Fort Smith winner tops Arkansas pageant preliminaries
HOT SPRINGS Ark AP Resuns from Fort Smith show Billie Kay Harder Miss Fort Smith won the talent event with a vocal and piano medley. Robyn Gannaway Miss University of Arkansas captured the swimsuit title before 1300 onlookers. Harder, 19, and Gannaway, 19, are both daughters of local parents and pursuing further education at the University of Arkansas.
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Hot Springs
Ark
Fort Smith
University of Arkansas
Kansas
Billie Kay Harder
Robyn Gahnaway
Miss Harder
Brownette
J. W. Harder
East Texas Baptist College
Miss Gannaway
Robert Gannaway
Little Rock
Gannaway
Little Rock Hall High
Air war and onshore clashes mark Vietnam operations
Robert Tuckman reports from Saigon that 170 U.S. missions were flown against North Vietnam, targeting missile sites near Hatot and Haiphong and oil depots near Haiphong. A SAM missile misfired, hitting a village southwest of Haiphong. Viet Cong overran a coastal hamlet 342 miles northeast of Saigon, with heavy combat injuries and 11 abductions. Six raiders died at Guan Co. Forty-eight Americans were wounded in two nearby mortar attacks, while Viet Cong shelling caused civilian injuries. No U.S. planes were reported lost and no MIGs were seen.
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Robert Tuckman
Saigon
North Vietnam
Hatot
Haiphong
Navy
Guan Co
South China Sea
U.S
Body Recovered From Drain In Little Rock Rescue
Authorities recovered the body of Ernest Willis, 48, of Little Rock, after he saved a youth from a drainage ditch. Willis' wife said he leaped into the water Wednesday to rescue Robert Catheran, 8, also of Little Rock, who slipped while wading. Willis' slacks and billfold were found in the ditch.
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Little Rock
Ernest Willis
Willis
Robert Catheran
First Water District Secures $1.87 Million Grant
The Southwest Arkansas Water District received a $1.87 million federal grant payment this week toward a $3.74 million project. Bonds fund the rest as canals, pumping stations, and a seven mile line to the Nekoosa Edwards plant in Ashdown begin, serving Millwood Reservoir areas and industrial water needs in multiple counties.
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Southwest Arkansas Water District
George Peck
Texarkana
Marvin Hagemeier
Millwood Reservoir
Little River
Hempstead
Miller
Lafayette
Columbia
Nekoosa-Edwards
Ashdown
Magnolia
Hope
Fulton
Foreman
Stamps
Newark Riots Ended by Guards After Night of Looting
Newark faced a violent night as mobs looted and fired on police, a 16 year old Negro boy died of a gunshot wound, 122 wounded, and about 200 arrests as daylight brought in state police and National Guard to restore order. Mayor Addonizio sought help, and Governor Cantwell mobilized troops following widespread destruction in the Springfield Avenue Negro district.
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Michael J. Sniffen
Newark
Nid
Hugh Addonizio
Arthur J. Sills
James Cantwell
National Guard
Addonizio
City
Springfield Avenue
Bryant to Allow Rally at Capitol
Arkansas labor representatives plan a protest march in Little Rock to culminate at the Capitol with a rally to air grievances with Gov. Winthrop Rockefeller. Bryant reversed earlier grant denial, promising red carpet treatment and a speaking system. Rockefeller may not meet marchers due to a regional tour.
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Little Rock
Arkansas
Capitol
Winthrop Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Ottenheimer Bros. Co
Kelly Bryant
Bryant
Pine Bluff
Arkansas Weather Station Report Forecast
Weather report for 24 hours ending 7 a m Friday shows high 88 and low 59 with fair skies in Arkansas. Seasonably cool temperatures expected through Saturday with tonight s low 52 to 66.
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Arkansas — Fair
Weather Map Snapshot From Around the Nation
The Associated Press reports varied conditions nationwide with highs mainly in the 80s to 90s and widespread cloud cover across many cities. Notable readings include Albany 82/58, Albuquerque 89/63, Atlanta 87/62, Denver 81/54, Chicago 68/53, Dallas Fort Worth 92/67, Helena 93/58, Honolulu 86/74, Los Angeles 87/65, Miami 87/79, Seattle clear, and Winnipeg clear with some trace precipitation noted in Portland Maine.
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Associated Press
Albany
Albuquerque
Atlanta
Bismarck
Boise
Boston
Buffalo
Chicago
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Denver
Des Moines
Detroit
Fairbanks
Fort Worth
Helena
Honolulu
Indianapolis
Ore
Rapid City
Richmond
St. Louis
Salt Ske City
San Diego
San Fran
Seattle
Tampa
Washington
Winnipeg
Rockefeller aide faces residency hurdle in Arkansas administration
Conway Arkansas AP Jim Johnson recalls Gov Winthrop Rockefeller stating he did his homework in government during last year’s campaign. Frost of Detroit cannot assume director of the Administration Department due to Arkansas residency rules requiring a year in state, six months in a county and 30 days in a township. A porpoise does everything at high speed.
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Conway
Ark
Jim Johnson
Winthrop Rockefeller
Rockefeller
State Administration Department
Clarence E. Frost
Detroit
Arkansas
Frost
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E. P. Young, Jr
Young Chevrolet Co, Inc
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