Texarkana leaders unite to curb racially charged violence
Texarkana Arkansas and Texarkana Texas business leaders met in emergency session to demand strict and impartial law enforcement after a shooting near Lake Texarkana left a white man and three Black people wounded. Police reported arrests and ongoing inquiries into the violence as tensions flared across the Arkansas Texas line.
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Texarkana
Tex
Ark
Jeini
Lake Texarkana
Here
Clif“sync
Arkansas
Educational Television Commission
KATV
Channel 7
Little Rock
Proctor
Geneva
Ala
Memphis
Man Returns Watermelon to Prison Farm on July Fourth
In St Cloud Minnesota reformatory officials report a middle aged man walked into the prison on July 4 carrying a large watermelon. He said his conscience has bothered him since 1947 when he stole a melon from the prison farm. Superintendent Jack Young offers the man the option to donate the melon to a needy family.
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CLOUD
Minn
Rison
Jack Young
Massachusetts Attorney General to present Eisenhower badge
Boston AP report says Atty General Edward W. Brooke, a Black lawyer, has been asked to present a gold convention badge to former President Dwight D. Eisenhower after Eisenhower's address at the Republican National Convention. Brooke's office released the announcement Tuesday night.
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Boston
Edward W. Brooke
Massachusetts
Fomer
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Publican National
Brooke
Mrs Kennedy plans New York residence after Washington
Mrs John F Kennedy will leave Washington to live in New York with her children Caroline and John Jr. She will maintain ties to Washington while choosing a new home, with Carlyle Hotel staying briefly as she seeks an apartment in Manhattan.
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Washington
John F. Kennedy
New York
Caroline
John Jr
Washingston
Kennedy
Georgetown
Dallas
Treet
Wexford
Virginia Hunt Country
Weather report for morning station ends at seven
Weather station records at 7 a.m. show high near 100 and low around 74 with conditions reading from Page Two.
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Bow
High Cost of Dying Probed by Senate on Funeral Industry
Senate Antitrust subcommittee opened hearings on the high cost of dying and abuses in funeral prices. Wilbur M. Krieger of the National Selected Morticians cited proposed FTC rules to curb misleading pitches and kickbacks, while noting some criticism reflects isolated cases. The probe seeks anti trust and restraint of trade issues in the burial business.
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Washington
Senate
Wilbur M. Krieger
National Selected Morticians
Evanston
Ill
Federal Trade Commission
Senate Antitrust and Monopoly Subcommittee
Philip A. Hart
D-Mich
Two Negroes Sentenced by Judge in Hempstead Circuit Court
Johnny L. Stiger pleaded guilty to burglary and grand larceny and drew a five year sentence at Arkansas Penitentiary for breaking into Bradley's Pawn Shop on Walnut Street. James O'Dell Wyatt pleaded guilty to forgery and uttering and received five years with four suspended after admitting to forging a check on A. J. Martin and cashing a forced check at A and P Store.
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Hempstead
Lyle Brown
Johnny L. Stiger
Arkansas
Bradley
Walnut Street
James O'Dell Wyatt
A. J. Martin
Legion Ladies to Attend State Meet in Arkansas
The 43rd annual American Legion Auxiliary Department of Arkansas convention runs July 10 to 12 at Hotel Marion in Little Rock. Hope Unit 12 members Mrs. Fred Formby and Mrs. Joe Jones serve on state committees and will depart Thursday. Hope sends 8 delegates including M. M. McCloughan, Cecil Weaver, and Dean Murphy as national convention nominee.
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The
American Legion Auxiliary
Department of Arkansas
Hotel Marion
Little Rock
Hope Unit
Fred Formby
Joe Jones
Tellers
Hope
M. M. McCloughan
Cecil Weaver
Dean Murphy
Dallas
Social Security Account Number Card Reminder
Otis A. Blackwood, social security district manager in Texarkana, urges use and possession of the social security account number card. He notes over 100 million accounts exist and stresses using the same number for life, showing the card to employers, and reporting earnings for social security credit. The number also serves as a tax ID for the IRS and must be shown at banks and other institutions handling income.
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Otis A. Blackwood
Texarkana
Blackwood
Social Security Credit
Internal Revenue Service
Five Teenagers and a Crazy Guggenham Father
New York AP profile of Frank Fontaine, star of Jackie Gleason's show, on managing five teenage children aged 19 to 13. He discusses teen angst, parental guidance, school support, and family discussions as tools to navigate adolescence amid public life and evolving roles.
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New York
Frank _Fontaine
Frank
Crazy Guggenham
Jackie Gleason
Fontaine
Peter
Lawrence
Alma
Paul
Christopher
Avalanche in France claims 14 victims
In Chamonix a massive avalanche on Aiguille Verte in the Mont Blanc range engulfed a group including four National School for High Mountains professors and nine student guides. World slalom champion Charles Bozon was among the reported victims, with his body later recovered.
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Chamonix
France
Aiguille Verte
Mont Blanc Range
Chales Bozon
National School For High Mountains
Bozon
Aiguille
Hope Board Accepts Four TV Antenna Proposals
Hope's Board of Directors last night accepted four proposals for construction of a community Television Antenna Service but took no action on the matter. Proposers were Floyd Bell of Texarkana Morris Maynor of Atlanta David Mooney of Hot Springs and Jerry Caddy of Mississippi.
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Hope
Floyd Bell
Texarkana
Morris Maynor
Atlanta
David Mooney
Hot Springs
Jerry Caddy
Mississippi
Missing rights worker feared after transfer to Webster County
Greenwood Mississippi AP report says James Brown 22 a Black civil rights worker from Itta Bena vanished after being arrested by Itta Bena police on a Webster County warrant and handed to a Webster deputy for transport to Walthall. SNCC spokesperson Michael Sayer urged authorities to locate him amid fears tied to Philadelphia Mississippi disappearances.
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Greenwood
Miss
Webster County
Leflore County
James Brown
Itta Bena
Brown
Webster
Walthall
Michael Sayer
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
Hilly Joe Bowen
Eupora
Sayer
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
SNCC
Philadelphia
Mickey Schwerner
Andy Goodman
James Chaney
Curfew Enforced In Winder Georgia After Tense Integration
The city of Winder Georgia voted to set a 10 p.m. curfew for its 6000 residents after clashes between whites and Negroes during integration attempts. Councilman Boyd Garner said the move aims to enforce the peace following an 11 p.m. curfew used Sunday night when whites barred Negroes from a theater.
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Winder
Georgia
Boyd Garner
Scranton, Romney clash over Goldwater platform aims
Republicans face a split over a proposed GOP platform endorsing the new civil rights law. Governor Scranton wends through Illinois urging voters as Goldwater campaign aides deny delegates are being chipped away. Senate head hearings on funeral industry prices probe abuses and possible reforms.
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George Romney
Michigan
Scranton
William W. Scranton
Ilinois
Abraham Lincoln
White House
Barry Goldwater
Denison Kitchel
Goldwater
Jaycees at Prescott Plan Trail Ride
Prescott Jaycees announce a trail ride on Saturday July 18 from Prescott fairgrounds to White Oak Lake. Tickets are five dollars each including dinner supper and entertainment such as a square dance and hootenanny with a lower one fifty support option. Squares and hootenanny players should contact the Jr Chamber of Commerce by mail before July 15. Ride departs Prescott fairgrounds at 9 am with return transport for riders’ trucks and trailers available.
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Prescott
Five more Americans arrive in Cuba defying travel ban
Havana reports five additional American students have reached Cuba to join 75 already there despite the State Department travel ban. The group arrived by plane from Prague on Tuesday, identified as Susan Rotolo 20 Robert Collier Steve Newman Geoffrey Goldstein all from New York and Allan Low of California.
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Miami
Fla
Havana
Cuba
U.S. State Department
Prague
Susan Rotolo
Robert Collier
Steve Newman
Geoffrey Goldstein
New York
Allan Low
California
Plane crash victim Lovell James dies in Arkansas
Lovell James, 47, of Jonesboro, died Monday night from injuries suffered when the crop dusting plane he piloted crashed and burned in a pasture three miles south of Jonesboro. He owned Craighead Farmers Flying Service and was spreading fertilizer on rice at the time of the crash.
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Jonesboro
Ark
Lovell James
Memphis
Homse
Here
James
Craighead Farmers Flying Service
Don Reynerson Dies Unexpectedly at 52
Don Reynerson, 52, former Hope resident and brother in law of Frances Reynerson, died unexpectedly July 3 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. He was the son of the late A. C. and Mrs. Reynerson of Hope. Survivors include his wife and two sons. Burial was July 5 in Greenville, Texas.
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Don Reynerson
Hope
Frances Reynerson
Baton Rouge
A. C. Reynerson
Greenville
Texas
Rockefeller Scranton Face Off Over Platform Debate at GOP Convention
At the San Francisco convention Scranton backs a platform declaring the civil rights law constitutional while Romney stays silent. The fight pits Scranton and Scott against Laird and Goldwater, with rules limiting debate and potential floor gains for Scranton's faction.
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San Francisco
Michigan
George Romney
Pennsylvania
William W. Scranton
Convention ‘Platform Committee
Rom‘ney
Scranton
Barry Goldwater
Katherine St. George
R-N.y
House of Representatives
Platform Committee
Melvin R. Laird
R-Wis
Laird
Goldwater
Senate
Washington
Denison Kitchell
Sen
Hugh Scott
R-Pa
Faubus Asked to Show Tax Return in Primary
Texarkana Arkansas reports Odell Dorsey, Faubus rival in the Democratic primary, urged the governor to disclose his federal income tax returns. Dorsey argued Faubus’s long tenure and claimed political machine influence are exposed by the call, noting past runoff implications and voter shifts.
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Faubus
Texarkana
Ark
Orvald
Odell Dorsey
Dorsey
S‘ince
Dr James A Spring joins Hope medical practice
Dr James A Spring announced his association in Hope with Dr James W Branch. A Birmingham, Alabama native, he interned at Lloyd Nolan Hospital and did surgery residency at the University of Alabama Medical Center. A Monticello A&M and University of Arkansas School of Medicine graduate, he and wife Mary Etta Koonce of Pine Bluff live at 919 South Elm with two children.
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James W. Branch
James A. Spring
Spring
Birmingham
Ala
Lloyd Nolan Hospital
University of Alabama Medical’ Center
Monticello A& M
University of Arkansas School of Medicine
Star City
Mary Etta Koonce
Pine Bluff
Pit County
Birmingham School System
Leslie Claire
Jeffrey
South Elm St
Hamilton Rites Tuesday at Harmony Methodist Church
Funeral services for James Albert Hamilton 94, retired farmer, who died Friday, will be held at 3 p.m. Tuesday at Harmony Methodist Church with ministers Rev. Howard White Rev. James H. Marcum and Rev. Gordon Renshaw. Burial by Oakcrest Funeral Home will follow in Harmony Cemetery. Survivors include five sons Horace Emmet Cohen James Saudi Arabia Bryson Dallas and Tom Hamilton. three daughters Mrs Carter Sutton Hope Mrs Jack Harper Bride City Texas and Mrs Ray Clevenger Arlington.
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James Albert Hamilton
Harmony Methodist Church
Howard White
James H. Marcum
Gordon Renshaw
Oakcrest Funeral Home
Harmony Cemetery
Horace
Emmet
Cohen
Richmond
Calif
James
Saudi ‘Arabia
Bryson
Memfils
Tom Hamilton
Dallas
Carter Sutton
Hope
Jack Harper
Bride City
Texas
Ray Clevenger
Arlington
Hope High School Class Of 1924 Reunion At Country Club
Hope residents note a reunion for Hope High School class of 1924 at the Country Club on Saturday July 41 with open house 3 to 5. Webb Warmack of Chicago arrives first while Leland Spates family hosts. T J Silvey leaves Bodcaw to helm Calico Rock schools on July 8. Spates Florist returns from Dallas market. State Health Department reports 23 births in Hempstead last month with 15 boys and eight girls. breakdown by race. Bethy Kay Bell named to Henderson State Teachers College Dean’s List for spring. must carry 12 hours and earn all A’s to qualify. Cartoon humor and Little League controversy highlighted by readers with parental threats to umpire.
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Hope High School
Country Club
Webb Warmack
Chicago
Leland
State Health Department
Hempstead
Bethy Kay Bell
Hope
Henderson State Teachers College
Rockefeller backs civil rights stance to broaden GOP base
Gov. Nelson Rockefeller urged the Republican platform committee to affirm the Civil Rights Act as essential to widen the party beyond its core. He warned against turning the GOP into an extremist, narrow inner circle and said the party must win by appealing to voters outside its ranks. Continued on Page Two.
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San Francisco
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Republican Platform Committee
New York
William W. Scranton
Pennsylvania
Barry Goldwater
Arizona
Rockefeller
Republican Party
Lincoln
Soviet Union May Propose Permanent UN Military Force
U S officials study Tokyo reports suggesting Moscow favors a permanent United Nations military force. If true, this signals a potential shift in Soviet attitude toward the UN, though evidence remains inconclusive. The shift could rely on a standing UN army, with the USSR contesting General Assembly action and UN peacekeeping practices. The issue comes as the General Assembly weighs Soviet voting rights and peacekeeping assessments.
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John M. Hightower
Washington
U.S
Soviet Union
United Nations
Tokyo
U.N
Moscow
World Organization
U. N
General Assembly
Congo
Cyprus
Gorin Rites Held Monday For 91 Year Old Hope Resident
Final rites for James Frank Gorin 91 longtime Hope resident who died Sunday were held at First Christian Church with Rev Johnny Beasley officiating Burial followed at Rose Hill Cemetery Survivors include his wife Bert Gorin a niece Letha Gorin and sister Mrs Ed Poe of Kansas City Missouri Active pallbearers named Raymond Robins Ernest Hackett S A Westbrook Bernie Ponder Alex Davis Lloyd Coop and John McKennon
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James Frank Gorin
Hope
First Christian Church
Johnny Beasley
Herndon Cornelius
Rose Hill Cemetery
Bert Gorin
Letha Gorin
Ed Poe
Kansas City
Raymond Robins
Ernest Hackett
S. A. Westbrook
Bernie Ponder
Alex Davis
Lloyd Coop
John McKennon
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Star
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Calico Rock
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