Leaders Back Kennedy Civil Rights Drive Slow Action Expected
Washington AP Kennedy seeks civil rights legislation and education aid with backing from congressional party leaders. Senate Republican Dirksen pledges effort and responsibility but cautions progress will be slow and turbulent. Humphrey notes no final action soon, aiming for late summer on civil rights and possible education aid.
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Hubert H. Humphrey
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No Additional Mercury Orbit Seen
Space Chief James E Hebb announced no additional Mercury orbital flight will occur. NASA will proceed with Project Gemini to practice space docking for Apollo moon missions. Webb said the decision was made at a conference with Robert Seamans Jr and Hugh Dryden.
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Project Mercury
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Arkansas Weather Report Wed to Thursday
Weather Experiment Station report for 2 hours ending at 8 a.m. Wednesday. High 96, Low 72. Arkansas shows partly cloudy skies with little temperature change through Thursday. A few isolated thundershowers expected in the northwest Wednesday afternoon or evening. High today mostly in the 90s, Low tonight 64 to 74.
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Weather outlook for eastern and southern Missouri
Clouds across eastern and southern Missouri with scattered showers and thundershowers. Showers increasing tonight and Thursday as warm air moves in. Today highs around 80s, tonight lows near 60s, winds from the south.
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Hope State Featured in Mobile Guide 1963 edition
Hope and its tourist attractions are highlighted in the 1963 Mobil Travel Guide. The guide notes Hope as the Waterclan Capital of the state with diversified farming and industry, introduces guest certificates for discounted admission, and covers Hope among 42 Arkansas cities with listings for 126 motels and 55 restaurants.
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Clinic for Crippled Children Diagnostic Clinic Held June 13
The Crippled Children's Division of the Department of Public Welfare will hold a diagnostic and checkup clinic on June 13. Invited children may register from 8:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. Volunteers assisting include Mrs Arch Wyliet, Mrs Tr. 1, Smith, Mrs Garland Smith, Mrs Dale Barrom, Mrs Merlin Coop, Mrs George Garl sfield, Mrs Ali Mae Foster, Mrs Bryan Camp, Mrs Lloyd Spencer, Mrs Syul McMath, Mrs Pod Rogers, and Mrs Teclyne Honeyentt.
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Merlin Coop
George Uarlsfield
Ali’ Mae
Twenty Three U S Planes Damaged at Saigon Airport
A sudden storm at Saigon air port Tuesday night damaged twenty three U S military aircraft and buildings. The spokesman said some craft were badly damaged, including twelve Army troop carrier helicopters.
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Rainmaker Bets on Rain in Nashville Arkansas
Rainmaker Homer Berry hired by Howard County peach growers to seed clouds for 750 dollars aims to produce rain by midnight Saturday near Nashville. He reported past earnings of 1500 dollars in Arkansas last summer and warned he would return home to North Little Rock if no inch of rain falls today. Berry described the seeding method using silver iodide and a gas column, while a truck breakdown briefly interrupted work. The growers say dry weather threatens a lucrative crop, with a single goat rain week valued at about 1 million dollars.
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Kroger Takes Over Market Basket Chain
Kroger Co will affiliate with Market Basket, a Los Angeles supermarket chain. Neal D. Ramsey and Duncan Shaw are approved by Market Basket shareholders and hold 80 percent of common stock. Market Basket runs 56 stores in four LA County areas. Kroger operates 1375 stores in 23 states. New 4.3 percent voting preferred stock will be issued, par $50 per share. Market Basket owners will receive one Kroger preferred share for each Market Basket common share.
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Market Basket
Kroger Co
Cincinnati
Ohio
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Duncan Shaw
Kroger
Ambassador announces $150000 medical supplies reshipped to East Pakistan
Walter Maconau ahhy, envoy for Medical Supplies KARACHI, says U S military aircraft will airlift $150,000 worth of medical supplies to support victims in East Pakistan. The effort aims to speed aid delivery amid ongoing crisis and flood of injured civilians.
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Eastakistan
Macmillan pleads for backing amid Profumo scandal
London AP dispatch reports Prime Minister Harold Macmillan convened an emergency Cabinet to shore up support for his handling of the Profumo affair. The meeting sought to restore Conservative confidence as Lord Dilhorne’s report clears John Profumo, while doubts about Macmillan’s tenure grow ahead of Monday’s Commons session.
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North Arkansas Feels Heat Relief Amid Drought Risk
North Arkansas saw brief relief from heat with a 101 degree reading at Warren and milder 60s to 70s elsewhere. Thunderstorms in north central areas failed to curb drought, with forecasts predicting little rain and up to a quarter to half an inch of precipitation over the five day period.
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Texarkane
Big Three Plan New Moscow Talks Next Month
Tokyo dispatch reports that the United States Soviet Union and Britain have agreed to resume talks in Moscow next month to pursue peaceful negotiations. No comment was given on the agreement. The report cites AP and notes the three powers moving toward renewed diplomacy.
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Kennedy Cites Threat to Public Safety
President Kennedy warns discrimination against Negroes has lit fires of frustration and discord endangering lives. He outlines a civil rights program for Congress, aims to desegregate public facilities, and urges a peaceful constitutional change. He cites Alabama acts on student admission and asserts every American should have equal access to public institutions without troops.
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Club Gives Aged Chance to Have Fun
The Golden Age Club welcomes senior citizens to join for fun and fellowship. It meets twice monthly at the Youth Center with extra events. Activities include potluck luncheons games crafts sewing and holiday parties. Open to all with a desire to meet people.
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Medgar Evers Mortally Wounded in Mississippi Driveway
NAACP leader Medgar Evers, 37, Mississippi field secretary, was fatally wounded in the driveway of his Jackson home during a civil rights campaign. He died about 50 minutes later at University Medical Center. Police sought his killer as FBI help was sought by investigators. Roy Wilkins condemned the murder, pledging the movement would endure. Continued on Page Two.
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Integration Is Quiet at Texarkana College Desegregation
Texarkana Texas AP. Two Negroes Linda Ruth Tolbert 18 and Albirda Briley 40 enrolled at Texarkana College marking the first desegregation of public school facilities in the city since a 1956 federal court order. Tolbert attends summer school and Briley a night government class. both reside in Texarkana.
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Albirda P. Briley
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Briley
Red River Arsenal
Texas
Hope town groups discuss little theater plan
A group of about 18 met at Hope City Hall Monday night to discuss forming a local Little Theater with three Texarkana visitors Alice Lile Louise Johnson and Gail Reagan. Kay Leimbacher will direct the first play. Rotary convention in St Louis draws Victor Cobb of Hope. Presbyterian training school attendees include Mrs Dorsey McRae Sr Mrs Jim McKengie Mrs J W Branch and Mrs Lex Helus Jr. University of Arkansas honors list includes Mary F Harrison and Martin Gilbert of Prescott. Burton Bilis weekend in Little Rock for nursing school exercises and granddaughter Patricia Louise Deaton earns a BS degree. Texarkana Boots and Saddle Club to sponsor World Championship Match Roping Contest June 18 at 2 pm with Tom Nesmith and Bob Akizer participating. Proceeds go to Texarkana College club. Hope Presbyterian Church Ferncliff group includes Crit Stuarts HE Jennifer Tolleson Beth Lawrence Sally Booth Candy Haris Nean. Truckers Semi Pro baseball at the Plonver Camp to play Carden.
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Radar probe finds flat areas on Mars report
Moscow dispatch says a 29 million tonne radar probe reported by Tass detected sizable flat areas on Mars. The probe, made last February, showed radio waves travelling over 11 minutes round trip and results compared with prior radar scans of Venus and Mercury.
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Greek Crisis Over Visit to Britain
Greece faces a political crisis as King Paul insists on the state visit to Britain next month, prompting Prime Minister Constantine Karamanlis to resign after refusing to postpone. A new government may form from Karamanlis' party with elections within 45 days, while the king weighs appointing a caretaker cabinet. the move risks straining NATO ties amid past protests against the queen.
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Croxton Seeks Wider Interest in Arkansas Government
Benton County Rep Croxton told the Hope Kiwanis he is not a gubernatorial candidate and not opposed to state officials. He urged greater public engagement in civic affairs, criticized overlapping boards, called for a Hoover style reform and a tax study, and cited county official salaries and indictments as examples of needed reform. HeWK arranged by Dr Crow with guests from Rogers and Kansas City.
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Hope Kiwanis Club
Arkansas
Hoover Commission
Ta Commission
B.C. Crow
Ivan Bose
Rogers
Ark
Martin L. Crow
Kansas City
Tasher Feild
Lesley Eb) Godwin
Olen Dverturl
Imu
George Pook Jin
UH Ter
Alabama Governor Defies Feds Over University Negro Enrollment
Segeli Versalion reports Alabama’s wall around public schools cracked as two Black students, Vivian Malone and James Hood, enrolled at the University of Alabama under federal guards. Governor George Wallace defiantly blocked federal officials, then yielded after Brig. Gen. Henry V. Graham ordered him aside. Wallace denounced federalism, left the doorway, while cheers rang from supporters. Kennedy announced plans to push civil rights legislation targeting private businesses.
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Segeli Versalion
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Actor Tells of Wedding Pans
HOLLYWOOD AP Swedish actor director Gunnar Hellstrom 34 says he will marry Pamela Browne 21 formerly of Evansville Ind. Her mother Evelyn Johnson of New York City heiress to Mead Johnson baby products and reducing formula. Miss Browne's father Gaylor Browne is a professor of music at Los Angeles State College. The parents are divorced.
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Pamela Browne
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