Arkansas Tornado Watches Amid Severe Storm Threat
The Associated Press reports Arkansas faced tornado watches with one tornado sighted near Gillam in Sevier County, no damage confirmed. Schools heard a roar but no funnel observed. Watches extend to 5 p.m. with threats of large hail and damaging winds across many counties.
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Associated Press
Arkansas
U.S
Mineral Wells
Tex
Little Rock
Franklin
Johnson
Logan
Polk
Pope
Scott
Sebastian
Pike
Sevier
van Buren
Conway
Faulkner
Garland
Grant
Hot
Spring
Perry
Pulaski
Saline
Drew
Jefferson
Lincoln
Bradley
Calhoun
Clark
Cleveland
Columbia
Dallas
Nevada
Ouachita
Union
el Dorado
Harrison
Texarkana
Notable obituaries across nations and industries
A roundup of deaths includes Zyge Zakrzewski 68 national president of the Alliance of Poles in America since 1939, Rudolph Kirks 91 pioneering Katzenjammer Kids creator, former Queen Soraya of Afghanistan in Rome, Doris Day collaborator Martin Melcher 52, railroad official David L. Hughes 38, Commodore Robert Hale linked to nuclear submarines, and other notable figures from Cleveland New York Rome Hollywood Trivoli Oakland.
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Cleveland
Zygemunt Zakrzewski
Alliance of Poles In America
Zakrzewski
Polish Alliance
New York
Rudolph Kirks
Dirks
Haris
Fritz
Hearst
John
Rome
Soraya
Afghanistan
Aman Ullah
Husbad
Zurich
Hollywood (Ap
Martin M. Melcher
Doris Day
Melcher
Miss Day
Trivoli
David L. Hughes
Toledo, Peoria and Western Railroad
Oakland
Calif
Robert 5. Hale
Adm
Hyman George Rickover
Court Ruling Voids Sale of Newspaper
The Supreme Court affirmed a lower court ruling ordering the Los Angeles Times to relinquish three San Bernardino newspapers bought in 1994 for 15 million dollars. The Sun Co. acquisition by Times Mirror violated the Clayton antitrust law, per Federal Judge Warren J Ferguson’s decision, with Justice John M. Harlan agreeing to hear the appeal and four justices needed for action.
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Washington
Supreme Court Today
Los Angeles Times
San Bernardino
Warren J Ferguson
California
Times Mirror Company
The
Sun Co
Times
Ferguson
John M. Harlan
Greenwood Rebuilding Underway After Tornado Destruction
Greenwood Arkansas begins coordinated rebuilding after Friday killer tornado killed 13 and injured 270. WAED A director Leon Hardin and County Judge Ben Geren meet about downtown plan with 30 business leaders to avoid piecemeal rebuilding. SBA and federal disaster funds being sought as 41 businesses close and aid kitchens supply meals to children.
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Greenwood, Ark
Greenwood
Western Arkansas Economic Development Association
Leon Hardin
Sebastian
Ben Geren
Hardin
Geren
WAEC
Small Business Administration
Electric workers strike expands across Bell System
Electric manufacturing employees in Buffalo and Bell System workers in several states walk out. In Alabama and Kentucky many refuse to cross picket lines of Western Electric installers. Wages now average 3.27 dollars per hour for Western Electric installers and 22.79 dollars weekly for Bell System workers. New Jersey Bell Tele phone Co offers a 1000 dollar reward for information on damage to about ten booths and notes 62 cables slashed since the strike began.
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Buffalo
N.Y
Bell System
Alabama
Kentucky
Western Electric
Western Electric Telephone
New Jersey Bell Telephone Co
New Jersey
Aflicio International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Nine Arkansas senators listed for 1968 re election
The Arkansas Supreme Court affirmed that nine senators must stand for re election this year following a reapportionment dispute. The justices held no mandatory drawing for lots until after the 1970 federal census and rejected GOP calls for 26 senators to be drawn. Named are Dorothy Allen Brinkley James Bearden Leachville Clarence Bell Siloam Springs Russell Elrod West Memphis Bill Ingram Conway Mutt Jones Cecil McNiel Rector Knox Nelson Pine Bluff Morell Gathright Pine Bluff.
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High Court
Dorothy Allen
Brinkley
James Lee Bearden
Leachville
Clarence E. Bell
Parekin
Russell Elrod
Siloam Springs
W. K
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Texas Gulf
Houston
American Houston
Cliff Richey
San Angelo
3Rd Corps
North Vietnam
Panhandle
Bon Homme Richard
Vinh
Demilitarized Zone
U.S. Command
Navy
Air Force
Marine
South Vietnam
Khe Sanh
Leathernecks
Yia
Boro Jovanovic
National Library
Safeway
Charles Harrell
Hope, Ark
T. C. Porter
Lucille Lytle
Lloyd Lingo
C. G. Tittle
Daris Flowers
V. Jones
Dorothy McGee
Lula Smith
Annie McDowell
Carlene Hunt
Thelma Baker
Wright
Edward
Mr. G
Melrose
Ox, Bel
Halewey Blanes
HOPE
ARK
Lyle Brown
Warren E. Wood
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