Strap Used on Unruly at School in Pine Bluff
Pine Bluff Arkansas AP report details disciplinary practices at the Boys Training School. Superintendent Dean Rowell says privileges loss is the main penalty but straps are used for serious offenses. He defends the method as applied psychology and cautions against abuse, noting the school is corrective with an open dorm policy and no locks.
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Pine Bluff
Ark
Dean Rowell
Rowell
Joe Hubbard
Dan. Stephens
Registration Petition at Half Mark
LITTLE ROCK AP The Committee for Voter Registration, pushing for a permanent voter registration system through a constitutional amend
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Little Rock
Committee For Voter Registration
600 Mark Is Close for Goldwater
Senator Barry Goldwater's bid for the Republican presidential nomination nears the 600-delegate mark as 146 delegates are chosen in 10 states. An AP survey shows he has 535 first ballot votes, needing 120 more for a first ballot victory, with Montana and Texas conventions next week likely to push him over the top.
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Larry Osius Washington
Barry Goldwater
Arizona
Associated Press
Goldwater
Montana
Texas
Sen
Thruston B. Morton
Colorado
Alabama
Washington
Hawaii
Virginia
Iowa
District of Columbia
Tre Field
Nelson A. Rockefeller
William W. Scranton
Henry Cabot Lodge
Richard M. Nixon
Margaret Chase
Indiana
D Day gun surprise noted by Nevada commander
Fayetteville Arkansas AP reports Capt Powell Rhea, then on the battleship Nevada, recalls D-Day Normandy 1944. He found many German shore batteries to be dummies, a fact confirmed by shore parties. Rhea, now 72 and retired admiral, fear for his brother-in-law Gen Blakeley in the prelanding bombardment.
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Fayetteville
Ark
Powell Rhea
Nevada
Normandy
Rhea
D-Day
Utah Beach
H. W. Blakeley
Army
Blakeley
Ilold Rea
Petition drive reaches midpoint as signatures exceed goal
The group behind the proposed amendment announced Sunday it reached the campaign midpoint with a target of 40,000 signatures. State chairman Dr. B. H. D. Luck of Arkadelphia said more than 22,000 signatures had been turned in, exceeding the required 40,809 to place the measure on the November ballot.
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Ment
BH. D. Luck
Arkadelphia
Parley on Cyprus for Final Peace
U N officials worked with Greek and Turkish Cypriot leaders to settle the Cyprus dispute. A report was prepared for U Thant for a Security Council session set for June 11. The talks included Makarios and Fazil Kuchuk with three U.N. delegates, amid chilly tensions and invader fears.
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Nicosia
Cyprus
U.N
U Thant
Security Council
Makarios
Fazil Kuchuk
Galo Plaza Las
Alejandro Flores
Jose Roiz Bennett
Ralph J. Bunche
United Nations
Johnson fronts campaign with speech on American might
President Johnson opened his presidential bid with an early week speech praising American strength. The address aimed to warn the Communist world, reassure allies, and bolster domestic resolve ahead of the conventions.
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Washington
Johnson
May Save Orphanage With Gifts
PERIGUEUX France AP Generous gifts poured into a special account to stave off the eviction of Josephine Baker and her 11 adopted children from Milandes Chateau. Brigitte Bardot urged radio and TV appeals to help, seeking 400000 dollars to keep the estate solvent. the French star’s plea followed Baker’s disclosure of heavy debt and mortgage burdens on the chateau and related holdings. The effort aims to turn Milandes into a sustainable tourist site to fund the children’s upbringing and Baker’s retirement from the stage.
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Perigueux
France
Josephine Baker
Milandes
Miss Baker
Mirandes
Brigitte Bardott
Miss Bardot
Japan
Africa
South America
Finland
Baker
Goldwater Defiance Cited As He Battles Nomination
Goldwater says defeat of his bid would require solid opposition from Eisenhower Nixon and Scranton. He warns such a move would tear the party apart, while noting all three have denied any backing. Johnson responds by framing Goldwater as a threat to national security and McNamara labels him irresponsible. Former President Eisenhower later expresses confidence in U S missiles.
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Washington
Barry Goldwater
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Richard M. Nixon
Pennsylvania
William W. Scranton
Arizona
Goldwater
Hewsmen
Chester
Johnson
California
Coldwater
Republican Party
Galdwater
Sen. Goldwater
U.S
Robert S. McNamara
McNamara
Goldwater Eyes 1964 Nomination and VP Balance
Senator Goldwater told reporters in Chester he will push for the Republican nomination and favors balancing the ticket with an eastern moderate for vice president. He argued Scranton could claim the presidency in 1968 if tied to a failing ticket, while Nixon is seen as the rallying figure for foes. He predicted the nomination would come at the San Francisco convention next month.
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Coldwater
Goldwater
Scranton
Johnson
Pennsylvania
Chester
Nixon
San Francisco
Ruby Denies Link to Oswald in Warren Testimony
Dallas AP report says Jack Ruby, clean shaven and agitated, told Chief Justice Warren he had no connection with Lee Harvey Oswald. Warren spent over three years with Ruby in Dallas County Jail as the Warren Commission toured the Texas School Book Depository.
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Dallas
Tex
Jack Ruby
Warren
Lee Harvey Oswald
John
Kennedy
Ruby
United States
Warren Commission
Tory Building
Oswald
Texas Theater
J.D. Tippitt
Tippit
J. Lee Rankin
Commission
Gerald Ford
R-Mich
Cuba
Goldwater Meets Republicans at Governors Conference
In Detroit Goldwater told Michigan Republicans he would accept any assignment from the GOP and that if chosen as candidate Johnson would know he had been in a fight. He heads to Cleveland for talks with Nixon Eisenhower and other top Republicans at the National Governors Conference.
Five Arkansans killed in weekend accidents and crimes
The Associated Press reports five Arkansans died in a weekend period from Friday 9 p.m. to Sunday midnight. Fatalities include four traffic incidents, one drowning, and a plane crash. Names include Jesse James Jr of Hughes, James Gant of Stamps, Alvin Bales of Pangburn, Elmer Crawford of Conroe, and Willie Taylor in Pocahontas, among others.
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Associated Press
Jesse James Jr
Hughes
Arkansas
James
Arkansans
Saturn
James Gant
Sunda
Hempstead
Humboldt, Tenn
Pocahontas
Willie W. Taylor
Posahontas
Elmer Crawford
Contoe
Tex
Newport
Alvin Bales
Pangburn
Little Rock
Searcy
Jon
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