Weather Summary for Arkansas and Louisiana
Weather report for 24 hours ending 7 am Monday shows Arkansas partly cloudy warm and humid through Tuesday with showers and thundershowers most numerous in east and south portions tonight. Louisiana partly cloudy to cloud through Tuesday with widely scattered thundershowers more numerous in the east. no significant temperature changes with lows around 60s to 70s and high Tuesday in the 60s to 90s.
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McCarthy Passes Up Headline Run in 1968 Race
Senator Eugene McCarthy says he would not head a new third party ticket if he loses the Democratic nomination, but he could back a substantial independent bid under certain conditions. He may abandon hopes of Paris talks with North Vietnamese diplomats, and signals possible support for a fourth party under specific criteria while avoiding a McCarthy presidency.
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Faubus Discusses Governor Race and Bennet Endorsement
Faubus, speaking at an open house, said he might not visit other candidates and declined to confirm any informal endorsement of Bennet. He criticized press speculation, noted most Democratic hopefuls could beat Winthrop Rockefeller, and said he plans no expansion of his own campaign. His visit was anticipated by Bennett aides but remained low key.
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Evers Urges Nonviolence for Racial Integration
Washington AP Charles Evers, field director of the Mississippi NAACP, reiterates that racial integration must be achieved through nonviolence. He warns that violence will not work for any race and stresses unity among humans. His brother Medgar Evers was shot by a sniper the previous year.
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Charles Evers
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Mississippi
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
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Mideast clashes mount as DMZ fighting escalates
U S Marines report 201 North Vietnamese killed along the DMZ eastern flank in four days of heavy fighting. Sen Huynh Van Cao claims 30 North Vietnamese regiments totaling up to 45,000 troops massed near Quang Tri and Thua Thien as a possible third offensive. B 52 bombers fly 36 missions near the DMZ to ease pressure while draft warnings of a major Saigon assault persist.
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Obituary notices from multiple towns report several deaths
Obituaries list Elmah Stephens, Elijah Stephens, Elma Stephens, and Elmah Stephens with funeral details in Arkansas. James Berman died in Texarkana. Elmah Stephens is mourned with survivors listed. In Missouri, Sarah B. Smitt Ricketts obituary notes her son Admiral Claude V. Ricketts’ death in July 1964. In Illinois, Cornelius Harrington and Edgar Monsanto Queeny are remembered for public service and corporate leadership. Alfred Kaskell, founder of Doral Country Club, also dies in Miami. Funeral services and burial plans are mentioned across several cities including Hope, Blevins, Gur don, and Marbrook.
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Blevins
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Lella Jordan
David Sutton
Washing
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Ethelene Gray
Malvern
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Moreton
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Dewitt
Hope
Slater
Grace Tribble
Ojai
Bruce Memorial Methodist Church
J. Caltcott
Marbrook
Harndon Funeral Home of
St, Louis
Endgar Monsanto Queeny
Monsanto Co
Queeny
Monsanto
Springfield
Sarah B. Smitt Ricketts
Claude V. Ricketts
Naval Operations
Stiffer Gun Control Bill Not Likely
Washington reports show Congress pursuing tighter gun controls. Senators and House members push sweeping proposals to ban mail order sales of firearms while debating immediate import curbs and strengthened licensing and registration, amid strong NRA opposition and post Kennedy murder momentum.
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National Rifle Association
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Bryant backs reform as candidates face up to solvable issue
At a Jaycees event well known Alabama figure Bryant urged moving beyond catch-up politics and pushing real solutions. He endorsed constitutional reform and 18 year old suffrage while criticizing old guard types. Virginia Johnson and delegates discussed industrialization tourism and state income growth amid disagreements. Maurice Britt defended Rockefeller economics, citing legal limits on state spending and noting past administration overran available funds.
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Johnson
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Monticello Man Receives Naval Commission
Allen W. Bird II, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ede wit Bird, is named Lieutenant junior grade in the U S Naval Reserve. He will attend Officer Indoctrination at Newport RI, then a military law course, before a permanent naval legal duty. Bird earned a June law degree from the University of Arkansas and a prior BA from Florida State University. He is married to Kathy Cartee of Tampa and is currently with Fordyce attorney Thomas E. Sparks awaiting commission in October.
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Allen W. Bird II
Edewit W. Bird
G. Norton
Hope
Department of the Navy
Washington, D.C
Fox
U.S. Naval Reserve
U.S. Naval Schools Command
Newport
U. S. Naval Justice School
Bird
University of Arkansas Law School
Florida State University At
Tallahassee
Kathy Cartee
Tampa
Florida
Navy
Thomas E. Sparks
Fordyce
Multiple Arkansas Traffic Fatalities During Fourth of July Weekend
Bliss Severi reports seven deaths from separate Arkansas highway crashes during the long Fourth of July weekend. Susie Goodwit, 82, Fayetteville, died after being struck on U S 71 by Wendell Mageard, 27. Sam Jones, 31, Steele, Missouri, died from a one car crash on a Mississippi County road near Armorel. Salley Rogers Hunt, 51, Houston, and Gladys Smith, 48, Malvern, killed in a two car crash on U S 270 north of Malvern. Dorothy Marie Williams, 3, Augusta, died after being hit on Arkansas 33 at Augusta. Nadine Wells, 41, Monette, killed stepping into path of a construction vehicle on Arkansas 18 at Monette. Alma Adams, 66, Pine Bluff, died in a two car crash on Arkansas 54 between Watsons Chapel and Sulphur Springs.
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Arkansas
Susie Goodwit
Fayetteville
U.S
Fayettesville
Wendell Mageard
Sam Jones
Steele
Memphis
Missidssippi
Armorel
Sticers
Jones
Billy Stewart
Blytheville
Stewart
Salley
Pine Bluff
Watsons Chapel
Sulphur Springs
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