Vacation Time Halts News Desk For Two Weeks
Editor Paul H. Jones begins a two week vacation leaving the desk to Alex 4 Washburn as national rail strike news flows. Chaos at the press hour gives way to front page life as 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. window provides presses ready. Mail delays affect distant subscribers with Arkansas copies mailed on schedule while Texas and California editions face transfer delays.
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Our
Alex
Washburn
Paul H. Jones
Sen Long of Iowa Faces Ethics Inquiry
Senator Edward V. Long faced the Senate ethics committee over alleged misuse of a wiretap probe to aid Teamsters Union President James R. Hoffa. After a three hour session, the committee offered no conclusions, with another interview possible. Life magazine accused Long of steering the subcommittee to help Hoffa.
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Washington
Edward V. Long
Senate Ethics Committee
Teamsters Union
James R. Hoffa
Momlay
John Stennis
D-Miss
Long
Missouri
Bipartisan Committee
Life Magazine
Life
Hoffa
Congo Begins Track-Down of Rebels
The Congo government plans a hunt for mutinous white mercenaries with paratroopers aided by foreign African pilots and U S Air Force transports. About 150 Congolese paratroopers trained by Israel were moved to Kisangani aboard American C130s, the northeastern city from which mercenaries and Katangan troops fled July 13. Ghana has sent three pilots to operate the Congo’s T28 fighters.
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Arnold Zeitlin
Kinshasa
Congo
Israel
Kisangani
Stanleyville
Ghana
Two Die In Crash at Mountainburg
Mountainburg Arkansas AP reports a fatal two-car crash on Arkansas 71 seven miles north of Mountainburg. Victims include Iva Lee McCabe 42 of Fayetteville and C P Acord 84 of Coal Hill. Survivors include Jerry D McCabe 45 also of Fayetteville and Ray Adams 36 of Mountainburg.
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Mountainburg
Ark
Arkansas 71
Here
Iva Lee McCabe
Fayetteville
C. P. Acord
Coal Hill
Johnson County
Jerry D. McCabe
Ray Adams
Crawford County
New School Issue Rises in Kansas
An Amish farmer LeRoy Garber of Yodar faces a potential Supreme Court review over Kansas compulsory school attendance laws after conviction for keeping his daughter Sharon from enrolling in a public high school. The Kansas Supreme Court upheld the conviction, saying the law serves the public interest despite Garber's religious objections.
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Barry Schweid
Washington
Kansas
Supreme Court
LeRoy Garber
Yodar
Sharon
Garber
Old Order
Amish Mennonite Church
Itere
Kansas Supreme Court
Vacation Church School Opens at First Methodist
Vacation Church School began at First Methodist Church with 117 children and 30 workers. The Elementary V-VI Department met Sunday afternoon with director Mrs. J W Perkins as guest instructor. A hot dog supper followed in the recreation rooms. Mothers on refreshment committee include Mrs Don Johnson and four others.
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First Methodist Church
J. W. Perkins
Don Johnson
R.H. Mattox
Dorsey Stringfellow
Danny Joyce
J.W. Franks
Paul Jones New Voice on Horizon of Song
Paul Jones, a fresh British pop singer, gains attention as a rising star after his film Privilege. The 25 year old, described as middle class and square, rejects beatnik labels and values soul in blues while pursuing an active social role and a career in music. He once worked as a railway porter and salesman and now lives in London with his wife Sheila and two children.
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Hal Boyle
New York
Paul Jones
Britain
Dones
Jones
Sheila
London
Chelsea
Realty Board Backs City's Paying Plan
The Hope Board of Realtors endorsed the city's proposed 765000 street improvement program funded by a bond issue to be voted in September. City directors Leonard Ellis and Donal Parker outlined eight artery streets and a pro-rated five mill tax plus a storm sewer component to address flooding. The vote by the Realtors was unanimous in support.
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Hope Board of Realtors
Hope Chamber of Commerce
Hope Rotary Club
Diamoni Cafe
the Realtor
Leonard Ellis
Donal Parker
Hope
Ellis
Parker
Charles R. Wilburn
Realtor Group
Helen
Ning Board
Injection Course at Tech School
Aide Archie Lantz will visit three southern Arkansas counties in the Third District next week to bring Hammerschmidt’s office closer to the people. In Ashdown on Wednesday July 26 and Murfreesboro on July 28 the office will be in the courtroom, while in Hope on July 27 the session will be in the Social Security office on the second floor of the post office building. Hours run 9 p.m. to 4 p.m.
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John Paul Hammerschmidt
Archie Lantz
Clarksville
Hammerschmidt
Ashdown
Hope
Murfreesboro
Congress Ends Rail Strike Forces Trains Moving Today
The six shop unions ordered their members back to work under the new federal law ending the nationwide rail walkout. Picket lines fell back as commitments to the compulsory settlement and a five member presidential board took effect, with return to work and disrupted services gradually resuming nationwide.
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Associated Press
Southern Railway
Chattanooga
Tenn
W. Willard Wirtz
Machinists’ Union
Wirtz
Copper Industry
Neil Gilbride
Washington
Johnson
Congress
Vietnam
Johnson Signs Rail Bill Ending Nationwide Strike
The measure orders six railroad shopcraft unions to return to work immediately and creates a five member presidential board to seek a voluntary settlement. It grants a 90 day no strike period for negotiations, with potential compulsory agreement if no deal is reached, and allows binding recommendations until January 1, 1969.
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Washington
Johnson
Congressmans Fuel Injection School At Red River Voc Tech
A special fuel injection school will be held at Red River Vocational Technical School with two sessions at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. on Thursday. Instructor Fred Langston Jr. from Backarack Instruments will lead the course, which is free. Enrollment details are through the school or Crow Burlingame Co. Also covered a summer service school for McCormick Farm Equipment dealers, with diesel mechanics demonstrations, and a note on Hope’s proposed five mill property tax plan for urban streets.
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Red River
Resumption in Arkansas Is in Doubt
Pine Bluff Arkansas AP The nationwide strike that idled or curtailed operations of Arkansas three major railroads will continue despite President Johnsons approval of congressional legislation to end it An IAM official said striking members would keep picketing until a federal court enjoins them The decision of union officials keeps other railroad unions honoring picket lines in place at Pine Bluff Stuttgart North Little Rock and Camden as key Cotton Belt and Missouri Pacific points in the state.
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Pine Bluff
Ark
Arkansas
Johnson
J. A. Nesbett
House
Senate
International Association of Machinists
Nesbett
IAM
Here
J. W. Ramsey
Chicago
Rock Island
Cotton Belt
Missouri Pacific
System Federation No. 45
Pine Blut
Stuttgart
North Little Rock
Camden
Cropduster Pilot Killed in Parkin Crash
A crepe dusting plane crashed onto Arkansas 75 about one mile south of Parkin Monday killing its pilot L. W. Mooneyham of Wynne.
Widow Succeeds Clerk in Craighead County
Mrs. Alice Taylor of Jonesboro widow of the late Craighead County circuit clerk Searcy Taylor was appointed by Gov. Rockefeller to fill the unexpired term. She took the oath from County Judge Bill Clark and will serve until January 1, 1969. Taylor died Saturday leaving the deputy clerk position vacant.
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Jonesboro
Ark
Alice Taylor
Craighead
Searcy Taylor
Winthrop Rockefeller
Taylor
Bill. Clark
Buck Goodwin Burned In Live Wire Accident
A.B. Buck Goodwin lineman for Hope Water and Light Plant was severely burned about 11 a.m. when he touched a 4 160 circuit at Sth and Grady streets. He was transported to Memorial Hospital with burns on both hands and possible further injuries. Apprentice lineman Jerry Burnett pulled him clear after the shock, saving him from the live line. Fire Chief Jim Cobb helped remove Goodwin from the pole.
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A.B
Buck) Goodwin
Hope Water and Light Plant
Sth
Grady
Memorial Hospital
Jerry Burnett
Jerry
Jim Cobb
Buck
Arkansas to join Texas HemisFair pavilion
Arkansas plans to participate in HemisFair '08 in San Antonio becoming the first state outside Texas to announce a pavilion. Governor John Connally stated Arkansas is a progressive tourism leader and welcomed into the fair family.
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Arkansas
Austin
Tex
San Antonio
HemisFair
Texas
John Connally
Conally
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Wilburn
Jesse Duckett
Vincent Foster
Charles R, Wilburn
NEW School
1St Methodist
Boyle
Oxford Universit
Realty Board
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U.S
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J. E. Doe
Wolfe
Frank W. Wilson
U.S. District Court
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the Star Staff
Don Herring
Rodney Herring
Biloxt
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Texarkana College
Hempstead County Beef Cattleman’s Assn
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