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Newspaper
El Dorado Times
Location
El Dorado, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1965
Page
3
An officer describes the Georgia helicopter collision as devastating with wreckage scattered among trees and bodies found nearby. He notes the aircraft were low after takeoff and suggests unclear reasons for the crash. The incident involves units from the 1st Battalion, 38th Infantry Division.
Elton C Fay Washington AP obituary notes Norden bombsight inventor died leaving a mark on WWII and Korea era bombing. He engineered the compact stabilized optical device using gyroscopes and wind drift data. The Norden sight aided B 17 and B 29 crews though limited by clouds and buffeting.
The piece notes the shift from Goldwater's defeat to Lyndon Johnson and Hubert Humphrey rising to power amid a looming Asiatic war. It suggests eggheads and pundits underestimated the international conflict that would emerge within a year of their administration while voters saw LBJ HHH as national saviors.
Barry Goldwater shifts from national race to seek a Senate seat after a four year tour of the country and a Phoenix City Council start in 1949. He had earlier won the Republican nomination in 1964 and led the GOP to a large convention victory then beat Johnson in 1964.
A terse note places a Sgt. in El Dorado associated with Marine units. He was located in room A of the Post Office Building, with details sparse and the context unclear.
The YWCA announces a two week Pichi for the i class taught by Mrs. Marvin Evans from June 21 to July 2. Interested participants should contact the YWCA for more information. Two automobile accidents were reported by El Dorado Police Tuesday afternoon involving Katherine V Blansett and Joe E Williams among others. A birth was recorded at Warner Brown Hospital for Mr. and Mrs. James Simpson of Smackover, a daughter.
Chancellor Joseph Morrison ordered Bluff National Bank to supply missing information by Friday. Petitioners John Harris Jones Jim Hood Dr Maurice Owen and Dr James H Taliaferro stockholders and organizers seek stock value records abstracts and copies and a writ to access records.
At Fort Chaffee Arkansas two Louisiana National Guardsmen and a civilian were released from base hospitals after a 156mm howitzer shell exploded Monday. One soldier Pfc. E Lamonte 23 of New Orleans was killed. Eight others were injured. Tuesday releases included Lt. Patrick Coe Manuel Bornio Jr. and Paul H Barbee.
Joe Nathan Jones of 700 Nelson Street faced a municipal court session in the county division where he was fined ten dollars plus costs for an overdraft offense.
The Philadelphia Eagles signed fullback Joe Kantor and guard John Atamian to 1985 contracts. Both players starred at Notre Dame under coach Elmer Kuharich in college.
Fragmentary notes recount Anchorage origins as a tent town and early road construction linking Seward and Fairbanks. The text hints at wartime involvement as the United States entered both World Wars and progressed through a formative era for Alaska.
Republican Winthrop Rockefeller proposed a forest research laboratory in the Ouachita area to expand timber usage and develop soft wood varieties for pulping and new products. He urged regional involvement and state support for growth, noting the state's size and local funding limits.
Bret Han over, the great pacer who won all 24 races as a 27-year-old in 1964, is praised as the best colt Richard Downing of Shaker Heights, Ohio ever owned. Timely Beauty, a successful filly, won stakes in 1962 and 1963 and set a Lexington time trial record of 1:57 1-5 in 1962 after a $19,000 purchase. In three years of racing she earned $115,265.
Beatle John Lennon said the royal CItations for the Beatles stirred mixed feelings and suggested some may return MBEs. He defended the honor while noting war heroes have protested by surrendering awards, and he questioned the awarding process and the role of the prime minister in these honors.
Whitey Ford, famed New York Yan kee southpaw, starts the 1986 season with a remarkable streak of four American League shutouts, cementing his early dominance on the mound.
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