New Pact Aims To Regulate Cotton Goods Trade
Washington reports the White House released a draft pact with 18 nations to control cotton textile imports. The five year agreement would allow freezes of imports for up to three years and cap annual increases at five percent. It seeks to shield U S cotton industries while promoting world trade cooperation amid market disruption fears.
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Washington
White House
United States
Geneva
U.S
U.S. Tariff Commission
House
Inter-agency Cotton Textile Committee
Hieman Price
Japan
Hong Kong
Appointment of Dr Grie L Forbis Jr at UAMC Child Psychiatry
The University of Arkansas Medical Center announced the appointment of Dr Grie L Forbis Jr of Northville Michigan as director of Child Psychiatry Service. He succeeds Dr John E Peters who resigns March 1 to take a Johns Hopkins research post and will assume duties July 1 with Dr Dorothy Mammett acting head until then.
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Little Rockap
Grie L. Forbis Jr
Northville
Mich
University of Arkansas Medical Center
Forbis
John E., Peters
Johns Hopkins University
Dorothy Mammett
Weather Summary for Arkansas Regions
Weather notes show January precipitation at 2.02 inches vs 1.55 a year ago. 24 hour period ending 6 am Friday records high 69 and low 42. Central Arkansas forecasts keep mild, with light to moderate northerly winds, partly cloudy skies, and a little temperature change into next week with possible showers. Northwest and Northeast Arkansas expect fair, highs near 60, partly cloudy conditions Saturday. Overall outlook: mild conditions with chances of showers early next week.
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Arkansas
Associated Press
Southwest
Fairhis
Grandmother Convicted of Murder in Arkansas
In Hot Springs Garland Circuit Court a jury found 68 year old Carrie Talley guilty of second degree murder for the fatal September 13 1960 shooting of her granddaughter Carolyn Talley. The judge set sentencing for next Thursday with a five year prison term implied.
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Hot Springs
Ark
Garland
Carrie Talley
Clicui
P. E. Dobbs
Nathan Schoenfeld
Judy
Columnist Carl Ridgley Dies After 40 Years at Huntington Paper
Huntington veteran sports columnist Carl Y. Ridgley, 72, longtime Huntington Herald-Dispatch writer, died Wednesday at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Lexington, Kentucky. Ridgley, a fixture for four decades, had been hospitalized nearly a year before his death.
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Huntington
W. Va
Carl Y. Ridgley
Huntington Herald- Dispatch
Veterans Administration Hospital
Lexington
Ridgley
Out to Lunch: Berkeley Clerk Missing Over $3000
Berkeley payroll clerk James T. Patrick, 22, vanished after reportedly taking a lunch break and allegedly fleeing with 3002 dollars owed to his employer. Las Vegas gaming club alerted police who traced Patrick’s debt and reported he is being held by Las Vegas authorities.
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Berkeley
Calif
James T. Patrick
Patrick
Las Vegas
Nev
Top Level Steel Talks Resume In 1962 Bargaining Round
Pittsburgh AP report says top level negotiators resumed talks on a new labor contract for the steelworkers. United Steelworkers president David J. McDonald and U S Steel vice president and chief industry bargainer R Canred Cooper met for the second day with no comment after two sessions Thursday in the first formal gathering of the 1962 steel negotiations.
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BOS Voelker Pittsburgh
Asia Steelworkers
David J. McDonald
United — Steelworkers
R. Canred Cooper
U.S. Steel Corp.ice
McDonald
Cooper
Washington Birthday Big One for Hope sales promo
Hope hosts a city wide sales promotion named Washington Birthday Big One for Hope. Participating stores including Hope Retail Promotion Association Hood Star and KXAR sponsor a grand prize automobile with entry by registering at any store. Drawings run Thursday evening with multiple prizes throughout the day at Second and Main Hope.
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Hope
Wxt
George Washingons
Tropa
Hope Retail Promotion Association
Hope Auto Co
KXAR
Hood Star
Second
Main Sts
Hope Sarting
Wham
Main
Hope Star
Compensation for Mechanic Entitled to Workmen’s Comp, Georgia Court Rules
A Georgia Court of Appeals ruling says EK L Shipman, an aircraft mechanic at Luckseed Aircraft Corp in Marietta for six years, is entitled to workers compensation for hearing loss from daily exposure to jet engine noise after a lower court and the State Board denied the claim.
Man and wife die minutes apart in Clarkston
Perry A. Wilton aged 74 suffered a fatal heart attack on Thursday and his wife Mabel 76 collapsed minutes later after rushing to neighbors for aid. Coroner Donald W Moore said the heart attacks occurred within five minutes of each other. Neighbors reported Mrs Hilton went for help when her husband collapsed.
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Clarkston
Wash
Perry A. Wilton
Mabel
Donald W. Moore
Hilton
Coll
Welfare pay rise fuels speculation Faubus may seek fifth term
Gov Orval Faubus announced a five dollar monthly welfare increase to take effect April 1, authorized by the 1901 Legislature. He ordered a reevaluation of welfare cases to determine recipients for the old age, blind, and disabled programs, affecting 56,158 elderly, 1,974 blind, and 7,617 disabled claimants with an annual cost near 4.73 million dollars.
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Little Rock
Orval BE
Faubus
Carl Adams
Dale Adford
Alford
Sid McMath
McMath
Adams
Cardinal Arrives for First Vatican City Visit
AP reports Stefan Cardinal Wyszynski, primate of Poland, landed in Rome from Warsaw for his first trip outside Poland since 1958, marking a historic papal era moment.
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Tome
Stefan Cardinal Wyszynski
Poland
Rome
Warsaw
Faulty Memory Proves Costly in Damage Suit Trial
In Miami Pha AP story juror Walter Lee failed to appear one morning during a damage suit trial. Judge Robert Floyd ordered him to pay 150 dollars as excess costs for the missed session. Plaintiff's attorney Louis Vernell noted the witness waiting time totaled an hour and a half with doctors billed at 100 dollars per hour.
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Miami
Pha
APSA
Robert Floyd
Walter Lee
Louis Vernell
Bland Faces Hatch Act Pressure Over ESD Dismissals
Bland, head of the Arkansas Employment Security Division, travels to Washington to discuss two ESD employees ordered fired by the Civil Service Commission for Hatch Act violations. The commission also found a third man, William Watkins, solicited funds for Faubus in 1960. Watkins resigned. Arnett and Wood remained on the payroll. The act backs federal funding withdrawal if the two are retained. Arnett earns about 7300 yearly. Wood about 5200 as an assistant manager.
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Little Rock
Dl. Bland
State
Washington
Federal Civil Service Commission
Orvald
Faubus
Bland
Luke Arnett
Charles F. Wood
Civil Service Commission
William Watkins
Watkins
Gatinol
Arnott
ESD
Wood
Little Rock Officd
Spragins Dies at 93 in Taylor Arkansas
Robt. H. Spragins aged 93 dies at Taylor Ark. He was a brother of the late C. C. Spragins of Hope and is survived by a brother T. E. Spragins of Mt. Holly, plus several nieces and nephews. The body remains at Lewis Funeral Home in Magnolia awaiting funeral arrangements by the Quakerist Funeral Service of Hope.
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Toburt A. Spraging
Jonglime
Mt. Holly
Taylor
Ark
C. C. Spragins
Hope
All Around Town Highlights From Local News
An appeal seeks rifle instructors as many youths need training at a workshop hosted by Southern State College Magnolia with 100 librarians and officials from eight Kansas area counties. Events include college degree ceremonies, a church singing service, and football national honors by Razorbacks players. Sheriff announces tax book readiness for Monday. A women’s bowling team heads to a state tournament with five members traveling, and rainfall data notes over an inch in the past 24 hours.
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Kansas
Southern State College
Magnolia
Hazel Prichard
The
Arkansas Library Assn
Hope
Unable to Keep Plant Operating in Salem Arkansas
Walter Neshill of Century Foods Corp testified in U S District Court that no viable operating plan exists for the Salem milk processing plant and liquidation may be necessary. Financed by 220300 in bonds from the Salem Industrial Development Corp the plant owes the state 107500 and closed November 1 after failing to meet payments.
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Little Rock
Walter Neshill
Wastoe
She ‘Wentiells
Century Foods Corp
Salem
Ark
U.S
Thei
Theis State
Prescott Man Reappointed to Henderson College Board
AP: Bert Wingfield of Prescott was reappointed by Gov. Orvald Faubus to the Henderson State Teachers College board of trustees. Wingfield's new term runs through January 14, 1966.
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Prescott
Henderson
Sypple Rock
Bert Wingfield
Orvald
Faubus
Henderson State Teachers College Board of Trustees
Wingfila
Allies to use fighters to clear Berlin air corridor
Western allies plan to deploy fighter patrols over the Hamburg Berlin corridor to protect air traffic into and out of West Berlin. U S Britain and France warned the Soviets against dangerous harassment as they demanded flight clearance for each passage and warned of consequences if incidents occur.
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Sorces
Moscow
Soviet Union
Hamburg-Berlin
U.S
Bbc
Hamburg
Aled
Washington
West Berlin
West Germany
United States
Britain
France
Air Safety Center
Cites Advantage of Price Stabilization
LITTLE ROCK AP An assistant secretary of agriculture argues price stabilization can aid farmers by creating economic advantages through government marketing quotas price supports or farm sales regulation He notes historic professions restrict practice via high standards and urges farmers receive the same quality privilege
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Little Rock
James 'J. Ralph
State Conference of the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
Biology Class Hears Lecturer at Hope High School
Dr. W. W. Nedrow head of Arkansas State College Science Dept in Jonesboro lectured Hope High School biology classes on February 15 as part of the NSF program. The topic was Viruses, the Mugwumps of Biological Science to eager biology students. Mrs. Webb Laseter was the biology instructor.
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W. W. Nedrow
Arkansas State College
Jonesboro
Hope High School
National Science Foundation
Nedruw
Webb Laseter Jy
Fred K Blanton Dies at 83 in Hope for 2 Years
Fred K Blanton aged 83 and a resident of Hope for about two years died Thursday in hospital. He was retired and lived on West 4th Street. There are no known survivors. Funeral arrangements will be announced by Hernion Comelius.
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Fred K. Blanton
Fiope
Moxpita
West 4Th St
Hernion Comeilus
Senate Holds Up Kennedy Urban Affairs Plan
Washington AP Kennedy seeks a cabinet level Urban Affairs Department. House action hinges on Senate, where Government Operations Committee delays vote. Chairman McClellan questions timetables and pace for hearings. Party lines influence expectations as the plan gaps with Senate stance.
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Washington
Kennedy
Senate
Government Operations Committee
John L. McClellan
House
McClellan
Cuba Charges Defeated by UN Group at General Assembly
UN General Assembly political committee defeated a communist resolution supporting Fidel Castro's claim that the United States plots invasion. The two key paragraphs calling on the U.S. to stop interference in Cuba's internal affairs were rejected 30 to 11 with 39 abstentions. The vote ends further balloting and the matter may only be noted as killed in committee.
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Cuba
United States
U.N
General Assembly
Tridel Castro
Czechoslovakia
Romania
Organization of American States
Mario Amadeo
Argenting
Valerian Adorin
Anduly
Asia
Africa
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