January 2023

JEFF DAVIS PARISH NEWS October 22, 1935 Adam Miguez, veteran Jennings embalmer and funeral director, has purchased the business of the Gimbel Funeral Home from F.J. Gimbel, who has conducted a mortuary here for the last twenty-five years. Mr. Gimbel will retire from the under-taking business and devote his future to his other private interests.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran has enough highly enriched uranium to build “several” nuclear weapons if it chooses, the United Nations’ top nuclear official is now warning. But diplomatic efforts aimed at again limiting its atomic program seem more unlikely than ever before as Tehran arms Russia in its war on Ukraine and as unrest shakes the Islamic Republic.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. economy expanded at a 2.9 percent annual pace from October through December, ending 2022 with momentum despite the pressure of high interest rates and widespread fears of a looming recession.