U S and Panama Near Settlement Over Canal Dispute
U S and Panama moved toward settlement of the canal crisis. Panama President Roberto Chiari said President Johnson opened the way for a solution as a five member OAS mediation team began midnight talks with Panama’s ambassador. The mediators said progress was rapid and hopeful.
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Harry Kelly Washington
United States
Panama
Panama Canal
Roberto Chiari
Johnson
Organization of American States
OAS
Miguel J. Moreno
Juan Plate
Paraguay
Associated Press
Chiari
Canal
Miss Bagley Expands Workshop in Texarkana
Hope District residents travel to Texarkana this week to hear Miss Sara Bagley of Nashville Tennessee, an expert on Methodist material for all ages. She leads a daily creative arts in Christian Education workshop at First Methodist Church from 4 15 to 6 15 pm.
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Hope
The
Methodist Church
Texarkana
Sara Bagley
Nashville
Tenn
Hope of
Suprintendent
Roy Bexley
Miss Bagley
Department of Church
First Methodist Church
Ark
Suit Against a Sheriff Lost in Jefferson County
A federal jury in Little Rock cleared Deputy Sheriff Pink Booher of a civil rights suit filed by Jettie Bohannon and her brother Larry of Wabbaseka. The Bohannons claimed Booher assaulted them during an arrest attempt on October 29, 1962. Jettie Bohannon received $50 fine and six months in jail, suspended on charges of interfering and assaulting an officer. Larry Bohannon was fined $50 for pecan theft, suspended.
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Little Rock
Nero
Jefferson County
U.S. District Court
Jettie Bohannon
Larry
Wabbaseka
Pink Booher
Bohannon
Booher
Miss Bohannon
Jefferson
Larry Bohannon
Weather Experiment Station Report For 24 Hours
Weather data from the experiment station covers the 24 hours ending at 7 a.m. Tuesday with observations and measurements noted. Continued on Page Three.
Co op to Get Federal Loan for Line Upgrades
Riceland Electric Co operative Inc will receive a 273000 federal loan to build 30 miles of distribution line and upgrade the system. The project includes converting an existing 13800 volt line to 69000 volts to serve Arkansas River canal facilities at Nad y and Arkansas Post. The loan will let the co op add about 240 new customers, growing from 2600 customers across Arkansas Lonoke Jefferson Monroe Prairie counties.
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Stuttgart
Ark
Riceland Electric Co-operative Inc
Washington
Paul Jones
Co-Operative
Arkansas River Canal
Nady
Arkansas
Post. Jones
Co-Op
Lonoke
Monroe
Jefferson
Prairie Counties
Potent Storm Rumbles Into the Southwest
The Associated Press reports a potent storm sweeping seven states with heavy snow heavy winds and cold temperatures. Snow totals reach two inches in Tucson and five inches near Denver while warnings spread from Wyoming to northwestern Wisconsin. In the Southeast storms dump rain from Florida to Virginia with Louisiana evacuations and flood risks near Baton Rouge. A separate Arctic air mass prompts cold wave warnings across the Midwest and plains.
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Associated Press
U.S. Weather Bureau
Atlantic
Florida
Carolinas
Utah
Arizona
Wyoming
Colorado
New Mexico
Nebraska
Kansas
Tucson
Ariz
Denver
Ohio Valley
Gulf
Louisiana
Virginia
Baker
Baton Rouge
Amite
Comite
Midwest
Canada
The
Weather Bureau
Wisconsin
Arkansan Julian Haas named to national radio board
Crossett executive Julian F. Haas, general manager of KAGH, is one of 12 new members named to the National Association of Broadcasters radio board of directors. He will represent District 6, covering Arkansas, Tennessee, Louisiana and Mississippi.
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Washington
National Association of Broadcasters
Julian F. Haas
Crossett
Haas
KAGH
Arkansas
Tennessee
Louisiana
Mississippi
Final Rites for Mrs. Bert Keith Set Wednesday
Mrs. Bert Keith 80 died suddenly in a local hospital. A former Marion Mixon of Magnolia and longtime resident of Hope and Hempstead County she is survived by two sons Paul with the U.S. Engineers in Little Rock and Victor a New York commercial artist. Funeral at 10 am Wednesday at the First Methodist Church with burial in Sharman Cemetery Columbia. Pallbearers include R E Cargile Wallace Cook Travis G Orton Ernest Geyton Keith Douglas Blunt Keith and Solon Keith Jr of Taylor. Smith Funeral Home of Stamps oversees arrangements.
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Bert Keith
Keith
Marion Mixon
Magnolia l
Hope
Hempstead
Paul Keith
U.S. Engineers
Little Rock
Victor Keith
New York City
First Methodist Church
Raymond Franks
Gladwin Connell
Sharman
Columbia County
Morris Mrs Lola A dies at 75 in Mena funeral held
Funeral services for Mrs Lola A Morris 75 of Mena were held Monday after she died Saturday. Burial followed at Nashville Cemetery. Survivors include daughter Mrs Roth Hornaday of Hope.
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Lola A. Morris
Mena
Nashville
Roth Hornaday
Hope
Hazardous Condition Actioned By City Directors
The Hope City Improvement Association urged City Directors to address a hazardous condition from a feed mill on North Hazel Street near the old Temple Cotton Oil Co site. Pedestrians are forced into the street by a collapsing shed wall. The group also sought help maintaining the Negro Cemetery and discussed stray dogs, leach law, and a dog pound before sending matters to the City Manager and Attorney for stay. The city agreed to pave Pincrest Street if residents furnish materials.
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Hope Citie Improvement Association
Hazel Street
Old Temple Cotton Oil Co
Pincrest Street
Four Charged in State Burglary
Four men arrested in Savannah Tennessee last week were charged in Union Circuit Court with the February 25 burglary of 1310 dollars from Bell's Supermarket in Smackover. The suspects are William E. New 27 of Germantown Tennessee Alfred R. Bradshaw 28 Billy W. Butcher 22 and Robert T. Thorne 22 all from Denison Texas.
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EL Dorado, Ark
Savannah
Tenn
Union Circuit
Bell’s
Smackover
William E. New
Germantown
Alfred R. Bradshaw
Billy W. Butcher
Robert T. Thorne
Denison
Tex
Memory Contest Qualifiers From Hope Association
The Arkansas Junior Memory Sword Drill tests 52 verses and two Bible drills. First Baptist Church Hope Association entrants at Lewisville on Feb 25 included Junanne Reynolds Donna Connell y Pat Westbrook John Spraggins Buddy Patterson Billy Stroope Donnie Stroope Jeanine Keen Judy Honeycutt Peggy King Debbie Moore and Beckie Moore. State winners from the Southwest District tourney at First Baptist Church Monday night were John Debbie Beckie and Judy.
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Arkansas
First Baptist Church
Club Raided 15 Gamblers Charged
Police raided the Flamingo Club south of Little Rock early today arresting 15 on gambling charges. It followed a four day earlier sweep in the area and padlocked Bevis Recreation Center after a Friday raid that netted 17 arrests. Roy Mayfield, 31, charged with keeping a gambling house, released on $100 bond. The other 14 were charged with gambling and released on smaller bonds.
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Little Rock
Bevis Recreation Center
Main Street
Roy Mayfield
Daydream Goals Crown Satisfaction In Quiet Ambition
In a New York AP piece the author reflects on dreams vs actions, noting two goal types. Personal fantasies include a Carnegie Hall solo trumpet dream, revenge fantasies for a World War II veteran, and writing a great American novel, all cherished even if never pursued. Dreams are best when kept as hopes.
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New York
Curbstone
Carnegie Hall
Satchmo Armstrong
Miles Davis
al Hirt
Harry James
Joney
Cyprus Approval Hinted for Peace Force Plan
Nations reported Cyprus expected to approve a compromise U N Security Council plan authorizing an international peace force for the island. The measure drafted by five of six council members seeks Thant to name a mediator for the Cyprus crisis with Makarios possibly approving.
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Max Harrelson
Cyprus
Ing. U.N
U Thant
Mediterranean
U.N. Security Council
Carlos Alfredo Bernardes
Thant
Makarios
Brazil
Norway
Ivory Coast
Morocco
Bolivia
Turkey
Britain
Greece
Security Council
United States
Council
Hoffa Receives Public Reprimand in Courtroom Dispute
In Chattanooga, James R. Hoffa was publicly reprimanded by District Judge Frank Wilson during the jury tampering trial. The judge cited Hoffa’s loud outbursts in and near the courtroom and ordered an end to the extreme arguments as jurors were being escorted by marshals.
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Chattanooga
Hoffa
Burglars loot Lakeview post office for stamps and cash
In Mountain Home Arkansas the Lakeview post office was robbed Monday. Burglars forced entry by breaking a rock through the back door and stole 2102 dollars in stamps, 302 dollars in cash, and 14 blank postal money orders. Sheriff Emmett Edmonds called the break in a professional job. Postmistress Mrs N R Roepe found the theft. Lakeview is about 12 miles west of Mountain Home.
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Mountain Home
Ark
Lakeview
Baxter County
Emmett Edmonds
N. R. Roepe
Polio Group Donates to UA Project
Hempstead County Chapter of the National Foundation March of Dimes pledges 800 dollars toward the University of Arkansas Medical Center Birth Defects Special Treatment Center in Little Rock. The local group joins a 32,000 dollar annual budget under Dr. James L. Dennis for diagnostic and care services for birth defects, as Mrs. Lara Impson notes the center as a vital Arkansas asset. There are about 70 such centers nationwide. the program has broadened to birth defects and arthritis research and patient aid. One in 16 babies is born with a birth defect, totaling about 700 daily and 250,000 yearly.
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Hempstead County
National Foundation- March of Dimes
University of Arkansas Medical Center
Little Rock
Lara Impson
James L. Dennis
Impson
Arkansas
National Foundation March of Dimes
Sabin
Kennedy Memorial Library Fund Nears Two Million
The John F. Kennedy Memorial Library Fund in Boston is approaching $2 million, with New England Merchants National Bank reporting $1,960,643.21. The fund, for a $10 million library to be built on the Harvard campus, has gained $952,061 since February 15 and received $1.2 million in public donations in February.
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Boston
New England Merchants National Bank
Bank
Harvard
Elizabeth Henry Dies at Age 95
Alex H. Washburn reports his aunt Elizabeth Henry Washburn has died in Riverside California at 95. A Quincy Illinois native, she helped develop eastern Arkansas, taught cataloging at Illinois Oklahoma Wyoming libraries, and spoke multiple languages. Funeral set for March 7 in Quincy with Camp Point burial. John Loomis Funeral Home Coatsburg in charge.
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Alex. H. Washburn
the Star
Elizabeth Henry
Riverside
Calif
Annie Henry Washburn
Henry F
Adams County
Quincy
Mlinois
Miss Henry
Washburn
John W. Henry
Arkansas
Forrest City
Henry
Hope
Hainois Wesleyan University
Bloomington
Ill
University of Chicago
University of Leipzig
Germany
University of Illinois
University of Oklahoma
University of Wyoming
Laramie
Illinois
Florida
Camp Point
John Loomis
Coatsburg
Til
Union Withdraws From Arkansas Daisy Plant Election
Rogers Arkansas The Steelworkers Union withdrew Monday from a representation election at Daisy Manufacturing Co The National Labor Relations Board had set the election for Friday Unions had tried to organize the plant five times Employees voted against them three times and the unions withdrew twice.
British Labor Leader Endorses Deals With Red China
British Labour Party leader Harold Wilson defended the government’s stance in its split with the United States over Cuba and Red China. He said there would be no backing away if the Labour Party wins the next UK election, noting trade embargoes should not be used to influence policy. Wilson spoke after a frank talk with President Johnson and headed to Connecticut to receive an honorary degree from Bridgeport University.
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Washington
Labor Party
Harold Wilson
United States
Cuba
Red China
Wilson
Johnson
Briain
U.S
Connecticut
Bridgeport University
Foreman Ark Receives $200 Grant for Sanitary Project
Washington announces a $200 grant to Foreman Arkansas for a sanitary project costing $152,900 under the Accelerated Public Works Program. The funding supports community facilities upgrades and basic infrastructure in Foreman.
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Washington
CAP Seem
Foreman, Ark
Texarkana murder trial ties three men to fatal holdup
Leroy Callahan testified that he David Roden and a third man planned a July 4 hold up that ended in James Henry Wallace's death outside Henry Hooks’s Texarkana home. Roden faces first degree murder charges while Callahan has pleaded guilty and Otwell’s earlier trial ended in a hung jury.
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Texarkana
Ark
Leroy Callahan
David Roden
James Henry Wallace
Roden
Hochatown
Okla
Wallace
Callahan
Henry Hooks
Hooks
Clinton Otwell
Otwell
Bryan Salsman
Norman
Bryan
Encyloopedias
Salsman
Thim
Boden
Dorothy Jean Lamb
Tulsa
Roden R
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Fesno
Paradise Aiines
Lake Tahoe
Hal Boyle
Baby X
Houston
Texas
Polio Group
UA Project
Library Fund
Virginia Fountain
Hazel Abram
Mary Graham
Robinson Auditorium
Golden Age Club
KXAR
Orval Faubus
University of Arkansas and Texas
Austin
Jerry W. Baber
Walter M. Baber
Elmendorf Afb
Alaska
University of Arkansas
Warner-Robins Air Material Area
Robins Afb
Gary P. Baber
James Connally Afb
Captain Baber
008Th Support Sq
Federal Home Loan Bank Board Digest
Washington, Ark
Federal Home Loan Bank Board
Jewell J. Smith
Board
Insurance Corporation
Jonesboro Agri College
Kansas State
Emmet
Jerry O'Neal
Gaslite
British Laborite
China
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