Arkansas lawmakers wary of new anti integration in 1961
The 1961 Arkansas General Assembly, convening January 9, is unlikely to focus on new anti integration legislation. Lawmakers cited adequate existing laws, the 1958 school closures, and the defeated 1959 local option amendment as factors dampening interest. Several respondents noted no proposals yet, with a few hinting at sit in related actions while others remain noncommittal.
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Arkansas
General Assembly
Associated Press
Crawford
Milton’ Willis
Orval
Faubus
Little Rock
Doug Bradley
Jonesboro
Washington
David Burleson
Roy ‘Milum
Harrison
Daisy ‘Bates
Escapee Shot by Captor at Cummins State Prison
K C Miller pretended illness to reach the prison hospital at Cummins State Prison in Arkansas and escaped. He was recaptured and shot by a search party member near the prison, then hospitalized with a non serious wound. The escapee, Negra jark ed, had earlier fled during transfer and faced burglary and grand larceny charges from Desha and Lincoln counties.
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Cummins State
Parm
Ark
K. C.miller
Lee Henslee
Aew
Negra
Henslee
Desha
Lincoln Avai
Ees
Community notices and engagements in Arkansas and Texas
The day calendar lists church revivals at Mt Pleasant CME Haynes Chapel and Turner Chapel Baptist with public invitation. McRae High meets Fairview High in Linden with junior boys versus Okolona. admission 25 cents students 25 and adults 50. Engagement announced between Shirley Marie Robinson and Nathaniel Richard Robertson with notes on education, affiliations, and wedding planned for early summer. Several families from Grand Rapids visiting relatives in Wynn and Little Rock.
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Mt., Pleasant Cme
Haynes Chapel
Turner
Chapel Baptist
New Bethel Baptist
McRae High School
Prescott
Fairview High School
Linden
Texas
McRae
Robinson-Robertson
Robert Robinson
Hazel ‘St
Shirley Marie
Nathaniel Richard Robertson
N. Robertson
Medford
Mass
Miss Robinson
Arkansas Am&n College
Extension Service
Wynn, Ark
Robertson
University of Maine
U of A Medical School
Little Rock
Omega Psi Phi Fraternity
Canada Christmas weekend highway deaths rise to 29
AP reports a Canadi ga Press survey shows 29 people died in highway crashes across Canada from 6 pm Friday to midnight Monday over Christmas weekend. The total is 23 fewer than the 52 projected by the Canadian Highway Safety Council. Road safety officials urged caution and added traffic enforcement during the holiday period.
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Canada
Toronto
Canadiga
Canadian Highway Safety Council
Fragmentary Riot Report Mentions Johnson Incident
A clipped OCR fragment describes a confrontation involving Johnson and an assailant. The text includes jumbled names and actions such as stumbling, a face strike, a right hand blow, and someone collapsing. Details are incomplete and unclear, offering only a rough outline of a violent incident.
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Tregolor
Ski ‘Gate
Acta
Pam Tee
Os House
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Sweden
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Grady
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Key
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Ant
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Fred Tatum
Dale
Sid
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