Calendar Of Events Big Day At City Park
City Park schedules a Wednesday July 12 1961 program with a 1:00 p m swimming contest among Spring Hill LA Texarkana TX and a 3:00 p m City Park Ponies versus Spring Hill Red Sox baseball game. All activities free with 25c admission for adults. Roscoe Smith Recreation Supervisor invites attendance. Ponies beat Red Sox 198 on Monday July 10 highlighted by Ronald Stuart two homers and Mack Dennis one. James Watson manager.
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City Park
Spring Hill
Louisiana
Texarkana
Texas
Red Sox
Gludidie Martin
Ronald Stuart
Mack Dennis
James Watson
Retirement Honor Ends John Mead's Long Maxton Career
A private dining room scene honors John T. Mead at Maxton Brothers as he retires. Speakers praise his service from a youthful start to a world wide company, gifting him a complete fishing kit and a golden wallet. The piece closes with Mead's plans for an extended fishing and travel trip with his wife.
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Triestler Florel
John T. Mead
Thomas W. Maxton
Maxton Brothers
Genemen
Jack Mead
Mr. Maxam
Jack
Isfon’s
Meads
Maxton's
Mr. Maston
Dssac Wation
John ‘T. Mead
John Mead
Aspen
Rockies
Canada
Tex Canada
Suarez Silent Star Helps All-Stars Shutout Pagons
In Birmingham a 6-0 Southern Association All-Star win over the Birmingham Pagons drew reporters to the dressing room for Macon's Chico Suarez. The diminutive 5 feet 8 inches, 145 pound shortstop spurred the stars, but Suarez spoke only Spanish and declined interviews.
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Birmingham
Ala
Birmingham Pagons
Macon
Chico Suarez
Suarez
Conflicts Surround 1947 Freedom Riders Desegregation
In 1947 tensions flare at Midwest Trailways station as St Louis riders face violence and arrests for breach of peace after desegregation attempts. Police detain both Black and white protesters while a 1½ year old girl is briefly detained outside the white waiting area. Multiple riders are fined or jailed under a 1959 law. Separate Jackson, Mississippi actions show mass convictions and ongoing legal battles over segregation in transportation facilities. Moscow radio reports a giant sperm whale rammed the Soviet tanker Ashkhabad in the South Atlantic with fatal whale losses.
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St. Louis
Midwest Trailways
R. T E. Glasscock
Arkansas ‘Supreme Court
Freedom Riders
Jackson
Miss
Mississippi
Albert Tuttle
U.S. St. Circuit Court of Appeals
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
James Spencer
Juves Jnile
London
Moscow Radio
Ashkhabad
South Atlantic
General hal Boyle recounts ambush and daring dash
Hal Boyle describes a World War II action where General Rose deploys two rifle squads to flank German defenders near a bend. A waiting halftrack with a 7 mm cannon moves up, and rifle fire erupts as shells strike the Nazi gun and ammo dump. The surprise attack ends in victory as the column advances to Palermo.
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Idua
Rose
Techoes
Arkansas state asks library for college project
A Jonesboro delegation led by Sen. Doug Bradley urged Gov. Orval Faubus to include a library for Arkansas State College in state plans. The request signals efforts to expand educational facilities in Arkansas.
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Little Rock
Jonesboro
Doug Bradley
Orval & Faubus
Arkansas State College
Probate of Amlee Smith estate in Hempstead County
In the probate court of Hempstead County Arkansas the estate of Amlee Smith deceased No 1440 last known address Amlee Smith Date of Death Peris 3 1961 instrument dated March 1 1956 admitted to probate on February 18 1961 executor appointed contest must file petition within six months from first publication this notice first published July 1 1961 Arthur Nash Executor Rt 1 Box 62 Fulton Arkansas July 11 18 1901
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Hempstead County
Arkansas
Amlee Smith
Arthur Nash
Box
Fulton
Probate Notice of Final Accountings in Hempstead County
Notice is given that Albert Graves as Ancillary Administrator of J B Cecil and Vivian Sage Andres as Executrix of Suzanne Sage deceased filed their First and Final Accountings in Hempstead County Arkansas for approval. Interested persons must file objections within sixty days of filing or be barred from contesting the accounts. J D Turnage Probate Clerk Inez Compton TAC July 1 191a
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Exbate Court
Hempstead County
Arkansas
Albert Graves
J. B. Cecil
Vivian Sage Andres
Suzanne Sage
J. D. Turnage
Inez Compton
TAC
Impassable roads spark Rambler pride
Salesman Fredrick W. Machen of Niles California touts a 30 day Latin America trip remarking roads, rocks and creeks were passable with no squeak. Burt J from Jackson Heights New York claims 18 mpg in a Rambler but 25 mpg in the Rambler, calling it a tiger on the road.
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Fredrick W. Machen
Niles
California
Latin America
Burt J
Jackson Heights
N.Y
Martin H. Stolley
Clinton
Iowa
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Hope Gospel Tabernacle
Hope
Ark
Black Land
Johnson
Dial Yu
Ion
Washington
Kelvinator
Admiral
Dinette Ward
Norge Wringer
Ty's
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Cusstom
Barry's Grocery
Moore Bros
Marty Fulsom
Blevins, Ark
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Larry Moore
General
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Hope Builders
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Highway 67 East
Del-mer Pipkin
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Persimmon Amigum Timber
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Corwin Crow
Nashville
Memphis
Tenn
Reeves Co
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Dun & Bradstreet, Inc
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Studio Girl Cosmetic
Studio Girl Cosmetics
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Micke Phese
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Brae
Lester Arno
The
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Hicks Funeral Home
H. L. Washington
Rasecoe Smith
Terrell
Tex
Fetest
Hal Boyle
Pal Jermo
Arkansas State Asks
Richard Manville
Westport
Conn
Cormene
Bill Farden
Fishing & Hunting News
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Jonathan Meigs
Chestnut Hill
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Tanes
Randolph H. Carter
Warrenton
Virginia
Paul C. Hosfeldt
Porterville
Harold Hedger
Loveland
Colo
George F. Morris
U. S. Coast Guard
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American Motors
William J. Neath
Tulsa
Oklahoma
Loren M. Wood
Wood & Anderson
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Charlotte Marsteler
Uniontown
Penna
Pearl Harbor
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