Priceless Star of India Recovered From Miami Depot Locker
New York detectives and thief Allan Dale Kuhn retrieved the Star of India from a Miami Florida bus depot locker. The 100 carat DeLong ruby remained unrecovered and authorities value the gems as priceless despite a $400000 price tag for bookkeeping. Maurice Nadjari aided the operation with Frank Hogan announcing success.
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New York
Miami
Florida
Allan Dale Kuhn
Hayboy
Star of India
American Museum of Natural History
Manhattan
Frank S. Hogan
Kuhn
Hogan
Maurice Nadjari
Nadjari
Farm Group Plans Drive for Members
Hempstead County Farm Bureau’s board meeting set plans for a County Membership Committee meeting on Tuesday January 12 at 10 00 am and a county membership kickoff during Farm Bureau week February 18. President and Mrs Kent reported on the National Farm Bureau Convention in Philadelphia in December and urged member support for this year’s campaign.
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Hempstead County Farm Bureau
Farm Bureau
Lester Kent
National Farm Bureau Convention
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Little Rock Buys 70 Acres for Port Authority
The city of Little Rock paid $75,000 for 70 acres in a bid to establish a port authority. Plans call for acquiring 1,200 to 1,400 more acres to build a multimillion dollar facility enabling inland shipping from the Gulf of Mexico to the St. Lawrence Seaway via the Arkansas River once navigable.
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Little Rock
Gulf of Mexico
St. Lawrence Seaway
Arkansas River
Weather Report From Central Arkansas Briefing
The Associated Press notes a 24 hour period ending 7 a.m. Friday with a high near 72 and a low around 65. Central Arkansas remains mostly cloudy and warm with windy conditions, intermittent rain and a few thunderstorms tonight. Continued on Page iwu.
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Associated Press
Central Arkansas
Iwu
Arkansans Named to Federal Manpower Panel
Ethel B Jones of Arkansas and J D McGehee of Trumann were named to a 10 member federal advisory committee on manpower training. The panel will study issues across Arkansas Texas Oklahoma and Louisiana with headquarters in Dallas.
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Washington
Arkansans
Arkansas
Ethel B Jones
University of Arkansas
J. D. McGehee
Trumann
Dallas
Texas
Oklahoma
Louisiana
Radiothon Benefits Dimes Drive With Youth Event
Hope High School and district schools provide entertainment for the March of Dimes Youth Radiothon at 9:25 AM January 9 on Radio Station KXAR. A two youth trip to Little Rock and two guests from Peyton Place will be auctioned. Campaign Chair Corthin Camp expressed confidence in reaching the 500 dollar goal through pledges by phone or in studio.
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Hempstead
March of Dimes
Camp
Bullet Wounds Prove Fatal in Hot Springs
Andrew J. Widener, 56, of Hot Springs, died after being shot four times near a downtown hotel. Ralph Whatley, 47, of Hot Springs, was charged with assault with intent to kill as police officer Darrell Daniels, off duty, arrested Whatley after he reported the shooting.
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Hot Springs
Ark
Andrew J. Widener
Little Rock
Ralph Whatley
Darrell Daniels
Whatley
Daniels
Man Guilty of Manslaughter in Conway Slaying
Fred Burns, 64, of Friend ship community, found guilty of manslaughter and given a two year suspended sentence for the shotgun death of his son in law Rondell Sturgeon, 31, of Conway, and Burns' 10 year old son James Hulen Burns, struck by a shot fired from outside the home. Burns had asked authorities to keep Sturgeon away from his property.
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Conway, Ark
Fred Burns
Friendship Community
Burns
Rondell Sturgeon
Conway
Sturgeon
James Hulen Burns
Stock Pick Hangs on Daughter’s Voice Says AP Column
New York columnist Joy Stilley notes she may buy one share of American Telephone and Telegraph if her daughter’s voice continues to hold up. The piece parodies stock advice columns and jokes about shifts in market sentiment as it wryly comments on investment fantasies.
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Joy Stilley
New York
Wall Street
Alaska
Hal Boyle
Amalgamated Canine Catering Co
American Telephone & Telegraph
Scientist Von Braun Goes on Rural Deer Hunt in Arkansas
In Sheridan Arkansas AP report, Wernher von Braun former German space leader joins Arkansas countrymen for a challenging deer hunt. He did not shoot a deer, got soaked in rain, but enjoyed sorghum and biscuits and campfire tales. hunter Owen Williams arranged the trip with Marshall Space Flight Center director von Braun staying at Saline River bottoms camp.
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Sheridan, Ark
Arkansas
Country Boys
Owen Williams
Williams
Wernher von Braun
B. A. Owen
Marshall Space Flight Center
Huntsville
Ala
von Braun
Oliver Williams
Owen
Saline River
Europe
Agriculture Department
Faubus
United States
Cecil Buffalo
Letter of Law Is Followed at Wreck
Two drivers stopped at the scene after a fender bender to call police, then a Rock Island train struck both cars. One vehicle hit a utility pole causing its pole to topple and smash the windshield of a third car. The incident occurred in St. Paul Minnesota. Named drivers were Robert Dicke and Dennis McMann.
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ST. Paul, Minn
Robert Dicke
Minneapolis
Dennis McMann
St. Paul
Rock Island
Bids Taken on Dredging Work
Bauer Dredging Co. submitted an apparent low bid of 3,938,830 for the 10 mile entrance channel in the Arkansas River navigation project. Ford Construction Co. bid 593,322 to build the access road and embankment. Army Engineers will review bids before awarding contracts.
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Little Rock
Bauer Dredging Co. Inc
Port Lavaca
Tex
Ford Construction Co
Dyersburg
Tenn
Army Engineers
Jailed in Blast Near Royal House in Abbeyleix Ireland
Police end 20 mile chase arrest 19 men after an explosion near Princess Margaret’s holiday mansion in Abbeyleix Ireland. A gasoline bomb erupted as saboteurs fled. no injuries reported. The blackout affected Abbeyleix and surrounds during an IRA campaign aimed at the royal guest.
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Colin Frost
Abbeyleix
Ireland
Princess Margaret
Abbeyieix House
Margaret
Lord Snowdon
Viscount
Viscountess de Vesci
Irish Republican Army
de Vescis
Abbeyvieix
Elizabeth II
Johnson Eyes Pushing Taft-Hartley Reforms Amid Right to Work Fight
President Johnson plans to seek minimum wage and unemployment changes while targeting the Taft-Hartley Act. He may press repeal of section 14B to end right to work laws in 20 states and curb situs picketing, with other labor law tweaks under consideration.
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Washington
Johnson
Organized Labor
Congress
Capitol Hill
AFL- Cio
Johnson health care vote effort and political maneuvering amid national issues
AP digest notes Ways and Means members favor sending the Johnson administration health care plan to the House for a vote. Reports on GOP strategy by Dean Burch, wage laws ahead of unions, a spy case, Selma race-relations work, nuclear and rocket concerns, steel labor talks, and various international and state issues including Sukarno, Cyprus, cotton investigations, and Gov. Faubus’ education spending stance.
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House
Ways and Means
Republican National
Dean Burch
Johnson
Faubus Receives Alligator Belt on Birthday
Gov. Orval E Faubus aged 55 celebrated with an informal party in his reception room where staff presented him an alligator belt. Earlier the staff had given him alligator shoes for Christmas in a gesture reflecting Arkansas tastes.
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Little Rock
Orval E. Faubus
Hope Lions aid event net funds and local notable updates
Hope Lions distributed food toys and gifts totaling 2674 dollars for Hope and Hempstead families and senior citizens. The auction raised 2100 dollars with remaining from school can drives and local toy gifts. Local radio thon set for January 9 to benefit March of Dimes. James Powell and Master Sergeant Jerry L. Truitt feature in service updates. Arkansas basketball margins dominate SWC and Texas Tech leads Razorbacks in football.
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Hope Lions
Hope and Hempstead
Hope
Yerger
Lions
James Powell
Orville Powell
Newport
R. I
James
Hope High
Jerry L. Truitt
J. W. Truitt
Corpus Christi
Tex
Arkansas
Texas
SMU
Rice
Texas A&m
Baylor
TCU
Texas Tech
Hogs
Red Raiders
Quick Action on Medicare Seems Likely
The AP survey shows 15 of 25 Ways and Means members favor sending the administration health care plan to the House for a vote. Mills aims for a March House vote and the plan would link to Social Security with a payroll financing approach.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Associated Press
Wilbur D. Mills
D-Ark
Johnson
Congress
Ways and Means
Mills
300 Expected at a Band Clinic Here
About 300 persons are expected in Hope Saturday for the Region 4 Junior High Band Clinic at Hope High School. Three bands from about 25 area schools rehearse all day and perform a free concert at 7 p.m. in the auditorium. The bands include 90 honor students per band under guest conductors Wendy Evanson Texarkana, Bob Jordan Henderson State Teachers College, and Don Ledbetter Hot Springs. Hope High School director Richard Kyeton invites the public to attend.
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Hope
Hope High School
Hentia
Wendy Evanson
Henderson State Teachers College
Bob Jordan
Westlawn Junior High
Texarkana
Texas
Don Ledbetter
Hot Springs
Richard Kyeton
HHS
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Red) Jones
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Neil Gilbride
AP News Digest
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Prescott, Ariz
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