Arkansas Weather Forecast Report and Heat Wave
The Associated Press notes a heat wave across Arkansas with extreme highs near 105 degrees in central and southern regions and 104 in Little Rock. Northern areas reach 90s to 105, with little rainfall and hot, fair to partly cloudy days through Wednesday and warmer conditions into Thursday. Louisiana shares hot, fair to partly cloudy conditions with thundershowers possible evenings.
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Northwest
Louisiana
Associated Press
Tennessee
Mississippi River
Morriston
Clarksville
Little
Rock
Weather Bureau
Missouri
Sweetie Pie Bob Thomas at the Movies
AP writer Bob Thomas profiles Billy Rhodes a performer billed as Little Billy in Las Palmas Avenue scenes. Rhodes, age 69, born in Lynn Massachusetts, recalls poverty and selling newspapers as a child while reflecting on life in the “little world” and how others label him a midget. Weather data from cities closes the piece.
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Bob Thomas
Hollywood (Ap
Gramophone
Billy “Rhodes
Billy
L. B
Las Palmas Avenue
Lynn
Mass
St. Louis
Salt Sk. City
San Diego
San Fran
Seattle
Tampa
Washington
Winnipeg
Nadine Seltzer
Goldwater Campaign Sees Scranton Making No Delegate Progress
Denison Kitchel says Governor Scranton shows no evidence of subtracting Goldwater delegates as the race stands. He notes Goldwater at 710 delegates from AP totals with 55 needed for nomination and expects more by the San Francisco convention. Kitchel predicts no major fight over the platform despite Scranton’s Civil Rights Act demand.
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Washngton
Barry Goldwater
Pennsylvania
William W. Scranton
Denison Kitchel
Goldwater
Scranton
Associated Press
Kitchel
GOP
San Francisco
Platform Committee
Rockefeller Seeks Broad Platform Against Extremism
Rockefeller urged a national campaign focused on party unity and a centrist platform rejecting radical extremes. He defended Civil Rights Act provisions as essential to justice, called for strong administration of law, and backed Social Security–style financing for health care for the aged, contrasting Goldwater’s stance. He emphasized moral responsibility, equal opportunity, and progress.
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Rockefeller
Goldwater
Republican Party
Arizona
Johnson
Soviet Track Team Faces U.S. Ahead of LA Olympics
Moscow AP report says Soviet coach Gavriil Korobkov expects a stronger men’s track team for the Los Angeles competition July 25 and 26, despite Igor Ter-Ovanesyan missing the trip due to illness. Ralph Boston set a wind aided world mark at 27-5% last Friday. In 1963, Americans beat Russians 119-114 in Moscow.
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Moscow
United States
Los Angeles
Gavriil Korobkov
Korobkov
Igor Ter-Ovanesyan
U.S
Ralph Boston
Umpire Pension Deal Reached by NL Executive Council
The National League Executive Council and umpires association reach a verbal pension fund increase after three hours of closed door talks. The plan awaits approval at the summer meeting set for August 10 in Chicago, with NL President Warren Giles presiding.
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New York
National League
League
Umpires Association
Umpires
Chicago
John Reynolds
Umpires’ Group
Association
Warren Giles
Rioting Near Texarkana Ends With Shootings
In a Lake Texarkana clash between 80 to 100 Negroes singing and clapping and 150 to 200 whites, a white man armed with a broken bottle confronted marchers, leading to bottle and can throwing. Lee Edward Johnson was shot in the leg, and an unidentified white man fired into the crowd, wounding Pellets hit William Easter James Hutson and Eugene Sumter. Rioters fled to a Texarkana hospital as sheriffs deputies federal agents and state police broke up the disturbance.
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Elmer’ Dansby
Lee Edward Johnson
Texarkana
William Easter
James Hutson
Eugene Sumter
Texarkkana
Federal
Fame and Fish
Texas
Powder Puffs Are Due in Atlantic City
Atlantic City hosts the 18th annual powder puff derby as 56 light planes race 2573 miles from Fresno to Atlantic City. Only eight finishers, including pilots Mrs Hope Riehle and copilot Mrs Dawn Hazelett, are reported. weather looks favorable for delays and stops at Morgantown, Lexington, Cape Girardeau, Fayetteville, and others. Umpires had threatened a strike over pension plans, with a tentative settlement pending and details not announced.
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Atlantic City
Fresno
Calif
Derby
Morgantown
W.va
Lexington
Cape Girardeau
Fayetteville
Ark
Alburquerque
N.M
Hope Riehle
Burlington, Vt
Dawn Hazelett
Winooski
Knee Surgery for Pro Cager Havlicek in Boston
Boston Celtics star John Havlicek was to undergo surgery on his torn right knee cartilage at Massachusetts Memorial Hospital. The injury occurred during a State Department sponsored basketball tour in Africa from which he had just returned.
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Boston
John Havlicek
Boston Celtics
Massachusetts Memorial Hospital
St Louis riot wounds officers as 500 attack police
About 500 shouting Negroes pelted police with bricks and bottles in St Louis after a sick call. Nine officers were injured, two seriously, as tear gas was used to disperse the crowd near Kinloch and Sun District. One woman seeking aid was booked along with seven teens on related charges.
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Mike Recht
ST. Louis
Kinloch
Sun District
Par
Gilbert Tissot
Tissot
James ‘Ramsey
Canine Corps
Roy Bottoms
William Brown
Naomi Murphy
Nationalist U2 Plane Downed Over East China
East region reports a Nationalist Chinese high altitude U2 plane shot down by enemy forces per Peking Radio. Broadcast offered no further details. Separate note mentions an unofficial lead in a derby race held by New York team Mrs Dorothy Julich and co pilot Mrs Ester Hill. they have not yet finished.
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Tokyo
East
China
Peking Radio
New York
Dorothy Julich
Jackson Heights
Ester Hill
Massapequa
Bombing in British Guiana Heightens Racial Tensions
A river launch carrying about 70 Negro laborers was bombed in British Guiana near Mackenzie, killing at least ten and leaving 23 missing with eight children. East Indian residents feared reprisals as authorities, including Gov. Sir Richard Luyt, tightened security and seized arms. The incident follows months of ethnic clashes in the colony on South America's north coast.
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Carl
Blackman G
Guana
Crown Colony
Guiana
Miami
Demerara’ River
South America
Wismar
Boufire
Mackenzie
Fearing
Fordyce Invites Candidates for Saturday Rally
Gov. Faubus and two Democratic primary opponents Odell Dorsey and Joe Hubbard were invited to speak at a barbecue political rally in Fordyce Arkansas. Rep. Oren Harris and challenger Dean Murphy also received invitations for the 4th Congressional District race. The sponsor said Faubus Dorsey and Hubbard accepted.
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Faubus
Dorsey
Hubbard
Civil rights drive tests new Act in Alabama areas
Civil rights forces face resistance in testing the new Civil Rights Act as plans for intensified campaigns unfold in Alabama. Martin Luther King Jr announces SCLC will assess Birmingham Tuscaloosa and Selma while Ralph Abernathy urges nonviolence in Selma. Authorities jail 55 Negroes and 6 whites during a voter registration effort led by Sheriff Jim Clark.
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Alaama
Martin Luther King Jr
Birmingham
Tuscaloosa
Selma
Ala
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Alabama
King
Congress of Racial Equality
Ralph Abernathy
SCLC
Farlier
Jim Clark
Three Dupont Workers Die in Crash
A twin engine airplane carrying three Du Pont employees and two crew members crashed on takeoff near Martinsville Virginia at 6:20 a.m. Five aboard died later at Martinsville General Hospital and four were killed in the crash. Victims include W Lucan 40 Jack Combs 33 Carl C Larson 35 John Eugene Pace Jr 48 and Virginia Paarfus 40 wife of Dr Edward C Paarfus of Stuart. The Lockheed plane struck a wooded area half a mile from the Martinsville Airport and erupted in flames.
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Martinsville
du Pont
Martinsville ‘General Hospital
Vici Tis
W-R.lucan
Jack Combs
Carl ‘C.' Larson
Martinsville du Pont
John Eug. Pace, Jr
Inilor
Virginia Paarfus
Fof Stuart
Paarfus
Dri
Edward C. Paarfus
Stuart
Virginia City
Civil rights tensions surface as courts weigh demonstrations
In Birmingham U S District Judge Clarence Allgood urged peace and order as protests test the civil rights law. Tuscaloosa officials pledge compliance while some Southern hotels and eateries face integration pressures. Instances include closures and refusals to serve Negro customers across multiple states and cities, with racial tensions rising in public facilities.
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Birmingham
U.S
Clarence Allgood
Tuscaloosa
Allgood
Uet
Fort. Smith
Ark
Charleston
Greenville
Myrtle Beach
D.C
Memphis
Hopewell
Jackson
Miss
Atlanta
Brunswick
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