Hope debates rerouting Highway 29 to serve I-30 access
At a city hall hearing the rerouting of State Highway 29 through Hope to connect with Interstate 30 was debated. Highway Department spokesman Lester Jester argued the project must function as an artery for local traffic, not a bypass, aiming to bring No 29 South to Hope’s center. Residents and property owners along Hervey Street and Edgewood Second Street voiced concerns over condemnation and delays.
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Eity Hall
State Highway Department
Hervey Street
Edgewood Second Street
Lester Jester
Highway Department
Inerstate 30
Interstate 30 Acess
Hope
Ark
Edgewood St
Leonard Ellis
G. G. Medders
James H. Pilkinton
Jack Beaty
Clyde Fouse
Vote Favors Strike in Steel Mills
United Steelworkers union members backed their negotiators with a sweeping show of support as a strike deadline loomed a week away. Across 600 halls, about 180000 members in 88 locals voted with 97.9 percent in favor or opposed by secret ballots. most held no money on major items.
Nasser Accused of Seeking War by Israeli Leader
Jerusalem AP Abba Eban charges Egyptian President Nasser seeks a new war to liquidate Israel. Nasser, addressing Cairo Arab Socialist Union, warned the Middle East crisis could explode into world conflict, calling peace efforts and negotiations futile. Eban termed the speech a clear plan for uncompromising opposition to peace.
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Jerusalem
Abba Eban
Qamal Abdel] Assers
Israel
Arab Socialist Union
Cairo
Middle East
U.N
Eban
Nasser
Cleveland Rioters Shoot 10 Dead in East Side Clash
Riot night on Cleveland's East Side leaves 10 dead including four whites and three officers. At least 18 injured as snipers fire from rooftops and bushes. 24 arrested, gas, tear gas and armored trucks used. National Guardsmen mobilized after chaos and arson.
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Cleveland
Brink
Lakeview Road
125Th Streaty
James A. Rhodes
Cincinnati
Ohio
Nine Migrants Die in Grade Collision At Patmos Revival
Migrant deaths claimed after a bus returning workers to Chester from a dairy farm collided with a southbound diesel train near Newtonville New Jersey. Nine died twenty injured as the bus was torn apart and hurled along the tracks. Police report indicate the speed and crossing warnings were factors.
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Newtonville
South Jersey
Pennsylvania Reading Seashore
Philadelphia
Jersey Shore
Bto Mehta
Chester
John Krokos
Buena Vista Township
John Caruso
Love Clark
Sof
Wilmington
Delaware
Clark
Kessler Memorial Hospital
Hammonton
Prosecutors on Air Today in Community Crossroads program
Prosecution candidates for district attorney will each host an hour on KXAR program Community Crossroads. W H Dub Arnold appears Wednesday July 24 and Bill Denman Jr Thursday July 25 from 6 to 7 PM. Listeners may call with questions. The James Dennis Show will not be heard those nights.
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KXAR
W. H
Arnold
Bill Denman, Jr
James Dennis
What's the Use of Being Middle Aged You Can't Brag
Hal Boyle notes the vanity and pitfalls of aging, listing behaviors middle aged people avoid or fake. The piece argues aging offers pride in lived experience and memories, despite social pressure to appear younger.
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Hal Boyle
New York
Lke
Shirley Temple
John L. Sullivan
America
Elinor Glyn
Gene Stratton Porter
John Fox Jr
Edgar Guest
Teenage Republicans to Meet Tonight at Routon Home
The Teen-age Republicans meet this Wednesday at 8 p.m. in Ralph Routon’s home, with supervision by Trussell as Centennial events begin Friday. Dr. Gerald W. Trussell will lead a three day centennial celebration for First Baptist Church in Hope, marking his landmark pastorate since 1967.
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Ralph Routon
Trussell
Gerald W. Trussell
First Baptist Church
Fair Park
Mr. Trussell
Hope
Quachita
Shreveport
Warren
New Ee
Trussell Pecens Tly
Geraldine Trussell Taylor
Benny
Trussell S
Pine Addition
Musics
Westwood
Roy Chatham
Prussell
Chatham
Hubert Thrash
Frances Miller
Charles Reynerson
H. 4. Spragegins
Jewel Moore
J, Ey Little
Fortas Hurt by Refusal to Answer
Senate committee hearings on Abe Fortas’s nomination as chief justice hurt his chances amid questions about his rulings and White House access. Senator Hart predicted the committee would back confirmation by a 10-6 or better margin, depending on Republican opposition.
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John Chadwick
Associated Press
Washington
Senate
Johnson
Supreme Court
Abe Fortas
Philip A. Hart
D-Mich
Senate Judiciary Committee
Fortas
Earl Warren
Hart
White House
Committee
Fortas Hart
Blindfolded Decoy Backfires in Night Battle Near Saigon
A night fight 18 miles south of Saigon left 31 North Vietnamese and Viet Cong dead as U S forces unleashed heavy shelling and air strikes. A blindfolded South Vietnamese prisoner was used as a decoy, was knocked down by a mine, but three enemy soldiers were killed behind him. The prisoner, rescued by U S infantry, said eight more South Vietnamese captives were being forced to carry arms. their fate is unknown. South of Saigon U S casualties included four dead and seven wounded, with two killed aboard a helicopter downed by ground fire.
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Pavia
Italy
Ravanagzang
Payla
Voghera
Milan
George Esper
Associated Press
Saigon
U.S
9Th Infantry
Long An
C Sted
Rockefeller Reagan show rising GOP support at governors meeting
Nelson Rockefeller said about 55 delegates have shifted from Nixon to Reagan or Rockefeller, with 37 backing Reagan. Reagan noted sizeable moves toward his candidacy, though he plans to lead California’s delegation as a favorite son. The National Governors Conference in Cincinnati focused on party dynamics ahead of the conventions.
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Associated Press
Ronald Reagan
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Reagan
Rockefeller
New York
Cincinnati
South
Richard M. Nixon
Reepublicans
California
Hubert H. Humphrey
New York City
Maryland
Eugene J. McCarthy
McCarthy
Humphrey
Johanson
Debate Over Edgewood Route For Highway 29 South
A 2.5 hour city hall meeting as the State Highway Department outlined plans to reroute Highway 29 South near Edgewood Street to connect with Interstate 30. Lester Jester led the presentation with Carson McChesney and Sanford Wilburn, noting Edgewood is a planning symbol and public hearings will follow final plan. Citizens pressed about Second Street disruptions, land values, and alternatives like Betts or Hervey Streets, while the consultant urged studying all options before city action.
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State Highway Department
Edgewood Street
Lester Jester
State Highway Departments Planning and Research Division
Carrol McChesney
Traffic Snatneer
Sanford Wilburn
Garver and Garver
Little Rock
City of Hope
Don Parker
Higgway 29
Jester
Edgewood
Lester
Royce Weisenberger
Second St
L. Carter Johnson
Second Street
Mr. Jester
Fragier
Betts Street
Hervey Street
Fdgewood
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