Obituary of Rufus Lee Lee in Prescott
Rufus Lee Lee 91, Nevada County native, died Saturday in Prescott. Services were held Sunday at Harmony Church with burial in Harmony Cemetery. Survived by four sons J. W. Lee of Lanbourg, W F Lee of Houston, Leckie Lee of San Antonio, Tilman Lee of Prescott and Mrs Harvey Jones of Smackover.
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Prescott
Rufus Lee Lee
Nevada County
Harmony Church
Harmony Cemetery
J. W
Lanbourg
W.F. Lee
Houston
Leckie Lee
San Antonio
Tilman Lee
Presett
Harvey Jones
Smackover
Obituaries Note Multiple Prescott Area Residents
Moss P Phillips 79 of Prescott dies at home. Adolphus V Davis 84 of Prescott dies. services Monday Moscow Church. Mrs. W A Bowen 81 of Austin Texas dies. funeral Tuesday 2 pm. Sally Kate Bennett 94 lifelong Hope resident dies. services Monday 10:30 am. Survivors include spouses, children, and siblings with burial details in Rose Hill Cemetery and other local cemeteries.
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Austin
Texas
First Baptist Church of Hope
Bowen
Oakmont
Sally Kate Bennett
Hope and Hempstead County
W. L. Porter
Harvid Lester
Hope
George Balentine
Herndon Cornelius
Rose Hill Cemetery
Enchanted Hills Park Planned Near Hot Springs Arkansas
A 138 acre Lake Hamilton site six miles south of Hot Springs Arkansas will host a proposed 6 million recreation park to be named Enchanted Hills.
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Lake Hamilton
Hot Springs
Enchanted Hills
Selma march blocked as authorities bar large protest
Police and deputies form a line to stop a planned march toward the municipal stadium after officials warned against mass demonstrations. Clergymen from across the country join a memorial service for the slain minister, while demonstrators sing and push back in a 150 yard stretch.
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Selma
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Martin Luther King Jr
Hosea Williams
Savannah
Boston
Joseph T. Smitherman
Enchanted Hills Theme Park Planned Near Hot Springs
Glen A. Jordan of Rock Island Illinois chairs the Hot Springs Theme Park Inc and announced a new park to open in July 1966 for a 120 day season. The site will host conventions and special events with a Six Flags style lineup and the name Enchanted Hills reflecting the Ouachita Mountains.
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Rock Island
Ill
Hot Springs Theme Park, Inc
Jordan
Texas
Enchanted Hills
Ouachita Mountains
Elizabeth Taylor's Father Improves After Stroke
Frances Taylor, 65, father of actress Elizabeth Taylor, is off the hospital's critical list at Cedars of Lebanon. He showed further improvement Sunday after a stroke Thursday night. Miss Taylor flew to his bedside from Dublin where her husband Richard Burton is filming.
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Francis Taylor
Elizabeth Taylor
Cedars of Lebanon
Taylor
Miss Taylor
Dublin
Richard Burton
Viet Cong arms ship seized. Ky led air raid on North Vietnam
A U S spokesman linked Phu Qui raid to Hanoi directed aggression against South Vietnam. The Communist tally blamed for 82 bridges sabotage 214 road and rail acts and 41 officials killed or kidnapped. Vietnamese air force led by Brig Gen Nguyen Cao Ky bombed a North Vietnamese island base with U.S. jets. A fishing junk carrying 15 tons of Chinese and Czech arms was captured in Quang Tri with five crew. arms salvaged at Cua Viet. Jordan plans to hire 2000 for park work with many students.
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Hanoi
Nguyen Cao Ky
Quang Tri
da Nang
South Viet Nam
Nguyen Chanh
Thi
Cua Viet
Viet Nam
Weather Outlook Rain Likely North Louisiana
The forecast shows cloudy with showers mainly in the north, mild throughout Louisiana. Tonight lows range from 30 to 58 degrees, Tuesday highs from 55 to 65 in most areas, with northern sections cooler and southern parts reaching the 70s.
Arkansas Regional Forecast Highlights By The Associated Press
Central Arkansas remains partly cloudy to cloudy through Tuesday with a low around 40 and a Tuesday high in the 60s. Northeast and Northwest Arkansas see similar cloud cover with tonight’s lows 30 to 38 and Tuesday highs in the mid 50s to low 60s. Southeast and Southwest Arkansas report mid 40s tonight and Tuesday upper 60s.
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Associated Press
Central
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Arkansas and Missouri Weather Outlook Through Tuesday
Forecasts show Arkansas clear to partly cloudy through Tuesday with a few showers in the extreme south this morning and across the state tonight and early Tuesday. Highs reach the mid 50s to mid 60s, with lows tonight in the upper 20s northwest and mid 40s southeast. In eastern and southern Missouri expect considerable cloudiness with a 50 percent chance of rain or snow showers northeast today, otherwise fair to partly cloudy through Tuesday, warmer with highs in the low 40s north to near 60 extreme south. Cooler Tuesday across the region.
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Missouri
Bootheel
Johnson presses voting rights push after State of the Union
President Johnson declared he would give all people the right to choose leaders and argued denying this right denies democracy. An administration summary outlined a new voting rights bill with federal registrars in states with low registration or turnout and impounded ballots where people were barred from voting.
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Demonstrations Praise Voting Rights Rally
President pledges to remove voting barriers and urges universal citizen participation in government. The Lafayette Park event cited national civil rights leaders choosing not to launch a new March on Washington after the 1963 gathering of over 200000 people.
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Washington
Army Engineers extend deadline for Gilbert Dam input
The Buffalo River Gilbert Dam proposal near Marshall sees a extended deadline to May 12 for submitting material pro or con. The delay shifts the project to the Board of Engineers for Rivers and Harbors for approval before Congress can authorize construction.
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Army Engineers
Gilbert
Buffalo River
Marshall
Board of Engineers For Rivers and Harbors
Congress
Selma Demonstrations Highlight US Efforts for Voting Rights
Ralph Bunche, Undersecretary of the United Nations, says participation in Selma Alabama demonstrations shows global attention to U S citizens pressing for a solution to voter registration inequities in Alabama. The Negro Nobel Peace Prize winner spoke at a news conference Saturday.
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United Nations
Ralph Bunche
Alabama
Photographer Testifies He Missed Selma Beatings
In Montgomery, Alabama, state trooper photographer Roy Smith testified he did not see any beatings of Negroes during the Selma march encounter on March 7. He said his camera view hindered his ability to witness all actions and acknowledged the film was being processed.
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U.S. District Court
Selma
Roy Smith
Montgomery
Smith
James G. Clark
Albert J. Lingo
Lingo
Clark's
Peter Hall
Hall
Federal grant funds youth training center contract
The federal government awarded a $299,492 contract to Industries, Inc. of Bonham Texas for a youth training center at Cass Franklin County Arkansas. The center aims to train youths for employment opportunities.
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Youth Training Washington
Industries, Inc
Bonham, Tex
Cass
Franklin County
Accidents in Arkansas Fatal to 5
Five people died in Arkansas from Friday 6 p m to Sunday midnight as AP tally reports. Mrs Margaret Cheney 32 of Little Rock died in a passing collision near Malvern on US 67. Others injured include Mr and Mrs John R Hixon of Malvern. Ephrem G Strothers 60 of Mena was fatally injured when a truck tire rim struck him. A body found in a Hilltop area home fire near Harrison is believed to be Robert J Brightwell 38. Jerry McElroy 2 drowned in a Crossett borrow pit. Homer Gene Wenkler 32 died of suffocation in Little Rock. Civil rights leaders have finished their case after hearings before U S District Judge Frank M Johnson Jr.
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Margaret Cheney
Little Rock
Malvern
Associated Press
John R. Hixon
Ephrem G. W. Strothers
Mena
Robert J. Brightwell
Harrison
Hilltop
Jerry McElroy
Ernest McElroy
Crossett
Homer Gene Wenkler
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