One Man Dead 3 Missing in Stuttgart Blast
A blast and fire at Stuttgart Ark near the Arkansas Rice Growers Co operative destroyed an old hull house and threatened the complex. One man was found dead, three injured and three others unaccounted for. Names given include Eddie Hult 23 Robert Casey 25 and Charles Dillingham about 25. The missing were not named. The blaze began at 5 05 p m and fire continued into the day with officials unsure of the total damage.
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Stuttgart
Ark
Arkansas Rice Growers Co - Operative
Eddie Hult
Robert Casey
Charles Dillingham
Huff
Casey
Hull House
Dillingham
Co - Op
Old Mill A
James Mason
L. C. Carter
Carter
Washington, D.C
Carl Burchett
Arkansas Weather: Clear to partly cloudy with little change
Arkansas Regional Forecast reports for 24 hours ending 8 am Tuesday. Central Arkansas expects clear to partly cloudy skies with small temperature changes through Wednesday. highs near 90s, lows around 60s. Northwest and Southwest Arkansas see similar trends with highs in upper 80s to low 90s and lows in 60s.
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Arkansas
Associated Press
Northwest
County Dairy Princess Selected for Hempstead 1963
Miss Janice Lloyd, daughter of Mr and Mrs John Lloyd Hope route 3, chosen Hempstead County Dairy Princess 1963 to represent the Dairy Farmers of the country at the State Dairy Festival in Barton Coliseum Little Rock June 26. A Hope High School graduate plans business college for bookkeeping. Active in Future Teacher’s America Future Homemakers, Spanish clubs. NHS award recipient. Bohettes Cheerleaders and basketball team captain. involved in Hempstead County Dairy day planning June 18. to meet Arkansas Dairy Princess Pat Sharpe.
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John’ Lloyd
Route 3
Hope
Barton Coliseum
Little Rock
Hope High School
Janice
Business
Future Teacher's
Future
Tean
Hempstears County
Arkansas
Pat Sharpe
Buffalo River Proposed as National Park in Arkansas
The Interior Department released a National Park Service report urging a 128 mile Buffalo National River in north central Arkansas. The 103000 acre area would span Newton Searcy Marion and Baxter Counties and offer camping fishing hiking and other outdoor recreation while preserving free flowing water and wilderness character amid private and public lands.
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Interior Department
National Park Service
Ozark Mountains
Arkansas
Mid-America
Secretary of the Interior
Stewart L. Udall
Department
Buffalo
Newton
Searcy
Marion
Baxter
Ihe
White River
State of
U.S. Forest Service
Lone Rock
Gilbert
Hoffa and Seven Associates Indicted in Pension Fund Loans
CHICAGO AP James R Hoffa head of the Teamsters and seven associates were indicted by a federal grand jury on 28 counts for fraudulently obtaining more than 20 million dollars in loans from the Central States Pension Fund. The indictment says over 1 million was diverted for personal benefit and at least 100,000 helped Hoffa with personal financial involvement including Sun Valley Inc. a Florida home development in Broward County.
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James R. Hoffa
Teamsters’ Union
Central States Pension Fund
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Federal Bureau of Investigation
Hoffa
Sun Valley, Inc
Florida Homes
Broward County
Kennedy to push for broader civil rights moves
Washington AP President Kennedy plans to press for voluntary desegregation in hotels restaurants stores and theaters when meeting with 100 Southern business outlets. A civil rights package likely to include banning private and public discrimination interstate commerce public facilities federal suits for denied rights and renewed voting rights protections.
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Tallahassee
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Civil Rights Commission
Southside Baptists Plan Revival Homecoming and Services
The Southside Baptist Church on Lewisville Highway begins revival services with a Homecoming on Sunday June 9. Pastor Rev Norman Grant will lead the morning service and a meal will follow. Evening services start at 7:30 with evangelist Rev Kenneth Bobo each night.
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Southside Baptist Church
Lewisville Highway
Norman Grant
Kenneth Bobo
Two Insurance Firms Merge in Arkansas
Southern Equitable Life Insurance Co. of Little Rock and Treasure State Life Insurance Co. of Butte Montana merged, boosting in force to over 101 million dollars. The deal adds 10 states to Southern Equitable's territory and the consolidated company will keep the Southern Equitable name with headquarters in Little Rock.
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Southern Equitable Life Insurance Co
Treasure State Life Insurance Co
Bulle, Mont
Arkansas
Southern Equitable
Final Oral Polio Shots Here Sunday
The Hempstead Medical Society runs the final round of polio vaccination Sunday across three clinics in Hope Washington and Blevins. All persons over six weeks should take Sabin Type II and complete all three types, with a 25 cent donation requested to cover vaccine costs. Bring cards for permanent records and note makeup shots are not offered in Hempstead County.
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Hempstead Medical Society
Armory
Hope
Washington
Blevins
Final Rites Held for Mrs. Reese at DeQueen
Mrs Rebecca Reese 85 died at home Saturday. Final rites were conducted Sunday at Meridon-Cornelius Chapel by Rev Morrow. Burial followed in Redmond Cemetery at DeQueen. Surviving: three sons Joé Pert Reese of Hope, James of Little Rock. four daughters Ethel Dowling of Little Rock, Bill Dozier of Hot Springs, Allison Shields Sr. of Shreveport, D G Davidson of DeQueen.
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Meridon-Cornelius Chapel
Morrow
Redmond Cemetery
DeQueen
Joé
Pert Reese
Hope
James
Little Rock
Ethel Dowling
Bill Dozier
Hot Springs
Allison Shields Sr
Shreveport
D. G Davidson
Deceased Ministers Commemorated North Arkansas Conference Opens
Conway Ark AP Deceased Methodist ministers were commemorated as the 17th annual North Arkansas Conference of the Methodist Church opened its session in Conway Bishop W Kenneth Pope of Little Rock led with prayers for the departed and for Pope John XXIII who died Monday About 600 delegates attended The conference approved assistants including secretary James Chandler of Fort Smith and others named Beal Meador and Peters
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Ark
North Arkansas
The
Methodist Church
W. Kenneth Pope
Little Rock
Methodist Church In
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John XXII
Pope Jown
Pope
James ‘Chandler
Fort Smith
Dim Beal
West Memphis
James Meador
West Helena
D. Peters
Vinget
Fair Warm Weather Forecast For Arkansas Through Wednesday
Weather outlook reports fair and warm conditions in Arkansas through Wednesday with high 80s to low 90s and nightly lows in the 60s. By Thursday a chance of thundershowers is possible in western Arkansas and showers may move eastward by the weekend.
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Associated Press Fair
Arkansas
U.S. Weather Bureau
Harrison
Little Rock
Fayetteville
Pine Bluff
Texarkana
Louisiana Conviction Overturned
The Supreme Court 7 2 reversal nullified the murder conviction of Wilbert Rideau, a Louisiana youth then 19, whose televised confession prompted defense claims that he was effectively convicted by public broadcast. The Lake Charles bank robbery and killings left clerk Julia Ferguson dead and two others wounded, with Rideau's death sentence previously set by state court.
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Southgate
Gulf National Bank
Lake Charles
Louisiana
Supreme Court
Dora McCain
Jay H. Hickman
Ferguson
Rideau
Securities overhaul sent to Congress by SEC
The SEC proposed a sweeping overhaul of securities laws, extending full disclosure to thousands of over the counter stocks, tightening broker dealer entry standards, and broadening disciplinary powers. Provisions include longer prospectus disclosure for hot issue buyers and expanded checks on exchanges. New York exchanges voiced early support in principle.
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Congress
Securities and Exchange Commission
SEC
House Interstate Commerce Committee
Commission
William L. Cary
New York
New York Stock Exchange
American Stock Exchange
Register Now for Swim Classes at Municipal Pool
The first session of Red Cross swimming lessons begins Monday June 10 at 9 am at the municipal pool with classes for beginners intermediates junior and senior lifesaving. Registration is open all week via pool office or by calling. The only charge is pool admission. A second session runs in July. Summer hours are 2 pm to 7 pm daily except Sundays 6 pm close.
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Red Cross
Reverend Jerry Kidd graduates from Central Baptist College
All Around Town notes Rev. Jerry Kidd son of Mr and Mrs Covil Kidd of Hope earned a BA in Bible at Central Baptist College Conway. He held student leadership roles, won school awards, and made the dean's list. He now pastors East Side Missionary Baptist Church in Lonoke and recently had surgery. Also listed are Shriners ceremony attendees and local graduates with degrees from University of Arkansas Medical Center and Hope, plus Scouts headed to camp and other regional notices.
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Covil Kidd
Hope
Central Baptist College
Conway
Central
The
Centralian
East Side Missionary Baptist Church of
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Airliner Down in Alaskan Gulf Feared Dead 101
Debris from a military chartered airliner was found about 60 miles off the British Columbia coast. The plane, Northwest Airlines DG, carried 101 people and was en route from McChord AFB to Elmendorf when it disappeared after asking to climb. Coast Guard cutters and a Japanese freighter searched the area. life rafts and jackets were recovered, but hopes of survivors faded with a large metal panel found at the scene. The passenger list included 65 Army and Navy personnel, 29 dependents, and one Air Force civilian, with the missing plane thought to have gone down in 40 degree water near Graham Island, B.C. Continued on Page Four.
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Graham Island
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McChord Air Force Base
Tacoma
Wash
Elmendorf
Albert Olson
Sumner
Sandspil
Pere
Air Control Trie
Olson
DCT
Air Force
United States
McChord
May Repeal the Truck Act
Gov. Orval Faubus said the 1983 truck weight act’s increase in legal truck length from 50 to 55 feet may be repealed or amended. Operators in Lee and Mississippi counties urge repeal due to costs of changing bills and scales. a special session to modify the law may be recommended.
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Gov
Orval
Faubus
Arkansas
Faubusy
Lee
Mississippi
Arkansas men seek freedom in Jonesboro check forgery case
James D. Cody of Nettleton and Gardner Lee Muse of Memphis ask the Arkansas Supreme Court to free them in a Jonesboro check forgery case claiming double jeopardy. They are charged with forging a $43.57 check last November after a mistrial requested by the state. The first trial earlier this year ended with a mistrial declared by Circuit Judge John S. Mosby.
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James D. Cody
Nettleton
Gardner Lee Muse
Memphis
Arkansas Supreme Court
Jonesboro
John S. Mosby
Lepanto
Mosby
New Hope Meet Begins at Washingon Highway Church
Revival services start Sunday June 9 at 10 a.m. and 7 30 p.m. at New Hope Baptist Church three miles north on the Washington highway. Pastor G W Hoden leads the church. Evangelist Allison B Brown of Palay Street Baptist Church North Little Rock will preach.
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New Nape
One Arkansan Aboard Plane
BAL Akiska AP reports that A e Rey Turner Jr son of Roy Turner of Hermitage Ark was aboard a plane that took off from Graham Island BC. The announcement confirms Turner as a passenger on the aircraft.
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Air Force
A&e Rey ‘Turner Jr
Roy Turner
Hermitage, Ark
Graham Island
Millions Mourn Pope John XXIII Death Worldwide
Vatican City AP reports millions mourn Pope John XXIII as cardinals begin preparations for a successor. The 81 year old pontiff died after four days of illness. The body lay in state at the Vatican, with public viewing in St Peter's until Thursday night. A nine day mourning period and a conclave set for June 18 to 21 to elect his successor.
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John Xxiiii
Pappe
Vatican
St. Peter's Square
St. Peter's Basilica
Christendom
St. Peter's
John
Pope Seeks Closer Ties With Russians After Pope John XXIII
Washington reflects on Pope John XXIII's death and his quiet bid to ease tensions between the Vatican and the Soviet bloc. The pontiff pressed to open dialogue with Moscow to spare the world nuclear risk, with Alexei Adzhubei meeting him in March in a historic exchange.
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John XXII
Soviet Union
Kremlin
Vatican
Pope John
Europe
Soviet Bloc
Rome
Moscow
John
Alexei Adzhubei
Khrushchev
Izvestiy
Adzhubei
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