Snow and Sleet Fall on Parts of Arkansas
The Associated Press reports April snow and sleet fell in Fayetteville and Flippin, with most of northwest Arkansas dry. The Weather Bureau expects mostly cloudy skies, cooler temps, and showers in the northeast today, with more rain Friday and a warming trend Sunday. Measured rainfall totals include Ozark over 2 inches in 22 hours, Hot Springs 1.23 inches, and Little Rock 2.2 inches for the year to date, with temps dipping to the mid 30s to mid 40s statewide.
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Associated Press
Fayetteville
Arkansas
Walnut Ridge
Flipppin
U.S. Weather Bureau
Ozark
Gilbert
Arkadelphia
Batesville
Flippin
Pine Bluff
Little Rock
Fort Smith
Texarkana
el Dorado
Mountain Home
Circuit Court Gets Started Here Today
Hempstead Circuit Court was set to begin Tuesday afternoon after a brief Monday session focusing on case setting. In one action EB J Whitman vs Tom Duckett, action on account was dismissed. In Juvenile Court four African American boys pled guilty to grand larceny and received two years probation for stealing items from local stores and selling them.
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Hempstead Circuit Court
EB. J. Whitman
Tom Duckett
Juvenie
A. G. Garrett
John Keck to Again Head VFW Group
John Y. Keck will head the VFW organization again this year with officers elected including Phillips DelVicchio James A. Callier Willie McCorkle Herbert Griffin C. V. Nunney Hays Munn and George Walden. Officers will be installed at the regular meeting on April 25 with a Wednesday night session planned to discuss two important actions.
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John Y. Keck
VFW
Phillips DelVicchio
James A. Callier
Willie McCorkle
Herbert Griffin
Chaplin
C. V. Nunney
Hays Munn
George Walden
Apys Usiat
Marine sergeant who led recruits to deadly river march says it was for discipline
Marine Sgt. Matthew C. McKeon told reporters through his counsel that the night march into swampy water was intended to teach discipline. Investigators question his authority over such actions as five recruits drowned and a sixth went missing during the unscheduled hike near Parris Island.
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Parris Island
Matthew C. McKeon
Worcester
Mass
Jeremiah Collins
Newark
N. Y
Randolph Pate
Marine Corps
McKeon
Pate
Joseph C. Burger
Marine Corp
5. C
Dust Storms Ruin 2 Million Texas Acres
United Press reports a destructive April dust storm devastated Texas and surrounding Southwest, eroding at least two million acres of land and causing deaths. Dusters blasted topsoil while storms spread rain and snow, with New England cleaning up from more snow as flood risk receded. Brig. Gen. Robert Fleming Jr. said major floods were unlikely on coastal streams.
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United Press
Texas
Texas State Soil Conservation Office
New England
Seaboard
Robert Fleming, Jr
New England Army Engineers Division
Gar Missing But It Was All Legesl MEMPIUS 2 Radio Dispute
An unclear fragment recalls a dispute over a missing car and legal actions. The source references a theft claim, a citizen’s automobile, and statements about ownership by a union or company, with police involvement noted amid garbled text.
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Gar
Mempius 2
A Few Facts About Bahamas Diving for Coins Turned Sport
HAL BOYLE notes Nassau tourists once tossed pennies into the sea for sport, now a two bit pastime. Cruise passengers watch divers retrieve copper coins as vendors lure shoppers along Bay Street. Visitors buy straw hats and savor cheaper drinks, with duty free liquor and mixed motives for leaving the island and returning items home.
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Bahamas
Hal Boyle
Nassau
Banat Il
Uigs
Bay Street
United States
Pine Bluff to House International Newsprint Mill Plant
International Paper Co announced plans for a 57 million dollar newsprint and bleached kraft board mill in Pine Bluff Arkansas on a 4 000 acre site on the northeast edge of town The project aims for 130 000 tons of newsprint 185 000 tons of bleached kraft boards annually and 1 450 new jobs with a chemical pulp mill and machine lines starting by September 1937 A second mill is planned for Mobile Alabama with 1215 000 ton capacity International cited South growth and timber resources as key factors and noted its expansion to nine mills in six southern states with about 18 000 Southern workers.
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Fine Bluff
Ark
Arkansas
International Paper Co
J. H. Hinman
International Board
Pine Bluff
South
Hinman
International
Gamden
Steran’ Kraft Wager
Arkansas River
International Paper
Mobile
Ala
T. D. Hamner, 82, Former Hope Resident, Dies
Thomas D. Hamner aged 92 died Monday in Texarkana after living in Hope and Hempstead for years. Survived by wife, three daughters, three sons, a brother and a sister. Funeral at Herndon-Cornelus Chapel at 2 pm Wednesday with burial in Betts Cemetery.
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Thomas D. Hamner
Texarkana
Nettleship to appeal demotion at University of Arkansas
Dr. Ander son Nettleship will appeal his scheduled demotion to Dr. John T. Caldwell president of the University of Aransas here Thursday. Officials announced Nettleship would be removed as head of the Pathology Department, a change tied to an administrative revision. Caldwell said a meeting with Nettleship would be closed to newsmen.
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Little Rock
Anderson Nettleship
John T. Caldwell
University of Aransas
University Medical School
Nettleship
Pathology Department
F. Douglas Lawrason
Medical School
Caldwell
Jill Mieeting
Dr. Nettleship
IPS Talks Up an Oil Price Hike
The Independent Petroleum Association argues crude prices are overdue due to rising production costs. A 25 cent per barrel rise last in 1959 and higher costs for wages steel and materials underpin the case. No figure or date is proposed, but a general increase is seen as likely soon.
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IPS
Washington
The
Independent Petroleum Association
Association
Russell B. Brown
GOP Seeks Key to Farm Measure Amid Veto Threat
Washington Republicans seek eight votes to push a farm bill through amid administration opposition. Leader Joseph Martin predicts a conference solution, else a veto and extended session. Democrats press for an omnibus bill with a $1.2 billion soil bank and restored rigid price supports, while Benson opposes parts of the plan.
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Washington
Int- House
Joseph M. Martin Jr
Mass
House
Congress
Martin
Eisenhower
Senate House Conference Committee
Agriculture
Benson
Clifford Russell for Hempstead County Judge
Clifford Russell, a Hempstead County farmer and businessman, announces his candidacy for County Judge. He notes 46 years old, born on a Clark County farm, lived in Hempstead since youth, family details, WWII Proving Ground service, grocery business owner, and farming since 1948. He pledges full‑time, honest, efficient service and is running on his own reputation without sponsorship, planning a countywide canvass to gain voter support.
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Star
Clifford Russell
Russell
Hempstead Coun
Clark County
Hempstead County
South Western Proving Ground
Hempstead
Leaders Discuss Use of Troops in Middle East
Secretary of State John Foster Dulles and 14 congressional leaders met at the State Department to discuss whether Congress would authorize United States troops if needed to keep peace in the Middle East. They stressed no such authority was requested now and there is no immediate emergency. The 90 minute conference followed Eisenhower’s warning that the U S will support any victim of aggression and preceded a planned major foreign policy speech.
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William Galbraith
Washington
John Foster Dulles
Middle East
Dulles
Midde East
State Department
Eisenhower
United States
White House
House
Joseph W. Martin, Jr
Mass
Martin
Styles Bridges
R-Nw
Senate
William F. Knowland
Calif
Augusta
UN Secretary Opens Peace Mission Amid Arab Israeli Violence
UN Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold lands at Lydda Airport to meet Maj Gen Burns of the Truce Commission as he launches a peace mission. He plans to fly to Cairo for talks with Egyptian Premier Nasser, with further discussions to follow in Cairo and Jerusalem. The crisis intensifies as artillery fire and violence spread near the Jordanian line and Gaza.
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Tel Aviv
Israel
Dag’ Hamskjold
Palestine
Hammarskjold
Lydda
Southe Aviv
Burns
Truce
Isri
Cairo
Hussein
Lowners
Antion
Gaza
Ike Indicates He Would Halt Aggression
President Eisenhower signaled approval to seek congressional authority for U S military aid if the United Nations acts to curb aggression in the Middle East. He indicated this stance in a policy statement prepared for his vacation headquarters in Augusta Georgia. He planned a major foreign policy address in Washington on April 21, as advised by James C Hagerty White House secretary.
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Augusta
Eisenhower
Congress
U. S&s
Middle East
United Nations
U. S
Citizens Groups Rally Against Be-bop Music in Birmingham
White Citizens Council spokesman said 73 local councils unite in a drive against be-bop and Negro music. Plans to protest its use on radio or at public gatherings were discussed at a weekend meeting. Z Ralph Council and Woodlawn Council objected to music seen as promoting racial integration and demoralizing children.
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Birmingham
Contracts Set to Develop Atomic Planes
Washington reports the Air Force awarded two contracts to advance atomic powered aircraft. Lockheed will build a multi million dollar laboratory at Dawsonville Georgia to develop the airframe. the facility will be government owned and Lockheed operated. Convair division General Dynamics will continue airframe development at Fort Worth Texas with GE involvement. Nuclear aircraft could potentially fly two million miles on a single pound of U235 fuel.
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Washington
Air Force
Lockheed Aircraft Co
Burbank
Calif
Dawsonville
Lockhead
Bahar
Convair Division
General Dynamics Corp
Canvate
Convair
General Electric Ca
Lockland
Ohio
Operation Alert Planned in July War Drill
Washington reports a nationwide Operation Alert 1968 to rehearse responses to a nuclear attack on 78 American cities. July 20-26 will see participation by President Eisenhower, the armed forces, and the Canadian government. The Office of Defense Mobilization describes a large civil defense and government evacuation exercise.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Office of Defense Mobilization
Treasury Department Named Official For U S Treasury
Secretary Humphrey announced the Treasury is officially named The Treasury Department after a 167 year period of doubt. The choice was posted in gold letters on the Treasury Building and follows an informal newspaper poll.
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Washington
Treasury
Treasury Department
Humphrey
Treasury Building
All Around the Town notes and civic tallies
R Q Kingcaid of Texarkana notes a district meet in Nashville and congratulates Whitfield Masonic Lodge of Hope for attendance prizes. The item also mentions Whitfield Lodge and local residents, including families tied to military service, aldermanic speculation, and a toast to promotion of Raymond B. Pedro in Camp Chaffee.
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R. Q. Kingcaid
Texarkana
4. M. Grand Lodge
Nashville
Zone A
Whitfield Masonic Lodge of Hope
Thomas 4. Pedron
Raymond B. Pedro
Hope
U.S. Army
Camp Chaffee
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Cliff Russell
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Be-bop
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Pauline Hatcher
H. W. Hatcher
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