Senate Agrees to Vote on Foreign Aid
The Senate moved to vote by late afternoon on final passage of the $3 billion foreign aid bill after hours of recess wrangling. Senate leaders limited debate to four hours as Republicans objected to waiting for the new session.
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Dmont
Mansfield
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R-Neb
Johnson
Pennsylvania Avenue
Hruska
Sens
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R-Cole
Jack Miter
Renowa
Weather forecast for Arkansas regions from Associated Press
Werther Experiment Station reports 24 hours ending 7 am Monday with high 41 and low 39. Central Arkansas sees mostly cloudy, cold tonight and partly cloudy tomorrow with lows 12 to 17 and Tuesday highs in the 30s. Northwest Arkansas stays cold with lows 5 to 12 and Tuesday highs 24 to 34. Northeast Arkansas colder tonight and Tuesday with lows 5 to 12 and highs 26 to 32. Southeast and Southwest Arkansas partly cloudy tonight with steadier cold Tuesday, lows 10 to 20 and highs in the upper 20s.
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Associated Press
Central Arkansas
Northwest Arkansas
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Southwest
Arkansas Weather Summary
Arkansas mostly cloudy tonight and Tuesday with continued cold. Lows near 20, highs in the mid twenties. Partial cloudy to cloudy through Tuesday with continued cold. highs around 26.
Hope completes tour of bases despite eye hemorrhage
Bob Hope returned from a 10 day tour entertaining service men at American bases in Turkey Greece Italy and Libya saying he felt 100 percent. He had been treated for left eye hemorrhaging but reports no trouble during the trip and plans to go to Los Angeles for further treatment after 13 overseas trips over 22 years of Christmas troop entertainment.
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Bob Hope
Turkey
Greece
Italy
Libya
Hope
Los Angeles
Arctic Air Returns Cold to Arkansas
A fresh Arctic air mass spread across the North Central region bringing sub-zero temperatures and heavy winter conditions. Snow and sleet affected Texas with six inches in Sweetwater and mixed precipitation reaching Waco and Red River valley. icy highways in the Panhandle. light snow from the Dakotas into western Oklahoma. hazardous driving in southern Oklahoma and northwestern Texas. Frigid Midwest posted sub-zero readings in Minnesota Wisconsin Michigan Iowa the Dakotas and Illinois with lows from 11 to 20 below in various areas. northern New England also reported below freezing while the far Southwest Pacific Coast and Deep South stayed outside the freezing belt.
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Waco
Red River Valley
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Oklahoma
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Wisconsin
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Chicago
New England
Pacific Coast
Johnson Has Support of Arkansans
Arkansas Democratic State Committee members indicate Lyndon B. Johnson enjoys unanimous support and is seen as stronger than Kennedy would have been in 1964. Recalling Johnson’s early leadership, they praise his economy moves and federal spending cuts, with most favoring Johnson choosing his own running mate and Moore naming Eugene McCarthy as a preferred vice president.
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Lyndon B. Johnson
Arkansas
Democratic State Committee
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Joe Johnson
Tom Harper
Fort Smith
Los Angeles
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Harper
Sam Levine
Pine Bluff
Pickens
John Moore
Texarkana
Armil Taylor
Clarksville
Khrushchev cites prospects for 1964 U S Soviet arms talks
Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev told United Press International that 1964 could see agreement on a broad set of measures to slow the arms race and ease tensions. He urged reductions in armed forces and spending, a non aggression pact between NATO and the Warsaw Pact, nuclear restraint, and zones free of nuclear weapons, plus withdrawal of foreign forces. Khrushchev noted the new U S president Lyndon Johnson’s policy of peaceful settlement is welcomed in Moscow and Washington.
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Henry Shapiro
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Loo
Berlin Stilf Ready to Negotiate
West Berlin deputy mayor Henrich Albertz affirmed the city’s readiness to negotiate with the Communists to keep the Berlin Wall open beyond January 5. Bonn cautioned against liberal concessions while East German authorities push talks amid a surge in Wall crossings during the holiday permits.
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Cold Temperatures to Grip Arkansas Tonight
Cold weather tightens its grip on Arkansas with subzero readings expected in the north and 20s elsewhere. Overnight minimums mostly in the 20s, Texarkana near 35 could be the state's high. Chilly winds persist, with little or no precipitation through Tuesday and Sunday highs in the 40s.
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Texarkana
Weather Bureau
Nation's fire losses rise to record 1.4 billion
New York AP report cites the National Board of Fire Underwriters predicting this year's U.S. fire losses will total about 1.4 billion, an 11 percent increase from last year. The insurance group issued the forecast on Sunday.
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Naonal Board of Fire Underwriters
Neutral Zone plan urged in Cyprus capital talks
Greek and Turkish Cypriot leaders accepted a Sandys proposal to create a neutral zone in Nicosia and permit British troops to patrol the city. Archbishop Makarios and Fazil Kutuk signed the agreement as daily British-chaired talks aim to ease tensions from recent violence that pushed the island toward partition.
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Missile Sites in Arkansas Set to Fire
In central Arkansas north of Little Rock, 18 Titan I I missiles are armed and ready. The Air Force will take official control at Little Rock Air Force Base. Col. Collier Davidson described strict security and confirmed missiles are fully operational with individual targets. He did not reveal targets or discuss possible economy-driven base closures.
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Arkansas
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Denver
Colo
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308Th Strategic Missile Wing
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Defense
Robert McNamara
Johnson
Man
Johnsons First Diplomacy Talk Is Successful
President Johnson and German Chancellor Ludwig Erhard met in a two day session to ease East West tensions. A communique said they agreed to explore opportunities for improved relations and a just peaceful path, stressing no arrangement that keeps Germany divided. Erhard signaled openness to new initiatives and discussions with the Soviet Union, while acknowledging mixed Soviet responses. The talks focused on trade and economic questions rather than military issues.
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Tex
Johnson
Ludwig Erhard
Erhard
Jahnson
Germany
Austin
Bergstrom Air Force Base
Bonn
Soviet Union
Afhoy Nils
Karl Gunther von Hase
Berlin
Charles de Gaulle
Europe
U.S
Fire damages Carver's Grocery at South Main Street
Fire heavily damaged Carver's Grocery, a two story frame building at the end of South Main Street. Firemen arrived after 6 p.m. Sunday to find the lower floor gutted and all stock destroyed as the blaze burned fiercely before being suppressed.
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Arkansas Democrats to pick national committeemen
The Arkansas Democratic State Committee met to name a new national committeeman, with Fort Smith chairman Tom Harper expected and Little Rock attorney Leon B. Catlett named for a key post. Gov Faubus had tapped Harper, while Pat Mehaffy of Little Rock moved to the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals as former national committeeman.
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Arkansas Democratic State Committee
Tom Harper
Fort Smith
Leon B. Catlett
Neers
Orval E. Faubus
Harper
Pat Mehaffy
Lite Rock
National
8Th Circuit Court of Appeals
Forest Fires Worst Since 1954 in Arkansas
Arkansas faced its worst forest fire year since 1954 with 168,429 acres burned, about 1.02 percent of the 16,535,000 acres under protection. North Arkansas suffered 1.56 percent while the Harrison area logged 3.16 percent, and drought plus dry spring and fall conditions drove the losses.
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Little Rock
Arkansas
State Forestry Commission
Fred Lang
Lang
Harrison
North Arkansas
South Arkansas
No Violent Deaths Sunday In Arkansas News Scan
No violent deaths were reported in Arkansas on Sunday and the weekly violent death toll ended at 14. Four deaths occurred Saturday from freezing at Trumann, hunting accident near Morrisson, car train crash at Hoxie, and injuries from December 23 traffic crash at Warren. Traffic crashes caused eight deaths, exposure two, hunting two, fire one, and a car repair accident one.
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Associated Press
Arkansas
Trumann
Morriston
Hoxie
Warren
Hope native promoted to Lieutenant Colonel in U S Army
James K Stringer a Hope native earned a lieutenant colonel promotion while stationed at Camp Zama Japan where he serves as finance and accounting officer He is the son of Mrs Lydia Keene of Gainesville Florida husband father of two Lidna and Michael and a University of Florida alumnus
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James K. Stringer
U.S. Army
Zama
Japan
Stringer
Lydia 3 Keene
Gainesville
Florida
Lidna
Michael
Camp Zama
University of Florida
Phi Kappa Tau
Dewey Baker
21 Die in Florida Hotel Fire in Jacksonville
At the Hotel Roosevelt a blaze in the main floor ballroom killed 21 people and injured 66 as smoke and toxic fumes filled the 2 story 300 room hotel during Gator Bowl weekend. Donna Axum Miss America 1964 escaped with others. Fire safety officials said no negligence was found and origin was in the ballroom ceiling.
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Adams Street
Main Street
Donna Axum
el Dorado
Ark
Lucile Previtt
Miss Axum
James Jackson Swick
Copeland Sausage Co
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Rena) Swick
Swicks
Alachua
Fla
Wade Hildinger
Buffalo
N.Y
National Gypsum Co
Hayden Burns
William H. Johnson
Meyer Hotel
Johnson
Marian ¥. Curry
Santiago
Chile
Greensboro
N.C
Murder Largely a Family Affair
New York sociologist Dr. Gerhard Falk of the State University College at Buffalo says homicide is a family matter. In a study of 121 Buffalo murders from 1948 to 1955, 87 percent of victims were strangers to the killers, he reported to the AAAS.
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New York
Gerhard Falk
State University College At Buffalo
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Buffalo
Hodges Sees Stable 1964 Prices With Growth Above Trend
Commerce Secretary Hodges outlines an optimistic 1964 outlook with possible 5 percent GNP rise and price stability if tax cuts pass. He notes personal income up about 300 dollars per person over three years and a 463 billion dollar 1963 total, while unemployment remains high and the balance of payments shows a 2.6 billion dollar deficit in nine months.
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Adren Cooper Washington
U.S
Luther H. Hodges
Hodges
Congress
Erhard Returns Home From Conference in Texas
Chancellor Ludwig Erhard returned to Bonn and said President Johnson expects West Germany to propose new ideas to ease Cold War tensions with the Soviet Union. He noted Germany’s geographic proximity to Russia and avoided detailing specific proposals. Erhard and Johnson agreed to push for deescalation while Berlin holiday arrangements continue.
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Germany
Ludwig Erhard
Johnson
West Germany
Soviet Union
Russia
Erhard
Texas
United States
Berlin
James E Hobbs 81 Dies Saturday
James I Hobbs aged 81 a retired grocerman died Saturday in a local hospital. He is survived by two sons Noah Hobbs of Hope and Lester Hobbs of Little Rock. Services were held at 2 p.m Sunday at Unity Baptist Church by Reverends Gordon Renshaw and G W Hooten. Burial by Herndon Corneling was in Snell Cemetery of Emmet.
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Noah Hobbs
Hope
Lester Hobbs
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Unity Baptist Church
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Herndon Corneling
Snell
Emy Met
Stolen Auto Recovered Near Missouri Pacific Road
An auto belonging to Grover Thompson was stolen from near the car way and recovered at about 1 20 near the Missouri Pacific padewpass. The car was found abandoned and the theft details remain under investigation.
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Grover
Thompson
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