The Strange World of Coins and The Carpetbaggers Film
A cinema and coin column notes a coin shortage impacting vending machines as silver price rises. It reviews The Carpetbaggers at Hope’s Saenger, praising George Peppard and Alan Ladd, with hints about Howard Hughes inspiration and Nevada Smith’s standout portrayal.
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Wall Street Journal
John Citizen
Hope
Saenger
Harold Robbins
Hollywood
Howard Hughes
Hughes
Jonas Cord, Jr
George Peppard
Nevada Smith
Alan Ladd
Woman Kills Four of Her Children in Indiana
In South Bend Indiana a 28 year old mother Deanna Hankey admitted strangling her three sons and one daughter while her husband was away on business. She is hospitalized under guard with slashed wrists and heels after the incident. Police call the killings murder and the self harm an attempted suicide.
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South Bend
Ind
Joseph Horvath
Deanna Hankey
Horvath
Hanbey
Floyd Zellers
Weather Forecast By The Associated Press
Weather report for 24 hours to 7 am Wednesday shows highs around 82 and lows near 47. Central Arkansas sees clear to partly cloudy conditions with a warmer night and 80s Thursday. Northeast Arkansas minor temperature changes with lows 52 to 58 and Thursday highs in the 80s. Southeast Arkansas forecast continues on page two.
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THE
Associated Press
Central Arkansas
Northeast
Arkansas
Southeast
Hempstead County Social SecurityPayments Hit 3,022 Beneficiaries
Otis A. Blackwood, District Manager in Texarkana, announced Hempstead County residents receive about 1.816 million dollars annually in social security benefits, up 5.1 percent from 1963. He noted monthly checks began in 1940 and that 3,022 county residents were collecting benefits as of December 1964, with broader national milestones also cited.
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Hempstead
Otis A. Blackwood
Texarkana
Mr. Blackwood
Blackwood
Arkansas
Social Security
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Figures Most Shoplifters Are Lazy Selfish Women
New York AP report surveys a string of provocative claims about gender and behavior. It notes shoplifting patterns among women, jokes about fashion, work ethics, and social trends, presenting a satirical collage rather than a cohesive news item.
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New York
Erwin
Strassman
Houston
Tex
Buu
America
15 Percent Truck Rate Hike Approved
The Arkansas Commerce Commission approved a 15 percent rate increase for intrastate truck shipments. Chairman Kay L. Matthews said there is no link to possible truck license fee hikes and noted drivers’ wages rose 32 percent from 1958 to 1963, with higher trucking costs justifying the rise.
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Little Rock
Arkansas Commerce Commission
Kay L. Matthews
Commission
Orval E. Faubus
Matthews
Arkansas
Arkansas Commission
Interstate Commerce Commission
Exampe
DNC Pays For Helicopter Use In 1964 Johnson Campaign
The Democratic National Committee reimbursed $2 019 38 for military helicopter use by President Johnson during the 1964 campaign. The Defense Department disclosed this in response to an inquiry.
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Washington
Democratic National Committee
Johnson
Defense Department
India and U S pledge $1 billion for development
Washington reports ten nations including the United States pledge one billion dollars to India's economic development despite frosty U S Indian relations. Prime Minister Shastri will defer his U S visit to next fall as Johnson faces Viet Nam and congressional duties.
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Washington
United States
India
Lal Bahadur Shastri
Johnson
Shastri
Pakistan
Mohammed Ayub Khan
China Calls for Destruction of South Vietnam in Uproar
Beijing’s Communist party newspaper denounces South Vietnam as a product of U.S. imperialism and urges its destruction to reunify Vietnam. It condemns Johnson’s April 17 pledge to guarantee independence and rejects unconditional talks, accusing the United States of turning South Vietnam into a colonial military base.
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John Roderick Tokyo
Red China
Republic of
South Viet Nam
U.S
Viet Nam
Communist Party
Peking People’s Daily
Johnson
United States
Peking
U S
People’s Daily
Ngo Dinh Diem
Nguyen Khan
Sagan
Senate Ends Easter Recess In Brief Session
The Senate ends its Easter recess with a brief session before adjourning to honor Sen. Olin D. Johnston of South Carolina who died Sunday. House members remain on Easter holiday and will return next Monday.
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Washington
Senate
Olin D. Johnston
D-S.c
House
Kiwanis Minstrel marks 22 years of youth help in Hope
The Hope Kiwanis minstrel runs its twenty second annual show at Blevins High School auditorium next Tuesday night at 8. Proceeds go to the senior high class. Since inception in 1943 the program has raised over 27500 for Hope youth projects with a large cast and eight specialty acts lined up.
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Tne
Hope Kiwanis
Blevins High School
Hope City Hall
Blevins
Eddie
Axle Grease
Whitman
Guy
Grigg
Harry
Kiwanis Minstrel
Emmett Thompson
Thomas Lavin
Hope Boys and Girls Club
Jim Embree
Ched Hall
Frank McGibbons
Lawrence Martin
Lyle Brown
Eva Reynerson
Ambassador to Handle Canal Deal
President Johnson names John Irwin II to negotiate a possible new canal linking the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. Irwin, 51, a Keokuk Iowa native living in New York, is a former assistant secretary of defense for international security affairs.
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Washington
Johnson
Atlantic
Pacific
John Nrwin, II
Keokuk
Iowa
New York
Irwin
Complacency Called Out At Hope Kiwanis Talk
The Rev. Rhine McMurry urged a return to honesty in business politics and ministry during a Hope Kiwanis meeting. Dr. George L. Ballentine introduced him at First Baptist Church of Hope where a revival runs nightly at 7 30. McMurry leads First Baptist of Siloam Springs and formerly pastored Lewisville.
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Rhine McMurry
Hope Kiwanis Club
Christ
McMurry
George L. Ballentine
Hope
First Baptist Church
Council OKs storm sewer culvert on Rosston Road
Dickie Lauterbach and Bob Odom, building five homes on Rosston Road, asked the city to install a storm sewer culvert at Rosston Road and Shover Street. The board authorized the culvert and granted Missouri Pacific Railway maintenance at crossings after a prior unpermitted start. Rail lines will be raised four inches at Walnut, three at Elm, and one at Frisco to create smoother crossings.
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Dickie Lauterbach
Bob Odom
Rosston Road
Shover Street
Missouri Pacific Railway Co
Walnut St
Elm
Frisco
Blevins Junior Class Opens Farce Friday Night
The Blevins High School Junior Class presents Anything for a Laugh a farce at 7 30 p m Friday in the gym The Ward family encounters mishaps when Beverly Ward brings home a practical joker as her father Fred Ward nears a ten thousand dollar business deal The audience is invited to see what happens
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Blevins High School
Ward
Beverly Ward
Fred Ward
Law Day Chairman Named for Hempstead County
F C Crow named Law Day Chairman for Hempstead County as Law Day USA is proclaimed annually since 1958. Other participating Hempstead County Bar Association members include Atkins Brown Feild Graves Graves Graves Pilkinton Weisenberger and Wilson with 1965 officers Crow presiding and Pilkinton as president and Wilson as vice president.
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United States
U.S.A
Hempstead County Bar Association
Mr. Crow
W. S. Atkins
Lyle Brown
Talbot Feild, Jr
Albert Graves
Albert Graves Jr
O A. Graves
James H. Pilkinton
Royce Weisenberger
John L. Wilson
Area Farm Bureau Meet Here Thursday Night
An Area Farm Bureau legislative meeting is set for Thursday April 22 at 7:00 p.m. at the Town and Country Restaurant. Lester Kent, Hempstead County Farm Bureau president, notes major farm bills before Congress could affect Southwest Arkansas farmers. He urges officers and committee members to attend and discuss legislation and related items.
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Farm Bureau
Lester Kent
Hempstead County Farm Bureau
Arkansas
Congress
Kent
National Affairs Committee
Fair Opens on Schedule in New York
The billion-dollar New York World's Fair reopened for its final season with 6,000 people at the gate. A ribbon cutting at 8 30 a m launched ceremonies highlighted by a parade and speeches from Vice President Hubert H Humphrey and West German Mayor Willy Brandt.
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New York
Hubert H. Humphrey
Willy Brandt
Community notes cover local events and upcoming contests
The Hope area reports emergency surgery for Rev. Rufus Sorrells in North Little Rock, many locals travel for rifle team competition in Center Texas, and Royal updates including Arkadelphia RO TC meet results. Also listed are home-parent assignments in Waco and Lions broom sales, Forestry Queen entry deadlines, rabies vaccination plans in Hope, and a note about Nanette Bilyeu at the University of Oklahoma.
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Rufus Sorrells
North Little Rock
Hope
Memoral Hospital
Hope City Hall
Herbert Rogers
Nanette Bilyeu
U. of Okla
Iheair Naime
Mc Namara reveals aid boost for South Viet Nam
Defense Secretary McNamara announced a rise in U.S. military aid to South Viet Nam from 207 million to 330 million for the current fiscal year. He said North Viet Nam infiltration into the south has increased yet U.S. attacks have slowed it, and pledged helicopters and firepower to strengthen South Vietnamese forces up to 160 000 troops.
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Washington
Robert S. McNamara
South Viet Nam
White House
Johnson
Honolulu
Viet Nam
McNamara
U.S
North Viet Nam
House Gutted by Fire Here Tuesday
Firemen were called to two fires yesterday. A grass fire on S Elm started from the railroad and was quickly extinguished. Later they fought a kitchen blaze at East Shover St the home of Sarah Phillips. The house was completely gutted.
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S. Elm
East Shover St
Sarah Phillips
James Cobb
Public Sells Stock in Hope Community TV Antenna
Hope Community TV Inc announces a public stock sale from April 11 to April 29 with a 10 share minimum. Will iam R. Renton says the new franchise will erect a community antenna offering channels in Shreveport Little Rock Texarkana and more, with installation costs 100000 to 150000 and monthly rates not to exceed 5 per outlet. Kenneth F. Daniels will handle inquiries at 322 N. Pine, Hope between 8 am and 3 pm.
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Hope Community Tv, Inc
William R. Renton
Hope Community TV
Shreveport
Little Rock
Texarkana
Pine Bluff
el Dorado
Monroe
Kenneth F. Daniels
N. Pine
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the Star
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Prescott McRae
Law
F. C. Crow
Law Day
Area Farm Bureau
Pi Beta Phi Sorority
Mis. Kal Bilveu
Grand Forks Afb
N.D
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Hope Rifle Tear
Center
T2xpert
Grandy Royston
Linda Cobb
Arkadelphia
Henderson State Teachers College
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