Loss In Blaze Put At $100,000
Jonesboro Arkansas Rice Growers Cooperative hull house fire and explosion caused about 100000 in damage. H L Parks Jr mill manager said tally uncertain due to debris. The blast damaged a three story building. two injured and one suffered a broken arm during firefighting.
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Jonesboro
Ark
Hull
Arkansas Rice Growers Cooperative
H. L. Parks Jr
Hull House
Death of Searcy man in auto train crash near Wynne
G C Booth 72 of Searcy was killed when his car collided with a freight train 15 miles west of Wynne. His wife Mrs Welch was injured and hospitalized first in Wynne then Memphis. Booth was a farmer from Searcy.
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Wynne, Ark
G. C. Booth
Searcy
Wynne
Welch
Baptistopial
Memph
Wynne Hospital
Baptist Hospital
Memphis
Booth
Classifieds Spotlight Strengthens Weak Hands
Isaiah 25 verses cited as inspiration to shop the classifieds today. Readers are urged to support local listings and find timely deals across categories.
Aberdeen Braces For Third Typhoid Wave
Aberdeen Scotland faces a possible third typhoid wave as 224 people are stricken and one woman dies. Seventeen suspected cases are in hospitals, with new infections spreading beyond the city after a defective corned beef outbreak. Health officer Dr Ian Mac Queen warned of a serious midweek update.
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Aberdeen
Scotland
Ian MacQueen
Innocent Plea Entered By Major In Hue Shooting Case
Vietnamese Army Major Dang Sy pleaded innocent to attempted and premeditated murder in the Hue Buddhist crisis incident. He stood before a nine man revolutionary court, similar to tribunals that condemned Ngo Dinh Can and Phan Quang Dong last year. Eight people died and 15 were wounded when his troops fired to quell a Buddhist demonstration on May 8, 1963.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Dang Sy
Hue
Ngo Dinh Can
Ngo Dinh Diem
Can
Phan Quang Dong
Merger Not Touched On At Meeting
The North Arkansas Conference of the Methodist Church did not discuss merger at its three day annual meeting in North Little Rock. The Little Rock Conference appointed a committee to study merger with North Arkansas during its May meeting at Hot Springs. Membership rose by 854 to 97,392. Elected lay leader was E. Clay Bumpers. associate lay leaders named. Over 400 attendees as the 129th session ends Wednesday night with pastoral assignments.
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North Little Rock
North Arkansas
Methodist Church
Arkansas
Little Rock
Hot Springs
North Arkansas Conference
E. Clay Bumpers
Wabash
Phillips County
Matt L. Ellis
Conway
John G. Moore
Monette
Joe S. Pierce
Searcy
Pierce
Charles Beasley
Fort Smith
Charles Shively
D day veterans revisit Omaha Beach scenes in Normandy
The 20th anniversary trek to Normandy draws American Canadian British and French veterans many recalling glider and parachute landings. They visit pillboxes damaged beaches and museums while noting changes since June 6 1944.
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Harvey Hudson
Omaha Beach
Normandy
Bernard Rippy
Richmond
Calif
Jack Tallerday
Newton
Kan
Utah
Omaha
Gold
June
Sword
Miami
Newport
Waikiki
Hitler
Third Reich
Cherbourg
Pegasus Bridge
Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
6Th Airborne
Caen
Orne
U.S. 82Nd
101St Airborne
Rippy
82Nd Airborne Division
Veteran recounts Normandy crossing and return trips to France
Rippy describes moving through darkness toward Ste. Mere Eglise during World War II. He recalls about 80 of 600 men assembling at Briconville after the fight ended. He returned to France in June 1960 as a civilian Army employee and plans a 20th anniversary visit with his son.
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Ste. Mere Eglise
Biconville
Odd Bits Light Up Hearing on Power Aides
During a congressional hearing Douglas G. Wright administrator of the Southwest Power Administration disclosed he uses an electric toothbrush and shares a quip about brushing his teeth. The exchange highlights unusual details revealed in testimony.
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Washington
Congress
Douglas G. Wright
Southwest Power Administration
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