Hope Mounts for Release of Prisoners
Fidel Castro and negotiators show high hopes for a quick exchange of 1113 Bay of Pigs prisoners for U S food and medicines. Talks between Castro and James B Donovan began Tuesday night with favorable tone. Relatives hope prisoners will be freed by Christmas and some sending of clothing and food to prisoners is authorized. Continued on Page Two.
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George Arfeld
Havana
Fidel Castro
Bay of Pigs
U.S
Castro
New York
James B. Donovan
Berta Barreto
Donovan
Nassau hosts Kennedy Macmillan with casual island soirées
President Kennedy visits Nassau for a poolside party with correspondents while Prime Minister Macmillan attends a beach barbecue at Emerald Beach Hotel. A calypso singer serenades both leaders, praising Kennedy for handling the Cuban situation and saluting England and the Common Market, with playful jests about Khrushchev.
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Frank Cormier
Nassau
Bahamas
Kennedy
Macmillan
Bernadino
White Sands
Emerald Beach
Stone Cald
Count Bernadino
United States
Castro
England
Khrushchev
Britain
Harold Macmillan
Lord Home
Explosion Injures Three Men at Southern Playwood Plant
Attendants report Ben Rice transferred to Texarkana with a broken left arm a dislocated shoulder and second degree burns to face and body. Floyd Chance suffers second degree burns and a fractured pelvis but is progressing well. Bobby McKamie discharged after minor burns and shock. Officials say loss estimates are not yet available and production will not be cut.
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Southern Playwood Corporation
Ben Rice
Texarkana
Rice
Floyd Chance
Bobby McKamie
Southern Plaswood
Portrait of a Payoff: Hoffa Conspiracy Trial Opening
Nashville report on James R. Hoffa trial where Chief prosecutor James F. Neal calls the case a portrait of a payoff. Neal says the alleged labor corruption grew slowly from a humble start as he outlines a two count indictment under the Taft-Hartley Act.
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Gavin Scott
Nashville
Tenn
James F. Neal
Teamster
James R. Hoffa
Neal
U.S. District Court
Justice Department
Washington
Hoffa
Detroit
William E. Miller
C. R. Piercy Dies at 71 in Ashdown Hospital
C R Piercy aged 71 died Wednesday morning at an Ashdown hospital after a brief illness. Survivors include his wife Beulah two daughters Marguerite Tipton of Taylor Ark and Mrs Russell Farr of Blytheville one brother Bernard of Emmet four sisters Mrs A L Smith Mrs Alfred Messer Mrs Fred Hunt all of Hope and Mrs Hazel Brown of Little Rock and three grandchildren Funeral arrangements are incomplete at this time.
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C. R. Piercy
Ashdown
Beulah
Marguerite Tipton
Taylor, Ark
Russell Farr
Blytheville
Bernard
Emmet
A. L. Smith
Alfred Messer
Fred Hunt
Hope
Hazel Brown
Little Rock
Famed WWI Aces Turn Out to Be Wax Figures
Phoenix visitors learned that Eddie Rickenbacker and Frank Luke were not real people but wax figures made for a Scottsdale museum exhibit. The wax pair, created in London, arrived from Los Angeles aboard a jet airliner and were greeted by stewardess Sanda Redd of El Paso. Luke, a Phoenix native, died in 1918. Rickenbacker lives in Columbus, Ohio.
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Phoenix
Triz
Eddie “Rickenbacker
Frank Luke
Los Angeles
Sanda Redd
el Paso
Tex
Scottsdale
Ariz
Josephine Toussard Studios
London
Luke
America
Columbus
Ohio
Transit 5A Satellite Fails Navigation Mission
Washington AP The Navy Transit 5A satellite failed in its navigation data relay mission after launch from Point Arguello California. Johns Hopkins lab supervisor Dr Richard B Kershner noted the radio receiver did not transmit data in five attempts, possibly delaying operational status until 1963.
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Washington
Navy
Point’Arguellon
Calif
Richard B. Kershner
Johns Hopkins Applied '‘Physics Laboratory
Kershner
Earth
Annual Lions Can Goods Show Friday at Saenger
The annual Lions Cup Benefit Canned Foods Movie Party will be Friday morning December 21 at 108 m at the Saenger Tha.
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Lions Can Goods
Saenger Tha
Youth Center Christmas Dance Planned With Band
The Youth Center will host its annual Christmas Dance on Friday night December 21. Admission includes canned goods to fill baskets for the needy. The Pind Biuff Playboys will perform with a local trio and orchestra providing music for the event.
VEW Auxiliary Party Saturday at Veterans of Foreign Wars Hut
The VEW Auxiliary and VFW will host their annual Family Christmas party at the VFW Hut in Ramsey Cartile Park on Saturday night December 22 at 6 p m. Free barbecue will be provided and all members and their families are invited.
Uninsured Drivers May Pay Penalty in Arkansas
The Arkansas Legislative Council committee approved a plan charging uninsured motorists a 20 per year fee to fund claims paid by insurers. The bill would require uninsured motorist coverage in all policies, with buyer opt out, and aim to push voluntary insurance purchases while critics warned of state involvement in the insurance business and added costs.
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Little Rock
API
Arkansas
Legislative Council
Sterling Cockerill Jr
Pulaski County
Cockrilt
Arkansas’ Association of Insurance Agents
Howard Cockrill
Insurance Company
Te State
Virginia
State Revenue Department
Rep
Cockrill
Bob Owens
Farm Mutual Insurance Co
Owens
Christmas Play at First United Pentecostal Church
The young people of the First United Pentecostal Church present the Christmas play Greater Than Gold on Thursday December 20 at 7 30 p m Sue Lane directs the production and the public is invited to attend.
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First United Pentecostal Church
Sue Lane
Survival of Press Issue in New York
Nine New York daily newspapers, shut by a labor strike, face existential questions as federal mediators meet with both sides. The blackout idled about 20,000 workers, with publishers offering wage and benefit increases while printers demand a far larger rise. The dispute affects major papers and Long Island editions, heightening calls for government intervention.
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NEW York
New York City
Citizens Newspaper Committee
Kennnedy
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Robert F. Wagner
Foy
International Typographical Union
ITV
Dec
Times
Herald Tribune
News, Mirror, Post
Journal- American
World-Telegram & Sun
Long Island Star-Journal
Long Island Press
Long Island
City
Mailers Union
Independent Candidate Up to the Court
Arkansas Supreme Court considers if an independent candidate may qualify in a party primary after a past general election as a write-in. Judge Andrew G. Ponder ruled July 27 that Bryce Poff could not run as a Democratic candidate for circuit clerk in the July 31 primary, a ruling the candidate appealed.
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Little Rock
Supreme Court
Stone
Andrew G. Ponder
Bryce Poff
Native of Hope Dies in California in Menlo Park
Hope native dies in Menlo Park California in December with survivors including three sons Edward Redwood City Louis West Plain and Billy Sacramento two daughters Carolyn San Rafael and Yvonne Sacramento along with parents and ten California brothers and sisters.
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Worning
Springs
Hope
Menlo Park
Calif
Edward
Redwood City
Louis
West Paint
Billy
Sacramento
Carolyn
San Rafael
Yvonne
California
Phone firm wins rate hike approval near Altus Alma Ozark
Ozark United Telephone Co. won a Public Service Commission approval Tuesday to raise rural area rates around Altus Alma and Ozark. About 170 subscribers objected to the increase which had awaited since Aug 17 1961. Residential charge rises from 2.50 to 4.25 a month and business rates from 3.50 to 5.25 monthly as upgrades are promised.
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Little Rock
CAMPA seeks renewal of milk pricing order for Central Arkansas
Little Rock AP A hearing before the Agriculture Department heard CAMPA seek renewal of the USDA marketing order governing Class I milk prices in central Arkansas. The order sets the minimum price processors pay producers and has pegged mid Arkansas prices to the Memphis market since 1955. Dairies in Little Rock are paying $5.08 per hundredweight this month. The current order expires February 28.
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Little . Rock
Central Arkansas Milk Producers Association
CAMPA
Agriculture Department
USDA
Mid Arkansas
mid-Arkansas
Memphis
Little Rock
McClellan Headed Back to Washington from Arkansas
Sen John I McClellan D Ark returns to Washington after state appearances. He says 88th Congress will focus on taxation and deficit spending with tax cuts paired to spending reductions. He predicts probes by the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, including racketeering cases, and offers cautious remarks on Hot Springs gambling. He accepts a merit certificate from Investors Union of America in Little Rock.
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Little Rock
John I. McClellan
D-Ark
Washington
McClellan
Senate
Hot Springs
Arkansas
Investors’ Union of America, Inc
Textile Mill in Biddeford Elects First Republican Mayor in 67 Years
In Biddeford Maine a staunchly Democratic textile city voters elected William W Pomerteau as mayor over Clement H Deschambault by 4535 to 2848. The Democrats kept control of the City Council while Deschambault sought a sixth term.
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Biddeford
Maine
William W. Pomerteau
Clement H. Deschambault
Duschambault
Memphis Firm Is Low River Bidder
A Memphis firm Mississippi Valley Engineering and Construction Co. submitted the apparent low bid of 399,606 Tuesday for revetments and dikes at Trulock Bend on the Arkansas River twelve miles southeast of Pine Bluff. Army Engineers opened bids and estimated the project at 421,000. Work will occur on both river banks over a two mile stretch.
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Little
Soviet science city in Siberia hailed by Benton
Former Senator William Benton reports in the Saturday Evening Post that the Soviet Union is building a vast new science city deep in Siberia. The center with 16 institutes and 90,000 researchers is praised as a striking symbol of Soviet intellectual strength and a model to rival in the West.
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New York
William Benton
Conecticut
Soviet Union
Siberia
Saturday Evening Post
Benetor Center
Benton
Encyclopedia Britannica
JFK and Macmillan discuss Congo crisis in Nassau
Kennedy and Macmillan met in Nassau to study Congo security amid Cold War strain. They weighed risks of a renewed Soviet push if Katanga secession destabilizes Leopoldville, as the U.S. prepares an eight man mission to survey U.N. forces and equipment needs in the region.
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William L. Ryan
Nassau
Bahamas
Kennedy
Macmillan
Africa
Congo
U.S
Katanga
Leopoldville
U.N
United States
Louis W. Truman
Harry S. Truman
Truman
Predicts Record Holiday Death Toll
Chicago reports a National Safety Council forecast of 650 to 750 traffic deaths and 27 000 to 493 000 disabling injuries during the 102 hour Christmas holiday period from 6 p m Friday to midnight Tuesday The council notes 470 deaths and 20 000 injuries during a typical nonholiday period and cites 706 holiday deaths in 1956 and 524 in the prior year The year’s first ten months averaged 210 daily deaths totaling 33 430, a record for any single month.
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Chicago
National Safety Council
Christmas Toys Lure Kids Into Cambridge Store
In Cambridge Massachusetts two youths nicknamed Peewee and Fatty wandered a closed department store overnight choosing items from toys cameras shoes watches and a fountain pen amid edible samples. Juvenile Court Judge M Edward Viula gave a reprimand while police warned the boys to heed their fathers.
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Cambridge
Mass
Fatty
Peewee
M. Edward Viula
Juevenile Court
May Deduct Cuban Drugs From Taxes
The Kennedy administration weighs a 25 million tax deduction for medicines donated for a Cuban prisoner exchange. If approved, the deduction would be based on the wholesale value of drugs assembled for Cuba and would avoid direct federal funding. Castro seeks 62 million for release. administration hints private charity could cover the rest.
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Jack Bell Washington
Cuba
Fidel Castro
Congress
House
Senate Appropriations Committee
Central Intelligence Agency
Internal Revenue Service
Washington
Castro
Kennedy
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Robert J. Parks
Cal Tech
Jet Propulson Laboratory
Pasadena
Mariner
Venus
Youth Center
VEW Auxiliary Party
Survival of Press
Poff
Jewell Thomas
Ponder
THE
Associated Press
Steve Stahl
Oklahoma City
JFK
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