Arkansas voters split across three races in 1964
Our Daily Bread editor notes Arkansas voters backed Wallace for president, Rockefeller for governor, and Fulbright for senator on November 5. The panel argues the result reflected distrust of Potomac power rather than party labels, with Nixon winning nationwide and Arkansans cheering a native Fulbright.
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Amareican Broadcasting Company
Arkansas
George Wallace
Winthrop Rockefeller
Bill Fulbright
Lawrence
Potomac
Johnson
Humphrey
Eisenhower
Arkansans
Rockefeller
Fulbright
Nixon
Arkan
Wallace
White House
A Warming Trend for Arkansas
Southerly winds push Arkansas toward a warming trend through Tuesday with a frontal system bringing scattered showers from the west to the east. Temperatures fall tonight in the east but rise in the west as cloud cover increases. Highs Tuesday near 60s, with Sunday readings ranging from 32 to 41 across Pine Bluff to Texarkana. Overnight lows 16 to 25. No rain reported in the last 24 hours.
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Associated Press
Arkansas
Pine Bluff
Texarkana
Fayetteville
Cardinal
Protests Spread at Colleges as ROTC Guards Patrol Campuses
Uniformed ROTC students patrolled Kansas State University for a second night while California’s College of San Mateo reopened as an armed camp after a campus riot. A fire at Nichols Gymnasium was ruled arson and threats to burn the university were reported. In San Mateo, 156 students, mostly Black, sparked the disruption and police tightened campus access. San Francisco State trustees agreed to hear grievances amid union demands for better conditions and autonomy. At Washington University, an eight day Negro student occupation of offices ended with a pending hearing on a separate incident of alleged roughing.
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Associated Press
Kansas State University
California
College of San Masteo
Kansas
Arthur Ramey
Nichols
Kansas State
Farrell Library
Manhattan
Kan
San Mateo
Robert L. Ewigleben
San Francisco State
American Federation of Teachers Local 382
Washington University
St. Louis
Apollo 4 Astronauts On Final Physicals For Moon Flight
AP reports Apollo 4 crew Frank Borman James Lovell and William Anders undergo final medical exams as countdown to a 7:51 a.m. Saturday launch proceeds. NASA notes in-flight data aims and cold precautions amid a 55 million dollar Saturn 5 moon mission plan with limited exposure policies.
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Howard Benedict
AP Aerospace
Cape Kennedy
Fla
Air Force
Frank Borman
Navy
James A. Lovell Jr
William A. Anders
Space Agency
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Borman
Lovell
Anders
NASA
Two Children Die in Stamps Fire Arkansas
In Stamps Arkansas two young children, Ronnie Gene Smith four months and Donnie Ray Smith two, died when a frame house burned. Their mother was visiting across the street as a fire of undetermined origin engulfed the home. two older siblings aged three and five escaped. Fire Chief Earl Brien said the heat prevented entry as firemen arrived to find the house in flames.
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Stamps, Ark
Ronnie Gene Smith
Donnie Ray Smith
Geraldine Smith
Stamps
Clarence Smith
Mount Zion
the Teime
Smith
Zafos
Earl Briehn
Aimes
Air Pollution Hurts Crops and Raises Grocery Bills
New York AP report notes air pollution lifts grocery and laundry costs and damages crops by about 500 million dollars annually. The column weaves in odd anecdotes and quotes while highlighting rising costs and health concerns.
Supreme Court Takes On Major Death Penalty Question
The Supreme Court agreed to hear Arkansas case testing juries freedom to impose death without judge guidance and whether juries can determine guilt and punishment together. William Maxwell, 28, condemned for raping a white woman in Hot Springs in 1962, with NAACP support raising concerns of racial disparity in capital cases.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Arkansas
NAACP
Legal Defense and Educational Fund
William L. Maxwell
Hot Springs
Garland County
Naacp Fund
South
Court to study Alabama voting laws in Supreme Court
Supreme Court agreed to hear a challenge alleging Alabama election laws are racially motivated to block Negroes from office. The case is brought by the Medgling National Democratic party of Alabama, a racially integrated group backing the Democratic ticket. The court will also hear a separate claim by six Negro candidates that Greene County probate judge James Dennis Herndon willfully kept them off the ballot despite a pre election order.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Alabama
National Democratic Party of
George C. Wallace
Greene County
James Dennis Hernedon
Surprise found in milkbox reunites lost purse
Farmington housewife discovered a purse she had lost in her milkbox along with a note from Parker Kendell, a Lincoln Dairy delivery man in Hartford. The purse was turned in at the dairy office where an employee confirmed the owner was a customer, bringing the reunion.
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Farmington, Conn
Farmington
Lincoln Dairy
Parker Kendell
Hartford
Guard deserts at Cummins Prison Farm milk truck incident
Officials at Cummins Prison Farm Arkansas reported a guard accompanied an inmate who drove a milk truck to a nearby town. Shortly after, the inmate called officials and said he had been deserted as the guard wandered off and did not return.
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Cummins Prison Farm
Ark
Arctic Chill Hits Much of Nation Amid Snow Storms
Arctic air drove temperatures to record lows from Florida to New England. Miami logged 34 degrees in December’s coldest since 1940, while Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine faced heavy snow, frost, and hazardous driving as a coastal storm advanced. A Pacific storm brought rain, winds, and snow from Washington to California, with the San Francisco Bay area enduring 60 mph gusts that toppled a motel roof and caused about 100000 dollars in damage.
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Associated Press
Florida
Miami
Atlanta
Vermont
New Hampshire
Maine
Pacific Northwest
Washington
Idaho
California
San Francisco Bay Area
Frank Leahy Joins KXAR as Engineer and Announcer
Frank Leahy, 26, of Casper Wyoming, joined Radio Station KXAR as engineer and announcer on December 1. He will be heard on weekday newscasts at noon and 4 55 and 6 30 p.m. and on Tradio at 1 p.m. Leahy, a Memphis native, studied at National Cathedral School Kemper Military Academy North Texas State University and Elkins Institute of Electronics. He has worked at two FM stations, with Western Union News Service and United Press International, and covered major events including Kennedy assassination the 1964 Poor People’s March and Watts riots. He stayed at the Carl Smith residence in Casper.
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Frank Leahy
Casper
Wyo
KXAR
Haskell Jones
Tolay
Boonsville
North Texas State University
Denton
Texas
Lahey
Elkins Institute of Electronics
Dallas
Elkins School of Radio- Television Broadcasting
Western Union News Service
United Press International
John F. Kennedy
Washington
Los Angeles
U.S.A
Generessimo Trujillo
Dominican Republic
Kemper Miliary Academy
Ramus
Mr. Lahey
Carl Smith
N, Elm St
Asian Flu Spreads Across U.S. Amid Holiday School Closings
As Hong Kong flu widens, several schools and hospitals restrict visits and close early. Virginia colleges shut last week, Central Michigan and Northern Michigan universities push breaks, and New York City officials warn of significant deaths. Milwaukee and Cleveland areas report high teacher and staff illness, while New York forecasts rise in Hong Kong cases with 300 to 400 expected deaths among vulnerable residents. Chanukah begins in New York as Jews light festival candles nightly in remembrance of ancient victory.
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Associated Press
Hong Kong
Virginia
Central Virginia
Central Michigan University
Northern Michigan University
Maryland
Cleveland
Ohio
Wisconsin
Milwaukee
Milwaukee-area
San Francisco
Pittsburgh
New York City
Edward O'Rourke
Vietnam
U.S
Saigon
Clark M. Clifford
United States
Czechoslovakia
Communist Party Central Committee
Alexander Dubcek
Richard Cardinal Cushing
Nixon to Meet GOP Leaders as Electoral College Confirms Presidency
The Electoral College selects Richard M. Nixon as the 37th U S president. Nixon plans discussions with Republican congressional leaders on Democratic majorities. Clark M Clifford calls for early cease fire negotiations.
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Nixon
Senate
House
United States
Humphrey
Minnesota
Railway Merger Delayed by Supreme Court Stay
Washington news brief reports the Supreme Court granted a stay delaying the Northern Lines Railway merger. The Justice Department argued the consolidation would be anti competitive and harm the public interest. Major lines include Great Northern Northern Pacific and Chicago Burlington and Quincy with Pacific Coast and Spokane Portland Seattle also affected.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Northern Lines Railroad
Northwest
Justice Department
Department
Great Northern Railway
Northern Pacific Railway
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
Pacific Coast Railway
Spokane, Portland and Seattle Railway
Hope junior auxiliary to hold nursing home parties
Hope area reads that All Around Town members will host Christmas parties at local nursing homes on December 17 at 2 PM. Whitfield Masonic Lodge 239 schedules a regular meeting for December 17 at 7 30 PM. Charles Cooper, 19, of Hope, earned a Gary Job Corps graduation certificate after 10 months in welding training. Candy Harris of Hope won an Honor Scholarship at Henderson State College for the fall semester. The Hope High Junior Class thanks the public for supporting their ramage safe bake and yard cleanup drive. Sample Debate at Southern State Magnolia December 17 features Hope’s Paul McCormack opposing the affirmative. Dr George H. Wright of Hope is elected to active membership in the American Academy of General Practice after completing 150 hours of postgraduate work. Arkansas State Police report 16 Hempstead accidents in November with one death. 10 wrecks in Howard with no facilities. three killed in Lafayette and two in Nevada county.
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Hope Junior Auxiliary
Candy Harris
Hope
Henderson State College
Miss Harris
Rogier
C. Lynn Harris
Arkansas
Hempstead Durin
Howard
Lafayette
Nevada County
Prisoners to be released and weather satellite launch
The AP reports seven North Vietnamese seamen freed near Vinh as part of a goodwill gesture while Hanoi has not indicated pilots will be released at Christmas. Moscow Radio cites Hanoi saying pilots to be freed at Christmas, though verification is lacking. Seven people died on Arkansas highways over the weekend. The ESSA weather satellite, the eighth in orbit, photographed cloud cover every six minutes after a wind-delayed launch from Vandenberg.
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George Esper
Associated Press
Saigon
United States Today
North Vietnam
Radio Moscow
Hanoi
Au.s
Vientiane
Thas
Moscow Radio
Democratic Republic of Vietnam
Tokyo
Hong Kong
Moscow
U.S
Vinh
Demilitarized Zone
Johnson
Vandenberg Air Force Base
Calif
ESSA
U.S. Space Agency
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New York
Terence J. Cooke
Francis Cardinal Spellman
South Vietnam
Hollywood
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Hollywood Women’s Press Club
Hal Boyle
Colosseum
Rome
Titus
University of Iowa Medical College
Ed Moon
Thomas A. Edison
Colorado
National Geographic Society
Ralph Waldo Emerson
World
B.C
AP News Digest
The
Star
Whitfield Masonic Lodge No. 239
Charles Cooper
Hope, Ark
Gary Job Corps Center
Cooper
Gary
Hope Hi School
Southern State
Magnolia
Paul McCormack
George H. Wright
American Academy of General Practice
National Association of Family Doctors
Berdie Patterson
North Little Rock
C. C. Moore
Edward Lee Wolfe
Jonesboro
Larry Pickett
Garfield
John Mayer
Galveston
Tex
A. B. Albert
Tommy Tucker
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