Weather snapshot for Monroe and Delta regions
Partly cloudy and mild through Friday with highs in the 80s. Southeast winds 5 to 15 mph. Louisiana Delta and adjacent areas show similar conditions with highs around mid 80s and lows in the 50s to 60s. Agricultural advisory notes good drying conditions by day and fair to poor at night with 70 percent sunshine expected. Precipitation minimal. rainfall yesterday 0.1 inch, monthly total 1.49 inches, year-to-date 25.01 inches. readings include yesterday’s high 82 and low 59. Sunset 6:05, sunrise Friday 5:59.
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Monroe
Louisiana Delta
Arkansas
Mississippi
Louisiana
Macmillan Battles Denning Report Over Profumo Scandal
London AP reports Prime Minister Harold Macmillan fights an all out battle with the Labour opposition and conservative critics over Lord Denning's 85 000 word inquiry into Profumo Keeler affair. Denning finds no security breach but says Profumo acted with a woman he dated, provoking heavy campaign scrutiny ahead of elections.
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London
Harold Macmillan
Labor Party
Lord Denning
Profumo
Denning
Britain
Macmillan
John Profumo
Christine Keeler
The
Evening News
Harold Wilson
Evening Standard
Standard
Miss Keeler
Valerie Hobson
Hed
Vote Machines Case Involves Man From Here
Louisiana appeals court to hear two civil service dispute cases. The Welfare Department seeks to overturn a ruling that Mrs. Lite Bienvenue of Breaux Bridge be hired as St. Martin Parish welfare director. George B. Cain of Monroe challenges his ouster as voting machine technician claiming not under civil service.
Good Weather Across Nation With Regional Variations
Chicago AP reports mainly pleasant conditions nationwide with temperatures from the 30s in northern mountains to 90s in the Southwest. Strong easterly winds blew warm air from the desert to the California coast as Phoenix hit 105 and Los Angeles 107. Rain cooled Florida's southeast, while showers traced a weak Midwest cold front from Michigan to Texas.
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Chicago
California
Mercury
Phoenix
Ariz
Los Angeles
Georgia
Florida
Midwest
Michigan
Texas
Tour of Timber Lands Foresters Meet near Monroe
Foresters from six Southern states gather at Rhyme's Store in Richland Parish for the Southern Hardwood Forestry Group meeting led by John A. Putman of Stoneville Mississippi. About 200 attendees include German forester Dr Krahl-Urban. Hosts are J S McWilliams, Union Producing Co chief forester, and Hugh Vick of Walter Kellogg Co. The event features a luncheon and officer elections followed by a tour of hardwood timber on Union lands.
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Southern Hardwood Forestry Group
John A. Putman
Stoneville
Miss
Dr. Krahl- Urban
Germany
Rhyme
Highway 15
Monroe
Richland Parish
Union Producing Co. Lands
J. S. McWilliams
Union
Lodge Attacks Madame Nhu Insults to U.S. Officers
U S Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge denounces Mrs Ngo Dinh Nhu for calling junior American officers “the soldiers of fortune” as cruel and insulting. He says the officers risk their lives daily and deserve thanks amid Vietnam War tensions with Diem’s regime and Kennedy administration.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
Henry Cabot Lodge
Ngo Dinh Nhu
U.S. Army
Soldiers of Fortune
Lodge
Kennedy
Diem
Mrs. Nhu
Robert S. McNamara
McNamara
Maxwell D. Taylor
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Nhu
Paul D. Harkins
South
Viet Nam
Harkins
Times of
Nhandan
Obituary of S. S. Reader in Ruston
Final rites were held for S. S. Reader 68 a retired farmer who died Wednesday at his Ruston residence after a short illness. Services were at Kilpatrick Chapel with Rev. Kenneth Ward officiating. Survivors include his widow two daughters two sons a sister two brothers and many grandchildren and great grandchildren.
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Claude L. Reader
Jackson, Miss
J. C. Reader
Ruston
Lillie Woolverton
Tennessee College
Tex
Zack Reader
Portland
Ore
Lynn Reader
San Angelo
Columbia
Hazel Spikes
Monroe
Riser and Son Funeral Home
R. H. Bond
Dee Mills
Columbia Cemetery
Arthur Spikes Sr
Alan
Millard Girod
Aubrey Girod
U.S
Simeon Bennett Chandler
Emmanuel Baptist Church
A. H. Johnson
H. E. Henderson
Chandler
Celia Boddie Chandler
Mixon Chandler
West Monroe
W. C. Webb
Shreveport
Tay Martin
R. M. Scroggins
Malvern, Ark
Lee Heitzke
A. L. Schulz
Oklahoma City
Okla
John W
Chris C. Chandler
Fannie Stephson
Topeka
Kan
Grace Episcopal Church
Timothy Edgar Higgins
W. Bradley Trimble
Memorial Park Cemetery
Mulhearn Funeral Home
John Higgins
Olla
Ann Higgins
Emerson
E. N. Hemphill
Ruby Hunt
Vicksburg
Miss
J. C. Hemphill
Vinita
James Grafton
Funeral notices for Hazel Spikes and others in Monroe Ruston and Temple
Funeral services are set for 2 p.m. for Hazel Spikes in Columbia with burial at Columbia Cemetery. Other obituaries note Simeon Bennett Chandler in Ruston, Elmer McCrary in Temple, and Timothy Higgins infant in Monroe with services today and survivors listed.
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E. W. McCrary
Temple
Tex
Elmer William McCrary
Monroe
Hewitt
Hillcrest Cemetery
McCrary
Shreveport
Clinton
Ark
Tranna McCrary
Two Negro Women Sought in Pigeon Drop Scam
Authorities search for two Negro women in a pigeon drop case after Rosetta Tasey of the McHenry Plantation reports losing 210 dollars on De Siard Street. Police also arrest 17 year old David Banks for burglary at Carroll High School and a 13 year old for breaking into two homes and stealing small sums.
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Rosetta Tasey
McHenry Plantation
Monroe
DeSiard Street
David Banks
Thomas St
Carroll High School
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Carolina
North Pacific Coast
Ohio
Tennessee
McMillan
Cain
Derringer
DeSiard
Zale
Madame Nhu
Kellogg
Kellogg Company
Putman
S. S. Reader
Mrs
S. B. Chandler
Higgins
Their Office
Royal Street
Young Fashion
Tycoons
United States
Wiverstein’s
Oxford
Oxfords
Canvas Oxfords
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