Frigid Cold Grips State Ahead of Warmer Weekend
The Weather Bureau warned Arkansas of continued cold with light snow in the north and freezing rain in the south. Temperatures were expected to dip below normal by 12 to 18 degrees with a warming trend by Friday and a mix of freezing rain sleet or snow early next week. Overnight lows ranged from 7 to 20 degrees at several towns, with Gravette’s 29 below-a-year record noted as a distant benchmark.
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Searcy County
Flippin
Walnut Tigue
Fayetteville
Litle Rock
Pine Bluff
Texarkana
el Dorado
Gravette
Saxi
We Wontler Bureau
Texas
Midwest
Weather Station Report Summaries From Central Arkansas and Texas
A weather experiment summarizes hours ending at 7 a m Wednesday with a high 48 and a low 16, traces of sleet, and total 1960 precipitation of 47.02 inches, noting 1959 rail fall at 48.57 inches. Central Arkansas shows clear to partly cloudy skies with light rain, temperatures in the 20s, and cold nights through Thursday, while portions of Arkansas report snow, freezing rain, and continued cold, with highs in the 20s and lows in the teens to 30s across regions including northeast and northwest Arkansas, southeast and southwest Arkansas, and Louisiana/Texas borders.
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Associated Press
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Arkansas
Arkansaas
Tusansas
Portian
Smith and West
Lowistana
Caus
Municipal Judge Salaries Up I N Arkansas Senate
The Arkansas Senate approved salary increases for several municipal judges. The Little Rock judges would rise from 7,200 to 8,400 annually, while Texarkana, Blytheville, and Jacksonville judges receive raises to 7,200, 6,000, and 4,800 respectively. Helena and Dermott judges added at 4,800 and 9,300. bill not yet enacted.
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Arkansas Senate
Pulaski County
Senate
Texarkana
Jacksonville
Helena
Dermott
Arkansas Legislature Debates Tax Reduction Bills
In Little Rock the legislature considered four tax cut measures and 14 House bills. Senate action halted state purchases of local development bonds and prevented future buys of First Arkansas Development Finance Corporation bonds. Gov Faubus proposed the changes. The House passed tax relief including federal income tax exemption for one third and severance tax write offs for bus well operators. Bills on agricultural input exemptions and modified use tax exemptions were approved. committees urged tightening of exemption rules for out of state purchases.
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Arkansas Mouse
Senate
First Arkansas
Development Finance Corporation
Orval E. Faubus
Senate Revenue and Axation Committee
Vrink Tax May Go to Public Vote
In Arkansas a proposed soft drink tax to fund a $52 million bond for construction at eight state institutions and state facilities may be sent to a statewide referendum. Legislators mixed onReferendum. some support a vote, others oppose. College presidents advocate the bond and tax plan, citing education needs.
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Perry
Paul Vat Katsom
Sami
University of Arkansas
State Hospital
Arkansas Children's Colony
Delay Sought in Nuclear Talks
WASHINGTON AP The Kennedy administration plans to seek a delay of a few weeks in the nuclear test talks set to resume February 7 in Geneva. The move was reportedly discussed at a White House meeting with President Kennedy and top officials including Secretary of State Dean Rusk and Defense Secretary Robert McNamara. The talks among Britain the United States and the Soviet Union were suspended on December 5. Officials say more time may be needed to review the issue before presenting Kennedy’s required proposals to ease East West tensions.
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Geneva
Ao White House
Kennedy
Dean Rusk
Defense
Robert 8. McNamara
Jfolm J. Meloy
Britain
United States
Soviet Union
Hey
West
Carmichael Elected by Searcy Vote
Leste Carmichael defeated former Alderman Glenn W. Jones in a speech election for mayor of Searcy. Mayor Bill Lacy resigned recently on the advice of the physician.
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Searcy
All Around Town Hope Arkansas State Highway plans growth
Arkansas State Highway Department purchases five acres on Highway 24 near Stowe's Store for a county maintenance headquarters separate from the main shops on 67 west. At the March of Dimes drive in the Governor's Mansion last week Linda Brown won a new white straw hat. Others from Hope included Cookie Jones Judy Quiffin Mrs Lara Mae Limp Charlotte Guat lypres and Millie Flowers. About 70 seniors and grads will receive degrees at mid year commencement at the University of Arkansas with multiple degree earners listed including Chompson Nix Hope Joe Hamilton Prescott and Charles Laroy Haven Prescott.
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Cookie Jones
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Lara Mae Limp
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Townagio Division
Minanies
University of Arkansas
Gtant ‘Chompson Nix
Mary
Joe Hamilton
Prescott
Charles Laroy Haven
Harvard Man Appointed by Kennedy
Washington AP President Kennedy names Arthur Schlesinger Jr Harvard historian of the New Deal as a full time special assistant He advised Adlai Stevenson in 1952 and 1956 He will handle varied White House duties along with other administration selections announced by press secretary Salinger Also listed are Frank Coffin James Tilton Gordon McGhee William Crackett Conrad Wirth Carl Rowan Carmine Bellino and others with roles in state and budget administration and public affairs assignments
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Kennedy Today
Arthur Schlesin Jr
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White House
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Shire Department
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Minneapolis Star and Tribune
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Senate
State Department
Dean Rusk
Wirth
Launch Delay Halts First Troshioy Vessel Christening
In Baltimore AP reports high winds stopped the Tuesday launch of the first Troshioy ship, the SS Solun Turi, christened by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson wife of the US president. The vessel rolled on its ways after a champagne blast.
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Lyndon B. Jutinson
Qe View
Solun Turi
Champagne
Mel Blanc Injured In Sunset Boulevard Car Crash
Los Angeles AP report says Mel Blanc, famed voice actor of Bugs Bunny and Woody Woodpecker, was in critical condition after a head on collision near UCLA. He suffered multiple leg fractures and other injuries. driver Arthur Relston, 19, had minor knee injuries. Blanc, 51, was freed from his wrecked car by police and ambulances before hospital treatment.
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Mel Blanc
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Bigs Bunny
Woody Woodpecker
Ucla Medical Center
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Polica
Sunset Boulevard
UCLA
Arthur Relston
Menlo College
Relston
Cunter
Tugs
Jack Benny
Wales
Warner Brothers
New White House Doctor Is Woman
Washington announces a female physician, Dr Travel from New York, to serve as White House personal physician in succession to a long line of male doctors. She is credited with treating President Kennedy and may be appointed within days. Dr Travel is Cornell Medical School trained, married to John Powell with two grown daughters, and has practiced in New York City since 1924.
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White House
Danil G. Travel
New York
Pierre Salinger
Kennedy
Travel
Cornell University
Bravell
New York City
John Powell
Magnolia Man Killed in Wreck Near Lewisville
A Magnolia man, James Henry Van Meter, was killed in a two-vehicle collision on Highway 82 four miles west of Lewisville. Four others, including driver Marvis Calloway, 48, were injured and hospitalized. Details are hazy due to damaged OCR text but local authorities reported the fatality and injuries.
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Ark
Nead
Here
James Henry van Meter
Marvis Calloway
John Stewart
Bradley
Stewart
Calloway
GOPs Press for Rules Change Amid Interior Dept Signals
Indiana Republican leader Charles Halleck charged Secretary Udall with pressuring for a House Rules change to weaken a conservative bloc. Halleck said he had direct information on Interior Department sensitivity but did not name lawmakers. Rep. Thomas J. Hatton was rumored. others denied. Speaker Rayburn postponed a vote on the rules issue to next week at members’ request.
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Halleck
Interior Department
Airrison
Kiwanians Hear Rey and Sweeney at Hope Club Meeting
Hope Kiwanis heard Rey Ayal Swany, president of Walnut Street Church of Christ, discuss the values of life as a spiritual guide, contrasting with non Christian living. Dewey Babur arranged the program. Gus Grig was welcomed back as a former member.
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Morehead
Mini
Opuest O
Exam interruption delays Lavesville student report
In a scrambled exam scene a schol girl from Lavesville stops a reporter mid interview. She asks a repartee to name members of the Arkatusas congressional delegation but the reporter recalls all but one name, then the girl hurries back to finish the examination.
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Batexville
Truckers Seek to Void Ruling Over Interstate Goods
Nineteen trucking firms said they would appeal a November court decision upholding an Arkansas Chancery ruling on property taxes tied to interstate commerce. The Supreme Court may consider voiding the ruling that held UK out of estate taxes and the case centers on goods moved across state lines.
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Supreme Court
Arkansas Supreme Court
Arkansas
Segregation Trouble in New York City Schools
Judge Devin R L Katzman ruled that the New York City Board of Education deliberately maintained a racially segregated grammar school and ordered a desegregation plan to begin no later than the next school year. The board argued there was no segregation and defended the neighborhood school policy.
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Board of Education
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Limited Space at Annual CC Banquet Sets Millwood Dam Debate
The Chamber of Commerce banquet will be held Thursday night at Hotel Barlow with a Millwood Dam discussion. Notable attendees include Jay Mathias of the Red River Valley Association, Southwest Arkansas Water District board members, the State Chamber, and the Avkat Industrial Development Commission. Local residents are urged to buy tickets from the Chamber or from Bill Wray Supply, Crescent Drug, or Cox Drug stores.
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Millwood Dam
Jay Mathias
Ue Rediver Valley Association
Southwest Arkinsas Water District Board
State Chamber of Commerce
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Chamber of Commmerce
Bunk
Bill Wray Supply
Crescent
Cox Drug Stores
Radio Report Indicates All Aboard Safe
The Santa Maria liner was reported safe after distress signals and Navy aircraft contacts. Danish ship and U S Navy stated pursuit by American and British craft continued near Crete and the Atlantic, with a Portuguese vessel attempting interception. passengers were to be taken ashore at a neutral port.
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Venezuela
Santa Maca
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Galveo
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Aus
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ESD Denies Hatch Act Violations
Five Employment Security Division employees and the state deny Hatch Act violations. The accused include Luke Arnett acting ESD administrator, William Watkins audits supervisor, John Caras district supervisor, Robert Rainwater HSU business manager, and Charles Wood assistant manager in Little Rock. The charges allege pressuring staff to contribute to Gov. Orval Faubus term campaigns. The Civil Service Commission was asked for more details. the denial was submitted by Assistant Attorney General Miles A. Male.
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APE
Tateral Civil Service Commission
Sid
ESD
Orval W. Waubis
Campain
Ben Allen
Little Rock
Miles A. Male Said
Luke Arnett
Huubust
William Watkins
John Caras
Sieh
Robert QC
HSU Business
Charles MM Wodl
Lille Rocke
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