Spectacular Jailbreak Disrupts Dallas Courtroom Scene
Seven prisoners escaped Dallas County Jail prompting a dramatic melee near Judge Joe Brown's courtroom as defense witness Little Lynn Bennett, a pregnant former Carousel Club dancer, fled a pistol wielding escapee. Four captives were recaptured. three remained at large. Deputy Sheriff and witnesses restrained the man with the fake pistol outside the probate court.
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Dallas
Karen Lynn
Little Lynn) Bennett
Little Lynn
Ruby
Melvin Belli
Ead
Rosemary Allen
Ruth Thornton
Allen
Belli
Lynn
Lyon
Bill Decker
Joe B. Brown
Léon Harvey Oswald
Kennedy
Johnny R. Jenkins
Burnell Hall
H.H. McKaye
C. David Gregory
Hershell Crocker
Tommy P. Calverley
Randolph R. Hudnall
West Palm Beach
Fila
Billy Ray @rock
Leanne F. Driggers
Arkansas counties spend on road programs in 1962
The state Comptroller's office reported 75 counties allocated 14,614,780 dollars to road programs in 1962 and 12,618,560 dollars to general expenses. Counties began 1963 with 5,351,396 dollars in unencumbered funds for operations.
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Little Rock
State Comptroller's Office
Arkansas
Ash Flat ASC Names Chairman
Ash Flat Arkansas AP reports Orvis Nix was elected chairman of the Ash Flat Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Committee Lehman Nix was chosen vice chairman and Herbert Nicholson the third member The action completes community elections in Sharp County and the county convention will be held March 19 to select a county ASC committeeman
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Ash Flat, Ark
Orvis Nix
Ash Flat
Floods and Snowstorm Strike Nation Wide
A regional winter storm spread over the Rockies Plains and into the Northeast with four to six inches of new snow. Violent winds and tornadoes killed at least 12 people in the South while heavy snow and rain affected the Midwest and Ohio Valley. Ice jams caused river flooding in Pennsylvania Vermont and bridges collapsed in Vermont and Illinois.
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Rockies
Plains
Montana
Colorado
Dakotas
Nebraska
Mississippi Valley
Mid- South
Midwest
Ohio Valley
Pennsylvania
Vermont
Allegheny
Monongahela
Pittsburgh
White River
White River Junction
New England
LaMoille River
Hardwick
Winooski
Montpelier
Rockefeller Supporters Split Over Arkansas GOP Meetings
In Little Rock a Republican State Executive Committee meeting is planned for Saturday but may include only Winthrop Rockefeller supporters. Chairman William L. Spicer schedules another session March 21 and a May 21 meeting to elect delegates, set convention dates, and nominate party officers. Spicer and Rockefeller clash over field workers hired to aid county and local efforts. A Rockefeller spokesman says attendees will join Spicer’s later meeting if he skips Saturday. Spicer frames his call as routine business.
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Little Rock
Republican State Executive Committee
Winthrop Rockefeller
William L. Spicer
Spicer
Rockefeller
San Francisco
New York
Nelson Rockefeller
Winthrop
Arkansas
Backward Look at Hope Girl Scouts Little House Dedication
A 1939 dedication at Fair Park marks the Girl Scout Hut as part of Hope's early scouting legacy. Mrs. Robert Campbell presided while Mayor Albert Graves presented the key, and Carolyn Trimble accepted as the first First Class Scout. Troops numbered four with 85 members, amid WPA-backed construction and civic support.
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Mary Anita Laseter
Fair Park
Robert Campbell
Birmingham
Ala
R. E B. Jackson
Little
Park Commission
Mont Allen
Will Garner
Girl Scout Council
Ched Hall
Hall
Arkansas College
Batesville
Hope
STAR
Bert Webb
Tabernacle
Springfield
Clyde Monts
J. R. Williams
Sheridan
Mildred McCant
B. £. McMahon
Little Rock
Lyman Armstrong
Madison
Ind
Charles Benson
Berty Webb
Martha Ann Alexander
Miami
Fla
Patsy
Ann Campbell
Bruce Dunbar
Linda Cobb
Ed Hartsfield
Alaska
Nancy Jo Coleman
George Warren
Ft. Worth
Marilyn Irwin
Harold Walker
Wichita Falls
Tex
Rosalyn Hall
John L. Stewart
Denver
Ophelia “Tink” Hamilton
H. J. Bill” Fleming
Columbus
Frances Harrell
D. B. Russell
Dallas
Rose Marie Hendrix
Rose Marie Shirey
Mary Ross McFaddin
Cotton Thomas
Mary Jo Monroe
Victor Grane
Kansas City
Dorothy Lee Nesbitt
Jerry Conners
Blue Island
Ill
Carolyn Trimble
Emma Pearl Slade
Christine Springs
Catherine Sterling
Dorothy Lane Henry
Roger Dew
Mary Lou Morgan
Ed Tuller
Russellville
Mary Elizabeth King
Brack Schenck
Gladys Wisener
James A. Sorrells
Glenwood
Tenderfoot
Betty Ruth Coleman
Fort Worth
Alice Lorraine Heard
J. G. Williams
Bartlesville
Okla
Frances Thomas
W. J. Fike
Anchorage
Doris Shields
W. F. Faust
Shreveport
Little House
New First Assembly of God
Transplanted Kidney Fails At University of Arkansas Medical Center
A 58 year old man, whose name was not released, died Thursday from an infection after a transplanted kidney functioned well. He became the second patient to die after a kidney transplant at the University of Arkansas Medical Center.
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Little Rock
University of Arkansas Medical Center
Secrecy on New Plane to eta Test
Washington AP report on the All jet project as McNamara prepares a Pentagon news conference amid tight secrecy. President Johnson disclosed the program and its > Mach 2, provoking questions about its purpose and potential reconnaissance use.
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Elton C. Fay Washington
Robert $. McNamara
Pentagon
McNamara
Johnson
Edwards Air Force Base
Calif
Congress
All
Peace Corps style corps aims to mobilize senior business leaders
Washington officials and business groups meet to launch an executive service corps for private overseas projects. About fifty representatives from ten point eight firms attend an AID organized meeting. Government sources say President Kennedy approved the idea a week before his death.
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Washington
Bushness
Executive Service Corps
Peace Corps
Agency For International Development
U.S
John F. Kennedy
Service Corps
Greece Mourns King Paul as Constantine Inherits Throne
King Paul I dies after surgery at 62 and 17th year on throne. Constantine, 23, takes oath as Greece’s new monarch amid Cyprus crisis, with Queen Frederika and Princess Irene present. Funeral plans set as European royals attend.
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Athens
Greece
Paul I
Constantine
Cyprus
Paul
Lycabetus Hill
Johnson
U.N
U Thant
Tino
Frederika
Irene
Anne-Marie
Denmark
Tatoi
Europe
Tatoi Palace
Robbery Charge Against Lunsford Set for June 17
Charles Huel Lunsford, 28, will be tried in Little Rock June 17 on a robbery charge for abducting Miss Carolyn C. Coors in North Little Rock the night of Jan 27, 1963. He waived a jury trial and the State Hospital found him without psychosis.
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Little Rock
Charles Huel Lunsford
Carolyn C. Coors
North Little Rock
Lunsford
State Hospital
Southern States Lead in Murders in 1963 FBI Report
FBI preliminary report shows 16 Southern states high in murders and near the lead in overall crime increases for 1963. Southern share of murders rose to 45 percent despite 31 percent of the population, with Arkansas 7.9 and Texas 7.2 per 10 000, Tennessee 7.1 and Mississippi 7.3, among others.
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Little Rock
FBI
South
Arkansas
Louisiana
Oklahoma
Texas
Missouri
Tennessee
Mississippi
Rusk warns neutralization talk hurts Vietnamese morale
Secretary of State Dean Rusk said discussions of neutralization in Southeast Asia undermine Vietnamese morale by implying withdrawal of U.S. support. He insisted the United States will not withdraw and urged adherence to Laos and Vietnam independence pacts. He also cited U.S. hopes for Panama relations and urged Cubans to abandon hostile policies.
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Washington
Dean Rusk
Southeast Asia
U.S
Charles de Gaulle
Rusk
South Viet Nam
Red China
North
Viet Nam
Laos
United States
Panama
Panama Canal
Cuba
Harvard Grad in Bowery Satire Sparks Global Pleasure
A witty New York AP column mocks Harvard prestige by imagining a graduate becoming a Bowery resident. It riffs on social mores, fashion, manners, and taste, arguing real value lies in curiosity and small pleasures rather than status. It muses on generosity, courtesy, and the irony of popularity in a world of signs and snobbery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Harvard
Senate Debates Rights Bill as Civil Rights Move Opens
Washington AP Senate begins historic civil rights bill debate Monday as Democratic leader Mansfield seeks floor action. Morse plans to push hearings before Judiciary. cloture requires 67 of 100 votes, threatening a lengthy Southern filibuster. Mansfield warns no easy path, urges following standard procedure despite pressure.
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Washington
Senate
Mike Mansfield
House
Mansfield
Alrready
Wayne Morse
D-Ore
Judiciary Committee
Morse
Gentleman's Agreement in Arkansas Senate District Frays
In the 19th senatorial district the long standing Gentleman's agreement between Prairie and Lonoke counties faced a court battle after Sen Jarry Screeton of Prairie refused to step aside for Lonoke candidate J T Gunter. Screeton argues Gunter violated the pact while new talks loom as Lonoke officials consider renewal. Charles George seeks reelection in Cabot after defeating Screeton. Lonoke leaders await Friday meeting to decide next steps.
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Lonoke
J. T. Gunter
Austin
Screeton
Gunster
Thursday Eagle Bo Jr
Hazen
Prairie County Democratic Central Committee
Lonoke County
Bigelow to Get $70,000 Loan for Fire and Water
The Farmers Home Administration approved a $70,000 loan to Bigelow Arkansas to fund fire protection and a sanitary water supply. Bigelow has no public water system and relies on this project to improve infrastructure for residents and nearby Perryville.area officials said the loan will support essential municipal services and safety.
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Bigelow
Perryville
Ark
Farmers Home Administration
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Mich
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Warley
Kareer
Bessie Basset
New York Hound
The
Girl Scouts of Hope
Eta
Gerald Miller
Bowery
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