Forecasts 14.3 Million Bales of Cotton
The Agriculture Department forecast this year's government controlled cotton crop at 14.304 million bales. The report notes reductions from last month, a reserve of about 7.2 million bales, and forecasts of 14.3 million in domestic and export demand. It gives yield, harvested acreage, planted acreage, and cottonseed projections, with census data on ginned bales through Dec 1. Arkansas production is raised to 1.455 million bales, with harvest area 1.36 million acres and yield 614 pounds per acre.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Census Bureau
Little Rock
Arkansas
Rev W P Walker Dies at 71 in Alabama Church Service
Rev W P Walker aged 71 longtime Methodist minister and World War II veteran died Thursday in a local hospital. He pastored Washington Methodist Church and was active in veterans groups including VFW and American Legion. Survived by wife Laila, sons A A and C A Walker, daughters Mrs W C Tarmer and Mrs Masqune Paradise, eight brothers and many relatives. Services Sunday at 2 pm at Washington Methodist Church with burial in St Paul Cemetery near Ozan.
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W. P. Walker
Fallow
VFW
American Legion
France
Dmg
Washington Methodist Church
Laila Sossman Walken
A. A. Walker
Detail
C. A. Walker
Cullman, Au
W. C. Tarmer
Lakeland
Fla
Masqune Paradise
Fullon
O. L. Shelby
Chesley
Curtis
Oddig
Buel Walker
Cullman
Ala
Robert B. Moore
Bab Devasier
Jamey
Robbins
St. Paul Cemetery
Ozan
Weather Vota shows 51.10 inches in S9GL through November
An Experiment Station report tallies 51.10 inches of precipitation through November for S9GL, compared with 40.44 inches a year earlier. The 24 hours ending 6 p.m. Thursday recorded a high of 63 and low of 49 with some sleet possible Thursday night. Arkansas forecast remains cloudy with additional details continued on Page sic.
Arkansas Is Witness in House Probe
Arkansas meat packer Chris Finkbeiner testified before the House Small Business Subcommittee that local TV shows were moved out of prime hours due to network pressure and national advertisers. He urged a formula to reserve Class A time for local advertisers, arguing TV concentrates business and favors large players.
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Washington
Chris IE Finkbeiner
Little Rock
2 House
Small Business
Finkbeiner
Dale Alford
D-Ark
Emmet Native Dies in Texarkana
Emmet native EB Landers aged 84, a retired carpenter, died Thursday at his Texarkana home. Survived by a daughter Mrs Marion Haris of Texarkana. Services 1 30 pm Saturday at East Funeral Home Texarkana by Reverend Lambert. Burial in Epheaus Cemetery near Emmet.
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Dee
Eb, Landers
Emmet
Yhudlay
Texarkana
Marion Haris
East Funeral Home
D. Lambert
Epheaus Cemetery
Guns of Navarone at Saenger Sunday shines in film tie
A jubilant review lauds Alistair MacLean’s The Guns of Navarone as a top action novel and celebrates its film adaptation. It praises the cast led by Gregory Peck and David Niven, notes location shoots in Greece including Rhodes, and highlights the dramatic rescue mission against a fortress gun position on Navarone.
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Saturday Evening J Post
Sofia
Westen
Navarone
Columbia Pictures
Gregory Peck
Keith Mallory
David Niven
Corporal Miller
Anthony Quinn
Andrea Stravros
James Darren
Pappadimos
New York
the Picture Company
Greece
Rhodes
Ding Cliffs
Lintos
Grvek
Carl Poreman
Laws
Parking Meter Plant Burns in Harrison Arkansas
An early morning fire heavily damaged the Duncan Parking Meter Plant in Harrison Arkansas. A night watchman said a small explosion in the paint room started the blaze at the Nantee Corp subsidiary. The fire, fought in freezing weather with light snow, was controlled after about ninety minutes and confined to the plant’s central section.
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Harrison, Ark
Duncan
Nantee Corp
New York
Farm Bureau Directors Meet December 12
Hempstead County will host the Farm Bureau Directors meeting at 7 pm on Tuesday December 12 at the Diamond Cafe. Wren Butten, president, will announce 1962 officers. Autrey Wilson, vice president, reports on a recentArkadelphia meeting. Henry Rowe, 4-H champion, will show slides from the Richmond Virginia contest trip. A prize will be awarded for a new member joining in November.
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Hempstead
Jpaem- Bue
Diamond Cafe
Wren Butten
Autrey’ Wilson
Fanny Bureau
Arkadelphia
Henry Rowe
Chile
U.S
Richmond
Butler
UNICEF Trick-or-Treat Funds Top One Million Dollars
United Nations New York AP UNICEF reports Halloween drive ahead of last year with 1,106,000 dollars received so far. Officials say no trick-or-treat funds diverted to the Congo operation and that a Treasury loan caused misunderstandings about earmarked donations.
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United Nations, N.Y
U.N. Children’s Fund
Unicef
U.N. Congo
Congo
U.S
UN Congo
U.S. Treasury
Kennedy urges wage restraint policy with fair bargaining
Washington AP reports labor secretary Arthur Goldberg told AFL CIO leaders the Kennedy administration supports responsible collective bargaining and will not seek wage or price controls. He stressed wages and standards should rise only if they do not disrupt price stability or competitiveness. Some AFL CIO leaders welcomed Kennedy’s appeal for liberal foreign trade, though business leaders remained cautious about the policy details.
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Washington
Fla
Arthur J.alluck
Goldberg
Jon
Kennedy
Labor Convention
America
Afl-Cio
Rusk to Visit in Madrid on Franco Call
Secretary of State Dean Rusk will stop in Madrid on his way home from a Western foreign ministers conference and a North Atlantic Treaty Council meeting in Paris to make a formal call on Generalissimo Francisco Franco in the Spanish capital.
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Washington
Dean Rusk
Madrid
Francisco Franco
Rusk
Conservence
Paris
United States Warns of Red Threat to Viet Nam
The State Department issues a White Paper declaring a clear and present danger to South Viet Nam from Communist forces. It estimates 8,000 to 9,000 Viet Cong fighters in about 30 battalions with 9,000 more in local areas, aided by North Viet Nam with backing from Moscow and Peiping. Allies receive copies as pressure mounts to act against covert aggression.
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John M. Hightower
Washington
United States
Southeast Asia
International Centro Commission
Viet Nam
White
India
Poland
Canada
Iro
South Viet Nam
North Viet Nam
Moscow
Peiping
W. Averell Harriman
Britain
France
Australia
New Zealand
Thailand
Pakistan
Philippines
Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
State Department
Arkansas school millages reveal wide tax range
Arkansas has 1418 districts with operating millages from 18 to 50 depending on debt and building programs. The same tax rate can fund different levels of education as districts balance operation and debt service, with examples from Mountain View to Gosnell and Benton.
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Arkansas
Little Rock
Aree Arkansas
Mountain View
Fourche Valley
Fulton County
Tyronna
Tyronaa
Gosnell
Blytheville Air Force Base
Benton
Light Snow Flurried Across Northwest Arkansas
The Associated Press reports light snow mixed with sleet and hail fell briefly in northwest Arkansas this morning. A thin cover remained at Devil's Knob, twenty seven miles north of Clarksville, as snowfall continued intermittently for about three hours in the Mayetteville and Harrison areas. By midmorning the brief event had ceased, with forecasts predicting possible additional snow and rain in parts of north Arkansas. Brief flurries reached Conway to the south.
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Associated Press
Arkansas
Devil's Knob
Clarksville
Quark National Forest
Mayetteville
Harrison
Conway
Ministerial Alliance opposes dances and sexy media in Tope
A Tope community ministerial group led by Rev. G. M. Petry declares a unanimous stance against all forms of dancing, sexually explicit films, and indecent publications. The statement calls for removal of such material from sales, urges local theaters to stop showing risqué content, and volunteers to petition outlets continuing these evils.
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Hope
Nat
Drope
Tope
G. M. Petry
Pres. Trey
J. D. Pasantore
Gave Away Cars He Didn't Own in Fantasy Spree
Albert Spooner told a Birmingham court he donated 37 automobiles he did not own over 15 months to gain favor. He had embezzled about 23,000 pounds from his electronics firm, claimed his lawyer. Judge imposed a five year sentence.
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Birmingham
England
Albert Spooner
Mgr. Spooner
Local Events Mix Cookies Gifts and Politics
The Hempstead town events include a cookies and candy gift to employees, Temple Company co-owner changes, and the Hempstead County Quorum Court set to discuss 1962 appropriations next Monday. London updates note Attlee’s grave condition slowly stabilizing after surgery. Regional notices urge Arkansas dairy farmers to attend the District meeting at Holiday Inn Texarkana. Community club members plan Christmas duties and gifts as decorations go up. Hope junior and senior teams host games tonight at 7.
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Hempstead County
Arkansas
Arkansas Diary Assn
Holiday Inn
Texarkanr
Hieniwikle Corbet
Prescotl and Dimes Wilsui
Hope
Katanga Fighting Intensifies Near Elisabethville Airport
US and UN forces battle Katanga troops around Elisabethville as airlifted troops, armored cars, and provisions arrive. Gunfire, mortar blasts, and sniping rage on outskirts while Katanga leader Tshombe returns from Paris and calls for arms and a last stand against the UN multi nation force.
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Peter Gross
Leopoldville
Congo
Amercian
Mitsabuthyilla
U.N
Alisabethville
Malaya
Jon
Seu McKeown
Trish
Elisabethville
Sheoa
Tisabuthville
U.S
Elisabbethville
U.N. Congo Command
Washington
Globemageters
U.N. Bay 10
Leopoldvilla
Katanga
Air Force
Paris
Thad
USN
Elizabethvilla
Hwen
Moises Tshombe
Southern
Rhodesia
Ede Corl
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UN Child Fund
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Hoyt Neill
Dew
Ford D. Henry
Scope
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