Gettysburg Centennial Reenactment Faces Lee’s Fate
Gettysburg battlefield hosts a dramatized reenactment marking the 100th anniversary of the July 3 1863 assault. General Pickett led about 15 000 Confederates across the field toward Cemetery Ridge, but the attack failed, sealing the Union victory and a turning point in the war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond J. Crowley
Gettysburg Battlefield
Gettysburg
George Picket
Pyaley
Cemetery Ridge
Boards Will Not Yield to Teachers
AP Education Writer G K Hodenfield reports that national school boards will not yield to strikes sanctions or boycotts in disputes with teachers. National School Boards Association president Mrs Fred Radke told NEA delegates that final decisions rest with local boards while acknowledging teachers concerns about salaries and conditions. Her remarks targeted the Utah contract dispute as teachers threaten a fall boycott, though she did not name Utah directly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. K. Hodenfield
Detroit
National School Boards Association
Fred Radke
National Education Association
Utah
Board of Education
Radke
NEA
Weather data snapshot fromArkansas Louisiana forecast report
The report covers the weather for regions including Central Arkansas and Louisiana. It notes hot conditions with highs in the 90s, lows around 65 to 76, and scattered afternoon thundershowers, especially in extreme southern portions. Northern areas trend cooler Thursday with highs mid 90s and lows near 70.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arkansas
Associated Press
Southwest
Louisiana
Tourist Car Hits Bike at Main Street Intersection
An unidentified Texas car knocked down a bicycle ridden by 13 year old Donnie Allen son of Mr and Mrs Bruce Allen who run the Fish Market on West Third Street about 1130 this morning at the Third and Main Street intersection. The boy escaped injury but the bike was damaged. City police issued an inquiry regarding the Texas automobile which failed to stop after brushing the bike.
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Texas
Donnie Allen
Bruce Allen
West Third St
Third and
Main Sts
Hope to Be Honored for Aid to Vets
On Monday July 8 the City of Hope hosts a joint Hope Civic Clubs meeting at the Hotel Barlow where the American Legion will present a trophy to the Hope Chamber of Commerce for high veteran placement by the local Employment Security Division office. Visiting dignitaries include John A Piennan Walter Schrader Lloyd McDermott and John Carns. Lunches cost 1.25 for nonmembers and more than 200 people are expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City of Hope
American Legion
Hope Chamber of Commerce
Hope Civic Clubs
Employment Security Division
Royal
John A. Piennan
Veterans Employment
Walter Schrader
State Legion
Lloyd McDermott
Barlow
Crisis for Norwegian Labor Party ministers new post
Oslo AP reports Norway's minority Labor government named former U.N. secretary General Trygve Lie minister of industries to blunt a push to oust the government. The coalition has faced a fatal state coal mine accident last November killing 21 miners and triggering a safety report and the resignation of the industries minister.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oslo
Norway
U.N
Trygve Lie
Whgformon Industries
Highlights of July 4th Program at Washington
Thousands from across the state will attend the Washington Fourth of July program. Registration begins at the Old Tavern at 9 am with guided tours of historic sites, an intermittent morning program led by master of ceremonies Haskell Jones, and performances by Don Holcombe, Larry Keel, and Mrs Barney Birdwell. Farrar Newberry will speak at 4 pm after a barbecue luncheon on the Tavern lawn. The Grand Lodge centennial ceremony follows, and a Shetland pony named Firecracker will be drawn for at 4 pm.
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Old Washington
Old Tavern
Farrar Newberry
Tavern Lawn
Y. C. Coleman
Grand Lodge of Arkansas
A.f.&m
William H. Etter
Grand Lodge
Little Rock
Washington
Balloon flight key points in Paragould contest
Paragould man Mark McDaniel entered a balloon in Emerson Electric Co sponsored children’s contest at a company picnic on June 15. The balloon drifted about 265 miles to Coalmont Tennessee, with Linda Morris’s balloon reaching Webber City Tennessee near Paragould. Each balloon carried a card directing finders to notify Emerson, the contest winner to receive a $25 savings bond when the contest closes Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paragould
Ark
Mark McDaniel
Emerson Electric Co
Coalmont Tenn
Linda Morris
Webber City
Tenn
Emerson
Beckwith to Face State Court Trial
Byron de La Beckwith goes before a state judge for arraignment on murder charges in the sniper slaying of Medgar Evers. A 17 white and one Black grand jury indicted Beckwith, who faces potential death penalty as he awaits trial in Jackson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson
Migs
Byron de la Beckwith
Medgar W. Evers
Hinds County
Beckwith
Marine Corps
Tarawa
Bill Waller
Jack Ison
FBI Agenta
Greenwood
Ever
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Lane Loses Round in Court Fight
Sacramento California AP Richard Tyler Lane a 31 year old professional boxer charged in Arkansas with kidnapping Little Rock hospital clerk William Bonds was denied a writ of habeas corpus by the California appeals court. Lane fights extradition to Arkansas. Gov. Brown has ordered his extradition. A similar plea was rejected last week by a superior court. The appeals court made no comment. Bonds kidnapped in April in an FBI described extortion attempt tied to a man charged with killing a North Little Rock policeman.
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Sacramento
Calif
Richard Tyler Lane
Arkansas
Little Rock Hospital
William Bonds
California
Lane
Edmund G. Brown
Bonds
Federal Bureau of Investigation
North Little Rock
One of Pair From Prison Surrenders
Charles Livingston surrendered to prison authorities in Pine Bluff after escaping Monday during a transfer from Pulaski County Jail to Tucker Prison Farm. James Merritt remains at large after escaping with Livingston. both faced Pulaski Circuit Court charges in Little Rock. Livingston had been sentenced for burglary forgery and uttering, while Merritt’s escape trial was postponed to September.
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Pine Bluff
Ark
Charles
Rabbit) Livingson
Pulaski County
Tucker
James Hoyt Merritt
Livingston
Little Rock
Pulaski
Merritt
Gun Museum to Be Viewed on July 4th
The Gun Museum in the renovated old Washington Bank building will open July 4 with a B W Edvaras gun collection of over 600 pieces. Windows honor pioneer families and notable locals, including Evander McNair and Harris Flannagin, with a Civil War era and United Daughters of the Confederacy display. Visitors can tour the dill-hell and Trimble House and view builder Judge John D. Trimble’s accounts, silver, and period furniture brought from New Orleans.
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Pioneer
Washington
Washington Bank
Washington and Hempstead County
Roystons
McRaes
Conways
Lemleys
Augustus H. Garland
Evander McNair
McNair
Harris Flannagin
Martha Elizabeth Nash
C. A. Forney
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Pat Cleburne Shapter
Hope
Mississippi River
Pat Cleburne
Arkansas ‘Pioneer Association
Trimble
John D. Trimble
Kentucky
Mattie T. Wilson
Nolie l. Butler
New Orleans
Camden
J Mitchell Dies Rites Wednesday
James Mitchell 87 died Tuesday in a focal rest home. He was a retired farmer and longtime Hempstead County resident of Columbus community. Survivors include nieces and nephews. Services 2:30 Wednesday at Oakcrest Chapel with Rev. John Finn officiating. Interment Columbus Cemetery. Oakcrest Funeral Home in charge.
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James Mitchell
First Baptist lChurch
Hempstead County
Columbus
Oakcrest
John Finn
Columbus Cemetery
Oakcrest Funeral Home
Khrushchev New Peace Plan Tests Kennedy Gamble
Washington debates Khrushchev call for a ban on atmospheric tests and a nonaggression pact as Kennedy returns from Europe. Officials weigh whether the proposals are propaganda or a real opening toward East-West accord. Key questions include an uninspected moratorium on underground explosions and the scope of a future test ban talk set for July 15 in Moscow. Continued on Page two.
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EWIS
Washington
Kennedy
Europe
Khrushchev
East Berlin
NATO
Warsaw
State Department
Robert J. McClosky
W. Averell Harriman
Moscow
Soviet Union
FBI arrests two couples in spy ring case
The FBI detained four people, including a U N personnel officer couple, on charges of conspiring to steal data on U S missile bases for Moscow. The arrests followed the expulsion of a Soviet official over a recruitment plot. Hearings were postponed to July 16 for legal aid.
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Washington
FBI
U.S
Moscow
U.N. Secretariat
Long Island
New York
Seizd
Flushing
Ivan
Dmitrievich Egorov
Aleksandra Egorova
Egorov
U.N Secretariat
John
Jane Doe
Robert Keistutis Baltch
Joy Ann Garber
Joy Ann Baltch
Connecticut
Baltech
Nostalgia Riffs on Childhoood in Boyle Opinion Piece
HAL BOYLE reflects on nostalgia as a early and growing force in memory. The column lists recollections from cream soda to penny changes and childhood games, contrasting past comforts with modern risks and whims, in a nostalgic tone.
Ward Bound Over on a Vice Charge
In London a magistrate ordered Dr. Stephen Ward held for trial on vice charges linked to the Profumo scandal. Ward faces eight existing counts, including living off prostitution proceeds and procuring abortions, with a possible ninth charge pending from witness testimony.
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London
Stephen Ward
Ward
John Profumo
Christine Keeler
Leo Gradwell
Old Bailey Court
Miss Keeler
Profumo
Mervyn Griffith-Jones
Wimpole Mews
Gay West Side
Margaret Ricardo
Miss Ricardo
Miss Keller
Thes
NLR Man Dies in Auto Crash
Harold Lynn Brady a 19 year old resident of North Little Rock was killed in a Tuesday truck crash when his vehicle struck a power pole. He was thrown clear and pinned beneath the truck before bystanders and officers lifted the vehicle. Brady died on arrival at a North Little Rock hospital. The crash occurred in the Probo Junction area of North Little Rock.
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North Little Rock
Harold Lynn Brady
Brady
Probo Junction
New Rules on Rails Strike Apparent
Washington AP reports railroads will enforce new work rules next Thursday, signaling a possible nationwide strike. J B Wolfe said negotiations collapsed after unions rejected presidential board recommendations. federal action may be sought to avert disruption before July 10. Secretary of Labor Wirtz planned to rejoin talks to resolve the dispute.
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Washington
Congress
Kennedy
J.B. Wolfe
Wolfe
National Railway Labor Conference
Kennedy Jand
Thy
Dis Wolfe
Labor
W. Willard Wirtz
State Law Affects Mass Marriages Across States
In Vacaville California AP report details how Star City Arkansas marriage age rules under 1941 law void any marriage where the groom is under 18 or bride under 16. About 30 ex Arkansans in Vacaville may be impacted with some planning remarriage or returning to Arkansas for legal ceremonies. One victim may remarry his wife in Vacaville while others consider returning to the state.
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Vacaville
Calif
Star City
Ark
Arkansas
Claude B. Hurley Jr
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Robin Hood
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