The Captain praised as finest maritime novel since Conrad
Our Daily Bread lauds Jan De Hartog's The Captain for its vivid sea life and war drama. The North Atlantic Arctic wartime tug tale follows Dutch crews, a Canadian liaison officer turned deserter, and the haunting moral stakes amid submarines and air attacks. The review notes humor from incidents with American radio programs and ends with a vignette of off duty police chasing burglars.
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Jan de Hartog
DeHartog
Joseph Conrad
Athenum
New York
Hartog
Netherlands
Holland
Murmansk
North Atlantic
Arctic
Canada
London
Jimmy Durante
Durante
Arab Casualties In Alarming War Toll Shown
Reports from Egypt and Jordan indicate Arab losses greatly exceed Israel's in last month's war. Jordanian Prime Minister Sayd Jumaa cited 6,084 troops killed or missing, 463 prisoners, 162 wounded. about 5,000 Egyptians killed per Al Ahram editor Morhmed Hasagnelo Halkal. Israel reported 730 killed, 2,500 wounded, 1,700 permanently disabled.
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Amman
Jordan
Egypt
Israel
Syria
Sayd Jumaa
Morhamed Hasagnelo Halkal
Cairo
al Ahram
Defense Ministry
Record Toll on Highways for Holiday
The four day Independence Day period set a new highway death toll with 678 fatalities on roads and waterways. Despite forecasts of 700 to 800, the count topped previous four day totals but fell short of the Thanksgiving record of 748. Boating incidents added 46 deaths and 175 drownings.
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Associated Press
National Safety Council
Safety Council
Council
Howard Pyle
Farm Bureau Board Meets Thursday
Hempstead County Farm Bureau Board of Directors will meet Thursday night July 6 at 8 00 p m at the Farm Bureau office 806 W 4th Street Lester Kent president announces guest speaker Larry Alford son of Mr and Mrs Dexter Alford who was a delegate to the Seminar on Americanism at Harding College in June Kent urges all Farm Bureau members and interested persons to attend.
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Hempstead County Farm Bureau Board of Directors
Lester Kent
Farm Bureau
W. 4Th Street
Larry Alford
Dexter Alford
Harding College
Kent
Poverty debate cites welfare payments as poverty sponsor
Timothy Sampson, director of the Welfare Education Fund, argues that federal welfare payments understate family needs. He contrasts the average welfare assistance for a family of four at 1,750 dollars with the government’s poverty line of 3,150 dollars annually.
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Nashville, Tenn
Timothy Sampson
Welfare Education Fund
Jamboree at Patmos Saturday Featured Acts
Saturday July 8 at Patmos School Auditorium hosts a county jamboree with Rain bow Melodies The Westerners The Beavers Family and a special band. Admission is free.
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Patmos School
The
Rainbow Melodies
Westerners
Beavers Family
Fired Priest Encouraged by Others
Rev. James F. Drane, suspended from St. John's Seminary, received encouragement via telegram from three Catholic theologians at St. Mary's College California. They said his Arkansas Gazette articles on birth control contain nothing contrary to faith and morals. The bishop who suspended him cited the articles as grounds.
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James F. Drane
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Arkanesas
St. John’s Seminary
Albert L. Fletcher
Father Dane
St. Mary's College
California
Daniel Maguire
Peter Rega
Thomas Dailey
Murton Says Schneider Quit Post at Tucker Farm
Assistant Prison Supt. Thomas O. Murton testified that Herman Schneider resigned from Cummins Prison Farm and moved to Tucker Prison Farm in April with consent from Bishop and the Prison Board. Murton said Schneider sent a June resignation note, while Schneider and Bishop gave conflicting reasons for dismissal claims.
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Thomas O. Murton
Herman Schneider
Cummins Prison Farm
Schneider
O. E. Bishop
Murton
Cummins
Bishop
State Prison Board
Tucker
Canal Started 130 Years Ago
In Rome New York the Associated Press reports the Erie Canal began construction a century and a half ago this July stretching from the Hudson River to Lake Erie with completion details incomplete in the fragment.
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Rome
N.Y
Hudson River
Esle
Face Saving Resolution Is Sought At UN
United Nations diplomats seek a face saving token resolution on the Middle East after failed bids for Israel’s withdrawal from Arab lands. The General Assembly, meeting under President Abdul Rahman Pazhwak, debated a vague draft to deflect core issues to the Security Council while 122 nations voted down four Israel withdrawal resolutions. A separate vote urged Israel to rescind Jerusalem’s annexation. Egypt and Israel reported air clashes in the Sinai region.
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United Nations
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General Assembly
Assembly
Abdul Rahman Pazhwak
Afghanistan
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122 Nation Assembly
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Syria
Jordan
Jerusalem
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Sinai
Suez
Cairo
Soviet Union
Alexe N. Kosygin
U.N. General Assembly
Enrollment in Colleges Increasing
E L Angell, executive director of the Commission on Co ordination of Higher Educational Finance, says Arkansas colleges will see rising enrollments. He cites birth rates falling from 48,983 in 1947 to about 45,000 for 1949 50 51 52, offset by more high school graduates and longer persistence in college. The 1963 62 forecast shows 18,698 students across nine institutions, with projections of 42,365 in 1971 and 53,710 in 1976.
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Little Rock
E. L. Angell
Commission On Co-ordination of Higher Educational Finance
Angell
Russia Loses Again as U N Action Fails in Middle East
AP analysis notes the Soviet Union emerges as the clear loser after the U N General Assembly rejects any condemnation of Israel or calls for Israeli troop withdrawal. The session, meant to divert from Moscow’s setbacks, backfires as the Arabs and the UN also take losses. The vote exposes a split among new Asian and African nations, hindering unified action.
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United Nations
N.Y
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Lone Tree's Only Parking Meter Sits By General Store
In Lonetree Wyoming a single parking meter stands in front of the general store and post office. Created as a joke, it yields about ten cents each year used to buy soft drinks and candy for passersby when it is opened annually.
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Lonetree
Wyo
Lonetrees
Israel Announces Major Capture of Soviet, American, and British Tanks
Israel says it captured about 700 Soviet tanks and 100 allied tanks from Egyptians in Sinai and Gaza. Chief of staff Maj. Gen. Yitzhak Rabin dismisses threat from Russian training and asserts readiness for further incidents along the Suez cease-fire line. He notes clashes were exaggerated in the press and involved only small forces.
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Sinai
Gaza Strip
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Yitzhak Rabin
Suez Canal
Marines face bloodiest battleground in Vietnam
Area near the DMZ becomes the war’s deadliest scene as Marine units suffer heavy casualties. About 1,000 Marines killed and 7,000 wounded this year amid ambushes and battles around Con Thien and Leathernneck Square, highlighting tactical disadvantages and the difficulty preventing North Vietnamese infiltration.
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John T. Wheeler
Saigon
Demilitarized Zone
North Vietnam
South Vietnam
Con Thien
Leatherneck Square
Marines Pull Back After Four Day Battle Near Saigon
U S Marines suffered 106 killed and 321 wounded in four days of heavy fighting below the demilitarized zone. The battle involved the 90th North Vietnamese Regiment pressing attacks while Marine units recovered bodies and pursued enemy forces. Skirmishes continued nationwide as Fourth of July observances occurred.
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Saigon
U.S
Demilitarized Zone
Associated Press
Steve Stibbens
90Th
North Vietnam
Haiphong Hanoi
Oor
Hanoi Radio
Faubus Criticizes Rockefeller on Picnic Welfare Cuts
At Independence Day picnic in Marmaduke Arkansas former Gov Orval Faubus denounced Governor Rockefeller’s plan to trim welfare costs calling it inhuman He said Arkansas Welfare Board blocked cuts and preserved aid for nursing home residents while the state administration resisted cutting welfare grants and home removals. A Russian priest at Princeton attended a Protestant Catholic and church conference urging Christian unity.
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