Supreme Court to Hear Barnett Contempt Jury Case
The Supreme Court will hear next fall whether Mississippi Governor Ross Barnett and Lt. Gov. Paul B. Johnson Jr. are entitled to a jury trial in criminal contempt charges stemming from their actions blocking James Meredith’s enrollment at the University of Mississippi. The case originated from a New Orleans circuit court order and follows a 1963 deadlock on the jury issue. Meredith's admission occurred after riots in the area.
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Paul B. Johnson Jr
Circuit Court
Barnett
Johnson
Supreme Court
Circuit
Jeff
Weather forecast for Arkansas and Missouri
Mostly cloudy and warm with scattered showers and thundershowers across Arkansas, some locally severe storms possible in the southeast this afternoon and tonight. Highs 76 to 82, overnight 50s to 60s, rain ending west tonight and turning cooler. Tuesday cloudy to partly cloudy and cooler with east rain early. In eastern and southern Missouri, considerable cloudiness and warmth with Windows of showers and thunder showers, ending from the southwest tonight, turning cooler. Tuesday sunny and cooler. Night lows 70 to 80.
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Arkansas
Missouri
Warner
Agelih
Germany Receives First U S Sergeant Missile
Washington reports West Germany has received its first U S Sergeant missile, a fast firing battlefield weapon with 75 mile range for conventional or atomic warheads under U S control. Deliveries to Germany were planned for March, with Germany already possessing Honest John, Corporal, and 8 inch howitzers.
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Washington
West Germany
U.S
United States
Germany
Defense Department
State Death Toll Rises to 12 on Highways in Arkansas
The Associated Press reports a five car collision near Ozark killed Oscar Guerian, 78, of Fresno, and seriously injured four others. Five more deaths occurred in traffic and other incidents across the state, including a fatal crash near Nashville and a nightclub fight in Sedgwick. Sheriff statements note crashes on U.S. Highway 64 and state Highway 27, with additional fatalities from a log fall and a fall. Verlon Murphy faces first degree murder charges in the Sedgwick death.
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Ozark
Oscar Guerian
Fresno
Calif
John
Glen F. Briley
Clessie
Gary
van Buren
Brileys
Guerian
Wort. Smith
Bob Pritchard
Franklin County
U.S. Highway 64
Troy Simms
Russellville
Simms
James D. Jackson
Closs
Welton Kitchens
Dierks
Nashville
Fomby Jackson
James Jackson
Virgil Sansoucia
Sedgwick
Walnut Ridge
Jackson-Lawrence County Line
Norman Harkey
Verlon Murphy
Little Rock Zoo Seeks White Tigers Amid Export Hurdles
Little Rock Zoo Director Raymond Squires weighs bringing two white tigers to Arkansas after India bans exports. Estimates set at 21000 dollars for the tigers and 4000 dollars for shipping, with a possible export permit via the American Embassy. A fundraising drive could be launched if permission is granted.
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Little Rock
India
Raymond Squires
Squires
Rewa
Little Hock
Arkansas
First Strawberries Harvested in Arkansas Sold at Auction
The first Arkansas strawberries of the 1963 season sold for 275 dollars at auction. An IG-quart crate was bought by D. R. Shafer of Hybel Produce Co and Bud Litowich and Son of Benton Harbor Michigan. Produced by S. W. Holt of McRae. Proceeds turned over to a Bald Knob charity fund.
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Bald Knob
Ark
API
Arkansas
D. R. Shafer
Hybel Produce Co
Bud Litowich & Son
Hall
Benton Harbor
Mich
S. W. Holt
McRae
Record Vote in Italy Is Predicted
ROME AP records voter turnout as Italy ends nationwide elections to choose 6 deputies and 315 senators. About 80 percent of 34 million eligible voters cast ballots on the first day and seven hours of polling on Sunday. Major parties include Christian Democrats and Socialists amid debates over Fanfani's center left coalition.
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API
Italy
Syngay
Milan
Alto Adige
South Tyrol
Austria
Woter
Christian Democratic
Amintore Fanfani
Pietro Nenni
Socialist
Fanfani
Christian Democrats
Keiser Growers Chief Barred from Mexican Harvest Plan
W T Crews of Keiser Arkansas, president and manager of Keiser Growers Association, was ruled ineligible to participate in the Mexican National Program. The United States and Mexico announced the decision after Crews signed Mexican Nationals to Soya Farms Inc in 1961 while Soya was ineligible. Crews did not appeal, and the Labor Department cited improper subsistence for Mexicans assigned to the association.
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Dallas
Trustees Meet in Little Rock Over Arkansas Library Problems
Library trustees from across Arkansas gather in Little Rock Tuesday to discuss library problems. The session is sponsored by the Trustees Division of the Arkansas Library Association.
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Little
Split Term Decision At Vanndale School District
Voters in Vanndale School District will decide on May 7 whether to continue the split term or switch to a nine month term. The split term starts in summer, with the school year extending through the following year ending in May.
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Vanndale
Ark
Pa Bons
King criticizes churches for failing to help during dark hour
In Little Rock Rev. Martin Luther King Jr at the 118th anniversary of First Missionary Baptist Church urged Negro churches to aid the fight for equality. He warned that three types fail to answer the midnight knock, urged action against segregation, and denounced the loss of the moral order amid social and psychological turmoil.
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Little Rock
Martin Luther King Jr
King
First Missionary Baptist Church
Randle
Belgian Nobel laureate to speak at U A Medical Center
The University of Arkansas Medical Center will host Belgian scientist Dr. C. Heymans, Nobel Prize winner, on Tuesday. He will address medical students on blood pressure regulation and hypertension and lecture on drug action and respiration. he belongs to the Royal Academy of Medicine of Belgium, the Physiological Society of the United Kingdom, the American Pharmacological Society, and the Pontifical Academy of Science.
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Uipile Rock
University of Arkansas Medical Comer
C. Heynmians
Ghent
Belgium
Heymans
Royal Academy of Medicine of
Belsium
The
Physiological Society
United Kingdom
American Pharmacological Society
Pontifical Agislemy of Seioyve
Local School Papers Honored Across Arkansas
Ricky Pakner of Wynne won a 100 scholarship from the Arkansas High School Press Association while Donna Joyce of Stamps received 50. Editor of the Year awards went to Bill Keedy Newport Chet Noble El Dorado Abbott Trice DeWitt and Martha Wilkes Forest Heights Junior High.
Schaerf to serve second term as Austrian president
Vienna reports President Adolf Schaerf, 73, socialist, wins a landslide reelection with 2,473,694 votes to 1,813,787 over Julius Raab, 72, a conservative former chancellor. The result solidifies Austria's leadership into a new six year term.
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Austria
Adolf Schaerf
Schaerf
Julius Raab
London
Martelli
European Atomic Energy Community
Euratom
Culham
Berkshire
Cueneo
Italy
King Saud
Welcome Aboard Castro in Moscow Khrushchev Embrace
Soviet Premier Khrushchev and Cuban Prime Minister Fidel Castro opened talks in the Kremlin to strengthen ties between their communist states. They discussed escalating Soviet military and economic aid, amid questions about future volumes beyond current projections. Castro praised Soviet aid while Khrushchev asserted joint resistance to the United States, and both leaders greeted each other warmly as crowds cheered in Red Square.
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Moscow
Khrushchev
Fidel Castro
Kremlin
Soviet Union
Castro
Lenin
Cuba
United States
Vnukova
Murmansk
U.N. General Assembly
New York
All Around Town Items Highlight Arkansas Campus News
April 22 Spring Festival recognizes Suzanne Booth and Betty Bryant as sophomore counselors at the University of Arkansas. Donations sought for Macedonia Cemetery on Patmos road. Pvt. Michael Braden on 20 day Marine leave visits his parents in Hope. Teddy M. Jones Jr. elected Hendrix College student body president. Mu Alpha Theta at Hope High School honors thirteen students including Johnnie Honeycutt and Jo Ann Jones. Navy Wave Joyce Criner graduates recruit training at Bainbridge and receives assignment.
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Association For Women Students
University of Arkansas
Suzanne Booth
Duffie D. Booth
Betty Bryant
Kelly Bryant
Pvt
Michael Braden
Camp Pendleton
Calif
Marine Corps
James D. Braden
Teddy M. Jones Jr
Hendrix College
Conway
Ehiss
Hope High School
Mu Alpha ‘Theta
National High School
Johnnie Honeycutt
Jo Ann Jones
Joe K. Keesey
Linda K. Hulsey
Charles Walker
Rose A. Williams
Ann GC. Arnold
Mack MeLarty
Phil W. MeLarty
Emmet Wassell
Jacque Fielding
Catherine S Gladney
Gary D. Mayfield
Willian D. Sillivan
Navy
Joyce, Criner
D. L. Criner
Hope Rt. 3
U.S. Naval Training Center
Bainbridge
Hope Hi-Lights Earns AHSPA President Post In Little Rock
Led by campaign manager AL Weisenberger the Hope Hi-Lights school paper was elected president of the Arkansas High School Press Association at the AHSPA meeting in Little Rock last week The Hi-Lights earned Superior in General Excellence in its division Individual honors went to Sarah Bagley John Whitten Phil McLav y Paddy Davis Jennifer Cox Becky Waller and Mary Nell Turner serves as journalism instructor and adviser
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AL Weisenberger
Hope Hi- Lights
Arkansas High School Press Association
AHSPA
Little Rock
Hi-Lights
Sarah Bagley
John Whitten
Phil McLavy
Paddy Davis
Jennifer Cox
Becky Waller
Mary Nell Turner
ITI- Lights
Hoffa Edges Rivals in Major Teamsters Election Victory
Philadelphia AP report confirms James Hoffa wins a decisive Teamsters representation election over Voice of the Teamsters in the four-state region. Official count 4893 for Hoffa, 2590 for Voice of the Teamsters with Meany backing the insurgent group. Referenced past election violence and calls for reform.
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Philadelphia
Taternational
Teamsters
Jones
R. Hofta
Iworto- Dhe
Fia-Clo
National Labor Relations Board
Teamster's
Voice of the ‘Teamsters
Apl-Clo
George Meany
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Delaware
Mary
A. Jubilant Hoffa
Pha
Afl-Cio
William Kirchner
The
Voice
Peamsters
Charles Meyer
Kirchner
Woffa
Hoffa
National Labor Reations Board
Organize Education Council Meeting Planned for May 2
The faculties of Brookwood Paisley Garland Hope Junior and Senior High Schools will meet Thursday night May 2 at 7:30 p.m. in the high school library to organize the Hope Education Council. Assisting will be Mrs Low Coneh state president and Mrs Trebie Shaw Magnolia district TE director of the Department of Classroom Teachers Arkansas education.
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Brookwood
Paisley
Garland
Hope
Hope Education Council
Low Coneh
Trebie
Shaw
Magnolia
Arkansas
Dominican and Haiti Break Off Relations
Tense clash on Hispaniola as Dominican Republic accuses Haiti of invading its embassy and Haiti severs diplomatic ties. President Bosch orders 24 hours to withdraw troops around Port au Prince embassy housing 22 Dutvalier opponents. OAS convenes fact finding team as chaos spreads with refugees seeking asylum and border tensions rising.
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Santo Domingo
Dominican Republic
Hispaniola
Haiti
Juan Bosch
Traitian
Francois Duvalier
Port Au Prince
Duvalier
Bosch
Victor Elvis Vinas Roman
Organization of American States
Cuba
OAS
Duva- Inice
Aremy
Duyvalier
Jan
Claude
Simone
Latin America
Brother of Local Women Succumbs
Everett Parton, 46, of Monahans Texas died suddenly of a heart attack there last Saturday. Survived by two sisters Mrs Lesley Terry and Mrs Ben Grael both of Lope and a brother Frank Parton of Cleveland Tennessee. Funeral arrangements are in complete.
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Everett Parton
Monahans
Texas
Lesley Terry
Ben Gralel
Lope
Frank Parton
Cleveland
Tenn
Arkansas Explorer Scouts to Attend Pensacola Conference
Eleven Arkansas Explorer Scouts will attend a five state Explorer Scout conference in Pensacola Florida from Friday through Monday. Includes Andy Moore Little Rock Jeff Gridler Jacksonville Frank Hiegel Conway Charles Ambrose Pine Bluff Ronald Buyeskie Coy Jimmy Dav es Dick Everhart Ricky Koonen Thomas Graue James Noppinger all of North Little Rock.
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Little Rock
Arkansas
Pensacola
Fla
Andy Moore
Jeff Gridler
Jacksonville
Frank Hiegel
Conway
Charles Ambrose
Pine Bluff
Ronald Buyeskie
Coy
Jimmy Daves
Dick Everhart
Ricky Koonen
Thomas, Graue
James Noppinger
North Little Hock
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