Watermelon seed spitting contest heads to Oklahoma
A World Championship Watermelon Seed Spittin Contest is planned for Pauls Valley Oklahoma. The charter was granted by the Oklahoma secretary of state to promote scientific knowledge on trajectory wind resistance and velocity in aviation and space programs. Charlotte News notes the era of overbearing machines and imagined pranks to defeat Murphy elevator voices.
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Pauls Valley
Okla
Oklahoma
Charleston
Daily Mail
Washington
Murphy
Charlotte
N, C
Powers School to Open for Grades 1-3 and 4-8 Schedule
Superintendent James H. Jones announces Powers Elementary will open Thursday September 1 for grades 1 2 3 and September 2 for grades 4 6 8. The lunchroom opens September 6. There will be no school on Labor Day. High School pupils attending Lincoln High in Washington will not ride the bus Thursday or Friday due to unresolved transport. A car tractor accident near Columbus injured one person. Liverne Trotter a Washington youth was hospitalized. Rev. Thomas A Avery of Ashdown was uninjured. State Police investigated.
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James H. Jones
Powers Elementary
Lincoln High
Washington
Powers
Columbus
Herndon
Cornelius
Speaks at Lions Meet Interest Rate Triggered Rift
Washington AP report on a Democratic party showdown over soaring interest rates. President Johnson rejects Truman’s recession warning, calling rates a sign of strong economy while urging inflation restraint. Truman warned high rates could push toward a depression and burden governments and consumers. The Lions Club event at Town & Country featured Alton Goodrum of Arkansas Enterprises For The Blind and Joe White who benefited from Lions eye surgery program.
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Bill Gunter
Alton Goodrum
Arkansas Enterprises For the Blind, Inc
Lions Club
Paul McClellan
Joe White
Lions
Town & Country
Washington
Democratic
Johnson
Harry S. Truman
Trusman
Truman
Texas
Congress
AP News
Democratic Party
Tetnam
Rusk
U.S
Capitol
Richard B. Russell
Hope High Bobcat Yearbook Earns A Plus Rating 1966
The 1966 Bobcat yearbook at Hope High School received an A plus rating in the National Scholastic Yearbook Association judged in Memphis. The judge praised layouts as outstanding, noting the staff’s strong design in a year with editors Martha Allison Sus an Turner and a team including Peggy McCorkle Amelia Gaines Betsy Martindale Brenda Bain Margie Waddle Dianne Purtle Susan Forster Pat Bright Mike Turner. The 1965 edition with editors Karen Cobb Sharon Frith was the first to earn an A minus. The publication lists advisers Mary Nell Turner Clyde Davis Shipley’s Studio and Hurley Company Camden as printer.
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Hope High School
National Scholastic Yearbook Association
Memphis
Bobcat
Karen Cobb
Sharon Frith
Martha Allison
Susan Turner
Peggy McCorkle
Amelia Gaines
Betsy Martindale
Brenda Bain
Margie Waddle
Dianne Purtle
Susan Forster
Pat Bright
Mike Turner
Lynn Russell
Edward Bode
Grandy Royston
Garland Bright
Mary Nell Turner
Clyde Davis
Shipley
Hurley Company
Camden
Hempstead County Farm Bureau Meeting Planned
The Hempstead County Farm Bureau Board of Directors will meet on Thursday night September 1 at 7 30 p m at the Farm Bureau office 806 West Fourth Street Linda Reese a seminar delegate on Americanism at Harding College will be guest speaker The gathering is open to all interested persons Also AP reports the United States has begun unloading the first 50 000 ton rice shipment to Indonesia in Jakarta.
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Hempstead County Farm Bureau Board of Directors
Lester Kent
Farm Bureau
West Fourth Street
Linda Reese
Harding College
Kent
Jakarta
Indonesia
United States
Black Unity Rally Voices militant Negro Left themes
In Harlem a fund raising gathering for the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee drew about 250 attendees. William Epton and Max Stanford spoke for allied groups while Stokely Carmichael urged black unity and self governed communities. The Black Panther party guarded the event and white press was asked to leave. A Tokyo conference opens with 6000 scientists at the Pacific Service Congress.
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New York
Harlem
New Black Panther Party
Student Noneviolent Coordinating Committee
William Epton
Progressive Labor Party
Max Stanford
Black Panthers
Alabama
Stokely Carmichael
SNCC
Carmichael
Northeast
United States
Mount Morris Presbyterian Church
Black Panther Party
Lowndes County
Ala
Epton
U.S
Patmos Opens Schools on September 6
The Patmos School will open September 2 with registration at 8 30 a.m. Friday. Buses run Thursday and Friday on regular schedules. Regular classes start Tuesday September 6 at 8 30 a.m. Teachers for 66 67 year include Miss Norma Jean Stone 1 2 grade Mrs James Robertson Social Studies Mrs Dorothy Martin Language Arts Special Instruction Robert May Science and Math Lunch service begins Tuesday September 6. Beginning students need birth certificate health record and proof of vaccination.
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Patmos
Norma Jean Stone
James Robertson
Dorothy Martin
Robert May
Blevins Public Schools Open September 5
Blevins Public Schools will begin Monday September 5 at 8 30 a m with buses on regular schedule. No lunches on opening day. students dismissed at noon. Lunchroom opens Tuesday September 6. New students must show birth certificate and smallpox vaccination proof.
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Blevins
Drinking Blamed for Holiday Traffic Toll
The National Safety Council estimates 200 lives saved if motorists use alcohol more intelligently during Labor Day weekend. It predicts 930 to 630 Americans could die on roads in the 78 hour period from 6 p.m. Friday, Sept. 2, to midnight Monday, Sept. 5, with last year’s barer toll at 563.
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Chicago
National Safety Counci
Associated Press
Thousands of Chinese Demonstrate in Front of Russian Embassy
Thousands of Chinese youths march near the Soviet Embassy in Beijing, shouting anti-Russian slogans as authorities curb the crowd. The People's Daily endorses the Red Guards purge to erase old ideas and promote proletarian socialism, while some demonstrations end and security remains tight.
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Tokyo
Peking
Moscow
Peking People's Daily
Mao Tze-tung
People’s Daily
Chinese Communist Party
Red Guards
Proletariat
Negro Bands Roam City in Michigan
Bands of Negro youths roamed Benton Harbor Michigan on Monday night wounding property as police rushed in. About 30 extra officers were deployed from nearby communities and state police as several gangs moved through a predominantly Negro area. Eight youths were arrested the previous day amid a melee during crowd dispersal.
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Associated Press
Benton Harbor
Mich
Midwest
Meredith Rynearson
Michigan
Waukegan
Patrick Quilty
Boycott Hits Marvell Schools Over Civil Rights Rules
In Marvell Arkansas SNCC says at least 1500 Negro children boycotted the opening day of classes. Superintendent C G Cowsert deferred comment. The district houses about 1800 Black students to 600 white pupils. The boycott targets failure to sign 1960 Civil Rights Act compliance guidelines.
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Marvel, Ark
Marvell
C. G. Cowsert
SNCC
U S Loan to Alma Ark To Expand Water and Sewer
The Economic Development Administration awards Alma Arkansas 1.26 million to improve water and sewer systems with 858 thousand as a grant and 410 thousand as a loan. The Agriculture Department adds 750 thousand and the Interior Department 31 500.
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Washington
The
Economic Development Administration
Alma
Ark
EDA
Agriculture Department
Interior Department
Native of Mount Ida Sucumbs Former Senate parliamentarian Charles Watkins
Charles L. Watkins, a Mount Ida Arkansas native and the first parliamentarian of the U S Senate, died Monday at a Washington nursing home at age 87.
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Washington
Charles L. Watkins
Mount Ida
Ark
U.S. Senate
War claims Arkansan in Viet Nam action
The Defense Department reports Pfc. Ralph L. Massey of El Dorado Ark was killed in hostile action in Vietnam. He was the son of Clinton Massey. The death is acknowledged as a consequence of the war.
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Washington
Defense Department
Ralph L. Massey
Clinton Massey
el Dorado, Ark
Rusk Defends 15 Billion for Military
Secretary of State Dean Rusk argues the United States faces extended Viet Nam commitments with costs potentially reaching 15 billion dollars this year. He testifies before the Senate Preparedness subcommittee amid warnings of a five year war and broader foreign policy reach.
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Harry Kelly Washington
Dean Rusk
U.S
Capitol
Rusk
Senate Preparedness Subcommittee
Viet Nam
United States
South Weymouth
Mass
George H. Mahon
Dtex
House Appropriations Committee
House
Pentagon
White House
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Johnson
Charles de Gaulle
Mansfield
Guadeloupe
Caribbean
Norodom Sihanouk
de Gaulle
Sihanouk
Cambodia
School Fun Hawaii feature highlights U of A study group
The Arkansas Democrat Sunday Magazine piece notes Summer study at the University of Hawaii by a U of A student group with local girls Jan and Diane Ellis cited. Open House is planned September 1 at Kiddie Korner Kindergarten with classes starting September 6.
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Arkansas Democrat Sunday
Hawaii
University of Hawaii
U of A
Jan
Diane Ellis
Kiddie Korner
Reds Continue Harassment of Shipping
Viet Cong attacks on allied shipping persisted in the Mekong Delta as a U.S. Navy river patrol boat avoided damage after a mine near Co Chien River. Navy helicopters, first to fly armed Hueys, supported operations from USS Tortuga while air raids on North Vietnam intensified and a USF-100 was listed as missing after a shootdown near Dong Hoi.
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Robert Tuckman
Saigon
South Vietnam
Mekong
Delta
U.S. Navy
Navy
Tortuga
U.S
Co Chien
North Viet Nam
Panhandle
Dong Hoi
South Viet Nam
Demilitarized Zone
Dong Ha
Quang Tri Province
Allied Command
Baton Rouge
Bitter Voices From Harlem Stir Investigation Into Gov’t Jobs
Washington AP two Harlem voices challenge a society they say keeps the Negro ghetto cool as government employment rules are examined. Claude Brown and Arthur Bunmeyer testify to Sen. Ribicoff’s subcommittee about criminal records and civil rights, urging reforms and noting white appeasement.
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Walter R. Mears
Washington
Harlem
Abraham A. Riblcoff
de Conn
Senate
Claude Brown
Arthur Uunmeyer
Brown
Ritkoff
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War Chains
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Star
Hope Church of the Nazarene
Camp Couchdale
Buneya Wood
Linda Goodwin
Glanis Wood
Diane Harvin
Eva Jean Foster
Tommy Coburn
Kenneth Smith
Keith Wood
Jonda Stark
Clears Fork
Kev
George C. Prentice
Mike Kelly
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