Hope Trade School Victory Cements Regional Growth
The Hope district wins the site for a southwestern state federal vocational trade school after a year of effort. Local leaders credit broad community organization and support from State Representative Talbot Feild Jr and State Senator Olen Hendrix. The project costs 500000 dollars with about 250000 from federal funds, seen as a real asset and investment rather than mere spending.
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Associated Press
State Board of Education
Hope
Magnolia
Southern State College
Columbia
Talbot Feild, Jr
Olen Hendrix
Prescott
U S Bombers Strike South Viet Nam and Near Hanoi
U S Navy planes hit bridges 50 and 55 miles from Hanoi and bombed other North Viet Nam targets. In South Viet Nam 239 attacks on Viet Cong sites in 24 hours. Reports confirm blows on highway bridges near Hanoi and Ninh Binh, plus Dong Hoi airfield damage and barracks area strikes south of Hanoi. Paratroopers killed and 220 still missing. Continued on Page Two.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S. Navy
Hanoi
North Viet Nam
Red Capital
Ninh Binh
U.S
Vinh
Dong Hoi Airfield
Midway
Tuan Loi
Dong Xoai
Pentagon Prepares Security for Speak-Out on Policy
The Pentagon began security measures 24 hours before a planned Wednesday speak-out against U S foreign policy by the Committee for Non Violent Action. Leaflets were distributed to about 30 000 workers this morning urging resignations, with no police interference and no plan to halt the event.
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Washington
Pentagon
U.S
Committee For Non
Rockefeller urges regional planning to boost Arkansas tourism
Republican Winthrop Rockefeller outlined a plan to split Arkansas into 14 regional planning areas to foster tourism development. He spoke in Hot Springs and prepared remarks for Gordon, noting federal grants support public facilities and urging awareness, concern, and involvement for the state's future.
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Arkadelphia
Ark
Winthrop Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Hot Springs
Gordon
Arkansas
Grant funds aid Arkansas crippled children center expansion
U S Grant funds announced by Senator Fulbright will give $224001 to the Arkansas Association for the Crippled to expand its rehabilitation center in Little Rock. The project adds 36 beds at a total cost of about $594000 with the Vocational Rehabilitation Service pledging $179090 and a $200000 drive already under way.
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Little Rock
J. William Fulbright
Arkansas Association For the Crippled
State Vocational Rehabilitation Service
Weather is the key word in war in Viet Nam monsoons
Da Nang reports Captain Norman F. Jacobs heads Detachment 9 of the 30th Weather Squadron forecasting weather for ground and air operations. He runs a 24 hour, balloon-based system with 22 American and Vietnamese helpers and a nearby civilian weather staff. Balloons rise to 80,000 feet, provide data, then burst. occasional balloons land near ordnance areas.
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Hal Boyle
DA Nang
South Viet Nam
Norman F. Jacobs
30Th
Jacobs
Big da Nang Air Base
Los Angeles
Southeast Asia
Bank board member seeks replacement in Arkansas
W. W. Campbell of Forrest City a founder of the Arkansas Industrial Development Commission asks to be replaced. He was named to a three year term in 1955 and was later extended to a two year three point three billion dollar annual term. He served last year after his term expired by law an AIDC member serves until replaced.
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Little Rock
W. W. Campbell
Forrest City
Arkansas Industrial Development Commission
Campbell
AIDC
Fort Chaffee Artillery Blast Kills Soldier at Training
A 200 pound shell exploded during artillery practice at Fort Chaffee Ark killing Pfc Robert E La Monte 23 of New Orleans and wounding eight others Most victims suffered shrapnel injuries The dead man was in Battery A 2nd Battalion 141st Artillery 39th Infantry Division Other injured include Maj Harold Winchester Paul H Barbee and several New Orleans unit members An investigation is underway as units complete summer training
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FT. Chaffee
Ark
Louisiana National
Denison
Tex
Paul H. Barbee
Red River
Texarkana
New Orleans
Patrick Regan
Edward Doty
Manuel Bernio Jr
Eugene Irwin III
Sidney J. Romaire
39Th Division
Arkansas
Louisiana
Chaffee
Argument Ends in Shootout Over Raincoat in Scott
Pulaski County deputies report Matthew Booth 35 was killed and Samuel Pettus 52 wounded after they exchanged gunfire during a dispute over a raincoat in a cotton field near Scott. Booth was hit twice in the chest Pettus in the arm and side.
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Scott
Pulaski County
Matthew Booth
Samuel Pettus
Landesh Taylor
Booth
Pettus
Megther Experiment Station 24 Hour Report
Megther Experiment Station records a 24 hour period ending 7 am Tuesday with high temperature 81 and low 66 inches of precipitation totaling 2.44. The report continues on page two.
Hope Trade School Site Decision Pending
Hope Chamber of Commerce official G N Holt said the exact location for one of four new vocational training schools has not been chosen yet. The project relies on $1 0 million in combined state and federal funding, with Hope’s center costing about $500 000 to build and 225 000 yearly to operate for 300 day students and 450 at night.
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Arkansas
Hope
G. N. Holt
Hope Chamber of Commerce
State Board of Education
Hope Trade School
Attorneys Released From Jail In Contempt Case
Kenneth Coffelt, a 1962 Democratic gubernatorial candidate, freed from Faulkner County Jail on a writ of habeas corpus after serving three days of a six month contempt sentence. A July 10 hearing on the writ was set. The case centers on $12,000 Coffelt received from Lela and Billie Jean Dereuisseaux in a land transaction tied to Sam Bell estate claims.
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Conway
Ark
Kenneth Coffelt
Little Rock
Faulkner County
T. D. Reedy
Coffelt
Ernie Wright
Harrison
Reedy
Chancery
State Supreme Court
High Court
Lela
Billie Jean Dereuisseaux
Sam Bell
Billie Jean
Bell
Wright
Coflett
Blanchard Springs Cavern Funding Boost Approved
Senator John L. McClellan reports a senate conference panel approved 300000 for Blanchard Springs Cavern in Stone County. The House added 128000 and the senate 172000, but 50000 was removed leaving a total of 300000.
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Washington
John L. McClellan
D-Ark
Senate
Blanchard Springs
Stone County
House
Military Pay Bill Passed By House Armed Services
The House Armed Services Committee approved a $1 billion military pay bill, more than double President Johnson's proposal, in a 33 to 1 vote. The panel backed a 10.7 percent average annual pay hike from Rep. L Mendel Rivers and others, plus administration ideas on reenlistment bonuses and yearly pay reviews.
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Washngton
House Armed Services Committee
Johnson
Samuel S. Stratton
Dn.y
L. Mendel Rivers
D-S.c
Rivers
Pentagon
Ship Owners and Engineers Reach Florida-anchored Agreement
Marine engineers signed a contract with the Tankers Service Committee, representing 16 tanker companies and 65 vessels, near a midnight strike deadline. An operator group of 70 companies and 300 ships had already reached terms, while Ralph J F Casey warned of another devastating strike for the industry.
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New York
Ap) — Marine Engineers
Aflco Marine — Engineers Beneficial Association
Tankers Service Committee
Ralph JF. Casey
American Merchant Marine Istitute
Old Liberty to Hold Revival at Methodist Church
Old Liberty Methodist Church begins a revival starting Sunday June 20 through Friday June 25. Sunday service is at 6 30 p m and weekly meetings start at 7 30 p m with no service Saturday. Joe Jones will preach the revival.
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Old Liberty Methodist Church
Joe Jones
Boy Sentenced to 15 Years in Arkansas Penitentiary
A 16 year old criminal convicted of burglaries and grand larcenies was sentenced by Circuit Judge William J. Kirby to 15 years in the state penitentiary. He had been on probation from the Boys Industrial School and had escaped to commit further offenses at Texarkana, leading the judge to revoke the suspension.
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Litle Rock
William J. Kirby
Donald Eugene Harding
State Boys Industrial School
Kirby
Texarkana
Reform School
Mrs. Salinger Wins Uncontested Divorce in Spa
Nancy Salinger obtained an uncontested divorce from Pierre Salinger in Hot Springs Arkansas. The decree grants custody to the father but allows the children to live with Mrs. Salinger in Falls Church Virginia with $3,300 yearly child support.
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Hot Spangs
Ark
Nancy Salinger
Pierre Salinger
California
Salingers
A. D. Shelton
Hot Springs
Sam Garrett
Salinger
Falls Church
Nicole Gillman
Hope Wins Site for New South Arkansas Vocational School
State officials have yet to select a site among four considered for the Hope vocational education school, with Pine Bluff and El Dorado also in contention and most other options in North Arkansas. A July 1 start is planned with $750,000 state funds matched by $750,000 from a $31.5 million pool for new schools. Other local developments include Meyers Bakery planning a $500,000 expansion and Texarkana College noting local students on the Dean’s List. Miss Nancy Aaron, 1965 Spring Hill graduate, joins the Teenage Christian Magazine Advisory Council and plans to attend Harding College. James Robert Griffin prepares for a 10 week field mission in Pennsylvania and New York.
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Hope
South Arkansas
Pine Bluff
el Dorado
North Arkansas
Arkadelphia
Ashdown
DeQueen
Magnolia
Texarkana
Nashville
Meyer's
Nancy Aaron
Spring Hill High School
Teenage Christian Magazine
Miss Aaron
Harding College
Fidelity Press
Abilene
Texas
James Robert Griffin
Columbus
Upper Pennsylvania
New York State
Southern State
Central Baptist Church
Robert Griffin
Fulton Ri. I
Army Helicopters Collide at Fort Benning Killing 18
Rescue teams search a swamp near the Fort Benning airstrip after two Army troop-carrying helicopters collided midmorning. Each chopper could carry 14 men, and the crash left at least 18 soldiers dead with more feared. The collision occurred about two miles from the airstrip inside the Infantry Training Center reservation.
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Columbs
Army
Ft. Benning
Army Infantry Training Center
Columbus
Eight Meyer's workers win $125 in Be Centralive Contest
Eight Meyer's Bakery plant employees in Hope Little Rock and Blytheville won cash prizes totaling 125 for ideas to cut costs and raise efficiency. Winners include Dale Lemley Harold Butler Mabel Miller John McClemens Nellie Jean Jones Travis Dillard Pauline Bowden and Bobby Lee Phillips.
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Meyer
Dale Lemley
Harold Butler
Mabel Miller
John McClemens
Nellie Jean Jones
Travis Dillard
Pauline Bowden
Bobby Lee Phillips
Hope
Little Rock
Blytheville
Joint Church Vacation Bible School Aug 2 13
First Presbyterian and First Christian churches host a joint vacation Bible School at the Presbyterian Church from August 2 to 13. Daily sessions run 9 to 11 a.m. with classes for toddlers kindergarten primary and junior division directed by Mrs Don Walker and Mrs Johnnie Beasley.
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First Presbyterian Church
First Christian Church
the Presbyterian Church
Don Walker
Johnnie Beasley
McClellan Votes Against Aid Bill In Senate Split
In Washington on Monday Senator J William Fulbright chairing the Foreign Relations Committee backed a two year 3.3 billion dollar annual foreign aid bill while Senator John L McClellan of Arkansas opposed it. The measure passed 68 to 20.
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Washington
J. William Fulbright
D Ark
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Arkansas
John L McClellan
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New Hope
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Pheue Vinh
THE
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Banking
Fort Chaffee
Megther
Georgia
LBJ
Old Liberty
Texarkana College
Dean
Tomye Evelyn Power
Mary Frances Field of Hope
Charles T. Meyer, Jr
Joint Church
McClellan
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