Blondie Attacks AGVA Officials in Senate Probe
Actress Penny Singleton Blondie testifies before Senate investigators accusing American Guild of Variety Artists leaders of colluding with nightclub owners to exploit exotic dancers. She cites violations of union rules and claims members faced prostitution and indecent public performances. Witnesses expected include ex-AGVA officials as hearings widen across major cities.
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Washington
Pert
Penny Singleton
Blondie
American Guild of Variety Artists
AGVA
Miss Singleton
Senate
Ieform
Afl-Cio Union
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
United States
AGWA
John L. McClellan
D-Ark
Dick Jones
Philadelphia
McGlellan
Chicago
New York
Baltimore
Miami
Tampa
Robert J. Smith 43 Dies at Ozan Monday
Robert J. Smith a farmer of Ozan aged 43 died unexpectedly at his home yesterday after reportedly being stricken while working on farm equipment. Survived by wife Caroline and his stepchildren Catherine Teresa and Drew. Services set for 2 p.m. Thursday at St. Paul Cemetery with Rev. Hickman. burial Hewindon-Cornelius to follow in St. Paul Cemetery.
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Robert J. Smith
Ozan
Shila
Weather outlook with showers and warm temperatures across regions
Partly cloudy to cloudy and mild through Sunday with periods of showers and thunderstorms. Highs 75 to 85 today, lows 62 to 72 tonight. Experiment Station 24 hour report: High 87, Low 69, rainfall 1.18 inches before 8 am and .61 inch after. Central Arkansas fair this afternoon tonight Wednesday. isolated thundershowers possible today, cooler tonight. Northwest Arkansas generally fair and mild with highs 80-85, lows 62-68, Thursday partly cloudy and warm. Northeast Arkansas partly continued on Page Two.
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Arkansas
THE
Associated Press
Central
Northwest
Northeast
Pine Bluff appoints Wolfe as urban renewal chief
Pine Bluff Arkansas selects Has sel T Wolfe 32 of Clarksville Tenn as executive director of the Urban Renewal Agency. He previously led Clarksville’s urban renewal program and holds a University of Tennessee degree. The agency plans a 31 acre civic center and awaits a federal funds feasibility ruling. By year end Hempstead County social security benefits topped 2474 recipients receiving 121616 monthly across pension survivors and disability categories.
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Pine Bluff, Ark
Hassel T. Wolfe
Clarksville, Ten
Pine Bluff
Hempstead
Otis A. Blackwood
Texart Kara Sociall Security Office
Blackwood
Faubus Seeks Fifth Term With Labor Backing in Arkansas
Gov Orval Faubus campaigned for a fifth term in Arkansas citing friendship with the working man. He defended his record on labor against a group called Workers for a Better Arkansas and pledged to appoint a labor liaison if reelected. He spoke to Jefferson County Trades and Labor Councils and referenced Sid McMath as his lone opponent.
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Pine Bluff
Ark
Orvall
Faubus
Labor
Fort Smith
Jefferson County
General Assembly
Bill Laney
Steel Workers Union
Labor Detail
Workers For A Better Arkansag
Cool Air Reaches Midwest As Storms Sweep Nation
A broad cold air mass moved into the Midwest while warmth and humidity lingered in the South and East. Thunderstorms and showers stretched from the Rockies to the Atlantic with heavy rain and hail in spots. A tornado touched down near the Teapot Rock area north of Casper Wyoming injuring four and causing property damage. A severe windstorm hit Amesbury Massachusetts uprooting trees and disabling power and phone lines with gusts near 120 mph. Temperatures fell to the 40s along Lake Michigan while the South stayed in the 60s and 70s, with Florida Keys and Texas dipping high.
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Midwest
Oae
Atlantic Coast
Rockies
Atlantic Seaboard
Teapot Rock
Casper
Wyo
Amesbury
Mass
Lake Michigan
Lower Michigan
Massachusetts
Florida Keys
Texas
Southwest
Desert
U S captive Fryett linked to Viet Cong broadcast
Vietnamese Communists aired what they claimed as the statement of Captive U S soldier Spec. 4 George F. Fryett Jr. missing since December 24. Fryett, a clerk with the Military Assistance group in Saigon, hailed from California and was the sole missing American among 6500 troops. Embassy monitors translated the broadcast and noted no independent confirmation. Fryett’s father and mother are listed as George F. Fryett Sr. of Long Beach and Marcella Schulz Bruce of Los Angeles.
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Saigon
South Viet Nan
South Viet Nam
George F. Fryett Jr
California
U.S
Fryett
Bien Hoa
Liberation Radio
North
Viet Nam
South
US. Army
George F. Fryett
Long Beach
Calif
Marcella Schulz
Bruce
Los Angeles
Contracts Set for Fallout Shelter Surveys in Arkansas
Two contracts for fallout shelter surveys were let by Army Engineers in the second phase of Arkansas work. Ginocchio Cromwell Carter Dees Neyland of Little Rock will survey structures in Ashley Drew Garland Grant Hot Spring Jefferson Lincoln Perry Saline and south Pulaski counties. Mott Wobley Horstman Staton of Fort Smith will survey Benton Carroll Crawford Franklin Logan Montgomery Polk Scott Sebastian Washington and Yell counties.
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Little Rock
Army Engineers
Arkansas
Ginocchio, Cromwell, Carter, Dees & Neyland
Fort Smith
Mott, Wobley, Horstman &, Staton
Ashley
Drew
Garland
Grant
Hot Spring
Jefferson, Lincoln
Perry, Saline
South Pulaski
Benton Carroll
Crawford
Franklin
Logan
Madison
Montgomery
Polk
Scott, Sebastian
Washington
Yell
Record May Nonfarm Employment Reaches New High
Washington AP reports May nonfarm employment at 55.1 million, a monthly record, driven by auto industry gains that offset steel job declines. Factory wages hit a historic high of $2.40 an hour and $97.20 a week, while May unemployment is noted at 2.7 million. Labor officials call the situation very good despite high unemployment, with auto jobs up about 18,000 and steel down around 16,000.
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Washington
Labor Department
Seymour Wolfbein
All Around Town Heads to Deep Gulf Seal Trip and Local News
Hope residents join a deep sea fishing trip to the Gulf of Mexico led by Lloyd Spencer and others. Hope BPW Club members attend the 43rd state convention in Little Rock. Weekend visitors include Missouri Pacific Eagle travelers to St Louis and a Cardinals doubleheader win. Coach Pierce reports a missing isometric training book. Judge Chris Barnette of Shreveport is named outstanding layman by the Methodist Conference. New Hope Band officers announced. Americas Legion meeting set for Thursday at 7:30 at the Courthouse.
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Gulf of Mexico
Lloyd Spencer
Lyle Brown
Earl O'Neal
Byron Hefner
Leo Robins
Homer
Beverley
George Robison
All of Hope
Robert Maxell
Texarkana
Hope Bpw Club
Little Rock
Rosw Harrie
Lena Moryan
Opal Daniels
Opal Hervey
Norma Jean Delaney
Justine Hamm
Missouri Pacific
St. Louis
Cardinals
Giants
Ralph
Lehman
Clay
Ralph Harrison
Gregg George Fraziey
Tammy
All of
Hope
Dick Stewart
Gary
Prescott
Royce Weisenberger
Chris Barnette
Shreveport
Cud- Wo Parish
Methodist Conference
Barnette
Juvenie Deliquency Institute
Mrs John Collins 73 Dies in Prescott Area
Mrs. John Collins 73 longtime Prescott Rt 8 resident died Monday in a Prescott hospital. She is survived by four sons Randolph and J Collins of Midland Texas Clifton and Johnny Collins of Prescott two brothers Pat Simpson of Prascull Sam Simpson of Los Angeles Calif and a sister Mrs Lillie Brown of Los Angeles Calif Services will be held 2 pm Wednesday at Midway Methodist Church by Rev Mr Bann with burial in Midway Cemetery conducted by Herndon Cornelius
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John Collins
Prescott Rt
Prescott
Randolph
J. Collins
Midland
Texas
Clifton
Johnny Collins
Pat Simpson
Prascull
Sam Simpson
Los Angas
Calif
Lillie Brown
Los Angeles
Midway Methodist Church
Bann
Herndon Cornelius
Midway Cemetery
Former Hope Man Dies in Texas
A. Gildon died today in Giles sa Texas. He was formerly a resident of Hope Route 2. He is survived by his wife Annie L. Gildon. Services are incomplete and will be announced by Oakcrest Fur Jagual Home.
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FB A. Gildon
Gilessa
Texas
Hope
Route 2
Annie L. Gildon
Oakcrest Fur
Jagual’ Home
Group Seeks Faubus Defeat by Backing Challenger
Blytheville Citizens Committee organizer E. H. Brown urged voters to defeat Governor Orval Faubus in the coming Democratic primary. He said any Faubus opponent could break the current political machine, citing unresolved utility-rate pleas and unanswered letters to the governor from 2,158 Blytheville residents seeking relief from excessive rules. Brown noted the group has not endorsed a candidate yet but hopes a crusader for decency and integrity prevails.
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Blytheville, Ark
Blytheville Citizens Committee
Orval
B. Faubus
E. H. Brown
Arkansas-Missouri Power Co
Blytheville
Brown
Faubus
Povernnr
White River Low Water Survey Begins Amid Restarted Dredging
MEMPIS AP The Memphis District Engineers motor vessel Sullivan with a crew of 28 started the annual low water survey of the White River to assess snagging and dredging needs to keep a navigable channel from the river mouth to Augusta Arkansas. Col M T L Jacobs heads the Memphis District and says resumed work after an 11 year lapse in snapping and 19 years in dredging is justified by rising freight traffic on the White River.
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Mempis
Memphis District Engineers
Sullivan
White River
Augusta
Ark
M. TL. Jacobs
Memphis
Jury to Question Estes in Franklin Shooting Probe
Grand jurors investigating the fatal 1960 shooting of Henry J. Marshall want West Texas financier Billie Sol Estes questioned Wednesday. A subpoena was issued to Sheriff A B Nail in Pecos who said Estes had not been found but would accept service. The case reopened three weeks ago after Marshall, 52, was found shot on his ranch. authorities called it suicide but a pathologist suggested murder.
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Franklin
Tex
Henry J. Marshall
West Texas
Billie Sol Estes
A. B. Nail
Pecos
Estes
Nail
Uble
John Dennison
Robertson County
Grand Jury
Marshall
Here
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
Agriculture Department
John M. Barron
Will Wilson
Wootton
D. A. Hachimenyk
Final Rites for Mr. H. W. Hall at Heendon-Cornelius Chapel
Final rites for 4. W. Trall, aged 100, who died at his home Saturday, were held at 2 p.m. today at Heendon-Cornelius Chapel by Rev. Rufus Sovrels. Burial was to be in Memory Gardens.
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W. Trall
Heendon-Cornelius Chapel
Rufus Sovrels
Memory Gardens
Burglars Hit Marianna Market Roof Access
In Marianna Arkansas burglars cut through the supermarket roof Sunday night and stole about $2 from the store safe. An employee found the burglary Monday. Sheriff Courtney Langston said the crime appeared to be committed by professionals.
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Marianna, Ark
Marianna
Courtney Langston
Three Bank Robbers Escape Alcatraz From The Rock
SAN FRANCISCO AP three bank robber convicts fled Alcatraz during a drill Acting Warden Arthur Dollison said they are believed to have escaped from the rock via driftwood or an improvised raft from the north shore The three men named as John W Anglin 32 Clarence Anglin 28 and Ferris A Mourtis 35 were last seen after cutting away a back cell wall and entering a tunnel then climbing to the roof and dropping to the ground A thorough search was under way with authorities noting no prior successful escapes since the prison opened in 1934
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San Francisco
Alcatraz
Arthur M. Dallison
San Francisco Bay
the Rock
Anm
Golden Gate
Dobison
Alvalrez
Dollison
John W. Anglin
Clarence Anglin
Mont.Romery
Ala
Ferris A. Mourtis
New Orleans
Harding Registers 150 Plus Students for Seminar in Americanism
More than 150 students from Ackurs Alabama Florida and Lou registered Monday for Harding College Seminar in Americanism. The group was to visit Little Rock Air Force Base today.
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Harding
Searcy, Ark
Ackurs Alabama
Florida
Lou
Harding College
Little Rock Air Force Base
Russia Ships Spy Vessel to Monitor High Altitude Test
Washington reports a fourth Soviet research ship, the A. I. Voyeykov, deployed near Johnston Island to gather data on a forthcoming U.S. high altitude nuclear test. The USS plan to watch the atmospheric blast, with FAA warning radio disruptions over the Pacific. The 17th and largest shot in the current series is expected this week.
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Fred Ss. Hoffman
Washington
Soviet Union
U.S
Pacific
United States
Johnston Island
Federal Aviation Agency
FAA
Thor
Pacific Test Area
Defense Department
Christmas Island
Voyeykov
Pentagon
Shokal
Skiy
Duiil Ask Force 8
Dairy Day in Hope To Be Held Thursday
Hope prepares for Dairy Day on June 14 with a full program featuring a business men's toast and milk break at Rowe dairy on Highway 29 at 10 am. Visitors can view pipeline milkers bulk cooling tanks and a dairy cow downtown, plus a dairy princess contest expected with over a dozen entrants. Miss Linda Moran of Moran Arkansas is among contestants as the Dairy Princess will be crowned between 2:30 and 5:30 pm. Citizens are invited to participate in the festival downtown Hope.
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Hope
Kempstead County
Rowe Dairy Farmer
New Hope
He Dairy
Linda
Moran
Arkansas
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Bat Rogers
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Rickey Slone
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