Purple martins vanish from Hope in yearly cycle
A local observer recounts the seasonal migration of purple martins from Hope noting the migration pattern: four months in Hope, four months in South America, and reflects on past bird arrivals, nest failures of Canada Geese, and a mallard hen with ducklings. He also recalls a Florida trip and a separate steam boat anecdote near Jackson Mississippi involving Clarence Chapman and Dr Gus Neely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alex. H. Washburn
Florida
Gulf Coast
Mexico
Central America
South Ameria
South America
Pearl River
Jackson
Miss
Clarence Chapman
Fairchild Graphic Equipment
The
Star
Chapman
Clarence
Gus Neely
Corn Belt Producers Meet With Broiler Growers at County Courthouse
Corn Belt producers will meet with broiler growers, with BU Watson and Troy Bure presiding. The Hempstead County Farm Bureau urges all broiler cornente growers to attend the important meeting at the large courthouse on Tuesday July 9 at 8 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Broiler
BU Watson
Toom
Saoslitiog
Troy Bureou
Hempstead Couns Ty Farm Bureau
Broier
Police Busy Over Fourth Week End Hope
Police department reports a busy weekend per Chief Alyin Willis with three state violations, four state license violations, nine drunken arrests, five driving while intoxicated, one assault and battery, one indecent exposure, three failures to answer summons, one AWOL soldier, one arrest for destroying private property, and one for resisting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hope
Alyin Willis
Johnson tours five Central American capitals on goodwill trip
President Johnson began a tour from San Salvador to visit Nicaragua Costa Rica Honduras and Guatemala seeking a road of new hope for the hemisphere. He met with Central American leaders and rode a bubbletop limousine through crowds while touring schools and scenic sites with Fidel Sanchez Hernandez.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Cormier
Associated Press
San Salvador
el Salvador
Johnson
Nistatagua
Costa Rica
Honduras
Guatemala
Texas
Central America
United States
U.S
Fidel Sanchez Hernandez
Lady Bird
Luci Nugent
Luci
Tey
New Farrar Newberry Hall Dormitory Opens at Henderson
Henderson State College unveils Farrar Newberry Hall, a nine story dormitory for 450 students, second high rise on campus. Named for alumnus Farrar Newberry class of 1907, it features thirty two rooms per top seven floors, ground floor recreation and offices, elevators, and Central cooling, modeled after Smith Hall completed 1966.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farray Newberry
Henderson State College
Handerson
Camerus
Farrar Newberry
Newsberry
Smith Hall
Rent-a-Kid Project Guides Youth Jobs Responsibility
In Atlanta West End the Rent-a-Kid program offers youths aged 14 to 18 their first job experiences to earn money for food and clothes. Originating a month ago from Joy Cochrane, the project now operates multiple offices with plans for more, including weekend school-year hours, and pays participants hourly wages of 1.35 dollars with options for saving collections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Anderson
Associated Press
Atlanta, Ga
Atlanta
West End
Hemia Canning
Joy Cochrane
Rantea-Kid
Edward J. Ditlon
Rentsa-Kid
Douglas Lavender
Harxile
Faubus Joins Bennett Open House Greeted by Supporters
In Little Rock at the Marion Hotel, former Gov Orval Faubus arrived at Bruce Bennett's gubernatorial open house. Bennett and his backers hailed the moment as a political coup, while Faubus denied any endorsement. He recounted meeting Bennett during his 1954 campaign in El Dorado and helping him during hard times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John K
Starr Associated
Little Rock
Bruce Bennett
Orval E.ana
Bennett
Faubus
Bob Troutt
Clarence Evans
el Dorado
Marion
Forum
Bennetts
Bruce
Fire department battles car fire on rural highway
Hope Fire department answered an early Sunday call to a burning car on Highway 4 at Junction 73. The vehicle was heavily damaged and belonged to Josep Stewart of Hope.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hope
Highway 4
Junction 73
Josep Stewart
Bennett Says Papers Fear WRs Money
RORDYCE Ark Democratic gubernatorial hopeful Bruce Bennett urged party unity at a rally. He accused three state papers the Arkansas Gazette Arkansas Democrat and Pine Bluff Commercial of bias against a Democrat who could beat Gov Winthrop Rockefeller. He alleged Rockefeller used wealth to influence Little Rock media.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rordyce
Ark
Bruce Bennett
Bennett
Arkansas Gazette
Arkansas Democrat
Pine Bluff Commercial
Winthrop Rockefeller
Little Rock
Gazette
Democrat
Ted Bos
Forest Hill Baptist to Begin Revival Sunday
Rev Howard Wright evangelist will start a revival at Forest Hill Baptist Church on Sunday July 4 with nightly preaching at 7 30. He will also present pictures from his Holy Land visit on Tuesday and Thursday as announced by Pastor G W Hooten.
Baby-Sitting Now Is Billion-Dollar-Year Business Says Boyle
Hal Boyle surveys quirks and curious facts from mailbag style notes. Baby-sitting revenue tops a billion dollars annually while data on mobility, spending, and trends paints a lively snapshot of mid-century American life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boyle
U S Liberal Democrats Said to Boost Edge in Japan Poll
In Tokyo Prime Minister Eisaku Sato's Liberal Democratic Party appears set to widen its control in the 250 seat House of Councillors. With returns nearly complete the party would exceed its current 199 seat tally as half the seats were contested. The Socialists gain ground while the Communists increase to four seats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Eisaku Sato
Liberal-Democratic
United States
BankAmericards Issued in Japan
Charles Sharpe Jr head of the BankAmericard Department at First National Bank announced that the Sumitomo Banking System in Osaka has issued BankAmericards to its customers. Two card types, English and Japanese, are being issued as a step toward an international credit card.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Sharpe, Jr
BankAmericard
First National Bank
Sumitomo Banking System
Osaka
Japan
BankAmer
Man Dies in House Fire Near Camden Arkansas
Camden Ark AP Jim Jenkins 45 burned to death when his frame home on Sulphur Springs Road southeast of Camden burned Sunday. Sheriff Grover Linebaker said Jenkins was found in a chair and apparently asleep as the fire started. Family was in Louisiana. he was alone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camden, Ark
Jim Jenkins
Sulphur Springs Road
Camden
Grover Linebaker
Jenkins
Linebaker
Louisiana
Defense Department Plans to Cut Off 150,000 Civilians
Defense Department aims to trim more than 150000 civilian jobs to save about 1 billion dollars annually. The move follows congressional limits on vacancies and broad belt-tightening across federal agencies. The plan relies on attrition, not wholesale firings, and could extend into the next fiscal year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Defense Department
Fred S. Hoffman
Washington
Jis
Pentagon
Defense
Congress
Armed Services
Defense Agency
Four day Fourth of July traffic toll tops 900
Traffic accidents over the four day Fourth of July holiday killed 594 persons, below safety council forecasts of 700 to 800. Spokesman noted a faint glimmer of hope, while recalling last year's toll of 713 and the record 748 set at Thanksgiving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
National Safety Council
The
Safety Council
Arkansas Junior Miss preliminaries set across districts
Fifteen district programs lead to the Arkansas Junior Miss pageant in Little Rock this December. Events run from August to December in cities including Hot Spring, Camden, Lonoke, Hope, DeWitt, Monticello, Warren, Conway and Wynne with Lonoke County earning Best District in 1967. The project offers 38 scholarships and leadership development for high school seniors, sponsored by the Arkansas Youth Council and supported by Chevrolet Motors Breck Co Eastman Kodak Scott Products.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock
Charles Bill Black
West
Hot Spring
Northeast
Joneseboro
South
Camden
Lonoka Co
Lonoke
Northwest
Ft. Smith
Pulaski Co
Ark. Valley
Russelleville
Southwest
Hope
Central
DeWitt
Monticallo
LANL
Warren
North
Conway
East
Wynne
Arkadelphia
Lonoke County
Lonoke Jaycettes
El Paso Suffered Year’s Rain In A Day Floods Deaths
El Paso and Juarez endured torrential weekend rainfall totaling up to 6.25 inches, the worst since 1913, killing five and prompting mass evacuations. About 40 homes were swept away in Suarez, 125 people evacuated, and flood waters halted the El Paso Juarez streetcar. In Juarez two more deaths occurred, while El Paso faced extensive damage, with several cars stranded and basements flooded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
EL Paso
Tex
Paso
Juarez
Rio Grande
Mexico
Suarez
International
Charles Davis
Rafael Reyes
Canutillo
Asst
Ted Vogel
Ft. Bliss
Elaso
Mt. Frankin
B.C. Moeller
Transport Strike Ends in Chicago
Chicago buses and trains returned to normal after four weeks as strikers resumed work following a seven hour Daley meeting. A union dispute with rebel drivers, many of them Negroes, remains to be negotiated with arbitration talks promised between CTA officials and ATU Division 241.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Richard J. Daley
Daley
Chicago Transit Authority
Division 241
Amalgamated Transit Union
Hawkins Ordered to Pay Shortage in Conway County
Texarkana report states Circuit Judge Bobby Stearot ruled Shariff Marlin Hawkins of Conway County must repay Conway County treasury 10,082.60 dollars for funds handled 1963 to 1966. The decision notes good faith and no willful wrongdoing, with six percent interest accruing until paid. The civil suit, not a criminal case, began December 11, 1987, and final briefs were filed May 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texarkana
Atk
Bobby Stearot
Nashville
Shariff Marlin Hawkins
Conway County
Hawking
Steel
State Comptroller's Office
State Administration Department
Sheriff's Ofice
Arnold
Associated Press
Hawkins
Man Drowns in Garland pe Arkansas
The body of Terry A Talent, 62, of Tot Springs, was found Sunday floating in Lake Hamilton. Garland County authorities got the report from Talent’s wife, who said he went outside to fix a well. The incident occurred near Hot Springs in Arkansas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoy Springs
Ark
Terry A. Talent
Tot Springs
Lake Hamilton
Garland County
Talent
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