Park Lot Reopens After Two Week Closure
Local park lot at Divisions and Hazel Street reopens after two weeks for graveling and regrading, with 57 stalls fully rented. City projects near Hope continue as crews address an old water line and a soft ground spot, while a Humble Oil station site showcases excavator work. A boating mishap during a spring shakedown left the editor and crew stranded, ending with spare fuses promised from Memphis.
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Hr Star Commercial Park
Ing Lot
Hazel Sts
W. Shorthouse & Sons
City of Hope
Arkansas Machine Specialty Co
Dave Peters
City Street Department
Humble Oil & Refining Co
Third and
Laurel Sts
L. Carter Johnson
Johnson
State Highway Department
Third
Charles Thomas
the Narrows
Swaha
O. K
Pod Rogers
Memnis
McNamara Rejects Chiefs Callup for Viet Nam Duty
Washington AP reports that Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara rejected Joint Chiefs of Staff recommendations to call up reserve units for duty in Vietnam. Senate Armed Services subcommittee chair John Stennis released a censored transcript showing the four-star Chiefs urged three times since last spring. Army Chief Harold Johnson said he now believes the vetoes were in the national interest despite initial support, warning that mobilization could frighten the world.
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Washington
Robert S. McNamara
Joint ‘Chiefs of Staff
Vietam
John ©. Stennis
D-Miss
Senate Armed Services Preparedness Subcommittee
Joint Chiefs
Harold K. Johnson
Army Chief of Staff
McNamara
Johnson
Subcommittee
United States
Blevins Youth In Wreck Near Marlbrook Church
Pennle Fulton, a Blevins youth, was critically injured Friday when his car left Highway 24, struck a bridge near Marlbrook Church, and left him in a coma at Prescott hospital. State Police said he was driving alone on a curve.
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Pennle Fulton
Stwyeur Blevins
Highway
Marlbrook Church
Prescott
Guy Downing
Young Fulton
Arkansas candidates clash at press association gathering
At the Arkansas Press Association convention in Jonesboro eight of nine candidates debated taxes river damming and term limits. GOP figures Rockefeller and Hays favored four year terms while Alford and McMillan urged two two year terms. All opposed tax increases with Rebsm en calling for a tax cut. Rights to work and university status for Arkansas State College divided the group.
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Associated Press
Republican Party
Arkansas
GOP
Arkansas Press Association
Jonesboro
Sam Boyce
Buffalo River
Winthrop Rockefeller
Miassol Beed
Ymonimen
Kenneth Suler
Brooks Hays
Dale Alford
Gus McMillan
Rockefeller
Frank Holt
Rebsamen
Alford Rockefeller
Suler
Holt
Hays
Arkansas State College
Alford
Sulcer
McMillan
NAACP Medal Awarded To John H. Johnson Publisher
Chicago AP dispatch reports John H. Johnson, Leon publisher of Ebony, received the Spin garn Medal for 1966 from the NAACP. The medal honors distinguished achievement among American Negroes, a tradition begun in 1914 by spin garn.
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Chicago
Spingarn
National Assocacy For
Toohn H
De Gaulle Moscow visit fuels NATO worries in U S
US Senate hearings on NATO and European problems rise as De Gaulle visits Moscow. McGeorge Bundy to testify with Fulbright calling the sessions educational. Church’s European trip noted the diplomatic gap between Paris and Washington and calls for a Johnson De Gaulle summit. Miami autosay Death from wasp sting after construction work accident noted.
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Washingt
Charles de Gaulle
Moscow
Senate
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
House
U.S
NATO
France
Capitol Hill
Viet Nam
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
McGeorge Bundy
Johnson
John F. Kennedy
Bundy
J. W. Fulbright
Red China
Fulbright
United States
Europe
Frank Church
D-Idaho
de Gaulle
Church
Times
Paris
Washington
Dean Rusk
Sen
Renry M. Jackson
Confession Ruling Not Retroactive
The Supreme Court led by Chief Justice Earl Warren affirmed a first degree murder conviction of two New Jersey men in a 1958 Camden slaying, holding confession rulings not retroactive. Justices Black and Douglas dissented, arguing the defendants were entitled to constitutional protections outlined in a prior landmark ruling.
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Earl Warren
High Court
New Jersey
Camden
Hugo ~. Black
William ©. Douglas
Sylvester Johnson
Stanley Cassidy
De Gaulle Heads to 11 Day East West Visit
President Charles de Gaulle arrived in Moscow for an 11 day state visit aimed at closer East West cooperation. No treaties expected during talks with Podgorny and Kosygin though cultural and technical agreements may be discussed. De Gaulle to address a Kremlin dinner as Moscow papers praise France's bid for independence in East West relations.
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Moscow
Charles de Gaulle
Paris
de Gaulle
Kremlin
Soviet Union
France
Nikolai V. Podgorny
Alexei N. Kosygin
Synday
Prosecute 17 Men in 1964 Civil Rights Slayings
Meridian Mississippi AP report that the federal government will prosecute 17 men in U S District Court on September 26 for the 1964 killings of civil rights workers Michael Schwerner Andrew Goodman and James Chaney. Judge Harold Cox will hear the case under two 1866 and 1870 laws after a Supreme Court ruling.
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Meridian
Miss
U.S
Harold Cox
U.S. Supreme Court
Michael Schwerner
Andrew Goodman
James Chaney
Senate ethics hearing opens on Dodd charges
AP News Digest reports the Senate ethics committee begins closed hearings on misconduct charges against Sen. Thomas J. Dodd. Other items note Johnson administration policy challenges in the Senate, and Kennedy supporting President Johnson for re election with plans to run again in 1970. Ed Wynn dies at 79 from cancer as tributes recall his career.
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AP News
Thich Tei Quang
Hue
Poland
Stefan Cardinal Wys
Washington
Senate Ethics Committee
Sen
Thomas J. Dodd
House
Johnson
Senate
Rosel H. Hyde
Federal Communications Commission
U.S
Robert F. Kennedy
Kennedy
Ed Wynn
Keenan Wynn
Johnny
Transfer of Rights Cases to Be Limited
The Supreme Court rules civil rights prosecutions may move from state to federal courts only in limited circumstances. Justice Potter Stewart notes that an absolute right to transfer would disrupt historic state federal court relationships in criminal law administration. In the Le Flore County Mass case the court, by 5-4, denies transfer for 29 defendants.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Potter Stewart
Stewart
LeFlore
Mass
Local notes and military service updates from Hope area
All Around Town item notices include Mrs. J. G. Presetor returning home from St. Michael's Hospital in Texarkana and Early F. Simmons resting in Wadley Hospital Texarkana. Community meetings by Whitfield Masonic Lodge No. 239 and the Hempstead County Republican Committee scheduled for June 21. University of Arkansas honors list names James McClure Charles Boyd and Bruce Eley from Nashville Prescott. Rotary International visit to Denver and travels to Santa Fe and El Paso discussed. Local servicemen Jerry Maxwell and Lester Beliford listed with unit assignments and hometowns.
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University of Arkansas College of Engineering
James McClure
Charles Boyd
Nashville
Bruce Eley
Prescott
West Avenue D
Rotary International
Denver
Colo
Santa Fe
New Mexico
el Paso
Texas
Klipsch
Rotary
Singapore
Japan
Venezuela
Puerto Rico
Chile
Mexico
Dominican Republic
Ho Chi Minh era moves toward elections in Saigon
In Saigon, General Ky tightens control as Buddhist anti government fasts reach day 18. Ky announces Sept 1 elections and a 106 seat constituent assembly to draft a constitution, as the regime pushes toward a parliamentary future with a second voting round after the constitution is approved.
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Andrew Sorowiec
Saigon
South Viet Nam
Ie Thoope
Hue
Thich Tri Quang
Nguyen Var Thieu
Generala
Freedom of Information Vote Is Due
House expected to vote on final approval of a right to know bill strengthening public access to government records. Rep. John Moss leads bipartisan support as the measure, already Senate-passed, heads to White House. administration stance unclear.
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Carl P. Levescore
Washington
House
Senate
White House
John E. Moss
D-Calif
Johnson
Moss
Home Democratic
Rules Committee
House Armed Services Committee
Judiciary Committee
Fortee Craa
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NAACP
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Trimmin
AP News Digest
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J. G. Presetor
McCaskill
St. Michael’s Hospital
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Early F. Simmons
Hope
Wadley Hospital
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Hempstead County Republican Committee
East Third St
Paul W. Kipsel
Jerry W. Maxwell
Pollyanna Maxwell
Hope, Ark
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Fort Wainwright
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Emma L. Reliford
Germany
2D Armored Cavalry
Fort Polk
John Reliford
Kansas City
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