Weather Station Report For 24 Hours Ending 7 GM
Weather details note a 24 hour period ending at 7 GM with high 31 and low 16, precipitation of 0.06 inches as snow and sleet. Forecasts warn travel hazards across Arkansas with mixed precipitation, possible 3 to 6 inches in north and central areas, and freezing rain and heavy snow bands overnight into Friday morning. Cloudy, cold conditions expected through Friday with highs in the 20s to 30s and lows around 16 to 26.
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Arkansas
Hijacked plane lands in Havana after midflight conflict
The jet with 102 passengers and seven crew was hijacked over Lake Okeechobee seven minutes after takeoff from Tampa at 3 37 pm. It landed in Havana at 4 29 pm, took off at 7 36 pm and reached Miami at 8 17 pm. Passengers reported decent treatment and some souvenirs.
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Gainey
Tampa
Florida
Lake Okeechobee
Havana
United States
Miami
Lang
Cuba
Pan American
Mexico
National Airlines
Lex Hawkins
Desines
Long
Fulbright Accuses Government Of Tonkin Deception
Sen. J. W. Fulbright says the administration misled Congress and deceived the public about the 1964 Gulf of Tonkin incident. He charges Defense Sec. McNamara with a misleading 21 page statement and notes a Navy commander was hauled off for mental examination after offering to testify. Fulbright urges release of staff findings to counterbalance the administration account as he investigates conflicting naval engagement evidence.
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Washington
J. W. Fulbright
Congress
Gulf of Tonkin
U.S
Vietnam
Pentagon
Navy
Fulbright
Robert 8. McNamara
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Namara
Arthur Sylvester
Arkansas Democrat
Gulf of
McNamara
Maddox
Turner Joy
Tonkin’ Gulf
Senate
Johnson
North Vietnam
U. S
Tonkin Gulf
Bomb Leads Tied to FBI Probe At Soviet Embassy
Police and FBI agents under President Johnson's order pursue a link between the West Springfield Va dynamite theft and the Soviet Embassy blast in Washington near the White House. Eighteen sticks of dynamite and 0 blasting caps were stolen. no one injured though windows shattered and embassy damage noted.
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Washington
Johnson
FBI
Virginia
West Springfield
White House
United States
Dean Rusk
State Department
Georgetown University
Iron Curtain
A Third of Florida Schools Close in Walkout Shock
A third of Florida public schools shut while nearly 40 percent of teachers planned more public meetings amid Gov Claude Kirk’s plea to return to class. The state Education Association cites resignations and substitute staffing as core issues. Contempt petitions target FEA leaders over an injunction.
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Tallahassee
Fla
Florida
Claude Kirk
Florida Education Association
Kirk
State Department of Education
FEA
Man Killed in Two Car Crash Near West Helena
Howard E. Ivy 24 of Lexa was killed in a Wednesday night two car crash six miles west of West Helena on U S 49. Ivy was a passenger in Rufus Clark 27 of Lexa, whose vehicle collided with Bernice Fields 26 of Marvell. Clark and Miss Fields were hospitalized.
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Ark
Howard E. Ivy
Lexa
Phillips County
Here
U.S. 49
Ivy
Rufus Clark
Clark
Bernice Fields
Marvell
Miss Fields
Negro Sees Victory in Mississippi
Charles Evers, brother of a slain civil rights leader, predicts he will win the Southwest Mississippi third district special election. He cites a welfare focused platform and workfare. Opponents include five Democrats and one Republican, with runoff possible if no candidate gains a majority.
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John Pearce
Associated Press
Jackson
Miss
Charles Evers
Mississippi
Evers
John Bell Williams
U.S
Charles H. Griffin
Williams
Ellis Bodron
Vicksburg
Hagan Thompson
Thompson
Troy Watkins
Natchez
Joe N. Pigott
McComb
David L. Perkins
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Chicago
Medgar
Arkansas Legislature wraps up first special session
Arkansas lawmakers conclude a 13 day special session in Little Rock heading to a two month recess. Gov. Rockefeller signs major bills creating a constitutional convention prison reform and a minimum wage. A bill to reappoint former State Police Director Lynn A Davis fails in the House after amendment.
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Little. Rock
Arkansas Legislature
Winthrop Rockefeller
General Assembly
Rockefeller
House
Lynn A. Davis
Davis
Sen
Morrell Gathright
Pine Bluff
Guy, Jones
Conway
Black Power Advocate Back in Jail
Black Power advocate H. Rap Brown was jailed on a new charge as his defense sought a bond reduction. The case follows a travel-restriction order and a weapons violation linked to his federal indictment. Brown threatened FBI agents during a courtroom recess, prompting renewed legal action and a $50,000 bond.
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Bill Crider
New Orleans
H. Rap Brown
Afl
William. Kanteler
New York
Brown
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
FBI
William H. Smith Jr
U.S
Fritz H. Windhorst
Lansing Mitchell
Louisiana
Atlanta
Los Angeles
Oakland
Calif
New York City
Kunstler
Obituary: Maude Sinclair Sinelatr of El Dorado
Mrs Madel Shackelford Sinelatr a 78 year old of El Dorado formerly Blevins died Wednesday. Survived by husband R J Sinelatr a son Loyd Sinek Elford of Blevins a daughter Mrs Marie Jerry of Stroty three brothers Roy Blegers Texas Lee Biggerd Pine Blugt Bryant Biggets Oklahoma two sisters Mrs Rath Hope Attona and Mrs Mary Tedford Texas. Services were Thursday at Bell's Chapel near Bleving. Burial Marlbrook Cemetery by Cornish Funeral Hore.
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Madel Shackelford Sinelatr
el Dorado
Blevins
R. J. Sinelatr
Loyd Sinek Elford
Marie. Jerry
Stroty
Roy
Blegers
Texas
Lee Biggerd
Pine Blugt
Bryant Biggets
Oklahoma
Rath Hope
Attona
Mary Tedford
Bell
Bleving
Marlbrook Cemetery
Cornish Funeral Hore
Dentures Old Story From Washington's Glass Is Told
A Northwestern University library exhibit reveals George Washington wore dentures carved from ivory with human teeth likely from cadavers. dentist John Greenwood crafted replacements in 1789 1791 and 1796 and Washington complained of an uneasy fit. He even sought a speedy repair after two ivory teeth loosened from the gold base.
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Chicago
George Washington
Minnie Orfanos
Northwestern University Dental School Library
Washington
New York
John Greenwood
Greenwood
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