Trains Kill Two Negroes and Burn Third in Texas
Three fatalities linked to Missouri Pacific trains over the weekend. Mase Aaron Ware of Hampt on Arkansas died on the right of way near Hope after a fall from a moving train. Dave A Duffie, 55, was struck crossing tracks in Fulton as his wife fled to safety. Walter Lee Riven, 23, reported burned to death in Wichita Falls, Texas, with identification by Wichita Falls police and tentative ties to Fulton. Authorities note no violence suspected in Ware death and delays occurred during Duffie incident.
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Missouri Pacific
Fulton
Texas
Hamptoin
Ark
Iaernoon
Hope
Forney Holt
Dave A Duffie
Msheriff Jimmie Griffin
Duffie
Hope Police Department
Walter Lee Riven
Wichita Falls
Hope Offeers
Riven
Celia Riven
Fulton Rt. 1
Weather rainfall and cold wave forecast across Arkansas
A regional forecast from the Associated Press details precipitation for January including 5.22 inches this period versus 1.55 last year, with 0.39 inches in the 24 hours ending 8 a.m. Monday. Central Arkansas expects clouds and showers, turning cooler. Northeast and Northwest predict rain, freezing drizzle, and a sharp cold front bringing temperatures as low as the upper teens to low 30s. Highs range from mid 60s to mid 70s in the south with widespread cooling tonight and Tuesday.
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Arkansas
Associated Press
Cental
Upper Sois
Northwest
Loray
Concession Secured for Seattle World's Fair by Little Rock Developer
Little Rock real estate developer Fr. Mike Butner announced securing one of two exclusive souvenir concessions for the Seattle World's Fair running April 21 through October 21. He traveled to Seattle last November to secure the franchise and noted many applicants. The shop will face the fair's food editor with about 40,000 daily visitors, while 100,000 people are expected to pass the souvenir area daily. The $80 million fair covers 74 acres overlooking Puget Sound and aims to attract over 10 million visitors. Butner will source souvenirs from factories in Germany, Holland, France and Sweden.
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Litle Rock
Little Rock
Mike Butner
Butner
Seatte
Dol
Fair
Puget Sound
Germany
Holland
France
Sweden
Parkin State Printing Deal Ruled Invalid
The Arkansas Supreme Court upheld a Pulaski Chancery Court ruling voiding 15 state printing contracts held by Parkin Printing Co. President Harry Parkin is a state Highway Commissioner member. The decision orders readvertisement and new bids. contracts valued around 988000.
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Little Rock
Arkansas Supreme Court
Pulaski Chancery Court
Parkin Printing Co
State Highway Commission
Ed McFaddin
Harry Parkin
Orval E. Faubus
Parkin
Sec. of
Nancy Hall
McFaddin
Arkansas Printing and Lithographing Co
Murray C. Reed
Parkin Co
Snow and Sleet Hit Midwest and Northeast
A new snow and sleet storm hits parts of the Midwest with heavy snowfall in Iowa and Des Moines reporting six inches in six hours. Arctic air sweeps into Montana, Wyoming, and North Dakota with dangerously low temperatures. Wet weather spreads across the eastern half of the nation as the snow belt extends from Lake Michigan to the plains of Kansas and Nebraska.
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Associated Press
Midwest
Canada
Montana
Wyoming
North Dakota
Butte
Drummond
Lewiston
Cut Bank
Lake Michigan
Lake Superior
Kansas
Nebraska
South Dakota
Iowa
Des Muiles
Glenn Moyes in Select Company
Washington AP reports Lt Col John H Glenn Jr will join a select circle at a joint congressional gathering. The piece recalls past joint sessions welcoming generals like Eisenhower Wainwright Clay MacArthur Ridgway and Medal of Honor recipients during notable 1945 1949 events and the prestige of such assemblies.
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Washington
John H. Glenn Jr
Congress
House
Senate
Jake W. Lindsay
Lucedale
Mass
House Chamber
Lindsay
Germany
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Europe
Jonathan Wainwright
Bataan
Lucius Clay
Berlin
Douglas MacArthur
Japan
Matthew Ridgway
MacArthur
Hay East
Potatoes Meeting Planned For March 2 In County
County agent Calvin Caldwell announces a March 2 meeting on sweet potatoes to gauge grower interest and secure contracts with Alien Canning Co of Siloam Springs. The firm will contract acreage if enough growers participate. price ranges from 2.40 to 2.90 dollars per hundred pounds based on harvest timing.
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Calvin Caldwell
Alien Canning Co
Siloam Springs
He Got His Degree the Hard Way
Baldwin Nassau County patrolman Walter Hanesy a devoted father of a large family recently passed his bar exam and expects admission in June. The Brooklyn born officer grew up in Oceanside left high school to support his parents and siblings then served in the China Burma India theater before marrying his childhood sweetheart. He earned a high school equivalency diploma then pursued Jessup College and St. John’s University Law School on a staggered schedule while working as a patrolman earning 7400 a year. He plans to remain with the force.
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Baldwin
Nassau County
Walter &. Henesy
Dale
Oceanside
Maloney
Jessha College Foy
St. John's University Law School
New York City
Hanesy
Pole Force
Local Group to FFA Contest Gains Participation
Local group to FFA contest set for Monday in Preecoit with members Charles Dudley Nickey Marlar J C May James Powell Leon Prince Redgie Turner and Johnny Wilson. They staged a mock FFA meeting testing parliamentary procedure while Jimmy Carver spoke Help for the Farmer. Laura Adams royal YA Sweetheart represented Jlope in the district FFA Sweetheart contest.
Congress Mulls Slow Week After Kennedy Plan Hit
Congress plans a lighter pace this week following last week's setback to President Kennedy's proposal for a separate Department of Urban Affairs and Housing. Analysts say the administration faces a narrower agenda as lawmakers regroup and weigh alternatives.
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William F. Arbogast
Washington
Congress
Supreme Court Rules No State May Segregate Transport
The Supreme Court, in a unanimous decision, holds no state may require racial segregation of interstate or intrastate transportation facilities. It directs Mississippi courts to resolve Freedom Rider protests swiftly, stating the issue is foreclosed and settled by prior rulings.
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Washington
Supreme Court
U.S. District Court
Mississippi
Jackson
Miss
District Court
O Day
Earl Warren
Haywood Infant Dies on Sunday
Infant son of Mr and Mrs Norman Haywood of Pullom died Sunday in a local hospital Survivors include two brothers and six sisters Graveside services will be held at 2 30 Monday at Fulton with Merndon Cornedius in parish or village context
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Norman Haywood
Pullom
Fulton
Merndon-Cornedius
Vicarige
Teacher Improvement Meeting in Little Rock
A Tuesday session in Little Rock will develop plans to improve teachers in economic and business education and social studies. Dr George Farsh, associate director of the Joint Council of Economic Education of New York, will act as consultant.
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Little Rock
API
George Farsh
Jain Council of Economic Euication of
New York
Sl I
Kennedy urges factual talks on West New Guinea with Indonesia and Netherlands
U S attorney general Robert F Kennedy urged both Indonesia and the Netherlands to pursue a factual and rational solution to the West New Guinea dispute. He met Indonesian President Sukarno and Dutch officials on a world tour and said a peaceful settlement requires both sides to sit at the conference table. He refused to disclose any specific suggestions and emphasized the goal of a peaceful outcome supported by many nations.
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Hague
Netherlands
Robert F. Kenney
Indonesia
West New Guinea
U.S
Southeast Asia
Kennedy
Joseph M. A
Sukarno
United States
Bonn
Paris
Juliana
Muis von Bosch
Ague
Nayee
Delft
Ampterdam
West Germany
Kennedys
Cologne
Candidacy tangled in local gossip and old ties
A jumble of rumors links Jabbo Sanders to a political bid with Hobart and Kelly Walton trading accusations while Irvin Greghorn and centerville ties surface. The piece also notes Melvin Garanfin recovering after surgery at Scott White Hospital in Temple Texas.
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Irvin Greghorn
Jabbo
Irvin
Centerville
Trvin
Kelly Walton
Hobart
Kelly
Bud
Tor
George Walden
Melvin Garanfin
Scot’ White Hospital
Temple
Texas
Old Voters in Arkansas Show Big Elderly Share
A 1960 census look at Arkansas reveals 11 percent of the population aged 65 or older and a median age rising from 26.9 to 29 years. The state ranks among five with the largest elderly voting-age shares, alongside Vermont Missouri Iowa and Nebraska. Urban median age 20.8, rural 28.2. towns 1 000 to 2 500 population median age 33.2.
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Little Rock
API
Ninvicen
Arkansas
Nolu
la Census Bureau
Vermont
Missouri
Iowa
Nebraska
Arkansas Violence Pushes Weekly Death Toll to 15
A Sunday crash on U S Highway 71 near Fayetteville killed three, pushing Arkansas’ weekly death toll to 15. Victims include William Alurg, 65, and Ella Alurg, 62, of Payetteville. Garvin Clifton, 37, of West Fork, and Clyde Coffee, 45, whose body was found near Texarkana. Additional fatalities include Neve Campbell, 65, north of North Little Rock, struck by a Missouri Pacific train. Several other accident deaths occurred last week.
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U.S. Highway 71
Fayetteville
Arkansas
Jeter
William B. Alurg
Ella
Payetteville
Garvin Clifton
West Fork
Miller County
Clyde Coffee
Texarkansa
Richard Brucher
Alvin Ff
Slaughter
Darady
Macmillan Ready for a Summit in Disarmament Talks
London reports Prime Minister Harold Macmillan expressed strong willingness to join a summit if progress is made in disarmament negotiations or if they threaten deadlock. He urged keeping talks at foreign ministers level, noting Britain and Kennedy favored that approach while Khrushchev proposed a heads of government meeting in Geneva. The letter arrived in Moscow, highlighting ongoing U S Soviet differences over limits and timing.
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London
Harold Macmillan
Khrushchev
Macmilan
Kennedy
Geneva
United Jans
Kenedy
Macmillan
Moscow
Gether
Weather Drenches Washington As Glenn Receives Honors
Astronaut John H. Glenn Jr. arrives in Washington with President Kennedy under heavy rain. A White House ceremony, parade on Pennsylvania Avenue, and congressional appearance are planned, but bad weather forces adjustments and a motorcade rather than helicopter flight. The Marine Band provides a key musical moment in the parade to the Capitol.
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Associated Press
Washington
John J. Glenn Jr
Earth
Kennedy
Andrews Air Force Bagel
West Palin Beach
Pla
Glenn
White House
Werthea
Pennsylvania Avenue
Congress
U.S. Army Band
U.S. Marine Band
Glen’ Teva
Coronel
Marines
Capitol
West Palm Beach
Fla
Glenn Aud
Andrews Air Force Base
Mary- Rindaldingain
Que
Two Auto Crashes Investigated This Weekend
Police investigated two auto accidents over the weekend. On Friday at West Ave and N Hervey, Delaney collided with Luck causing heavy damage. On Saturday at Third and Hervey, Mrs. W D Flowers and Narald Douglas collided with minor damage. Officer statements identify drivers and locations.
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Werd
Dh. 0
Luck
Delaney
West Ave
N. Hervey
Raymond Pedron
Hervey
W. D. Flowers
Narald Douglas
McCulley
Milan
Nazarenes Plan Revival Series in Oklahoma City
The Rev J L Woolman leads a Nazarene revival at Charity of the Naghrence from February 24 through March 4. Special singing is planned for each night.
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Nazarenes
J. L. Woolman
Oklahoma City
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