No Split, Say Russian and Chinese Reds
Moscow reports the Soviet Union opens a six day Congress for General Disarmament and Peace in the Kremlin with Khrushchev to speak before delegates from 101 countries. Pravda praises Soviet Chinese unity while Mao Tse-tung defends Sino-Soviet friendship and urges peaceful negotiation with the United States over Formosa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanley Johnson
Moscow
Soviet Union
Kremlin
Khrushchev
United States
Pravda
Communist Party
Communist
China
Tung
Taiwan
U.S
Red
Broilers and Egg Raisers Meet at Bodcaw High School
Broilers and egg producers from the area will meet at Bodcaw High School Tuesday night to hear reports from the leadership conference held June 28 24 in Washington by the U S Poultry and Egg Producers. Southwest Arkansas Poultry Producers Assn leaders Alsn T J Silvey and Arthur M Wimmell attended as part of Arkansas delegation. The conference included nineteen broiler and egg producing states and twenty egg producers testified before a congressional committee on the low price of commercial eggs. The Bodcaw meeting opens with a potluck supper at 2 30 p m and invites all interested poultry growers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Broilers
Ege
Bodcan
Washington
U. S. Poultry and Egg Producers
Alsn
T. J. Silvey
Arthur M. Wimmell
Southwest Arkansas Poultry Producers
Assa
Arkansas
Broiler
National Association
Bodcaw
Weather totals and forecast for Arkansas June 1962
Weather totals show 26.93 inches for June 1962, with 24.90 inches in the same period last year. Experimental data report 24 hours ending 6 p.m. Sunday with high 95 and low 69. Arkansas forecast notes clear to partly cloudy skies, warm days, scattered thundershowers possible, highs mid 90s, lows in 70s, with isolated showers mainly afternoons and evenings through Tuesday.
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Hough
Arkansas
Associated Press
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Dad on Phone, Daughter Drowns in Back Yard Pool
Brentwood New York police report a tragic accident when Beverly Schuer ing, left alone briefly in the backyard by her father who answered a wrong number call, climbed into a small pool and drowned Sunday. The incident highlights dangers of unsupervised water access.
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Brentwood
N.Y
John Schuering
Ren
Beverly
Prospect Splits GOP in Factions and Fights
Washington AP reports Republicans clash publicly over party groups and 1964 presidential bids. Governor Wesley Powell attacks Nelson Rockefeller while Sen Javits defends unity, and party leaders insist cooperation will prevent wasteful duplication. Rockefeller remains unfazed as debates unfold.
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Washington
Wesley Powell
New Hampshire
Governors Conference
Nelson A. Rockefeller
New York
All Republican Conference
National Republican Citizens Committee
William E. Miller
GOP National Committee
Miller
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Gettysburg
Citizens Group
Eisenhower
Barry Goldwater
Arzona
All Republican
Citizens Committee
Jacob K. Javits
Goldwater
Senate
House
Javits
Rockefeller
Mrs. Annie Simmons Dies at 76
Mrs. Annie Simmons, 76, died early Sunday in a local hospital. A lifelong Hempstead County resident, she belonged to the Fifth and Grady Street Church of Christ and attended nearby schools. Survived by husband E. F. Simmons of Hope, daughter Mrs. William F. Rogers of Falls Church, Va., two sisters, and a brother. Funeral at 10 am at Fifth and Grady Street Church of Christ, with burial in Rose Hill Cemetery.
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Annie Simmons
Hempstead
Fifth
Grady Street
Church of Christ
Young Ladies’ Seminary
Little Rock
E. F. Simmons
Hope
William F. Rogers
Falls Church
Lex Helms Sr
Alvin Hart
Pine Bluff
G. W. Wiggins
Fifth and
Rev
W. Be.morryw
Rose Hill Cemetery
Herndon-Cornelius
Voice on phone helps solve family shooting in Alexandria
A six year old boy calls for help amid a double shooting at the Cottman home in Alexandria. Clarence Cottman, 62, a broker with Eastman Dillon, died from a gunshot to the temple. His wife Beatrice, 43, was wounded in the head and hospitalized. A 45 caliber Colt automatic was found at the foot of the bed. Authorities described the sequence of waking and coffee as the night’s events.
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Alexandria
Nina Shaw
Cottman
Broker
Alexandria Hospital
Mother and child saved from death by own action
MEMPHIS AP Memphis police said Saturday they grabbed a hysterical woman as she tried to jump from the high Mississippi River bridge with her four year old daughter in her arms. Mrs Jo DeGraw 27 was caught by patrolman B G Morgan as she had one leg over the railing. Tammy was caught in midair by Jerry Meltor. The woman said she did not want to see her child grow up without a home. She told Tammy they were going for a little swim and God would take care of them. Mrs DeGraw lives in a trailer court in West Memphis Ark. Officers said the incident occurred on the Arkansas side of the bridge. Sheriff Cecil Goodwin said Mrs DeGraw was jailed at Marion charged with assault with intent to kill and with public drunkenness. The child was taken to an aunt s home.
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Memphis
Mississippi River
Jo DeGraw
B. G. Morgan
Tammy
Jerry Meltor
River Bids to Be Taken This Month
A series of bids for work on the Arkansas River and at federal projects in the state will be taken this month and next by the U S Army Corps of Engineers. Bids include Moore landing revetment and dikes in Arkansas Lincoln and Desha counties August 9 and other sites in Pulaski Sebastian and Lincoln counties through August 29. Other bids cover recreation area roads near Heber Springs Greers Ferry Meher Springs and Mountain Home plus power house work at Dardanelle lock and dam with estimates around 3 million dollars and reservoir work at Beaver Dam Eureka Springs with large completion costs.
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Little Rock
Arkansas River
U.S. Army Corps. of Engineer
Moore Landing
Arkansas
Lincoln
Desha
Pulaski
Willow Bar
Pulaski County
Hare Olden
Sebastian County
Kibrough
Lincoln County
Meher Springs
Greers Ferry
Tasble Rock
Mountain Home
Clearwater Reservoir
Piedmont
Dardanelle Lock and Dam
Beaver Dam
Eureka Springs
Jay
Crossett Co Taken Over by Georgia-Pacific
Georgia-Pacific of Portland Oregon has acquired 99.4 percent of Crossett Co shares for about 125 million dollars at 35 dollars a share. Crossett, Ark operates timberland in Arkansas and Louisiana with six paper products firms and natural gas reserves.
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New York
Georgia- Pacific Corp
Portland
Ore
Crossett Co
Crossett
Ark
Georgia - Pacific
Georgia
Pacific
Georgia-Pacific
Crosse, Co
Arkansas
Louisiana
Georgia Pacific
Shelter for 50 Millions From Bombs
New York AP reports civil defense official says the nation can shelter 50 to 60 million people from nuclear attack. William P. Durkee of the Office of Civil Defense says the goal is 235 million shelter spaces in homes schools transit facilities and workplaces by 1967.
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New York
William P. Durkee
Office of Civil Defense
Peachey Transferred After NCO Academy Graduation
T/Sgt George R. Peachey of Prescott is reassigned to Bergstrom AFB Texas after graduating from the Second Air Force Senior Noncommissioned Officers Academy here. A Prescott High School graduate who enlisted in August 1948 he is the son of Mrs. Cora Soriano of San Francisco and has a wife Olga L. Griggs of San Angelo Texas and four children. His father Hiram H. Peachey lives in Downey California.
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Barksdale Afb
George R. Peachey
Prescott
Bergstrom Afb
Texas
Second Air Force
Sgt
Peachey
Prescott High School
Cora Soriano
San Francisco
Olga L. Griggs
507
42Nd St
San Angelo
Hiram H. Peachey
Downey
Calif
Nicaraguan Envoy Tours Local Poultry Industry in Arkansas
Nicaraguan envoy to the region, based in Houston, studying economics at the University of Houston, visited Hope with Howard Sanford of Springs. The Hope Chamber of Commerce arranged a tour of Delight Egg Plant and Corn Belt’s hatchery on Saturday, with plans to visit broiler and laying houses and other local poultry interests in the area.
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Mendoza
Nicaragua
Houston
Texas
University of Houston
Hope
Howard Sanford
Harold Sanford
Shower
Springs
Howard
Mendozas
Southwest
Arkansas
Hope Chamber of Commerce
Delight
Sanford
Brazil Appeals for End to Prolonged Crisis and New Prime Minister
President Joao Goulart urged Brazil’s Chamber of Deputies to approve Francisco Brochado da Rocha as prime minister to end an 18 day political crisis that sparked rioting, unemployment, and food shortages. Rocha faces opposition from some deputies, while Brizola allies back his selection amid calls for a government aligned with labor unions.
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Brasilia
Brazil
Joao Goulart
Chamber of Deputies
Francisco Brochado da Rocha
Rocha
Rio Grande Do Sul
Leonel Brizola
Goulart
Tanerdo Neves
Little Rockian 103 Celebrates Birthday Quietly
William Shearer, a Knoxville native and 1956 retiree after 22 years as a Little Rock church janitor, quietly marked his 13rd birthday at his granddaughter Mrs Morris Dows hie home in Little Rock. His favorite pastime is reading from novels to the Bible.
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Little Rock
William Shearer
Morris Dowshie
Shearer
Knoxville
All Around Town Big John the rooster story and more
This local page recalls a tale of Big John the rooster raised by Mike Monroe that lived like a dog, disappeared after being moved to a plantation, then reappeared after a dramatic roadside crow. It also lists Arkansas Bar Association committee appointments, baseball standings, and a note that the Town column will be missing for a couple of weeks.
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vaewWen
Vo Acownd Town
Hempstead County Farm Bureau Board Meeting Planned
The Hempstead County Farm Bureau Board of Directors will meet at 86 W 4th St on Tuesday July 10 at 8 pm per President Warren Buller. Agenda includes plans for operating the bureau's new office and delegates for the officers and leaders conference at the University of Arkansas August 6 7 and 8.
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Hempstead County Farm Bureau Board of Directors
W. 4Th St
Warren Buller
Butler
Plains
Farm Bureau
Hempstead
U of A
Hempstead County
Census on Housing in Hempstead County 1960
The 1960 Census counted 6,763 housing units in Hempstead County. Of these 6,136 were occupied, 4,161 owned, with owner values under $5,000. Renters totaled 1,872 with a median rent of $32. Data cover plumbing, water, toilets, baths, basements, trailers, air conditioning, appliances, and vehicles.
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Hempstead
Accidents Fatal to 17 in Arkansas
Fatal accidents across Arkansas claim 17 lives in the week ending last midnight. Seven died on highways, five drowned, one in a construction incident. a long illness contributed one death. Survivors include three daughters and two sons of Gaines, with multiple Hope residents named. Funeral at Hurnedan Cornelius Chapel, interment Rose Hill Cemetery, with six pallbearers listed.
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Associated Press
Arkansas
Lueley
Dne
B. Gaines
Dale
Westing
Mc Watson
Emmet
Alg. Maretin
Hope
Roland Ballard
James
Barney Gaines
Lath
Hurnedan- Cornelius
Gordon Renshaw
Clyde Dubnsun
Burhal
Rose Hill
Daytut Thomason
Charlie Haire
Ted Partie
Haron Morton
Neil Osburdine
J Bo Lngman Jr
Navy graduate Moran completes aviation storekeepers course
Jack B. Moran, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Moran of 14 Fe St Hope, graduated June 23 from the Aviation Storekeepers School at the Naval Air Technical Training Center in Memphis. The school covers ordering, receiving and inventory work for naval aviation supply.
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Memphis
Jack B. Moran
Sonoor
C.H. Moran
Anal St. Hope
Naval Air Technical Training Center
Naval Aviation
Roundup Club to Stage Barbecue at Fair Park Coliseum
The Mempetoad County Round Up Club plans a barbecue at Fair Park Coliseum on Thursday July 2 at 7 pm. The event will charge a stated fee for admission and support club activities.
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Mempetoad County
Fair Park Coliseum
Abe
Union Grove church invites painting help indoors
Union Grove Baptist Church seeks volunteers to paint the interior and tin on the church. Helpers may contribute by sending funds to Mrs. Butt Nivcus or Mrs. W. C. Johnson at Blevins.
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Union Grove
Union Grove Baptist Church
Butt Nivcus
W. C. Johnson
Rustlers Take Eighteen Cattle From Hope Sales Barns
Eighteen head of cattle were stolen from Hope Livestock Sales barns Sunday night. Sheriff Jimmie Criffin said the missing cattle belong to the sales barn and Brant Jones and Bob Calwell of Columbus. Also turned over to the sheriff's department was a case involving Eddie Turner, a Black man of Blevins, who arrived at the police station with a 24 inch knife wound in his back after being attacked at Luther Morrison's place in Washington during a dispute over a girl. Three burglaries were reported Saturday night with losses totaling $50 from Porter Implement Co., $66 and five tires from Wylie Glass & Salvage, and an attempted break-in at Plaza Cafe. Two suspects are in Hot Springs, under investigation by State Trooper Travis Ward, wanted in Malvern and Hope. Another case involved Paire Lee Forest, a Black woman, charged with aggravated assault on Rock Phillips. she was fined $46.50 in Hope Municipal Court Monday.
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Hope Livestock
Sheriff's Office
Jimmie Criffin
Sales Barn
Brant Jones
Bob Calwell
Columbus
Sheriff's Department
Hope Elty Police
Luther Morrison
Washington
Jack Brown
Porter Implement Co
Wylie Glass & Salvage
Plaza Cafe
Hot Springs
Travis Ward
Malvern
Hope
Paire Lee Forest
Rock Phillips
Duchess Dies in German Air Crash
TECKLENBURG Germany A British born duchess Helena of Mecklenburg dies in a two engine plane crash near Tecklenburg The duchess 38 was en route from her summer home on Sylt to Duesseldorf to join her husband The pilot also dies in the rechartered aircraft
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Tecklenburg
Germany
API
Here
Helena
Mecklenburg
Muenster
Hohenzollern-Sigmaringes
Fram Focal Police
Kamepen
Sylt
North Sea
Duesseldorf
Aie Lloyd
Plang
Killusl
Six Houses Burned in Dark Hollow North Little Rock
A big fire in the Dark Hollow community of North Little Rock destroyed six frame houses on Saturday. Firemen Bob Usery and Charles Redding were briefly treated after exposure to flames. Thirty five people were displaced as fire officials said the blaze began in a duplex and spread quickly. Telecommunication and power service were disrupted temporarily.
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North Luptle Rock
Dark Hollow
North Little Rock
Bob Usery
Charles Redding
P. B. Fare
Two Major Brush Fires Threaten Los Angeles Area
Two large brush fires burn unchecked in the Angeles National Forest. One blaze at Acton has scorched large areas, while another north of the city has consumed about 700 acres. The fires are about 40 miles apart and threaten LA outskirts.
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L. A. Los Angeles
Angeles National
Acton
Easti
Los Angeles
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F. Mendoza
Harald Sanford
Little
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First Baptist Church
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Wallis’ Monroe
Mountainaire Hatchery
Mike
Mon-roel
Dave Stroud
Wallis
Dave
Stroud Farm
Arkansas Bar Association
Albert Graves
Public
Royce Weisenberger
Cnifarm
James N. Pilkintom
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Talbot Cild Jr
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PopKola
Culm
Farm Bureau Board
Bureau of the Census
Superintendent of Documents
Government Printing Office
Wiekl
Department of Commerce
Joe B. Gaines
Jack Moran
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