Tornadoes Hit Arkansas Areas Near Hot Springs
Tornadoes and strong winds damaged Cutter Morning Star High School near Hot Springs causing about 100000 dollars in damage. Two villagers in Norfolk were injured while a house and two barns were destroyed. Debris blocked U S 70 and a tractor trailer was struck but no injuries reported. Weather officials linked the storms to tropical storm Candy moving into Oklahoma.
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Associated Press
Portios
Arkansas
Hot Springs
Norfolk
U. S. Weather Bureau
Oklahoma
Cutter Morning Star
Jim Tilley
George Brown
Baxter County
Mountain Home
Tilley
Little Rock
Brown
Weather Bureau
Malvern
Sheridan
Trumann
Doyle Henderson
Earlene Davis
U.S. 70
James T. Harold
Scheulenburg
Tex
Harold
Lakeside
Lake City
Craighead County
Memphis Arkansas Welfare Tension Over Hospital Bills
Memphis city officials face rising hospital costs from medically indigent Arkansans totaling over 95000 dollars from January to mid May. Arkansas paid Memphis 12000 plus patients paid 2200. most patients were young women giving birth. Blaylock urged Congress members to back an eighty million dollar food stamp funds appropriation to retain staff.
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Little Rock
Len Blaylock
State Welfare Board
Henry Loeb
Memphis
Arkansans
Blaylock
Leeb
Winthrop Rockefeller
Arkansas
Proposal for Federal Gun Registration Sparked Controversy
In Washington AP report President Johnson urged federal registration of all privately owned guns and promised stricter gun control laws with proposals to follow in a sharply worded message to Congress. The White House indicated forthcoming legislative plans.
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Washington
Johnson
Cotte Press
House
Senate
White House
Robert L. F. Sikes
D-Fla
L. Mendell
Rivers
Ds.c
Howard W. Pollack
Alaska
Joseph D. Tydings
Congress
United States
Resurrection City
Patt
Prison Riot Damages $1 Million in Ohio Penitentiary
Otio National Guardsmen aided guards at the Ohio state penitentiary after inmates stole keys and set eight fires. The riot left 50 injured and caused about $1 million in damage to seven buildings, including the hospital, as guards battled inmates for over five hours. National Guardsmen and police restored order. additional troops stood by at Ft. Hayes.
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Alvin Orton JH
Associated Press
Columbus, Ohio
Otio
Hotetorn State Penitentiary
John McElroy
James A. Rhodes
Ft. Hayes
Columbus
Maury C. Koblentz
National
International Canada
Montreal
Ohio
Four Youths Killed as Car Hits Horse on I 30
Four Benton youths died when their southbound car struck a horse on Interstate 30 near the Bryant Bauxite overpass between Little Rock and Benton. Driver Bradley Maxey, 20, and three female passengers about 18 Kay Wilson Brenda Farrell and Shereen Eubanks died. Ben Gonzales 42 of Dallas Texas. truck driver suffered minor bruises. Two victims died at Saline Memorial Hospital, one died en route to a Little Rock hospital.
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Little Rock
Benton
Saline County
Ben Gonzales
Dallas
Tex
Gonzales
Saline Memorial Hospital
Eubanks
Two of Every Three Persons Drive to Work But Very Few Walk
HAL BOYLE reports on urban travel patterns showing two thirds of city residents in large U S cities commute by car, about 19 percent use public transit, and the remainder walk. The piece surveys other random notes on air conditioning for animals, dental health, and quirky bits from Quotable Notables.
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Hal Boyle
New York
Pabli Transit
U.S
Mozzambique
Robert Graves
Australia
The
Ladies’ Home Journal
Peace Talks In the News Continue at Slow Pace
Paris AP reports North Vietnam chief negotiator Xuan Thuy told foreign press that talks proceed slowly. He dismissed Humphrey’s call for an immediate cease fire and insisted U.S. attacks must end before other peace issues. Thuy aired weekly meeting cadence and urged world opinion to pressure the U.S. to halt bombing unconditionally.
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Paris
Xuan Thuy
North Vietnam
Vietnam
U.S
W. Averell Harriman
Thuy
Hubert H. Humphrey
Hanoi
Anglo-American Press Association
Harriton
Harriman
Saigon
United States
North
Humphrey
Benton Residents Seek Escaped Boa Constrictor
Benton Ark AP residents hunt for a seven foot ten pound boa that escaped from a cage last week. The owner 16 year old Cliff Dinges says the boa is harmless and asks residents to call police if seen. Dinges doubts its return and notes a prior theft of a three foot boa. He has another snake on order.
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Benton, Ark
Benton
Cliff Dinges
Harmeless
Dinges
Woman Drowns After Fall From Bridge at Lake Ouachita
Mrs. Amos Reynolds of Hot Springs drowned Thursday in Lake Ouachita after apparently falling from a bridge on U.S. 70, according to authorities. The incident occurred near Hot Springs, Ark, with AP reporting details from local officers.
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Hot Springs
Ark
Amos Reynolds
Lake Ouachita
U.S. 70
Car Plunges into Lake. One Woman Killed Near Hot Springs
Mrs. Norman Ward, about 20, of Lakeland, Florida, was killed Monday when her car left Arkansas 270 and plunged into the lake near Hot Springs. Her body was recovered from the water about an hour after the accident.
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Hot Springs
Ark
Norman Ward
Lakeland
Fla
Arkansas
Take Hamilton
Here
Ex-Arkansas Newsman Dies in Toledo at 76
Toledo Ohio AP Levin Heywood Flournoy longtime editor of the Pine Bluff Ark Daily Graphic died Sunday at age 76 in Toledo. He served as managing editor and helped shape Arkansas journalism for decades.
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Toledo, Ohio
Levin Heywood Flournoy
Formr
Pine Bluff
Ark
Daily Graphic
Presbyterians to Hear Two L A Ministers
Two prominent Little Rock ministers will supply Hope’s First Presbyterian pulpit over the next two Sundays. Rev. James A. Mitchell of Central Presbyterian Church in Little Rock preaches Sunday on The Central Presbyterian Story. Dr. R. D. Adams, retiring pastor after 36 years, will lead July 7 with Holy Communion.
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Little Rock
First Presbyterian Church
Arthur Wimmell
James A. Mitchell
Central Presbyterian Church
Mitchell
Arkansas Gazette
Ferncliff
Central Presbyterian
R. D. Adams
Adams
Arkansas
New Jersey
Arkansas College
Batesville
Lidle Rock
Foreclosure Judgment Filed Against Nations Silica Co
U S District Judge J Smith Henley granted the Samil Busi ness Administration a 107548 dollar mortgage foreclosure judgment against Nations Silica Co of Nasco in Park County and Melbourne couple Mr and Mrs J Paul Bursey. The 1960 Bursey founded the company owning a Nasco silica mine. The judge ordered mining and processing equipment and 776 acres to be sold at public auction if the judgment remains unpaid within 10 days.
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Little Rock
J. Smith Henley
Samil Business Administration
Nationsal Silica Co
Nasco
Park County
Melbourne
J. Paul Bursey
Bursey
Two Candidates Withdraw From Primary Races In Arkansas
AP reports two candidates withdrew before the Sunday deadline. G W Lookadao of Arkadelphia left the Democratic race for Chancellor in the 6th District, and Furwood M Cahn of Batesville exited the Republican race in House District 25.
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Uttle Rock
Secretary of State's
G. W. Lookadao
Arkadelphia
Furwood M+ Cahn
Batesville
Rioting Ends in Curfew After Resurrection City Closure
Washington reacts as National Guardsmen patrol curfewed streets after Resurrection City closure triggers riots. Police arrest 12, one wounded. mayor declares emergency, curfew to restore order. Quiet returns with limited damage and few looted stores reported.
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Austinscott Associated Press
Washington
Resurrection City
Walter Washington
John Layton
Patrick Murphy
Congress
National
Ralph David Abernathy
Capitol
14Th and
U Streets
Poor People’s Campaign
McClellan Opposes Amendment on Missile System Funding
Washington AP report states Senator John L McClellan of Arkansas voted against an amendment to strike 227.3 million dollars for an anti ballistic missile system from a military authorization bill. The amendment failed by 34 to 52.
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Washington (Ap
John L. McClellan
Evans Family Reunion Plans at Washington July 67th
Evans of Fort Worth Texas announce the Evans Family reunion will be held again this year at Washington on July 67th. Bennie Evans says this will be the fourth reunion.
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Evans
Washington
Bennie Evans
Fort Worth
Texas
Hempstead
Federal and
U. S. Post Office
T.A.P
Helicopter crashes kill 19 soldiers near Saigon amid Viet Cong push
Nineteen American service members died in five helicopter crashes around Saigon as allied forces intensify the drive against Viet Cong positions. One crash over the Nha Be River left five Army men dead, while a later air collision near 16 miles east-southeast of Saigon killed 12 crewmen and 19 Thai passengers. Nine other Americans were wounded or missing as a major ground action followed, with 46 Viet Cong bodies found and 19 weapons recovered.
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George Esher
Brass Weil Saigon
Saigon
Monnday
Navy AG
Carsier Enterprise
North
U.S
9Th
Nha Ba River
American Broadcasting Co
Jim Deckard
Shreveport
Tme
Deckard
Welfare Chief in Yell County Is Dismissed
Little Rock report says Yell County welfare director Dewel May was dismissed for deficiencies in performance of duty. State Welfare Commission official Len Blay-Blaylock stated May received a letter Friday charging improper conduct and performance issues regarding his duties.
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Little Rock
Dewel May
Yerk County
State Welfare Commission
Len Blay
Blaylock
May
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