Mayors, riots, and wartime style law in 11 year old rule
Report describes a city under an 11 year old emergency law allowing police to arrest groups of 12 or more, with 12 hour shifts and cancelled vacations. Stormy outbreaks hit Chicago Sacramento and Seattle as clashes rose, while Detroit labor leader Walter Reuther urged unity to heal wartime scars.
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Sacramento
Calif
Seattle
Wash
Calfornia
Detroit
United ‘Auto Workers
Walter P. Reuther
Motor City
Inmate Escapes from Veterans Hospital in Little Rock
Suson Farm inmate Cook, 42, serving 16 years for grand larceny and kidnapping, was brought to the Veterans Administration Hospital for a physical exam and walked away Thursday after nurses returned to collect him. From Tillar, Cook was under guard when he disappeared.
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Little Rock
Cook
Suson Farm
Veterans Administration Hospital
Tillar
Pulaseki County
Ft Smith Bull Fight Not the First
Fort Smith Arkansas a bloodless bullfight scheduled for tonight and Saturday night is not the first such event here says a longtime resident who recalls a 1903 bullfight on Rogers Avenue near the old depot. He notes prior events used a fence and no horses and that bulls were not killed.
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Kansas City Southern Depot
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Humane Society
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Faubus Era Memoir Echoes 1967 Integration Tension
A fragile fragment from The Statesman recalls Governor Faubus and the 1967 integration crisis. It mentions threats against officials who oppose opposition and references a front page star about the Little Rock affair. The tone critiques nostalgia for oldhayride imagery.
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Weather blurb with partial forecast details
Fragmented forecast notes indicate hours ending at a.m. Friday with highs around 71 and a low near 65. Partly cloudy and humid conditions expected Saturday with scattered showers and thunder.
Mrs Kennedy marks 38th birthday at Cape Cod home
Hyannis Port Massachusetts AP reports Mrs John F Kennedy celebrates her 38th birthday with a quiet family gathering at the Kennedy summer compound on Cape Cod. Caroline age 9 and John age 6 join her while the Kennedy infant son will be christened by Cardinal Cushing on Saturday.
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John F. Kennedy
Caroline
John
Cape Cod
U.S
Edward M. Kennedy
Richard Cardinal Cushing
Free Ozark sightseeing trip invitation for couples
The Tourist and Recreation Committees of Fulton and Izard Counties invite married couples to a free guided Ozarks sightseeing tour August 10–11 starting Hope at 8:00 a.m. Travel, lodging funded. couples pay meals and purchases. Itinerary includes Buffalo River, Bull Shoals Dam, Lake Norfolk, Calico Rock, Horseshoe Bend, and a private club membership overview. Selection on a first come basis with mail-in coupon response.
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Izard
Melbourne
Arkansas
Horseshoe Development Corporation
Arkansas Ozarks
Hope
Ozarks
Marshall
Pleasant Ridge
Cotter
Ozark
Buffalo River
Bull Shoals Dam
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White River
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Franklin
Turkey Mountain
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Johnson faced riots and reform as U S Civil Rights push deepens
AP reports President Johnson, years of upheaval since 1965, facing Watts riots and national tension. Brown warns of black revolution yet Johnson vows leadership, decries violence, compares rioters to Klansmen, and pledges continued civil rights efforts amid escalating unrest.
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AP News Analyt
Washington
Johnson
Howard University
Revoluton
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
H. Rap Brown
Brown
Cambridge
Detroit
Los Angeles
Watts
United States
Members Named to Johnson Civil Disorder Advisory Commission
Washington AP reports President Johnson named an 11 member advisory panel to probe origins of recent disorders and propose prevention. The lineup includes Otto Kerner John Lindsay Fred Harris Edward Brooke William McCulloch James Corman Roy Wilkins Abel Charles Thornton Katherine Graham Peden Herbert Jenkins. Jenkins emphasizes separating rioters from the Negro community and calls for swift forceful police action and poverty relief to curb crime.
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Otto Kerner
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John ¥. Lindsay
New York City
Fred R. Harris
U.S. Senate
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All Around Town Hope Little League All Stars Reach Championship
Hope Little League All Stars beat McGehee 15 to 5 in the District tournament at Monticello and face Strackover for the title at 7 00 PM with KXAR carrying the game. State playoffs come to Hope next Thursday and Friday at the Park.
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Hope Little League All Stars
McGehee
Monticello
Stiackover
KXAR
Hope
thePark
Mike Lofly
McGehee High School
Claud Dunne
Little Rock
Mike
Arkansas State College
Conway
Faubus Calls for Johnson Action on Riots
Former Arkansas Governor Orval Faubus sent a telegram to President Johnson urging immediate federal action to stop demonstrations, looting, arson, and killings in the South. He criticized Supreme Court decisions he likened to favoring criminals and Communists and warned that inaction would ruin his political cause.
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Ark
Orval Faubus
Johnson
Faubus
U.S. Supreme Court
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