Hung Jury Ends Trial In Hester Case
A Hempstead Circuit Court jury deliberated three hours yesterday before returning a mistrial in the case of Bob Hester 4 for the fatal October 21 shooting of Phillip Knighton 41 in the Yellow Creek area. Hester testified admitting ill feeling over cattle and said Knighton attacked him with a knife. he claimed self defense after firing four times. Judge Lyle Brown announced no date for a retrial.
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Phillip Knighton
McNab
Yellow Creek
Lyle Brown
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Knighton
Jie
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Jim Moore
Brown
Ft Smith Weather, Student Protests, and City Ballot Action
Weather report notes 24 hour period ending 8 a.m. Wednesday with high 62 low 16 and light snow, while a firecracker incident drew nearly 100 spectators and campus police chief Barnes Tatum ordered identification checks for boisterous students. Arkansas hazard warnings and driving cautions continued. Ft Smith group seeks a vote on an urban renewal ordinance as petitions gain momentum.
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Meredith Bids Adieu to Ole Miss
James H Meredith left the University of Mississippi on Tuesday night amid cheers and laughter from students. His 1952 car failed to start at first, delaying him, as federal troops and marshals had guarded the campus during his controversial 1962 entry and the riot that followed.
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James H. Meredith
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Nashville Gas Restores Service After Regulator Failure
About 3,500 Nashville residents endured a Tuesday without natural gas as a regulator failed, halting supply to 1,500 customers. Fifty Arkla workers and neighboring crews restored service by late evening to prevent explosions while temperatures plunged. Schools closed. businesses paused. blankets flew off shelves as residents heated spaces with charcoal and comforted by electric kitchens and heated blankets.
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Shear Co
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Nashville News
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Prescott
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Fordyce
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Violence at Dollarway School Shuts Down Amid Tense Integration
In Pine Bluff Arkansas an integrated Dollarway school was closed after a violent incident over first day protections. A white youth injured a Negro man, who was jailed, as Sarah Howard the district’s first secondary level Negro student faced threats. George Howard Jr and NAACP leaders demand federal protection for Sarah.
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Dollarway
George Howard
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Sarah
Orval E. Faubus
Robert Kennedy
William Howard
Harold Norton
Howard
Norton
Johnny Irwin
George Howard Jr
Sarah Howard
Samuel Wayne Cato
Arkansas
Kennedy Plan Wins Backing From Fulbright For Small Firms
Washington AP President Kennedy's tax cut proposal for small businesses gains support from Sen. J William Fulbright D Ark He backs a 22 percent levy on the first 25000 profits and 30 percent on corporate profits above that level Fulbright says the plan helps small ventures compete with larger firms and aids economic growth
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Washington
Kennedy
J. William Fulbright
D-Ark
Congress
Fulbright
Arkansas Girl Doing Fine After Heart Surgery
Doctors reported Tuesday that Carol Ann Speckled-faced Todd, a five year old from Prairie Grove Arkansas, is in satisfactory condition after surgery at Texas Children's Hospital to close a hole in the heart. No return date for hospital stay was given.
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Houston
Tex
Carol Ann ‘Todd
Prairie Grove
Ark
Tes
Children’s Hospital
Carol ‘Ann Wll
Talks Resume in Strike at Spa
Officials of National Rejectors Co. plant in Hot Springs Arkansas and the United Steelworkers Union AFL CIO planned talks to settle a strike that began Tuesday with about 200 workers walking off over a company rules violation involving two women. Dewey Stiles, Malvern union representative, said the strike was unauthorized and workers would return today. Stiles and other union leaders were to meet plant manager Les Courtney to resolve the issue.
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Ark
National Rejectors Co
United Steelworkers Union
AFL - Ciq
Dewey Stiles
Malvern
Stiles
Les Courtney
Fire Destroys Harvell Home in Hamilton Street Blaze
The Harvell residence at 504 South Hamilton Steel owned by Mrs. Teressa Ward was destroyed by a Tuesday afternoon fire. Firemen report the blaze likelystarted in a bathroom stove, filling the house with flames and causing heavy water damage to contents. No estimate of loss was immediately available.
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Dinton Harvell
South Hamilton Steel
Teressa Ward
Qig Blazy
He Lass
Legislators Move to Close Clemson Over Integration
In Columbia two South Carolina House members discussed bills to shut Clemson College rather than allow integration under a federal court order. Senate defender of segregation L Marion Gressette urged patience, saying court orders are a setback in a war South Carolina hopes to win. Clemson trustees meet Thursday amid legal filings from Wyche. Gantt, a 20 year old architecture student, plans to enroll Monday as the new semester starts February 1.
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Gantt
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Mitchell Ott
Donald
Russell
Gressette
E H White 62 Dies in El Dorado
Lar Hilton White of El Dorado died in a Union County hospital Wednesday at 62. Survived by wife Verna of El Dorado a son Thomas Eugene White of Arlington Texas a brother Jewell White of Prescott and three sisters Clara Warren Prescott Neil Ritter and Dorris Spauling Fr Wayne Ind Services set for 2 p m Thursday at First Methodist Church El Dorado with Dr C Ray Hazendort officiating burial in Rest Haven Cemetery by Youngs.
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el Dorado
Union County
Verna White
Thomas Eugene White
Artington
Texas
Jewell White
Prescott
Clara Warren
Neil Ritter
Dorris Spauling
Wayne
Ind
First Methodist Church of
C. Ray Hazen Dort
Young
Lservice
Rest Haven Cemetery
Villa Mobile Homes case testimony continues in Ark
In U S District Court at Dorado Arkansas Max 4 Smith president and owner of Villa Mobile Homes Co testified he spent 15000 of his own money to cover pre bankruptcy debts. Eight people are charged with concealing assets and falsifying records to evade bankruptcy laws as the trial enters its third week. Robert H Close also testified that in March 1961 creditors pressed hard and owners paid from their pockets for divisions and accounts receivable totaling 40040. Kenneth C Close testified he traveled to Camden to assess trailer production costs for the firm.
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Ark
Max 4. Smith
Villa Mobile Homes Co
U.S
Smith
Robert H. Close
Phoenix
Ariz
Smilth
Springdale, Ark
Close
Rev
Robert Young
Tulsa
Okla
Villa
Kenneth C. Close
Robert
Camden
Planning Group Formed for River Valley Study
The mid-Arkansas River Valley Regional Planning Commission formed a 19 member committee with county judges to oversee an $81,000, three year University of Arkansas study of the river valley. A $54,000 federal Urban Planning grant will help cover costs, with six counties paying the remaining $27,000.
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University of Arkansas
Midyear commencement gifts Arkansas seniors and graduates
About 77 seniors and graduates receive degrees at the University of Arkansas midyear commencement held Saturday January 26. Degrees include Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering for James R Phillips and Charlie Weaver of Prescott and Bachelor of Science in Education for Willie Bullock of Prescott and Joyce Williams of Lewisville. Other graduates include Bachelor of Science in Business Administration Robert Daley James Cornelis and Jerry Lynn Franks of Hope. Master of Science Donald Avery of Prescott. Master of Education Letitia Smith Jones of Hope and Edwin Williams of Lewisville.
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University of Arkansas
Charles Head
Prescott
Willie Bullock
Joyce Williams
Lewisville
James R
Phillips
Charlie Weaver
van Reeder
Charles Thompson
Nashville - i
Robert
Winter Cold Wave Hits Arkansas in Severe Snow and Ice
A brutal Arctic front swept Arkansas driving up to three inches of snow and freezing rain and lowering temperatures to around five degrees below zero. Highways iced over and most roads were perilous as police urged emergency-only travel. several wrecks occurred and a trailer truck jackknifed near De Valls Bluff with the driver unaccounted for.
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Mrs Rogers 77 Dies in Local Rest Home
Celesta Rogers 77 died Tuesday in a local rest home. A longtime Hempstead resident, she leaves four sons John and Charlie Rogers Midland Texas Hershel Jal New Mexico and Jimmy Rogers Houston Texas. three daughters Mrs Joe Willett Mrs James Rowe Hope and Mrs Harry Hopkins Larned Kansas. a sister Mrs Arch Justice Armory Texas. three brothers S E Weaver Dexter Weaver and Kirk Weaver. Funeral at 10:30 a.m. Thursday at Herndon Corne ling Chapel officiated by Rev Noel O Steen and Rev W E Marrow. Burial Rose Hill Cemetery.
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Inghide
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Jal
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Hope
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Miss
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Ala
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Former Hempstead Resident Rosa Tower Dies at 82
Rosa May Tower, aged 82, longtime Hempstead resident, died Tuesday in a Superior, Arizona hospital. The body will be returned to Hope for burial. Lern don-Cornelius will alwayswear rangements.
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Hempstead
Superior
Arizona
Lerndon-Cornelius
Judge Wilson Speaks at Hope Kiwanis Dinner
Municipal Judge John L. Wilson was the Kiwanis speaker Tuesday at Hope Kiwanis. He critiqued recent U S Supreme Court rulings, contrasted decisions with quotes from notable figures, and urged that each new day brings greater citizen responsibility. Ralph Lehman Jr. organized the program.
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High Fund
U.S. Supreme Court
Ami
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