Thoughts for The Day and Local Notes
A collection of brief items notes travels visits and family announcements. Several residents and families are mentioned including Mr and Mrs James Wade of Rt 3 Hope Ms Ida Mae Francis Patricia and Calvin Francis of Sacramento California and Pvt Lemuel L Wale recently completed basic training at Fort Ord California and will be stationed at Fort Gordon Georgia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Wade
Rt. 3
Hope
Ida. Mae Francis
Patricia
Calvin
Sacramento
California
Francis
A.M.E. Zion
St. Louis
Missouri
el Dorado
Arkansas
Mississippi
Pvt
Lemuel L. Wale
Fort Ord
Fort Gordon
Georgia
Alicia Wade
Gwyndolyn Wade
Ida Mae Francis
Calvin Francis
Esther Henagan
J. E. Wilson
Sarah Davis
North Little Rock
Shorter College
East Germans Gun Down Man at Border As Tourists Look On
In Goslar Germany East German guards fired on a man and a woman attempting to cross the border. The man was killed after a second burst while the woman was wounded and detained. Tourists including Swedes and Danes watched the incident as East German authorities faced angry stones from the crowd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goslar
Germany
West Germany
State Guardsman Dies in Crash Near Weatherford
A National Guardsman from Jacksonville Arkansas, Jack Brooke, was killed in a two car crash near Weatherford Texas on Saturday night. He was on a two week training mission at Fort Wolters in Mineral Wells.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mineral Wells, Tex
Jack Brooke
National Guardsman
Jacksonville
Ark
Weatherford
Tex
Fort Wolters
Mineral ‘Wells
Rail strike linked to worsening economy and job losses
Under secretary Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr. warned a nationwide rail strike would trigger an economic epidemic, killing millions of jobs and halting industry. He urged Congress to back Kennedy’s plan to shift the dispute to the Interstate Commerce Commission for two years, citing potential $25 billion losses and widespread shutdowns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter R. Mears
Associated Press
Washington (Ap
Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr
Roosevelt
House Commierce Committee
Kennedy
Interstate Commerce Commission
Pentagon
Congress
House Leaders Forecast Tax Cuts and Civil Rights Action
House Republican leader Charles Halleck predicts passage of a tax reduction revised bill and civil rights legislation in the House, with Senate opposition. Congress may begin major decisions on tax cuts and civil rights as committees prepare to act. Kennedy called for a roughly 10.2 billion dollar net cut, while some Republicans push 7 to 8 billion. The Senate Commerce Committee last week heard a key civil rights public accommodations measure, with House action planned on increased vocational education outlays and debt ceiling extension.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Hall Washington
House
Charles A. Halleck
Senate
Indianan
NBC
GOR
Ways and Means
Kennedy
Thomas B. Curtis
R-Man
New York
Senate Commerce Committee
Immigrants by Occupation 1947 Through 1961
Newschart lists broad classifications of immigrant occupations in the United States from 1947 to 1961. It notes private household workers and service workers, farm laborers and foremen, and laborers except farm and mine, with 16.19 percent in one category. The data covers immigrants aged 14 and over and comes from Annual Reports of Immigration and Naturalization Service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Pate
Space Agency to Study Projects at Blacksburg Conference
The space agency announced a five year survey of satellite and manned spacecraft research and will discuss future plans and their implications for human life. A conference is scheduled August 12 to 16 in Blacksburg Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Space Agency
Blacksburg
Rockefeller Plans Older Museum in Arkansas
Morriston Ark AP Winthrop Rockefeller millionaire cattleman industrialist arts patron politician financier declares plans to mark ten years in Arkansas by building an antique car museum. He notes a 5.5 billion appropriation for Labor Welfare departments and Senate panel sessions on railroad emergency legislation with Kennedy civil rights testimony upcoming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morriston, Ark
Winthrop Rockefeller
Arkansas
Museem
Labor and Welfare
Senate Commerce Committee
Senate Judiciary Committee
Robert F. Kennedy
Museum Groundbreaking on Rockefeller Farm Site
Ground was broken Saturday with foundations laid for a museum on a 70 acre tract at Rockefeller's Winrock Farm on Petit Jean Mountain where over 50 old automobiles were collected for display.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rockefeller
Winrock Farm
Petit Jean Mountain
Probate Notice in Hempstead County Arkansas Hodnett Estate
In the Probate Court of Hempstead County Arkansas the Master of the Estate of Oscar B Hodnett deceased No 1695 Last known address Rt 3 Hope Arkansas Date of death July 6 1983 An instrument dated July 2 1963 was admitted to probate as the last will of the decedent and Laura Hodnett executrix appointed Contests must be filed within legally prescribed time All claims against the estate must be verified and filed within six months from first publication This notice first published July 29 1963 Laura H Hodnett Executrix Rt 3 Howe Arkansas July 29 Aug 5 1963
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hope
Arkansas
Laura H. Hodnett
Arkansas miscellany of life and local oddities
A collection of light Arkansas items: Fordyce man posts daily political signs for his divorce dispute while a sheriff keeps the peace at a restaurant. A Russellville chick rescue, West Memphis fire scare, unusual Mayflower potato vines, a 14-foot sunflower, a one-foot cucumber, and an eight-foot orange tree bloom detail. A humorous West Memphis Times headline about a motor scooter accident caps this slice of life.
Also Mentioned on This Page
House of Tate
Orm
Hope Star
Prospect
Yukon
Etter Printing Company
Prescott Collect
Picayune Printing
Knighton
Phillip Knighton, Jr
Burial Association
Oakcrest Funeral Home
Dail
Herndon - Cornelius Funeral Home
Marcelete
South Walnut
Lad
Will Porcasn
Harry Phillips
Pontiac
R&h
Cecil Wyatt
Singer Sewing Machine Co
Barlow
S. Elm
A. P. Delony
Ralph Montgomery
Barry's Grocery
E. M. Mc Williams
Third Street
Watermeloris
Sea
Aubrey Goodwin
Willisville
Bodcaw
Crenshaw
Saratoga
Texarkana
Tirana
Iowen
Garrett’s Ready Mix
West Third
C. H. Partin
Hartsfield
J. E. Jones Place
Garrett
First Assembly of God
Virgil Daniel
Collect
Prescott Transfer & Storage Co
Prescott
Lincoln, Roslyn Hts
Wooten Mobile Home
State Line
Texas
Mallard Ducks
Groom
C. Ha Partin
East Third
Parkwood Sta
Ford
Iver Af Mational Tru
Roc
Phobe
East Ltd
Blevins
Wanda’ Davis
Ares
Esther Hicks
Legan Pearsall Smith
Alcala Walte
Sallie Borwn
E. D. Robinson
Martha
James Me.Murtry
Eudora ‘Mitchell
Camden
James C. Dudley
Della Airlines
Shreveport
Louisiana
Bessemer
Alabama
C.W. Hicks
Samantha Swiff
Levi Station
OCC
Technica
Charles H. Cagle
Mobile
Ala
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Hempstead County
Oscar B. Hodnett
George F. Bartsch
Johnn C. Stevens
Fordyce
Stevens
Dallas
J. Clary Atkinson
Steven
Atkinson
Suggie
Arnold Hicks
West Memphis
W. M. Gossett
Mayflower
Faulkner County
Jim Moffett
Roscoe Williamson
Highway 270
Hot Springs
Mt. Ida
Aftorneos Stam Publishing
G. E. Palmer
Alex 4. Washburn
Sety-Treas
Star Building
Alex, H. Wasburn
Paul 4. Jones
Donat Parker
Mar
Roger, Jr
Hope, Arkansan
The
Audit Bureau of Circulations
Hempstead
Nevada
LaFayette
Howard and
Miller
Arkansas Dailies, Inc
Poplar
Memphis
Tenn
Hartford
Michigan Ave
Chicago
42Nd St
N.Y
Penobscot
Detroit
Mich
Skirvin Tower
Oklahoma City
Okla
AP News
Mately
Eugene Robertsons
Russellville
Tom Swiftie
Marion
By Quincy
Cinderella
Morty Meekle
Dick Cayvall
Bugs Bunny
Sylvester
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