Town and Country Restaurant Opens Here
The Town and Country restaurant opens today at Third and Shower Sts Hope Arkansas. The brick building, recently completed by Ben D Edwards, is owned by Mrs Mary Black Johnson of Tarpley Court. Frank McLarty leads Town and Country Co with Fredda Greenan as VP and Hayes McKinney as secretary. Herbert Darnell, a veteran manager from the Town House Arkadelphia, heads operations with Al Gideon as chef and Mildred Pursina as hostess. A standout 80 by 25 foot dining room features original oil paintings and a movable divider for two sections during meetings.
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Town & Country
Arkansas
Third and
Shower Sts
U.S. Highway 67
Ben D. Edwards
Hope Contractor
Mary Black Johnson
Tarpley Court
Town & Coamtry. Co
Frank McLarty
Freeda Greenan
Hayes McKinney
Herbert Darnell
Columbus
Hope
Arkadelphia
al Gideon
Arlington
Avanelle
Hot Springs
Mildred Pursina
Fortsmith
Secretary of State Speaks to Rotarians
Secretary of State Kelly Bryant, a Hope native and Hope Rotary Club member, spoke at last Friday’s club luncheon. He outlined the duties of the office, noted his service on boards, and discussed Arkansas redistricting plans touching Hempstead County. He invited attendance at the Capitol Christmas program on December 19 at 5:30 PM and urged watching on television if unable to attend. guests included Herbert Thomas of Holland and Harold Ruby of Detroit.
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Kelly Bryant
Hope
Hope Rotary Club
Rotary Club
Little Rock
Bryant
Rotarians
Secretary of State
Arkansas
United States Supreme Court
Hempstead County
Northwest
Capitol
Mr. Bryant
Herbert Thomas
Holland
Michigan
Harold Ruby
Detroit
Windsors Pass Through Arkansas on Royal Journey
The Duke of Windsor and the Duchess traveled through Arkansas en route to Houston for medical treatment. Their overnight stop in Little Rock lasted about 25 minutes around midnight as they rested in a two bedroom suite aboard the Texas Eagle.
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Little Rock
Duke of Windsor
England
Edward VIII
Arkansas
Houston
Duke
Texas Eagle
Arkansas Weather Summary and Forecast
Weather Experiment Station reports a 24 hour period ending at 7 a m Monday with a high of 53 and a low of 23. Arkansas fair and cool through Tuesday. Low tonight continues on Page Two.
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Arkansas
Two Local Negroes Charged With Theft Here
Two 18 year old men were arrested by Chief Alvin Willis on grand larceny and shoplifting charges. Steve Brown Jr. allegedly took a gun from Dorsey Askew’s truck and pawned it at Hall’s Grocery. the gun was recovered and Brown was released to county prosecutors. Joe Davis Johnson is accused of shoplifting gloves from Morgan and Lindsey Store and pawning them at Hall’s Grocery. six pairs were recovered.
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Alvin Willis
Steve Brown, Jr
Dorsey Askew
Hall’s
Joe Davis Johnson
Morgan and Lindsey
Burke
Hall's Grocery
Unions Agree No Rail Strike Before New Year
Three shop craft unions stated in U S District Court that there will be no nationwide railroad strike until after January 1. Attorney Alex Elson said the unions will not strike before the first of the year, despite plans announced last week for a 6 am Tuesday walkout that could halt over 90 percent of rail traffic amid peak pre Christmas travel and shipments. Carriers sought a temporary restraining order and injunction to stop the walkout, arguing potential daily losses above $26 million.
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Chicago
Alex Elson
U.S
Elson
Joseph Sam Perry
Cold Surge Hits Mast of State
A surge of cold air is set to sweep Arkansas, with temperatures dropping to as low as 15 degrees in northern areas. The U S Weather Bureau notes clear skies through Tuesday, with highs Tuesday in the mid 30s north and mid to upper 40s south. Sunday highs ranged from 42 at Little Rock to 55 at El Dorado, and overnight lows from 17 at El Dorado to 33 at Harrison. No rainfall was reported in the state in the 24 hours ending 6 a.m. today.
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Arkansas
U. S. Weather Bureau
Little Rock
el Dorado
Harrison
One Killed and One Hurt in Hit and Run
Arkansas State Police report a hit and run on Highway 4 north of Ozan left Mizell Walker 38 dead and Pete White 47 of Ozan with compound fractures. The men were pushing a car when another vehicle approached. they jumped into a ditch as the car passed on the right, striking both. Roadblocks were set but the fleeing car had not been found as search continues.
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Highway 4
Ozan
Mizell Walker
Pete White
Arkansas
Herbert Griffin
Six Die in Violence on Arkansas Roads
State Police reported six deaths on Arkansas roads from Friday to Sunday night. Mizell Walker, 38, of Ozan was killed when a car struck him as he pushed a disabled vehicle. Pete White, 47, also of Ozan, suffered compound fractures and was hospitalized in Texarkana. Other fatalities included Gordon Rick Hornsby, 17, of Fayetteville in Washington County, Bishop Ridley, 72, of Tucker man, near Tucker man, Andrew Taylor, 83, of Blytheville in a two car collision, Raleigh A. Barber, 28, of Bald Knob near a bridge on U S 70, and Frederick Lee Eggleston, 31, of Sealy, Texas, west of Lewisville on U S 82. Police conducted roadblocks but sought the hit vehicle.
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Arkansas 4
Ozan
Hempstead County
Mizell Walker
Pete White
Texarkana
Arkansas
Associated Press
Walker
White
Gordon Rick Hornsby
Fayetteville
U.S. 71
Greenland
Washington County
Bishop Ridley
Tuckerman
Elos Riley
Ridley
Andrew Taylor
Blythe
Yike
Taylor
Au Ht Williams
Blytheville
Raleigh A. Barber
Bald Knob
U.S. 70
West Memphis
Frederick Lee Eggleston
Sealey
Tex
Lewisville
U.S. B2
Just a Few of the Many Many Things A Columnist Learns
New York AP rounds up quirky daily mail tidbits ranging from superstition and counterfeit mint profits to celebrity shoe counts Jayne Mansfield owns 200 pairs and a miscellany of folklore. It notes trends in technology and animals, citing telephones and popular dogs.
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Daily Mail
New York
U.S. Mint
Jayne Mansfield
Midwest
American Humane Association
Raymond Pedron to Be Honored
A testimonial dinner for Raymond Pedron will be held Tuesday night at 6 30 at the Diamond Cafe. All law enforcement officers in the area will attend as Pedron, a popular figure, is retired after 20 years with the Hope Police Department. Albert Graves will speak and Pedron will receive a 20 year retirement badge.
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Raymond Pedron
Diamond Cafe
Pedron
Hope Police Department
Albert Graves
Barry Goldwater Signals Nixon as Leading GOP Hope
In a U S News & World Report interview Barry Goldwater named Richard Nixon and governors Hatfield Romney Scranton as potential 1968 Republican nominees. He said Nixon has the best chance for the party. Goldwater defended Dean Burch and said Eisenhower might have beaten Johnson, while noting conservatives felt miscast during the campaign. He admitted the 1964 loss was decisive but not crippling to the movement.
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Washington
Barry Goldwater
Richard M. Nixon
Mark C
Hatfield
George Romney
William W. Scranton
Nixon
GOP
White House
Goldwater
U.S. News & World Report
Dean Burch
Johnson
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Arizona
Johnson Backs Reserve Plan Facing Senate, RCA Clash
President Johnson endorses McNamara plan to abolish Army Reserves by merging units into National Guard and placing others on inactive status. Reserve Officers Association seeks a full investigation, warning that Air Force Reserve changes may follow and cost savings cited in the scheme. Congress plans hearings next year as defense and military leaders navigate authority over the restructuring.
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Washington
Johnson
Reserve Officers Association
Secretary of Defense
Robert 8. McNamara
National Guard
Air Force Reserve
McNamara
Defense
Capitol Hill
Congress
Army National Guard
Army
Stephen Ailes
F. Edward Hebert
D-La
House Armed Services Subcommittee On
Reserves and
John Stennis
Dmiss
Senate Armed Services Prepared
RCA
Reeder
Curtis LeMay
Air Force
Henry W. McMillan
Florida
St. Augustine
Department of Defense
U. S
Hemspread
Aclo
Russians Oust Americans and U.S. Retaliates
The United States ordered the ouster of three Soviet embassy military attaches in Moscow in retaliation for restrictions on four Western attaches. Moscow denied permission for travel and said the Western envoys would depart within a week. The American spokesman urged readers to draw their own conclusions about the link between actions on both sides.
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Washington
United States
Russia
Moscow
State Department
Vasiliy V. Y. Zadvinski
Vladimir P. . Grechanin
Aleksandr V. Udalov
Unio
U.S
Soviet Union
Khabarovsk
London
Mayor Glover Targeted in Carlisle Shooting
State Trooper Bill Breashears said a rifle shot was fired at Carlisle mayor Bobby L. Glover as he opened his office door Saturday night. The bullet struck the door about 10:30 p.m. and missed his head by three or four inches. A man is being held in Lonoke County Jail in connection with the shooting.
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Coellisle
Carlisle
Ark
Bill Breashears
Bobby L. Glover
Carlise
Glover
Breashears
Lonoke
Lonoke County
Kindergarten Christmas Program at Williams Wee College
Williams Wee College presents a December 15 program in the Junior High Auditorium titled A Strike in Santa Land. Forty three kindergartners portray dolls and characters led by narrator Arthur Stretch with Mrs. Williams directing.
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Williams
Wee College
Santa Land
Julie Johnston
Susan Lawrence
Nurse
Steve Honea
Ruelaine Jordan
Molly Stretch
Kathy
Mary Jo McClellan
Susie Smart
Dana Flowers
Bride
Sammy Beasley
Groom
Kim Baker
Beavers
Larry Coffee
Cowboys
Joe Guilliayns
Bruce Huddieston
Bruce Webb
Dick Harris
Soldiers
Dwight Stone
Kay Caldwell
Jeff Renfro
Danny Walker
Roy Collins
Keith Cumming
Donna Tunstal
Mark Robertson
Ken
Resi Jea Devenny
Sharon Delvecchio
Mary Lou Schrader
Ginger
Cindy Okona
Julia Ohashi
Melisa Whitley
Sally Ann White
Karen Christian
Reyes Edmonds
Lisa Lee
Majorette
Steve Gough
Santa
Peggy Reese
Steve Tarpley
Greg Gough
Pixies
Troy Greenlee
VFW to Elect Junior Vice Commander at Tuesday Meeting
Veterans of Foreign Wars to elect a junior vice commander at 7 30 pm Tuesday December 15, per John Lloyd. Also notes progress on Highway 29 north from Blevins nine miles to connect with Highway 19 with contracts let weeks ago and work underway on fences and bridge pipe.
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Veterans of Foreign Wars
John Lloyd
Highway 29
Blevins
Highway 19
Highway Department
Whitfield Masonic Lodge No. 239
Masonic Hall
Presidential electors meet to certify Johnson victory
AP tally shows a record 70,621,470 Americans voted in the presidential election. Sen Dirksen warns about diffusion of Republican policy while Johnson plans to abolish the Army Reserves as prudent. Rusk notes France ahead of NATO meeting as crashes kill several trainees. Berkeley mass arrest trial begins for UC demonstrators and Hoffa appeal argument starts in Cincinnati. Actor Bendix nears death from lobar pneumonia. Arkansas checks cotton acreage nearing completion.
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Barry Goldwater
Richard M. Nixon
Gova
Mark Hatfield
George Romney
William W. Scranton
Johnson-Humphrey
Associated Press
Everett M. Dirksen
Johnson
Reserve Officers Association
Air Force Reserve
National Berkeley Theater
University of California
Teamsters
James R. Hoffa
U. S. Circuit Court
Cincinnati
William Bendix
Industry Shoots Up in Arkansas 1963 Manufacturing Growth
Arkansas’s manufacturing value added rose 61 percent from 1958 to 1963 reaching 952 million dollars. Total manufacturing employment grew to 114,000 with 96,000 production workers, who earned 331 million and 437 million in wages respectively. Arkansas ranked 33rd among states. Texas led adjacent states with 6811 billion, Missouri 4277, Tennessee 3317, Louisiana 1909, Mississippi 1008, Oklahoma 983.
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Little Rock
Arkansas
Census Bureau
Texas
Missouri
Tennessee
Louisiana
Mississippi
Oklahoma
Supreme Court Upholds Civil Rights Act Public Accommodations
The court affirmed the 1944 Civil Rights Act public accommodations section in the Heart of Atlanta Motel case and a Birmingham Alabama restaurant. Justice Tom C Clark announced the ruling, freeing three sit-in demonstrators and noting about 3,000 prosecutions pending in Southern states.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Tom C. Clark
We Paks
Supreme Court Hears Rolleston Appeal On Civil Rights Law
Justice Tom C. Clark delivered the court s main opinion. Moreton Rolleston Jr Atlanta attorney and motel corporation official filed suit in U S District Court in Atlanta to block enforcement of the law within two hours after it was signed by President Johnson on July 2. Three district court judges upheld the public accommodations section in a July 21 ruling and Rolleston appealed to the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court heard arguments on the appeal on the first day of its new term October 5.
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Tom C. Clark
Moreton Rolleston, Jr
Atlanta
Motel Corporation
U.S. District Court
Johnson
District Court
Rolleston
Supreme Court
Dimes Used to Combat Birth Defects
Dorothia Camp accepts Hempstead chairmanship for the 1965 March of Dimes as the January fund drive opens. She cites 250,000 birth defect births yearly and outlines mission: local centers, trained teams, and research to prevent and cure defects.
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Dorothia Camp
Hempstead
Mrs. Camp
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Arkansas Alumni Assn
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