Cuba Hit by Five Bombs Thursday Night
AP bulletin reports Alexander Rorke claiming to have boarded a plane that dropped five defensive bombs on Havana refineries Thursday night. He said two passes were made and tanks did not blow, amid anti Communist meeting remarks. Rorke cited NY origins and NBC Cuba reporting stint, plus a boat seizure claim.
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Alexander Rorke
Havana
Rorke
Cuba
New York City
National Broadcasting Company
Fidel Castro
Vio
Lynn
Weather forecast for Arkansas regions by AP
Central Arkansas shows partly cloudy and mild conditions through Saturday with scattered showers this afternoon and thundershowers tonight and Saturday. Highs upper 70s to low 80s, lows upper 40s to upper 50s. Southeast Arkansas expects similar mild weather with showers tonight and Sunday, highs mainly in the 70s to 80s. Northwest and Northeast Arkansas forecast partly cloudy to warm with scattered showers and some sun, highs in the 70s to 80s, lows in the 50s to 60s. More widespread showers expected northward tonight with periods of rain starting tonight across the state. details continue on Page Six.
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Arkansas
Southwest Arkansas
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Eash
Continand
Committees for Festival Announced
Local groups name leaders for the upcoming Souths west Arkansas Poultry Festival with four weeks to go. General Chairman George Frazier reports strong support from Hope and district organizations, outlining chairpersons for publicity, chicken cookin, princess procurement and registration, parade, luncheon, processing plant open house, ticketing, packaging, band, stage, hospitality, and budget duties.
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George Frazier
Frazier
Hope
James Howell
Waskell Jones
Paul Jones
Donal Parker
Y. C.coleman
Lions Club
Boltye
Duncan
Bill Watson
Poultry Princess
Carter Russell
Pat Davis
Don Fuller
Jaycettes
Parade
Roger Pitts
Jays
Cees
Freeda Greenan
Wayne Russell
Ralph Lehman
James Morrow
Ned Purtle
HD Council
Jon Barbarodta
P. Young Jr
Dean Murphy
Kiwanis Club
Les Eugene
Ktal TV
Princess Ball
Rotary Club
Homer Beverley
Vincent Foster
Frank McLarry
George Peck
Ralph Selyman
B. N. Hall
Garland Medders
Jack Brown
Orie Byers
Guy Downs
Sweet Home Plans Singing Services at Local Church
Sweet Home will hold singing services Sunday at Sweet Tome Church located five miles east of Blevins on Highway 24. Zael Stone reports that quartets and several erica directors will be present.
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Topa
Blevins
Highway
Zael Stone
Stigerica
Kennedy in Georgia and Alabama on race progress drive
Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy meets Georgia Governor Carl Sanders and Democratic leaders in Atlanta to press for concrete steps to end racial discrimination as desegregation spreads in schools. He warns that without progress racial tensions will worsen over the decade. Kennedy's Southern tour also includes talks with U.S. attorneys and Justice Department officials and comes after picketing in Washington and demonstrations in Montgomery.
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I Reobert F. Kennedy
Carl B. Sanders
Georgia
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U.S
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Columbia
D.C
Montgomery
Ala
Capitol
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University of South Carolina
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United States
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Donald Russell
Band Leader on Critical List in Pulsa Oklahoma
Band leader Teel Weems, 62, hospitalized for over a month with a lung condition, was moved to the critical list today. Hospital officials said he had been improving and even allowed out of bed at times before the decline two days ago. He had been with his band on an engagement when the condition worsened.
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Pulsa
Okla
Teel Weems
Hospitt
Weems
Kite Mursday
Bowie
Bodies of Three of 22 Trapped Miners Found
Three of 22 miners trapped by a explosion at Clinchfield Coal Company Compass No 2 mine were found by rescue crews. The bodies lay in drifts about 114 miles from the main shaft, near a drift where 13 were to work when the blast hit. Officials said there was little hope for the remaining victims.
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Clarksburg
Clinchfield Coal Co
Compass
Harry Chapman
Chapman
Leonard Timms
Poppy Poster Contest Planned by American Legion Auxiliary
The Leslie Muddle ston Unit 12 American Legion Auxiliary sponsors a poppy poster contest for fourth through twelfth graders. Prizes offered at unit state and national levels for best veteran made poppy message, originality, and neatness. Posters must be 18 by 20 inches. entry contact Mrs Farmby at PR 724153. Contest runs through May 15.
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American Legion Auxiliary
Fred Form _by
Former Hope resident Paralee House dies in Fort Smith
Paralee House, formerly of Hope, died Thursday at a Fort Smith rest home. Survived by two sons Leo of Ft. Smith and John House of Houston. Funeral arrangements are incomplete.
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Fort Smith
Leo
Ft. Smith
John House
Houston
Hearing on Route of Highway 29 in Hempstead
The Arkansas Highway Department faced stiff objections at a public hearing in Hempstead Court House as about 200 residents protested the proposed reroute of Highway 29 from Hope City limits via Hervey to Highway 67. Petition signatures from 120 property owners along Hervey Street highlighted opposition to right of way losses and hazardous traffic.
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Hope City Limits
Hervey
Hempstead
Hervey Street
J. E. Lowder
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City Planning Commission
Hervey St
Main
Hope
Man Apprehended for Camden Police
Local police arrested a Camden man at 4 30 a m on burglary and auto theft charges. Officers Shirley and Jarvis halted the suspect and Camden officers took him into custody around 5 a m.
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Camden
Ouachita
Shirley
Jarvis
Junior activities convention set by American Legion Auxiliary
Mrs. Joe Jones announces the first junior convention of American Legion Auxiliary Unit 12 to be held in Little Rock at Hotel Marion this Saturday starting at 9 am. The unit will have six voting delegates among its 30 members. Also, Concert Time on KARX on Sunday April 28 at 1 pm will feature a tape recording of Hope High Senior Band’s festival concert at Hot Springs last weekend with five ensembles. Hope High earned many awards. Mrs. Helen McRae Barlow was awarded the Certificate of Professional Advancement by the Kansas State Music Teachers Association, a 20 year teaching veteran, accredited piano organ theory harmony and music history. Cub Scout Pack 82 Brookwood seeks its flag, last year inactive, likely at Brookwood School before next week’s Seoul Rodeo parade. State police stylists report four accidents in Letpstead in March with no fatalities. seven accidents in Lauray, none fatal, and a fatality cited in Nevada County. Girl Scout program charges will be explained prior to Coliseum presenting SPATERLS AVE.
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American Legion Auxiliary Unit 12
Little Rovk
Hotel Marion
KARX
Pam
Hope High
Hot Springs
Helen McRae Barlow
Youcher’s
Brookwood
Uigit
Brookwood School
Seoul
Arkansas Delegation Backs Feed Grains Bill in House
The Arkansas House delegation supported the administration feed grains bill, approved by the House on Thursday by a 208 to 196 vote. The measure aims to bolster grain programs and impact farm support nationwide.
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Washington
Arsasas House
Soviet Planes Buzz Copters Over Berlin
Berlin AP reports Soviet planes approached two U S helicopters over East Berlin, within 500 yards, as they returned unharmed to West Berlin after about 40 minutes. The action occurred during routine flights in the Berlin Contained Zone, a 20 mile radius. tensions rose after Soviet threats last August to shoot down a helicopter flying with a flight plan.
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Berlin
Beef Cattle Study Day Set At Southwest Branch Station
The Southwest Branch Station in Hopa will host a Beef Cattle and Pasture Study Day on Thursday May 16 starting at 10 a.m. Cecil Bittle announces the program with talks by Dr. E M Coalley and Dr. Cralley, tours of Spencer tracts, and a 2 18 p m Q and A forum led by Drs Ray Spooner. Lunch is 11 43 to 12 45. County agents may provide further details.
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Hopa
Cecil Bittle
Bittle
E. M. Coalley
Arkansas Experiment Station
Arkansas
Cralley
North Spencer
A. E. Spooner
South Spencer
Maurice Ray
Ray
Spooner
Providence Church Plans Revival Services
Providence Baptist Church on Highway 29 hosts a revival from April 28 to May 4 led by evangelist Kevis Downs. Pastor Kent Bubo says services run nightly at Providence Baptist Church with a focus on spiritual renewal.
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Providence Baptist Church
Vhe Kevis Downs
Kent Bubo
Russia and U.S. pledge Laos neutrality in joint communique
Moscow AP report says Premier Khrushchev and President Kennedy, via a Kremlin communique after talks with W Averell Harriman and Andrei Gromyko, reaffirmed full support for Laos neutrality. Harriman carried Kennedy's letter urging enforcement of the Geneva peace pact amid Pathet Lao actions near Kong Le forces.
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W. Averell Harriman
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Laos
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0.S
Joy Kohler
Andrei Gromyka
Gromyko
U.S
Pathet Lao
Tn Laos
Vientiane
Kong le
International Control Commission
Plaine Des Jarves
London
Typed Fast to Sound Like Ticker in Fraud Trial
A former employee testified in Little Rock that David M. Cohn had his secretary type rapidly to mimic ticker tape during stock quotations. He described Cohn guiding the phone toward the typewriter and saying its message had arrived, as a 12 jurors heard about forged bonds and a standstill sale of 46,000 shares of a company that planned coin operated machinery in 1960.
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Little Rock
API
David M. Cohn
Thomas J. Ellington
Cohn
Ellington
Clint Jones
Fidelity and Mutual Company of Minnesota
Jones
Ete
Standard
Tne Corporation
Aryelanning Machines
Forum for Freedom Ends Today at Hard ing College
The 24th annual Freedom Forum at Harding College nears its end as speakers discuss promoting the American way of life through education. Topics include communism education, civic programs to expose communist activity, and contrasts between progress and tradition in American society.
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Ark
Harding College
Anthony Bouscaren
Lee Mayng College
Syracuse
N.Y
Boyscaron
Clare Griffin
America
Griffin
Pers
Jessica Wyatt Payne
Huntington
W.va
Founding Fathers of
United Nations
Osceola Workers Vote Against Union At Greetings Plant
Osceola Ark AP employees of the American Greeting Corp rejected union representation 82 to 86 in a union election ordered by the NLRB after complaints of interference. Six hundred thirty one workers were eligible to vote. plant manager Jim Williams noted several ballots challenged.
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Osceola, Ark
American Greeting Corp
Pulp
Arkansas Young Republicans Open Session in Little Rock
The Arkansas Young Republicans hold a day session in Little Rock with the introduction of Miss Young Republican and an address by Rep. William Stinson of Washington at noon Saturday.
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Arkansas
Young Republicans
GOP
William Stinson
R-Wash
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