Brezhnev Replaced as Soviet President by Nikita Soviet leader
In Moscow Premier Khrushchev recommended Brezhnev be relieved of the presidency and Anastas I. Nikovan elected to succeed him. Khrushchev praised Brezhnev for his four years in office while Mikoyan was removed as first deputy premier and sent best wishes for future work toward communism.
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Moscow
Khrushchev
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Anastas I. Nikovan
Supreme Soviet
Brezhnev
Communist Party
Soviet Union
Hope Legion Group Wins State Awards
Hope American Legion Auxiliary Unit 12 won the most awards at the 43rd state convention in Little Rock June 9 12. The unit received four plaques for auxiliary work with leaders named for radio and TV, community service, publicity and other roles. Hope Juniors placed first in doll dressing and scrap book, while Douglas Byrd won first in poppy fest. Mike Award went to KXAR. Joe Jones was elected a state delegate to the Dallas national convention. B C Hollis was named a Century Go Getter at the Go-Getters Banquet, earning 123 new Premiers. Jones also added over 10 new members.
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American Legion Aux- Wary
Hope
Arkanisds
Little Rock
Ing
Joe Jones
Cecil Weaver
E. F. Formby
Estern
Charles Taylor
Stelcoat
Hope Unit
Douglas Byrd
Mike
KXAR
Dallas
B.C. Hollis
Hope Post 12 Legionnaire
Hollis
Talbot Feild, Jr
Cathy
Jones
Whitten Family Plans Reunion
The annual Whitten family reunion, alternating between south Arkansas and west Texas, will be held this year at Red Springs Texas near Seymour on July 25-26. An official invites all family members, branches, and friends to attend with meals both days and lodging Saturday night. the event traces to descendants of William Riley and Nora Hill Whitten of Laneburg and draws attendees from up to seven states.
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Whitten
South Arkansas
West Texas
Red Springs
Tex
Seymour
Prescott
Tex-arkana
el Dorado
William Riley
Nora Hill Whitten
Laneburg
Nevada County
Louisiana-Arkansas
Weather Station Report for 24 Hours Ending 7 AM
Weather experiment notes show Wednesday high 94 and low 86 with continued observation across 9 page terrace. hourly data not provided.
Goldwater poised to win GOP nomination on first ballot
Barry Goldwater leads the GOP fight for the presidential nomination as convention votes loom. A new candidate joins the field while past Republican figures are noted across the country. The New Hampshire lottery kickoff at Rockingham Park begins amid desegregation plans in Mississippi and other national notices.
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Barry Goldwater
Sen. Goldwater
Manhattan Tower
Wall Street
San Fran Cisco
Accounting Baer Procedures Reviewed by State Auditor Jones
State Auditor Jimmie Jones spoke to the Hope Kiwanis Club on Tuesday. He reviewed accounting procedures and fiscal control systems used at the state capitol. Jones praised modern equipment and efficiency. He is a Magnolia native and unopposed this year. The program was arranged by Tom Ed Hays Jr. Dr. James Spring of Branch Hospital and Walter Frazier of Abilene attended.
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Jimmie Jones
Hope Kiwanis Club
State Capitol
Jones
Magnolia
Tom Ed Hays
James Spring
Branch Hospital
Walter Frazier
Abilene
Texas
Police Probe Two Accidents Near Highway 67 and Davis Furn. Store
Police report two separate mishaps today. J W Strickland’s auto was rear ended on Highway 67 inside the city limits as he turned left, with Betty Johnson of Joiner Arkansas driving the other car. no injuries or charges. In a Davis Furniture alley Ernest Davis’s vehicle rolled back into Mary Johnson’s pickup causing significant door damage. no injuries reported.
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J.W. Strickland
Betty Johnson
Join
Ark
Rowe and
Jarvis
Strickland
Johnson
Johnson Auto
Davis Furn
Ernest Davis
Mary Johnson
Arkansan AG Bennett urges business to ignore Civil Rights Act
LITTLE ROCK AP Atty Gen Bruce Bennett reaffirmed his stance that Arkansas businessmen should ignore the Civil Rights Act until a federal court orders compliance. He warned that enforcing the law could force owners to shut integrated operations and lose businesses, while predicting a boom in private club charters and white-only memberships in beauty shops and similar enterprises.
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Little Rock
Bruce Bennett
Arkansas
Bennett
More U S Forces to South Viet Nam Increase in manpower planned
Washington reports a roughly 600 man rise in U S military presence in South Viet Nam in coming months. About half will be additional Special Forces to bolster field advisers and border training units near Laos. Total U S Special Forces in Viet Nam will reach about 1,000, with overall U S strength near 16,000.
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Washington
United States
South Viet Nam
Laos
U.S
Viet Nam
Maxwell D. Taylor
Joint Chiefs of Staff
William Westmorejland
Robert’ McCloskey
Seate Department
McCloskey
Soviet Union
Czechoslovakia
China
Pin in Lung 14 Years Is Removed
Virginia Leavy 37 of Greensburg had an open safety pin lodged in her lung for 44 years after swallowing it in 1949 or 1950 while dressing her infant. At Mercy Hospital Pittsburgh doctors used a bronchoscope and forceps to retrieve the rusted pin after weeks of attempts.
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New Hampshire
Rockingham Park
Mississippi
Virginia Leavy
Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh's Mercy
Star's Four Seasons Tabloid gains national publicity
Hope Star and its Four Seasons Tabloid, debuting May 27, have earned national recognition in newspaper trade papers. The July issue of American Press features a front page photo of Hope football star Dor Jones on water lis, with notes on autumn editions and cash prizes for school essays and letters.
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Hope Star
Four Seasons
Amerean Press
Chicago
Dor Jones
Hope Football Star
A. H. Washburn
Star
American Press
The
Publishers’ Auxiliary
Reach
North America
New York Daily News
Eastman Kodak Company
Arkansas
Dorsey Says Faubus Administration Grown Callous
Odell Dorsey, a gubernatorial candidate, charged Faubus has been in office so long the administration is callous to Arkansas needs. He campaigned in Poinsett, Craighead, Greene and Clay counties and plans an open house Sunday at the Marion Hotel in Little Rock.
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Marion Hotel
Little Ck
Building Project Set Under Ten Thousand Cap
LITTLE ROCK AP The attorney general's office ruled that Perla can build a telly hall and fire station only if the cost remains under 10 000. Mayor Tommy Maroney requested the ruling as bids previously exceeded available funds by seven thousand.
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Attorney General’s Office
Perla
Tommy Maroney
Maroney
Outstanding Young Men of America adds local resident
All Around Town Jerry Earl O Neal is named for the 1965 Outstanding Young Men of America. He was chosen by a 13 member National Board of Editors after local nomination. Other items include property moves, social notes, a fried chicken supper at Spring Hill Church, and ROTC cadet Thomas C. Jones attending a six week camp at Fort Sill.
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Jerry Earl O'Neal
Hope Junior Chamber of Commerce
Publiication
Thomas C. Jones
Kathryn Jones
Hope, Ark
Georgia Senator Urges Nonviolence Despite Civil Rights Law
Rome Georgia AP Senator Richard B Russell urged Georgians to avoid violence and live with the civil rights law while awaiting final adjudication. He acknowledged disagreement but warned violence would worsen troubles and criticized civil disobedience as anarchy, noting his opposition to the measure but acceptance of its current status.
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Rome
Richard B. Russell
Russell
Coosa Valley
Senate
Goldwater Pilots Drive Toward 1st Ballot Win
At the Republican National Convention in San Francisco Barry Goldwater pressed toward a first ballot victory as Scranton led failed efforts to amend the party platform. A 897 409 vote rejected a bid to pledge enforcement of the Civil Rights Act. An AP survey showed Goldwater with 805 votes to Scranton’s 169 on nomination day, with Miller as likely running mate and Kitchel as national chairman.
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Jack Bell
San Francisco
Barry Goldwater
Arizona
Pennsylvania
William W. Scranton
Goldwater
Johnson
Scranton
Hugh Scott
R-Pa
Scott
Justice Department
ISO
Associated Press
Witl
All America
William E. Miller
New York
GOP
Miller
New England
Illinois
North Carolina
Arkansas
Mississippi
Denison Kitchel
Fisherman Drowns at Hot Springs
William Thomas Chandler, 75, of Springdale, was found dead Tuesday floating in about 20 feet of water in Lake Hamilton near Hot Springs. Sheriff Duffie Searcy said Chandler apparently had a heart attack, fell from his boat, and drowned. An autopsy was ordered. the body was found by Ernest E. Ballard of Benton. Chandler had gone fishing earlier that day. his boat was not recovered.
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Hot Springs
Ark
William Thomas Chandler
Springdale
Lake Hamilton
Duffie Searcy
Chandler
Ernest E. Ballard
Benton
Searcy
Scranton's Proposals Trash in Republican Platform Fight
At the San Francisco convention Republicans soundly defeated Scranton's civil rights and extremism planks by wide margins, as 897 to 409 rejected his civil rights proviso. He sought to frame his moderate stance against Goldwater, denouncing extremism and pushing nuclear weapons control, with backers including Rockefeller and Romney opposing him.
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Goldwater
North Atlantic “Treaty Organization
Lewis Gulick
San Francisco
William W. Scranton
Barry Goldwater
Scranton
Scranto
Poolieman
Republican Party
George Romney
Christian A. Herter
New York State Assembly
Joseph Carlito
New York
Nelson A. Roockefeller
John Birch Society
Ku Klux Klan
Barry
Rockefeller
John W. Brynes
Wisconsin
Cou
Yocom 73 Dies at Home in Spring Hill
Louis C. Yocom Jr 73 lifelong Spring Hill resident died at home Weay He was a retired farmer and Baptist Church member Survivors include his wife three sons Doyle Carroll Yocom Hope London Yocom Camden four daughters May Martin Hope Inez Stephens Springhill Mrs James Huckabee Pasadena Texas and Mrs David Wheeling ton Goliad Texas a sister Miss Margaret Yocom Funeral at 10 am Thursday at Herndon Cornelius Chapel Rev Stacy Thrasher Burial in Memory Gardens Active pallbearers Elbert Tarpley Hubert Kidd Johnny Taylor Frank Hill Gilbert Brown Elbert Collis
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Louis C. Yocom, Jr
Spring Hill
Weay
The
Baptist Church
Lillie Yocom
Doyle and
Carroll Yocom
Hope
London
Yocom
Camden
May Martin
Inez Stephens
Springhill
James Huckabee
Pasadena
Texas
David Wheelington
Goliad
Margaret Yocom
Herndon- Cornelius Chapel
Stacy Thrasher
Herndon-Cornelius
Elbert Tarpley
Hubert Kidd
Johnny ‘Taylor
Frank Hill
Gilbert Brown
Elbert Collis
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Edwin W. Bird
Monticello
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That City
Bird
Mabel Norton
5. G. Norton
Mr. Norton
Jerry Neil
the Gazette
C. C. McNeill
Landrith
Ward-Belmont College
Nashville, Tenn
Georgia
Goldwater Pilots
L. C. Yocom
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