Libya Quake Toll May Run as High as 250
A series of quakes devastated Al Marj Libya with hundreds dead or injured. Reports placed 250 dead and 100 injured, while UN and U.S. forces airlifted relief to Benghazi and Al Marj. Rescue squads, British troops, Libyan authorities, and Libyan police coordinated aid as the area faced emergency declarements and ongoing aftershocks.
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Weather Summary for Arkansas and Louisiana
January precipitation totaled 1.63 inches, down from 5.22 inches a year earlier. Experiment Station reports two hours ending 8 am on Friday show a high of 40 and a low of 14. Arkansas remains clear to partly cloudy this afternoon through Saturday with chilly nights, highs in the 30s Sunday. Louisiana forecasts clear to partly cloudy skies with continued cold weather, warmer Saturday, highs between 45 and 62.
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Pirate Raid Claimed by Cuba Seizes Fishing Boats
Cuban authorities arrested eight men and accused them of seizing two fishing boats in a pirate raid. Havana radio cited a navy communique saying the attack occurred February 13 after leaving Florida. The broadcast did not specify arrest dates or nationalities.
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Havana Radio
Florida
Minnesota to Decide on Governor
A historic Minnesota trial opens in St Paul to resolve 1,500 to 2,000 disputed ballots from 96,000 challenged in a recount that narrowed the race to an Anderson victory by 138 votes over Rolvaag. The three judge panel hears arguments, aiming for a March 20 decision with possible further appeal to the State Supreme Court.
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Arkansas House faces battle over Sunday sales measure
In Little Rock the Arkansas House nears a vote on a controversial anti gambling bill with amendments crippling the measure. Rep. Murphey plans to press for a vote while Walther and Schoenfeld clash over amendments that stripped groceries from the ban. Senate action on AM&N College junior college plan shows progress but potential funding hurdles.
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Ashley County
N. B. Murphy
Glenn Walther
Pulaski County
Q. Byrum Hurst
Hot Springs
Nathan Schoenfeld
Schoenfeld
Walther
Winthrop Rockefeller
Arkansas Industrial Development Commission
L. H.autry
Mississippi County
Senate
Nathan Coulter
Arkansas Am&n College
Arkansas
Coulter
Am&n
Kaze
Mrs Herndon Dies Friday in Local Hospital Hope
Mrs R V Herndon Spr aged 75 died in a local hospital. A lifelong Hope resident and Baptist, she is survived by her husband R V Herndon Sr, two sons R V Herndon Jr of Hope and W R Herndon of Arkadelphia, a brother Terrell Cornelius of Hope, five grandchildren and five great grandchildren. Services at 3 p.m. Saturday at First Baptist Church by Rev George Balentine. Burial in Rose Hill Cemetery.
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George Balentine
Rose Hill Cemetery
Witnesses to Attend Texarkana Circuit Assembly
Eugene Shuster announced the Hope Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses has been invited to attend the semi annual circuit assembly in Texarkana Texas March 8-10 1963. The three day meeting arranged by the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society will draw delegates from 19 congregations in eastern Oklahoma and western Arkansas. Hope will send 17 delegates.
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Haircut Cost Their Freedom Recaptured in Brooksville Jail Break
Four prisoners who escaped from the jail near Brooksville Mississippi were recaptured after authorities tracked a rise in tension following a failed warrant slap incident. The escape prompted a manhunt, with deputies tightening perimeter checks and reinforcements deployed to surrounding counties.
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Baltimore Theater Integrates After Student Pickets
A Baltimore film house agreed to desegregate after six days of student protests from Morgan State College Johns Hopkins University and Goucher College. Police made mass arrests with about 413 jailed. 340 stayed in jail rather than post bail over disorderly conduct trespassing charges. Judge Ansel Sodaro ordered release on recognizance for jailed students.
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Philip Goodman
Morgan State College
Johs Hopkins University
Gourber College
Robert Watts
Ansel Sodara
Watts
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Morgan
Lewis
William ? O'Donnell
Hues
Gary
Influenza Cases Rise Across United States in Epidemic
The Communicable Disease Center reports a nationwide rise in pneumonia influenza deaths totaling 759 for the week ending Feb 16, with marked increases in the South and Middle Atlantic. New outbreaks spread to Kentucky, West Virginia, Indiana, Tennessee, Minnesota, Oklahoma, Michigan and New Jersey. Asian flu confirmed in several states. vaccination urged as no cure exists.
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Oklahoma
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New York
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Ohio
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Cold Wave Enters Arkansas as Flu Flares Across State
A cold spell hit Arkansas complicating the fight against Asian flu and respiratory infections. Gov Paulie canceled a plant dedication in Searcy as cases rise. Garland County reported 15 percent illness at Cutter Morning Star High School with three teachers out. Fountain Lake closed. Union County hospitals added twenty patients, with 40 percent of 49,000 residents affected. Hi Dorado and West Memphis reported epidemic activity, Camden’s 144-bed hospital restricted visitors and Quachita County logged 1,000 cases.
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Clyde Nichols
Cutter- Morning Star High School
Fountain Lake
Orvall
Paulie
Searcy
Union County
Hi Dorado
West Memphis
Camden Hospital
Ouachita County
Veterans Plan Meet Sunday at Kiel Presbyterian Church
Veterans of World War I from Bar racks 559 plan a Sunday meeting at Kiel Presbyterian Church. The final session will be at Seaport Missions with Elder Gordon Bayless delivering a ten minute devotional at six. A potluck supper follows in Fellowship Hall, then age-group classes. Mrs Kim McKemmne leads the Adult Group studying Hong Kong as a global center.
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White
Ope City Hall
Kiel
Kim McKemmne
Hong Kong
Lerest
Moss Rites Held at Fulton Today
Final rites for Gould Moss 47 were held at 2 30 p m today at Fullsum Union Church. Burial followed at Saratoga Cemetery by Herndon Carnelius Service. Survivors include his mother Elizabeth Moss of Ashdown.
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Gould Moss
Texarkiana
Fullsm Union Church
Herndon-Carnelius
Saratoga Cemetery
Elizabeth Moss
Ashdown
Sophomores plan 34 mile walk to Hope and back Saturday
Blevins sophomores led by Delaine Bowels will walk from Blevins to Hope and return about 34 miles. They depart at 8 a.m. and reach Blevins again around 6 p.m. If weather delays, the event will be postponed a week.
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Blevins
Hope
Delaine Bowels
Kennedy warns U S will strike Cuban bases if attacks occur
President Kennedy issued a clear warning that U S firepower will target Cuban warships or planes that attack American vessels or aircraft. He said, however, that for now U S jet fighters and Navy craft will not pursue attackers into Cuba. Cuban denials followed reports of rocket fire near a damaged shrimp boat in the Florida Straits, with Fidel Castro expected to respond.
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Fort Myers
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Fidel Castro
Winter siege grips nation with frigid Arctic cold
A sweeping cold wave blankets the eastern two thirds of the United States and parts of the Southeast and Northeast. Readings dip to 33 below zero in Michigan and near zero in Kentucky, with subzero levels from the Midwest to the Atlantic. Temperatures near normal in the western third. Snow flurries mix with subfreezing air from the Great Lakes to New York, while lone spots like Anchorage reach 33 above.
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Associated Press
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Shrimp Boat Crew Says MIG Attack Near Cuba
A two man shrimp boat crew reported a Cuban MIG fighter attack after a plane dipped toward their leaking vessel about 60 miles north of Cuba. The boat Ala and pair, Captain Paris Jackson and Benjamin Washington, endured a 15 minute circling and gunfire before Coast Guard rescue. Cuban government denies any attack.
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Benjamin Washington
Paris Jackson
Fort Myers
Ala
Washington
High Seas
Cuba
Deffense Department
Jackson
Coast Guard
Girl Scout Leaders Take Training in Texarks Sessions
Local Conifer Girl Scout Council conducts three training sessions for leaders and volunteers ahead of a September program change. The first session was held Thursday. the second and third will be on subsequent Thursdays. Seven local leaders said the information will aid the local GSW and urged interested parties to contact Mrs Cleok Smith for details.
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Conifer
Cuttneil
Texarksana
Cleok Smith
Sweet Home to Hold Singing
Singing services will be held at Sweet Home near Blevins on Sunday February 3 pm. The event is located five miles west of Blevins on Highway 24. Pens and pecans will be sold at the gathering.
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Sweet Home Hare
Adar
Wheehureh
Blevins
Pnere
Evacuation After Ammonium Nitrate Train Fire In Norphlet
Norphlet Arkansas, population around 700, was evacuated as a Missouri Pacific train collided with a gasoline truck at 5:37 am. A box car carrying ammonium nitrate burned and smoke drifted from the scene. firefighters from multiple towns fought the blaze while state troopers guarded the crossing. No injuries were reported. The load was later moved and residents were told to return once safe.
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Smith
Arkansas
Missouri Pacific
Monsanto Chemical Co
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el Dorado
Smackover
Camden
Little Rock
Monsanto
Texas City
Paul Wiliams
Ack
Williams
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