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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1962
Page
1
Baton Rouge sheriff's deputies found forty one thousand five hundred twenty nine dollars in fruit jars hidden at a residence after a New Orleans longshoreman confessed to robbing the Baker Bank.
An infant three weeks old died and parents were injured in a Kingman Arizona car crash while a West Monroe family headed to California. In Louisiana, Roosevelt Hills, 27, linked to three armed robberies including a Baker Bank & Trust robbery, was identified and jailed after leading deputies to cash and weapons.
About 300 people were rounded up and 75 shot for a supposed plot to assassinate Fidel Castro and open a path for invasion. The FAL and MARC groups were blamed for planning sabo tage of Havana power facilities and attacks on police and leaders, with executions at La Cabana Fortress and other sentences handed down by a revolutionary tribunal.
The Army reportedly won approval to raise its antiguerrilla Special Forces to about 15,000 men, roughly triple the present strength. Pentagon sources said defense chiefs OKed an increase in ground elements, with no further details. The move aligns with broader counterguerrilla aims amid Cold War tensions as Special Forces train native troops to counter Communist insurgencies. Several teams have served with South Vietnam against the Viet Cong, with casualties reported.
Dudley Faulk of Lake Charles Louisiana will defend his title Sunday September 30 in the finals of the world goose calling championship in Missouri Valley Iowa. His father Clarence Faulk a 1955 champion will root for him and give a special demonstration. Bill Baer a two time champion and a railway detective from Huron South Carolina will attempt a comeback in the elimination program opening Saturday.
In Hershey Pennsylvania AP reports the Republican campaign fund raising drive gathers top party figures. Former President Dwight D Eisenhower will appeal for money following a Bedford dinner where Philip Sarles urged a 2.1 million goal and $1 000 to $6 000 contributions. Representatives Scranton and Van Zandt join in the appeal for funds.
Staff Sergeant Edward L. Caldwell Jr. of the U S Air Force, stationed in Greenland, is expected home this week for a month long visit with his family in Monroe. His mother says he will report to Eglin AFB in Florida after the break. An entered apprentice degree will be conferred at West Monroe Masonic Lodge No. 419 tonight at 7 p.m. on Cotton Street with refreshments to follow.
The Monroe Chamber of Commerce board unanimously endorsed an $11 250 000 capital improvements bond issue proposed by the Citizens Committee. The five projects include a sewage disposal plant fire department upgrades airport terminal building municipal auditorium and city hall jail utilities complex. Mayor Howard city planner Parsons and others led briefings for forty business leaders.
President Kennedy told about 350 editors and business magazine executives that the free market will win out over central planning. He said the system relies on comity and cooperation and acknowledged supply and demand play a major role in inflation control, noting a government contribution was made last spring.
Southern members back Governor Barnett in the dispute over integrating the University of Mississippi while northern lawmakers condemn the protest. The row widens as Alabama and Mississippi lawmakers pledge support and plan telegrams to Barnett.
Texas police hunted for three fugitives who escaped from Vernon Parish Jail in Leesville Louisiana. Cordus Bailey 24 a Beaumont resident held on car theft charges for Alabama authorities Jerry P. Smith 18 and Wesley Loftin 20 both of Leesville were among the escapees.
Moscow reports a new unmanned satellite named Cosmos Nine launched by the Soviet Union. Tass says the satellite carries scientific instruments to study outer space and circles Earth at an altitude between 187 and 220 miles.
The World Almanac and Book of Facts notes that Mississippi's name likely derives from Chippewa terms meaning large and river. It cites linguistic origins rather than court or scholarly debate, presenting a concise etymology.
Relatively cool weather settles over the Twin Cities with a low of 52 to 57 tonight and a high around 80 on Friday. Partly cloudy and cool conditions expected through Friday with highs of 76 to 80 and overnight lows near 50s.
The joke notes a paradoxical age where one is too old for income tax exemption and too young for old-age pension highlighting humorous age confusion.
Charles G. Wall Jr. reports the Ouachita Parish School Board earmarked over 200000 from bond issue funds for a new board office building. Plans contemplate moving the office to West Monroe at an upcoming board meeting Tuesday night. The notice notes 16 years of tenure in Salt’s memoir and the potential relocation.
National Security Adviser McGeorge Bundy told 300 Atlantic Treaty Association delegates in Copenhagen that the West is ready to counter renewed Soviet Berlin threats. He praised West Berlin’s vitality and argued for separation of parish and city school systems in West Monroe as a step toward fiscal autonomy.
Ouachita Parish School Board may need to sell more bonds next year to cover rising construction costs. President Charles G. Drennan said a $7 million bond issued last November should cover the program, but expenditures will exceed the $4 million already sold by about $500,000. Taxes may rise for parish property owners as contracts let in the current phase push spending beyond planned funds.
Gov. Ross Barnett rushed back to the University of Mississippi campus and conferred with state and school leaders in a building guarded by helmeted police with clubs and tear gas shells. U.S. Marshals were reported pouring into town amid tense protests over James Meredith’s attempts to enroll.
In Oxford Mississippi police and sheriff units massed on the University of Mississippi campus to block James H Meredith. About 400 officers and 100 police cars surrounded the gates while campus police alone carried firearms.
Barnett, twice rejected Meredith, arrived at 8 a.m. CST and met with officials at the alumni house as authorities lined the campus with sheriffs and state police. Lt. Gov. Paul Johnson represented the governor in denying Meredith’s third integration bid. Kennedy hinted federal troops could be sent if needed.
Frank Dana 38 formerly of Hattiesburg was stabbed to death in Los Angeles last weekend. Relatives say he worked as an actor and singer and then for a department store. His wallet and car keys were missing. he was buried in California. His mother lives in Los Angeles and relatives in Forrest County and Louisiana are named.
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