Weather summary for Monroe and Delta region
Partly cloudy through Tuesday with afternoon thundershowers affecting up to 60 percent near the coast and 30 percent elsewhere. Highs 88 to 94, lows 68 to 74. Winds southeast 5 to 15 mph. Rainfall totals: yesterday 1.85 inches for the month, 20.49 since Jan 1. No significant temperature change expected in the next few days.
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Louisiana Delta
Arkansas
Meridian
Mississippi
Louisiana
Marines Return To Camp Lejeune From Dominican
The 6th Marine Expeditionary Unit, after two months in the Dominican Republic, arrived at Camp Lejeune North Carolina by air. Brig Gen Ormond R Simpson awarded Legion of Merit to Col George W E Daughtry and Bronze Stars to Lt Col Poul Pedersen Lt Col Fred M Kleppsattel Jr and Lt Col James E Fegley for planning and execution of the operation aiding American lives and evacuating about 3000 civilians.
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Camp Lejeune
N.C
U.S
Dominican Republic
Caribbean
Onslow Beach
Morehead City
6Th Marine Expeditionary Unit
North Caroline Base
Ormond R. Simpson
2Nd Marine Division
Johnson
George W. E. Daughtry
Fort Bragg
Daughtry
6Th Marine Regiment
Macon
Poul Pedersen
Denmark
Soren Pederson
Silsbee
Tex
Fred M. Kleppsattel Jr
F. M. Kleppsattel Sr
Bonne Terre
James E. Fe
Albert Finney Receives Honorary Sussex Degree
British actor Albert Finney was awarded an honorary Doctor of Letters by the University of Sussex in Brighton. The ceremony lauded him as an actor who has clothed characters in vivid flesh and pages studied by scholars, recalling his Tom Jones portrayal in the Oscar winning film.
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Brighton
England
UPI
Albert Finney
University of Sussex
Finney
Tom Jones
Isleta Indian Church Feud Sparks Removal Of Priest
In Isleta New Mexico a long running clash between Pueblo Governor Andy Abeita and Msgr. Fred Stadtmueller led to the priest being handcuffed and expelled from St. Augustine Catholic Church. Archbishop James Davis ordered the church temporarily closed. Abeita cited interference with tribal customs as the cause while denying opposition to the church itself.
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Isleta
N.M
James Peter Davis
St. Augustine's
Davis
Rio Grande
Albuquerque
Abeita
Msgr. Stadtmueller
Father del Thomas
Pueblo
Msgr
Stadtmueller
St. Augustine’s
Beauty queens visit North Monroe Lions Club Tuesday
The North Monroe Lions Club hosts a 7:30 PM meeting with three beauty queens including Miss Louisiana, Miss Northeast, and Miss West Monroe. They travel with Jake Ussery, general chairman of the Miss Louisiana Pageant, for events Thursday through Sunday at Paragon.
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North Monroe
Cheri Martin
Louisiana
Northeast
Judy Swayze
West Monroe
Kay Harris
The
Lions
Jake Ussery
Luci Johnson Attends Orleans Meet Quietly
Luci Baines Johnson, 17, slipped into New Orleans for a three day American Optometric Association convention. She arrived by air to New Orleans International Airport and left unrecognized in a maroon convertible with an unidentified male companion.
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New Orleans
UPI
Luci Baines Johnson
American Optometric Association
AOA
Luci
New Orleans International
Royla Orleans Hotel
Surgeons Transplant Slain Man Kidney At Parkland
In a five hour operation at Parkland Hospital surgeons quickly transplanted the kidney of slain 21 year old David M Pineda into a dying patient moments after the shooting victim died The transplant marked Parklands fifth kidney operation and involved Southwestern Medical School surgeons Policemen investigated the shooting and families granted permission for the donation though the patient name remained confidential.
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Dallas
UPS
Parkland Hospital
Parkland
John F. Kennedy
David M. Pineda
Pineda
Southwestern Medical School
Miner Declared Legally Insane After Looting Banknotes
Prague reports that coalminer Josef Czekaj was deemed legally insane after tearing 100 banknotes totaling over 2000 crowns into small pieces and tossing them into a mine shaft at Ostrava where he worked, per C.T.K. agency.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
Ostrava
Josef Czekaj
C.T.K
Real Estate Transfers in Ouachita Parish Clerk's Office
Real estate transfers list names and deeds in Ouachita Parish Louisiana including Clarence Prentiss King selling to Richard Perry Crowell a lot for 6000. Vincy Tidwell selling to Richard Stanley Vocker a Magnolia Park lot for 20000. Ramon Smith selling to Cecilia Osteri and Volkey part of Forbito Estate lot for 16000. Monroe Land Corp selling to Ouachita Construction a lot for 1800. Ouachita Construction selling to Billy Ray Smith above property. City of West Monroe selling to Gerald Arrant half of Lot 6 square 51 for 29.87. Veterans Administration selling to Sam Lasuzzo Jr east 50 feet of Lot 1 and west 50 feet of Lot 13 Westwood Addition for 17950. Gustavious Puckett selling to Poor Boy Water Well Co. a parcel in east half northwest quarter section 22 for 10. Hazel Massey Stokes selling to Edward Moore lot 8 block 2 of C C Bells Addition for mortgage assumption 8592.97. Bayou Desiard Realty Corp selling to Leon Surratt 22 Treasure Island Subdivision for 7000. Perla Wales Johnston selling to George Griffith lot in northwest quadrant of southwest quadrant section 23 for 16100.
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Ouachita Parish
Clarence Prentiss King Et Ax
Richard Perry Crowell
G. B. Haynes
Vincy W. Tidwell
Richard Stanley Vocker
Magnolia Park
Ramon Earl Smith Jr
Et Ux
Cecilia Osteri
Volkey
Forbito
John B. Blasengame
Monroe Land Corporation
Ouachita Construction Co., Inc
East Park
Bayou DeSiard Realty Corp
Leon F. Surratt
Treasure Island
Perla B. Wales Johnston
George Edwin Griffith Atux
Serbian Youth Triggers Austro-Hungarian Crisis
In 1914 a young Serb assassinated Archduke Francis Ferdinand and his wife, sparking the chain of events that led to World War I.
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Austria-Hungary
Archduke Francis Ferdinand
Dirksen Opposes Viet Coalition and Concessions
Senate leader Everett Dirksen asserted no one should discuss U.S. concessions in Vietnam without specifics. He warned against a South Vietnamese coalition including Communists and criticized Fulbright and Rusk for past positions. He argued Geneva 1954 flaws and veto power risk a Communist takeover.
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Washington
Everett M. Dirksen
U.S
Republican National Committee
GOP
Senate
United States
Fulbright
Viet Nam
Rusk
International Commission
Geneva
South Viet Nam
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Roark Bros. Music CO
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