McNamara Says U S Maintains Nuclear Lead
Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara testified before the Senate that the United States holds tens of thousands of nuclear warheads and would preserve a nuclear lead under the limited test ban treaty. He stressed the U S is vastly superior to the Soviet Union and that underground testing limits would slow Soviet progress while prolonging American technical superiority. Continued on Page Six.
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Arkansas Weather Report for Tuesday and Wednesday
Weather Experiment Station notes a 24 hour period ending 7 am Tuesday with high 94 and low 76. Arkansas regions show partly to mostly cloudy skies with scattered thundershowers in the south this afternoon, clearing north with showers ending tonight. Tomorrow, clear to partly cloudy and mild with highs in the 80s to low 90s and a low around 60 to 70.
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Associated Press
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Arkansas Regional Forecast Summary
Central Arkansas sees partly cloudy skies this afternoon with scattered thundershowers in the south portion. Tonight and Wednesday turn mostly fair and pleasant with highs in the mid 80s to low 90s and lows around 60 to 70. Another warm, partly cloudy day awaits Thursday with a higher temperature.
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Arkansas
Associated Press
Deaths Around the Nation
Birmingham Os car Pearson 61 executive vice president of U S Steel Tennessee Coal and Iron Division died Monday. Roanoke Robert Patton Halford 74 slack wire artist known as Levolo on Keith Circuit died Monday. Asheville Dr Marion C Millender 104 longtime physician in Asheville died Monday.
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Birmingham
Ala
Oscar Pearson
Tennessee Coal and Iron Division
U.S. Steel
Roanoke
Robert Patton Halford
Levolo
Asheville
N.C
Marion C. Millender
Millender
Arkansas Oil and Gas Output Tops Local Minerals
Arkansas had 5,444 oil wells and 390 gas wells producing products worth 87.5 million dollars in 1962. Only 19 of 75 counties produced oil or gas, yet the sector remained the state’s largest mineral industry. Avg per-well output was 12.9 barrels daily, and 2,940 state residents worked in oil and gas last year.
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Little Rock
Arkansas
Independent Petroleum Assocation of America
Arkansans
Police Audit Goes To LAC Friday Incomplete fiscal period audit
Legislative Auditor Orvel M. Johnson said the final section of an audit of the State Police Department may be submitted to the Legislative Joint Auditing Committee Friday. It covers the March 31 to July 31 period amid earlier concerns of a potential deficit starting in November.
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Orvel M. Johnson
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Legislative Joint Auditing Committee
Norman Wimpy
Craighead County
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State Medical Board
Arkansas Tech College
Arkansas State Teachers College
Confederate Home, Welfare Department
Ark Sas Children's Hospital
State Cosmetology Board
Whatley Former Hope Resident Dies in El Dorado
M D Whatley aged 46, a former resident of Hope, died Monday at his home in El Dorado. Survivors include four children John Richard and Robert David of San Francisco, Martha and Pat Whatley of El Dorado, five brothers D C and Andrew Whatley of Hope, R A of Houston, Jean F F and Roy Whatley of El Dorado. Services arranged at Wilde at Wednesday in El Dorado.
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el Dorado
John Richard
Robert David
San Francisco
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Pat Whatley
D.C
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Houston
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Roy Whatley
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Wilde
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al Davaine
Police Find Hideout of Glasgow to London Mail Train Robbery
Scotland Yard says the gang used Leatherslade Farm Oakley 53 miles from London as their hideout. A truck and two Army type vehicles were found. Mail bags discovered but no trace of the 7 million pounds taken. The house was isolated with blacked windows and ample food. Fingerprint experts arrived as the district was sealed off. Indications the gang 20 to 30 strong stayed days, leaving hastily possibly aided by a woman mastermind.
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Scotland Yard
Leatherslade Farm
Oakley
Glasgow
Brick Farm
Showers Hit Northwest Arkansas Ahead of Cold Front
Northwest Arkansas saw showers and thundershowers this morning as a cold front approached, with rain diminishing by midmorning. Northwesterly winds promised milder, less humid air in northern Arkansas this afternoon, while southern areas expected showers to fade. Rain amounts were light in the north, Eureka Springs near an inch, Gilbert and Newport about a half inch. Highs ranged from 86 to 96, with overnight lows from 66 to 76 as clouds kept temperatures down.
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Gilbert
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Father of Hope Woman Succumbs in Arkansas
Frazier Hollingshead, 0, of Amity, a retired merchant and produce dealer, died Monday in a Little Rock hospital. A lifelong Amity resident and Methodist, he headed the pioneer Hollingshead family and leaves two sons T. A. Hollingshead of Amity and Ben F. Hollingshead of North Little Rock, three daughters Mrs. Burns of Amity Mrs. Carson of Little Rock and Mrs. Hays of Hope, plus a sister Mrs. Ruth Thomas of Arkadelphia. Services set for 10 a.m. Wednesday at Amity Methodist Church with burial in Jones Cemetery under Murray Funeral Home of Arkadelphia.
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Little Rock
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Charles Burns
John L. Carson
Thomas ‘Hays
Hope
Ruth ‘Thomas
Arkadelphia
Amity! Methodist! Church
Jones Cemetery
Murray, Funeral Home of
Rockefeller appoints new secretary in Arkansas
Craig M. Smith, who resigned from the Arkansas Industrial Development Commission in June, was named administrative assistant to Winthrop Rockefeller. He succeeds Mrs. Thelma Irby, who left her post after 17 years with Rockefeller in New York and Arkansas.
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Craig M. Smith
Arkansas Industrial Development Commission
Winthrop Rockefeller
Smit
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Thelma Irby
Rockefeller
New York
Kie da Arkansas
Arkansas River project called pork barrel by Life magazine
New York Life Magazine called the 1.2 billion Arkansas River navigation project the most outrageous pork barrel in U S history drawing indignation from Gov Orval Faubus and Arkansas lawmakers Sen John L McClellan labeled the piece adroit exaggeration Rep Wilbur Mills defended the project saying it boosts regional wealth but noted its tone would differ if located elsewhere Oklahoma Gov Henry Bellman dissented from the Life article.
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Life Magazine
U.S
Orvaldf Faubus
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Oklahoma
Henry Bellman
Life
Robert 5. Kerr
D-Okla
Faubus
John L. McClellan
D-Ark
McClellan
Wilbur D. Mills
Bell's Chapel Plans Revival Near Blevins Oklahoma
The Rev. Carl Prentice of Bethany Okla will conduct revival services at Bell's Chapel Church near Blevins from August 15 to 25. Services start each night at 7 30 with Rev D B Palmer, pastor, confirming the schedule.
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Bethany
Okla
Bell’s Chapel Church
Blevins
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Low Bid Reversed on Dardanelle Lock and Dam Work
Army Engineers said Nabholz Construction Co. of Conway originally submitted the low bid but Carrothers Construction Co. of Paola Kansas was awarded the contract after Nabholz was found to have erred. Nabholz bid $734,984 vs the corrected amount of $681,346 for the upstream approach wall construction at Dardanelle Lock and Dam.
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Army Engineers
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Nabholz
Carrather
Dardanelle Lock and Dam
Barnett seeks delay for Meredith graduation at Ole Miss
Gov. Ross Barnett pressed a last ditch move to block James H. Meredith from graduating Ole Miss. He urged postponement pending a board review over alleged violations of a directive against inflammatory statements. Meredith, 30, from Kosciusko, was the first Black student admitted under a federal court order, with past protests and rioting noted.
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Kosciusko
Ole, Miss
All Around Town Highlights From Aubrey Goodwin Era
Aubrey Goodwin reports 123 pound melon as largest so far this season. Bake sale planned by Junior High MYF First Methodist Chineh Saturday August 17 at the old Corner store building starting 9 am. KTAL-TV segment features Hope Hospitality Week promotion. Nempstead County Practical Nurses meet 7 pm at Memorial Hospital. Cotton ginners meeting moved to Robinson's Restaurant, Hope area. METS meeting follows Hempstead Callome’s Association at the Diamond Cafe. Dr D Lloyd Guerin joins optometry group at postgraduate glaucoma seminar in Memphis. Boll weevil activity continues in Arkansas with 8.7 percent infestation and expected rise. larva counts down in area. Golden Sze Club hosts allday meeting Thursday August 13 at Youth Center starting 1 am. Texas coaches contest yields best paper award. Ben Burton of the Bobcats wins for “Coaching As Minister.”
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MYF
First Methodist Chineh
County Agent Notes C Caldwell Hempstead County Meeting and Talks
County Agent notes record Hempstead County Farm Bureau directors meeting at 7 30 p m August 13 in the Bureau office with Milman Keen of Corn Belt Hatchery to discuss poultry’s economic role. Beef Cattlemen’s Association meets August 15 at 7 20 p m in Diamond Cafe with Dr C T Stallcup of the University of Arkansas as guest speaker on fall pastures and forage quality. Federal gasoline tax refund available to farmers at 4 cents per gallon for July 1 1962 to June 30 1963 with forms from District Director of Internal Revenue Little Rock Arkansas. deadline September 30 1963. St Augustine grass damaged by chinch bugs. control options listed. Rodent control notes: 2000 pounds of rat bait to be mixed for county wide effort. anti coagulent bait effective in poultry houses. fall best time to start as rats move from fields.
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Milman
Farm Bureau
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Beef Cattlemen's Association
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C. T. Stallcup
University of Arkansas
Stallcup
Internal Revenue
Little Rock
Arkansas
St. Augustine
Levin
New Hope Baptist Church to Host Evening Talk
New Hope Baptist Church three miles out on the Washington Highway will host Saturday night services on August 17 at 7 40 pm. Dre A R Reddin president of Central Baptist Church Conway will speak, announced by Rev G W Hooten pastor.
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Central Baptist Church
Conway
New Hope Baptist Church
Washington Highway
G. W. Hooten
Pulls Pistol on Sheriff, Sentenced
Ralph Crabtree of Texarkana, 45, was sentenced to 212 years for drawing a .38 pistol on Miller County Sheriff Richard Birtcher. The sheriff and two deputies raided Crabtree’s home seeking moonshine. Crabtree said he was putting the gun away when the sheriff took it after a scuffle. The defendant asked the state Supreme Court to set aside the conviction.
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Miller County
Richard Birtchers
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Highway Wreck Fatal for Patmos Woman in Arkansas
Fort Smith Arkansas AP three Negroes picketed IGA Food Liner to hire more Negro workers. owner Martine Bercher said he already employs one. Mrs Glen Hollis 56 of Patmos died when her car collided with a Hot Springs man’s car on Highway 67 near Hope. Survivors include husband three sons and several daughters. injuries to others. State Patrol said no charges yet pending investigation. Funeral arrangements expected.
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Brewster
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Jessup
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Hopes
Mavis - Hamilton
North
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Calif
Verna
Mae Bass
Gregory
Texas
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Blenval “Hollis
Hilde
Robert Walton
E. V
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Los Angeles
Irene’ Powell
Petol
Miss
Parnell State
Ingiewood
Aid
Kelly
Dwight Walton
Senator Sprick Threatened Over Arkansas AM&N Probe
Little Rock Senator Dan Sprick said a anonymous caller threatened his life last week if he continued probing the fiscal affairs of Arkansas AM&N College in Pine Bluff. He called the threat “not scaring me” and vowed to press the audit findings at Friday’s Legislative Audit Committee meeting. The caller warned him to drop the Pine Bluff college investigation, a case linked to a 1962 unsolved murder of Pine Bluff businessman Thurman McCool.
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API
Dan Sprick
Arkansas Am&n College
Pine Bluff
Sprick
College
Thurman McCool
McCool
Am&n
Battle of Little Rock Restaged to September
Neill Bohlinger former state Supreme Court justice and Civil War historian said the restaging of the Battle of Little Rock would be September 8. The 1963 event featured cavalry infantry cannon and blank ammunition in a series of actions at Terry's Ferry Bucks Ford and Fourche Bayou. The project received $3,000 from the Civil War Centennial Commission with uniform commitments from Alabama Louisiana Mississippi and Tennessee.
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Little Rock
Neill Bohlinger
State Supreme Court
Battle of
Terry’s Ferry
Bucks Ford
Fourche Bayou
Bohlinger
State Civil War Centennial Commission
Sheriff Sued for False Arrest in Grant County
Christine Adcox of Grant County files federal suit against Sheriff Vernon Hope alleging false arrest and imprisonment after being taken from her car near Sheridan on July 20 while four months pregnant. She seeks 35,400 dollars in damages for four hours of questioning and four days of bed rest.
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Little Rock
Christine Adcox
Grant County
Federal District Court
Vernon Hope
Hope
Sheridan
47 Jailed in Chicago Race Riots
In Chicago on the South Side police arrested 47 people including Negro comedian Dick Gregory his wife Lillian and writer James Sanders for disorderly conduct and resisting arrest during protests at mobile public school classrooms under construction to ease overcrowding Pickets argued children could attend whiter neighborhood schools Barricades and demonstrations disrupted machinery and delayed work Juveniles were questioned and released Gregory was later arrested again returning to the scene and compared Chicago police to Birmingham Alabama in remarks to reporters from the Englewood jail
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Dick Gregory
Lillian
James Sanders
Gregory
Englewood
Birmingham
Ala
Argentina confirms Ilia and Periette as next leaders
Argentina's Congress on Monday night confirmed Dr Arturo Ilia as president and Carlos Perette as vice president for the next six years. They will take the oath of office on October 12.
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Argentina
Congress
Arturo Ilia
Carlos Perette
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