Judiciary Commission Proposals for Arkansas Redistricting
Editorial advocates Arkansas Judiciary Commission plan to create 16 judicial and 113 chancery districts led by 21 circuit judges and 21 chancellors, replacing the current 18 districts and 15, with 22 judges and 20 chancellors. It notes studied data, opposition, and broad support from the Arkansas Bar Association and Judicial Council. The piece urges informed cooperation to reform workload equity and improve justice administration.
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Arkansas Judiciary Commission
Arkenses
Judiciary Commission
Tollow Judess
Commission
Arkansas Bar Association
Arkansas Judicial Council
Supreme Court
Weather summary from Mis souri station report
The 24 hour report ends at 7 a.m. Thursday with high 55 and low 40. Considerable cloudiness and warmer today in eastern and southern Missouri with highs in the upper 30s to upper 40s and tonight’s low around 29. Increasing clouds expected Friday with rain spreading south. Continued on Page two.
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Missouri
Rotary Club luncheon to feature Tom Lavin speaker
A native of Arkaasan and former local band director from Atlanta Texas Tom Lavin will be guest speaker at the Rotary Club luncheon Friday March 12. Lavin is known as a humorist philosopher musician and toastmaster and will perform Laughing All the Way with 20 minutes of new jokes and stories followed by 25 minutes of music and fun.
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Arkaasan
Tom Lavin
Atlanta
Texas
Rotary Club
Millwood Shrine Hosts Illustrious Potentate at Ladies Night
Illustrious Potentate Robert Stair and Liaison Officer Kenneth White attended Millwood Shrine Club Ladies Night at Town and Country March 9. Club president H M Olsen introduced the leaders, with plans announced for Scimitar Ferante events in Little Rock. About 54 dined privately, then played games with prizes under George Frazier and son Tommy.
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Millwood Shrine Club
Robert Stair
Kenneth White
H M. Olsen
Scimitar Ferante
Little Rock
George Frazier
Tommy
Thornton man killed when truck struck by train
Roy F. Crain about 60 was killed early today when the panel truck he drove was struck by a freight train at a crossing near Thornton Arkansas. A funeral home spokesman said the train dragged the truck about one half mile down the tracks before stopping. Crain lived in Thornton and worked for a cleaning establishment.
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Fordyce
Ark
Roy F. Crain
Thornton
Crain
Filibuster By Feild Ends Arkansas Legislature Session
The 1965 Arkansas Legislature adjourned without sending any constitutional amendments to the 1966 ballot. A kindergarten funding amendment was filibustered in the closing hours by Rep. Talbot Feild Jr. as Speaker J. H. Cottrell Jr. halted debate and ended the session. Gov. Faubus supported the kindergarten measure amid House Senate tensions.
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Little Rock
Arkansas
Assembly
House
Senate
Orval E. Faubus
Nathan Gordon
Yell County
Lloyd George
J. H. Cottrell Jr
Cottrell
Hempstead
Talbot Feild Jr
Feild
Peoce
Arkansas Senate clears bills for final adjournment
The Arkansas General Assembly advanced all key budget and construction bills toward final adjournment by noon today as the Senate scheduled two hours for post session cleanup work.
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Lttle Rock
Arkansas General Assembly
Senate
Life and dark places in Olivia de Havilland's successful life
AP profile notes Olivia de Havilland’s fears of being unloved despite two Oscars and a 30 year screen career. She cites parental divorce as shaping her trust issues, discusses parenting with compassion, and emphasizes optimism and seizing positive potential in negative experiences.
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New York
Olivia de Havilland
Livvy
Max Reinhardt
Miss de Havilland
Tokyo
An Fontaine
Benjamin
Gisele
Livry
Melanie
Policy Conference Signals New Viet Nam War Decisions
A Camp David policy session with President Johnson and top aides signals possible new decisions on U S involvement in Vietnam. debate over deepening air strikes into North Vietnam and how to pressure Hanoi to stop insurgent aid to the South dominates discussions.
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John M. Hightower
Washington
Camp David
U.S
North
Viet Nam
Hanoi
Maryland
Johnson
Dean Rusk
Robert S. McNamara
McGeorge Bundy
Bill D. Moyers
White House
Britain
France
Soviet Union
South Viet Nam
North Viet Nam
Southeast Asia
United States
South
House
Ways and Means
International
Duchess of Windsor
Elizabeth II
Duke’s Hospital
Welcome Home Bobby Martin Yet Believed Dead
Roanoke AP report says Bobby Martin Jr. was welcomed home after his supposed death in Louisiana. A funeral was held for Robert Wade Martin Jr. 22, but a friend in a funeral home identified the body as another person. Bobby learned of the mix up by phone and prepared to return home from Houston. He arrived with a VIP greeting at Woodrum Airport.
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Roanoke
Bobby Martin
Louisiana
Bobby
Robert Wade Martin Jr
Tallulah
Houston
Woodrum
Arkansas Crusade for Voters Formed by NAACP
The Arkansas branch of the NAACP formed the Arkansas Crusade for Voters to encourage registration of qualified Negroes. Rev. James D. Rice of Hot Springs was named permanent chairman of the new group.
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Little Rock
Arkansas
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
James D. Rice
Hot Springs
Arkansas Crusade For Voters
Trade School Plan Heads to State Board of Education
A 10 member committee led by Senator Olen Hendrix and Representative Talbot Feild will present Hope as the site for a new trade school before the State Board of Education and the Advisory Council on Sunday morning March 14 at 9 30. The committee includes officials from Hempstead County and city government along with local chamber of commerce representatives.
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Hoe
Olen Hendrix
Talbot Feild
State Board of Education
Advisory Council
Hope
Arkansas
Chamber of Commerce
Hempstead
Watchtower Group to Show Movie at City Hall Auditorium
A free film titled New World Society in Action will screen Thursday at 7 30 p m in the City Hall Auditorium. The 75 minute documentary, produced by the Watchtower Society, highlights a worldwide organization in action across Africa and a mass gathering in Yankee Stadium. Angelo Manera Jr. narrates.
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New World Society In Action
City Hall
Watchtower Society
Africa
Yankee Stadium
Polo Grounds
Angelo Manera Jr
Brooklyn
New York
Racial unrest and federal role swirl in Alabama and beyond
Federal judge weighs a suit to bar state officials from hindering peaceful civil rights demonstrations in Montgomery as tensions rise in Selma. A Birmingham minister lies near death after beatings by three men. LeRoy Collins hints at talks to urge peaceful compliance with civil rights laws.
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Alabman
Montgomery
Birmingham
LeRoy Collins
Johnson
Selma
Negroes Stage a Sit-in at the White House
About a dozen civil rights advocates staged a sit-in at the White House entering with tourists and sitting on the ground floor corridor near the diplomatic reception room and White House library. Maj Ralph Stover asked them to leave but they refused. The demonstrators chanted We shall not be moved and reportedly President Johnson was in the mansion at the time.
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Washington
White House
Executive Mansion
Ralph Stover
Johnson
Should Listen to Those Sermons Should Listen to Those Sermons
Victor Debs Abston, a 51 year old atheist, won a court ruling to avoid religious services in the jail but was sentenced Wednesday to one to 15 years for ninth felony burglary conviction. He will serve the term at the California state prison for men in Chino.
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Santa Ana
Calif
Victor Debs Abston
Abston
Orange County
Chino
Bass Trumbo Seeks Special City Manager Election
Former city attorney Bass Trumbo files petitions with about 900 signatures to push a special election on adopting the city manager form of government in Fayetteville. If the city clerk approves, Mayor Guy E. Brown will set the election date.
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Fayetteville, Ark
Bass Trumbo
George J. Davis
Guy E. Brown
World Council of Churches Criticizes Viet Nam Policy
The World Council of Churches denounces U.S. Viet Nam measures as futile and warns they may escalate the war. The statement, prepared by Sir Kenneth Grubb and Dr. O Frederick Nolde, was endorsed by the council representing over 200 churches across about 80 nations urging Southeast Asian mediators from outside the conflict.
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Geneva
World Council of Churches
U.S
Viet Nam
Council
Commission On International Affairs
Commission
Kenneth Grubb
London
O. Frederick Nolde
New York
World Council
Prizes for Entries in Contest
Sponsoring Jaycees list prizes for Miss Hope contest. Items include two swimsuits from Specialty Shop, gowns and shoes from Lewis McLarty, undergarments from Penney’s, corsages from Monty’s, a Hope Auto trip car, a 16 by 20 portrait from Shipley’s, dinner at Town and Country for winner and family, bouquets from Butler’s Florist, crown by Keith’s, dress or sportswear from West’s, a transistor radio from Baker’s, six months haircut at Marcelete’s for runnerup, $10 cash from Hope Furn. first runnerup gets Samsonite from Some Furn., second runnerup gets $10 cash from Oakcrest, free cleaning at Laha’s, $25 merchandise from Owens, five LP albums from Collier’s, transistor radio from Collier’s to second runnerup, Okla. Tire record stand to second runnerup, pearl necklace to first runnerup from Stewart’s, $10 cash from Shanhouse for Miss Congeniality, cake from Joe’s and dress shoes from Foster’s to first runnerup.
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Jaycees
Specialty Shop
Lewis-McLarty
Penney’s
Monty's
Hope Auto
Hot Springs
Shipley’s
Town and Country
Butler’s Florist
Keith's
West
Baker's
Marcelete’s
Hope Furn
Laha’s
Owens
KXAR
Collier's
Okla. Tire
Pearl Necklace
Stewart's
Shanhouse
Joe’s
Foster’s
Assembly Gospel Singing Sunday at Assembly of God Church
Gospel singing is set for Sunday March 14 at 1 30 p m at the Assembly of God Church Chairman Jessie L Brown invites everyone in the four states area to attend
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Assembly of God Church
Jessie L. Brown
Four- States
Southern State College teams take third in I-team judging at Houston show
Last week Southern State College placed third overall in an I-team judging contest at the Houston Livestock Show. William Lambert of Emmet finished fifth in high overall judging and third in sheep judging, with teammates Charles Purtle and Dennis Amons from Prescott also named.
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Southern State College
Houston, Texas
William Lambert
Agrimajor
Emmet
Charles Purtle
Prescott
Dennis Amons
Racial Strife Moves to Federal Court in Alabama
Federal judge considers a suit by the NAACP requesting an order to halt Gov. George C. Wallace public safety director Al Lingo and Dallas County Sheriff James G. Clark from interfering with a planned Selma to Montgomery march for Negro voting rights.
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Stan Atkins
Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
U.S
Frank M. Johnson, Jr
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Johnson
George C. Wallace
al Lingo
Dallas County
James G. Clark
Selma
Judge rejects contempt bid against King over Selma march
U S district judge denied Sheriff James G Clark a contempt finding against Dr Martin Luther King Jr for leading a Selma street march. The case centers on King defying a Johnson order banning further marches as about 2000 demonstrators faced state police. Additional government action asks review of broader peaceful demonstrations in Alabama.
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Montgomery
Ala
James G. Clark
Dallas County
Martin Luther King Jr
Selma
Justice Department
Johnson
Wallace
Atty
Nicholas Katzenbach
King
Alabama
Harrisburg Man Convicted Again in Fatal Arson Case
Frank Harris of Jonesboro was found guilty of first degree murder for the second time in the deaths of a Trumann woman and four of her daughters. The all male jury deliberated 1 hour 30 minutes before a guilty verdict with no recommendation. Harris has now been convicted three times in the Leonard Dever family killings from December 20, 1963.
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Little Rock
Arkansas General Assembly
Washington
Agriculture Department
Harrisburg
Ark
Poinsett
Frank Harris
Harrisburg, Ark
Jonesboro
Harris
Poinsett Circuit Court
Leonard Dever
Faubus Signs 54 Measures Including Tax and Licensing Increases
Governor Faubus signed 54 bills into law. Aimed at raising revenue with a hunting and fishing license price hike from 2.50 to 3.50 and a permanent 3.50 license for seniors 65 and over. Other acts authorize city gross receipts taxes on lodging and dining plus bonds backed by parking receipts and governance form changes.
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Little Rock
Orval E. Faubus
State Water Pollution Control Commission
State Pollution Control Commission
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