Bitter Cold Sweeps Down From Canada
Frigid air moved across the border into the north central region and extended from the Pacific Northwest to eastern areas. Temperatures plunged to near zero or below across Minnesota Wisconsin Iowa Illinois and the Dakotas, with Minneapolis St Paul hitting 20 below and International Falls at 26 below. Snow and freezing rain affected Christmas Day travel as fog and ice caused outages and flight disruptions in the Southeast. continued on Page Four.
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Texas Panhandle
Dakotas
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Iowa
Illinois
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Minn
International Falls
Arkansas Registers Six Deaths Across Christmas Holidays
The Associated Press reports seven people died in Arkansas traffic crashes on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, bringing holiday fatalities to 11. Victims include Blytheville attorney Claude Cooper 67 killed in West Memphis, David Drake 50 and his wife from Morrillton, and others in crashes near Hoxie Lake City Trumann and Malvern. An airman at Little Rock AFB Everett Wayne Brown 21 died when his car left an icy highway. Police noted unknown driver in one incident and detailed multiple bridge abutment collisions, skidding on ice, and a fatal electrocution prior to Christmas Eve.
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Arkansas
Claude Cooper
Blytheville
West Memphis
Cooper
David Drake
Morrillon
Missouri Pacific
Morrilton
Jimmy
Morrion
Paul Berry
Black Rock
Hoxie
Elma Akins
Lake City
Trumann
Akins
Lawands Mooney
Jonesboro
Mooney
Beulah Gardner
Chicago
Gardner
Little Rock Air Force Base
Everett Wayne Brown
Clyde W. Morton
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Jackson
Wedville
Cleveland Sherman
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Gordon
Georgia Ann Sherman
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Weather Portal 1962 Rainfall Through November
The report records 1962 total rainfall at 47.20 inches through November, compared with 51.19 inches in the same period last year. Data reflects regional weather totals and shifts in precipitation patterns.
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Union Violated Labor Act in Arkansas Assault Case
Trial examiner Eugene E. Dixon ruled that Local 916 of the International Hood Carriers Building and Common Laborers AFL-CIO violated the National Labor Relations Act by assaulting non union workers at a Langston contractor site near Ellington Arkansas on May 9. Three workers were injured and medical expenses should be reimbursed. Union members allegedly attacked, threatened to burn a truck, and set up a picket line after Langston refused to recognize the union and denied higher pay.
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Eugene Ei. Dixon
International Hood Carriers, Building and Common Laborers
Afl-Cio
National Labor Relations Act
Salem, Ark
Dixon
National Labor Relations Board
Ellington
Owen Langston
Contracor
Langston
Highway 51
Arkansas Weather Notes Morning Clouds Turn Clear by Afternoon
Partly cloudy to cloudy and colder this morning then clearing to partly cloudy this afternoon. Highs in the upper 20s from northwest to southeast. Light rain and light snow mix in the east this morning, increasing cloudiness and colder tonight. Lows around 20 north to lower 30s south.
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Arkansas
Japan asked to halt steel pipe exports to Soviet Union
The United States and NATO urged Japan to stop exporting steel pipes to the Soviet Union for use in Russia's oil industry. Kyodo News cites government sources saying Tokyo was asked to cooperate with NATO’s export embargo. Officials declined to comment.
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Japan
Soviet Union
Russia
Kyodo
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Arkansas Weather Brings Snow Sleet In North Region
A cold front hit Arkansas with snow sleet and freezing rain in the north while the rest of the state received rain. The U S Weather Bureau projected lighter snow through today with more chances Thursday and Friday as fog and drizzle hampered travel. Temperatures stalled in upper 30s southeast and mid 20s north, with a forecast of 5 to 10 degrees below normal. A high pressure area over Oklahoma may move into Arkansas offering brief relief.
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U.S. Weather Bureau
Little Rock
Weather Bureau
Oklahoma
Reds Raise New Spying Accusation in Moscow
The Soviet Union accused the U.S. Embassy in Moscow of espionage and demanded it stop spying. U.S. Ambassador Kohler rejected the charge as unfounded while pointing to a Soviet anti American campaign in the press. The accusation followed earlier Soviet claims involving five U.S. Embassy officials tied to Penkovsky and Wynne awaiting trials.
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Soviet Union
U.S
Foy Dohler
Kohler
Oleg Penkovsky
KXAR to Broadcast Porker Game in Oklahoma City Tourney
KXAR will air the University of Arkansas basketball game against Loyola University Chicago from 9:25 p.m. as part of the Oklahoma City tournament. The broadcast serves the March of Dimes public service. Two hours of music from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. feature Montavoni, Percy Faith, Frank DeVol and others.
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University of Arkansas
Oklahoma City
Porkers
Loyola University of Chigaco
Montavoni
Percy Faith
Frank DeVol
APL Seeks Permit to Refund $15 Million Bonds
Arkansas Power and Light Co asked the Arkansas Public Service Commission for permission to refinance $15 million of 5 percent first mortgage bonds. The refunding would be in 1989 with a new $15 million issue. The firm expects rates about one percent lower than the old issue. The new issue would be marketed February 20.
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Little Rock
Arkansas Power and Light Co
Loday
Arkansas Public Service Commission
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Paims
Kennedy Gets Down to Tax Cut Business
President Kennedy resumes work after a Florida holiday to press tax policy with top advisers. Treasury Secretary Dillon to join at Kennedy’s oceanfront headquarters in Palm Beach. Participants include Walter Heller, Henry Fowler, and Stanley Surles.
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Walter Heller
Council of Economic Advisers
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Henry Fowler
Stanley S. Sur“Tey
Hundreds of Cubans freed as relatives await Cuban exodus
One thousand Cuban relatives of Bay of Pigs invasion captives were released and await departure to south Florida. Hundreds of Russians housed in Cuba also left for home aboard a Soviet liner, while other arrangements moved families toward Miami with Red Cross aid and medical supplies.
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Edgardo, Jr
Astrid
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Cuba
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Tabor
Bay
Fidel Castro
Robert D. Clark
Fla
Rile
South
Florida
Nasimov
Berlin
Havana
Najimov
Port Everglades
Pan American World Airways
American Red Cross
Associated Press
Joe McGowan Jr
U.S
Bay of Pigs
Christmas Quiet in Town Amid Minor Break‑In
Police report a very quiet holiday season in Hope and surrounding areas with only a break‑in at Barry's Quick Salt Store on West Third noted. North of the town, USN and USAF personnel from Prescott are listed with postings and education details. Statewide ginning totals for hempstead Cols., Lafayette, Miller, and Arkansas overall are updated, and KTAL‑TV Channel 6 will televise Sugar Bowl, Blue‑Gray All‑Star, and East‑West Shrine games. Deer season dates and hunting clarification follow, with local G&F wardens noting season open.
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Barry
Quick Salt
West Third
Ktal-Tv Channel 6
Chanel 6
Montgomery
Ala
San Francisco
Calif
la Dale Bonds
Hempstead G&f
Branch Mane
West Memphis VA sells 20 veteran mortgages
The Little Rock VA regional office sold 20 veteran guaranteed mortgages to West Memphis Federal Savings and Loan Association for 7,231,631 dollars. All properties lie in West Memphis. Proceeds fund direct rural home loans, with VA buyback if payments fail. Mortgages were sold at fixed percentages of par across loan types.
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Little Rock
Hornby
Arkansas
Fort Smith
Blytherville
Trumann
Pine Bluff
North Little Rock
West Memphis
Holiday Death Toll Surges Past Eight Hundred
Holiday deaths across 102 hours from Friday morning to Christmas midnight totaled 813 from all accidents. Traffic deaths reached about 160 in the final 24 hours amid heavy travel and hazardous weather. Wire fatalities numbered 105 with many linked to home heating fires during the severe cold.
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Associated Press
National Safety Council
1000 Kin of Prisoners to Leave Cuba
In Havana about 1000 relatives of Bay of Pigs prisoners gathered at the dock to board the freighter African Pilot for a U S exit. Many fainted or were carried aboard on stretchers as Cuban security watched long lines pass through checkpoints and Red Cross staff offered aid. Families prepared to abandon homes and finances, taking only their belongings as most left behind money and property rules forced departures.
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Bay of Pigs
United States
Red Cross
Fidel Castro
Selene
Cuba
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