Wildlife Front reports varied purple martin migrations and bird antics
The column chronicles second brood martins preparing for southward travel with departure dates varying from year to year. It recounts a dramatic fledgling misfit, a martin successfully flying after elder guidance, and jest about crows inspecting a watermelon patch. It also notes the disappearance of an albino robin and speculation about an owl.
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Mexico
Venezuela
Martin
Herbert Rogers
GOPs Seek Bank Deposit Records ruling appeal
The Arkansas Republican executive committee unanimously voted to continue the fight for public access to the state's bank deposit records. They will appeal Chancellor Kay L. Matthews's ruling that State Treasurer Nancy Hall need not disclose the records, a suit filed by Dr. Wayne Babbitt of North Little Rock.
Weather Report From Arkansas and Louisiana
Weather Experiment Station report for 24 hours ending 7 a m Monday shows high 92 and low 71. Arkansas remains clear to partly cloudy and warm through Tuesday with tonight lows 68 to 75 and Tuesday highs mainly in the lower 90s. Louisiana foresees partly cloudy skies through Tuesday with daytime thundershowers 20 to 40 percent. tonight’s low 68 to 74 and highest forecasts continue on page two.
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Arkansas
Louisiana
Accidents In State Fatal to 6 Persons
Six Arkansans died in weekend accidents: Rollie Dean and Hazel Dean in a West Memphis car crash. Stevie Jean Henry in an Arkansas 18 wreck. a one year old girl Rena Robinson in Bolden perished in a home fire. Charles Hoyt drowned at Lake Beaverfork. Douglas Cornish aged 13 drowned in Tucker Bay with his father nearby. the Cornish family lives near Monette.
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Memphis
West Memphis
Arkansas
Associated Press
Rollie E. Dean
Hazel
Stevie Jean Henry
Dell
Lake City
Jonesboro
St. Francis County
Rena Robinson
Bolden
Bernice Roebinson
Charles Hoyt
Conway
Lake Beaverfork
Douglas Cornish
Tucker Bay
Lawrence County
Clarence Cornish
Cornish
Monette
Another in Series of Safety Tests
At White Sands New Mexico the space agency will run another test of the safety system for moonbound astronauts. A 155000 pound thrust escape rocket will lift a dummy moonship about a mile high to measure safety if the Saturn V malfunctions during launch.
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White Sands Missile Range
N.M
Space Agency
Desert
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Campus unrest guided by faculties urged at NEA meet
Harvard Health Services director Dr Dana L Farnsworth told the NEA convention that student unrest is an encouraging force when channeled through fair, consistent administration. President E K Fretwell urged giving student leaders a larger role in running colleges and shaping teaching and learning.
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New York
Harvard
Dana L. Farnsworth
Harvard University
Health Services
Farnsworth
National
Fretwell
City University of New York
Guilty Verdicts Handed Out in Campus Sit-ins
In Berkeley, 40 of 674 UC defendants pleaded guilty in a mass sit-in trial. Betina Aptheker, daughter of a noted Marxist, among the early 40, was sentenced later. The nine group case spans a prolonged trial with verdicts for trespass and resisting arrest.
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Berkeley
Calif
University of California
Bettina Aptheker
Herber, Aptheker
New York School For Marxist Studies
Miss Aptheker
South
Whole Family of Pilot Likes to Fly
Benjamin Games, Elkhart pilot who arrived in London after a solo Atlantic crossing, left his wife Helen and son Ben Jr. at home as part of their ferrying service. The family includes another son John Roger and even a beagle that flies with them. Helen stayed to run the family motel and trailer park.
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Elkhart, Ind
Benjamin Games
Elkhart
London
Atlantic
Helen
Ben Jr
John Roger
Games
Robert
Union, Mich
Ask No More Than 400 in a Precinct
Arkansas state Republicans urged election commissions to divide counties into precincts and townships of at most 400 voters to speed elections. The resolution stresses orderly voter registration under Amendment 51 and easier counting. The GOP also announced a nonpartisan voter registration drive running July 5 to December 31.
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Little Rock
Election Commissions
Arkansas
GOP
Hoffa in Hospital for Routine Checkup
James R. Hoffa president of the Teamsters Union was admitted to Georgetown Hospital for routine tests. Dr J Blaine Fitzgerald said Hoffa 52 would stay two or three days at most.
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Washington (Ap
James R. Hoffa
Teamsters Union
Georgetown Hospital
J. Blaine Fitzgerald
Bethesda
Hoffa
Dirksen warns against concessions and coalition in Viet Nam
Senate leader Dirksen says those talking about U S concessions in Vietnam must specify details. He opposes a South Vietnamese coalition government including Communists. He cites Fulbright’s call for a negotiated settlement and warns of a veto power for Communists in Geneva line.
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Washington
Everett M. Dirksen
Republican National Committee
GOP
Senate
United States
Fulbright
Viet Nam
Rusk
International Commission
Geneva
South Viet Nam
Dirksen
Sen
J. W. Fulbright
Dirk
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Dean Rusk
U.S
Telephone by Satellite Inaugurated
President Johnson inaugurated commercial telephone service by satellite relayed by Early Bird with a transatlantic call. Officials from Britain Canada and several countries joined in calls in multiple languages. Early Bird orbits 22300 miles above the Atlantic and serves news and telecommunication links. FCC approved leasing Early Bird circuits at 4200 dollars monthly with higher TV rates during peak hours.
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Washington
Johnson
Great Britain
Canada
Atlantic
Brazil
Africa
Communicators Satellite Corporation
Early Bird
European
Farry Bird
Federal Communications Commission
Nebraska Adopts State Income Tax Despite Opposition
Gov. Frank Morrison will let a Nebraska income tax bill become law without his signature. Nebraska has never used an income or sales tax before. Referendum petitions with 28,905 signatures could block the measure from taking effect January 1, 1967.
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Lincoln
Neb
Frank Morrison
Nebraska
Nust
Poultry Princess Marylyn Gail Bigge Named at Festival
Marylyn Gail Bigge a 21 year old University of Arkansas music major from Men a was crowned 1965 Poultry Princess at the Poultry Festival in Little Rock She will tour Europe with the prize and receive 500 dollars and a wardrobe Other federation officers were elected including Bill S Watson president and Roy Ritter Man of the Year with multiple officers named in allied poultry groups and egg council leadership.
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Little Rock
University of Arkansas
Marylyn Gail Bigge
Mena
Arkansas Poultry Industry
William C. Myers
Fayetteville
Allied Poultry Industries
Ed Curtis
Cave Springs
Arkansas Egg Council
Ted Darragh
Harry Lindsey
Camden
Dirksen Says No Coalition With Communists in Vietnam
AP News Digest reports Senate Republican Leader Everett Dirksen warns against forming any Vietnamese coalition government with Communists. U S planes hit Tamorong district capital held by Viet Cong since Saturday. Arkansas Republicans push smaller precincts grouping. Penitentiary guards deploy tear gas on inmates armed with improvised guns and a bomb. The United Nations closes its 20th anniversary session with faith leaders backing peace efforts. A mass UC sit in verdicts trial proceeds. Apollo program scientists begin preparations next month. A paratrooper consoles his mother after a Viet Cong execution. A 21 year old Arkansas music major crowned 1965 Poultry Princess.
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Senate
Everett M. Dirksen
U.S
Tamorong
Harvard
National Education Association
University of California
United Nations
U.N
Arkansas
Population growth boosts Jacksonville funds and growth
Jacksonville Arkansas sees population rise to 18 043 per federal census up 1 328 from last year Mayor John Hardin notes the gain will add about 10 624 to state turnback funds Retirees from nearby Little Rock Air Force Base contribute to the increase with a 1960 population of 14 448
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Jacksonville, Ark
Jacksonville
John Hardin
Hardin
Air Force
Little Rock Air Force Base
All Around Town Highlights And Personal Notices
A collage of local items notes Larry Don Wright undergoing surgery at Central Baptist Hospital Lexington Kentucky. Arkansas Poultry Convention Banquet at Robinson Auditorium Little Rock with Freeda R Green in charge and Luther Holloman providing dinner music. Marilyn Gail Bigge named Miss Poultry Queen of Arkansas and Bill Watson elected state association president. Houston native Mark Revels plays Little League for Sharpstown Colt 45s. Dr. Lloyd Guerin attended optometry class reunion in Memphis. Charles Ray Tittle, son of Clovis G Tittle, completes Doctor of Philosophy at the University of Texas and joins Indiana University faculty in September as sociology assistant professor. he previously earned Woodrow Wilson and Danforth fellowships and married Drollene Plattner.
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Arkansas Poultry Coronatino
Robinson Auditorium
Little Rock
Freeda R. Greenar
Luther Hollaman
Bill Watson
Marilyn Gail Bigge
Arkansas
Vis G. Tittle
Summit St
University of Texas
Indiana University
Bloomington
Tittle
Hope High School
Ouachita
Woodrow Wilson
Danforth
Drollene Plattner
Sant Albans
West Va
Quachita
Public Health Service Hospital
Fort Worth
Hogg Foundation For Mental Health
Viet Nam C123 Transport Downed Near Saigon Killing Two U.S. Crew
A U S Air Force officer and an enlisted man were killed when a C123 transport was shot down 13 miles east of Tan Son Nhut airport. The crash raised American fatalities in Viet Nam by enemy action to 429. The incident followed a secret mission report and a broader leaflet campaign dropped over five North Vietnamese cities.
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Saigon
Viet Nam
U.S
U.S. Air Force
North Viet Nam
North Vietnamese
Hanoi
Phat Diem
Thanh Hao
Bai Thuong
Dong Phon Thuong
Ninh Binh
Viet Cong
Tan Son Nhut
Man Shot in Head on Highway Near Camden
Odis Sherman 25 of Magnolia was shot in the back of the head while driving on U S 79 about five miles south of Camden. He was hospitalized and described as not seriously wounded. A .22 caliber bullet was recovered.
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Camden, Ark
Odis Sherman
Magnolia
Sherman
U. S. 79
Here
Dismembered Man Identified Near Memphis Yard
The dismembered body of John W. Fisk, 38, of Paragould Arkansas, was found Sunday at the Illinois Central Johnson Yards in Memphis. Deputies say he fell between freight cars and was dragged about a mile. Fisk had no known railroad connection. identification came from papers on the body.
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Memphis
John W. Fisk
Paragould
Ark
Illinois Central Railroad
Johnson Yards
B. W. Biles
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