Foreign Aid Bill Suffers a Setback
Washington AP The foreign aid bill suffered Johnsons first Capitol Hill setback as the House cut $800 million from aid and added a rule barring government guarantees for private wheat financing to the Communist bloc. The measure caps spending at $3.6 billion, drawing Johnsons charge of weakness if funds fall further. The Senate likely faces debate, with final passage possibly delayed until next year.
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Washington
Johnson
Capitol Hill
Congress
Senate
House
John F. Kennedy
Bulldozer Accident Fatal to One Near Hot Springs Arkansas
A bulldozer blade gouged open two cars and a truck on Highway 70 four miles west of Hot Springs killing Arlie Freeman 47 and injuring three others. The truck brakes failed causing the crash as Ernest Reynolds tried to stop behind Freeman. Rena Hall Tucker and Reva Mae Loy were among those injured or treated for minor injuries.
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Hot Springs
Ark
Roy Kirkhoffer
Arlie Freeman
Garland County
Freeman
Kirkhoffer
Reva Mae Loy
Ernest Reynolds
Reynolds
Rena Hall Tucker
Denison
Tex
Tucker
Weather Station Report Quick Summary
A weather station notes 24-hour period ending Tuesday 7 am with highs around 44 and lows near 24. Arkansas forecast shows increasing clouds this afternoon, cloudy tonight, and a chance of light snow eastward.
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Tow
Arkansas
Snoworth
Bell's Chapel Youth Revival Set For December Dates
Bell's Chapel Church of the Nazarene in Blevins hosts a Youth Revival starting Wednesday December 18 at 7 p.m. and continuing through December 22. The public is invited.
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Bell's Chapel
Church of the. Nazarene of Blevins
Mills Rated Influential in Washington Poll
Rep Wilbur Mills of Arkansas is named among Washington's most influential men in a Pageant Magazine poll of newsmen conducted before John F Kennedy's assassination. Mills, chair of the House Ways and Means Committee, ranks second to Atty Gen Robert F Kennedy with Kennedy deemed most influential for his reach across government and military decisions. President Lyndon B Johnson, then vice president, ranks seventh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Wilbur Mills
D-Ark
John Kennedy
Mills
Robert F. Kennedy
Kennedy
Congress
Supreme Court
Pageant Magazine
Lyndon B. Johnson
House
Ways and Means Committee
Car Hits Post, One Is Killed in Arkansas Crash
Ronald D. Gent 25 of Wichita Kansas was killed when the car left U S Highway 65 and struck a post. Arnold W Hazen Jr 29, also of Wichita, was critically injured and thrown from the vehicle. They were in Arkansas working on Titan I I missile bases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Conway, Ark
Ronald D. Gent
Wichita
Kan
Arnold W. Hazen Jr
Gent
Hazen
Arkansas
Lawyers Seek Bail for Ruby in Dallas Case
Dallas AP report says Jack Ruby's lawyers press for bond release before Christmas with a Dec 23 hearing set by Dist. Judge Joe Brown. Ruby, 52, faces murder trial on Feb 3. Defense seeks habeas corpus and possible psychiatric evaluation, arguing jail prevents proper examination.
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Dallas
Jack Ruby
Kennedy
Dist
Joe Brown
Ruby
Lee Harvey Oswald
City Hall
Tom Howard
Howard
Melvin Belli
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Hope Civic Improvement Acknowledges City Budget and Traffic Upgrades
The Hope Civic Improvement Association urged the City Board to study a feed truck blocking the old oil mill sidewall and push for signal lights at Hazel and Third. Traffic lights will be reinstalled at Third and Hazel and Elm and Third. Arkansas Highway Department submitted a map for proposed left turn lanes. Manager Medders was authorized to install signals permitting right turns on red after stopping. The 1964 budget was adopted totaling 313039 dollars.
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Hope Civic Improvement Association
Hazel
Third
Elm
Arkansas Highway Department
Medders
Arkansas hatcheries lead in November chick output
Commercial hatcheries in Arkansas produced 21,430,000 chicks in November, up 13 percent from a year earlier and 92 percent above the 1957-61 November average. Through January to November, the broiler type hatch reached 220,847,000, compared with 221,955,000 in the same period last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock
Arkansas
Star's Christmas Dinner For All Newsboys Friday Night
Star's Christmas dinner for all local newsboys and paper carriers will be held at 7 p.m. Friday December 20 in the main banquet room of the Diamond Cafe. The event invites carriers from The Star, Arkansas Gazette, Arkansas Democrat, Texarkana Gazette, Shreveport Times, and the weekly Grit, with arrangements for the Negro distribution through The Star's distributor. Programs include city-wide outreach to Hilary, Prescott, Emmet, Fulton with early registration at The Star office to estimate attendance by white and Negro carriers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Star
Hare Star
Diamond
Arkansas Gazette
Arkansas Democrat
Texarkana Gazette
Shreveport Times
Grit
Hilary
Prescott
Emmet
Fulton
Wastin
Leerop Telephone
Dems Split As House Approves Wheat Sale Ban
Rep E C Gathings Oren Morris and Wilbur Mills joined the minority in opposition to a bill that would bar using U S funds from the Export Import Bank for the proposed wheat sale to Russia. The chamber's vote was 218 to 169 with Rep James Trimble listed as against but not voting. All proposers are Democrats.
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Washington (Ap
E. C. Gathings
Oren’ Morris
Wilbur Mills
U.S
Eport-Import Bank
Russia
James Trimble
Guilty Plea Shuffles Texarkana Murder Case Jury
In Texarkana Arkansas Miller Circuit Court moved to pick a jury for Clinton E. Otwell in a first degree murder case after co defendant Leroy Callahan pleaded guilty to being an accessory in the July Fourth shooting death of James Henry Wallace. Callahan and Otwell, with David Roden, face capital charges. Callahan will be tried separately after pleading guilty.
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Texarkana
Ark
Miller Circuit Court
Clinton E. Otwell
Otwell
Leroy Callahan
de Queen
James Henry Wallace
Callahan
David Roden
Henry Hooks
Roden
Hooks
Wallace
Henry McClellan 90 Patmos Resident Dies Tuesday
Henry McClellan aged 90 and longtime Patmos resident died Tuesday in a local hospital. Survivors include three sons Q of Stamps T M McClellan of Little Rock and Neolia McClellan of Plainsfield New Jersey, four daughters Ople Marler Odel Stackle of Plainsfield Birdie Laka of Stumps and Miles haha of Hope. Funeral services will be held at 2:80 p.m. Wednesday at Mt Neho by Smith Funeral Service.
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Henry McClellan
Patmos
Stamps
T. M. McClellan
Little Rock
Neolia McClellan
Plainsfield
N. J
Ople Marler
Odel Stackle
Birdie Laka
Stumps
Mileshaha
Hope
Po Iu
Mt.Neho
Smith Funeral Service
Nine Miners Die in Utah Explosion
Nine coal miners were killed and one injured in a Utah explosive blast at a model mine near Helper. The face blast in a 2,800-foot tunnel likely ignited a gas pocket or coal dust. nine men worked in the east shaft unaware of the blast. Local owner Diamanti blamed a methane pocket despite safety precautions.
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R. Greg Nokes Helper
Utah
James Diamanti
State Industrial Commission
Moab
Helper
Jesus Nunez
Diamanti
Mrs. Oglesby 86 Dies in Local Hospital
Mrs Frances Kate Oglesby aged 86 longtime area resident died Monday in a local hospital Survived by daughter Mrs C Cook of Hope a son Wesley Oglesby of Irving Texas two sisters Mrs Willard Doves and Mrs Fowler of Hope Services set for 2 pm Wednesday at Herndon Cornelius Chapel officiated by Rev Raymond Franks and Rev Caldwin Copmell Burial will be at Snell Cemetery Active pallbearers Raymer Jones Hunty Mowler Larry Ines Guy Watkins Calvin Hare and Lrest Hockett
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Oglesby
Frances Kate Oglesby
C. Cook
Hope
Wesley Wy Qoelesby
Irvin
Texas
Willard Doves
Doh Fowler
Pam
Herndon-Cornelius Chapel
Raymond Franks
Johnson Calls for an End to Cold War
President Johnson urged a worldwide crusade to end the cold war and conquer hunger, disease, and ignorance during his UN General Assembly address. He pledged continued U.S. support for the U.N. and an unwavering commitment to peace, urging a peaceful revolution to improve human welfare.
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Douglas B. Cornell
Associated Press
United Nations, N.Y
Johnson
U.S
United Nations
General Assembly
John F. Kennedy
United States
Kennedy
U.N
Body of Youth Found by Hunters Near Bentonville
The body of 24 year old Dennis Lewis was found by hunters on the White River bank east of Bentonville. Coroner Carl McKinney ordered an autopsy to determine cause of death. Lewis had been sought by Sheriff Hugh Black in connection with wounding a Springdale girl in October and had been missing since then.
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Bentonville, Ark
Lowell, Ark
White River
Bentonville
Carl McKinney
Dennis Lewis
Lewis
Hugh Black
Springdale
Pre-winter cold wave yields scattered relief across regions
A persistent northward cold snap gripped the eastern half of the nation with subzero readings in the Rockies to northern New England. Some relief appeared in select areas as cloudiness and light snow moved into the Plains and western Mississippi Valley while temperatures slowly moderated.
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Rockies
New England
New York State
Southland
Augusta
Maine
Rome
N.Y
Midwest
Mercury
Lone Rock
Wis
Bemidji
Minn
Chicago
Plains
Mississippi Valley
Mast Coast
Gulf Region
Pacific Coast
Federal judge questions eviction writ on Dermott land case
Federal Judge J. Smith Henley said buyers of James Weir’s 994 acre Dermott farm may have erred in ruling they could obtain a writ of eviction. Weir built a small frame home after the April 17 1962 sale to cover penalties for crop overplanting and claims a 160 acre homestead exemption. The judge suggested the new owners may need a separate suit to gain possession.
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Little Rock
J. Smith Henley
James Weir
Dermott
Weir
Henley
Union Threat Claim About Huntsville Plant Rejected
The National Labor Relations Board trial examiner ruled the union claim that Claymore Manufacturing Co workers were pressured to vote against the union was not based on fact after a hearing. The Huntsville plant, opened in 1960 and employing about 100 people, was at the center of the case.
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Mashington
Huntsville
National Labor Relations Board
Eugene F. Frey
Amalgamated Clothing Workers Union
Claymore Manufacturing Co
Hope players named to all state football team selections
All state football selections will be released by the Arkansas Athletic Association on Wednesday. Hope players Ricky Butler and Dan Jones make the list at tackle and center respectively, with Mack McLarty receiving honorable mention. Also noted is the Hope High Band Christmas concert at 7:30 pm with 25 and 50 cent admission. A church Christmas scene will be on display at the Methodist Church lawn from 7 to 8 pm on Monday and Tuesday in December 2024, visible from adjacent streets and church parking. Town & Gown Choir members from Hempstead County sang Handel's Messiah at Southern State College, directed by Kermit Breen, with soloists Dororthy Gray, Jimmy Barrentine, Linda Evans, and Betty Sams. An abandoned pickup truck stolen weeks earlier was found at Oaks Cafe by Hope Police.
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Arkansas Athletic Association
Hope
Ricky Butler
Dan Jones
Mack McLarty
Methodist Church
Hempstead County
Town & Gown
Southern State College
Kermit Breen
Southern State
Jimmy Barrentine
Linda Evans
Betty Sams
Emmet
Dorothy Gray
Arkansas College
Batesville
Hall Lyons
Lafayette
Marjorie Casanova
Wal
Shreveport First Baptist Church
Collierville
Tenn
Oaks Cafe
Hope Police Department
Conviction of Communists Ruled Illegal
A federal appeals court overturned the Communist party conviction for failure to register as an agent of the Soviet Union. The DC Court of Appeals ruled the government must prove a volunteer registered for the party under the 1950 Act, reversing a District Court decision and sending the case for new trial or acquittal.
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Washington
Communist Party
Soviet Union
Court of Appeals For
District of Columbia
Alexander Holivoff
UWS
District Court
Communist Party of the United States
Relief promised for Baldwin Hills flood victims
Los Angeles residents hit by the Baldwin Hills Reservoir flood were promised compensation by Mayor Samuel Yorty. Officials estimate damage could exceed 10 million dollars as cleanup begins after 64 homes destroyed, 82 damaged, and 55 apartments affected. At least three people died and 27 were injured.
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LOS Angeles
Baldwin Hills Reservoir
Samuel Yorty
Yorty
Department of Water and Power
Ferly
Marie MacDonald
Archie
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Baldwin Hills
Hope High
West Third
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