Tunisia Crisis: Bourguiba Orders Pipeline Seizure
In Bizerta fighting between French and Tunisian forces escalates as President Bourguiba orders seizure of the Skhira oil pipeline to cut output from Sahara fields. Tunisian troops and civilian volunteers clash with French paratroopers. UN invoked. Libyan and Algerian volunteers offered support. U.S. calls for deescalation.
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Tunis
Tunian
Bizerbely
Habil Bourguiba
Bnd
Ae Sahara
Ourguiba
Skhira
Tunisia
France
Edjele
Bizerte
Radio
Mediterranean
Neo- Destour (Freedom) Party
U.N. Savoy Council
United States
Minissa
Gamel Abdel
Nasser
United Arab Republic
Weather brief for Arkansas and nearby areas
Partly cloudy to cloudy through Saturday with scattered thundershowers in north and central Arkansas and scattered afternoon and evening storms in the south. Highs reach 80s to mid 90s, lows 65 to 75, with Saturday highs ranging 5 degrees higher in the north to 95 in the south.
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Arkansas
Aouistana
Arkansas Regional Forecast Amid Scattered Thundershowers
Central southeast and southwest Arkansas face partly cloudy skies with scattered afternoon or evening thundershowers through Saturday. Temperatures reach mid 90s in central and east regions, mid 70s at night, with northwestern areas slightly cooler.
Hope School District Announces 1961 62 New Teachers
James H. Jones announces new staff for Hope School System and Verger School System. New Hope School System hires include Wray Buck Agriculture Bobby Wil marsh social studies Miss Phyllis Rankin music elementary and high choral grades. Transfers move Le p Sladen to grade seven math Emma Praieos Hall to English and others to high schools. Verger School System adds Wallace Stratus lung, Lung Medal and science. Teaching posts filled pending full personnel lists for white and Negro schools.
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Hope
I-A
James H. Jones
Hope High School
Wray W. Buck
Bobby Wilmarsh
Anion High
Merry Beasley
Faulkner
Phyllis Rankin
Brookwood
le P. Sladen
Grady
George Stratusler
Farm Youth Killed by Lightning near Crabbs Arkansas
A lightning bolt killed Wayne Duke while he worked on his parents farm two miles west of Crabbs near Newport Arkansas. His parents Mr and Mrs Chirenee Duke were nearby but escaped injury. The elder Duke recounted the moment as the strike occurred.
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Newport
Ark
Anil
Wayne Duke
Mies
Crabbs
Chirenee Duke
Duke
Iydig
Phone Firm Authorized to Borrow 3.1 Million for Modernization
The state Public Service Commission has authorized South Missouri Telephone Co. of Mammoth Spring to borrow up to 3.1 million dollars from the Rural Electrification Administration. The loan will finance a general modernization and expansion program in Missouri and its north Arkansas area.
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Liter Rock Tam
State Public Service Commission
South Missouri Telephone Co. of
Mammoth Spring
Missouri
North Arkansas
Riders Visit Little Rock After New York Trip
Riders from New York arrived in Little Rock with no incident and were served in the white waiting room. The group, including two white rabbis and three others, planned to return to New Jersey. They reported refusals of service in Stuttgart, Culpepper, and Elizabethton and had previously faced a 195? incident in Chattanooga where four riders were arrested and fined before sentences were suspended.
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Little Rock
APIA
Camal Five
Wreedom
New York
New Jersey
Creyhound
Memphis
Chattanooga
Knoxville
Roanoke Pa
Charlottesville
Kenry Thomas
Negra
St. Augstine
Mla
Stuttgart
Ark
Culpepper
Elizabethton
Local News Update from Hope and Area Schools
Community notes report Webb as director and di af Hope joining the Minnorl Managenicul dn SUE at the University of san sas Joly Meth. Garland leaves to join Foreman school System. Mentions Quan, Guernsey, Emmet moves, and Gray Terry Muffinan, son of Myine, attending Hempstead Mennr hospital. KA announcer competing in state contest in Memphis. references Arkadelphicey, Monticetlo. Anamie Griffin heads to Greenville Texas. Kenneth bearer with Chief Jack Brown. Charles The reivic leadership, OiShE AL Hirst Baptist church honor grad, Woodrayg Wibson ship student. Tray Wo Back, Hope High senior, joins IPA meeting. Capsule talk and Jey dias involvement noted.
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Webb Dieetor
Af Hope
Idrea
Cab
SeLviie Tanamods Allenels
University of Sansas Joly Meth
Publite
Amy Garland
Foreman
Quan
Hai
Guernsey
Yarst
Emmet
Mes Gray
Terry Muffinan
Myine
Hempstead
Mennr
Futlian
Hope Iy
Charles
AL Hirst Baptist
Ohare
Hope High
Dunelift College
Aind
University of Texas
Woodrayg Wibson
Rape Charge Filed Against Negro Here
Deputy Prosecutor Jeb Ivrs states that John D. Patrick is suspected of raping an elderly white woman in the early hours of August 2, 1961. The Prosecuting Attorney will seek the earliest possible trial date. Law enforcement agencies are commended for close cooperation in the matter.
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John D. Patrick
Uy 2
Provecalor Jeb 1
Hempstead County
Arkansas Stile
Patrick
Ubis
Rebukal JFKs Health Program
State Education Commissioner Arel Ward rebukes President Kennedy for pushing more emphasis on physical education in schools. He says schools should be left to boards and administrators and criticizes political interference. Ford notes Arkansas high schools meet PE requirements but many junior highs and elementary schools lack PE staffing.
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Little Rock
Arel Ward
Kennedy
Edo
Bard
Fhai
Hmyong
Tell Lo
America
Ford
Arkansas
Arkla data conflict rises in Arkansas Louisiana case
The Arkla dispute over data changes inflates the reported figure by about 8.5 million, with lawyers asking the Public Service Commission to dismiss new filings. Hearings continue as a rate expert compares Arkla prices with those of other utilities.
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Arkansas
Louisiana
Dorada City
Spencer Jr
Amd
George Hulmes
Avkla Agw
CMS
Public Service Commissin
PSC
Thusdas
Agather
Tlumtaker
Af Rankfart
ArkaTisis Gilon
Arkatemerase
Arka
Bruce S. Ford Dies Friday at Hospital in Little Rock
Bruce S Ford dies Friday at a Little Rock hospital after residing in Washington. Survived by son James Ford of Jackson Mississippi, sisters Winnie Frances Pord of Midland Texas and Verne Myrtle Wilson of Southerton Oregon. Services Saturday at 2 p.m. at Her Tedon Cornelius Chapel with burial in Washington.
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Bruce Shelby Morel
Rextor Day
Lille Rock Hospital
Washington
James Ford
Jackson
Winnie Frances Pord
Midland
Texas
Verne Myrtle Wilson
Suthertin
Ore
Iavelt
Tedon Cornelius Chapel
Pilkinton Resigns as Prosecutor
The resignation letter reveals Pilkinton stepping down as prosecutor amid ongoing grand jury indictments and civil cases. He cites disqualification of deputy John Li Wilson and returns office duties to Wilson while noting civil suits in Trampstead Chancery Court and unsettled county property matters.
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Weisenberger
Pilkin Lote
Male
Wisi
Tw County
Charleston Faces Massive West Virginia Flood Disaster
Charleston and West Virginia officials battled a flood aftermath after 17 confirmed deaths and hundreds evacuated. Officials estimated $5 million in property damage and urged federal aid as waters surged through ravines and towns while survivors searched for missing loved ones. President Kennedy pledged an immediate report and weighed federal disaster assistance.
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Charlieston
Hoya
Charleston
Ala Shank- Jin
West
Gulf Oil Officer Dies in New York City
Gulf Oil Corp director and former chief executive officer dies in New York City on Wednesday. The deceased, a prominent industry figure, formerly chaired the company and had ties to Gulf operations in various regions. A sister, Mrs PR Lene of Siloam Springs Arkansas, survives.
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New York Gap
Holes
Chatman
Gulf Oil Corp
PR Lenedalt
Siloam Springs
Ark
Kennedy Considers Expanding National Guard Amid Berlin Crisis
President Kennedy signals readiness to ask Congress to boost Army strength and activate National Guard divisions on active duty indefinitely due to the Berlin crisis. Warren Rogers reports the move would raise manpower to 175 000, with Guard units already in two week training at Camp Drum and other camps nationwide.
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York
Kennedy
Congo
Berlin
Warren Rogers
Ina
Washington
New York
Worald ‘Tribune
Camp Drum
N.Y
Alt. Hil
Bowling Green
Tennessee
Stewart
Gay
Duly
Oh Hood
Camp Ripley
Minn
Swo
Distuetcy Cadiamd
Camp
Wlins
Midh
Congress
Tabernacle Church Changes Name to First Assembly of God Hope
The Tope Gospel Tabernacle at North Main and West Avenue 1 changes its affiliation from Assemblies of God to the First Assembly of God church of Hope. By a member vote the church name officially shifts to align with other Assemblies of God churches, though locally it may still be known as the Tabernacle.
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Torhe
North Mai
West Avenue 1
Tope Gospel Tabernacle
Assemblies of God
Treadquarters
Springfield
Fist Assembly of
Gaul
Church of Hope
Assemblies of CIA
Will Not Join Municipal Group In Southern Alliance Talks
In Little Rock and North Little Rock an upcoming municipal association meeting is planned. The proposed group aims to lobby Washington for Southern cities. Mayor WR Laman said he was willing to meet the speakers and discuss the effort.
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Litle Rock
Little Rock
North Lille
Washington
North Lite Rock
WR Laman
Shere
Autos Recovered by Officers After Theft Incidents
Officers recovered several stolen autos over the past two days. Nepris and possibly three suspects took Colt Beavers' car on Old Highway 67 Mast. A suspect jumped from the moving vehicle near Meg sighting the pole war. one fled, another stayed. Police identified Lindsey and Leath as involved, with Brasher's auto recovered by Ward Orr in Gurdon.
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Hope
Dette
Colt Beavers
Highway 67
Meg
Sam
Phakting Thedais Lindsey
Columbus Leath
Finny Brasher
Tyas
Ward Orr
Gurdon
Bell Leaving Kristian Church Here
Jon Bell, pastor of West Christian Church for the past several years, has accepted the position of Arkansas State Chairman of the Veterans of Foreign Wars. He will leave the local pastorate but remain available for supply and interim work anywhere in the state. Bell is a retired army chaplain who served in World War II and earned multiple service awards. He will base his headquarters in Little Rock while his permanent address remains in Springdale.
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Jon Bell
Wirst Christian Church
Ewo
Arkansas
Chaolani
Teo. Bell
Towa
Iumy
Pearl Harbor
Imi
Pacific
Atlantic
United Nations
Bell
Texarking
Lille Rock
Springdale
School Board Votes On Ten Transfers Amid Closed Session
The board discussed requests of fifteen African American students seeking transfer from all Negro schools to previously white schools. President Everett Tucker declined to confirm whether any transfers would be added to the 49 already assigned, noting decisions would not be announced until the next workday after a depth closing session.
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Hitple Rock
Rick
Nero
Everet ‘Tieker
all-Negra
Tucker
Allahite Juniae
Grissom Survives Nervy Cape Flight And Capsule Sinks
America’s second space man Gus Grissom rode the Redstone to an altitude that shocked observers then watched his liberty capsule plunge and sink. He was rescued by helicopter near the Randolph after swimming about 70 feet, while Kennedy watched with the nation.
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Howard Benedict
Cape Canaveral
Fla
Cad
Stromal Virgil
Gist Gala
Sum
Dig Life Ag
Waeler
America
Randolph
Grissom
Reds
Cai
Shepard
Betty
Newport News
Thei Sons
Deatt
Mark
Totes
Guy
Nation Space Agency
Gelsseng Wits
Redstone Hoster
Cape Camniveral
Algo Sum
Handalph
Shark
Felievopter
Cmera
Cpe
Healae
Hissomr
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