Weather readings and forecast for Monroe region
Northeast Louisiana and Louisiana Delta forecast show partly cloudy to clear skies with scattered thundershowers. Highs around 88 to 94, lows 68 to 74, winds mainly southerly 5 to 18 mph. Rainfall expected up to 0.25 inches in some areas, a 20 to 30 percent coverage mainly later today and Friday.
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Louisiana Delta
Louisiana Delta Agricultural Advisory
Missouri
West Tennessee
Arkansas
New Mexico
Ilinois
Tennessee
River Flood Stages Rise Over 24 Hours
River authorities report 24 hour stage changes indicating rising flood levels along River Stages. Officials warn residents near low lying areas to monitor gauges and prepare sandbag defenses as water levels climb. Local streams and tributaries show increased flow, prompting closure of minor roads and watchful briefings by emergency coordinators.
Negro Held After Bogalusa Street Bump Fight
Police kept one Negro in custody and sought a second after two clashes on Columbia Street during six months of Negro marches for better jobs. Walgreen's drug store owner L. C. Lane was struck in a bumping dispute with a picket named John Singelton, triggering a glass breakage and Lane's facial cut. Lane filed charges.
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P. C. Lane
Lane
Violent Storms Lash Kansas and Missouri
Violent thunderstorms with hurricane winds and heavy rain struck parts of Kansas and Missouri early today. Large hail fell in Kansas City while Colum bia saw a funnel cloud. no damage reported. Farther east heavy rain drenched Cincinnati and New England cooled after a hot day with mid 90s across many cities including New York and Baltimore.
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Kansas
Missouri
Texas
New England
Kansas City
Atcheson
Kan
Weather Bureau
Columbia
Kearney
Neb
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Ohio
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New York
Bangor
Maine
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Conn
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N.H
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Baltimore
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Upper Great Lakes
Mangums Visit Twin Cities Before Greece Posting
Capt. and Mrs. George Mangum and children Sammy and Sara are visiting relatives in the Twin Cities. They stay with his parents at 1512 Elizabeth St West Monroe. Afterward the younger Mangums will travel to Greece where Capt Mangum will be stationed with the U S Air Force.
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Capt
George Mangum
Sammy
Sara
Twin Cities
P. B. Mangum
Elizabeth St
West Monroe
Mangums
Greece
Mangum
U. S. Air Force
LSU Wins National Award for Foundation Brochure
Dan Bivins of West Monroe served as editorial consultant for LSU Foundation on a brochure titled With These Hands. The Direct Mail and Publications competition by the American Alumni Council recognized the work at its national conference. Bivins is an LSU graduate and former News-Star-World staff member.
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Louisiana State University
LSU Foundation
West Monroe
Dan Bivins
Dan E. Bivins Jr
American Alumni Council
United States
Canada
Bivins
LSU
The
News-Star—World
Quachita Parish High School
Fairbanks Postmaster Florence Clark Hospitalized
Mrs. Florence Clark, Fairbanks postmaster, is a patient at St. Francis Hospital in room 780. She said she would be glad to have her friends call her.
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Florence Clark
Fairbanks
St. Francis Hospital
Italy Endures Heat Wave as 49 Die in Scorching Spell
Rome reports a two week heat wave causing at least 49 deaths mostly by drowning as thousands seek relief at beaches. Dozens suffer mental breakdowns as temperatures near 100 degrees. In the Alps, melted ice reveals a World War I soldier skeleton from the Adamelle Glacier.
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UPI
Italy
Alps
Adamelle Glacier
Controversial Resolutions Headed for Floor Debates
Two state attorneys general push contentious measures on civil rights policing and legislative reapportionment as the annual convention nears its close. Mississippi AG Joe I Patterson seeks a civil rights resolution on police brutality while South Carolina AG Daniel McLeod urges the association to back a constitutional amendment for one house to use nonpopulation bases for apportionment. Patterson claims demonstrators provoke arrests to erode public trust in law enforcement.
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San Antonio
Tex
Joe I. Patterson
Mississippi
Daniel McLeod
South Carolina
National Attorneys General Association
McLeod
U.S. Supreme Court
Patterson
Sissippi
Congress of Racial Equality
Communist Party
Painless Air Force Diet Promises No Hunger Pains
Joseph Alsop explains adopting a low carbohydrate plan he says reduces hunger and maintains energy. A companion article cautions about risks in the low carbohydrate approach as Reader's Digest July issue hits newsstands.
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Air Force
Joseph Alsop
Reader's Digest
Funeral services for C H Allen in Monroe
Funeral services for 77 year old C H Allen a retired farmer of 312 N 4th St Monroe were held at Kilpatrick chapel at 2 p m today. The death followed a long illness reported Tuesday with Rev E L Hayes officiating.
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C. H. Allen
N. 4Th St
Monroe
Kilpatrick Chapel
E. L. Hayes
Allen
Obituaries for W A Smith and Estell H Sibley
Funeral services for W A Smith 69 of West Monroe were held after a short illness with burial in Memorial Park. Survivors include four sisters and two brothers. In Vicksburg Mississippi Estell H Sibley 53 died after a long illness and services were held at Wesley Chapel Methodist Church. She leaves a husband a daughter a sister and three grandchildren.
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Miss
Estell H. Sibley
Jackson
Wesley Chapel Methodist Church
Phoenix
Wilton Brent
Sharkey County
Sibley
Gibson Memorial Methodist Church
W. W. Sibley
Jim Ramsey
West Monroe
B. L. Hambright
Mrs Lula Mims Mourned in Winnsboro
Mrs Lula McWilliams Mims 85 of 1502 Moore St Winnsboro died this morning at home after a long illness Funeral arrangements are with First National Funeral Home Winnsboro She was a Baptist Church member Survived by two sons Pearce David Mims West Monroe and Charles Mims New Orleans five daughters Mrs Ernest Thigten Monroe Mrs Willie Harper West Monroe Mrs Odessa Boyle Winnsboro Mrs Helen Thompson Baton Rouge and Mrs Carolyn Turner Gilbert three grandchildren
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Winnsboro
Lula McWilliams Mims
Moore St
First National Funeral Home of
Mims
The
Baptist Church
Pearce David Mims
West Monroe
Charles Mims
New Orleans
Ernest Thigten
Monroe
Willie Harper
Odessa Boyle
Helen Thompson
Baton Rouge
Carolyn Turner
Gilbert
Funeral services for Mrs. Joe W. Dean in Farmerville
Funeral services for 86 year old Mrs. Joe W. Dean of Farmerville were held at 2 p.m. today at the Farmerville Church of Christ with Chuck Farrington officiating and Percy Keene assisting. Interment followed at Taylor Cemetery under Kilpatrick Funeral Home direction after a long illness.
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Farmerville
Joe W. Dean
Funeral services for Ray mond Harrison Johnson
Funeral services for Ray mond Harrison Johnson aged 39 of Rt 2 Rowland Road Monroe were held at Rowland Road Baptist Church with Rev Clay Chapman officiating. Burial followed in McMinnville Tennessee under High Funeral Home direction. Local arrangements were by Hixson Brothers. Johnson a brick mason and WWII veteran died after a heart attack. He is survived by wife Ruth, son Johnny Ray, daughter Jeanne Renee both Monroe, brother James L Johnson and sister Ina Lee Curtis of Warren County Tennessee, mother Mrs Alex Johnson of Warren City Tennessee. Pallbearers were Delton Smith Jack Hayes Chuck Gordy Lester Little Leroy Wallings Marl Manning Lane Arrington Don Estep.
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Raymond Harrison Johnson
Rt. 2
Rowland Road
Monroe
Rowland Road Baptist Church
Clay Chapman
McMinville
Tenn
High Funeral Home
Hixson Brothers Funeral Home
Johnson
Warren County
Ruth Johnson
Johnny Ray Johnson
Jeanne Renee Johnson
James L. Johnson
Ina Lee Curtis
Alex Johnson
Warren City
Delton Smith
Jack Hayes
Chuck Gordy
Lester Little
Leroy Wallings
Marl Manning
Lane Arrington
Don Estep
Memorial services for Mrs. Mary Mae Lee in Pineville
Funeral services for Mary Mae Alice Lee 46 wife of Dr Robert L Lee executive secretary of the Louisiana Baptist Convention were to be held at 2 pm today at First Baptist Church Pineville with Dr R Houston Smith officiating. Burial at Forest Lawn under Hixson Brothers Alexandria. She died in an Alexandria hospital Monday.
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Alexandria
Mary (Mae) Alice Lee
Robert L. Lee
Louisiana Baptist Convention
First Baptist Church of
Pineville
R. Houston Smith
Forest Lawn
Hixson Brothers of
Lee
Funeral services for Wilmer Cox in Bastrop
Funeral services for Wilmer Cox age 74 were held at 10 a.m. at Blackwell and Golden Funeral Home Chapel with Dr Ray Rust officiating. Burial followed at Christ Church Cemetery.
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Bastrop
Wilmer Cox
Blackwell and Golden Funeral Home
Ray Rust
Christ Church Cemetery
Funeral services for Mrs Zada Farrar in Junction City
Mrs Zada Trull Farrar 50 of Dubach died Tuesday afternoon in Shreveport hospital. Funeral services set for 2 p.m. Thursday at First Baptist Church Du bach with Reverends Roy Col hour and D A Doughty officiating. Burial in Roselawn Cemetery Junction City under Pratt Funeral Home direction. Survived by husband Clyde L Farrar of Dubach and two sons Phillip Farrar and Clyde L Farrar Jr.
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Zada Trull Farrar
Dubach
First Baptist Church
Roy Colhour
D. A. Doughty
Roselawn
Pratt Funeral Home
Nashville widow Mrs E D Foreman dies at 63
Mrs E D Foreman of Nashville Tennessee and formerly of Swartz died this morning in a Nashville hospital after a heart attack. Aged 63 she moved to Nashville six years ago after living in Bastrop and Swartz. Funeral under Woodlawn Memorial Park Nashville handled. Survived by three sons Douglas Foreman Bastrop Clyde Foreman New Orleans Lloyd Foreman St Joseph and five daughters Aliece Baker Bastrop Evelyn Carpenter Bastrop Norma Joyce and Wilda Foreman Nashville.
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Nashville
Tenn
Swartz
Nashville, Tenn
Foreman
Woodlawn Memorial Park Funeral Home
Douglas Foreman
Bastrop
Clyde Foreman
New Orleans
Lloyd Foreman
St. Joseph
Aliece Baker
Evelyn Carpenter
Ouachita Farm Bureau Sets Delegates Meeting
The Ouachita Farm Bureau will meet Thursday at 7:30 p.m. in the agriculture building West Monroe to select three delegates for the state convention July 19 23 in Alexandria and to pass policy resolutions. Bureau president Fred Kuenefeld Jr. says the gathering is the annual membership and policy developing meeting with committees offering resolutions for state consideration.
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Ouachita Farm Bureau
Agriculture Building
West Monroe
Fred Kuenefeld Jr
Alexandria
Ouachita
Amendment to Constitution for presidential continuity approved
Washington AP reports the House passed by voice vote a measure to assure continuity in the presidency. Senate concurrence is expected, but ratification by three-fourths of states likely will take two more years for the 25th time amendment.
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Washington
House
Swift Senate
Photo Contest Deadline Noon on Thursday
Deadline time for entries to be judged this week in the Monroe News-Star and Morning World local phase of the Newspaper National Snapshot Awards. Open to amateur photographers. black and white photos taken after July 1, 1964 may be entered. Weekly prizes total 25 dollars with 10, 7.50, 5, and 2.50 for places. Grand prizes and national awards follow.
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Monroe News-Star
Morning World
Monroe News-Star—World
Monroe
Space Dogs and Rabbit Orbits Mark 1959 Soviet Flight
In 1959 the Soviet Union sent two dogs and a rabbit into orbit aboard a space capsule. The mission showcased early biological tests for crewed spaceflight and highlighted the USSR's advancing space program.
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Russia
Riders Plan Jaunt To Lake Providence
Riverside Riders led by Mrs George Snellings Jr plan a two day horseback trip from Monroe to Lake Providence lifting off at 4 a.m Saturday. A blacksmith will accompany for shoe repairs with O Neal Beazer on duty. They will travel via Old Bastrop Road Swartz Wham Brake Oak Ridge Epps to Lake Providence arriving Sunday night. Return by car with horses in trailers. They will dine with Frank Voelker Saturday and attend a Fourth of July barbecue hosted by Doc Brown Sunday. Three guitar players join on Sunday led by Ronnie Dana of Monroe.
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The
Riverside Riders
George Snellings Jr
Monroe
Lake Providence
Wilmot
Ark
O'Neal Beazer
Bastrop
Swartz
Wham Brake
Oak Ridge
Epps
Frank Voelker
Riding Club
Doc Brown
Ing Club
Ronnie Dana
Northeast State College
Long Ellender Split On Vote In Senate Debate
The Senate rejected the administration proposal to cap duty-free imports of returning overseas visitors at 50 dollars on a 61 to 3 vote. Supporters included Eastland Mississippi Long Louisiana Stennis Mississippi while Ellender Louisiana opposed the amendment.
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Senate
Senate Finance Committee
Eastland
Miss
Long
Stennis
Ellender
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