Spencer Tract Proving to Be Valuable for Research
The Spencer Tract at the University of Arkansas Southwest Branch Experiment Station shows progress in its second year. Part of the 1000 acre area is grazed and new pastures are being established for beef cattle research. forestry projects include pine planting and insect control. Operation began in January 1461 under a long term lease by Mr. Spencer, with 320 acres bottomland, 504 upland pasture and meadow, and 177 acres pine forest, reflecting Arkansas soil variety. The expanded program aims to benefit Southwest Arkansas farms through agricultural research, supported by civic leaders, farmers, and groups including Hempstead County Farm Bureau, Hope FFA, and Guriter Lumber Co. Continuous coverage continues on page four.
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Spencer
University of Arkansas Southwest Branch
Cecil
MM. Biftle
U of A
Cottal
Arkansas
University
Division’ of Agriculture
John W. White
R. B. Arnold
Herbert Burns
E. Odom
Thomas G. Jones
Monroe R. Samuels
C. O. Temple Ray Turney
BE. J. Whitman
Ned Pure
Grover Thompson
Autrey Wilson
The
Hempstead County Farm Bureau
Hope Ffa Chapel
City of Hope Water and Livut
Guriter Lumber Co
Wilton
May Weather Report Totals Precipitation Across Year
May precipitation totaled 2.61 inches, with year to date 20.46 inches, vs 21.26 inches at the same period last year. An experiment station report notes 8 a m ending May 8. Priday, Mfigit 85, Law 63. Arkansas Regional Forecast by The Associated Press. Central Arkansas partly cloudy.
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Priday
Law
Arkansas
Associated Press
Auto collision causes minor damage on South Main Street
Yesterday on South Main Street, Mrs. Charles Purifoy backed into a parked car owned by Cletis MacHaffey while paying a meter. Both vehicles sustained minor damage as Officers Clark and Willis investigated.
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South Main Street
Charles Purifoy
Cletis Machaffey
Clark
Willis
Youth on Bike Hit by Auto Is Critical
Donald Braden a one year old from Hope was struck by Herbert Stephens of Blevins at Hickory and Nortly Hazel. He suffered a broken leg multiple leg injuries and facial lacerations and possible head fracture. rain damp streets and no bike lights were noted. Officers reported the boy rode without lights and Stephens did not see him. He was taken to a local hospital in critical condition.
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Donald Braden
Devil Braden
Hope
Herbert Stepherns
Blevins
Young
Braden
Ward
Moses
Hickory
Nortly Hazel
Stephens
Pupils Invited to Play at the Spa
Pupils of Mrs. Bess Evans are invited to perform in a music program at the Majestic Hotel Hot Spring on Sunday June 3 at 8 pm. Participants include Judy Brents Mary Beth Allen Anthony Pierce Susan Erwin Sandra Byers Mary Ellen Holder Margaret Polk Mark Verfialen David Mortis and two pupils of Jon Barbarolio David Chism Lance Jones.
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Bess Evans
Majestic Hotel
Judy Brents
Mary
Beth Allen
Anthony Pierce
Susan Erwin
Sandra Byers
Mary Ellen Holder
Margaret Polk
Mark Verfialen
David Mortis
Jon Barbarolio
David Chism
Lance Jones
Sardis Baptists Plan Revival Services
Sardis Missionary Baptist Church will host revival services starting Sunday June 4 at 7 30 pm through Saturday with evangelist Reverend Kenneth Bobo. The church sits eight miles south of Patmos Road. Reverend Harold Maream will lead the parlor and related events.
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Sardis Missionary Baptist Church
Kenneth Bobo
Patmos Road
Harold Maream
Poultrymen Vote to Join Northwest Growers Assn
Thirty three growers from Southwest Arkansas Poultry Producers Association voted unanimously to affiliate with the Northwest Poultry Growers Association and through that group with the U S Poultry and Egg Producers Association. The meeting featured Broiler grower J Tryon of Noel Missouri outlining the push for a national program without subsidies and with farm level production controls. A second organizing meeting is set for Tuesday June 5 at Bodcaw High School at 7 30 p m to expand membership amid stormy weather and poor roads limiting turnout.
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Broier Growers
Southwest Arkansas Poultry’ Producers’ Association
Northwest Poultry Growers Association
U.S. Poultry and Eye Producers Ass
BR. J. Tryon
Broiler Grower
Noel, Mo
Northwest
Poultry Growers Assa
Uspepa
Broiler Advisory Committee
Secretary of Agriculture
Uniter
Tryon
Orville Preeman
Algo
Bodcaw High School
Chapel contract awarded for North Little Rock Veterans Hospital
The Veterans Administration awarded Garbi and Joseph Construction Co. of North Little Rock a contract worth 234,389 dollars to build a chapel at the North Little Rock Veterans Hospital at Fort Roots.
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Washington (Ap
The
Veterans Administration
Garbi & Joseph Construction Co
North Little Rock
North Little Rock Veterans Hospital
Fort Roots
Judge Refuses to Force Poll List Filing in Conway County
MORRISTON Ark AP Judge Wiley Bean refused Thursday to order Sheriff Hawkins to file a true list of qualified Conway County electors saying the law does not require the county collector to determine whether persons paying their poll taxes were qualified electors. Mobley, a Morгlington druggist, argues hundreds of inaccuracies exist in the 191 list. Bean set June 4 for a hearing on Mobley s suit against Hawkins County Clerk C C Brewer and election officials and noted Bean will preside at a June 11 hearing in Conway Circuit Court.
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Morriston, Ark
Wiley Bean
Marin Hawksins
Conway County
Hawkins
BR. J. Mobley
Mobley
Bean
Conway
Audrey Strait
Ruling Made on Patent Rights In Arkansas Crane Guard Case
Crater Boom Guard Co Inc consented to a decree enjoining it from infringing Sal-T-Boom Corp patents for crane boom guards. Both Little Rock firms manufactured insulated guards to keep booms from contacting electric lines. The decree ends production, grants Crane Boom stock in Sal-T-Boom, with no damages and court costs paid.
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Litle Rock
Crater Boom Guard Co., Inc
Sal-T-Boom Corp
Little Rock
Federal District Court
Crane Boom
Crane’ Boom
Saf Tboom
Shelby Z. Blackman
Crane ! Bain
J. Smith Henley
Suf-T-Boom
United States
Police Car Wrecked in Fayetteville Pursuit
Fayetteville police car was demolished Thursday after skidding on its side and flipping over a convertible in a chase. Patrolman Clint Hutchins escaped with minor lacerations as he pursued a speeder who cut in front of him at about 50 mph. The convertible suffered only slight damage. the speeder eluded capture.
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Chase Fayetteville
Ark
Fayetteville
Clint Hutchins
Minos
Hutchins
Defiant Eichmann Put to Death by Israel
Adolf Eichmann, former Gestapo official, was hanged in Ramla Prison near Tel Aviv for Nazi crimes. He walked to the gallows with a faint smile, refused the hood, and proclaimed he obeyed war rules as he died. cremation followed and his ashes scattered over the Mediterranean. The court had found him guilty of unparalleled atrocities against Jews and humanity.
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Tel Aviv
Israel
Adolf Eichmann
Germany
Gestapo
Ramich
Eichmann
Hitler
Mediterranean
Jewish Affairs Section
Ford Suggests $1 Million Go to Teachers
Arkansas Education Commissioner Arch Ford proposed that about 750000 to 1250000 dollars be allocated to boost teacher salaries for the just completed school year. He said the final amount depends on May tax receipts and local school boards would decide how to use the funds within the current fiscal year, with a June board meeting to approve.
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John R. Starr
Little Rock
Education Department
Arch Ford
Ford
W Kenneth Coffelt
Coffelt
Coffell
State Board of Education
Comptroller
L. A. Mashburn
Mashburn
Selective Service Meet Held in Hope June 5
An Area Conference for Selective Service Local Board Clerks will be held June 5 in Hope starting at 10 a.m. in the Municipal Court Room at City Hall. It will be conducted by Lt Col James T. Horner Commander Melvin A. Everhart and Major John T. Jeans, with Local Board Clerks from Southwest Arkansas in attendance.
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Hope
City Hall
James T. Horner
Melvin A. Everhart
John T. Jeans
Southwest
Arkansas
Community notices plus events in Hempstead County
Hempstead County School Boards planned a meeting to pick a member of the Equalization Board but only one attended, prompting another meeting at 8 p.m. Monday at the Courthouse. Swimming lessons start Monday at Municipal Pool at Fat Park with free instruction included in pool admission. season tickets vary by age, and mornings are lesson times. Sharon Foster, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Vincent Foster, will appear in a Carnegie Hall fashion show June 5 as one of the nation’s top dressed college girls. Rose Hill Cemetery in City of Hope seeks funds for summer upkeep. contributions from 24 states helped maintain it last year. The Leo-White quartet performs tonight at Emmet School gymnasium, sponsored by the Junior Class, with admission 25 and 50 cents.
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Hempstead County
Fat Park
John Pierce
Pierce
Sto Som
Sharon Foster
Vincent Foster
Carnegie Hall
Sharon
America
City of Hope
Rose Hill Cemetery Assn
Hope
Rose Hill Cemetery
Annie Dean Walker
City Hall
Hope, Ark
Leo-White Quartet
Emmet School
Population Loss Predicted in Arkansas 1970 Preview
A government publication in Aging predicts Arkansas will lose about 10.4 percent of its population by 1970, with 21,1000 or so aged 65 and older. The state’s total population is pegged at 1,599,000, implying a decline of roughly 197,272 residents from the last census. The shift would place Arkansas with the largest percentage rise in elderly residents nationwide.
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Little Rock
Methodists Appointments Announced District by District
Arkansas Methodist appointments listed by district, names, churches, and years served. Key leaders include Roy J. Bagley district superintendent, Bruce Bean at Point Church, Elbert B. Jean at Mena First Church, Alfred DeBlack Prescott First, and Rufus Sorrells district director. Additional positions span Camden to Texarkana churches with multiple assigned years and responsibilities, continuing onto page two.
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Dierks-Green’s Chapel
Wagner
Deddridge Ct
K. D. Yates
Emmet Cl. W. Darrell Bone
Mt. View
Shady Grove
LeRoy Wax
Nashville
Everett Vinson
Prescott
Alfred DeBlack
Prescott Ct
Tbs
Rondo Ct
Pryor
Cruce
Methodist Children's Home
John Lo Wilson
Camden
J. Ralph Clayton
Bearden
Albert M. Elder
Bradley
Messer
St. Luke
Ernest E. Mays
St. Paul
Carlos E. Martit
Vatveuse
Herman C. Ginther
Hurmey Grover
Ieher
Louaun Ct
Udph S
Pleasant Grove
Winston A. Mindell
Smarkover
Harold K. Davis
Stamps
Cagle E. Pair
Market Cooled Off by Flurry of Profit Sales
Market eased after a rush of profit taking as traders who bought at week lows trimmed gains. Losses in major issues hit several dollars while volume stayed light. Dow industrials hovered near mid session, with notable declines in IBM, Polaroid, Xerox, Litton, AT&T, U.S. Steel, GeEfford Motors, and Union Carbide. Gainers included Du Pont, International Nickel, Texaco, and Liggett & Myers as institutions paused active buying amid talk of a possible inquiry into the securities market.
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New York
York Stock Exchange
Dow Jones Averag
Adva
Internati Nt
Polaroll
Xerox
Litton Industries
American Telephone
U.S. Steel
Gefferd Motors
Union Carbide
Ile
du Pont
International
Niakie
Texaco
Liggett & Myers
Come Bess
New York Stock Exchange
Saenger Theatre Summer Matinees Begin Next Week
Velda Seamans announces Saenger Theatre in operation will start daily matinees at 1:30 PM from Monday June 4 with box office open at 1 PM and evening shows at 6:45 PM. Saturday and Sunday shows run all day as usual. The season features John Wayne titles North to Alaska and The Comancheros plus Walt Disney’s Tangled tale Moon J eet.
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Velda Seamans
Saenger Theatre
Ope
Saenger
Hetinpe Stead
Sue
Curtis
Walt Disney
John Wayne
Comanchars
la Alaska
Thie Suenger
Thali Ypeg
Also Mentioned on This Page
Lloyd Spencer
Kesser
Cecil M. Bittle
Sardis
Jack Lefler
AP Business News
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