Settlement Sought in Antitrust Suit by Electric Utility
Southwestern Electric Power Co. asked the Arkansas Public Service Commission to approve a $2,409,931 antitrust settlement. The suit stemmed from a 1960 dispute involving national electrical equipment manufacturers and several western Arkansas operations.
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Notice to Bidders for Herndon Funeral Home Project
Sealed proposals to construct the Herndon Funeral Home at Main at Fourth Street Hope Arkansas will be received by the Hope Furniture Co until 2 00 pm Thursday July 15 1965. Bids must include bid bond of 5 percent and meet Arkansas licensing and contract acts. The owner reserves the right to waive informalities or reject bids.
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Hope Furniture Co
Main
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Hope
Ark
Herndon Funeral Home
Fourth Street
Arkansas
Raymond Branton
Pyramid Life Building
Little Rock
Hope Furniture Company
Hope, Arkansas
Office of
Pyramid Life Bldg
F. W. Dodge
Scott
2Nd
A.G.C
Texarkana
General Contractors
State of
Arkansas General Assembly
Prescott Obituary Lloyd C Whitmarsh Whitmarsh
Lloyd C Whitmarsh 57 of Prescott died Monday. Retired employee of a cleaning shop. Survived by widow two sons Thomas Lloyd in the U S Air Force and Glenn both of Prescott a daughter Mrs Troy Ricketts of Gordon mother Mrs Cora Whitmarsh Prescott three brothers Charley Sidell La Russell Houston and Burl Whitmarsh Prescott Services held Tuesday in Prescott.
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Thomas Lloyd
U.S. Air Force
Glenn
Troy Ricketts
Gordon
Cora Whitmarsh
Charley
Sidell
Russell
Houston
Burl Whitmarsh
Harvey Miller longtime pianist with Paul Whitman Band dies in Florida
Harvey Miller died Sunday at his Jacksonville home. The one time pianist with the Paul Whitman Band was married to Louise Aldrich of Little Rock, a cousin of Mrs. Joe Jones of Hope. Services were held today in Florida.
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Paul Whitman
Jacksonville
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Little Rock
Joe Jones
Hope
Prescott widow Dora Johnson dies at 86
Mrs. Dora Johnson 86 lifelong Nevada County resident and First Baptist Church member of Prescott died Tuesday in a Prescott hospital. Survived by three sons Floyd Jack and Ellis Malone of Bend Oregon a daughter Mrs Dutch McCain of Prescott five stepchildren and two sisters. Services set for 10 a.m. Wednesday at First Baptist Church Prescott. Burial by Herndon Cornelius Funeral Service Hope in De Ann Cemetery Prescott.
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Jack
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Bend
Oregon
Dutch McCain
Cleburn Johnson
Trashwood
Willie Johnson
Arizona
Thomas Johnson
Stella Drake
Kansas City
John Shirley
Hope
Ida Starr
Ada McLaughton
Shreveport
First Baptist Church of
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de Ann Cemetery
Alabama panel targets King amid civil rights turmoil
A five member Alabama legislative committee accuses Martin Luther King Jr and civil rights groups of associations with labeled Communists as it probes for unlawful activities. The panel, formed after Birmingham tensions, aims to protect state sovereignty and order amid racial clashes in Selma and surrounding counties. The SNCC is labeled dangerous and violent by the report.
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Beautification of Roadsides Begins in Lonoke
The Arkansas Highway Department launches a long range roadside beautification program by covering a Lonoke dump with hedges an earthfill and a fence to block the site from motorists. Mrs Mary Herndon a member of the department Beautification Committee calls Lonoke the most significant project so far.
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Mary Herndon
Weather Outlook for Arkansas Continues Warm With Showers
Weather continued from page one shows highs in the low 40s Wednesday with warmer conditions tonight and through Wednesday. Southwest and southeast Arkansas expect clear to partly cloudy skies with a few thundershowers affecting up to twenty percent of the area.
Price Increases Hit Soft Drinks After Tax Debates
Bottlers raise wholesale prices following legislative debates on a soft drink tax. Several firms boosted case prices from 1.25 to 1.50, with a prior 1961 jump from 1.00 to 1.25 after similar tax talks. Machines and counters show bottle prices rising from six to ten cents.
Paratroop Raid North of Chau Depot Noted
US Air Force reports say paratroopers moved two miles north of prior targets near Chau, claiming 32 buildings destroyed and 20 damaged. An F B57 bomber was shot down near Saigon, two crew ejected, one body recovered, another missing, the dead pilot the 430th American KIA in Vietnam. A second RF101 was downed west of Hanoi during a separate raid, pilot presumed killed.
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Viet Nam
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Weather outlook for Northwest and Northeast Arkansas
The forecast shows clear to partly cloudy skies and warm conditions through Wednesday. A few afternoon or evening thundershowers are possible in northwest Arkansas affecting up to 20 percent of the area, with Wednesday highs of 86 to 92 and tonight’s lows 66 to 74. The northeast area is clear to partly cloudy with Wednesday highs around 99 to 94 and tonight’s lows 70 to 74.
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Arkansas
Northeast
Louisiana
Weather outlook for Arkansas and Louisiana
Arkansas shows clear to partly cloudy skies with little temperature change tonight and Wednesday. Louisiana expects partly cloudy conditions through Wednesday with a few afternoon thundershowers in coastal areas and isolated showers inland. highs around the upper 80s to mid 90s in both states.
Forecast for Eastern and Southern Missouri Sunny, hot and humid
Forecast shows mostly sunny conditions across eastern and southern Missouri with hot and humid afternoons. Highs reach 86 to 95 degrees, lows 68 to 76, and thunder showers possible in 20 to 30 percent of the area through Wednesday.
Heroes in Vietnam Show Courage Beyond Appearance
Airman J C Jon H Young 24 of Portland Oregon receives the Silver Star for a March rescue in North Vietnam. He and a twin-helo crew pulled a downed F105 pilot from the sea while under heavy fire, then returned to base after a damaged plane. The rescued airman was later found captured by the Viet Cong.
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Ore
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Viet Nam
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Joe Phelan
Stamford
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L.R. Kindergarten Plan Wins Pace Maker Award
The Little Rock Kindergarten Educational Enrichment Program KEEP is among 47 schools or systems honored with 1965 Pace Maker Awards for public education improvements. The National Education Association announced the winners at its 103rd annual convention in New York. Plaques will be presented at a luncheon.KEEP involved mothers, school officials, PTAs and the Board of Education in promoting and organizing kindergarten plans.
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Little Rock
The
Nationalducation Association
KEEP
Pta's
Board of Education
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