Nitrate Blast Kills Six in Pennsylvania
A truck carrying ammonium nitrate exploded in Marshalls Creek, killing six and injuring about 10. Fire officials report three Marshalls Creek volunteers died. several snakes released by the blast. The driver, Albert Kuda, was unhurt. The explosion leveled a reptile farm and damaged nearby homes as far as Stroudsburg.
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Marshalls Creek
Pocono Mountain
Pocono
Albert Kuda
Port Carbon
American Cyanamid Co
Pottsville
Gilate
Route 209
Kuda
Stroudsburg
Collision in Oklahoma Kills Seven
A head-on crash two miles west of Boswell on U S 70 in the Lake Texoma area killed seven people and left an eighth critically hurt. Dead at Durant hospital were C R Brackett Jr and passengers Glenn Russy M Mack McMennamy Mabel B Newton 20, Raymond A Newton 31 and their two daughters aged 1 and 5. The Newtons from Russellville Georgia. Critical condition was Vassie T Johnson 20. Mrs Newton reportedly dozed and crossed the line into Brackett’s path.
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Boswell
Okla
U.S. 70
Lake Texoma
Durant
C. R. Brackett Jr
Glenn Russy
M. Mack McMennamy
Mabel B. Newton
Lane takes command at Pine Bluff Arsenal
Assumes command at Pine Bluff Arkansas as Col. Jack F Lane becomes the new commanding officer succeeding Col. John Appel who shifts to duty in Korea.
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Pine Bluff, Ark
Jack F. Lane
Pine Bluff Arsenal
Col
John Appel
Korea
Weather roundup from Arkansas and Louisiana forecast
Weather Experiment Station report for 24 hours ending 7 a.m. Friday notes Arkansas clear to partly cloudy with little temperature change through Saturday and a chance of thundershowers in the south portion. Louisiana remains party cloudy through Saturday with scattered showers and temperatures in the 60s to near 90s, high Saturday 96 to 98.
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Arkansas
Detective Agency Burglary in East Los Angeles
Employees at the L. F. Clark Detective Agency arrived to find the office ransacked with a hole in the ceiling and a note reading So, solve this one. Signed Ace. The burglary was reported Thursday at the East Los Angeles office.
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Los Angeles
Ace
L. F. Clark Detective Agency
Living Cost Remains Steady in May CPI Report
Washington AP says May CPI held at 107.8 for the second month, with food costs down two tenths of a percent and housing stable. Meat and eggs fell, fruit and vegetables were flat, sugar eased yet stayed up over 6 percent from a year earlier, while coffee rose 2.3 percent to push year over year gains near 23 percent due to world supply.
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Bureau of Labor Statistics
Miss El Dorado Is Selected
Marcia Love, 18, was crowned Miss El Dorado in El Dorado Arkansas, starting a path to the national Miss America crown. The 1964 El Dorado High School graduate, 5 feet 3, blonde with blue eyes, plans to attend North Texas Teachers College. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Max Love.
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EL Dorado
Ark
Marcia
Love
Miss Love
North Texas On Teachers College
Denon
Max Love
Kansas City firm bids for Arkansas River dike project
Pensa cola Construction Co. of Kansas City submitted the apparent low bid of 424 170 to construct revetments and dikes and place additional stone on the existing pit dike on both sides of the Arkansas River southwest of Conway. The Army Engineers' estimate of cost was b.
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Little Rock
Pensacola Construction Co
Kansas City
Arkansas River
Conway
Army Engineers
Patmos Revival to Open at Patmos Baptist Church
A revival meeting begins Sunday at Patmos Baptist Church with nightly services at 7 30 p m led by evangelist Rev Wesley Thomason ifhe Rev A B Kirby is the pas or
Fresh Anxieties From A to Z Fear List
New York AP reports medical dictionaries list 300 plus fears with impressive names. Readers may learn rhapdop hobia fear of being beaten and hypnophobia fear of falling asleep. Many fears mentioned, including monoc phobia and ochrophobia, with a playful look at choosing pantophobia the fear of everything.
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New York
Fire Destroys Anthony and Sons Sawmill
A fire of undetermined origin destroyed the Graydon Anthony and Sons sawmill in the Proving Ground industrial area. The blaze confined to the mill damaged machinery and a carriage. other buildings were spared. Early estimates put losses at 50 000 to 75 000 dollars. Anthony says the mill was not insured.
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Graydon Anthony and Sons
Proving Ground
Anthony
Legion to Meet Monday Night in Hempstead Court House
B C Hollis commander of Leslie Huddleston Post No 12 announces a Legion meeting Monday night June 29 at 7 30 in the small Court Room downstairs of the Hempstead County Court House Officers will be elected for the ensuing year and all Legionnaires are urged to attend
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B. C. Hollis
Leslie Huddleston
American Legion
Hempstead County Court House
Mr. Hollis
Legionnairs
Bailey Harold Receives SPOKE Award in Dallas
Bailey Harold of Springdale Arkansas earned a second place SPOKE achievement award at the National Jaycees convention in Dallas. The honor went to first year Jaycees members during the event on Thursday.
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Dallas
Bailey Harold
Springdale
Ark
United States Junior Chamber of Commerce
Scranton Attacks Johnson and GOP on Automation
Detroit AP dispatch reports Pennsylvania Gov. William Scranton accusing President Johnson’s administration of delaying automation and blaming “ostriches” in his own party for failing to address the shift. Scranton, seeking the Republican nomination, urged five steps including removing automation restric tions, retraining workers, reforming education for the new economy, and creating a national job clearinghouse to match workers with openings. He aimed to win Michigan delegates for a second-ballot push in San Francisco.
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Detroit
Pennsylvania
William W. Scranton
Johnson
Ranton
Scranton
Sen
Barry
Goldwater
Arizona
Michigan
San Francisco
Russia Warns U S Britain and France Over East Germany Frontiers
Moscow reports say the Soviet Union issued new notes to the United States Britain and France asserting its resolve to defend East German frontiers. Tass says the notes condemn Bonn's staging of federal presidential elections in West Berlin and label it provocative.
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Soviet’ Union
United States
Britain
France
East Germany
Tass
Bonn
West Berlin
Worst Violence Outbreak of St. Augustine
Hundreds of white segregationists surged into St. Augustine causing the city’s worst racial violence in memory. Dozens were injured and many arrested as integrationists sought federal relief. King appealed for federal marshals while state police faced direct threats in a tense downtown confrontation.
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Paul Wills
ST. Augustine
Fla
Martin Luther King
Federal
Jacksonville
Farris’ Bryant
King
White House
Weather Good for Outdoor Activities This Weekend
The Weather Bureau forecasts sunny skies with temperatures in the 90s through the weekend, a warm trend following a cool front earlier in the week. Pleasant days and nights across the state contrast with hot daytime highs such as 95 degrees in El Dorado, while overnight lows stay in the 60s.
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Associated Press
Weather “Bureau
el Dorado
Arkansas
Southside Baptists Plan Revival
Southside Baptist Church will start revival services Sunday June 28 with preaching at 7 30 p m daily The church lies two miles from downtown Hope south on Highway 29 The evangelist is Rev Hollis Dillard Harold Duke directs music Rev Norman Grant is pastor
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Southside Baptist Church
Hope
Highway 29
Hollis Dillard
Harold Duke
Norman. Grant
Southeast Asia line drawn as China war prospects fade
AP News Digest notes U S position behind the scenes in Southeast Asia as Red China’s capacity for major war wobbles. Missing civil rights workers in Mississippi spur search by sailors and Arkansas war hero’s son leads the effort. St. Augustine faces severe race violence. Civil rights leaders seek court nod for night marches.
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United States
Southeast Asia
Red China
Allen Dutles
Biesaipe
Eigil
William Scranton
Michigan
St. Augustine
Arkansas
Mississippi
Harrison
Oren Harris Announces Re election Bid for 4th District
Congressman Oren Harris formally declares his candidacy for re election in the July 28 primary. He has served the district 24 years and is chairman of the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. He cites background education ability and seniority and says he will stand on his record. Continued on Page Three.
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Oren — Harris
Congress
Harris
House
Hempstead Draft List and Local Updates
Hempstead men drafted and to report July 8 include Richard Lee Drew Phil lips and Jimmie Carlton Car raway plus Bennie Floyd White Jimmy Kendall Sharman Alvin Jones John Raymond Smith Luther Wendell Smith Howard Lee Wesley Hugh Allen Wilson Elbert McFadden Jr John Wayne Hughes Andrew Jackson Caldwell Jr Perry Lee Cheatham James Harold Marcus Jr James Pennington Nolen Ross Clive Donald Shelton Billy Wayne Gilbert and Howard Leon Buffinton Also Kiwanis delegate Dr Jim McKenzie attends national convention in Los Angeles and SFC Ruel E Green returns from active duty training at Fort Polk Updates include new flashing signals to be installed at the Interstate 30 crossing near Clipper community and funding details from McPac and Bureau of Public Roads Local businesses sponsor free Wednesday afternoon movies at the Saenger for Hope children and swimming lessons begin June 29 at Hope Fair Park pool with Intermediate and Junior Life Saving sessions.
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Hempstead
Richard Lee Drew Phillips
Jimmie Carlton Carraway
Bennie Floyd White
Jimmy Kendall Sharman
Alvin Jones
John Raymond Smith
Luther Wendell Smith
Howard Lee Wesley
Hugh Allen Wilson
Elbert McFadden Jr
John Wayne Hughes
Andrew Jackson Caldwell Jr
Perry Lee Cheatham
James Harold Marcus Jr
James Pennington
Nolen Ross
Clive Donald Shelton
Billy Wayne Gilbert
Howard Leon Buffinton
Dulles Sees No Explosion Sign in Mississippi
Presidential factfinder Allen Dulles says he sees no likely explosion over the disappearance of three civil rights workers in Mississippi. U S sailors FBI agents and Mississippi troopers joined the search in east central Mississippi as President Johnson directs efforts. Schwerner Goodman and Chaney were last seen Sunday. their burned station wagon was found near Philadelphia.
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Philadelphia
Miss
Allen Dulles
U.S
Mississpi
Jonson
Meridian Naval Air Auxiliary Station
FBI
Mississippi
Michael Schwerner
Andrew Goodman
New York City
James Chaney
Dulles
Central Intelligence Agency
President Johnson
Dallas
Washington
Sai
Charles Evers
Jackson
White House
Henry
Ins
National Association For the ‘Advancement of Colored People
Bvers
Ec Evers
A Er
Tion
Bus Blows Tires Three Die In California Crash
A chartered bus carrying 32 members of a Chinese drum and bugle corps overturned on Highway 99 three miles north of Madera California. The left front tire blew out causing the vehicle to lose control and overturn. At least three people were killed and the rest injured, some critically. Nine were admitted to Madera County Hospital with several in serious condition. The bus was en route from Los Angeles to Sacramento for statewide competition.
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Madera
Calif
Highway 99
Here
Highway Patrol
Los Angeles
Sacramento
Madera County
Frisky Steer Leads Stampede Through Suburban Streets
In Louisville a 650 pound steer sparked a hour long chase as police and about 50 residents pursued it from Mocking Valley into suburban streets. The steer escaped roping but later led the group on a 90 minute romp before capture. owner Kenneth Dennis said the animal jumped a fence to escape.
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Louisville
Mocking Valley
Kenneth Dennis
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AP News Digest
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Saenger
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