Dynamite Found Near Paragould Blast Slaying
Police report nine teen dynamite sticks found near the house where Mrs Edna Sexton and her son Charles Biltingly were killed in a May 7 explosion. Charles J Sexton is charged with murder and held for mental tests. Ten-year-old Nancy Sexton survived with shock. Two youths Donald Textor and Noble Anderson found dynamite while blackberrying. 17 more sticks were discovered nearby. Authorities tie the blast to an alleged earlier attempt the prior weekend as Sexton, an itinerant construction worker, reportedly bought the material in Kennett Missouri and later in nearby towns. Nancy is living with relatives in Pennsylvania.
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a @olman
Shin
Bil Hyde
Hunt
Ac Hos
Sexton
Kennett
Gacy
Ind
Charles
Nancy
Pennsylvania
Donald Textor
Noble Anderson
Act Excluding Negro Voters Sparks Boycott Talk
In Tuskegee Alabama a proposed act to bar Negro voters from city elections triggered threats of a mass boycott of white merchants. William P. Mitchell of the Muskogee Veterans Administration hospital said many Negro patrons may withhold trade if voting rights are denied in Pickone. Other Black leaders echoed the sentiment as tensions rose over the measure.
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Rex Thomas Syuskegeer
Ala
Tuskegee
William P. Mitchell
Muskogee Veterans
Phil “Lightfoot
Sam Engelhardt
Montgomery
James E. Felsom
Engelhardt
Alabama
Assn
Tuskegee Institute
Tuskegee Civic Assa
Gomillion
Post Office At Tuskegee In 1907 A Look Back
The 1907 Post Office in Tuskegee was a Third Class office with no city delivery and rural routes still experimental. Postmaster James R. Gibson led the office as the era’s stamps and cards defined mail service and a photo shows Carl Robarts, a longtime postal employee, with the late Gibson.
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James R. Gibson
United States
Carl Robarts
Hope
Guernsey
Gibson
Double Wedding in Gurdon As Bets Britt Twins Wed
In a double ceremony at the First Methodist, Bettie Ann Britt and Nettie Nan Britt tied the knot with Sergeants Elmer Glenn Lane and Ray Ralph Tuskegee. The Britt sisters, daughters of Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Britt of Gurdon, wore embroidered nylon frocks with pearl veils. Lane and Waggoner, sons of area residents, served as their grooms. The event featured vows by Rev. James A. Simpson, a reception, and plans to reside in Shreveport where Lane’s and Waggoner’s brides work with the military. Scout activities and local notices followed the wedding coverage.
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Bettie
Ann Britt
Sgt
Elmer ‘Glenn Lane
Nettie Nan
Britt
Ray Ralph
Waggoner
iFirst Methodist Shareh
Gurdon
W. R. Britt
Sergeant Lane
Loda Lane
Lenoir City
Tenn
Sergeant Waggoner
Lloyd R. Waggoner
Brewster
Wash
James A. Simpson
Harold Cabe
Paul Barringer
Gordon
Brite
Cathey Langley
Prescott
Mary Beth Bryson
Lynda
Lane
Jim McKenzie
Billy Wells
Roy ‘Jean
Brith Nan A
Ledra
Mack MacBee
Shreveport
Frieda
Rickells
Phaling Notle Britt
Barksdale
al’ Forte
Mines
Gurlon’ High “School
Donnie Roberts
Sammy "Cruse
Bruce ‘Bley
Tommy Lee
Biw ‘Arenold
Bil Eaves
James Hairston
Bill: McDougald
Johnny
Yancey
Bobby Reynolds
Ronnie Barks
Boy Scout
Mena
Aceon
George
Haynie
Basle
Seoul
Remarkable Collage of Moves and Visits Across Cities
A garbled list shows Mrs. WP Cum mings Ghd Mes hosting, Kin neighbors in Houston and New York trip reports. It notes Mrs. Coleman and Carol leaving for New York after two weeks with J C Colemah and Mrs dett Williams of Hope, plus family visits in Little Rock and Atlanta. Winston Churchill quote closes the fragment.
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Gradville Coleman
Carol
New York City
J. C. Colemah
Fire destroys plant and garage in Johnson Arkansas
A late night blaze in Johnson Arkansas destroyed a garage used for making truck beds and damaged a store housing the town post office. Firefighters from Fayetteville and Springdale battled flames fed by exploding acetylene tanks and magnesium after a welding area ignition. An expansive trailer was also struck by the fire.
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Hayetteville
Jownson
Ark
Fayetteville
Springdale
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Crasby Seware
Surrimer
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Phursday
WP. Cummings Ghd
Paw Hiatt
Job Habénis
David
Canivagne
Meg. Morrison McLelland
Mrs. Doughtley
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Houston, Texas
Coleman
Clara Wishard
Baptist Hospital
K. L. Mossley
Dickie
Freddie
Atlanta, Ga
Mrs
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Mae Garland
Mat Kitchen
Dane Kitchell
California
Winston Churchill
Russia
Johnson, Ark
Makihgi
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