Crash Probe Focused On Landing Gear Trouble
French and American aviation experts investigate the Air France Boeing 707 wreck in a tropical storm after a landing gear failure report. All 102 passengers and 10 crew died. Officials note the plane disappeared near Pointe-A-Pitre after leaving Paris, with searchers finding wreckage on Mule’s Back Hill and debris over a mile of jungle. The FAA said no grounding order is planned without new evidence. Captain Andre Lesieur led the flight, a veteran pilot who had flown for de Gaulle.
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Pointe-A-Pitre
Guaderoune
Air France
U.S. Civil Aeronautics Board
Federal Aviation Agency
Paris
Raizet
Mule
Abe
Atlanta Art Association
London Daily Sketch
Washington
FAA
Andre Lesieur
Charles de Gaulle
Laos Rulers Agree on Coalition Government
Prince Souvanna Phouma announced agreement among the three Laotian factions on all points delaying the coalition government. He will head the cabinet, to be installed Saturday, renewing plans for a joint neutralist socialist rule amid Cold War tensions.
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Laos
Antoine Yared
Vientiane
Souvanna Phouma
Souvanna
Weather Outlook Mixed Clouds and Showers Through Weekend
Partly cloudy to cloudy and mild through Sunday with periods of showers and thunderstorms. Highs around 75 to 89, lows near 62. Arkansas partly cloudy through tomorrow with isolated thundershowers.
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Arkansas
Lear
Plumbers Meet at El Dorado Opens Apprenticeship Contest
The statewide apprenticeship plumbing and steamfitters contest opens in El Dorado for two days with entrants from Little Rock Pine Bluff Mountain Home Jacksonville Hot Springs and El Dorado. Winners earn expense paid trips to Purdue University for the ninth annual national contest. The event, sponsored by the South Arkansas Apprenticeship Committee, aims to train apprentices in local unions.
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EL Dorado
Atk
Little Rock
Pine Bluff
Mverkana
Jortesboro Hot Springs
Purdue University
South Arkansas
Charges Pile Up Against Billie Sol Estes
Fresh federal charges pile up against Billie Sol Estes, Wes Texas promoter, with a 29 count indictment alleging mail fraud and conspiracy across states. Associates Harald Orr, Ruel Alexander, and Coleman McSpadden named. tanks and equipment tied to fertilizer and cotton ventures allegedly nonexistent. Court actions seek reorganization or liquidation to recover money for creditors. U.S. Attorney Kennedy cites new information supporting the indictment as a Pecos inquiry looms.
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EL Paso
Tex
Billie Sol Estes
Wes Texas
Grams
Estes
Federalourt
Texas
Cen
Willy ‘Wilson
Austin
Pecos
Wilson
Washington
U.S. Dist
R. E. Thomason
McSpadden
Amarillo
U.S
Robert F. Kennedy
Thomason
Arkansas Attorney General Says States Rights Party Not Required to Ballot Petition
The attorney general's office ruled that the National States Rights Party no longer must meet petition or vote thresholds to qualify as a political party. Assistant Attorney General Jack L. Lessenberry noted that a 1961 law repealed the 1959 statute, allowing minor parties to skip a year and place candidates on the ballot in the following year under the 1961 act. The opinion came at the request of Secretary of State Nancy Hall.
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Little Rock
National States Rights Party
Assl
Jack L. Lessenberey
Orval E. Faytus
Arkansas
Market Crisis Deepens as Stocks Hit Four-Year Low
The market slid to its lowest point since 1958 amid a week of losses. Investors cited recession fears and emotional factors after Phelps Dodge signaled possible copper cuts, Ford stamping plant strikes affecting production, and a drop in retail sales. The AP 60-stock average dropped to 202.50, Dow at 539.19, marking a severe downturn with blue chips among the hardest hit.
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Jack" Cepler
AP Business News
New York
Phelps. Dodge Corp
Ford Motor Co
Associated’ .Press
Wall Street
Moslems Return to Work Amid Algiers Truce Hopes
Algiers sees near full return to vital services as Moslems resume work in shops, restaurants, and private firms. European areas begin to see Moslem policemen patrolling, signaling tentative peace after attacks by the Secret Army Organization. Officials express confidence in a lasting truce and fear of renewed terror easing.
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Andrew Borowiec
Algiers
Algeria
Burgess couple marks 80th wedding anniversary
London AP reports James Burgess, 102, and wife Ann, 3, celebrate 80 years of marriage claiming Britain's longest. They hosted a Bermondsey party near the London docks where they have lived 7 years. Their eight children range from 79 to 59. Florence, 63, keeps house. Burgess quips he has worn the trousers in the house all these years.
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London
James Burgess
Ann
Britain
Bermondsey
London Docks
Florence
Lyse
Burgess
Extra License Fee Proposed in Arkansas Insurance Plan
A study by the Corporations Insurance and Banking Committee examines a bill requiring motorists to pay an extra 32 annually for a license to fund a low cost protection for insured drivers. The bill would mandate insurers to add an optional provision covering those uninsured, while drivers who decline coverage or bail cash bonds would pay an additional 26. Pulaski County Rep Sterling Cockrill Jr. filed the measure, speaking for the Arkansas Association of Insurance Agents. The committee plans further industry input before sending it to the full council for a Friday morning meeting in Little Rock.
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Little Rock
Corporations, Insurance and Banking Committee
State Legislative Council
Pulaski Cowty
Sterling Cockrill Jr
Arkansas Association of Insurance Agents
Cockrill
Pickup stolen in Clarksville returned after repair
Ben Looper reported his pickup stolen in Clarksville Arkansas on Thursday and three hours later it was found with a full overhaul. A Clarksville motor company had been called to tow an identical truck and mistakenly took Loopers use vehicle. The manager said no charge.
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Clarksville, Ark
Ben Looper
Clarksville
Estes Case Moves Forward as Judge Denies Defense Motions
In El Paso, defense lawyers failed to block further federal grand jury investigation of Billie Sol Estes. Judge R E Thomason refused to dismiss jurors or allow private questioning. Estes attended court as attorney John Cofer argued media coverage biased the panel.
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EL Paso
Tex
Billie Sol Estes
West Texas
U.S
Colfer
Kennedy
Robert F. Kennedy
Estes
Esles
Cofer
Conauder
Thomason
Loan to Dumas for 59 rental homes announced by PHA
Washington AP reports the Public Housing Administration approved four loans totaling 2,402,848 dollars to finance construction of 59 rental homes in Dumas Arkansas. The loans are part of a federal effort to expand affordable housing with PHA oversight.
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Washington
Dumas
Ark
Public Housing Administration
Mountain Climbers Found Near Nepal After Weeks Missing
Washington AP reports the four climbers including Woodrow Wilson Sayre have been found in Nepal near Namche Bazar at a village called Khum Jung. They are weak and awaiting helicopter evacuation. The group left base camp May 2 for Gya Chungkang, a peak 25,910 feet high near the Nepal Tibet border. The four are Norman Hanson, Roger Hart, Hans Peter Duttie, and Sayre, a Tufts professor and Woodrow Wilson descendant.
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Washington
White House
Woodrow Wilson
Nepal
Katmandu
Khum Jung
Namche Bazar
Pierre Salinger
State Department
U.S
Katmand
Salinger
Sayre
Tate
Francis B. Sayre Jr
Washington Cathedral
Tufts University
Norman Hanson
Boston
Roger Alan Hart
Tufts
Hans Peter Duttie
Gya Chungkang Peak
Nepal-Tibet
Mt. Everest
Bell to Expand at Brinkley Arkansas
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co plans to spend 50000 dollars to expand and improve Brinkley facilities. A brick building will house dial telephone and switching equipment allowing long distance dialing for one and two party customers. Service expected mid next year.
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Brinkley, Ark
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
Brinkley
D. Stough
Southwestern Bell
UT considers program to fast track gifted juniors
The University of Tennessee weighs a plan letting bright high school juniors skip their senior year and advance to college. Under the proposal the student could earn a high school diploma at the end of a first college year, aiming to accelerate gifted students' progress.
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Knoxville
Tony
University of Tennessee
Yeshman
Church Asks Pardon After 55 Years
LITTLE ROCK The Cumberland Presbyterian Church asks forgiveness from the United Presbyterian Church U S A for a 55 year old split over property and church status. Dr Glen Harris of Birmingham says the larger church should acknowledge past actions focused on legal rights rather than Christian love. Fraternal delegates from several denominations attended as the General Assembly winds down its session.
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Little Rock
United Presbyterian Church
U.S.A
Cumberland Presbyterian Church
General Assembly
Lite Rock
Glen Harris
Birmingham
Mich
Cumberland
Cumberland Presbyterians
United Presbyterians
Christian Brothers
Harris
Arkta Village Round Up Preview in Emmet
Reporter tours Arkta Village at Emmet ahead of the third annual Round Up on June 30 to July 1. The feature describes the village’s manufacturing center, wagons under construction, leather goods, rockers, and saddles, plus planned events, a square dance with Cal Golden, drawings for prizes, and entertainment at the Saloon and General Store. It notes a museum, jail, stownboat, and a range of historical artifacts, with about 10,000 expected attendees and tickets at the gate.
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Mary Anita Laseter
Arkta Village
Emmet
Sindsy
E. Lo “Blue” Archer
Ben Harding
Cal Golden
Arkla Village
Huntingburg
Ind
Arla Village
Bruner-Ivory Mandl Co
Hope
Arkla
Kitty
Betty
Liberace
Harry J. Lemley
Roy Roebuck
Otis
Townsend
Harold Terry
Cuddo Parish
Faubus Declines Debate With Dale Alford in Arkansas Race
Incumbent Governor Orval Faubus refuses a public debate with challenger Dale Alford citing a hands off policy. He hints at future action while Alford accuses Faubus of leaving the people. Campaigns continue with Faubus at a Hot Springs VFW event and McMath and Coffelt touring western and central Arkansas seeking support and press briefings.
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Orval
E. Faubus
Dale Alford
Faubus
Little Rock
Alford
Rol Springs
Alfard
Hot Springs
MeMath
Keneth Coffelt
Stuttgart
Forrest City
Baptists Name Mani From Florida
TEXARKANA Ark capia American Baptist Association elected Dr. W. W. Watson of Auc hurndale Fla as president as its 1962 conference ended Thursday Other officers elected were Rev. Corbett Mask Hagen Ark Rev Paul Godwin Little Rock Ark Dr LD Foreman Little Rock clerks Dr J B Powers Texarkana Ark Dr Ray Reed Duncan Okla Dr A L Patterson Texarks kana Ark re elected secretary treasurer Dr I K Cross Somerset Ky elected director of public relations Rev Leland Davis Pine Bluff music director Dr Albert Garner Lakeland Fla elected official observer to attend the international Baptist Fellowship in London England Aug 8 10 The American Baptist Association claims 700 000 members in churches in most of the 50states Some 4 000 delegates attended the convention The 1968 convention will be in Oklahoma City Okla and the 1964 meeting will be held at Chicago Ill
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Texarkana
Ark
Capia American Baptist Association
W. W. Watson
Auc
Oklahoma City
Okla
Chirago
Department Store Sales Change in St Louis District
The Eighth Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis reports district department store sales for the weekend ending June 1 were 2 percent higher than the same week last year. Memphis led with a 12 percent rise, St Louis up 2 percent, Louisville unchanged, while Little Rock and seven smaller district cities dropped 6 percent each.
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ST. Louis
Federal Reserve Bank of St
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Atlanta
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Paul Stroup
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Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church
Lester Kuyper
Holland
Mic
Reformed Church In America
SR. Nelson
Muskogee
Arkta
Mani
Florida
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