U.S. Aid to Viet Nam Tops $3 Billion
U.S. aid to South Vietnam has surpassed 3 billion dollars highlighting a program tied to counterinsurgency. The effort focuses on village improvements and broad economic support, with significant grass roots staffing and radios for propaganda and surrender appeals. Major partners include Australia Britain Canada France West Germany Malaysia New Zealand and South Korea. The Johnson administration plans to step up aid with about 30 million yearly for counterinsurgency plus 30 million in surplus food.
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Alliance For Progress
Latin America
U.S
Johnson
Australia
Britain
Canada
France
West Germany
Malaysia
New Zealand
South Korea
National Teamsters
James R. Hoffa
Chicago
Union
Pension
Ashington
House
Senate
South Viet Nam
Congress
Appalachia
Red China
Smarkand
Zeravashan River
Stop Paying Fees for Hoffa Sought by Teamsters Aide
A Teamsters executive board member asked halting legal fees for president James R. Hoffa pending a high level conference on legality. John J. O Rourke urged the pause in a telegram to secretary treasurer John F. English citing advice from Edward Bennett Williams. The move would wait until the full board can meet to decide.
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Washington
Teamsters Union
James R. Hoffa
New York
John J. O'Rourke
O'Rourke
Teamster
John F. English
Edward Bennett Williams
Hoffa
Weather Report from Station for 24 Hours Ending 7 AM
Weather experiment station report covers the 24 hours ending 7 am with a high of 71 and a low of 61. Precipitation totals 0.95 inches. The data reflect conditions observed at the reporting station.
Arkansas regional forecast update
The Associated Press reports Central Arkansas will be partly cloudy and mild through Tuesday with highs 72 to 82 and tonight’s lows 52 to 62 Northwest Arkansas remains partly cloudy and cool tonight with lows in the 50s and similar mild conditions tomorrow Southwest Arkansas sees clear to partly cloudy skies and mild weather through Tuesday with lows around 60 to 64 and highs in the low 70s.
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Arkansas
THE
Associated Press
Central Arkansas
Northwest Arkansas
Southwest Arkansas
Dragging resumes for Conway man who drowned Saturday
Operations resume this morning to recover the body of a Conway man who drowned Saturday. The incident prompted rescue efforts and local officials urged caution as teams extend the search along the riverbank.
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Arkansas
Conway
Romania Seeks Soviet Chinese Talks Mediation Effort
Communist Romania says China did not reply to a Romanian plan for a three party meeting including the Soviet Union to mediate their dispute. The Romanian communist paper Scienceia notes Moscow agreed in general and urges a truce in ideological rifts to present a united front.
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Hans Benedict
Vienna
Austria
Romania
Red China
Scienteia
Moscow
Khrushchev
Mao Tze-tung
Peking
Moving Van Hits Waldron Bridge in Arkansas
An Allied Van Lines truck skidded on wet pavement and crashed into the Fourche River Bridge eight miles south of Waldron Arkansas. The vehicle and 800 pounds of furniture burned, tying up U S 7 for about two hours. The driver suffered minor leg burns and was treated then released from a Waldron hospital. Traffic lined up for a mile each side.
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Waldron Ark
U.S
Waldron
Clyde Hawkins
Hawkins
Allied van Lines
Okay Transfer & Storage Co
Fort Smith
Fourche River
San Antonio
Tex
Money and happiness belief across ages in a quirky column
A collection of light items on money buying happiness, age differences in income effect, language quirks, trivia, and aphorisms. Notable quotes mix with curiosities about papyrologists, dress impact on behavior, and an old-statistics quip, all in a breezy, mailbag style column.
Defense in Ruby Case Loses Round
Dallas prosecutors won another step in the Ruby case as Judge Joe B Brown denied moving condemned prisoner Jack Ruby to a hospital for further mental testing. Ruby, pale and agitated, had returned to court after his March 14 conviction for Oswald murder.
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Dallas
Jack Ruby
Dist
Joe B. Brown
Brown
Ruby
Lee Harvey Oswald
Louis Jolyon West
West
Bill Decker
Arkansas Young Democrats to hold May convention in Fayetteville
About 250 delegates are expected to attend the Arkansas Young Democrat Clubs convention in Fayetteville on May 8. Governor Faubus and former Governor McMath have accepted invitations. Richard J. Murphy, assistant postmaster general for personnel, will be the principal speaker.
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Fayetteville, Ark
Convention of
Arkansas
Young Democrat Clubs
Orval E. Faubus
Sid McMath
Asst
U.S
Richard J. Murphy
Cecil McElroy 60 Buried Sunday
Cecil C. McElroy 60 lifelong resident died Saturday in a local hospital. He was a Methodist and survived by three brothers Waller of St Louis Al and Albert J Elroy of Hope and three sisters Mamie Sanders Joe Yarper and William Alton all of Hope. Services held Sunday at Oakey Funeral Chapel by Rev Ghadwit Connell with burial in Ayers Cemetery.
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Cecil C. McElroy
Methodist Church
Waller
St. Louis
California
Albert J
Elroy
Hope
Mamie Sanders
Joe Yarper
William Alton
All of Hope
Oakey Funeral
Ghadwit Connell
Bini
Ayer's
Rain Ends in Arkansas as Flood Threat Lingers
Arkansas enjoyed its first rain-free day in a week while northern areas face showers Tuesday. Camden felt the impact of 5 to 7 inches of rain with the Ouachita River at 10.5 feet above flood stage and cresting near 38 feet by Wednesday. Highway 7 south of Camden closed. no city flooding reported.
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Arkansas
Camden
Ouachita
U.S. Weather Bureau
Final Rites for Wreck Victim Sat
Final rites were held Saturday at Latimer Funeral Chapel Nashville for Connie Perry Lee 43 of Nashville killed in an auto accident at Fulton. Rites read by Rev Hollis Purtle of Memphis burial in Avery Chapel. A native of Blevins Mrs Loe operated a beauty shop in Nashville and was member of Emmanuel Baptist Church. Survivors include son Dan Loe and daughter Virginia Loe both of Nashville mother Mrs George Perry four brothers Hoyt Fred Perry Wilbur Perry George Perry Jr and a sister Mrs Gertrude Dood all of Nashville.
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Latimer Funeral Chapel
Nashville
Connie Perry Lee
Fulton
Hollis Purtle
Memphis
Avery Chapel
Blevins
Hoyt
Fred Perry
Wilbur
Lincoln
Calif
George Perry Jit
I. Dis
N. d
Johnson seeks civil ties with business leaders
President Johnson told U.S. Chamber of Commerce members at Constitution Hall that times are good and government will act with restraint and responsibility. He urged businessmen to exercise restraint in economic choices and to support policies serving all people while noting that discrimination and wasted manpower cost the economy billions. He urged frugality abroad and compassion at home, stressing productivity, expansion, and prosperity under a cooperative government business relationship.
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Douglas B. Cornell
Associated Press
Washington
Johnson
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Constitution Hall
Sweet Home
Chamber of Commerce Office
Burglars Hit Hope Pawn Shop on Walnut Street
Burglars entered the Hope Pawn Shop operated by Terrell Brantley downtown on Walnut Street Friday night and took seven pistols and five watches. They shattered the front door glass to gain entry. The investigation continues.
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Hope Pawn Shop
Terrell Brantley
Walnut St
Alumni of Hendrix to Meet Here in Hope 1964
Hendrix College alumni living in southwest Arkansas and Texarkana Texas will gather April 30 at 7 00 p m in the Melon Room of the Barlow Hotel Hope. Area Chairman Warl O Neal says Reverend James E Major and Gene Wilbourn will attend. Color slides show campus changes and admissions policies will be discussed. Alumni spouses parents and prospective students and their parents are invited.
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Hendrix College
Arkansas
Texarkana
Texas
Barlow
Hope
Warl O’neal
James E. Major
Gene Wilbourn
Hendrix
Southerners mock civil rights compromise amid Senate debate
Southern opponents label the jury trial compromise in the civil rights bill a sop and vow to block a Senate vote this week. The plan by Mansfield and Dirksen would allow juries for certain criminal contempt cases with penalties above 30 days in jail or $300, while Talmadge seeks universal jury trials. Senator Aiken urges Johnson to confer with leaders and address perceived weaknesses in the bill.
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Washington
Senate
Richard B. Russell
Dga
Sens
Mike Mansfield
Dmont
Everett
M. Dirksen
R-Ill
Herman I
Talmadge
de Ga
George D. Aiken
R-Vt
Johnson
Aiken
Fighting erupts as Greek Cypriots threaten Ayios Theodoros
A hundred Greek Cypriot irregulars armed with mortars and machine guns threaten Ayios Theodoros as UN officials move to remove the village’s 800 Turkish Cypriots. Fighting flares near Kyrenia Pass where Greek Cypriot forces press Turkish defenders around St Hilarion Castle.
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Nicosia
Cyprus
Ayios Thodoros
U.N
Kyrenia Pass
St. Hilarion Castle
Faubus to Dedicate Bois d Arc Lake Officials plan dedication event
At the Hempstead County Wildlife Association meeting Gov. Faubus agreed to speak at the Bois d Arc Lake dedication at 3 30 p m on May 30 with other dignitaries. A Fishing Derby runs May 1 to May 30 with prizes for bass perch and bream. A committee for the event was named and the next meeting is May 14 at the Courthouse.
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Hempstead County Wildlife Association
Gov. Faubus
Bois d' Arc Lake
Harry Hawthorne
Dorsey McRae
Garland Kidd
Bois d’ Arc Lake
All Around Town Highlights Hope Area Clubs and Events
Sue Ross and Barbara Hulsey of Washington were elected president and first vice president of the Colecon Club at Southern State College. Hope High graduates and freshman home economics majors, they lead a home economics group. The Hope Council of Garden Clubs thanks donors who aided a successful flower show. A Texarkana Conifer Girl Scout Service Center groundbreaking featured George Fragier and other Hope attendees. A pine tree damaged James H. McPherson’s Columbus Road home during a windstorm. Edwin Stewart and G. A. Hobbs attended the Arkansas Retail Jewelers Association convention in Hot Springs, with Stewart serving as secretary of the state group. Dr. George Balentine, pastor of First Baptist Church, plans meetings in England with Southern Baptist Convention members. Donations are being sought for Macedona Cemetery upkeep on the Hope Patmos road, c/o Mrs. Marion Hubbard, Hope Route 4.
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Sue Ross
Barbara Hulsey
Washington
Southern State College
Miss Ross
Miss Hulsey
Hope High
Edwin Stewart
G. A. Hobbs
Arkansas Retail Jewelers Association
Hot Springs
Stewart
George Balentine
First Baptist Church
Memphis
New York
London
England
Southern Baptist Convention of the USA
Canadian Jailed for Stealing Car
Arthur Latulippe, 53, a Canada native, was arraigned in Little Rock on interstate transport of a stolen car. Held on 5000 dollars bond after FBI agents and police arrested him in Jonesboro when he tried to open a checking account with a worthless Arizona bank check. Latulippe admitted passing bad checks in 15 states and used the name Curtis Earl Jones. He was driving a car bought with a bad check in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
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Little Rock
Arthur Latulippe
Canada
U.S
John E. Coates
Latulippe
Jonesboro
FBI
Jonegeboro
Arkansas
Curtis Earl Jones
Arizona
Albuquereque
N.M
Delight Man Dies at Prescott
Jim A Stockton 61 of Delight died Saturday at Prescott hospital. Retired farmer and care operator, he belonged to Delight Methodist Church. Born near Okolona to Tom and Emily Upton Stockton. Survived by widow Ivy Parks Stockton two sons James of Prescott and Charles of Ardmore Ollshome four daughters Doyle McRoy Texarkana Troy Loomis Portland Texas Clovis Henderson Old Glory Linda Stockton Delight two brothers Henry Stockton Sam McHenry Emitpare meee Jayie Howard Delight Me Sam Kennedy Bottom Texas Funeral 2 p.m. at Delight Methodist Church with Rev. W H Watson and Rev. Tom Abney officiating burial in Delight Cemetery. Funeral director Murry-Ruggles Arkadelphia.
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Jim A. Stockton
Delight
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Hal Boyle
Demosthenes
Greece
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Arnold Glason
Benjamin Disraeli
Young Democrats
Cecil McElroy
By Webb McKinley
Faubus
Hope Council of Garden Clubs
T 9
Conifer Girl Scout Council
George Fragier
Fred McElroy
Garday ‘Yer
Hillman Keen
Arch Wyle
James H. McPherson
Columbus Road
Macedonia Cemetery
Hope- Patmos Road
Marion Hubbard
Hope Rt
Prescott
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