Johnson Gets Boost in Rail Plan as Crisis Bumps Approval
Washington reports the Middle East crisis aiding passage of a bill to avert a nationwide rail strike. Senate backed the measure 70 to 16. House Commerce Committee to meet as lawmakers seek to finish action by June 19 to prevent 137,000 workers from striking. Critics fear unfair settlement and railroads’ bargaining limits, while supporters cite defense needs amid Vietnam.
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Middle East
Johnson
House
Israel
Senate
House Commerce Committee
Congress
Harley C. Staggers
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Commerce Committee
White House
Brock Adams
D-Wash
John E. Moss
Dcallf
John D. Dingell
D-Mich
Mrs Swindle Leaves for England custody case update
In Paragould Arkansas Valerie Swindle who won custody of her daughter Sharon from Gerald Swindle headed to Memphis with attorney Maurice Cathey en route to Cheltenham England. The Supreme Court upheld Greene Chancery County ruling granting custody with prior orders in her favor dating back to 1965.
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Paragould
Ark
Valerie Swindle
Arkansas Supereme Court
Maurice Cathey
Swindle
Memphis
Cheltenham
England
Dorothy Parker Dies at 73 in Manhattan Hotel
Writer Dorothy Parker, famed for sharp wit and bon mots, dies at 73 in a Manhattan hotel room. After frail health in recent years, death is attributed to natural causes with no survivors. Parker was celebrated in the 1920s and 30s as a foremost wit, her short stories and poems quoted worldwide.
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Dave Smith
NEW York
Dorothy Parker
Manhattan
Miss Parker
Patricia Parker and the Algonquin Round Table Circle
The text recalls New York writer Patricia Parker as part of the Algonquin Hotel dining circle in the 1920s and 30s. It notes famous frequenters like Benchley Sherwood Adams Broun Bankhead Woolcott, Parker’s credited Parkerwisecracks, and alleged fabrications. Anecdotes include a party-mocking remark about a mother, a postbirth congratulation cable, Hepburn Broadway review quips, and Parker’s hazel green eyes despite near sight.
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Vicious Circle
Charred Tanks and Rapid Sweep Split Sinai Front
Israeli armored forces roared across the Sinai desert leaving charred tanks and smouldering trucks along roads as huge stores of boats and weapons lay behind. Air superiority dominated with six MiGs and an IL14 destroyed on the ground at the captured El Arish airstrip as reporters noted the fast-moving columns heading toward the coast. Local Girls State delegates were announced for Camp Robinson in Little Rock, and Melvin Bell was found guilty of first degree murder in College Station with life imprisonment, the death penalty waived.
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Paul Kohn
Sinai
el Arish
Abu Ageila
Israel
Yeruham
Joe Jones
Camp Robinson
Little Rock
Ellon Turner
Debbie Watson
Charlotte Moore
Rachel Batson
Jenny Tolleson
Carol Anthony
Sally Booth
Twila Hunt
Cathy Feild
Melvin Lee Bell
College Station
Bell
A. J. Jackson
Jackson
Ladies Softball Game Benefit At Hope City Park
Announcement for a ladies softball game tonight at Hope City Park at 8.00 sponsored by Yerger F H A Chapter to raise funds for a girl to attend the national F H A convention in Los Angeles California. Admission 15c and 25c.
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Hope City Park
Yerger F.H.A
F.H.A
Los Angeles
California
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Saratoga High School
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Kenneth Arnold
Horace Arnold
Saratoga
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Katharine Hepburn
Shipley Studio Photo
Wesson
Lipton
Jacksons
Frosty Acres
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Mazda Oil
Ney Food
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Hope
Libby's
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Maxwell House
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