Gettysburg Jubilee Ended With Simulated Battle Pageant
The Gettysburg commemoration featured a 10000 prepared pageant ending with a simulated Union versus Confederate display on Cemetery Ridge. An estimated 35000 spectators lined the streets for a 2hour parade while 13 casualties occurred from heat and a hornet sting. The article recounts a dramatized scene and notes Lee's retreat as the war’s turning point.
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Blue
Cemetery Ridge
George Gordon Mead
Tom Henshaw
Robert E. Lee
North
Gettysburg
George E. Picket
Lewig A. Armistead
Virginia
Isaac R. Trimble
North American
Pickett
Trimble
Pettigrew
Seminary
Cemetery Ridges
Frank A. Haskell
H. T. Owen
Armistead
Philadelphia
Alexander Webb
Richard B. Garnett
James L. Kemper
Alfred Pleasanton
Lee
Meade
McGehee Man Elected Commander of Arkansas VFW
Kent Bradley of McGehee has been elected commander of the Arkansas Department of the Veterans of Foreign Wars. Other officers include Kenneth Billings of Searcy as senior vice commander Joe Garrett of West Memphis as junior vice president and Sam Meredith of North Little Rock as adjutant quartermaster.
Arkansas Seeks Community Fallout Shelters in Crisis Response
Arkansas Civil Defense Director Stewart K. Presser described strong interest in a government supported community fallout shelter program after the Cuba crisis. He noted 316,000 shelter spaces in cities and 70,000 in 69 caverns, with rural areas undersupplied. The Arkansas delegation split on a 455 million Area Redevelopment bill, while Pat Mehaffy’s federal judgeship nomination proceeds. River steamboat traffic from 181 began Helena’s growth.
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Washington
Stewart K. Presser
Arkansas Civil Defense
Presser
Mouse Armed Services
Arkansas
Cuba
Prosser
Little Rock
Fort Smith
Pine Bluff
el Dorado
Hot Springs
Fayetteville
House
Wilbur Mills
Oren Harris
James Trimble
E. C. Gathings
Senate
J. W. Fulbright
John L. McClellan
Fulbright
Baxter
Sevier
Lincoln
Johnson
Cleburne
Izard
van Buren
Independence
Conway
Counties
Independence, Tzard, Stone, Sharp, Fulton
Khrushchev links test ban with nonaggression pact
West and Soviet proposals spark debate over a partial space and underground testing ban tied to a broader nonaggression pact. The Kremlin seeks a Western on site inspections and East German status, while Washington cautions about timing and conditions amid Cold War tensions.
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Soviet Union
Khrushchev
NATO
Washington
East Germany
Moscow
Kremlin
Red China
Russians Linked to Diplomatic Couple Plot
The FBI said two Russian U N employees Aleksei Galkin and Petr Maslennikov, both later departing for Russia in May, were named but not charged in the complaint. They and other Soviet military intelligence members allegedly conspired with two couples to obtain and transmit information on U S military and Navy installations, troop movements, shipping, and waterfront facilities.
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U.N
Aleksei Galkin
Petr Egorovich Maslennikov
FBI
United States
McKinley Reaches Wimbledon Final in Straight Sets
Association sports writer reports Chuck McKinley of St. Louis, the United States' No. 1 player, defeating Wilhelm Bungert of Germany in straight sets 6-2 6-4 8-6 to reach his second Wimbledon final in three years. He has not dropped a set in six matches and denies Bungert a German finalist spot since 1937.
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John Farro
Associated Press
Wimbledon
England
Chuck McKinley
St. Louis
America
Wilhelm Bungert
Germany
McKinley
Janky Bungers
Roy Emerson
Australia
Rod Laver
Tony Trabert
Trinity University
San Antonio
Tex
Bungert
Baron Gottfried von Cramm
NAACP to push end of Jim Crow in Northern schools
NAACP general counsel Robert L. Carter announced a nationwide summer drive to end what it calls Jim Crow segregation in Northern schools. The plan targets districts with housing patterns creating predominantly Black enrollments and seeks to mobilize state counsels to address racial unbalance. Carter warned against gradualism and pledged to oppose re election of lawmakers opposing civil rights legislation.
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Usys H. Yates
Chicago
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Robert L. Carter
NAACP
Carter
Court Docket from Hope Arkansas July 2 1913
Municipal Court docket lists numerous defendants with pleas guilty or not guilty, fines, bonds, or dismissals. Notable items include driving while intoxicated pleas for Reed and Godwin Kennedy, several non support cases with jail terms, and multiple dismissals on motion of state. Several corporate and transportation firms appear in overweight or license related entries.
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Municipal Court of Hope
Arkansas
Dave Reed
Jimmy F.l Auld
Willie E. Smith
Prunkenneess
Moif
H. B. Maream
Donald
Black
Bill [Awley
Loreng W. Funderburk
Doug Hicks
Kennedy Stanley
Herman Frierson
Filbert Williams
James M. Bruce
Chester L. Graham
Sherman A. Godwin
Dale M. Kennedy
R. C. Turner
Johnny
J. Hopson
Mary McKamie
Bruner Ivory Handle Co
Pearl Pryor
Clay Named Fighter of the Month
New York AP Cassius Clay, who stopped Henry Cooper in five rounds as predicted, was named Fighter of the Month by Ring Magazine. Cooper, despite the loss, rose in the heavyweight ratings from eighth to seventh, with Clay remaining No 2 behind Floyd Patterson.
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New York
Cassius Clay
England
Henry Cooper
Ring Magazine
Cooper
Clay
Floyd Paterson
Price Dive for Poultry Is Feared
Washington AP reports the Agriculture Department warns the broiler industry of potential low prices echoing 1963 levels. A growing hatching egg supply could trigger a price depressing expansion of production later this year and early next, risking a repeat of 1961 dynamics. To counter this, industry may cut back on pallets added to supply flocks and delay capacity expansion.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Ashdown Plans New Courthouse Replacement
Ashdown Arkansas plans to replace the 1907 courthouse after a county meeting of business and civil leaders. County Judge Ray H. Sikes announced pursuit of federal funds under the Area Redevelopment Act to finance the new building. Cayler Carter indicated the NAACP will seek rulings against racial unbalance in state education, mirroring a New York decision.
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Ashdown, Ark
Ashdown
Ray H. Sikes
Sikes
Cayler
Carter
NAACP
New York
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Khruschev
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