Bookmobile Schedule for March 6 9
Next week bookmobile routes run March 6 to 9 visiting Wileville Schools Willisville Community Spring Hill School Emmet Community Arkta Village and Rocky Mound. Stops include Heatlings Aiking Crs ham Bailey Kelly Rosston Dearinger Tins er Linyard Brown Womble Hackler Williams Dr. Rogers and Pharris with times ranging from early morning to late afternoon.
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Wileville
Heatlings
Willisville
Aiking
Waterton
Crsham
Bailey
Kelly
Rosston
Parris
Dearinger
Tinser
Linyard
Spring Hill
Brown
Womble
Hackler
Williams
Dr. Rogers
A.m
Breet
Meloy
Emmet
Arkta
Pharris
U.N. Visit for Glenn and Astronauts Draws Crowds
United Nations in New York hosts a welcome for U.S. astronaut John Glenn and six colleagues, with families and Ambassador Adlai Stevenson present. A 28-nation UN committee session and a Broadway outing follow the official reception, as tributes pour in from secretariat staff and New Yorkers amid tragic Jamaica Bay crash news.
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United Nations
N.Y. Iap
Glenniy Trwert
New York City
Glen
U.N. Secretariat
Earth
Glenn
Jamaica Bay
Idlewild
U.S
Wife Shoots Mate at Texarkana
In Texarkana Texas Phil F Hardy Jr a 38 year old construction worker from a prominent local family was shot dead by his wife Clarens Riley Homer Hardy also 38 authorities said she shot him then called an ambulance She was hospitalized for psychiatric examination The couple had been married about four months and were undergoing divorce proceedings
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Hal Boyle
NEW York
Amos Toggle
Aemeriddlywinks Corporation
Hector Squiggle
Mr. Toggle
Mr. ‘Toggle
Hector Squiggie
Squiggle
Mr. Again
Helen
John Wayne
Marilyn Monroe
Texarkana, Tex
Phil F. Hardy Jr
Texarkana
Clarens Riley Homer Hardy
Hardy
School Menus for Next Week
School menus for the week list items by day. Monday features hamburger on a bun with toppings and fruit cup. Tuesday serves chicken and noodles with buttered peas, celery, hot rolls, apple sauce, cake, and milk. Wednesday offers roast pork and dressing with cream peas, cabbage slaw, bread, fruit jello, and milk. Thursday includes macaroni with meat sauce, baked beans, spring salad, cornbread, butter, and cherry cobbler with milk. Friday presents a tuna sandwich with potatoes and cheese sauce, raisin salad, and milk.
Tax receipts rise nearly one million in February
Tax collections for February rose to 13,042,059 from 12,551,559 the year before. Revenue Commissioner Ted Donham said eight months of fiscal 1961-62 show about four million more than the same period last year. The largest jump, about 262,000, came from automobile license fees.
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Rock (Ap
Ted Donham
Dotham
WSCS and club meetings at First Methodist Church events
Local church notices list Circle 6 and Circle 4 WSCS meetings at the home of Mrs. Pook and Mrs. Cal with World Banks urged for attendees. Circle 2 and other WSCS circles meet March 5 6 and 11. Liberty Club and Prescott District Register events scheduled at area homes and hospital. Also a Women of the Church executive meeting in the chapel and a Della Kappy Garam gathering planned.
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WSCS
First Methodist Church
Rod
Barlow
Rget
First, Methodist Church
Pam
George Pook
M's
Sam String
Churey
Cal
J. Ms Houston
Liberty Itl ED Club
Mareh
Jesse Powell
Women of the
Della Kappy Garam
V. R. Herndon Jr
S$. Walker
Mavel
Mhamad Hayes
SADC Aims to Lure Industry Amid Regional Growth
The Southern Appalachian Development Council plans to boost barge navigation on the Ouachita River and expand nine foot channels to attract industry. Members stress that location choices hinge on schools, recreation, labor, taxes, churches, and communities, not just economics. Shelton notes the drive requires sacrifices but positions the SADC to cope with diverse needs and opportunities.
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Reef River
Mississippi
Iags
Ourichita
Jouachita
SADC
Shelton
Saga
Heb
Hope Chapter Junior Auxiliary to honor Martha Wise at Diamond Cafe
Mauidey March 12 the Hope Chapter of the Junior Auxiliary will honor Mrs Martha Wise, National Executive Secretary, with a luncheon at the Diamond Cafe at 12 noon. Mrs Martindale is chairman for the occasion.
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Mauidey
Hope
Martha Wise
Arkansas Motorboat Licenses Rise in 1961 First Half
Army Engineers reported 17 110 motorboats licensed in Arkansas in the first six months of 1961. Licenses in the Arkansas White Red River Basins Inter Agency Committee area included Texas 103 402 Louisiana 80 777 Mississippi 39 977 Oklahoma 46 081 Kansas 17 241 Colorado 10 724 and New Mexico 7 476.
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Little Rock
Army Engineers
Arkansas
White - Red River
Inter-Agency
Texas
Louisiana
Timbo High School Burned in Stone County Fire
A frame Timbo high school building in Stone County was destroyed by fire just after classes. The janitor's wife was inside and escaped with help from neighbor Jimmy Driftwood who alerted her. About 200 students in grades seven through 12 were affected, with damages estimated at 75000 dollars.
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Mountain View
Ark
Timbo
Stone County
Arkansas Governor Welcomes Missouri County Secession Talk
In a tongue in cheek proclamation Gov. Orval Faubus joked that McDonald County could join Arkansas if it wished to secede from Missouri. The move followed disputes over county recreational areas not appearing on state highway maps. The residents were joking, Faubus said, to publicize the Ozarks.
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Little Rock
McDonald County
Missouri
Arkansas
Orval BE
Faubus
Missouri County
Missouri Highway Department
Ozarks
Engineers defer action on Arkansas levee projects
The Board of Rivers and Harbors of the Army Corps of Engineers postponed decisions on Village Creek White River and Mayberry levee district projects in Arkansas to allow further study.
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Washington
Board of Rivers and Harbors of the
Army Corps of Engineers
Village Creek
White River
Mayberry
Arkansas
Burns Kill Woman In El Dorado Fire Tragedy
Mrs Della Lee Reynolds 42, a Black resident of near Strong, died in a local hospital from burns covering about 90 percent of her body after a Tuesday house fire wrecked her home. She was trapped when the roof collapsed during the blaze.
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EL Doralo
Ark
Della Lee Reynolds
Strong
Invalid Perishes in Texarkana Fire
In Texarkana Mrs. Lora Brown aged 53 an invalid burned to death in her home following clothing falling from a stove onto an open fire spreading to wallpaper and nearby objects. Her elderly mother struggled to rescue the victim.
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Texarkana
Lex
Lora Brown
Prince Charles Attends Luncheon With Queen's Party
London AP reports Prince Charles, heir to the throne, joined his mother Queen Elizabeth II at a luncheon this week. He sat in for his father Prince Philip, who was away in South America, marking his first step toward joining adult company.
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London
Prince Charles
Britain
Hbis
Queen Elizabeth I
Charles
Prince Philip
South America
Rogers Says Men Shape Women’s TV Roles
New York AP reports Ginger Rogers voices frustration over persistent gender bias in television. She questions why women struggle for recognition, comparing TV to automobiles designed by men and largely for men.
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New York
Ginger Rogers
Little Rock Man Killed in Crash
A Little Rock man, J. M. Bradley, 02, was killed instantly in a head-on collision on U.S. Highway 70, about six miles east of De Valls Bluff, Ark. The report notes the accident and mentions nearby residents and television listings, including appearances related to Ginger Rogers and other entertainment items.
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DE Valls
Ark
J. M. Bradley
U.S. Highway
Here
Miss Rogers
Woalan Gwith
Rrakan Row
Ginger
Irving Berlin
Misa Rogers
Berlin
ABC
Ben Casey
Ben
Weekend Viewi
NYSE WuneniEEs report Okla and Ronald Allen crash
In a report from Oklahoma and Texas, occupants including Ronald Allen of Wichita Falls were injured and hospitalized after a crash involving a Gar vehicle. The brief notes the incident and medical status.
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Ronald Allen
Ita Falls
Tex
Public sale set in Hempstead County Arkansas real estate
Notice of sale issued under a Hempstead County Chancery Court decree dated February 21 1962. Commissioner Jamie Russell will sell at Hope Arkansas front door the East Half of Lots 12 and 13 Block 13 Ruffin Addition City of Hope in Hempstead County on March 19 1962. Terms require a three month credit bond with 6 interest and a lien on the property.
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Chancery Court
Hempstead County
Arkansas
Hope Federal Savings & Loan Association
Bobby Joe Rateliff
City of
Hope
Ruffin
City of Hope
Sixteenth Street
Ze Jamie Russell
Enchanee
ESD Hires Second Negro Worker in Arkansas Minority Program
Fred W. Martin of Hot Springs will head the new minority groups unit and Mrs Adell Terry Woods of Little Rock will serve as secretary. They are the first white collar workers of their race employed by the agency. The program is funded federally, run by state Merit System, with office in the state Capitol. Martin earns 6400 dollars yearly and Woods 260 dollars monthly.
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Rock
Arkansas, Joyment Security Dis
Fred W. Martin
Hot Springs
Adell Terry Woods
Little Rock
Federal Bureau of Employment Security
James L. Bland
ESD
State Merit System Council
Bland
Arkansas
Martin
Mrs .Woods
Man and three sons die in Waldorf house fire
In Waldorf Maryland a man identified as Edward L Jones about 40 perished in a fire while rescuing his sons John 12 Doug 5 and Mark months from a two story frame home. His wife Carol 16 and Jerry 14 and another child were away at a PTA meeting at La Plata High School. The family returned to find the house ablaze and the father and two younger children trapped inside. The mother and daughter drove to a neighbor to call firefighters as flames engulfed the residence.
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Waldorf, Md
Bill Cook
Waldoyt
Edward L. Jones
John
Doug
Mark
Cook
Jones
Parent- Teachers Association
la Plata High School
Carol
Jerry
Citronelle Oil Field Produces 301st Well This Year
Citronelle Alabama reports its 301st producing well at the oil field, the eighth new well this year. Teil Drilk Co of Shreveport Louisiana placed the new well on ge ak drilled to total depth of 1,468 feet on the southern flank near Donavan.
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Citronelle, Ala
Citronelle
Plumber's Helper Confesses in Hotel Heroin Row Homicide
Stephen Glazer 20 admitted stabbing Alma Schulman 20 to death during an hours long narcotics party argument over who would buy heroin. Alma, daughter of a retired city policeman, was slain in her Bronyyy hotel room early Wednesday.
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New York
Special Election Planned in Hempstead County Arkansas
Hempstead County Arkansas schedules a special election on March 20, 1962 to decide on issuing 245,600 dollars in General Obligation Bonds under Amendment 49 to fund an egg processing plant housing and equipment. Bonds dated April 1 1962 bear interest capped at 6 percent with annual maturities through 1977 and may convert to lower rates. A continuing levy of 2 mills would fund principal and interest if the project revenues fall short. Polling places are listed across Hempstead County with voting hours from 8:00 am to 6:30 pm.
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Hempstead County
Arkansas
State of
Delight Hee Farms, Inc
Bairds Chapel
Bingen
Blevins
Crossroads
Columbus
DeAnn
Deanyville
Friendship
Fulton
Guernsey
Hope
Hope Box
Jaka
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Vent
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Yat Lin
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Dorothy Dix
Bell Syndicate
Tokyo
API
Pecs
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National People's Congress
Parliament
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Moscow
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Tuseday
Prevcott
Nunes
Hempstead County’ Memorial Hospital
Puyd Loomis
Dallon
Hamer Adkins
Com Btors
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Mingis
Kentucky
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Industrial
Late Show Tonight
Debbie Reynolds
Andy Griffith
Harold Hendrix
Prescott Yard
Bea
Paul M
Simms
Elmer's DX
MFA Auto Insurance
United States
Canada
Lester Wolker
Ard & Hervey
Burns
Fotel
Cynthia Lowry
AP TV Radio
GE Theatre
CBS
Ed Wynn
Andy Devine
George M. Cohan
NBC
Peter Lind Hayes
Dorothy Loudon
Hempstead
Jodie
Nuntley Walker
William Walker
Wiliam Walker
Jamie Russell
Chancery
Fred K. Blanton
West 4Th St. Hope
Syithin
James H. Filkinton
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