Weather summary for Arkansas and Louisiana
Weather page reports 24 hours ending 7 am Tuesday with high 89 and low 66 and .58 inch precipitation. Forecast calls for Arkansas clear to partly cloudy and cool through Wednesday with light showers possible in the northwest. Louisiana partly cloudy to Wednesday with widely scattered thundershowers near the coast and cooler north portion. Tonight lows 55 to 65 north to south, Wednesday highs 75 to 85, interior lows 66 to 72 and coast 70 to 76. Wednesday highs 86 to 92.
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Christmas Lights a Little Early on Charles Street
In hot August heat three light poles in Baltimore's business district display red green and silver decorations. The Charles Street Association says they are a test and will come down Wednesday. Pedestrian Mrs Willetta Rowell says it gives you a spirit of Christmas.
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Charles Street
Baltimore
Charles Street Association
Willetta Rowell
Kennedy Gains Over Johnson Shocks Political Scene
James Marlow notes poll trends show Sen. Robert F. Kennedy gaining strength as a possible 1968 Democratic contender, unsettling President Johnson. Kennedy’s independence appeals to Democrats while Johnson faces Vietnam criticism and long-standing focus on Congress over public PR. The piece recalls past Kennedy-Johnson collaborations and contrasts Johnson’s PR challenges with Kennedy’s rising profile.
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Associated Press News
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Johnson
Robert F. Kennedy
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Kennedy
Hubert H. Humsphrey
John F. Kennedy
South Africa
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Congress
Dwight D. Eisenhower
House
Vacations After Eight Years for Miser Family
In Grand Rapids Michigan the Miser family finally leaves for Higgins Lake after eight years of delays due to injuries. A loaded station wagon’s rear wheel locks and explodes about 25 miles from home, sparking a fire. Mrs Miser and children flee the car as flames erupt, but they continue toward the lake for a short vacation.
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Arden Miser
Higgins Lake
Miser
Negroes Toss Rocks at Cops in Brooklyn
In Bedford-Stuyvesant New York AP report says Negro youths hurled rocks and debris at police injuring two patrolmen after the arrest of a Negro youth at a liquor store. About 800 officers were dispatched and four youths arrested with several detained. Patrolmen Dunigan and Famiglietti suffered minor injuries. property damage was slight.
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Brooklyn
Bedford-Stuyvesant
Harlem
Robert Dunigan
Joseph Famiglietti
Man Killed in Hot Springs Car Crash
AP reports 42 year old Robert O. Ryan of Hot Springs died Monday when his car failed to negotiate a curve within city limits. Patrolman Fred Moody said Ryan's vehicle collided with a car driven by James J. Massanelli of near Hot Springs, Massanelli was not injured.
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Ark
Robert O. Ryan
Fred Moody
Ryan
James J. Massanelli
Massanelli
Main Shot by Woman Dies in Crossett Arkansas
Crossett Arkansas AP Prosecutor Ovid Switzer said Monday that John Smith 27 of Crossett was shot by Betty Spratt at her home Saturday Smith died Monday of two gunshot wounds to the abdomen Switzer quoted Spratt as saying Smith advanced toward her with his hand in his pocket and threatened to kill her
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Crossett, Ark
Ovid Switzer
John Smith
Crossett
Betty Spratt
Smith
Switzer
Opposition in China to Red Changes
Tokyo reports two Communist Chinese publications show opposition to the cultural revolution. Peking radio quotes Red Flag warning that no matter who, any official failing to follow Mao's thought will be purged. Japanese reporters say purge extends to streets as students rename streets and remove bourgeois signs.
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Peking Radio
Chinese Communist Party
Red Flag
Mao Tze-tung
Mao
Peking
After Earthquake Hope Ark Star Survivor Recounts Varto Devastation
AP reports in Varto Turkey where a massive quake destroyed the town in seconds killing thousands across four provinces. Estimates vary with officials citing about 2 000 to 3 000 dead as the region faces housing needs and ongoing tremors while aid pours in by air and land.
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Ahmet Bala
Varto
Turkey
Interior Ministry
Suleyman Demirel
Demirel
King Refuses to Cancel Cicero March Demonstrations
In Chicago, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr rejects halting a march toward Cicero as civil rights leaders announce further protests in open housing. King defends eight days notice while Sheriff Ogilvie warns the Cicero march is volatile. Governor Kerner and Chicago officials discuss National Guard involvement and crowd size limits in the wake of court injunction setting marcher limits at 509.
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Martin Luther King Jr
Cicero
King
Atlanta
Jesse Jackson
South Deering
Richard Ogilvie
Ogilvie
Chicago-area
Otto Kerner
National Guard
West Side
Kerner
Cicero Police Department
Richard J. Daley
Wilson
Conley Joins Rockefeller Campaign Staff in Arkansas
William G. Conley 38 of Little Rock has joined Winthrop Rockefeller's public relations team. A Memphis native, he previously worked at the Mountain View Herald Stuttgart Daily Leader West Memphis Evening Times and Magnolia Banner-News.
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Little Rock
Willam G
Bill) Conley
Winthrop Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Conley
Memphis
The
Mountain View Herald
Stuttgart Daily Leader
West Memphis Evening Times
Magnolia Banner-News
Skeleton may be that of famed Jesuit Father Marquette
Archaeologists in St. Ignace suspect a grave unearthed at a doctor’s land holds the remains of Father Jacques Marquette. Tests indicate three 1650 to 1700 European skeletons were present, with artifacts such as brass items and Indian beads. Marquette lived 1637 to 1675 and founded a mission there.
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ST. Ignace
Mich
Father Jacques Marquette
Lyle Stoner
Michigan State University
Father Marquette
MSU
War Costing Johnson Popularity
AP report notes President Johnson’s popularity dips due to Viet Nam war. Dirksen criticizes his weekend Northeastern swing as mostly rhetoric with limited political gains. Nixon, Fulbright weigh war policy at Senate sessions amid calls to heighten offensive actions.
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Jack Bell
Washington
Johnson
Senate
Everett M. Dirksen
Dirksen
GOP
Viet Nam
Richard M. Nixon
Republican Policy Committee
Nixon
Asia
New York
United States
U.S
J.W. Fulbright
D-Ark
Fulbright
Moscow
Peking
Hanoi
Argentina University Turmoil Sparks Protests Across Buenos Aires
Argentine students battled police as government schools reopened at the University of Buenos Aires amid Oncagnia regime intervention. About 45 arrests were reported after tear gas dispersed crowds of up to 1,500. 1,000 professors resigned in protest.
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Orlando
Buenos Aires
Argentin
Staterich
University of Buenos Aires
Miltary
Juan Carlos Ongania
Andres Santas
Santas
Luis Botet
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