Banner Year for Farm Research in Arkansas
Arkansas Farm Bureau Federation outlines a 1964 priority for expanded research across 23 fields. The University of Arkansas centers at Keiser, Marianna, Batesville, Stuttgart, Rohwer, Hope, Nashville, Bald Knob, Van Buren, and Clarksdale coordinate projects to address regional farming needs while expanding livestock, fruit, and crop studies statewide.
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J.C. Tillman
Associated Press
Arkansas Agriculture
Arkansas Farm Bureau Federation
University of Arkansas
Keiser
Marianna
Batesville
Stuttrt
Rohwer
Hope
Arkansas
Newport
Clarksville
Nashville
Bald Knob
van Buren
Clarksdale
Pearl Harbor Anniversary Recalled by Nation in Mourning
Pearl Harbor Day is marked as the nation mourns President Kennedy and honors 2,300 who died in the 1941 attack. A flag flies at half mast over the Arizona memorial as hundreds pay tribute, with Navy ceremonies limited to internal commemorations.
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Malcolm Barr
Pearl Harbor
Arizona
Pacific
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Navy
Peat'l Harbor
Naval
Weather Forecast for Arkansas Region
Weather report for 24 hours ending 7 am Friday shows high 67 and low 34. Central Arkansas to be partly cloudy to cloudy and warmer today and tonight with a mild Saturday. Northwest Arkansas partly cloudy. Highs 64 to 72, lows 35 to 45. Continued on page two.
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Arkansas
Associated Press
Central
Northwest Arkansas
Cotton Harvesting Almost Complete in Arkansas
Arkansas cotton harvest nears end with the Agricultural Marketing Service reporting less than 2,000 samples daily arriving at the Little Rock classing office after rain halted work at 95 percent done. The week ending Nov 22 showed slightly lower quality classing than the prior period, while the office has processed 849,766 samples to date, up 29,000 from last year and the year’s yield is projected to rise about 50,000 bales.
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Little Rock
Arkansas
Agricultural Marketing Service
Mrs Kennedy Quits White House Today
Mrs Jacqueline Kennedy leaves the White House in sorrow two weeks after President Kennedy was slain in Dallas. She moves with her children to a borrowed Georgetown home, seeking privacy and a normal life away from the presidential orbit. Caroline returns to first grade at the White House school. John Jr. plays elsewhere as they await a permanent Washington residence.
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Washington
Jacqueline Kennedy
White House
Dallas
Caroline Kennedy
Alcoholics Anonymous Speaker Addresses Prescott District Nurses
Harley Moore Jr of Texarkana spoke to Prescott District Registered Nurses at Memorial Nursing Home on December 3 about AA as a helper group. He noted no membership dues or attendance rules and that the Bible underpins AA, urging recognition of addiction and need for help among attendees and guests, with cookies and coffee served to 14 during the social hour.
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Harley Moore, Jr
Texarkana
Alcoholics Anonymous
Prescott District
Memorial Nursing Home
A. A
Moore
Organiza Lion
Holy Bible
Rn’s
Oral contract breach suit over Emerald Lake subdivision
A $200,000 suit filed in Pulaski Circuit Court alleges an oral contract to build the Emerald Lake Subdivision on U S Highway 70 near Hot Springs was breached. Plaintiffs Dick D. Marshall Robert Long and Bill Scott claim they were hired January 20 to develop a 600 acre tract but were dismissed from the project in May.
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Little Rock
Emerald Lake
U.S. Highway 70
Hot Springs
Pulaski
Dick D. Marshall
Perry
Okla
Robert Long
Dallas
Tex
Bill Scott
Washington Independent Life Insurance Co
Mid-Continent Corp
Paul Chambers
Sule
Iied
Christine Keeler Pleads Guilty and Receives Nine Months
In Old Bailey court Christine Keeler, 21, pleaded guilty to perjury and conspiracy to frame a discarded lover. Judge Sir Anthony Hawke sentenced her to nine months. Paula Hamilton Marshall, 23, received six months. housekeeper Olive Brooker, 56, was placed on probation.
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Hal R. Cooper
Associated Press
London
Christine Keeler
John D. Profumo
Anthony Hawke
Old Bailey
Paula Hamilton-Marshall
Christine
Oliver Brooker
Paula
Jeremy Hutchinson
Chicken War Not End Yet Says AP Analyst
Washingtons retaliatory duties on European goods may be another skirmish in the broader tariff contest. The move could raise prices for American consumers, while French cognac and Dutch starch face impact. The chicken war began last year with high EU tariffs on frozen poultry, costing the US millions. A 26 million arbitration verdict followed, and current duties target France Germany and the Netherlands with smaller losses for Italy Belgium and Luxembourg. The row delays a major General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade talks.
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Sam Dawson
AP Business News
NEW York
Washington
United States
France
Germany
Netherlands
Italy
Belgium
Luxembourg
Insect Infested Food Condemned in Arkansas Warehouse
The Federal Food and Drug Administration filed suit in U.S. District Court seeking confiscation of almost 2% tons of foodstuffs from Arkansas Valley Wholesale Co in Morriston. The suit accuses the flour pancake mix macaroni and beans of containing insects and being stored under unsanitary conditions.
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Little Rock
Federal Food and Drug Administration
U.S. District Court
Arkansas Valley Wholesale Co
Morriston
Man Held on Bad Check Suspicion
Fred Lee Cassady, 31, held in Texarkana Arkansas on suspicion of bad checks and robbery in Hope and Texarkana. He spent Thursday in Texarkana then at the Barlow Hotel in Hope, arrested downtown after a tip from a parking meter patrolman. A December 4 draft for $200 at Citizens National Bank led to a refused payment by Memphis Bank & Trust Co. and alerted merchants. FBI wanted status denied. two unnamed men were with Cassady in the incident.
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Fred Lee Cassady
Texarkana
Ark
Hope
Texackany
Star
Cassady
Barlow Hotel
Citizens National Bank
Memphis Bank & Trust Co
Memphis
FBI
Texarkana Ar
Nixon Stock Rising for Republicans
Washington AP reports Republican leaders hedge on Goldwater’s lead while rumors float about adding Richard Nixon to the New Hampshire primary. Goldwater, Rockefeller pause campaigns after Kennedy’s assassination, with Nixon stating no comment and Rockefeller suspending New Hampshire activities.
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Washington
Barry Goldwater
Richard M. Nixon
New Hampshire
Goldwater
Nelson A. Rockefeller
New York
John F. Kennedy
Arizona
Rockefeller
Kennedy
Granite State
Nixon
Washington Star
Norris Cotton
Johnson
Faubus Signals Possible Sixth Term Run in 1964
Gov. Orval Faubus hints at another bid for governor noting rural road needs could anchor a 1964 platform. He argues his administration plans long projects beyond the current term, maintains a busy, candidate-like speaking schedule, and shows no lame-duck posture as 1963 Legislature approves his methods.
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John R. Starr
Little Rock
Orval E. Faubus
Faubus
Arkansas Education Association
Arkansas
Democrats Win Newton Farm Unit
In Newton County Arkansas Democrats gain eight of ten farm unit representatives at the county convention. Republicans and independents win the remaining two seats as observers claim illegal ballots were cast during counting. State ASC officials report 1736 of 2441 ballots mailed were cast, with prior year totals showing 426 of 1545. New delegates include Clyde Atkinson and Virgil Martin among others.
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Little Rock
Newton
ASC
A. C. Mowery Jr
Sexton
Clyde Atkinson
Virgil Martin
T. W. Dodson
Arlo Breedlove
C. C. Norton
Hosea Gladden
Darrell Jones
Arl Joes
Dayle Villines
Trey Fowler
Take Those Handbags the Ladies Carry
New York jokes describe handbags as moving vans packed with items from a sofa to a stashed billfold. The piece mocks size, weight, and the hunt for cash, claiming women hoard essentials and other odds and ends, delaying payments and delaying progress.
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Boyle
New York
France, China Warm Up Relations Quietly
Paris reports show France easing aloofness toward Red China with plans for broader trade ties while maintaining general restrictions. Two Chinese missions, one trading, one technical, visit France focusing on measuring instruments, automation, and petroleum expertise. A tentative Red China move appears in a trade deal with Albania, reflecting shifting alignment amid Sino Soviet tensions.
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Paris
France
China
Red China
Albania
North Korea
Soviet Union
United Nations
de Gaulle
Canadian English Heads to Confer in Ottawa Visit
Prime Minister Sir Alec Douglas-Home will confer with Canadian Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson in Ottawa from February 10 to 12. The talks precede Pearson's Washington visit to meet President Johnson on February 12 and 13.
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London
Alec Douglas-Home
Lester B. Pearson
Canada
Ottawa
Washington
Johnson
Thompson Jury Deliberates Thompson Murder Charge in Minneapolis
A 12-member jury returns to a locked room to weigh first degree murder charges against T Eugene Thompson in the March 6 slaying of his wife Carol Thompson at their St Paul home. Prosecutors cite motives including love for his former secretary and $1.055 million in life insurance. The judge limits verdicts to guilty or innocent.
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Minneapolis
Minn
T. Eugene Thompson
Thompson
St. Paul
Carol Thompson
Jacqueline Olesen
Minnesota
Dist
Rolf Fosseen
Elections of Interest in England
Britain held three special elections to fill seats in the House of Commons. In London Marylebone Conservative Quin tin Hogg faced Labour's Peter Plouvier, a 33 year old teacher. Openshaw saw Charles Morris defend a safe Labour seat against Conservative and Communist rivals, while Woodbridge on the Suffolk coast had farmer Keith Mason contest a Conservative seat potentially swinging to Labour.
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London
Britain
House of Commons
Marylebone
Lord Hailsham
Quintin Hogg
Peter Plouvier
Manchester
Openshaw
Charles Morris
Woodbridge
Suffolk
Keith Mason
May Link Oswald to Another Shot
The Sun Times reports FBI agents are investigating whether Lee Harvey Oswald, Kennedy assassin, fired at Maj. Gen. Edwin Walker in Dallas seven months earlier. The paper says evidence linking Oswald to Walker’s shooting appears in the Kennedy case FBI report, but authorities had no prior link before Johnson ordered the probe.
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Chicago
Sun- Times
FBI
Lee Harvey Oswald
John F. Kennedy
Edwin A. Walker
Dallas
Oswald
Walker
Kennedy
Sun-Times
Johnson
Christmas Day Late for Him Christmas Day Late for Him
Mannie B Huffstetler aged 62, a former life term prisoner, is slated for parole on December 26 after 15 years of Christmas furloughs. The Arkansas Pardon and Parole Board freed 82 inmates this week, with the next session on January 1. Huffstetler was sentenced in Crawford County on December 20, 1953, for the murder of his brother in law Henry Ellis, slain with a razor and a butcher knife. Gov Faubus commuted the life term to 60 years on March 28, making him parole eligible.
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Little Rock
Mannie B. Huffstetler
State Pardon and Parole Board
Huffstetler
Crawford
Henry Ellis
Orval E. Faubus
Hulfstehler
Parate
Oswald Life Story Unfolded Through Mrs Oswald
Associated Press report profiles Marguerite Claverie Oswald mother of Lee Harvey Oswald born in New Orleans in 1907. It notes her view of her son’s guilt or innocence and outlines a life shaped by hardship from early widowhood to marriage in 1929 and a pending project for a biographical book.
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Aks
Lee Harvey Oswald
Marguerite Claverte Oswald
Oswald
Lee Harvey “Oswald
FBI
Special Commission
New Orleans
Dora
John Claverie
Pic
Soviet Union appeals for private talks with China
Moscow dispatch says Pravda urges Red China to end open polemics and seek settlement of Soviet Chinese differences through private discussions. The editorial notes serious internal Communist strife yet cautions against dramatizing the quarrel and signals readiness for long waiting period while private talks resume.
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Moscow
Soviet Communist Party Today
Red China
Pravda
Moscow- Peking
Party
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Newton Farm Unit
England
Bernardo Gavzer
Fort Worth, Tex
Russia
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