Lonely frontier figures strain under steep social code
Norma Vespasian navigates danger and desire in a rough mining town. Buff Spooner stares with predatory intent while Chris Waddell and a mysterious lawman figure linger in memory. A tense confrontation ends unresolved as night falls and the scene closes with Norma crying out.
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Wreck Victim Still Critical
Richard Cohee of Fayetteville Ark remains in critical condition at Fayette County Hospital Vandalia after an auto crash that killed his mother Mary Alice Cohee 71 of Milroy Ind. His wife Emma 45 and their son Richard A 10 are seriously injured but improving. State Police said the car driven by Glenn Broom 20 University of Illinois student collided.
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Weather snapshot for southern half Tuesday clear to mild
A partial forecast across regions shows southern half sunny to partly cloudy, mild with highs mid 60s to upper 60s. Central areas expect partly cloudy to cloudy, cooler with scattered showers, then clearing tonight with frost possible. Northeast northwest will be partly cloudy to cooler with scattered showers, clearing and colder overnight. Louisiana section notes partly cloudy through Tuesday with mild days, cooler north tonight, lows around 50s and highs Tuesday in the Ns.
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Louisiana
Eight Persons Die Violently in Arkansas This Week
The Associated Press report details eight violent deaths in Arkansas during the week ending Sunday midnight. Causes include four traffic accidents, two drownings, one shooting, and one fatal fall from a train. Names include James Johnson 31 of College Station and Estella Murray 85 who admitted shooting after stabbing. Other victims were William C. McArthur 33 of Pine Bluff in a Highway 9 collision and three others hospitalized.
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London anti-bomb rally draws forty thousand marchers
In London a drizzle did not dampen a mass protest as about 40,000 demonstrators gathered for a four day march against nuclear weapons. Bertrand Russell urged urgency, calling nuclear disaster possible and urging policy change by Hast and Western governments. Juris from 30 foreign lands joined the rally in Trafalgar Square as police patrolled the crowd.
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London
Earl Bertrand Russell
IU Press issues Life Death and the Law by Norman St John Stevas
Bloomington Indiana AP reports British lawyer and Roman Catholic Norman St John Stevas argues in Life Death and the Law that anti birth control laws are useless and criticizes Catholic support for them. The book presents legal and moral critique of policy and church positions.
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Bloomington
Ind
Indiana University Press
Aother
Norman St. John Stevas
Probate Notice for Kate V Nelson Estate of Arkansas
In Hempstead County Arkansas the probate court schedules the estate of Kate V Nelson deceased last address Washington AR Date of death February 20 1601 An instrument dated November 24 1958 was admitted to probate March 6 1911 The executor J M Barker Bank of Atkins Atkins AR invites all creditors to file verified claims within six months from first publication March 27 1961 to bar their claims The notice dated March 27 and published April 3 1961 provides executor details
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Hempstead County
Arkansas
Kate V. Nelson
Washington
J. M. Barker Executor Bank of
Atkins
Quiet title suit seeks 40 acres in Hempstead County Arkansas
In the Hempstead Chancery Court No 8389 Frank H. Gilbert filed March 8 1961 to quiet and confirm title to the Southeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter Section 7 Township 12 South Range 25 West containing 40 acres more or less against Charles J Conway and other heirs of Joel D Conway deceased and all others claiming an interest. Defendants must appear by April 18 1961 to show cause why title should not be confirmed.
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Hempstead County
Arkansas
Frank H. Gilbert
Sey, Sey
Charles J. Conway
Joel D. Conway
Hempstead Chancery Court
Charles D. Conway
Joon N. Conway
Dorothey Dix By Helen Worden Erskine
Advice column styled piece where Dorothy Dix counsels a mother and wife on trust, adolescent son behavior, and marital strain. The letter-trade discusses a teen seeking a car, a father’s mistrust, and a possible affair, urging open communication and prioritizing spouse happiness to save the marriage.
Women’s Society Fears Civil War Anniversary Stirring Strife
The regional Methodist Women’s Society of Christian Service condemns Congress for authorizing a five year Civil War centennial. The observers warn the commemoration may awaken slumbering sectionalism and fuel conflict while noting the nation’s demographic trend of nearly two million more women than men.
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