Four U S pilots killed in Cuba invasion admitted
Senate figures spar over 1981 Cuban invasion claims. Mansfield says four American airmen volunteered to fly combat missions due to exhausted Cuban pilots, and several planes were attacked, resulting in four deaths. Dirksen counters with his own probe. no names released. Continued on Page Two.
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Senate
Mike Mansfield
Everett M. Dirksen
IlnNgis
Mansfield
U.S
Cubs
U.S. State Department
Dirksen
Fidela
Birmingham
Ala
Miami Springs
Ila
Weather report summary of January totals and forecasts
January precipitation totaled 1.00 inches, down from 5.22 inches a year ago. Experiment Station notes 24 hours ending 8 am Tuesday recorded a trace to 0.46 inch. Central Arkansas forecast from Associated Press calls for clear and mild afternoon, increasing clouds Wednesday and Wednesday night, with lows in the 20s and highs around 70.
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Arkansas
THE
Assocated Press
Students in N J Boycott Lincoln Elementary School
Englewood New Jersey observers report a school boycott at Lincoln Elementary with 239 of 498 pupils absent. Pickets led by Vincent K Tibbs organized near the building while Dr Mark Fr Shedd noted no widespread abstention at Liberty School.
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N. J
Lincoln
Leroy McCloud
Englewood Movement
Mark FR. Shedd
Vincent K. Tibbs
Shedd
Liberty
Board of Education
State Commissioner of Education
Russell Major
State Department of Education
U.S. Dist
Anthony T. Angelli
Creek Tragedy Claims One Year-Old Girl
A one year old girl, Teresa Gail Coats, drowned in Rock Creek behind a junk yard near her Little Rock home on Monday. Police said she apparently fell into the creek and Patrolman J C Hester tried to resuscitate her by mouth to mouth.
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Little Rock
Teresa Gail Coats
John Boyd Coats
Rock Creek
J. C. Hester
State Senators Head Committees Shakeups in Senate
The Associated Press reports changes in Senate leadership with Sen William Fulbright of Arkansas becoming chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and Sen John Mechelin of Arkansas taking the helm of the Government Operations Committee. The move follows Monday’s leadership reshuffle.
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Associated Press
Washington
APH
William Fulbright
Ark
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
John K. Mechelin
D-Ark
Queruins Carr Miles
Lellan
Legislative Calendar with Multiple Committee Meetings
The calendar lists several committee sessions including Revenue and Taxation at 9 p.m. for a public hearing on unemployment benefits and taxes. Public Health at 10 a.m. and Judiciary at 9 a.m. follow, with Memorials at 9:30 a.m. and other panels such as Rules and Joint Budget scheduled across the day.
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Shu P.m
Revenue and Taxation Committee
House
Russians Find Prehistoric Vertebrates
London AP reports Russian scientists revived two prehistoric amphibians called tritons from 5 000 year old Siberian ice. The creatures awakened, moved, fed on berries flies and mosquitoes, but died after three weeks. a second triton revived and lived all summer.
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London
Siberia
Moscow Radio
Northwestern professor criticizes English rules as capricious
English professor at Northwestern University Ber ven Evans told a Little Rock audience that language is capricious and illogical yet tyrannical in shaping correct usage for future generations. He warned against deviating from usage, noting penalties fall on the maker of rules despite their arbitrariness.
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Lips Muen Vari
Berven Evans
Northwestern University
Little Rock University
Hvans
Publishers Strikers Set for NYC Negotiations Faceoff
In New York City nine closed papers and striking printers plan a late day meeting to resume talks under Mayor Wagner mediation. Wagner may act as umpire to propose a settlement if talks fail, with nonstriking unions backing a Kennedy inspired resolution. Journalists displaced since December cross the city’s labor turmoil.
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New York City
Robert F. Wagner
Afl-Cio International Typographical Union
Streets &L
Wagner
Bertram A. Powers
Kennedy
Cleveland
Ohio
the Plain Dealer
The
Press & News
Stereotypers Union
Arctic cold snaps grip Arkansas with teens to 30s by region
A cold Arctic air mass swept into Arkansas lowering temperatures to the teens and 20s in the north and around 30 in the south. The Weather Bureau forecast a temporary lull with a high pressure system bringing milder winds and higher temperatures by Wednesday. Highs were expected in the mid 20s north to around 30 south, with 15 to 25 for tonight and rainfall of 0.25 to 0.50 inch in the past 24 hours. No precipitation expected tonight.
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Associated Press
Arkansas
Weather Bureau
Midwest
Respiratory Flu Toll Grows as Asian Flu Spreads
The U S Public Health Service reports Asian flu confirmed in 16 states and DC with North Carolina nearing peak. Wilkes County NC reports declining absenteeism as 28 schools reopen after a Feb 5 closure. Connecticut Iowa join states with Asian flu diagnoses while shifts occur in South Carolina Delaware New Jersey Arkansas Missouri.
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U.S. Public Health Service
Atlanta
District of Columbia
Jno
North Carolina
Wilkes County
N.C
Af Fu
Connecticut
Iowa
South Carolina
Delaware
New Jersey
Arkansas
Missouri
Arkansas House Hears On Consolidation Bill And More
Arkansas House committees cut consolidation study bills with amendments and voted do not pass. Measures would let districts opt out of studies and counties reject the plan. Senate proposals for a Parkin led consolidation study commission and a junior college branch were noted. Pollution control and food refrigeration bills faced rejection. Sunday sales restrictions were killed with a March 4 reporting deadline.
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Little Rock
House Education Committee
Montgomery County
Ode Maddox
All
Clarence Beil
Parkin
Senate
Arkansas Am&n College
New Broes
Arkansas
House Public Health Committee
State Water Pollution Central Commission
Legislative Council
General Assembly
Q. Byrum Hurst
Hot Springs
Health Department
House Judiciary Committee
Cold Air Sweeps Nation From Rockies to Atlantic Coast
A deep arctic mass pushed across the nation from the Rockies to the Atlantic, dragging frigid temps into the Midwest and Northeast. Hibbing Minnesota hit 25 below, Traverse City 20 below, Chicago near zero, Detroit and Minneapolis colder than eight degrees, with snow flurries in the northern Appalachians and light snow or rain in parts of Texas and Kentucky.
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Associated Press
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Arctic
North Central
Hibbing
Minnesota
Traverse City
Mich
Ilinois
Indiana
Arkansas
Tennessee
Mississippi
Chicago
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New York
Watertown
Kentucky
Florida
Appalachians
Texas
New York State
Massena
Buffalo
Utica
Rome
Syracuse
Distillery Shares Are Exchanged In Arkansas Reinvest
Hoyt R. Pyle, executive director of the state Teacher Retirement System, stated that a $71,000 investment in a distillery was swapped for shares in an electric utility. Proceeds from the Joseph E. Seagram distillery stock sale were reinvested in Arkansas Power & Light Co. debentures after the original purchase was deemed inadvertent.
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Litle Rock
Hoyt R. Pyle
State
Joseph E. Seagram
Arkansas Power & Light Co
Pyle
Seagram
All Around Town and Local Fire News Briefs
Gardner Cannon and Johnny Watkins depart for San Diego for six months Marine Reserve Training. Donald Bennett of Prescott RT I serves aboard Coast Guard Cutter Iris along the Gulf Coast. Wendell Powell serves as third class USN sub on destroyer Yarnell at Boston Naval Shipyard. Minor fire west of Highway 67 damages timber and an empty house. three fire runs reported with no other damage. Channel 11 airs Arkansas Children's Colony program. Dennis Paddie on University of Arkansas Arts and Sciences honor roll.
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Gardner Cannon
Gib Lewis
Johnny Watkins
Dick Watkins
Phine
San Diego
Marine Reserve
Donald , Bennett
Prescott Rt. I
US. Coast Guard Reserve
Coast Guard
Iris
Gulf Coast
New Orleans
Brownsville
Texas
Omer Bennett
Wendell A. Powell
Boiterman
USN
Marvin D. Powell
Hope Ri
Tiarry
FS Yarnell
Boston Naval Shipyard
Yarnell
Highway 67
Central
Venus Mission Unveils Mysterious Lady's Secrets
NASA confirms Mariner Venus data decoded and analyzed ahead of public briefing. The probe gathered temperatures and atmospheric data during a 21,594 mile approach, using a microwave radiometer and infrared radiometer to study surface temperatures and cloud structure.
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Washington
Venus
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Mariner
NASA
James E. Webb
House Space Committee
Earth
Columnist Enters Innocent Plea in Registration Case
Washington AP Igor Cassini known as Cholly Knickerbocker pleads innocent to charges of failing to register as a publicity agent for the late Dominican dictator Rafael Trujillo. Attorney R. Pan Englander pressed in absentia. Judge McGuire sets trial for May 15. both men released on $1000 bond. Cassini writes society gossip for the New York Journal American and other papers.
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Washington
Igor Cassini
Cholly Knickerbocker
Rafael Trujillo
R. Pan Englander
New York
Cassini
Innocent
Matthew FB. McGuire
New York Journal American
Journal American
Kighinder
Trafile
Oleg Cupsini
Prysisdeat Keunedy
Rockefeller ouster bill faces Arkansas House vote
Arkansas lawmakers debate a proposed measure targeting Rockefeller tied to the Arkansas Industrial Development Commission. Autry and Day arguing over signatures while Van Dalsem accuses Rockefeller of political bias. Faubus defends the administration amid McMath remarks and Rockefeller dispute.
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Little Rock
Arkansas House
Winthrop Rockefeller
Perry County
Paul Ven Dalsem
Rockefeller
Arkansas Industrial, Development Commission
Republican Party
Mississippi
Autry
Waller
Day
AIDC
ATDC
Rockefella
Republican National
Faubus
Rockesfeller
Sid McMath
McMath
Stardust chosen for Hope High School junior class play
Hope High School selects Stardust a three act comedy for its junior class stage. An 18 member cast will perform Friday March 8 in the high school auditorium with matinee and evening shows. The play follows a hardworking girl who becomes a famous actress and her visit to a dramatic school full of eager students.
Pleas Entered in Federal Court at Texarkana
In federal court at Texarkana Monday Judge John E. Miller heard pleas. William McKinley Tyree of Blevins pleaded guilty on two liquor law counts and not guilty to a third. William Harding Blevins pleaded not guilty to three liquor law counts.
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Texarkana
John E. Miller
William McKinley Tyree
Blevins
William Harding Blevins
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