The device could be extended after landing, enhancing aerodynamics and quick postflight deployment. AP photo caption notes the test context in a June 27 1963 Monroe News story.
In Yarmouth Nova Scotia the Fleurus circus showboat burned and sank after shedding most of its animals onto the deck and shore. A crane lifted 20 cages of lions leopards tigers bears and other beasts as three elephants reached land. No human injuries reported though a zebra was the only casualty. The troupe planned rail travel through Canada’s maritime provinces despite earlier ship trouble.
The Franklin Parish School Board awarded an $835,000 contract for the new Winnsboro High School plant to Don A. Baxter and Son of Sicily Island. Work will begin July 15 with the building slated for opening at the start of the 1964 fall term.
Nashville prison parolee Sarah Jeannette Johns, 23, who had served four years of a 10 year sentence for armed robbery, was paroled to study criminal psychology at the University of Tennessee. After spending the night out and drinking past her curfew, she was returned home at 2 am and the Pardons and Paroles Board revoked her parole, citing conduct showing she should not be paroled.
Funeral services were set for 2 p m today for Charlie Sturdivant 72 who died unexpectedly Wednesday morning in a Columbia hospital The Rev Jimmy Bolton would lead services at the First Baptist Church of Columbia and burial followed in Crowville Cemetery He is survived by his widow Tina Sturdivant a son James F Sturdivant Ft Bliss Tex a stepson Frank James Columbia two daughters Mrs Bernice Wood Longview Tex Mrs Helen Jones Silver Tex a stepdaughter Mrs Johnny Lee Becky Rusten three grandchildren and one great grandchild.
In Miami Florida Mrs Charlotte Steinberg, twelve hours after a lecture on facing bank robbers, confronted a pistol at her teller window and surrendered 4100 dollars to a gunman.
A bank heist at the Washington Federal Savings and Loan Co. ended with the gunman and two accomplices escaping. Tellers were briefed the night before on a contingency, and the remark about the event being a coincidence underscored the scene.
Loy K Heard 40 year old West Monroe contractor and former city councilman is the first candidate to announce for a Ouachita Parish state representative seat. A WWII veteran and Lions Club member, he vows to campaign across the parish and push for a better road system and a new trade vocational school.
The world organization reported a figure of 15 643 and noted seventeen nations have contributed contingents to the United Nations Congo military force.
Alexandria Louisiana UPI reports the defense starts presenting its case in the murder trial of Hazel Crump a 33 year old mother of seven children.
Mrs Crump is charged with murdering her husband Howard 31 after a nightclub outing. She told police the shooting was an accident. District Attorney F Jean Pharts rested his case Wednesday saying the couple argued before the fatal shot.
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