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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1963
Page
10
Clear to partly cloudy conditions across Monroe and vicinity through Thursday. Highs in the mid to upper 80s, lows in the 60s. Winds 5 to 15 mph, with drying conditions improving daytime. Isolated thunder showers possible in south Louisiana afternoons.
The second rank of esquire will be conferred on several members of Stonewall Lodge No. 8 Knights of Pythias at 8 p m Thursday in Castle Hall 1272 St John St Degree team captain is Paul S Lazarus Chancellor Commander C S Paulus will preside.
The Georgia State Board of Regents closed Savannah State College to outsiders and ordered boycotting students to return to class by Thursday or face dismissal and a dishonorable discharge. About 337 of 1,146 students had already withdrawn or were withdrawing amid protests over academic freedom student activities and faculty relations.
Two gunmen seized a hired limousine on Park Avenue and forced passenger Mrs. Maria Skinner 36 to drive to her Park Avenue apartment. They tied up Skinner and the chauffeur, robbed the apartment of jewelry worth 50000 dollars and 800 in cash, then escaped. The two men called each other Sal and Crazy and were joined in the car by a man Skinner had met earlier.
A Frankfurt housewife used a burning candle inside her refrigerator to speed defrosting. The candle ignited the fridge interior and spread to the apartment causing extensive damage. The woman was hospitalized with smoke inhalation.
Two CORE members wrap up a three day tent protest on Deerfield Park District land condemned for integrated housing. Others plan to continue living in the tent as a counter demonstration unfolds against the all white suburb near Chicago.
Dr. Fred Marx of Monroe was elected counselor from the Fifth Congressional District. Other counselors were re elected. The convention with about 600 delegates closes tonight with a dinner dance.
The Agriculture Department fixes the 1962 cotton crop at 14 867 000 bales with a total value of about 2.653 billion dollars for cotton and cottonseed. Lint cotton value runs near 2.361 billion dollars with a season average price of 31.8 to 32.9 cents per pound. Cottonseed production is estimated at 6.096 million tons valued around 292 million dollars. planted acreage is 16.293 million acres with 15.569 million harvested.
John Paul Jones was named admiral by Nebraska Gov. Frank B. Morrison in Lincoln. The honor honors Jones for his work as head of the FAA engineering and manufacturing branch in Oklahoma City and his aid to the state aeronautics department promoting safety programs.
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