Faubus Addresses Local Scout Dinner At Barlow Hotel
Governor Orval Faubus spoke at a Piney Woods District event as the Caddo Area Council honored district leaders. A capacity Melon Room crowd heard about character citizenship and fitness built through Scouting with Master of Ceremonies Judge Royce Weisenberger guiding. The program featured district reports by Ping Woods, recognitions by Melvin R. Cook, and remarks by Sen. Olen Hendrix. A feted buffet preceded the talk and music from The Three Offbeats accompanied by Evva Reyners on piano Harold Eakley on sax and Winfred Huckabee on guitar.
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America
Orval Faubus
Barlow Hotel
Caddo Area
Piney Woods
Barlow
Boy Scouts’ of America
Royce Weisenberger
Ping: Woods
Melvin R. Cook
Olen Hendrix
Prescott
B. J. Wilhite
Evva Reynerson
Harold Eakley
Winfred Huckabee
Jerry O'néal
McLarty Speakers At Hope Kiwanis Meeting
Mack McLarty was guest speaker before the Hope Kiwanis club describing his Washington trip with William Lee of Clarendon as Arkansas Youth Senators. The 102 youths nationwide included 33 girls and toured government operations and the White House with tea for the Johnson family. Dates for the Kiwanis minstrel were announced for April 16 and 17 with openings at Blevins and a finale at Hope City Hall auditorium.
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Mack McLarty
Hope Kiwanis Club
Washington, D. C
William Lee
Clarendon
Arkansas
White House
Johnson
Jim McKenzie
Franklin McLarty
Steve Marlar
Fred Seerer
Kiwanis
Blevins
Hope City Hall
Weather Station Report for 24 Hours to 7 AM Wednesday
Weather data shows high 75 and low 61 with 2.77 inches of precipitation, plus high winds and hail. Arkansas forecast calls for cloudy skies, cooler trend this afternoon, showers and thunderstorms ending west by early afternoon and ending east late afternoon, with decreasing clouds and much improved conditions. Continued on Page Three.
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Arkansas
Relief Needs Reported for Cyprus Island Groups
Sir Patrick Renison of the British Red Cross said at a Nicosia press briefing that 40 000 Turkish Cypriots and 6 000 Greek Cypriots require relief. He noted 16 000 Turks are refugees while the rest are workers out of jobs, welfare cases, or dependents of men killed or wounded in the island’s sectarian fighting.
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Nicosia
Cyprus
British Red Cross
Patrick Renison
Italian TV workers strike over 14th month bonus
Rome AP reports eight thousand employees of Italy's state radio and television network RAI began a three day nationwide strike at midnight Tuesday. The walkout follows a series of sporadic strikes by RAI workers backing a midyear 14th month bonus, on top of the standard 13th month Christmas pay and sometimes an extra summer month.
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Rome
Italy
RAI
Juniors to Stage Play on Friday at Hope High School
Hope High School junior class will present the play Knock, Knock at 8:00 p.m. in the school auditorium on Friday March 6. Ushers include Sheila Powers Regina Smith Susie Gray and others. Karen Cobb Pat Schooley and Carolyn Hamm chair the business committee.
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Hope High School
Shelia Powers
Regina Smith
Susie Gray
Glenya Hollis
Betty Sue Whitten
Joyce Hamilton
Pat Huckabee
Judy England
Gayle McGill
Veronica Wardlaw
Sandra Ward
Brenda Smith
Patriccla Webb
Sandra Camp
Karen Cobb
Pat Schooley
Carolyn Hamm
Janice Easterling
Sandra Jackson
Sara Gordon
Ann Beck
Pat King
B. B. McPherson
Monty Malone
Jimmy Fry
Jon Fincher
Vince Massinelli
Sharon Frith
Betty Schenck
Margie Herndon
Cissie Ellis
Vickie Connell
Little Rock telephone directory expands to 691 pages
Little Rock's new telephone directory appeared Tuesday, totaling 691 pages up from 662 in 1963 and 72 611 alphabetical listings, a gain of 2 750. The cover features a color photo of the Arkansas Arts Center in Little Rock and the directory is made from paper by International Paper Co. of Pine Bluff.
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Little Rock
Arkansas Arts Center
International Paper Co
Wt Pine Blufi
Indictments List 50 Persons Named in Arkansas Session
The federal Grand Jury for the eastern District of Arkansas named 0 persons in 35 indictments issued this session. Indictments allege 24 moonshining cases with other charges including auto theft mail theft check forgery and related crimes. Six indictments were kept secret until those named are arrested.
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Little Rock
Federal Grand Jury
District of
Arkansas
Weather bulletin tracks line of severe storms across states
The U S Weather Bureau reports at 5 30 a m a line of heavy thunderstorms stretched from Gordon Ark southeast to Oil City La moving east about 25 mph with cells moving northeast at over 50 mph Heavy rain damaging winds and possible hail expected for the next hours In Chattanooga Tenn James R Hoffa president of the Teamsters Union is convicted on two counts of attempting to fix the jury in the 1962 conspiracy case.
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Little Rock
U.S. Weather Bureau
Gordon Ark
Lewisville
Oil City
Chattanooga, Tenn
James R. Hoffa
Teamster Union
Dr Harris Announces AMA Talk On Voluntary Health Groups
Dr A Roy Tyer Jr of the American Medical Association told a March of Dimes gathering in Dallas that national voluntary health agencies offer opportunities for citizens to freely associate for community health. Dr Lowell Harris reported on a two day conference of volunteers in five states, stressing vaccines funded by March of Dimes and the fight against birth defects and arthritis.
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Roy Tyer
Themerican Medical Association
March ‘of ‘Dimes
Dallas
Lowell Harris
Hempstead County
National Foundation-March of Dimes
Tyer
Voluntary Health Agency
Arkansas
Louisiana
Missouri
Oklahoma
Texas
Harris
Dorthiga
Lara Impson
Health Organization
United States
March of Dimes
Onl
James C Hipp of Columbus Dies at 93
James C Hipp aged 93 longtime Hempstead resident died Wednesday in a local hospital. A retired farmer he was a Baptist Church member and Master Mason of Lodge 522 Mineral Springs. Survived by wife three sons C H Hipp R C Hipp Robert L Hipp two daughters Mrs J T Jeanes Mrs David Mitchell a brother Charles Hipp a sister Mrs Tom Epton. Services Thursday 2 30 pm at Columbus Baptist Church burial Columbus Cemetery by Herndon Cornelius.
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James C. Hipp
Hempstead
The
Baptist Church
Lodge 522
Mineral Springs
C. H. Hipp
R. C. Hipp
Dallas
Robert L. Hipp
Hooks
Texas
J. T. Jeanes
David Mitchell
Columbus
Charles Hipp
Nashville
Tom Epton
Oklahoma City
Columbus Baptist Church
Herndon Cornelius
Columbus Cemetery
Fire kills seven in Forrest City home
A thunderstorm sparked a blaze in a three room wooden house in an East Arkansas Negro section, killing seven people including Elizabeth McGowan and six children. Evelyn Reeves, 14, credited with saving four others, flames inflicting deep burns on her. Police said the fire began around 10 p.m. and the cause remains undetermined.
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Forrest City
Ark
Evelyn Reeves
Wilma Henson
Elizabeth
Elizabeth McGowan
Shirley Ann
Debra Ann
Sutherlynn
Anthony Reeves
Debra Kay Reeves
Cassandra Gatling
Emogene Gatling
Gatling
Wilma Gatling
Henson
George Trusty
Trusty
Forrest Cimor Ared
Dallas priest charged with murder after gas station shooting
Texarkana Arkansas AP Dallas Priest, 54, was charged with first degree murder in the fatal shooting of Charles Lindy Wood, 34, at a service station Monday night following an argument over an $18 gas bill. Priest posted a $5,000 bond.
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Texarkana, Ark
Dallas Priest
Charles Lindy Wood
Priest
Speed Proving Killing Factor in Arkansas Fatalities
State Highway Department annual report cites speed as the dominating factor in Arkansas traffic deaths. Most fatalities involve men aged 25 to 34, with peak accidents between 4 p.m. and 5 p.m. Roads and light were generally good during these fatalities.
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Little Rock
Arkansas
State Highway Department
Snowstorm Sweeps Across Rockies Into Midwest and East
A fast moving snow storm from the southern Rockies swept across the Midwest and into central and eastern Upper Michigan. The system brought heavy snow warnings for central areas and thunderstorms with hail in parts of Texas Oklahoma Arkansas Tennessee Kentucky Alabama and Mississippi. Freezing rain fell along the upper Mississippi Valley and Great Lakes. Temperatures ranged from the single digits to the 20s in snow covered regions, while mild air persisted in much of the East and South with record highs in Daytona Beach and Buffalo.
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Rockies
Midwest
Texas
Atlantic
Southwest
Nebraska
Dakotas
Minnesota
Iowa
Wisconsin
Upper
Michigan
Weather Bureau
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Tennessee
Kentucky
Alabama
Mississippi
Mississippi Alley
Great Lakes
Npr
Marchard
Daytona Beach
Fla
Buffalo, N.Y
Arkansas lawyers seek to overturn contempt fines
LITTLE ROCK AP Mem phis lawyers Bernard M Rosen and James Garner asked the Arkansas Supreme Court to set aside or cut down fines and jail sentences imposed by Pulaski Circuit Court. Circuit Judge Guy Amsler held them in contempt for claiming a jury was biased in a damaging case. Rosen was sentenced to 10 days in jail and Garner to five days plus 250 dollar fines. They were released the next day on an order from Justice George Rose Smith, who postponed the judgment pending Supreme Court review. The lawyers filed briefs Tuesday.
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Little Rock
Memphis
Bernard M. Rosen
James
Garner
Arkansas Supreme Court
Pulaski
Guy Amsler
Amsler
Rosen
George Rose Smith
Smith
Supreme Court
All Around Town and Local Updates From Hope
Hope area notes include Stan Parris earning all state honors in the Arkansas Class A Junior Tournament and being cited as son of Olen and Mrs. Parris. Reports of National Guard training for Bud McRoy and Chuck Whitley, Velma Goss’ hamburger stand anniversary, UDC meeting postponed after Mrs Lipsom’s death, and Hope system teaching hires. Weather and flood effects with one death from a tornado near Waldo, 2.77 inches from Experiment Station, 3.67 inches 48 hour total, plus radio plans for Delight Pyatt game broadcast at 8:40.
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Hope
Stan Parris
Olen Parris
Waldo
Kxar J
Tornado Hits Near Waldo Kills Woman in Magnolia Area
A tornado swept through Beech Creek near Magnolia Arkansas early today killing a woman and injuring at least six others. Mrs Betty Chamley was named the victim at Magnolia Hospital while her husband Ray Chamley and his father W A Chamley were among the injured. Eight to nine homes were destroyed and several more damaged as roads were blocked by debris. State police and Civil Defense units assisted in area checks and road clearance. The Weather Bureau had placed central and northeast Arkansas under a tornado alert, though Magnolia lay outside it. The storm struck about 5 am from the west moving north toward Nevada County with witnesses noting the funnel touched down once.
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Magnolia, Ark
Beech Creek
Magnolia Hospital
Betty Chamley
Ray Chamley
W. A. Chamley
Don Abbott
Magnolia Police Department
Magnolia
Chamleys
Veravans
Mary Louise Evans
Sue Evans
Barbara Smelser
Abbott
Civil Defense Unites
Weather Bureau
Arkansas
Nevada County
Lake Greene
Equipmnt
Severe thunderstorms lash Arkansas with deadly tornadoes
Heavy rain and thunderstorms drenched Arkansas Tuesday night and Wednesday, with a deadly tornado near Brush Creek northwest of Magnolia killing one and wounding at least six. Lightning sparked a fatal fire in Forrest City and a bank blaze in North Little Rock as a Gulf of Mexico air surge fed the storms.
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Arkansas
Brush Creek
Magnolia
Forrest City
North Little Rock
Gulf of Mexico
Keiser
Mrs Lipscomb 89 Dies Tuesday In Hope Hospital
Mrs Mary Lipscomb aged 89 dies Tuesday in a local hospital. lifelong Hope resident, member of UDC WMS and First Baptist Church. Survived by son J C Lipscomb Oklahoma City three daughters Mrs Allen Garrison Ogden Mrs R D Haynes and Mrs Francis Clark Hope two sisters Mrs Daisie Harlan Oklahoma City and Mrs J D Mester Parona. Services 1 pm Thursday at First Baptist Church conducted by Dr George B. Tine, burial Oakcrest in Rose Hill Cemetery.
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Mary Lipscomb
Hope
UDC
WMS
First Baptist Church
J. C. Lipscomb
Oklahoma City
Allen Garerison
Ogden
R. D. Hayenes
Francis Clark
Daisie Harlan
Oklahoma
City
J. D
Paralona
Johnson Message Goes to Nasser
CAIRO AP Phillips Talbot U S assistant secretary of state for Near East affairs delivered a message from President Johnson to President Gamal Abdel Nasser on Tuesday No details were disclosed
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Cairo
Phillips Talbot
U.S
Near East
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Johnson
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Rev
B. L. Willbite
Josh R. Morriss
Eilis Stewart
Sen
Olen Hen
Star
Star Shop
Hope Star
Mac Turner
McLarty
the Star
P.O. Box
Hope, Arkansas
Bulletins
Dr. Harris
AMA Talk
Richard
Bud’ McRoy
Charles
Chuck’ Whitley
National Guard
Velma Goss
South Elm
Mary Lipsom
Henderson State Teachers College
Hope System
Horace Deaton
Thurman
Senath
Associated Press
Nasser
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