Hope editor predicts local mill boom from Champion-U.S. Plywood
Our Daily Bread reports a Hope Arkansas editor foresees a major economic surge from Champion-U.S. Plywood building a large paper mill near McNab on Little River. He compares potential growth to Camden's mill era, noting Hempstead County could gain population and jobs, with construction possibly trumping WWII boom figures. He also recounts correcting House chamber skylight color photos in Little Rock for a special legislative edition.
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Champion Papers - US
Plywood
McNab
Little River
Howe
Hope
Arkansas
Hempstead
U.S
el Dorado
Camden
International Paper Co
Cullendale
Ouachita County
Southwestern Proving Ground
Little Rock
General Assembly
Senate
House
Jungkind
Little Hock
Pod Rogers
Dallas
Ev Ary
Pilot's Body Found in Plane Wreck in Oklahoma
The body of Gerald C. Bridges of Shreveport Louisiana was found in the wreckage of his fighter plane after a week-long search. A party located the crash scene just before midnight Saturday and identified Bridges.
France votes leave De Gaulle with slim Assembly edge
French voters pared President Charles de Gaulle’s majority in the National Assembly to about 1 3 votes with 2 seats still undecided. Interior reports show Gaullists at 244 seats, opponents at 241 242, and a potential shift if Center Democrats align on European unity and Atlantic Alliance. Tahiti and French Somaliland seats loom next Sunday.
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David M. Mason
PARIS
Charles de Gaulle
National Assembly
Ministry of Interior
de Gaulle
Tahiti
France
Jean Lecanuet
Center Democrats
Lecanuet
Atlantic Alliance
Five Killed in Road Accidents in Arkansas
Five persons died in weekend automobile crashes across Arkansas from Friday 6 p.m. to Sunday midnight. Jan Winn 21 of North Little Rock perished in a two car wreck 17 miles south of Batesville on U S 167 Saturday. Four others died Friday night in a separate two car collision on U S 64 about 12 miles west of Clarksville. Victims were Victor A. Walker 60 Harold Spencer 34 Jeff Spencer 9 all of Pittsburg Kansas and Gene Neff Jr 23 Stilwell Oklahoma. Bonnie Neff 19 Stilwell was hospitalized at Fort Smith.
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Associated Press
Arkansas
Batesville
U.S
Jan Winn
North Little Rock
Clarksville
Victor A. Walker
Harold Spencer
Jeff Spencer
Pittsburg
Kan
Gene Neff Jr
Stilwell
Okla
Bonnie Neff
Fort Smith
Woman Held in Shotgun Slaying Near Strong Arkansas
Irene Williams age 31 of near Strong was held in Union County jail after the shotgun slaying Sunday of Lavant White 34 of Strong. White was shot with a 20 gauge on the porch of Williams home. Formal murder charges would be filed Tuesday.
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EL Dorado
Ark
Irene Williams
Near
Strong
Union County
Lavant White
White
Fugitives Caught at Prescott
Four Missouri fugitives were captured in Prescott after fleeing a service station without paying for gas. Police held Robert N. Wilson 17 George Barton Enke 20 Roy Stemmer 20 and Allen Ray Armbruster 18, all from Missouri, after surrendering on a dead end street.
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Prescott, Ark
Missouri
Clark County
C. G. Johnson
Prescott
Johnson
Steelville
Robert N. Wilson
George Barton Enke
Cuba
Roy Stemmer
Chicago
Allen Ray Armbruster
Festus
Attention centers on Dodd probe amid treaty vote
The AP reports Senate ethics committee opens its second Dodd case hearings as Powell’s exclusion sharpens scrutiny of conduct. Dodd faces charges of personal use of campaign gifts. A Senate Labor subcommittee begins public hearings on the antipoverty program, chaired by Sen. Joseph S. Clark.
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Washington
Thomas J. Dodd
Senate Ethics Committee
Dodd
Adam Clayton Powell
House
Senate Labor
Joseph S. Clark
D-Pa
Soviet Leader’s Daughter Svetlana Goes Abroad
Moscow confirms Svetlana Stalin has left the Soviet Union after an exit visa to India and travel to Rome and Switzerland. Tass calls the duration of her stay a private affair while notes she reportedly sought asylum in the United States but was redirected to Rome and then Switzerland under a 45 day visa.
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Moscow
Joseph Staylin
Svetlana
Tass
Moscow Television
Pravda
Soviet Union
United States
U.S. State Department
Switzerland
Red China
Peking
Stalina
Robert F. Rayle
U.S
New Delhi
Rome
Interlaken
Patricia Neal
New York
International
Charles de Gaulle
Java
Sukarno
Nikita Khrushchev
V. M. Molotov
Joseph Stalin
Johnson to chair Guam strategy conference on Vietnam
President Johnson will host a Guam meeting next week with top officials including Rusk McNamara Lodge and Westmoreland to rehearse civil and military strategy for Vietnam. The session aims to project U.S. resolve and bolster development efforts while no major policy shift is expected.
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Washington
Johnson
Vietnam
Guam
Nguyen Cao Ky
U.S
Pacific
Honolulu
Manila
Dean Rusk
Robert S. McNamara
Saigon
Henry Cabot Lodge
William Westmoreland
George Christian
White House
Westmoreland
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Supreme Allied Command
North Vietnam
Hanoi Radio
Hanoi
South Vietnam
U S helicopter unit leaves Thailand after assist role
A 25 helicopter U S Air Force unit has withdrawn from Thailand after handing over airlift duties to Thai pilots. The move follows a temporary mission to ferry Thai troops in counterinsurgency operations. The Defense Department notes no American helicopters engaged in combat during their Thailand tour.
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Fred S. Hoffman
Washington
U.S. Air Force
Thailand
United States
Defense Department
U.S
Vietnam
Fort Rucker
Ala
Shephard Air Force Base
Texas
Pentagon
Fisherman Drowns In Arkansas Lake
Harrisburg Arkansas Charles L Rorex 34 of Jonesboro drowned while fishing alone in Lake Poinsett Rescue crews found his body about 18 feet deep three hours after he went under Coroner Homer Bata said by the time units arrived he had disappeared beneath the water near a dock 200 yards away audible cries prompted the search
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Harrisburg
Ark
Charles L. Rorex
Jonesboro
Lake Poinsett
Here
Homer Bata
Poinsett County
Rorex
Bata
Meredith Withdraws From Powell Contest In New York
James H. Meredith, a civil rights figure, abruptly pulled out of the special congressional race in New York's 8th District. Reports say civil rights leaders pressed him to quit and Powell's intermediaries urged withdrawal, arguing Meredith would be the white man's candidate if he ran as a Republican or independent Democrat.
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Bernie Gould
NEW York
James H. Meredith
Adam Clayton Powell
Meredith
8Th
Harlem
Powell
Ryn Egeigst Powe
McFaddin Speaks at Hope Rotary Ladies Night
Justice Ed McFaddin retired rotary leader spoke to six at Town and Country for Hope Rotary Club Ladies Night. He traced club history, listed past presidents, and shared Rotary service and fellowship tales while a giant emblem was formed from a torn newspaper.
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Ed McFaddin
Hope Rotary Club
The
Rotary
Albert Graves
Hope
Justice McFaddin
Rotary Club
Harry Howell
Rotary International
Dorsey McRae, Jr
Lester Sitzes
Workers in China Are Shot Down
Hong Kong report from the New Life Evening Post says thousands of workers and farmers in Kwangtung Province were killed or wounded as Communist troops fired on those refusing to return to work. Clashes in Fatshan Nang Hai and nearby areas were described as severe with bodies along Fatshan highway and troops massing to suppress the revolt.
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Hong Kong
Kwangtung
New Life Evening Post
Fatshan
Po An
Nang Hai
Shun Ta
Canton
Red China
Landscaping Short Course Offered to Boost Home Value
Hempstead County residents can raise home values by 10 to 20 percent through organized landscaping. Calvin Caldwell and Dolores McBride announce a Landscaping Short Course in March with J. K. Ball presenting materials and 25 to 30 shrubs on display. Demonstrations on shrub placement and a planned landscape at Dannie Hamilton’s Westwood residence are scheduled, with classes on March 21 23 and 28. Call 75771 for details.
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Hempstead
Calvin Caldwell
Dolores McBride
Extension Home
J. K. Ball
Dannie Hamilton
Westwood Addition
County Extension Office
Arkansans Indicted in Midwest Car Theft Ring
Kansas City AP reports eight indicted by a federal grand jury for belonging to a car theft ring operating in Arkansas Missouri and Florida. Arkansans Leroy Bule 27 and Virgil Vandagriff 63 named among those charged with involvement since October 15 1965.
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Kansas City
Batesville
Ark
Arkansas
Missouri
Florida
Arkansans
Leroy Bule
Virgil C. Vandagriff
Meredith abandons bid for Congress against Powell
AP News Digest notes James H Meredith will not run for Congress against Adam Clayton Powell. The report covers political shifts and a broad set of international, Vietnam, and domestic affairs including De Gaulle, Khrushchev, Stalin's daughter Svetlana, and Dodd investigations.
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James H. Meredith
Congress
Adam Clayton Powell
Child Struck and Killed by Backing Truck
Duane Wilson aged two, son of Mr and Mrs Kenneth Wilson of Fort Smith Arkansas, was killed Saturday night when playing behind a moving truck at his grandparents home in Muldrow Oklahoma. Officials say the vehicle rolled backward and crushed him, he died several hours later.
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Muldrow
Okla
Duane Wilson
Kenneth Wilson
Fort Smith
Ark
Local society notes and notices from Hempstead County
Pvt John A. Wilson is promoted to Pfc near Stuttgart with the 65th Transportation Company. His wife Sharon Faris plans to join him in April. Crissie Ramondo and George Swafford to visit Chapter 328 on March 16 with host chapters from Hope Stamps and Walnut Hill. Helen McRae Barlow recuperating in Shreveport after surgery. Hempstead County Republican Women to hold a White Elephant Sale March 18 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at 2nd and Main in the former West Department Store location. donations accepted Thursday 23 or Friday 10 11 a.m.
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John A. Wilson
Thomas Fenwick, Jr
Pfc
Stuttgart
Germ
65Th Transportation Company
Sharon Faris
Crissie Ramondo
Order of the Eastern Star of Arkansas
George Swafford
Little Rock
Hope, Stamps
Walnut Hill
Bradley
Hempstead County
West Department Store
Sukarno Remains in Seclusion Amid Transitional Tension
Former Indonesian president Sukarno, stripped of powers, stays secluded as acting president Suharto prepares for possible violence. Jakarta patrols calm despite past clashes in central and east Java. Some reports say Sukarno may be restricted to retirement at Bogor while talks of insurrection loom.
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T. Jeff Williams
Jakarta
Indonesia
Sukarno
Suharto
East
Java
Sukary
Sukkiaarno
Sumtay
Bogor
Calvary
Arens
Congress
Geog
Hdul
Prese
Evangelist
Bombers Hit Power Center Near Hanoi
U S wave planes carried out heavy strikes on the Viet Tri power complex 32 miles northwest of Hanoi as part of the day’s air offensive. American jets targeted antiaircraft positions and supply lines along the southern coast, with 128 missions flown and 50 trucks torched in a trailing convoy raid. One RF4C Phantom was lost and a MIG was sighted but did not engage.
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George McArthur
Saigon
U.S
North Vietnam
Hanoi
Thailand
Viet Tri
U. S
Central Highlands
Air Force
Navy
Marine
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Alex H. Washburn
Stans de Gaullists
Russia
Joe Stalin
McFaddin
China
K. C
AP News Digest
Financelal
Star
Helen McRae Barlow
Highland Hospital
Shreveport
Arkansas State Department of Education
Mary Koy Moses
Donald Brown
W. A. Williams
Fone High School
Homer
Vera) Reeves
Wadley Hospital
Texarkana
Monay
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