Walt Disney Remembered Across Time and Space
In a reflective tribute, the piece recalls Walt Disney as a world figure who transformed cinema and animation, built a legacy from modest beginnings, and earned global recognition. It highlights his pioneering impact, awards, and enduring influence on audiences from America to international stages.
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Walt Disney
Chicago
Carpenter's
Hollywood
Pisney
Rej
Animal Kingdom
Happy Music
Isney Cinemas
Disney
Helms
cin_t
Ned
Veryone
Snow ¢R
Perri
Igdom
Ney
Nald Duck
Donald
Arabia
U.S
America
Eulogies Pour In For Disney Founder Disney Legend Dies
Walt Disney died ten days after his 65th birthday following lung surgery. Colleagues and entertainers mourned him, noting his friendly leadership and global impact from Mickey Mouse to Disneyland. Cancer had spread after the operation.
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Gene
Disney
Dovid Duck
Snow White
Disneyland
Jed MacMurray
Illinois Gets 375 Million Atom Smasher
The Atomic Energy Commission chose Weston near Chicago as the site for a 200 GeV proton accelerator, the world’s most powerful machine. Six sites were studied and Weston was declared the most suitable location near Argonne National Laboratory. Construction not yet authorized by Congress.
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Washington
Weseton
Atomic Energy Commission
National Academy of Sciences
Commission
Cappolino Acquitted of Murder Charge
Dr. Carl Cappolino, 34, is acquitted of the murder of retired Army Lt. Col. William E. Farber by a Monmouth County jury. He returns to Florida to face a separate murder trial for his wife Carmela in Sarasota, where authorities expect proceedings to begin in February. His wife Mary, 39, calls the acquittal a blighted victory amid ongoing legal battles.
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David Rosenzweig
Freehold
WN. J
Carl Cappolino
Murer
Florida
Cappolino
Monmouth County
Army
Willam E. Farber
Saratoga
Fla
Carmela
Mary
New Jersey
Community Chorus Sings Here Sunday
A Hope church chorus from local congregations will present Christmas Orators to on Sunday at 7 p.m. at First Baptist Church. Guest soloists include David Scott Dora Ann King Karl La Miller and Jack Price with H A Spraggins on organ and B C Hyatt on piano. Directed by David Scott of Ouachita University.
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Hope
First Baptist Church
David Scott
Dora Ann King
Karl la Miller
Jack Price
H. A. Spraggins
B. C. Hyatt
Ouachita University
Cheery Scene Masks Sobering Christmas Tree Remarks
In Washington a Christmas tree ceremony opened with cheer as a 70 foot red fir burned at dusk. President Johnson spoke soberly about difficult months ahead in Vietnam, noting peace with honor will follow, while youths chanted stop bombing Hanoi as he arrived and prepared for his second address on war and peace.
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Raymond J. Crowley
Washington
Johnson
Vietnam
Hanoi
DAR Good Citizens Named at Hope High School
Beth Lawrence is named the 1966 DAR Good Citizen at Hope High School. She is senior class treasurer of the student council NHS FTA Mu Alpha Theta and Junior Counselors, associate editor of the yearbook, and daughter of Dr. and Mrs. L. T. Lawrence. The John Cain Chapter honored Beth and Lewisville Good Citizen Jean Possell at the November luncheon with Good Citizen pins. Ellen Turner, also a Hope High junior, will serve as a pages for Mrs. Richards Howard at the state DAR meeting in El Dorado in February. She is student council junior class representative, a Future Teachers of America member, and a Babette, chosen 1966 67 favorite girl, and will be 1967 Teen March of Dimes Chairman. She sings with Junior Choir and Youth and Adult choirs at First Baptist Church.
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Beth Lawrence
Hope High School
DAR Good Citizen
L. T. Lawrence
Beth
NHS
FTA
Mu Alpha Theta
John Cain
DAR
Jean Posell
Lewisville
Good Citizen
Ellen Turner
Richards Howard
Daughters of the American Revolution
el Dorado
Ellen
McDowell Turner
Future Teachers of America
Babette
First Baptist Church
Hoffa Ends 24 Hour Teamsters Walkout In Detroit
Hoffa urged return to work after a 24 hour strike protesting a U S Supreme Court decision upholding James R Hoffa’s conviction. About 75 to 100 percent of long distance drivers reported to work starting with the midnight shift as Hoffa addressed cheering members at a hastily called meeting.
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Detroit
Hoffa
Trustee Use Makes State Responsible
The attorney for Leroy Jones argued before the state Claims Commission that using prisoners as trustees makes the state liable for their actions. Sid McMath cited a 1910 Supreme Court decision and a Georgia ruling involving Mickey Cohen to show custodial agencies bear liability. Jones seeks $50,000 for an ankle wound from a stray bullet fired by a trustee who caused multiple deaths and injuries last September.
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Little Rock
Cummins
State Claims Commission
Sid McMath
Leroy Jones
Gould
State Supreme Court
Georgia
Mickey Cohen
McMath
Lincoln County
Coehn
Jones
Rain Comes to All of Arkansas
The Associated Press reports showers across southwest Arkansas moving northeast. The U S Weather Bureau predicts continued cloudiness with south region showers. Saturday should be partly cloudy and cool with highs in the 50s and lows in the upper 30s to low 40s. Overnight lows ranged from 28 in Fayetteville to 40 in Fort Smith Texarkana and El Dorado. Precipitation in the last 24 hours ended at 6 am included a trace at Texarkana and a trace at El Dorado.
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Associated Press
Arkansas
U.s.weather Bureau
Fayetteville
Fort Smith
Texarkana
el Dorado
Connell to Help Train Mission Teams
The Rev. F. Gladwin Connell of the Methodist Little Rock Conference will assist the General Board of Education in Nashville to train MYF World Mission teams for next summer. He will spend two weeks in June teaching youth workers and then travel with teams before returning to Nashville for evaluation. W. Neill Hart praises Connell’s leadership and national recognition.
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F. Gladwin Connell
Methodist
Little Rock
Hope Methodist Church
General Board of Education
Nashville, Tenn
Myfund
U.S
General Board
Connell
Safe disappears after demolition bid in Traverse City
Balyeat and two helpers moved an old safe from a building slated for demolition in Traverse City Michigan. They loaded it to the sidewalk but could not lift it onto a truck and left to fetch help. When they returned the safe was gone.
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Traverse City
Mich
Phil Balyeat
Balyeat
Secret Kennedy conference linked to book suit over Dallas tragedy
A former Kennedy official said a five hour October meeting in New York involved Sir Richard Goodwin Theodore Sorensen Pierre Salinger and others to discuss William Manchester's Death of a President. He claimed publishers learned of the discussions and Mrs Kennedy filed suit over breached contract and disputed passages about her emotions after Dallas.
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New York
John F. Kennedy
Kennedy
William Manchester
Dallas
Sen. Kennedy
New York City
Theodore Sorensen
Pierre Salinger
Arthur M. Schlesinger J
Burke Marshall
James Greenfield
John Douglas
John Siegenthaler
Nashville Tennessean
Stegenthaler
Salinger
White House
Greenfield
California
Manchester
Look Magazine
Harper Row Book Publishers
Group Seeks Ouster of Welfare Chief Moss
A coalition of professional social workers voted 26 to 11 to urge Governor-elect Winthrop Rockefeller to reconsider retaining A. J. Moss as state welfare commissioner. The group says Moss lags trends toward welfare independence through training rather than grants.
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Little Rock
Winthrop Rockefeller
A. J
Red) Moss
Moss
Federal highway funds to roll in despite slowdown
Washington dispatch reports 4 cents per gallon fuel tax funds most of the Interstate system. For the year ending June 30 the highway trust expects 4.04 billion in taxes, with a 380 million surplus and 3.9 billion in spending. Slowdown affects awards, not overall solvency or funds.
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The
Star
Bread
Little Rock
Associated Press
Washington
D.C
Joseph R. Coyne
Washington (Ap
Federal Treasury
Congress
Highway Trust Fund
Bureau of Public Roads
Johnson Administration
Bureau
Bodies found in burned Ark house identification released
In MCCROY Arkansas the bodies of a man and a woman were found among the ruins of a one story frame house after a fire. Identified victims are Mrs Virgle A Smith 62 owner and William R Orman 69. Fire believed to have started Wednesday night. cause undetermined.
Cites Revenue Loss If Tax Is Deducted
Arkansas AFL CIO president J Bill Becker warns that allowing a deduction for federal income taxes to compute state taxes would cost Arkansas about 15 million dollars annually though federal payments would rise. Becker says the AFL CIO would oppose such a proposal as state Rep Chadd Durrett plans tax cut bills for state tax deduction and lower vehicle license fees.
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Little Rock
Negro Named to Cabinet Post by Tennessee Governor
H. T. Lockard, a Memphis lawyer, was appointed administrative assistant to Governor-elect Buford Ellington, reportedly the only Negro in a cabinet-level post in the South. He will assume duties when Ellington takes office January 16.
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Nashville, Tenn
H. T. Lockard
Buford Ellington
South
Lockard
Memphis
Ellington
Sophomore car wash fundraiser and babysitting planned in Hope
Hope High School sophomore class to hold a car wash Saturday December 17 starting at 9 a.m. on the east side of the Fire Station with a complete wash and interior cleaning for 1.25. Proceeds will fund food baskets for needy families via the Lions Club. Babysitting will run Saturday at the First Baptist Church nursery from 9 a.m. and again Monday 6:30 to 9 p.m at 3 cents per hour. Weather notes warn of cold, geese circling downtown, Rex Bobo sold an Aberdeen Angus bull to Shipps Angus Farm in Dallas, and Arkansas Athletic Association named Big 10 all conference with Yerger High’s Earl Muldrew and Airman Paul W. McCormack among honorees. city police report 278 wrecks to Nov 28 with 72 injuries and one death, up from last year.
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Hope High School
Lions Club
First Baptist Church
Hope
U S Denies Hanoi Bomb Charge In U S Flat Denial
The United States officially denies North Vietnamese claims that American warplanes bombed Hanoi city. Washington and Saigon insist bombs fell only on designated targets two miles south of Hanoi and a railroad yard five miles northeast. Pilot Lt J G Baton from Philadelphia confirms no off target drops. Foreign observers cited no deliberate city strikes, attributing damage to anti aircraft fire or unexploded shells. Yule Programs Continue.
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Lenour M. Mersh
Washington
United States
Hanoi
Saigon
U. S
U.S. Military Command
J. G. John Baton
Philadelphia
Christmas programs on KXAR air in December 1966
KXAR plans a three week run of Christmas oriented shows from 5:30 to 6:30 PM led by a popular artist. The lineup includes Story of a Carol by the Episcopal Church, Carols for Remembering by the Methodist Church, News Drama Christmas As It Happened, Salvation Army program with Bing Crosby, LSU Christmas Concert, Army Hour, Mormon Choir, Protestant Hour Just Before Christmas, and Bishop Hines Christ mas 1966. A full day of Christmas programs is scheduled for December 24 featuring local groups and top professional artists.
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KXAR
Episcopal Church
Methodist Church
Bethlehem
Salevation Army
Bing Crosby
LSU
Army Hour
Espicopal
Hines
Police Chiefs Would Keep Death Penalty
MARIANNA Ark AP The Arkansas Association of Chiefs of Police plans to draft a resolution calling on the legislature to restart the death penalty at a Little Rock meeting Chief Jack Kelley of Marianna says the measure should pass He praised the Prosecuting Attorneys Association for endorsing capital punishment while admitting inequities exist Rockefeller may seek abolition Boswell a Little Rock lawyer opposes abolition
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Marianna
Ark
Arkansas Association of Chieffs of Police
Jane
Jack Kelley
Little Rock
Kelly
Arkansas Prosecuting Attorneys Association
Winthrop Rockefeller
Ted Boswell
Prosecutors’ Association
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Arkansas Athletic Association Today
Earl Muldrew
Yerger High
Paul W. McCormack
Paul W. McCormack Sr
Hope, Ark
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McCormack
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