Local Group at Insurance Celebration in Little Rock
Pioneer Western Life Insurance Company of Little Rock, founded seven years ago, reports over 100 million in force and a sales staff of 120 agents with 46 office staff. Opened Sept 1, 1965, it ranks fourth among Arkansas life insurers and top 10 percent nationwide. Attending the celebration were Mr. and Mrs. M. S. Bales and Mr. and Mrs. B. B. McPherson, plus local agent Mr. Tites.tsite.
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American’ Foundation
Pioneer Western Life Insurance Company of
Little Rock
Brank Whitbuck
Tae
Arkansas
Ling Rock
Gam
M. S. Bales
3B. B. McPherson
Tites
Tsite
Crop Insurance Expands to Five Arkansas Counties
Washington AP reports Senator Fulbright says federal crop insurance will extend next year to five Arkansas counties. The list includes Mississippi cotton and soybeans. Jackson cotton rice and soybeans. Lee cotton rice and soybeans. Johnson peaches. and Howard peaches. Franklin and Pope peaches may join Johnson, while Pike, Mempstead and Sevier could join Howard. Ten counties were insured this year. A Senate-passed bill to raise nationwide counties from 100 to 10 is before the House.
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Washington
J. William Fulbright
Department of Agriculture
Arkansas
Mississippi
Jackson
Lee
Johnson
Howard
Fulbright
Franklin
Pope
Johnson County
Ress
Pike, Mempstead
Sevier
Howard County
Craighead
Crittenden
Cross
Jeffers
Jincol
Police Identify Little Girl Mystery in Indianapolis
Police struggle to name the child known as Smiley, a blonde five year old found on a downtown doorstep eight days ago. Minnesota authorities identified a likely match as Carri Cage, daughter of Lillian Oachs, whose former husband Corgle Oachs faces kidnapping charges in Duluth as officers seek birth documents to confirm the link.
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Indianapolis
Smiley
Minnesota
Lillian
Oachs
Hanska
Minn
Carri Cage
Children's Guardian Home
Quake Hits Greece and Italy with Aftershocks
A seismic event rattled southern Greece and parts of Italy and Sicily. Reports cite one death in Greece and injuries in Naples with panic across Bari and Messina. Jacqueline Kennedy was nearby in Amalfi as tremors were felt from Crete to Bari.
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Greece
API
Cireeca
Hove
Italy
Offichily
Naples
Thuy
Jacqueline Kennedy
Tady
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Natplion
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Ialy
Adriatic Sea
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Sicily
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Kennedy
Rainmaker Works for Rain Over Jonesboro Area
Homer Berry set a noon deadline to deliver rain to Craighead County with a contract promising 1200 dollars if half an inch could be produced over three fourths of the county and a quarter inch elsewhere. Rain was not forecast for the day. Berry planned to drive along U.S. Highway 67 using a coke burning device to speed a frontal system moving into Arkansas.
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Jonesboro
Ark
Homer Berry
Craighead County
Woodruff County
Berry
Utah-Wyoming
U.S
Little Rock
North Little Rock
Joiner
Mississippi
Arkansas Counties Benefit From Kennedy Emergency Bill
Washington report says a House debate will start on a 90 million emergency works bill for 29 Arkansas counties. It targets immediate projects in Ashley Baxter Chicot Cleborne Comway Crittenden Desha Drew Franklin Fulton Independence Izard Johnson Lee Lincoln Rice Madison Marion Montgomery Newton Perry Phillips Scott Searcy Sharp Stone Van Buren Woodruff Ouachita with hospitals streets public buildings sidewalks and water sewer works. Schools are excluded. The measure seeks redevelopment and unemployment relief amid partisan criticism of a Kennedy slush fund framing. Senate already approved 750 million in similar projects and a House-Senate compromise would follow if the House passes the bill.
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Washington
House
Arkansas
Kennedy
Congress
Ashley
Baxter
Chicot
Cleburne
Comway
Crittenden
Desha
Trew
Franklin
Fulton
Independence
Senate
Two Killed in Separate Wrecks in Arkansas and California
In Arkansas, Ruth Helm Quinn 61 of Little Rock and Harvey D. Jackson 44 of Little Rock died in separate traffic crashes Monday night. Quinn’s car hit a pickup driven by Henry A. Rhodes 51 of Redfield. Rhodes and two truck passengers were hospitalized and later released. In California, Jackson was killed when a pickup collided with a car in a Cobb Mountain forest fire evacuation area near Lake County, with about 1,000 vacationers ordered to flee.
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Little Rock
Ruth Helm
Quinn
Harvey D. Jackson
Henry A. Rhodes
Redfield
Rhodes
Kelseyville
Calif
APJ
Jackson
Glenn Walden
Mount Walden
San Francisco
State Division of Forestry
Cobb Mountain
Scenic Lake County
Usunday
Monsoon Death Toll Top Ninety Across North India
In New Delhi the AP reports ninety people have died due to monsoon floods and landslides in Assam and other regions of North India, with continued heavy rain endangering further casualties and prompting rescue efforts.
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New Delhi
Assam
North India
Water use climbs for factories farms and homes
Water consumption by factories farms and homes has risen more than 12 percent over the past six years, signaling growing demand and efficiency pressures across sectors. Government data indicate sustained increases despite conservation efforts.
Arkansas Weather Summary From OCR Report
Cloudy and warm with scattered showers and thundershowers Wednesday. Highs near 90 to 95, lows 70 to 75. Thursday partly cloudy with showers and thundershowers. Northwest to Northeast Arkansas showers possible. temperatures around 88 to 96 with highs in the 90s and varying lows in the 60s to 70s across regions. Southwest portion may see more pronounced activity, with warm, humid conditions statewide.
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Arkansas
Northwest
Northeast
Missouri
Whitewash Disaster Splashes Town After Tank Leak
A hose linked to an automatic line painter leaked in Tharptown causing quick drying white paint to flood roads, sidewalks, and yards over two miles as workers drove through town. Police report the operator continued with the route before alarms alerted him.
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Thorptown
Desegregation Quiet Starts in Escambia County Schools
In Pensacola and Escambia County Florida the desegregation of nine schools began without incidents. One Negro pupil Alver Nichols did not report to N B Cook Elementary and returned to his old school prompting possible transfer back. Sheila Harris praised the welcome and noted friendly peers while most students avoided crowds of spectators as 42 000 pupils returned to class. Escambia is the sixth Florida county to desegregate schools.
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J. Walter Johnson
Pensacola
Fla
Escambia County
W. B. Woodham
Qaid Alver J. Nichols
N. B. Cook
Alver
High
Sheila
Harris
Pensacola High School
Escambia
Florida
Derby mother offers switch baby for house
A Derby mother of six refused to give up her month-old daughter to obtain a house. Dean Rook, 93, said she would make the sacrifice to feed her other five children. The Rooks were evicted for rent arrears and placed in temporary hospital accommodation while husband Jim, 35, stayed in a Salvation Army hostel.
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Derby
England
Dean Rook
Rooks
Rook
Jim
Salvation Army
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