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THE SEA COAST ECHO
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10.5 in. snow
Jan. 2, 1964
A hi.ctory-making 10 1/2 Inches of snow fell on Bay St, Louis New Year’s Eve turning the are;i into a magnificent winter wonderland and completely disrupting business activity while kids of all ages went out to delight in the occasion.
The official reading for the Bay was recorded by Brother Joel at the climatological observation station at St. Stanislaus College. It started falling about 4 a.m. Tuesday and by the 7 a.m. reading bad accumulated three inches. The snow was the first appreciable amount recorded since two Indies fell on Jan. 22, 1958.
It was the heaviest snow on the record books, according to Malcolm Moreau of Court Street who is the U. S. Weather Bureau's field aid for Mississippi and Louisiana observation posts. There hasn't been anything like it since 1900 and the books are scant before that date.
The weather bureau at Mississippi Test Operations for-
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mally reported seven inches, recording three inches by noon Tuesday and six when they closed shop at 4 p.m. The exira inch was added for good measure since the fall continued ui:t;l almost 8 p.m. New Year’s mon.hig low temperature was IS degrees, not unusually cold with that much snow cover on the ground. Early today it was down to 23 degrees and the forecast is for warming. Oddly enough last Friday was the warmest day of December with a reading of 70.
Brother Joel’s record showed a high of 69 for Dec. 12 as the top temperature and a low of 20 dh Dec. 24.
There were probably more more snow men' per capita in this area than any other town in the country'Tuesday and the Echo offices were deluged with calls to record the event in pictures. But photography was complicated by snowflakes falling across the camera lens, into the focusing equipment, and the slushy streets. Virtually every store selling film was sold out before noon as residents sought to take pictures of their homes, the snowmen, kids at play and anything connected with the occasion.
The sun shone brightly New Year’s Day and snow fights were the order of the day as the white stuff lingered on the ground with the chilly temperatures. Most paved streets were cleared and traffic moved with little trouble.
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dust skeeters
March 12, 1964
There'll be few complaints about dust or mosquitos at Mississippi Test Operations from those assigned, die task of constructing the $500 million NASA test installation for the next few weeks at any rate.
That was the word Wednesday from J. K. Glennon, press briefing officer for the Corps of Engineers at the site, a s he reported the start of construction on four contracts recently let and plenty of activity since the winter rain has abated.
Heavy rains have been absorbed amazingly well and there is now plenty of dust in the area of the two test stands while mosquitos which made life miserable for workers last summer are beginning to appear again.
Work force i s now771, only a slight gain from last week but
it should be well up next week if things continue to go well. Contractor personnel count is 452 and the Corps has 124 men now.
Chaney and James has started driving test pilings for the $3,801,146 booster storage facility it will erect east of Rt. 32 almost opposite the lock. Farrell Construction Co. has started clearing for its $2,401,000 job on construction of the main canal around thr Cest stands. Dredging has been in progress about 10 days on the approach channel and East Pearl River for which Sabine Dredging Co. has the $447,528 contract and Carlos I! \Aorks has begun work on the portable water wells »fcich will cost $77,772.
Bids on the water pressure facility, scheduled for opening Tuesday, have been postponed until March 19.
Waveland votes 'go' for sewerage survey
March 12, 1964
Waveland Town Council flashed the go-ahead signal for a sewerage system at a special meeting Monday night when it authorized an application to the federal Housing and Home Finance Agency fori, a $6,800 planning grant for the' program and entered a contract with its consulting t engineer,B. M. Domblatt and Associates $>f Orleans,* to' handle- ttife'^rfeifts-sary engineering services.
Mayor Garfield Ladner signed the documents andClerk
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was submitting in the loan application. HHFA approval requires the preliminary study to be accepted within 60 days. With the town smoothing the way in getting health board approval, easements, right of way and the like, DoPnblatt predicted actual ’‘Construction can be under way by July, 1965.
Possibility of holding the necessary bond election to finance the improvement at the same time as the November presidential balloting was discussed to save managers’ costs.
GRID GREAT J. E. LOIACANO TACKLES SNOWMAN
$20,000 liquor cargo hi-jacked
Jan. 26, 1951
A liquor cargo was hi-jacked Monday afternoon, January 22, on US Highway 11, about 20 miles West of Bay St. Louis in Hancock County, Sheriff B. D. Johnson, investigating officer, said.
STOPPED BY 3 MEN
Federal, state and county authorities are investigating i4ie hi-jacking of a two-ton truck ladon witii appro ximal^ly 300 cases of liquor valued between $15,000 and $20,000. It was said that the truck was stopped by three unidentified men armed with a shotgun and pistols. -
Occupants of the truck, according to the officials, were Elton Ladner and W. B. Evans, the latter colored, both of Gulfport.
7:-.ey told officers that their.,ve. r.;cle, tifevtling eastward fi|>m New Orleans, was stopped by;an /-to mobile which was usinjf a
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HELD CAPTIVE
The truck occupants said tljey •■vere forced into the automobile r.d held captives for more than two hours while blindfolded and ujund being released in a wooded section to the south of the nighway. They made their way to Lakeshore and notified authorities.	I.
According to a report, the Alcohol Tax Unit, Mississippi State r.ighway patrol, sheriff’s departments of Harirson and Hancock counties and municipal officers, are participating in the investigation.	^
To date, no trace of the two. ton truck had been reported.
Winn-Dixie Opens Store
Oct. 16, 1958
The ne*. modem Vrinn-Dixie si^errr.artet at IS-90 and the Main St. intersection opened today.
The store is the first in the one-stop shopping center planned for the areahy the Johness Realty Co. of New Orleans, pioneer developers of shopping center* in the southeastern states.
Constructed of concrete block with brick facing on the front, the building Is 90 by 150, an area of 13,500 square feet. The Interior is decorated in modern and varied pastel shades, is air-conditioned, has fluorescent lighting throughout and two-tone asphalt tile on the floor.
■parking for approximately 200 cars is provided on the blacktopped lot in front of the store.
General contractor for the building was Jehle Brothers of Montgomery, Ala. Local firm* involved in the construct! o.-. were W. A. McDonald and Son*, supplier of materials; Dillma.--. Roofing and Metal Works, roofing; Ted Linam, grading a.ii filling; James Ansley, curb.-,* and cement work, and Bay Re*^* -Mix, concrete supplier,
Winn-Dixie-Hill, operator it the store, is one of the farsn? orn wlner suoermarket ct-.aira
gram that is continuing throughout the area served ky the company.
Spaghetti Supper
St. Joseph’s Academy Parents Club has selected Wednesday as the date of the annual spaghetti supper sponsored by the group. Supper will be served from 5 undl 9 p.m. at the Knights of Columbus Hall on Main St.
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