Society Events and Willis Murphy Wedding Highlight Local Notices
Society calendar lists Chapter 328 meeting January 2 at 7 30 pm in Masonic Hall. Gardenia Garden Club postpones January 2 meeting to January 9. Rose Garden Club postpones January 3 to January 10. Friday Music Club hosts luncheon January 4 at 12 30 pm at Mrs Has kell Jones home with a covered dish. Opera Listening Program to follow at Klipsch and Associates in Oakhaven Circle 4 WSCS First Methodist Church meets January 6 at 2 pm at Mrs Earl O Neal s home. Willis Murphy wedding for Carolyn Sue Willis to Willie Lamar Murphy occurs at Prescot t home of Glynn McDonald. Rev M C Barham officiates. Bride in white silk organza over taffeta with pearl accessories. maid of honor Miss Mary Nell Barham. best man Arthur Willis. Reception held with roses and white net cloth. three tier cake with miniature bride and groom. Couple to reside in Dallas at Mr and Mrs Jim Shuford residence.
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Haskell Jones
Klipsch and Associates
Oakhaven
M. C. Barham
Blevins
Glynn McDonald
Prescott
Mary Nell Barham
Flevins
Arthur Willis
Jim Shuford
Dallas
Murphy
Justin
Leslie
Clarksdale
Christmas Dinner Hosts Bring Family Home After 14 Years
Mrs Maggie Blackwood welcomed all eight children home for Christmas for the first time in about fourteen years. The gathering included ten children at dinner with many relatives from Arkansas and Louisiana. A second dinner at Roberts home in Hope on December 28 drew Mr. and Mrs Charles Gilbert with two children, Mr. and Mrs. C F Gilbert, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Roberts of Calvert Texas, and Mr. and Mrs. Hansford Ray of Nashville.
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Maggie Blackwood
Harlon Faulkner
Dallas
Elmer May
Don Blackwood
Homer
Wallace Blackwood
Crossett
Joy Foster
Hot Springs
Roy Blackwood
Camden
Charles
Bo" Blackwood
Arkadelphia
Zina Thompkins
Monroe
Jim Blackwood
Hope
Roberts
Lillian Roberts
Charles Gilbert
C. F. Gilbert
Richard Roberts
Calvert, Tex
Hansford Ray
Nashville
Coming and Going Family visits over the holidays
Mrs. Gilbert Robertson and Marilyn return to Dallas after visiting Mrs. R. M. Bruner. Mrs. M. M. McCloughan returns from a two month New York visit with her son Merrill B and new granddaughter Mary Beth. Mr. and Mrs. Jake Jones and daughter Alexandria, Va., stayed with the Jack Lowes at Oakhaven. Travis Hunt family from Dallas spent the week with Dale Hunt. Dr. and Mrs. Jack Ambrose joined their children for Christmas with H. C. Whitworth and K. E. Ambrose. Kenny McKee of Houston returned after a Christmas visit with Jewel Moore and relatives. Mrs. Bedia Carver and Clifton East and family went to Arizona for Christmas with the Howards in Casa Grande and to Yuma with M. A. Burke family.
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M. M. McCloughan
New York
Merrill B
Mary Beth
Jake Jones
Alexandria, Va
Jack Lowes
Oakhaven
Kenny McKee
Houston
Texas
Jewel Moore
Srv
Bedia Carver
Clifton East
Arizona
Howard Dillards
Casa Grande
M. A. Burke
Yuma
Riz
Baker resigns as Arkansas secretary of state post
Eugene Baker, 67, former Arkansas secretary of state and aide to former Governor Francis Cherry, has resigned as an appeals referee with the Employment Security Division. An informal ceremony honored him with remarks by Governor Orval Faubus and ESD Administrator James L. Bland.
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Little Rock
Eugene Baker
Francis Cherry
Jesday
Emporrecnt Security Division
Baer
Orval E. Faubus
ESD
James L. Bland
Public Works Bill Signed by Johnson in Texas
President Lyndon Johnson signed a 4.4 billion public works bill, rejecting a provision on canal land disposal while urging congressional notice. The Arkansas River program receives 157 million, plus 8 million for the White River and 404,000 for Dardanelle Lock and Dam. projects run two years with monthly spending limits. The action follows approval of a river projects bill and continues Arkansas river work.
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Johnson City
Tex
Lyndon Johnson
Arkansas River
Arkansas
Johnson
Panama Canal Co
United States
Canal Company
Secretary of the Army
Congress
House
Senate
White
Army Engineers
Little Rock
White River
Missouri
Dardanelle
Reducing Tablet Is Off Market In Federal Action
New York AP report states Drug Research Corp agreed to a federal court order banning interstate sale of Regimen weight reducing tablets. U S Attorney Joseph R Hoey said the tablets were worthless and the public paid 16 million dollars over six years. President John T Andreadis signed the decree agreeing to the judge Bartels injunction in Brooklyn court.
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New York
Ap)—Drug Research Corp
U.S
Arkansas mineral output hits record in 1963
The Interior Department Bureau of Mines reports Arkansas 1963 mineral value at 169.5 million dollars, surpassing the 1959 peak of 159.5 million. The record reflects strong gains across the state’s mining sectors and signals continued growth in mineral production.
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Little Rock
Arkansas
Interior Department
Bureau of Mines
Road Deaths During New Year Holiday Compared to Christmas
An Associated Press survey shows highway fatalities from 6 p.m. New Year’s Eve to midnight New Year’s Day totaled 65, far below the 104 deaths in the Christmas holiday period. Heavy snow across the South worsened conditions but did not greatly raise totals. annual daily averages run about 117, with a yearly total near 40,900.
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Associated Press
National Safety Council
Van Buren Cited for Low Tax Assessment
Van Buren County faces loss of state turnback funds for the second time in three years after the state Assessment Coordination Department found its property assessment ratio at 17 percent, below the 18 percent minimum. The department will recheck Aug 1 and withhold 5,555 percent of funds until the ratio meets the standard.
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Little: Rock
van Buren County
State Assessment Coordination Department
Assessment Coordination Department
C. Jack Cate
Sunny Warmer New Year Forecast for Arkansas
The Weather Bureau in Little Rock said the first day of the new year will be sunny and warmer across Arkansas with teens for New Year Eve. A warming trend moves in Wednesday reaching 40s in the northeast and low 50s in the southwest, continuing Thursday. Overnight lows range from four degrees at Batesville to teens elsewhere with no precipitation and dry highways.
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Associated Press
Arkansas
Weather Bureau
Little Rock
Batesville
Faubus Urges Poll Tax Change For Arkansas Elections
Governor Orval Faubus said Arkansas election laws could improve by moving the poll tax payment deadline closer to election day. He proposed allowing payment up to 30 days before the primary and reopening tax books after the primary for a new 30 day qualification period before the general election. He defended Arkansas hours as adequate under state law requiring employers to grant time off to vote.
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John. R. Starr
Little Rock
Orval E. Faubus
Arkansas
Faubus
Presidential Commission
Pope Prays for Historic Papal Palestine Pilgrimage
Vatican sources report Pope Paul VI begins 1964 with intensified daily prayers ahead of his January 4 flight to Palestine, his first papal pilgrimage to the Holy Land. The voyage aims at peace, Christian unity, and will mark a historic meeting with the Orthodox Church leader.
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Vatican City
Paul VI
Holy Land
Apostolic Palace
Vatican
Palestine
Paul
Christ
Execution Date Set for Rapist
Gov. Faubus announced Jan 24 as the execution date for two death-row rapists. Charles Franklin Fields, 32, white, and William L. Maxwell, 24, Black, sit at Tucker Prison Farm. Fields attacked a 30-year-old white woman on Jan 15, 1962 and killed a man during the escape. Maxwell was convicted for a Nov 3, 1961 attack on a white woman at Hot Springs. John Browning said nine men hold death sentences at Tucker. these two are the only decided by the Arkansas Supreme Court.
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Little Rock
Orval E. Faubus
Charles Franklin Fields
William L. Maxwell
Tucker Prison Farm
Fields
Marion Counv
Jefferson County
Maxwell
Hot Springs
John Browning
Tucker
Arkansas Supreme Court
Marine Command Is Changed at Marine Corps Barracks
Gen. David M. Shoup turned over command of the Marines to Lt. Gen. Wallace M. Greene at a retirement ceremony after four years as commandant. Greene becomes 23rd commandant of the Marine Corps and pins on his fourth star. Shoup, Medal of Honor winner at Tarawa, ends a 33 year career and four year command.
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Marine Command
Washington
David M. Shoup
Wallace M. Greene
Shoup
Tarawa
Marine Barracks
Pacific
Greene
Marine Corps
Pope Paul to Meet Athenagoras Twice in Holy Land
A source says Pope Paul will meet Patriarch Athenagoras of Constantinople twice in the Holy Land, focusing largely on prayer. Sites are not announced but are expected to be Jerusalem and Bethlehem.
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Paul
Holy Land
Athenagoras
Constantinople
Jerusalem
Bethlehem
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K. E. Ambrose
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