Folkcrafts Featured at Annual Mountain View Festival
Arkansas Publicity and Parks Commission lauds Ozark heritage at the Mountain View Folk Festival and Craft Show. Otto Rayburn warned of loss of traditional crafts. today artisans showcase weaving, carving, pottery, shingle work, and homecrafts at Mountain View and Timbo Valley with parades, hoedowns, and Rackensack concerts amid spring blossoms.
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Mountain Home View
Ozark
Otto Ernest Rayburn
Rayburn
Arkansas
Rackensack Society
Rackensackee
Ogark
Timbo
Ozarks
Mountain View
Young Rackensackers
Rackensack People
Ozarks Foothills
Reaction to Dr King Assassination Sparks Nationwide Grief
The New York Hope Star reports immediate national shock from Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. assassination. Leaders and citizens including President Johnson Jackie Robinson Leontyne Price James Meredith and senators react with sorrow prayers and calls for nonviolence and unity across America.
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Louise Cook
Associated Press
NEW York
Martin Luther King
Johnson
Dr. King
Jackie Robinson
Joanna Ryan
Harlem
Richard Hatcher
Gary
Ind
Samuel J. Cornelius
Nebraska
Leontyne Price
Metropolitan Opera
James Farmer
Congress of Racial Equality
King
Bennie Mae Fowler
Minnesota
Eugene J. McCarthy
Robert F. Kennedy
Indianapolis
James Meredith
Mississippi
America
Jack Greenberg
Naacp Legal Defense and Educational Fund
Frank Church
Ldaho
California
Mervyn M. Dymally
Richard M. Nixon
Tarrance J. Cooke
Obituaries and Civil Unrest Across Cities
Obituaries note funeral services for Mrs. Jimmy C. Walters, 85, and Willie Melarty, 65, with details on their deaths and survivors. Across major cities, governors and mayors deployed National Guard. Harlem, Brooklyn, and other neighborhoods saw gunfire, looting, and police mobilizations. officials reported property damage but no major injuries, while crowds clashed in Hartford and Roxbury with vehicles and newsmen’s cars targeted.
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Carroll Willie Melarty
Nashville
Spring Hill
Farris MeLarty
Magnolia
P.R. Rushton
Shreveport
Latimer Funeral Home
Hartford
Conn
Tallahassee
Fla
Monticello
Greensburgh
N.Y
North Carolina
Dan Moore
National
Greensboro
Raleigh
New York
John Y. Lyndsey
Harlem
Brooklyn
Bedford-Stuyvesant
Crown Point
Fulton Street
14Th Street
Walter Washington
Boston
Roxbury
Jackson State
The Negro Community and Local Notices Digest
Community column notes include Esther Hicks contact lines, a calendar entry for White Rose Chapter No 416 OES, NHS news with Yerger Chapter election delegates, a weiner roast at Pentecostal Temple Church of God in Christ, funeral notices for Mrs Genevia Henry and Robert Moore, and obituaries of local residents with service details and survivors. The piece blends club news, society events, and bereavement announcements for Hope Arkansas and nearby areas.
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White Rose Chapter
O.E.S
V. J. Evans
W. M
Edna M. Davis
NHS News
Yerger
National Honor Society
Carol Williams
Lynda Phillips
Marion Ogden
Neva Tate
Mary Washington
Pentecostal Temple Church of God In Christ
Geneva Henry
Gordon
Arkansas
Spring Hill Baptist Church
Oakland
Louisiana
Spring Hill Cemetery
Hicks Funeral Home, Inc
Robert “Iob’’ Moore
Hope
Chicago
Qeneis
Robbie Moore
Barbara Ann Moore
Helen Davis
Artis Moore
Howard Muldrow
Gertrude Tyree
Katie Sanders
Phoenix
Arizona
Sarah Gamble
Claudine Douglas
Messrs
Emanuel
Fred Moore
C. Taylor
Weather Elsewhere and Johnson's Dilemma After Memphis Slaying
The article notes tensions over public reaction to the Memphis slaying and President Johnson weighing whether to attend events or stay away to avoid appearing callous. Vice President Humphrey condemned the act as bringing shame, prompting a fund raising dinner to be canceled. Johnson faced uncertainty if the king's killing could trigger racial violence and affect his ability to stay in Washington, despite communications allowing travel.
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Hawaii
Johnson
Hubert H. Humphrey
Humphrey
Jahnson
Johison
Washington
Arkansas Governor Alerts State Guard After MLK Assassination
Gov. Winthrop Rockefeller placed the 175-member West Memphis National Guard on alert following Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. assassination in Memphis. He also dispatched 30 Arkansas State Troopers to Memphis and urged calm amid riot and unrest after King led a Memphis march.
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Little Rock
National Guard
West Memphis
Winthrop Rockefeller
Martin Luther King Jr
Memphis
King
Rockefeller
Arkansas
Tennessee
Movement Could Turn to Violence
AP report on King era tensions and fear of racial violence. It contrasts King's nonviolence with rising militant rhetoric and notes a peaceful Memphis march, while President Johnson condemns lawlessness after King's slaying. The piece frames national unease across races and leadership.
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March Air Force Base
Calif
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Honolulu
America
Martin Luther King
Dr. King
Johnson
Arkansas Freeze and Frost Warnings Overnight Weather
The 24 hour forecast ending 7 a m Friday shows a high of 61 and low of 35 with a freeze warning mainly in the northeast and frost warning across central and southeast sections tonight. Expect fair, cold conditions tonight then partly cloudy and warmer Saturday with tonight’s lows ranging from 24 in the northeast to 38 in the southwest.
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Associated Press
Albany
Albuquerque
Atlanta
Bismarck
Boise
Boston
Buffalo
Chicago
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Des Moines
Detroit
Fairbanks
Fort Worth
Helena
Honolulu
Indianapolis
Jacksonville
Juneau
Kansas City
Los Angeles
Louisville
Memphis
Miami
Milwaukee
St.p
New Orleans
New York
Okla
City
Omaha
Philadelphia
Phoenix
Pittsburgh
Ptund
Pound
Ore
Arkansas
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Lou Oberste
Arkansas Publicity and Parks Commission
Young
Florida A.&m. University
Bedford Stuyvesant
White House
Jackson
Miss
Jackson State College
Newark
U.S
Khe Sanh
Tennessee Williams
Thomas Lunier Wiliams
Ark
City Auditorium
Hope Star
Hope City Hall
Jimmy C. Walters
Herndon Chapel
Gordon Renshaw
Everett Vinson
Memory Gardens
Herndon
Betty Boston
Saigon
Texas
John B. Connally
Jacob K. Javits
R-N.y
College Area
Charles Evers
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
College
North Main Street
Ester Hicks
H. W. Beecher
State Guard
Barry Schweid
Washington (Ap
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