Vacation Trip to Wilhelmina Inn Amid Mountain Fog
A writer details a rain soaked trip to Wilhelmina Inn atop Rich Mountain in Arkansas. Cloud banked in dense fog prevented outdoor photos while Mrs Odus Harvey lent photos from her private collection. The piece promotes Arkansas tourism with a map of Ouachita National Forest and notes the inn's dining and lodging appeal.
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Four Seasons
Mena
Wilhelmina Inn
New State Park
Hope
Nashville
Lockesburg
Odus Harvey
Diamond
Arkansas
Ouachita National Forest
Kirby
America
U S Egypt Ties Edge Toward Improvement Amid Aid Reinstatement
Washington officials foresee better U A R relations after President Johnson ordered $37 million of surplus food to Egypt, halted six months ago. Officials cite Nasser’s Congo stance shift, library compensation, and Egypt offering rent free library space as signs of warming ties.
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Washington
US S
Egypt
Johnson
State Department
U.S. Information Service
Cairo
United Arab Republic
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Congo
Robert J. McCloskey
U.A.R
United States
U.S
Nasser
Oficials
54 Communists killed in New Viet Nam Raid near Da Nang
South Vietnamese forces, with U S. Army support, fought Viet Cong guerrillas north of Da Nang for a third day. Government spokesmen report 54 Communists killed and 15 captured, nine suspects seized, and 27 weapons recovered including a 60 mm mortar. Three soldiers were killed and 12 wounded. no American casualties. The Reds reportedly attacked Dong Xoai before fighter bombers drove them back. Continued on Page Two.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
da Nang
Thua Thien
U.S
Dong Xoai
Dong
Film Producer David Selznick Dies in Hollywood
Hollywood AP report says 63 year old David Selznick died of a heart attack in his lawyer's office. His wife Jennifer Jones was with him and he later died at Mt. Sinai hospital. Selznick produced Gone With the Wind and cast Vivien Leigh as Scarlett O'Hara. He helped shape careers of Katharine Hepburn Ingrid Bergman and Laurence Olivier.
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Hollywood
David 9
Selznick
Clark Gable
Jennifer Jones
Mt. Sinai Hospital
Gable
Rhett Butler
MGM
Irene Mayer
Lotis B. Mayer
Mayer
Clark
Vivien Leigh
Myron
Mat Detector aids Hope Star Linotype proof work
Shafstall electronic Mat Detector stops Linotype when a letter fails to drop from the mats. C Ed Lucy of Little Rock, service engineer for Mer Enthaler Dallas, installed the device on Hope Star's two automatic Linotypes to speed setting and reduce manual galley corrections. The Teletypeperforated tape system has been used since June 19 1942.
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Shafstall
Hope Star
C. Ed Lucy
Little Rock
Mergenthaler Linotype Company
Dallas
Taj Mahai of the Hills at Khe Sanh Fort
AP reports from Khe Sanh South Viet Nam describe the fortress nicknamed the Taj Mahai of the Hills as the northernmost of many camps built by U S Army Special Forces It sits near the Laotian border and guards a 30 by 12 mile area with 13 Americans an Australian and mercenary Chinese guards training about 700 Montagnard civilians for regional defense The garrison faces threat of overrun or internal betrayal and concerns about Viet Cong influence with some troops suspected of VC sympathies while booby traps and cautious routines punctuate daily life
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Khe Sanh
South Viet Nam
U.S
Viet Nam
Little Kingdom
Ralph Bostic
Charlotte
N.C
Bostic
V.C
Land Ownership Case Appealed Over Arkansas River Timber
Two Lincoln County residents Albert Matthews and A L Nuckols appealed a federal district ruling to the 8th Circuit in St Louis. The court held 800 acres of island timber land along the Arkansas River belong to Jefferson County and to George McGee. Matthews and Nuckols claim title via 1949 and 1953 state tax deeds listing the land in Lincoln County.
Weather Report From Experiment Station
Weather data for 24 hours ending 7 a.m. Wednesday shows a high of 88 and a low of 69. Precipitation recorded at 0.10 inches.
More Plans for Methodist School
The First Methodist Church starts Vacation Bible School on Monday June 28 at 9 am. A refreshment committee lists Mrs. Bob Turner Mrs. Paul McClellan Mrs. H O Kyler Jr Mrs A W McIver and Mrs Paul Bain for each weekday. Open to children from nursery to sixth grade.
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Methodist Church
Bob Turner
Paul McClellan
H. O. Kyler, Jr
A. W. McIver
Paul Bain
Fulbright Sees Viet Nam Peace Chance Through Talks
Sen. J W Fulbright said he believes Communists would balk at a new bid for a North South Viet Nam reunion by supervised election, backing a return to the 1954 Geneva accords with all specifications. He urged reaffirming negotiation pressure and maintaining South Vietnamese support to deter a military victory, noting no side can win in South Vietnam yet.
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Jack Bell Washington
J. W. Fulbright
D-Ark
North
South Viet Nam
Fulbright
Johnson
Senate
Viet Nam
United States
Ngo Dinh Diem
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Southeast Asia
White House
Des Arc Desegregation Plan Rejected by U S Office
Des Arc Arkansas school superintendent James Ford says the U S Office of Education rejected the district desegregation plan based on a freedom of choice model. The plan would desegregate bus routes across grades over three years with 916 white and 235 Negro students involved in 1964.
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Des Arc
Ark
James Ford
U.S. Office of Education
Freedom of
Federal suit filed for access road to Toad Suck Ferry
The Army Engineers filed a condemnation suit in federal court to acquire a right of way for an access road to Toad Suck Ferry on the Arkansas River. Land owned by Mr and Mrs Eugene E Ott near Conway in Faulkner County is sought for the project.
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Little Rock
Toad Suck Ferry
Arkansas River
Federal District Court
The
Army Engineers
Eugene E. Ott
Conway
Ott
Faulkner County
Perishable Food Strike Hits Philadelphia
Police guarded trucks leaving Philadelphia distribution centers as Teamsters Local 107 strike continued. Traffic dropped in Philadelphia and Wilmington areas causing perishables to wilt, while Mayor Tate said the emergency was under control and protests against four firings by Roadway Express Inc. began June 11.
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Philadelphia
Roadway Express Inc
Wildcat
Flood Signs of Easing as Ark River Flood Reaches Great Bend
The Arkansas River flood shows signs of slowing in Kansas with a forecast crest of 13 to 14 feet at Great Bend down from 17 feet. Levees extended by sandbagging and 2,500 residents evacuated in low-lying areas. Three deaths and an estimated $22 million in damage reported.
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Associated Press
Great Bend
Kan
Dundee
Larned
Kansas
Red Cross
William H. Avery
Cheryl Tilley Crowned Miss Camden in Camden Arkansas
Cheryl Tilley, a 19 year old Brown eyed brunette and Henderson State Teachers College sophomore, was crowned Miss Camden in Camden Arkansas. She is the daughter of Mr and Mrs J G Tilley of Camden. Her measurements are 36 22
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Camden, Ark
Cheryl Tilley
Camden
Henderson State Teachers College
J. G. Tilley
Vivian Powell
Rt. J
Deposits list ruling ends bid for detailed state funds
Arkansas Chancellor Kay Matthews ruled that Treasurer Nancy Hall is not required to furnish a two year detailed list of state bank deposits. The decision came in a suit filed by Wayne H. Babbitt of the state Republican Committee who sought access to fiscal details to gauge possible fund misuse. The ruling keeps the legislature as the policy maker and may be subject to appeal to the state Supreme Court.
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Little Rock
Nancy Hall
Kay Matthews
Associated Press
Matthews
Hall
Babbitt
Babbitt To Do So. “But the Case Was Tried On Its Merits,"’ Matthews
Babbit
Hope City board bans stored old iceboxes with hinged doors
Hope city officials pass an ordinance making it illegal to store old iceboxes and refrigerators unless the doors are removed to prevent child entrapment. The notice highlights past deaths from locked interiors and urges residents to comply. The report also notes a string of local items from railway track repairs to shell demolition near the Southwestern Proving Ground and community notices.
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Hope City Board of Directors
L&a Railway
Southwestern Proving Ground
Pine Bluff Arsenal
Arkansas Louisiana Gas Co
Sheriff's Office
Mountain View Bank Robbed of $2500 at Night
Three gunmen using walkie talkies held banker H S Mabry Jr and his wife captive at their Mountain View home for hours and robbed the bank of 2500 dollars in silver. A state trooper was wounded and roadblocks plus air searches pursued the suspects identified as Peckham Burton and Durbin.
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Mountain View, Ark
Mountain View
Rockey
Kenneth Hendrix
Larry Dale Peckham
Wichita
Kan
George Alvin Burton
Powersite
Chester L. Durbin
H.S. Mabry Jr
Mabry
Mabrys
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New Algeria Regime Faces Imminent Protests, Summit Doubts
In Algiers Col Boumedi ene's new regime braces for fresh demonstrations supporting ousted President Ben Bella as African Asian ministers meet to decide inviting Soviet Union and Malaysia to the June 29 summit. Rioting surges with hundreds arrested nationwide.
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Algiers
Houari Boumedienne
Ahmed Ben Bella
National Assembly
Soviet Union
Malaysia
Ben Bella
Julius Nyerere
Tanzania
Hastings Banda
Malawi
Etsusaburo Shiina
London
Asia
Africa
Boumedienne
Asassin
Hadj Ben Allah
Mohamed Seghir Nekkache
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John M. Hightower
New Viet Nam
Eeer
Methodist
United Viet Nam
Sen. Fulbright
Miss Tilley
J. C. Tillman
Winfred S. Huckabee
Metropolitan Life Ins. Co
Hot Springs
Arlington Hotel
Huckabee
S. Walnut St
Byron Hefner
Wadley Hospital
Texarkana
DeAnn Cemetery
James Clark
Bryan Clark
C. R. Samuel
American Legion
el Dorado
Mountain View Bank
Algeria
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