Five Arrested in British Rail Robbery Case
Five hooded suspects, three men and two women, were formally charged in a village courthouse with robbery or handling part of the 7.2 million loot from Britain’s Great Train Robbery. William Boal denied charges as detectives pressed a nationwide hunt for the rest of the gang.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Gale
Associated Press
London
Britain
William Boal
Boal
Linslade
Cheddington
Glasgow
Surrey
Scotlaid Yard
France
Bournemouth
Roger John Cowdery
Weather summary from station report and Arkansas forecast
Weather report for 24 hours ending 7 am Friday shows high 84 and low 53 with no precipitation. Arkansas forecast calls for clear to partly cloudy skies with a warmer trend through Saturday, widely scattered thundershowers mainly in the north, mainly in the afternoon and evening, with today’s high around 84 to 92 and overnight lows in the 60s.
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Arkansas
Nuclear Ban Treaty Gains Support in Senate Hearings
Three Senate committee chairmen reported administration witnesses are building a strong case for ratification of the limited nuclear test ban treaty. Chairman Richard B. Russell said diplomats militarists and scientists present a strong argument though he will keep an open mind until all evidence is in. He noted witnesses acknowledge military disadvantages in adherence.
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Washington
Senate
Richard B. Russell
Armed Services Committee
Georgia Democrat
Four years later at the Montana earthquake site
A four year follow up shows West Yellowstone roads blocked by a thousand foot canyon scar. Army engineers created a spillway in the Madison River as the slide marks the high water of the quake avalanche. A plaque honors 28 travelers buried under rock and debris.
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Montana
All Around Town includes big watermelons and military updates
Dorsey Collins reports Hope residents brag about a 82 pound watermelon and a 70 pounder exhibited in Memphis. Aubrey Goodwin grew them near Hope Ark. Marine Pvt J James E Fulton in Fuji Maneuver Area Japan trains with the 2nd Battalion 9th Regiment. Airman Donald H Gammill serves aboard USS Hornet visiting Pearl Harbor. Notes on Dixie Music camp honors and red band winners wrap the column.
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Jin
Memphis
Hope
Ark
Lehman
Aubrey Goodwin
James E. Fulton
Burl T. Fulton
Blevins
Fuji
Japan
9Th Regiment
Third Marine Division
Camp Hansen
Okinawa
Donald H. Gammill
USN
Sam Gammill
Hornet
Pearl Harbor
Hawaii
Emmet Key Negro School Opens Registration and Classes
The Emmet-Key colored school in Emmet opens for registration on Monday September 2 1963 with regular classes starting Tuesday September 3 An integrated lunchroom begins service also on Tuesday Lunches cost 20 cents per plate Principal Mrs Corrine Gilbert leads grades 6 through 9 Mrs Velma Rowe coordinates meals Lola Dunis is lunchroom cook and Esse Hawttorne is bus driver
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Emmet-Key
Personel Wwe
Corrine Gilbert
Aid
Throust
Velma Rowe
Lola Dunis
Esse Hawttorne
Faubus Denies Hurst Trial Involves Extradition Funds
In Hot Springs Arkansas AP report U S Grand Jury testimony in the income tax evasion trial of state Sen Q Byrum Hurst centers on Mrs Maxine Harris Gregory who testified she gave Hurst 2500 in checks that did not clear and were later redeemed for cash She said Hurst repaid parts by paying her owed bills Faubus rejected any involvement or prior talks with Hurst about the case noting no extradition proceeding occurred for her husband Worth Gregory and that he would not be connected to such a deal He said he had not received any money and would not discuss the matter further with Mrs Gregory or others
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Hot Springs
Ark
U.S
Texas
Hurst
Robert H. Purl
Page
Frank Meeks Found Dead in House
Frank Meeks aged 59 a retired Negro railroad man and World War I veteran was found dead in his Midland Street home in Niursday police reported natural causes. Meeks a native of Okolona was discovered by officers Jack Brown and Vance Maret with Hicks General Home listed. Services were incomplete and details remained sparse.
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Frank Meeks
Wu House
Midland St
Niursday
Ile
Okolona
Jack Brown
Vance Maret
Meeks
Hicks Feneral
Okujuna
Srl
Arkansas Bible Reading In Schools Upheld By Atty Gen
Arkansas Atty Gen Bruce Bennett advised public schools to continue daily Bible readings and devotional exercises citing permissive law and noting the Supreme Court ruling did not strike down Act No 1. The 1930 law allows optional prayer, pupil excusal upon guardian request, and carries a fine or eventual dismissal for violations. Bennett urged schools to proceed with the same procedures, stressing reading of the Bible as an essential educational supplement.
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Little Rock
Arkansas
Bruce Bennett
Bennett
U.S. Supreme Court
Glenn W. Black
Siloam Springs
Supreme Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Pennsylvania
Maryland
New York
Armstrong Child Buried Friday in Rose Hill Cemetery
Funeral services for Lucinda Gay Armstrong infant daughter of Mr and Mrs Lyman Armstrong Jr were held at 10 a m Friday at Rose Hill cemetery The Rev Gladwin Gonnell officiated with Oakcrest Mortuary in charge of arrangements The child died in a Little Rock hospital on Wednesday
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Lucinda
Gay Armstrong
Lyman Armstrong, Jr
Little Rock
Rose Hill Cemetery
Gladwin Gonnell
Oakcrest Mortuary
Booster Club Plans Monday Meeting in First National Building
Homer Beverley, booster club president, announced a meeting for Monday August 1 in the First National Building at 7 p.m. A color film of the Suzor Bowl game between Arkansas and Ole Miss will be shown. All members invited.
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Homer
Beverley
Booster Club
7 Pan
Arkansas
Ole Miss
Last Appeal Lost Exdictator Jimenez Must Leave
Justice Arthur J. Goldberg refused to block extradition of former Venezuelan dictator Marcos Perez Jimenez. He stated the applicant’s real claim was entirely lacking in merit after a three hour stay request hearing at Miami Airport, where a charter plane waited to return him to Venezuela to face embezzlement charges totaling 13 million dollars.
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Washington
Arthur J. Goldberg
Supreme Court Today
Marcos Perez Jimenez
Perezimenez
Goldbert
Miami
Goldberg
Emmet Public Schools Open Arrival of 1963 for New Year
Emmet Public Schools will open Monday September 2 for a half day registration and assembly with regular classes starting Tuesday September 3. Arthur Gray Jr announces teaching assignments across grades with Ed ward Cooper leading first and second and Edward Cooper guiding English and math in high school. Lunches start Tuesday at 20 cents per plate under Mrs Grim sley and Mrs Daugian. bus schedules unchanged. pupils must be six by October 1 1963 to enroll.
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Emmet
Arthur, Gray, Jr
Edward Cooper
Dora Mae Fea
W. J. Arnett
J. B. Collums
Bill Shirron
Dale Booker
Yoo
Lee McDowell
Bill Shimon
Kate Grimsley
Myrtle Daugian
Floyd Daugan
Berry
Faulkner
Arkansas Robbery Suspect Is Taken
Four men were linked to an $800 armed robbery of a Blytheville pawn shop. Danny Ray Gordon, 19, claimed a taxi ride from Blytheville to Steele, where he was arrested at the bus station. Three suspects remained at large.
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Steele
Arkansas
Danny Ray Gordon
Blytheville
Ark
Blytheville Air Force Base
Escape by 10 Cuban fugitives from Castro on British isle
Julio Fernandez described the escape of 10 Cuban fugitives from Castro’s men on Aguilla Cay where gunboats fired as 19 surrendered. US jets and a Coast Guard seaplane monitored from off shore while refugees hid, then were brought to Key West and Miami. Rep Paul Rogers urged joint US-UK naval action to protect British territory. All 29 refugees are Presbyterians including the pastor Mario Raul Afonso Fambrana.
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Castro
Theodor. Ediger
Miami
Fla
Julio Fernandez
Cuba
Fidel Castro
Aguilla Cay
Fernandez
Havana
Coast Guard
J. E. Mills
Denver
Washington
State Department
Richard Phillips
U.S
Key West
Paul Rogers
D-Fla
United States
Mario Raul Afonso Fambrana
Matanzas Presbyterian Church
Fernan
March Chief Admits Link to Red Group
Bayard Rustin, deputy director of the planned August 28 civil rights march, says he once joined the Young Communist League but denies being a Communist. Senator Thurmond repeats claims of communist influence and cites a 1953 sex offense conviction and vagrancy arrest, which Rustin calls false. A. Philip Randolph expresses full confidence in Rustin’s character and ability.
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New York
Bayard Rustin
Washington
Young Communist League
Strom Thurmond
D-S.c
Atly
Robert F. Kennedy
Thurmond
Rustin
City College of New York
A. Philip Randolph
March
the Negro-American, Labor ‘Council
Burton Is Honored by Texas Group
Coach Ben Burton of Hope High School was honored at the Balfour Awards Banquet during the Texas High School Coaches Association Convention in Houston. He received a cash award for writing the best article of the year for TEXAS COACH magazine, entitled The Potential Force of High School Athletics, published in March.
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Ben Burton
Hope High School
Houston
Texas’ High School Coaches Association
Burton
Texas Coach
Arkansas High School Coaches, Association
Little Rock
Littl Rock
Arkansas
Sears Staff Trip Earns Memphis Visit for Record Sales
The Hope Sears Roebuck catalog office staff won a trip to Memphis August 25 28 for reaching 253 percent of a six week sales quota. The team topped 93 Memphis area stores and this marks the third Memphis trip in 10 years. Local personnel on the trip include Vivian Mitchell Virginia Honea Ruth Ann Bruce Mable Ward Nita Messer Lorena Barber Mary Martin Franklin Horton and Donald Rhodes manager.
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Sears Roebuck Co
Memphis
Mable Ward
Nita Messer
Lorena Barber
Mary Martin
Franklin Horton
Donald Rhodes
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Beef, Poultry
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Les
Peer
Wavsa
Joneses
Ernest B. Vaccaro
By George Moses
Yellowstone
Mont
Ennis
Madison River
Dorsey Collins
Hope Rt. 2
Eldon Roark
Memphis Press
Scimitar
Ralph Lehman
Roak
John W. Mospis
Orgill Bros. Co
Dixie Music Camp
Paiper
U.K
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Jimenez
Red Group
Sears
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