Johnson outlines $962.5 million poverty program and youth corps
President Johnson urged Congress to fund a massive war on poverty focusing on a youth corps for up to 100,000 draft rejects and dropouts. The plan blends training and work in conservation camps and job centers, plus grants for school retention and part time work. Omelet Day in Hope High School raises funds by FHA clubs selling eggs. winners share prizes. Omelets will be served March 18 at Hotel Barlow Dining Room with local Home Demonstration Council involved.
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Arkansas Weather Worsens With Windy Cooler Tuesday
Arkansas forecast calls for clear to partly cloudy skies through today then windier conditions. Temperatures will drop tonight into the 30s in the northwest and 40s in the southeast, with Tuesday highs around 40 in the north and 50s in the south as cloudiness increases and temperatures cool.
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Arkansas Regional Forecast From The Associated Press
Central Arkansas expects clear to partly cloudy conditions through Tuesday with increasing wind and a turn to colder air tonight and Tuesday. Lows around 40 tonight. highs 48 to 54 Tuesday. Northwest Arkansas sees partly cloudy skies with cooler Tuesday. lows 30 to 35. highs in the 40s. Southwest Arkansas remains partly cloudy with cooler Tuesday. highs in the 50s. Southeast Arkansas also reports partly cloudy skies with similar cooling trends.
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Johnson pledges hemispheric aid and Alliance for Progress
President Johnson reaffirms U S commitment to the Alliance for Progress in Latin America stressing greater cooperation self help and social justice. He notes Roosevelt and Kennedy landmarks and summons all ambassadors for a comprehensive hemispheric review at the White House reception. He concedes progress has been slow.
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Reds Report TUS Flier In Hospital
Russian authorities informed U S military liaison officers that one RB66 crewman shot down over East Germany is in a Soviet hospital near Magdeburg and not in serious condition. An American medical officer is allowed to visit. identity not disclosed. three Air Force officers parachuted from the aircraft after the loss.
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Usury Rule Keeps Mortgage Valid in Arkansas Case
Arkansas Supreme Court ruled a loan cannot be voided for usury simply because a usurious amount is claimed in foreclosure. In the Woodruff County case Mid-State Homes Inc. foreclosed on the Knights, seeking $1,980 of principal and interest. The court said the trial court should deny accrued interest and let the lower court determine the remaining amount due.
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Pet Dog Blamed for Childs Death in Minnesota
STILLWATER Minnesota AP investigators blamed a family Labrador for the death of 6 year old Victoria Aronson who was playing with a scarf around her neck as the dog grabbed the scarf and pulled her about 70 feet through snow causing the fatal strangulation.
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Lee seeks sixth term as 17th Judicial District prosecutor
W M Lee of Brinkley filed with the secretary of state's office on Thursday for re nomination to a sixth term as prosecutor in the 17th Judicial District. The district covers Arkansas Monroe Prairie and Lunvoke counties.
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Easter Seal funds reach 321 in Hempstead county
Kaskell Jones, chairman of the Hempstead County Easter Seal Society, reported that midmonth contributions totaled 321 dollars. The funds are deposited with treasurer June Byers. Mrs. Jewel Moore Jr. will chair the school division and distribute cards this week. Junior American Legion Auxiliary members will run the lily sale in downtown Hope on Saturday, March 21, with proceeds aiding the Children's Convalescent Center at Jacksonville and Temple Home in Texarkana to help crippled children in Hempstead county and southwest Arkansas.
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Conway Co Vote Favors Winthrop Rockefeller
Conway County residents surveyed by Republican workers show about 50 percent backing Winthrop Rockefeller for governor, with 25 percent favoring another candidate and the rest undecided. The poll, conducted by volunteers in all townships and precincts, covered over 1,000 questionnaires and aims to finish counting in two days.
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Republicans to Meet Tuesday in Hope City Hall
The Hempstead County Republican Club will meet Tuesday March 17 at 7 p.m. in Hope City Hall. The meeting is open to the general public and invites anyone wishing to learn about the Republican Party to attend. Haskell Jones, county claimant, announced.
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Second Boycott of New York Schools Fails to Gain Momentum
In New York City the second civil rights school boycott drew little parental or teacher support, failing to match February’s turnout of more than 464000 pupils absent. Leaders blamed lack of backing from NAACP, CORE, and Urban League, noting no segregation by law and limited board integration plans.
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Mexico to Great Gen De Gaulle Mexico to Great Gen De Gaulle
A million Mexicans were expected to greet President Charles de Gaulle as he begins a Latin American diplomacy tour. He would arrive in Mexico City aboard a French Air Force jet after a Merida stop, following a nine hour flight from Paris on a U S built Boeing 707.
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Ohio River flood toll reaches 12 lives in five states
After a week of battling the Ohio River, authorities estimate 100 million in flood damage and 110000 affected across Kentucky Indiana Ohio West Virginia and Pennsylvania. President Johnson toured the area and pledged aid while Red Cross Salvation Army and civil groups distributed cleanup kits and clothing.
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Man Slain as Family Is Held in Boone County
Boone County farmer Ames Keef, 62, was beaten to death with a hammer Sunday night. His wife Thelma, 49, and son James Lynn, 15, were charged with second degree murder and released on $2,500 bonds. They said Keef, drunk, moved a shotgun and threatened them before the fatal confrontation on their 120 acre Harrison area farm. The hammer was found near the body.
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Ames Keff
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J. W. Winemiller Funeral Held
Funeral services for John W. Winemiller who died Friday were held at 10 30 this morning in the Oakcrest Funeral Chapel Rev Charles Jones officiated Internment followed at Memory Garden under Oakcrest directions
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Wasn't Kidding on Broad Stripes at World’s Fair
Baltimore AP reports Francis Scott Key based the Star Spangled Banner on the Fort McHenry flag, which inspired the nationwide anthem. Maryland women have sewn over three miles of thread and roughly 500000 stitches to reproduce the banner, claimed as the largest American flag ever flown in battle. The 42 by 30 foot, 75 pound flag will be shown at the Maryland Pavilion during the New York World’s Fair.
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Panama-U.S. Pact Report Denied Sparks Diplomatic Confusion
Washington said no agreement to resume relations and no talks on renegotiating the 1903 canal treaty. Panama City confirmed the OAS statement and a Panama-Chiari aide cited renewed talks as US aid officials denied any mind-to-mind meeting.
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Charged With Beating Child in Arkansas Case
LITTLE ROCK AP Clif ford Eugene Dobbs 28 a former mental patient was charged with maiming his 5 year old stepson. Prosector said skin grafts would be needed for the injuries suffered from pans pressed on the boy s back plus belt buckle and wet towel blows. The child was hospitalized and a mental examination was ordered before trial. Dobbs previously faced a rape charge near Pleasant Plains and was committed to the State Hospital but left last August.
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Clifford Eugene Dobbs
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John Jernigan
William J. Kerby
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Batesville
Rail Strike Feared Near as Unions Bypass Talks
Washington AP Chief railroad negotiator J E Wolfe warns the country is on the verge of a national strike. He says five unions bypassed national talks by seeking separate talks with two railroads and claims unions intend to strike Wednesday. A letter to Labor Secretary Wirtz urges prompt action to stop private disputes from becoming public disaster. A Labor Department observer said no immediate comment was available.
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J.E. Wolfe
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W. Williard Wirlz
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Hearna on Smag Is Opened Hearna on Smag Is Opened
The FTC opens hearings on a plan to tag cigarette packs with a health warning. Chairman Paul Dixon leads, with tobacco industry and workers, governors, doctors, and public health officials testifying over three days. The warning would state cigarette smoking is dangerous to health and may cause death. A ban on ads implying health benefits is also proposed.
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Savage Sam film review at Saenger theater tonight
A blue tick hound leads a frontier boy group and a girl through an Apache capture and rescue in this Western starring Brian Keith, Tommy Kirk, and Kevin Corcoran. The dog Tom Dooley is highlighted as a hero with slapstick moments and action, ending in a shooting war.
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Walt Disney Pictures
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Brian Keith
Tommy Kirk
Kevin Corcoran
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