MacArthur Described As Romantic Yet Tough In Portrait
An AP overview portrays General Douglas MacArthur as a complex figure: romantic yet tough, eloquent yet sentimental, charming yet austere. It cites critics like Richard Revere and notes friction with Pershing Eisenhower Truman and others, including accusations of intrigue surrounding his 1951 dismissal and claims of hostility from Marshall Bradley.
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John J. Pershing
MacArthur
New York Times
Pershing
Arthur Schlesinger Jr
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Pacific
Washington Post
John G. Norris
Maj
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Philippines
Eisenhower
Harry S. Truman
Truman
Norris
General Headquarters
Europe
Washington
George C. Marshall
Defense
Omar Bradley
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Wake Island
Political Battle Lines in Brazil
BRASILIA Brazil AP political battle lines form for Congress to elect an interim president to serve 20 months of Joao Goulart term. Coup leaders met in Rio de Janeiro and backed Gen Humberto Castelo Branco for interim rule. Social Democrats uncertain on support for Paschoal Ranieri Mazzilli as provisional president.
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Brasilia
Brazil
Congress
Joao Goulart
Rio de Janeiro
Humberto Castelo Branco
Social Democrats
Paschoal Ranieri Mazzilli
Faubus to Dedicate New Dormitory at Fargo Training School
Gov. Orval Faubus will speak at the dedication of a new girls dormitory at Fargo Training School near Brinkley. He will place a plaque honoring late state Sen. Tom Allen of Brinkley in the facility that will house 24 girls and a house mother.
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Associated Press
Brinkley, Ark
Orval E. Faubus
Fargo
MacArthur aided by Whitney defends actions against critics
Maj. Gen. Courtney Whitney, MacArthur's longtime aide, compiled a 547 page defense of his actions in MacArthur His Rendezvous With History. Whitney claims Communists in the Europe first circle sought to undermine MacArthur and portrays 1932 bonus army clashes as a government mob threat.
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Washington
Courtney Whitney
MacArthur
Whitney
Herbert Hoover
Superb Lamb Curry in Rice Ring
A historic curry recipe for a family or company meal features boned lamb cooked with curry powder, onions, and lemon juice, served in a prepared rice ring with chutney, coconut, peanuts, and a raw vegetable salad. Includes steps for browning meat, simmering until tender, and packing a ring mold with Minute Rice. Serves about four.
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Leon
Onion Dry Soup Mix Shines in Spring Buffet
A quick skillet supper uses onion dry soup mix with shoulder chops and peas. Brown chops in shortening, add mix and flour with water and seasonings, simmer, then add peas and pimiento until tender, yielding six servings. The mix also suits dips spreads and salads and now features easy open pull tab cans.
Eight Steel Firms Indicted in Antitrust Action
NEW YORK AP Eight steel companies led by US Steel are indicted by a federal grand jury on price fixing for carbon sheet steel in a $3.6 billion market. Two executives face charges. Inland and Kaiser are not named but records were subpoenaed. Convictions could bring fines up to $50,000 per firm and possible jail time for executives.
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New York
US Steel
John J. Kennedy
Kennedy
Justice Department
Robert F. Kennedy
Inland
Kaiser
Armco
Soviet China border clash tagged by Tass treaty disputes
Moscow reports the Tass news agency accusing China of systematic border violations along the Soviet-Chinese frontier. The Tass statement says Chinese actions are crude and provocative, reviving a long standing dispute over sections from central Asia to Korea and noting historical border creation with possible adjustments to be discussed.
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China
Moscow
Soviet Union
Red China
Tass
Central Asia
Korea
Beckwith Likely to Take Stand in Evers Murder Trial
Byron De La Beckwith's lawyers hint he may testify at a second trial for the 1964 murder of NAACP leader Medgar Evers. With seven jurors yet to be chosen on day three, defense questions whether jurors would give Beckwith the same credibility as other witnesses. Beckwith previously testified at his first trial, which ended in a deadlock. The 43 year old Greenwood fertilizer salesman is accused of ambushing Evers on June 12 last year.
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Jackson, Miss
Byron de la Beckwith
Medgar W. Evers
Beckwith
Greenwood
Miss
Evers
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Oil Pool Unit Is Observed at Magnolia Smackover Field
In Hot Springs Arkansas Atlantic Refining Company officials told the Arkansas Oil and Gas Commission during a statewide hearing that the Magnolia Smackover Pool unit’s eight year old secondary recovery project has lifted production from 7400 to 17500 barrels per day. They cited potential ultimate recovery gains up to 30 million barrels and highlighted conservation benefits from unitization as key.
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Hot Springs, Ark
Atlantic Refining Company
Arkansas Oil and Gas Commission
Magnolia-Smackover Pool
A. C. Raisig
Raisig
Atlantic
Transfer of Pine Bluff Station Control Approved
Washington AP reports the Federal Communications Commission approved a transfer of control for station KPA at Pine Bluff Arkansas. Bruce Gresham and J C Noble will acquire the station via a stock purchase from W L Kent Howard Peters and Robert Meador for 27500 dollars.
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Washington
Federal Communications Commission
KPA
Pine Bluff
Ark
Bruce Gresham
J. C. Noble
W. L. Kent
Howard’ Peters
Robert Meador
Appreciation Dinner Sellout for Brooks Hays in Little Rock
The Arkansas Chapter of the National Conference of Christians and Jews announced that the Appreciation dinner for former Congressman Brooks Hays was a sellout in Little Rock. About 1,000 tickets were sold at two dollars each.
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Arkansas
Brooks Hays
National Conference of Christians and Jews
Settlement of Anti-Trust Suits Near in Texas and Oklahoma
An out of court anti-trust settlement is reached between four southwestern power companies and three electrical equipment manufacturers. The deal totals 2,263,867 dollars with General Electric paying 1,562,112, Westinghouse 601,755, and McGraw Edison 100,000. Plaintiffs include Central Power & Light of Corpus Christi, Southwestern Electric Power of Shreveport, Public Service Co. of Oklahoma, and West Texas Utilities of Abilene. The suits, filed January 1962, alleged price fixing bid rigging and conspiracy. Attorney Richard L. Arnold called the settlements price adjustments.
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Houston
Southwestern Power Companies
General Electric
Westinghouse Electric Corp
McGraw-Edison Co
Central Power & Light Co
Corpus Christi
Tex
Southwestern Electric Power Co
Shreveport
Public Service Co. of
Oklahoma
West Texas Utilities Co
Abiline
Richard L. Arnold
Texarkana
Informer Tani Forced to Be Double Agent by Police
A woman named Tani, amid passport irregularities, is compelled by police to act as an informer. She becomes a double agent, serving both law enforcement and men planning a crime as part of the story’s cast.
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Tani
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