Night of Civil Unrest Hits Jersey City Streets
Bands of young Black people attacked police with gasoline devices bricks and bottles in Jersey City triggering 2 injuries to Black residents 1 white man killed 20 arrests since Sunday Mayor Whelan warned order would be restored 100 officers patrolled the area in the largely Black south side police said two victims were identified as Louis Mitchell and John Dudley with injuries described as neck shoulder and arm wounds.
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Jersey City
N.J
Thomas J. Whelan
Reno Whelan
Inersey City
Hudsoniver
New York City
Petapne
Oly
Louis Mitchell
John Dudley
Mitchell
Dudley
Pastures Critical in Texas Pastures Critical in Texas
The Associated Press reports extreme heat across Texas and neighboring states with record high temperatures. Cities like Wichita Kansas and Chicago logged historic August 3 readings while central regions faced ongoing heat, humidity, and drought stress. Tornadoes and hail were reported in Illinois, Indiana, and Connecticut saw record lows as weather shifted.
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Associated Press
Texas
Louisiana
Wichita
Kan
Chicago
Mercury
Hutchinson
Hennessey
Okla
St. Louis
Springfield
Louisville
Grand Rapids
Mich
Muskegon
Philadelphia
Connecticut
Elgin
Ill
Logansport
Ind
Brazil
Indiana
Randolph County
Spangler Brugh Reflects on Nearly Unique Film Career
Spangler Arlington Brugh, the famed movie star known as a top MGM figure since 1934, looks back on a long career with few parallels in Hollywood. He recalls crowd adoration, no Academy Award, and gratitude toward Louis B Mayer and Barbara Stanwyck as he nears 53 while living quietly on a Beverly Hills farm with Ursula Thiess and their two children.
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New York
Spangler Arlington Baugh
MGM
Arlington Brugh
Rudolph Valentino
Clark Gable
Hollywood
Land
Toda Be
Ursula Thiess
Beverly Hills
Louis 8. Mayer
Barbara Stanwyck
Spangler
Mayer
Robert Taylor
Farm Bureau to Hear Radio Director Jack Dillard
Jack Dillard director of K W K H Farm Service in Shreveport Louisiana will be guest speaker at the Farm Bureau meeting Thursday evening August 6 1964 at 7 30 p m at the Farm Bureau Office 806 West 4th Street Dillard will update attendees on the latest farm legislative matters all members invited.
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Jack Dillard
K.W.K
Shreveport
Farm Bureau
West 4Th St
Dillard
Weather Summary from Arkansas Forecast Report
Weather experiment station reports 24 hours ending 7 am Tuesday with highs near 100 and lows around 74. Central Arkansas stays hot and humid through Wednesday with highs 96 to 106 and lows in the 70s. Northwest Arkansas remains fair with little change, lows 68 to 74 and highs 98 to 106. Northeast Arkansas shows clear skies continuing.
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Arkansas
Associated Press
Central Arkansas
Northwest
Northeast
Forrest Hill to Hold Revival
Forest Hill Baptist Church announces revival beginning Sunday August with morning services at 10 30 a m and an evening service at 7 30 p m Pastor Rev Chester Bullock will preach The church sits about ten miles east on Highway No 4 Rosston Road half a mile off the highway
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Forest Hill Baptist Church
Chester Bullock
Forest Hill Church
Rosston Road
Mrs. Hamilton to Be Buried Today
Funeral services for Mrs. Lester Hamilton, 57, who died Sunday night at her Texarkana home, were to be held at 4 p.m. Tuesday at East Memorial Chapel with burial in Memorial Gardens. A native of Nevada County she had lived in Texarkana 24 years. Survivors include her husband, a son Thomas of West Point New York, her father Carl Ellis of Hope, three sisters Mrs. Carl Fincher of Hope, Mrs. Minor May of Dallas and Mrs. Hanson Rothwell of Tulsa Oklahoma.
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Lester Hamilton
Texarkana
East Memorial Chase
Memorial Garens
Nevada County
Herusband
Thomas
West Point
N.Y
Carl Ellis
Hope
Carl Fincher
Minor May
Dallas
Hanson Rothwell
Tulsa
Okla
Reach French Coal Miners Rescue Breaks Through
Nine miners trapped for eight days in a limestone mine near Champagnole France were minutes from freedom as a 254 inch drill pierced the final rock wall. Officials said the breakthrough did not cause a rockfall and rescuers prepared a hoist to lift the men one by one in a metal capsule.
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Champagnole
France
Freedom
Mt. River
Rockefeller Hits Road on Campaign in Arkansas
Republican Winthrop Rockefeller toured through Fordyce and nearby hamlets in a campaign bus that briefly failed, then continued by pickup. He urged voters to repave roads, spoke to about 200 onlookers, and mingled with residents and clerks along his route across Farmdale Carthage Tulip Princeton Manning Dalark Sparkman Pine Grove and Holly Springs.
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Fordyce, Ark
Winthrop ‘ Rockefeller
Dallas County
Rockefeller
Che
Fordyce
Orvald. Faubus
Fordyce Post Ofice
Farmdale
Carthage
Tulip
Princeton
Manning
Dalark
Sparkman
Pine Grove
Holly Springs
US Workers to Get Fatter Pay Checks
Washington reports Congress approved a $207 million military pay raise and a $556 million increase for 1.7 million civil service and postal workers with retroactive application after July 1. The plan raises top officials, congressmen, Cabinet officers, and judges, while draftees and new enlistees are excluded pending training status.
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Washington
Uncle Sam
Congress
Johson
Senate
House
House Armed Services Committee
Supreme Court
Court of Appeals
Hope Golf Association Meeting Thursday at Country Club
The Hope Golf Association will meet Thursday August 6 at 5 30 p m at the Country Club. All association and club members are invited. A nine hole tournament precedes dinner and the 7 30 p m business meeting.
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The
Hope Golf Association
Racial rioting and politics span the nation
National digest reports rioting in Jersey City with injuries to police and two Black victims, while moon probe plans for Surveyor advance. In Washington, Dirksen pushes speedy reapportionment action as Vietnam tension grows. Internationally, Northern Rhodesia bans the Lampa sect after 270 deaths. Arkansas notes Republican Rockefeller bus misadventure and county judge recount. Kenneth Coffelt seeks independent run for attorney general.
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Jersey City
New York
Washington
Everett M. Dirksen
U.S
Uncle Sam
Congress
Roger Hilsman
State Department
ABC
John Seals
Cuba
International
Northern Rhodesia
Lampa
Arkansas
Winniwop Rockefeller
Poinsett County
Democratic Central Committee
Kenneth Coffelt
House Damaged by Fire on Monday
Two fires drew City Firemen yesterday. The first damaged the home of Florence Terrell at Hickory and Sherman Streets, starting about 4:40 pm while the family stood in the front yard. the rear was gutted. A neighbor nearby alerted them. A second fire on South Main caused only minor damage to Gene Lee’s auto. Gene Lee resides in Prescott.
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Florence Terrell
Hickory
Sherman Streets
Jim Cobb
South Main
Gene Lee
Lee
Prescott
Santa Claus avoids jury duty in Indiana case
Santa Claus resident Raymond J. Yellig, 67, was excused from federal grand jury service this term by Judge William E. Steckler for occupational reasons. Yellig, known for portraying Santa Claus in the southern Indiana village, defers duty as the Christmas exhibit stays open year round.
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Indianapolis
Santa Claus
Federal Grand Jury
Raymond J. Yellig
William E. Steckler
Yellig
Indiana
Curious Coincidences In U S Presidential Deaths
Building Blocks notes a letter proposing an 80 year cycle of presidential coincidences linking Lincoln and Kennedy. It cites civil rights ties, shared Friday slayings, Johnson successors, Booth and Oswald births, and mirrored fates of officials and secretaries, culminating in a remark on remarkable parallels.
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U.S
Wiliam Henry Harrison
Lincoln
Garfield
McKinley
Harding
Franklin D. Roosevelt
John F. Kennedy
Aileen Adams
Corpus Christi Caller
Kennedy
Johnson
U.S. Senate
Andrew Johnson
Lyndon Johnson
John Wilkes ‘Booth
Lee Harvey Oswald
Booth
Oswald
Watson Carboth
Jack Ruby
White House
Mrs. Kennedy
Mr. Kennedy
U S Ships Headed Into Viet Nam Area
In the wake of Johnsons order to boost naval force near North Viet Nam the aircraft carrier Constellation and three other U S ships left Hong Kong. The four vessels including Gridley Preston and Fechteler sailed on with unclear destinations as officials weigh if Sundays attack on the Maddox was isolated or part of a broader provocation.
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Washington
Johnson
U.S
Constellation
Gridley
Preston
Fechteler
Gulf of Tonkin
Navy
Maddox
U.S.S
Housewife Protest Halts Tree Cutting in Elmont
Elmont residents led by Mrs Hope Fox blocked a tree removal truck on Evans Avenue to protest street widening plans. Housewives with infants pressured officials after marking all but four trees for removal, saying curb changes would erase town greenery.
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Elmont
N.Y
Evans Avenue
Comclete
New York City
Monlay
Charles Spanier
Hope Fox
Eney
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Hal Boyle
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