Bethel AME Church prepares for Family Day services
Calendar of events notes Bethel AME Church will hold special services on Sunday March 12 at 11 am and 8 pm with Rev. R N Thomas pastor and guest preacher from Falcon Mississippi. Also reports Worshipful Master Conference attendees, Hope Civic Improvement meeting, an obituary for Fred Cross, and Cotillion Club gathering at the Smiths home with March 9 plans.
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Bethel Ame Church
R. N. Thomas
W. B. Powell
Falcon
Miss
H. L. Washington
Ar-kansas
W. S. Williamson
L. W. Williamson
Washington
Masonic
Fred Cross of
McCaskill
Nashville
Shorter Chapel Ame
Shorter Chapel Cemetery
Hicks Funeral Home
U S and Red China Envoys to Begin Warsaw Talks
Washington sources say United States and Communist China will hold diplomatic talks in Warsaw with ambassadors Jacob D Beam and Wang Ping nan meeting. The sessions, first since Kennedy took office, aim to explore possible areas of cooperation and disagreement.
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Washington
United States
China
Warsaw
Kennedy
Jacob D. Beam
Wang Ping-nan
Americas
Raise for Ford Is Sidetracked
LITTLE ROCK AP The Senate backed down from a plan to raise Education Commissioner Arch Ford’s and Don Russell’s salaries. Lawmakers had proposed increases to 12 000 and 11 200 respectively from federal funds, but the House rejected the change and the Senate withdrew the amendments, effectively stalling the raises.
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Little Rock
Senate
Arch Ford
Don Russell
Vocational Rehabilitation Service
Education Department
Ford
Russell
House
Nationalists on Mainland Pose Problem
About 5,000 Nationalist Chinese irregulars roam the frontier where Thailand Laos Burma and Communist China meet. They raid border villages and set up operations from Burmese hideouts drawing U S concern. After a border treaty Burmese troops swept them up. most fled to Laos with about 1,000 entering Thailand.
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Tony Escoda
Bangkok
Thailand
Chiang Kai -Shek
Southeast Asia
United States
Laos
Burma
China
Formosa
U. S
Rangoon
Chiang Kai-shek
Chiang
Kennedy Aides Reiterate U S Policy On Red China
The Kennedy administration continues its stance against recognizing Red China and opposing UN admission while it distrusts Peiping’s anti US rhetoric. Warsaw hosts the 103rd meeting in a long series that began after the Korean War ends.
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Peiping
Kennedy
China
U. S
United Nations
Warsaw
Waddell Returns. Scorbie Puts Him to Task
Chris Waddell arrives at a remote mining town to find Frank Scorbie holed up in a bunkhouse after trouble. Scorbie tests Waddell with a badge and offers him a job, revealing a shift in loyalties as the two men confront a dangerous past and present in a dusty frontier setting.
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L. P. Holmes
Chris Waddell
Midas Hill
Norma Vespasian
Millerson
Miss Vespasian
Waddel
Frank Scorbie
Summit
Ute
Summit Street
Waddell
Sherp
Frank
Cris Waddell
Mither
Chris
Jeffer
Mesa Bluffs
Scorcie
Curtain Collapse Halts Rhinoceros at Longacre Theatre
New York AP reports the Longacre Theatre curtain tore in mid act during Rhinoceros. Producer Leo Kerr called it old and moth eaten as the lower half with a long rod fell to the stage. The show paused 12 minutes while debris cleared and cast members kept audience amused.
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New York
Longacre Theatre
Leo Kerr
Hempstead County School District seeks 3000 loan funds
Notice of intention to borrow funds states Hempstead County School District No 3 Hempstead County Arkansas will apply to the State Board of Education for a 3000 loan from the Revolving Loan Fund secured by a Certificate of Indebtedness to be repaid over six years from operating and surplus funds. Proceeds will fund overdue postdated warrants for equipment purchases. Board president Thos M McCorkle and secretary R Brown sign. March 8 1961.
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Hempstead County
Arkansas
Hope
Thos
M. McCorkle
W. A. Downs
James Délaney
General Assembly
State Board of Education
Ark
Thos. M. McCorkle
R. Brown
Gulch power maneuver sparks uneasy town talk
In a tense exchange Rufe Be and Geer face off as talk turns to Gulch's role as a safety valve for miners. Warnings about overreach surface while Waddell and others ponder who Geer represents and how the camp keeps order without full conflict. The scene ends with a looming cliffhanger.
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Waddell
Akarette
Geer
Jiogan Geer
Chris
Scorbie
Probate Court Notice of Sale of Heirs Property in Hempstead County
Mary Nell Walker as guardian petitions Hempstead County Probate Court to authorize private sale of minor heirs interests in Grace Annette Walker and Charles M Walker Jr property. Land in Howard County Ark described as 480 acres, with payment terms totaling 7,000 cash and 2,180 yearly, mortgage balance 11,440.50 from Federal Land Bank, court date March 25 1961 in Hope Arkansas courthouse, clerk J D Turnage.
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Hempstead Coin
Arkansas
Grace Anette Walker Andes
Charles M. Walker Jr
Mary Nell Walker
Grace Annette Walker
Wings
Eystead County
Federal Land Bank
Lotus
Ay Hertinatter
C. Young
Howard County
Arkant
Herin
A.m
Hempstead
Hope
J. D. Turnage
Hempstead County
Arch
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Prospect
Funeral Directors’ Ambulance Service
Burial Association
Oakcrest Funeral Home
Dial
Roy
Anderson Insurance Agency
South Main Street
Roach Insurance Agency
East Third
Singer Sewing Machine CO
Earl Hampton
Chrysler
Mike Kelly
Ralph Montgomery Market
Jesse Morris
Wsott
Barry's Grocery
Moore Bros
Hay
Dannie Hamilton
Bermuda
John Deere
Massey Harris
Howard Milam
Ileveford
W. A. East
Amity. Ark
Inez Taliaferro
Mike Snyker
Hotel
Snyker
Income Tax and Social Security Service
J. W. Strickland
South Walnut
Irvin Gleghorn
Hare Seed Store
Hope, Ark
H. W. Hatcher
Hatchers
East 2Nd St. Hope
Res
C. L. Roberts
Kennedy and Guilliams
South Elm
Morris Plumbing Service
Calvin Morris
Monty
Byers Anique
Highway 67 East
Mont's
Beauty Service
West 7Th
Lois M. Purtell
Robert Rice
AL Perry
Hwy
AVIS
Perry's
Saylors
Hot Springs
C. E. Myers
Snyker Hotel
Hammons
Imop
Can
South Green Ing
Leonard Ellis
East Second Phone
K. G. McRae
Lellie
Wylie Glass& A
2Nd & Main ST
Hope's Discount
Hope Auto CO
W. Secondial
Hicks
Vaugan
Cotillion Club
William Smith
J. E. Grigsby
Mainland
Chiengrai
Bill Davis
Pete’ Bonda
DAVIS
Pontiac
Revs
Davis Pontiac
Walnut Hope
Saan
Ae Isl
The
American Association of State Highway Officials
AMSHO
Portland Cement Association
First Notlove
Oklahome City
Oklahoma
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