Palace Store Sold to Lavon Corporation in Monroe
The Palace at 206 DeSiard St long run by the Masur family for 61 years has been sold to Lavon Corporation of Louisiana. The price was not disclosed and the sale covers the store only with a 20 year lease. Rollins Smith will lead the operation under the new ownership while staff remain.
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Lavon Corporation
Louisiana
Jack Masur
Monroe
Alden’s, Inc
Chicago
Ill
United States
Rollins Smith
Bernice
Louisiana Tech
Ruston
Sigmund Masur
Tony
28 Die as Bonanza Airliner Crashes Near Las Vegas
A Bonanza Airlines F27 from Phoenix vanished during a snowstorm and was found wrecked 16 miles southwest of Las Vegas near Arden. All 28 aboard died, with searchers recovering bodies as rescue crews faced rugged terrain and eight inches of snow.
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Las Vegas
Nev
Bonanza Airlines
Phoenix
Arden
Bonanza
Ariz
McCarran Field
Las Vegas Valley
Bob Baker
Highway 91
Baker
Nellis Air Force Base
Thant Appeals For U.N. Funds
Secretary General U Thant opened the pledging conference for the U.N. special fund and technical aid program urging higher funding. He did not address the U.S. pledge delay over peacekeeping finances but urged boosting targets from 150 million to 200 million. He warned that progress efforts are essential for world peace and development.
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United Nations, N.Y
U Thant
U.N
U.S
Soviet Union
Thant
General Assembly
Ford Strikes Shrink as Downtime Persists Across Plants
Ford Motor Co. local plant strikes fell to five today affecting 16 700 workers. Overall about 58 000 employees remained idle in strikes or layoffs nationwide as a parts shortage loomed. Management studied next moves and warned of a possible systemwide shutdown of 90 plants employing 160 000 men by the weekend.
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Detroit
Mich
Ford Motor Co
Wedding Gift Dilemma Highlights Frugal Shopping
A humorous note reflects on a woman's hard task choosing a wedding present that appears costly. It comments on the pressure to select gifts matching expected value while avoiding wasteful spending.
Goza Bags 205-Pound Buck Near White River Refuge
W B Goza News-Star-World circulation manager bagged a 205 pound buck at 152 yards Friday near White River Game Refuge in Arkansas County. The 13 point trophy head goes to taxidermist. Goza plans a wall mount. Connie Norwood starts as West Monroe mayor's secretary-receptionist at 217 Circle Dr. Norwood previously worked in the water department under the West Monroe high school office education program.
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W. B. Goza
News-Star — World
Goza
White River
Arkansas County
West Monroe
Connie Norwood
J. Allan Norris
Miss Norwood
Circle Dr
Teachers Fight For Full Pay Increase In Louisiana
Hundreds of public school teachers filled the legislative galleries in Baton Rouge urging immediate enactment of a 48 million dollar teacher pay raise. Gov. McKeithen promised to show support while teachers chanted against partial implementation during a 20 day special session opening.
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Senate
Capitol
Orleans
Jeffferson
St. Bernard
Lafourche
Terrebonne Parish
Hello McKeithen
Lawmakers Push Repeal Of New Liquor Pricing Law
East Baton Rouge lawmakers rush for 53 signatures on a bill to repeal the 1964 liquor pricing law as a 20 day special session opens. Backers seek a House majority to overturn the 20 percent markup between wholesaler and retailer amid consumer opposition. Governor McKeithen supports a chance to consider repeal but says he has no stake in the issue.
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East Baton Rouge
John McKeithen
McKeithen
State Bond and Building Commission
Senate
Little Cooler Weather Seens Monroe Forecast
Weather forecast for Monroe shows cooler air moving in Tuesday with highs 72 to 78 and a low tonight 65 to 70. Today’s highs 80 to 84 with a chance of showers and easterly winds turning northerly by Tuesday. The five day outlook calls for above normal temps by four to eight degrees, highs in the upper 60s to mid 70s, with normal lows 37 to 42 and rainfall totaling a half to one inch, locally over an inch midweek. Sunday’s high was 82 with a low 68 and a trace of rain.
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Monroe
NATO Chief Sees No Easing of Soviet Threat
Gen. Lyman Lemnitzer warned parliamentarians that Soviet military power remains a major threat to NATO. He urged continued Allied deterrence and criticized nations for reducing forces or training. In Baton Rouge, administration leaders unveiled 25 House and four Senate bills, including broadening the two percent sales tax to real estate sales and leases.
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Paris
Lyman ‘L. Lemnitzer
Europe
U. S
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NATO
Kremlin
Soviet Bloc
Lemnitzer
James McLean
Baton Rouge
Two New Presidium Members Named in Soviet Party
The Soviet Communist Party Central Committee Presidium elected two new members Pyotr Shelest and Alexander Shelepin, replacing the sidelined Frol Kozlov. Khrushchev was removed last month, per official sources.
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Moscow
Communist Party Central Committee
Nikita Khrushchev
Pyotr Shelest
Alexander Shelepin
Frol R. Kozlov
Chinese claim pilotless U S plane shot down over China
Bul reports from Tokyo claim the Chinese Communist defense minister hailed the downing of a pilotless U S high altitude reconnaissance aircraft over south central China as a major victory.
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Tokyo
UPI
U. S
China
Move To Up Teacher Pay Faces One-Cent Sales Tax Plan
Gov McKeithen backs a plan to fund Louisiana teachers with a one-cent sales tax. Lawmakers Gibbs Wood and others co sponsor the bill aiming to fully implement the school salary schedule, targeting about 65 million dollars annually. Teachers rallied in the House chamber as the special session began and urged support.
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Baton Rouge
John J. McKeithen
Louisiana
United School Committee
Lawrence Gibbs
George Wood
Monroe
McKeithen
Gordon Causey
Tangipahoa Parish
Causey
Gibbs and Wood
Monroe Area
S. S. de Witt
Newellton
Charles Barham
Ruston
Edgar Lancaster
Tallulah
Benny Christian
Rayville
Fred Schiele
Vidalia
Capitol
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Senate
Davis
Gibbs
Louisiana Teachers Association
South Louisiana
First Clock Invention Attributed to Pope Silvester II
Britannica credits Pope Silvester II with inventing the first clock in A D 996. The assertion appears in the Encyclopaedia Britannica noting his role in early horology.
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Silvester II
Encyclopaedia Britannica
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