Dozen Vessels Helping Search for Thresher
Dozen ships search the Atlantic for the Thresher wreck after its overhaul and test dives. Navy plans 22 more attack submarines while a structural study and court of inquiry probe the loss and lessons. Winds and high seas hinder operations as oceanographers map the bottom with echo sounding gear.
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Thresher
Atlantic
Navy
Secretary of the Navy
Fred Korth
Bureau of Ships
Naval Court of Inquiry
Court of Inquiry
Portsmouth
Na, Navy Yard
Wiss
Boston
Southeast Construction Low Bid On Arkansas Bank Stabilization
Southeast Construction Company of Pine Bluff appears to have the low bid at 385200 dollars for two Arkansas River bank stabilization projects near Morrilton. One site is Point Remove Creek upstream from Morrilton, the other Cypress Bend four miles downstream.
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Little Rock
Southeast Construction Company, Inc
Pine Bluff
Arkansas River
Morrilton
Point Remove Creek
Cypress Bend
AEA backs consolidation plan for small districts
Arkansas Education Association official Forrest Rozzell said the AEA would back consolidation moves and urged a permanent state commission to study district needs. He noted over 200 of 417 districts are too small for adequate programs and compared to the 1949 law mandating consolidation below 350 students. Rozzell proposed a five to nine member commission with a director and staff, plus county commissions to feed state recommendations.
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Little Rock
Arkansas Education Association
Forrest Rozzell
AEA
Rozzell
Weather Notes Mixed With Windy Conditions Today
Weather fair and warm with high winds. Sunday saw mild conditions.
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Sanday
Sue Ata
Old Story to Be Retold in Easter Sunrise Service
An Easter feature piece notes the enduring meaning of Christ is Risen. Local ministers present an optimistic view despite skepticism. A sunrise service is planned for Sunday at 6:30 a.m. in the High School Coliseum.
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Castle and Cottage
Christ
High School
Cites Hospital Cooperation Emphasizes Regional Planning
Raymond P. Sloan of Columbia University urges Little Rock hospital leaders to favor cooperation over duplication. He says regional planning can improve complete community care with minimal overlap of equipment and services.
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Little Rock
Raymond P. Sloan
Columbia University
New York
Sloan
Shell examination in Arkansas after live Civil War era find
An 8 year old in West Memphis Arkansas found a live Civil War mortar shell weighing about a pound. He played with it before showing it to his father. Officials transported the device to the Bart Smith facility for disarming or disposal.
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Associated Press
West Memphus
Ark
Ph Ft
Chaffee
Fred
Memphis
Thieves Target Morrilton Coin Collection
In Morrilton Arkansas police say thieves who stole a dozen folders from Mr and Mrs Ward Taylor knew exactly what they sought. Sheriff Marlin Hawkins called it the work of specialists and reports no other items were disturbed. A $200 reward was offered for tips leading to arrest and conviction. The missing items include Morgan and Peace silver dollars Mercury head and Barber bid quarters Liberty seated half dollars shield nickels Buffalo nickels and two Liberty Walking half dollars.
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Morrilton, Ark
Marlin Hawkins
Morgan and Peacetyne
Air Commandos Build Jungle Airstrip in Panama Village
An Air Force operation in Panama used loudspeakers to recruit villagers in Chiman to carve an airstrip from the jungle. The project, led by Air Commandos, began last December with community outreach and demonstrations then provided tools and guidance. The finished runway, opened March 30, connected a 3,000-person town to Panama City, with the US covering only fuel costs for the flying planes.
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Panama
Air Force
Air Commandos
1Chiman
Panama City
Bay of Panama
United States
J. J. Kiette
Rahway
Chiman
Morgan Smith
St. Petersburg
Fla
Caribbean Air Commando Tropical Survival School
Smith
Robert L. Gleason
Phoenixville
Cruide
Senators Split Over Nike Zeus Funding Amendment
Washington reports Senators Fulbright and McClellan split their votes on an amendment to end $16 million for starting production of the Nike Zeus anti missile program. Fulbright supported the ambatchment while McClellan opposed it, the tally 58 to 16.
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Washington
Arkansas
J. William Fulbright
John McClellan
B-Ark
Fulbright
Senate
Mc Clowan
Food Contaminated Cans Tied to Passover Tuna
FDA warns six metro areas about defective Dagim white tuna labeled kosher for Passover. About 100 cans tested show botulinum type E traces, mainly in New York shipments. Washington Packing Corp. of San Francisco packed the tuna, tied to Detroit deaths and A&P recalls. further interstate shipments from the firm are limited to identified cases.
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Food and Drug Administration
Washington
FDA
New York
Detroit
Chicago
Cleveland
Pittsburgh
Augusta
Washington Packing Corp
San Francisco
A&p
EDA
Washington Packing
California
Alligators Spread From Defunct Farm
In Mesa Arizona about 200 alligators emerged from hibernation after a defunct farm’s holdings were disturbed by an 18 inch alligator seen in a city pool. Police noted a boy admitted climbing fences and scattering young reptiles while authorities warned residents to avoid pools and canals as hungry alligators roamed.
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Mesa
Ariz
Sheriff's Office
Phoenix
Max Finch
The
Arizona Humane Society
Dale Logston
Texas
Monte Ladue
Arkansan Dr Adkisson Elected President of Midwest Conference
Dr. Virgil W. Adkisson dean of the University of Arkansas Graduate School is chosen president of the Midwest Conference on Graduate Study and Research. The body includes more than 100 graduate schools nationwide and meets yearly in Chicago to discuss graduate study and research issues.
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Fayetteville
Ark
LAP
Virgil W. Adkisson
University of Arkansas
Chicago
Tomorrow Is the Time Symbolic of Sacrifice and Courage
Mary Anita Lasseter reflects on Easter as the time most symbolic of sacrifice and suffering for humanity. She links Christ’s courage to human responsibility, decoding COURAGE with Christ, Others, Understanding, Righteousness, Almighty, God, and Easter, arguing courage bridges divine sacrifice and human action.
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Mary Anita Laseter
Lockman
Christ
Earth
Paradise
God
Father
Two Killed in Benton Wreck
A four vehicle crash near Benton Arkansas killed Myrtle Tisdel 25 and her son Mark Stephen 5 from Springfield Tennessee. Her husband Reverend James F Tisdel 25 and their daughters Myra Jane 3 and Elizabeth Jean 2 were injured non critically and hospitalized. Alfred L Smith 58 of Benton faces involuntary manslaughter charges. Bill Apple 33 of Little Rock drove the third vehicle. Smith remained jailed as the investigation continued.
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Ben't'on
Ark
Benton
Springfield
Tenn
Myrtle Tisdel
Mark Stephen Tisdel
James F. Tisdel
Myra Jane
Elizabeth Jean
Bobby Gunn
Tisdel
Alfred L. Smith
Lawson Glover
Smith
Bill Apple
Little Ravk
Gunn
Apple
Saline County
Tivesday Met
Moyer
Tisdels
Sprivadield
Halt on using U S Auto for racetrack trips ends
Washington AP report says Rep E C Gathings demanded rule compliance and House Clerk Ralph R Roberts loses access to the government limousine for visits to Bowie and Laurel racetracks in Maryland. Speaker John W McCormack announced the move and Roberts defended his past use as akin to using a telephone.
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Bowie
Laurel
Maryland
Roberts
Gathings
McCormack
House
Rusk Kennedy French Talks Aides Shakeup Released
President Kennedy vacationing in Palm Beach received a telephoned report from Secretary of State Rusk after his talks in Paris London with Charles de Gaulle and Pierre Salinger declined to detail the nature of the briefing Salinger announced staffing changes at federal agencies including the FDIC and the Civil Service Commission and SEC reshuffles while the Kennedys stay in Florida and officials consider visiting guests early next week
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Palm Beach, Fla
Kennedy
Dean Rusk
Europe
Charles de Gaulle
Pierre Salinger
White House
Rusk
Washington
Paris
London
de Gaulle
Britain
Salinger
Caroline
John Jr
G. Erle Cooke Sr
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp
Id. Andulyek
Washington, D.C
Civil Service Commission
Manuel F
Cohen
Securities and Exchange Commission
Allan Lighter
Alv
Qs Umbuyaadur
Libya
Pope Calls for End to Arms Race in Pacem in Terris Encyclical
Pope John XXIII urged an end to the arms race and stronger UN structure to safeguard world peace. He urged nuclear ban, general disarmament, and universal trust over arms equality, warning against war by accident and stressing the UN’s potential authority.
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Vatican City
John XXIII
United Nations
Jesus Christ
John
la World
Russia to Be Told NATO for Defense Only
U S plans to tell the USSR that the proposed multilateral nuclear force is defensive and not offensive. Secretary Rusk told Ambassador Dobrynin a reply to Moscow's protest will come in a few days. Rusk cited Laos fighting and urged greater freedom for an international control commission and full North Vietnamese withdrawal.
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John M. Hightower
Washington
United States
Russia
Western
Europe
Soviet Union
Dean Rusk
Anatoly F. Dobrynin
Moscow
Rusk
Dobrynin
State Department
Laos
Viet Nam
Ruskan Dobrynin
Berlin
Hope District 1-A appoints Beasley head football coach
In a special meeting last night the Hope District 1-A School Board named assistant coach Gordon Beasley as head football coach. He succeeds John Pierce who resigned to accept a position at Crossett.
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Hope District 1
Gordon Beasley
John Pierce
Crossett
Goldwater Lets Backers Go to Work
Senator Barry Goldwater reacted to the formation of a national draft committee with a resigned shrug saying he will not engage with the movement. He told reporters he is focused on his Arizona Senate race and noted the efforts are springing up nationwide, with little knowledge of the financing.
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Jack Bell
Washington
Ry Goldwater
Peter O'Donnell Jr
Texas
Arizona
Senate
O'Donnel Organization
J. William Millendorf
Greenwich, Conn
New York
Connecticut Republican Finance Committee
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