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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1963
Page
5
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Weather forecast summaries show vast cloudiness and showers across Louisiana and neighboring states through Tuesday. Highs reach 68 to 88 degrees, with lows 50s to 60s, variable winds 8 to 16 mph, and scattered thundershowers in multiple areas including the Delta and northeast Louisiana.
Cooper describes viewing Earth from space during a press conference. He notes seeing individual villages and houses, rivers and trains, and areas around Dallas and Houston. He mentions imaging parts of Red China and the Himalayas, and comments that Red China looked like its map.
A medical ad promotes Coronalp tablets with a colonic nerve stimulant and bulking action to relieve constipation overnight. It claims the product safely restores regularity and improves well being, with an introductory price of 43 cents.
New York based market observers predict the global sugar shortage will persist until October when new sugar beet crops are harvested in the United States and Europe. Analysts note rising demand from population growth and higher living standards, with prices staying elevated.
Judge Jesse S. Heard sentenced four men to the state penitentiary at Angola and one to Ouachita parish jail with one term suspended in Fourth District Court. Daniel R. Harper received three years for simple robbery. Eddie Joe Richmond three years with probation. Willie James Alexander and Billy Mae McCoy two years each for burglary and theft respectively. Billy Baker drew two years on two counts of theft. Billy Ray Repond pleaded guilty to forgery counts and awaits pre sentence investigation. Lacy Murphy Carroll faces manslaughter trial for the December 31 1961 shooting of her husband John Bernard Carroll.
Judge H S Parker in Fourth District Court handled 26 misdemeanor cases many traffic related. Three defendants Jesse C Reppond John Simmons and Johnnie Boyd were fined 300 and costs for DUI. Charles O Graham pled not guilty and will be tried June 14. Phillip B Nolan was fined 25 and costs for speeding and Billy Ray Williams was fined for reckless driving.
PASTEETH is an alkaline powder to sprinkle on upper or lower plates to prevent sliding and rocking. It promises secure hold without gummy taste, sour odor, or plate odor, and is sold at drug counters under the brand PASTEETH.
In West Monroe a pet monkey caused a neighborhood stir as residents tried to corral it. Lee children who climbed a tree earlier suffered poison ivy exposure and needed treatment. Mrs. Lee urged Kit Beecher of Bernstein park zoo to catch the animal so the zoo could take it.
The court voided breach of the peace convictions of 16 Negroes who sat at white lunch counters in Baton Rouge and Greenville, ruling state actions enforcing discrimination violated the 14th Amendment. Justices debated state action and public place discrimination while involving cases from Durham, New Orleans, Greenville, Birmingham, and Baton Rouge.
Ed Sidders of West Monroe and Jim Murphy of Monroe placed in the Jonesboro Model Plane Flying Contest. Sidders took second and Murphy fourth in open precision stunt. Johnny Dennis of Spring Hill won first.
The City of Monroe will open sealed bids for six million dollars of bonds at a special city council meeting at 10 a m on Tuesday. Proceeds fund five major civic projects including city hall auditorium civic center fire stations and sewerage disposal plant plus Selman Field airport terminal. Voters approved eleven million two hundred fifty thousand dollars in bonds last November to finance the improvements. The city holds a BAA rating.
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