Faubus backs bills to study school district consolidation
Governor Faubus approved proposed measures to encourage consolidation by creating county study committees in counties with multiple districts. He emphasized no compulsion and noted plans to unveil his construction program mid session. He also appointed Mrs. Minnie Pate as tax assessor of Van Buren County to fill the vacancy caused by her husband Tom Pate’s death.
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Orval E. Faubus
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Minnie Pate
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Tom Pate
Seeks New Laws on Voting Rights
Washington AP Theodore Sorensen special counsel to President Kennedy says the Exepeps will ask Congress for new laws to protect the voting rights of Negroes and others. Sorensen gave no details during a CBS television interview Sunday.
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Theodore Sorensen
Kennedy
Congress
Sorensen
CBS
Sunny
Vostok Is Coldest Place in World
Washington AP report notes Vostok Antarctica logged a world record low of 126.9 below zero on August 24, 1960. It also cites Snag Yukon 1947 and Tanana Alaska 1886 as other extreme cold records, and Hawaii 18 above zero as the warmest state reading.
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Canada
United States
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Florida
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California
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Azizia
Libya
North Africa
Lavhis
Greenland Ranch
Death Valley
UN Forces Advance Into Kolwezi Amid Peace Talks
UN forces moved into Kolwezi peacefully as Katanga’s leaders met with a UN peace delegation near Pumpi. Noronha led the advance stating they act as friends, not conquerors, while Katangans voiced cooperation. a key bridge detonation was avoided by removing detonators hours before arrival. The Rajputana Rifles secured the Kolwezi air field amid posturing by Tshombe.
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Katanga
United Nations
Kalwezi
Congo
Noronha
U.N
Pumpi
Lualaba River
Tshombe
Rajputana Rifles
Kolwezi Air Geld
Little Air Force
Arkansas 4-H girls win top state awards at Congress
Wanda Hill 17 of Beebe and Lady Dixon 16 of Rose Bud earned state top 4-H honors at the 1962 National 4-H Club Congress in Chicago. Hill won the electric award for a home wiring survey and urging rewiring. Dixon won the foods nutrition award for planning tasty nutritious meals and helping with family cooking since age eight.
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Wanda Hill
Beebe
Lady Dixon
Rose Bud
Cooperative Extension Services
Miss Hill
Westinghouse Educational Foundation
Miss Dixon
General Foods Corporation
Document shows Reds hopeful of victory in Viet Nam
A captured Viet Cong annual report dated Sept 25 1962 suggests the Communists pin a strategy on limiting U.S. intervention to avoid a world war. It claims the key weakness of U S South Vietnamese efforts is Washington's fear of committing large troop numbers and fears of bloc intervention.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Viet Nam
Washington
America
United States
Communist Bloc of Nations
Katangan forces retire under U.N. supervision in Katanga
Noronha met Tshombe at a downtown Kolwezi residence and the two men exchanged friendly words. Tshombe praised the U.N. for freedom of movement as Katangan troops stacked arms in a central depot under U.N. supervision before integration. White soldiers and officers reportedly left the town Saturday night for Portuguese Angola amid ongoing tensions.
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Noronha
Tshombe
Kolwezi
U.N
Katanga
Angola
Rehearing Ordered in Pulaski Case
The Arkansas Supreme Court orders Pulaski Circuit Court to rehear a case over a one year prison sentence revocation of Julius Girard Jr for assault with a deadly weapon. He was sentenced May 25, 1961 and charged again on March 27, 1962. the revocation hearing barred witnesses. The court notes the judge blocked Girard from testifying after police cited new offenses. The decision also affirms several other circuit rulings on workers compensation, damages, widow benefits, and a contract dispute involving Spear and Wood Manufacturing Co.
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Supreme’ ‘Court
Washington
Wayne W.stevens
S. E. Prince Poultry Co
Lincoln
Curtis Markham
Buster Ford
Markham
Ford
Ann Chambers
J. C. Chambers
Bigelow-Liptak Corp
Senate fights over antifilibuster rule reach critical week
The Senate starts a second week of wrangling on tougher antifilibuster proposals. Republican Leader Dirksen may move to table, risking an abrupt halt if carried. Southern senators vow a last-ditch effort to preserve the two thirds vote needed to limit debates.
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Senate
Everett M. Dirksen
Winds
Dirksen
Kennedy Hails Katanga Seccession End Victory
President Kennedy hailed the end of Katanga secession as the Congo gains a chance to unite under its national and provincial leadership. He praised the peaceful entry of U.N. forces into Kolwezi and the downfall of Moise Tshombe, saying the United States and Africa welcome the development as a path for Congo to decide its own future through the U.N. effort. Also, Alex Mosley of Pine Bluff was elected vice president of the Southwest Associated Furniture Buyers during a Dallas meeting.
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U.N
Kolwezi
Moise
Tshombe
United States
Fongo
Africa
U.S
Pine Bluff, Ark
Alex Mosley
Pine Bluff
Southwest Associated Furniture Buyers, Inc
Dallas
Probate Court Notice to Sell Parsonage Land in Hope
Rev Aaron Morris as administrator of W M Stephenson estate petitions to sell to South Arkansas Conference C M E Church for 1400 cash at private sale free of encumbrances. Lands are Lot 1 and 2 in Block 2 Hickory Grove Addition City of Hope Hempstead County Arkansas. Hearing set 10:00 AM Friday February 8 1963 at Hempstead County Courthouse Hope Arkansas.
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W. M. Stephenson
South Arkansas Conference Christian Methodist Episcopal Church
Washington
Hempstead County
Arkansas
Hickory Grove
City of Hope
J. D. Turnage
Ark
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Warned Defendants Must Answer Chancery Suit in 30 Days
In Hempstead County Arkansas J O Luck and Rose Luck sue Cardie Briggs Suttles Jodie B Armstrong Naoma B Henry Florence B Thomas George W Briggs Ralph Briggs Clarenda B Coleman Callie Mae B Watkins Ella Mae B Boyd Lee Anna Briggs Elbert Briggs all defendants are warned to appear in court within thirty days to answer the plaintiffs complaint. Witness dated January 7 1963 and signed by Clerk Jim Cole Katherine B Lauterbach deputy clerk.
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