Local Society Notes From Prescott Methodist Group Gatherings
Society notices list upcoming meetings of Wesleyan Service Guilds Circle WSCS groups at First Methodist Church and various homes, plus Liberty Hill Demonstration Club, Alpha Delta Delta Kappa Gamma, a Tuesday Bridge Club gathering, a 76th birthday observance for Mrs Hartsfield, and PEO Chapter AA Founders Day program details. Names, dates, and locations reflect community church and club events with hostesses and co hosts.
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Wesleyan
Hope District
Prescott Methodist Church
WSCS
First Methodist Church
C. D. Lester
R. M. Mouser
Sam Strong
L. EB. Poteet
Raymond Franks
S. Pine
Earl O’. Neal
Alpha Delta
Delta Kappa Gamma
Phoebe Perkins
Belle Klipsch
Sclub
Far East
PEO
B. N. Holt
Jim McKenzie
Chapter AA
P.E.D
Herbert Stephens
Henry Haynes
Daley Announces Birth of Timothy James in January
Mr and Mrs Robert James Daley of Phoenix announce the arrival of their first child a son Timothy James born January 29 and weighing 7 pounds 8 ounces. Grandparents are Mr and Mrs James B Daley of Hope and Mr and Mrs De Fletcher of Springdale Arkansas.
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Robert James Daley
Pheenix
Timothy James
James B. Daley
Hope
de Fletcher
Springdale
Coming and Going From Local Church to Conference
Dr. George Balentine and Bill Flanders of First Baptist Church returned from a two day Baptist era Conference in Little Rock. Barry Spraggins, a Southwest Missouri State student, is home between semesters to see his parents. Bill Blake of Tyler, Texas, spent the weekend with his mother. Mrs. L. E. Wallace of Tulsa visits her sister. Mrs. Olin Byers and family spent Friday in Fort Polk visiting Pvt. Carrol Byers.
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George Balentine
Bill Flanders
First Baptist Church
Little Rock
Barry Spraggins
Southwest Missouri State
Springfield
H. A. Spraggins
Bill Blake
Tyler, Tex
W. N. Blake
Mrs. L. E. Wallace of
Tulsa
Olin Byers
Ronald Byers
Helen Self
Tom Rogers
Ft. Polk, la
Pvt
Carrol Byers
Probers Question Baker's Ex-Partner In Senate Probe
Washington AP reports Ernest Tucker law partner of former Senate aide Robert G. Baker was called for secret questioning by the Senate Rules Committee. Francis Law, a local attorney tied to Baker and Texas exec Robert F. Thompson, also questioned about joint stock ventures. The inquiry centers on whether Baker's outside deals conflicted with duties after his resignation. Tucker chairs Serv-U Corp., linked to a $300,000 suit against Baker and Serv-U. Law has received little attention in hearings.
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Washington
Ernest Tucker
Senate
Robert G. Baker
Senate Rules Committee
Francis Law
Baker
Robert F.thompson
Texas
Tucker
Serv-U Corp
Serv-U
Law
One Juryman Short for Beckwith Trial
Jackson Mississippi AP report says the Byron De La Beckwith murder trial jury remains short of one juror and an alternate after a marathon night session. The overtime period ordered by the judge continued deliberations and delay in verdicts.
Two Sharp ASC Officials Are Suspended
LITTLE ROCK AP The state Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Committee has suspended two Sharp County ASC officials over an election dispute at Ash Flat on January 7. Wayne Orr was Ash Flat ASC community group chairman and J T Orr was county committee chairman and Wayne Orr’s brother. About 215 ballots were burned during the voting clash. A new election is set for March 5 to select committeemen who will elect the three member county ASC committee to administer federal farm programs.
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Little Rock
State Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Committee
Sharp County
ASC
Ash Flat
A. C. Mowery Jr
Wayne Orr
J. T. Orr
East Africa Communist Drive Alarms Kenya Uganda Tanganyika
East Africa faces intensified Communist outreach as Kenya Uganda and Tanganyika seek foreign investment. Officials report no evidence of foreign interference linked to recent mutinies, yet plans for Chou En Lai’s visits to Kenya and Tanganyika were canceled. Communists expand at schools media and broadcasts. Russians build a strong Mogadishu transmitter.
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Nairobi
Kenya
East Africa
Uganda
Tanganyika
Achieng Oneko
Oneko
Chou En-lai
Chou
West Africa
Mogadishu
Somalia
Jury Selection in Eyers Case Over Race Bias
Third night session overseen by Circuit Court Judge Hendrick and substitute Judge McGowan ends at 10 pm after 14 jurors are questioned in the bid to seat the 12th juror Beckwith. Beckwith, a 43 year old fertilizer salesman from Greenwood, stands accused of ambush shooting Medgar Evers, a Negro civil rights leader. Interrogation focuses on jurors suppressing racial prejudice and applying the law to the evidence.
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Circuit Court
Leon V. Hendrick
M. M. McGowan
Hendrick
Beckwith
Greenwood
Medgar Eyers
More Commodities to Welfare Group
The welfare department said federal rules on issuing surplus commodities to non assistance households have been relaxed after talks with Washington. Gov. Faubus reported a promise to ease restrictions prohibiting commodities for those living with non welfare relatives. The Agriculture Department will allow issuance at application with later proof of need and raised income limits. Witnesses at a cotton hearing opposed a plan to pay farmers not to plant.
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Little Rock
Welfare Department
Orval I. Faubus
Washington
Faubus
Agriculture Department
Assessors Oppose Voter Registration Plan in Arkansas
J P Lybrand Jr president of the Arkansas Assessors Association said the group opposes any plan that would require county assessors to register voters. Jefferson County Assessor Lybrand argued assessors cannot take on registration duties while carrying out current assessment work. Pulaski County Rep J H Cottrell Jr suggested using a modified personal property tax form for voter registration and would introduce a bill if a special session is called.
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Pine Bluff
Ark
J.P. Lybrand Jr
Arkansas Assessors Association
Lybrand
Jefferson County
Pulaski County
J. H. Cottrell Jr
Arkansas
Bids Taken on Cutoff Work Near Brodie Bend
Mark ham and Brown Co of Dallas appears low bidder at 45329 for construction of a central structure for the Brodie Bend cutoff on the Arkansas River. Army Engineers say the site six miles east of Redfield in Jefferson County involves 2425 feet of stonefill dikes on the east bank.
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Little Rock
Markham and Brown Co
Dallas
Brodie Bend
Arkansas River
Army Engineers
Redfield
Jefferso County
Doubts Grow on Cotton Soil Bank Plan
Washington AP Sen. Allen J. Ellender chairman of the Senate Agriculture Committee doubts his panel and Congress will approve a soil bank program for cotton, saying Congress won’t buy it.
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Washington
Allen J. Ellender
D-Law
Senate Agriculture Committee
Senate
Congress
Sudden Drop in Price of Soybeans
The Agriculture Department's Jan 24 crop report showed 559 million bushels of soybeans stored, about 25 million more than traders expected. Prices fell 5 cents after the report and another 10 cents on Jan 27 as supplies appeared larger than anticipated.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Department
Commerce Department
Watts goes to jail for March of Dimes drive in Wynne
Wynne banker John Watts vowed to stay jailed for the rest of the month unless Wynne residents raise 1000 dollars for the March of Dimes. He was arrested at a charity basketball game hosted by the Wynne Lions and Kiwanis Clubs. Watts appeared with his wife and daughter and was kept company by a pillow toothbrush and teddy bear. A few pledges came in during the event including 25 dollars from Robert M Vaughan, bank president.
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Wynne, Ark
John Watts
Wynne
Watts
March of [Dimes
Heart Fund
Wynne Lions
Kiwanis
March of Dimes
Watt
Joness
Robert M. Vaughan
Government crop figures clash with soybean estimates
Traders jolted as the department reported 59 million bushels unlike other estimates. Officials attributed the gap to possible undercounting of crop size or inaccurate crush data from October to December. They expect clarity as the season ends and note the October 1 forecast of 727 million was revised to 701 million due to weather.
Johnson seeks double time pay to spur employment
President Johnson asked Congress to approve machinery for double time overtime in selected industries to fight unemployment. He sent draft legislation to Congress expanding overtime and minimum wage protections for more than 2 million workers, following his State of the Union proposal to raise the time and a half rate in targeted sectors.
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Washington
Johnson
Congress
Senate
House
State of the Union
Train Kills Youth on Arkansas Tracks at Grannis
AP reports 11 year old Richard Muston of Grannis was killed when a train struck the mule he rode near Gatris fourteen miles north of De Queen in Sevier County. The boy and mule were dragged several hundred yards before the train stopped. His brother jumped clear, and Muston became entangled in the harness.
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DE Queen, Ark
Richard Muston
Grannis
Gatris
de Queen
Sevier County
Roy Jacks
Jacks
Muston
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Liberty Hill Home Demonstration Club
Ervin Betts
Tuesday Bridge Club
George Robinson
L. E. Wallace
Syd McMath
R. L. Broach
John Hartsfield
8. L. Churchwell
Churchwell
Wayne Hartsfield
Arkadelphia
Jack Hartsfield
Probers
Jack Wrather Presente
North Woods
All America
von Una
Jhwny
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Ah ‘S
Karen Sharpe
Walter Sande Kimgbo
The
Sharkey Dency
E. Africa
Janet Henry
Daddy
Rick
Chris
Scotty
Karen
Mother
Diane’s
Martha Stevens
Judy Buie Blevins
Martha
Judy
Ovida
Martin
Associated Press
John P. Cox Drug CO
Hope, Ark
Walgreen
Society
Grannis, Ark
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Aytinal JR
Ee Sabes
Westclox Neprus
John « & Johnson
Absorbine
Junior
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