Teen Age Laugh War Debate in Its Proper Place
A fragmentary column recounts a Hope High School seniors play scene where C Jr smoked a cigar to illustrate teen behavior. Roxie Cook's quip prompts reflection on youth, censorship, and audience reaction amid broader Vietnam era debates. It mixes local anecdote with national policy notes on Fulbright Rusk and Vietnam.
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Les
Bill Routon
Cook
Hope High School
Routon
Roxie Cook
C., Jr
Roxie
Mrs Mossler and nephew acquitted in Mossler slaying
In Miami, Candace Mossler and her nephew Melvin Lane Powers were acquitted Sunday in the 1964 murder of multimillionaire Jacques Mossler. They discussed marriage plans at a news conference, while a sizeable brood of children and adopted heirs stood nearby. Estate plans for the Mossler banking and loan business were outlined, with distribution anticipated by July.
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Arthur Everett
Miami
Fla
Candace Mossler
Melvin Lane Powers
Mossler
Mel Powers
Jacques Mossler
W.E.B. du Bois
Travelogue Shown at Rotary Meet in Hope
The Hope Rotary Club screened a colored film titled High Road to Yosemite at its weekly meeting at Town and Country. President Dr. Lester Sitzes shared a letter from a French Rotary Club president praising ties between the clubs. Joplin was welcomed as a new member, with guests Jim Lockhart and Rev. Jerry King attending.
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Hope Rotary Club
Yosemite
Bob Wilhite
Lester Sitzes
Joplin
Jim Lockhart
Hope
Jerry King
Camden
Probe Seeks Cause of Disasters in Tokyo Area
Aviation experts from four nations opened intensive investigations after three consecutive disasters near Tokyo that killed 321 people. Japanese officials pushed safety studies and urged a new airport as heavy rains hindered wreckage inspection.
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T. Jeff Williams
Tokyo
Japan
British Overseas Airways Corp
Hong Kong
Mt. Fuji
Canadian Pacific Airlines
Relief Near for Blizzard Hit States
Relief efforts began in the Dakotas and Minnesota as plows, helicopters, and rescue teams worked to aid thousands stranded after a severe blizzard. The death toll reached 16 with six in South Dakota and five in each of North Dakota and Minnesota, while livestock losses mounted in the millions.
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Fargo
N.D
Dakotas
Minnesota
South Dakota
North Dakota
Orion Auck
Sterling
Lowell Brown
Singletons Unhurt in Gar land Three Car Crash
Forrest Singleton and Mrs Single ton were in a Garland Texas three car collision Sunday night en route to a Colorado Springs company meeting. Forrest was waiting at an intersection when a third car hit from behind. No one was injured and the couple spent the night in Garland before continuing on after partial trunk and rear light damage.
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Forrest Singleton
Peahey
Singleton
Garland
Texas
Singletons
Colorado Springs
The
Star
Forrest
First Assembly Meet Continues Revival Services
Revival services continue at First Assembly of God led by Rev. Bob Buess from Houston Texas of the Southern Baptist Convention. He is described as an old fashioned Baptist preacher who walks the aisles in brush arbor style and preaches in the Power of the Holy Spirit. Rev Wilhite says the meeting is inter denominational and welcomes people from all churches.
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First Assembly of God
Bob Buess
Southern Baptist Convention
Houston
Texas
Buess
Wilhite
Accidents Kill Five in Arkansas Weekend Toll
The Associated Press reports five people died in four traffic accidents during the weekend count of Arkansas highway deaths from Friday 6 p.m. to Sunday midnight. John Rogers 59 and Harold Berry 56 of Altus died when their car hit a tractor-trailer and dragged 154 feet into a ditch west of Clarksville. The truck driver Percy Williams of Memphis was uninjured. Helen Whitworth 28 near Marmaduke was killed in a two car crash on gravel Arkansas 34 west of Marmaduke injuring several others. Leonard H. McGahan 62 near Dardanelle died in a head on collision with a car driven by Terry Flood 18 Plainview. Carolyn Faulkner 14 Casa and Darrel Shelton 20 near Marmaduke were injured. Billy Slone 23 of Hot Springs died when his car overturned on U.S. 70 east of Hot Springs.
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Associated Press
Franklin County
John Rogers
Harold Berry
Altus
Clarksville
Robert Pritchard
Pritchard
Percy Williams
Memphis
Helen Whitworth
Marmaduke
Arkansas 34
James Danley
Darrel Shelton
Near Marmaduke
Whitworth
Sonya Ward
Billy Collins
Gobbler
Brenda Rush
Paragould
Leonard H. MccGahan
Dardanelle
Arkansas 7
Charles Brooks
McGahan
Terry Flood
Plainview
Carolyn Faulkner
Casa
Brooks
Billy H. Slone
Hot Springs
U.S. 70
Glenn Owens
Pledge Issue Sparks Viet Nam War Hearings Debate
Secretary of State Rusk faces questions from the Senate committee over Hubert Humphrey's pledge to provide all necessary assistance to Southeast Asia. Fulbright seeks a rider to limit defense commitments, while McGovern adds a similar rider. The discussion ties to Vietnam policy and possible risks of extending fighting, with Thailand hosting U.S. forces and a Bangkok communiqué cited.
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Viet Nam
United States
Senate
Bill Fulbright
Southeast Asia
Fulbright
Dean Rusk
Maxwell D. Taylor
Joint Chiefs of
Jaff
Taylor
Rusk
Australia
Pacific
Korea
Truman
Douglas MacArthur
Yalu
China
Pacific Isles
Jack Bell
Washington
Hubert H. Humphrey
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
J.W. Fulbright
Arkansas Democrat
Bangkok
Asia and
the Pacific
Humphrey
Thailand
George McGovern
D. McGovern
Johnson
Vietnam
U.S
Quang Ngai
Hoang van Thai
Mike Mansfield
International
Pastor Delivers Papers to Help Widowed Mother
In a German village near Frankfurt, Pastor Kurt Oeser and three helpers bicycle out at 5 am to deliver the morning papers to 400 parishioners. The widowed mother of two, who usually handles the route, needed a rest, and the pastor stepped in noting no one asked but the family required help.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Kurt Oeser
Local Court Orders Monsanto Case For Trial In Arkansas
The Arkansas Supreme Court ruled that Union Circuit Court must hear a suit by the widow of J. Talmadge Griffin, who died May 4, 1962, alleging inhalation of nitric acid fumes by Griffin and that Monsanto officials failed to disclose the fumes to doctors. The ruling also notes related property and contract decisions from other cases, and mentions regional stories about Vietnam, weather, and a fatal shooting in Clarksville, Arkansas.
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Little Rock
Arkansas Supreme Court Today
Union Circuit Court
Monsanto Chemical ‘Co
J. Talmadge Griffin
Boone Chancery Court
Kenny Joe Hickenbottom
Hickenbottom
Dale
Supreme Court
Hickenbottme
Mississippi
Huffman, Wholesale Supply Co
BE. Terry
Terry
Mattie Rozelle
Areas Up Town Church to Host annual Wesleyan Guild meeting
All Around Town reports the First Methodist Church in Arkadelphia will host the Little Rock Conference Wesleyan Service Guild annual meeting on March 12 and 13 with Mrs. L B Tooley of Richardson Texas among speakers. Prescott district led by Mrs Charles Thomas joins Hope delegation. The item notes multiple local events and personnel changes including a baseball prep at Arkansas Tech and a spring show by Henderson Reddie Ripples.
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First Methodist Church
Arkadelphia
Little Rock
Wesleyan Service Guild
L. B. Tooley
Richardson
Texas
Hope
Charles Thomas
Prescott
Henderson Reddie Ripples
Water Ballet
Lera Callicott
Two-Car Crash Fatal for FT. Polk Soldiers
A two car collision near Fort Polk killed two travelers from Little Rock. F. Oliver, 24, and Alice Glover, 18, died Saturday. Pfc. Jackie R. Glover, who had just finished training, was en route with his parents to Little Rock for a two week leave. The parents Roy C. Glover and Mrs. Weeks of Hatiesburg were injured in the other car.
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FT. Polk
F. Oliver
Alice Glover
Little Rock
FY. Polk
Oliver
Jackie R. Glover
Glover
Fort
Roy C. Glover
Jackie Glover
George R. Weeks
Hattiesburg
Marines obliterate North Vietnamese regiment in coastal valley action
In Viet Nam the U S Marines and South Vietnamese paratroopers and rangers overran the North Vietnamese 21st Regiment near a coastal valley 335 miles northeast of Saigon. More than 1,000 enemy troops were believed killed, with 33 bodies counted and many more wounded. Jets were lost but pilots rescued. Leaflets urged soldiers to reject war aims.
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Thomas A. Reedy
Saigon
South Viet Nam
Viet Nam
U.S
21St Egiment
Bruce Jones
McLean
Army
Peter Dawking
West Point
North Viet Nam
Bancock
Vinh
Thanh Hoa
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