Obituary for H. L. Thompson of Camden
Funeral services for H. L. Jim Thompson 62 of Camden were held at Forest Grove Church at Walker Creek. Burial followed in Forest Grove Cemetery. Survivors include a daughter mother six brothers and four sisters including Mrs. Clara Crank of Hope.
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Jim) Thompson
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Forest Grove Cemetery
Clara Crank
Hope
Indiana Tornado Toll Surges Across Six States
Severe storms hammered Indiana in a disaster wave with 91 killed and 1,000 injured as 20 cities faced damage. Tornadoes also hit Iowa Illinois Michigan Ohio with 56 deaths in Ohio and 23 in Michigan. Residents fled floods after 39 Minnesota counties were declared disaster areas by President Johnson.
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Highway Dept. Wins and Loses in Arkansas Supreme Court
The Arkansas Supreme Court ruled on three highway cases. The department won a $2,500 damage reversal for D. L. Staples over a 12 foot strip of right of way on Arkansas 167 near Calion. It upheld a $20,000 award to Charles H. Williams for land taken for the U.S. 67 project. A new hearing was ordered to decide damages for Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Kenner of Fort Smith over an Interstate 40 project that reportedly lowered their property value. they had no award at first trial.
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Tornado Devastates City Forcing Evacuations And Guard patrols
Sunday tornado trapped bargain hunters and ripped through neighborhoods across town. Veterans Administration Hospital roof blown off, elderly patients treated for shock and relocated. Mayor Walter Dunaway described the roaring funnel and widespread destruction as National Guard, troopers, Civil Defense and volunteers patrolled streets to deter looting and guard ruptured fuel lines.
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Page One
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Tornado Toll Rising Across Six States In Midwest
Series of violent tornadoes rips six-state area killing over 150 and injuring thousands, with vast floodwaters driving tens of thousands from homes across the upper Midwest. Survivors in Indiana hospitalize as waters surge in Minnesota and Mississippi.
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Upper Midwest
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Mississippi
Minnesota
Viet Nam
Bids Taken on College Building
McDaniel Brothers Construction Co. of Jonesboro submitted the apparent low bid of $625,000 to build an administration building at Arkansas State College in Jonesboro. Five other bidders vied for the two story job originally estimated at $672,000.
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Jonesboro, Ark
McDaniel Brothers Construction Co
Jonesboro
Arkansas State College
Louisiana Weather Outlook Tuesday Mostly in the Seventies
Partly cloudy conditions through Tuesday with widely scattered showers and thunderstorms in the south and central areas. A cooler trend mainly in the extreme north tonight. Lows ranging from 42 to 52 in the north and 62 to 70 in the south. Highs Tuesday expected 76 to 86 degrees.
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Louisiana
Missouri
Minnesota flood crisis spurs National Guard response
Three National Guard units were ordered into Minnesota as the costliest flood in state history displaced about 20,000 residents. The Minnesota River and Mississippi rose, highways closed, and cities like Hutchinson Chaska and St. Paul faced severe inundation. President Johnson declared 39 counties disaster areas with federal aid for public facilities.
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National Guard
Minnesota
Mississippi
Johnson
Red Cross
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Hutchinson
Minneapolis
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Busines
Red Lake
Chaska
Minneapolis-St. Paul
Savage
St. Paul
George Vavoulis
Union
Fort Smith Man Dies in Wreck
Darrell J. St. Clair a 66 year old Fort Smith Arkansas man died when his car went out of control and crashed on U S 259 about three miles south of Big Cedar Oklahoma Glen Johnson a 45 year old Porteau Oklahoma man the car owner was uninjured in the Sunday crash
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Okla
Darrell J. St. Clair
Fort Smith
Ark
U.S. 259
Here
Glen Johnson
Poteau
Fridley Evacuations As Ice Jams Challenge Minneapolis Area
Railroads involved transferred their operations to Minneapolis. Vavoulis said there was fear for the city's new eight million dollar industrial park. Ice jams in the Mississippi north of Minneapolis caused a rapid rise. Residents of suburban Fridley began evacuating.
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Vavoulis
Mississippi
Fridley
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