Parallel gun supply conflicts from Viet Nam to the American West
The author draws a provocative comparison between Viet Nam and the US frontier era. He notes outsiders arming natives in both conflicts, with China and Russia involved in Viet Nam and Britain France and Spain in the West. He argues that settlers built stable government, while South Viet Nam’s future remains uncertain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Viet Nam
South Viet Nam
Richard B. Morris
Henry Steele Commager
Old West
South
China
Russia
United States
Great Britain
France
Spain
Britain
West
Sean Connery Stars In Woman of Straw at Saenger
Sean Connery shifts from James Bond to a dramatic lead in Woman of Straw at the Saenger theater. Gina Lollobrigida plays a nurse to a sick English millionaire as Ralph Richardson and a Mediterranean yacht setting frame the story.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sean Connery
James Bond
Saenger Theater
Gina Lollobrigida
Weather Experiment Station 24 Hour Report
Weather data shows high of 75 and low of 53 for the 24 hours ending 7 a.m. Wednesday. Precipitation totals 0.28 inches.
Arkansas Regional Forecast From The Associated Press
Central Arkansas sees cloudy skies and much colder temperatures with tonight’s lows 28 to 34 and Thursday highs near the 40s. Southeast region expects heavy cloud cover and cooler conditions with tonight’s lows 28 to 34 and Thursday highs 45 to 50. Northwest segment warns of a cold wave with tonight’s lows 22 to 28 and Thursday highs 37 to 43. Southwest region reports much colder tonight with lows 26 to 32 and Thursday highs 40 to 46.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arkansas
Associated Press
Central
Northwest
Southwest
Proving Ground Crashed Plane Mystery Solved
Sheriff confirms the 1955 Proving Ground crash near Hope Arkansas involved William Sherman Shaddox a 26 year old crop duster who walked away, removed parts, and later died in a separate crash. Arkansas State Police and local authorities closed the case after evidence was destroyed by a woodland fire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jimme Griffin
Southwestern Proving Ground
Hope
William Sherman Shaddox
Shaddox
Hope Municipal Airport
Elvey Lively
Sheriff's Office
Arkansas State Police
Griffin
Medicare Too Costly Says Pathologist Dr P H Chappell
Pathologist Dr P H Chappell told Hope Kiwanis members Medicare bills in Congress would raise taxes. He argued against the socialized plan covering all over 65 and favored a needy only approach with state and federal matching funds. Bob Moers arranged the program with Horace Fuller and Dr Jon Liem as guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. H. Chappell
Texarkana
Hope Kiwanis Club
Bob Moers
Horace Fuller
Jon Liem
Bodcaw Seniors Plan Benefit Basketball Night
Bodcaw Senior class schedules a Pee-Wee game and two adult matches Friday night March 19 in the school gym. Cale teams provide the opposition. Admission is 10 and 25 cents. Everyone is invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bodcaw
Cale
Raids Cut Deep Into Viet Cong Stockpile
The article reports that about ten percent of North Viet Nam ammunition stockpiles were destroyed in two air strikes since Feb. 7, with further actions planned. It notes additional helicopter deployments, potential U.S. adviser troops to Viet Nam, intensified gun-runner patrols by the 7th Fleet, and ongoing efforts to curb arms flow to the south.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
North Viet Nam
U.S
Xom Bang
Phu Qui
Tiger Island
Saigon
Harold K. Johnson
Army
Secretary of Defense
Robert S. McNamara
South Viet Nam
Viet Nam
Johnson
U.S. 7Th Flet
7Th Fleet
St Patrick s Day recalls meaning of Irish family names
HAL BOYLE outlines the meanings of many Irish surnames after O Toole. Examples include Pearse the rock. Reagan little king. Riley sportive. Reardon poet. Scully scholar. O Toole family name lineage. Yeats lived near a hill top. Zlattery notes an immigrant forefather on a railroad crew.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hal Boyle
New York
St. Patrick's Day
O’toole
Wantig
Padden
Patrick
Pearse
Patrick Pearse
Pendergast
Phelan
Walt
Phinney
Quail
Quigg
Quigley
Quilligan
Quinlan
Quinn
Reagan
King
Reardon
Riordan
Regan
Riley
Reilly
Roney
Rooney
Rowan Little
Runyon
Orson
Ryan
Scanlan
Scully
Shane
Jehoah
Shanley
Shannon
Shapiro
Sharkey—Loving
Shaw
Ood
Shay
Shea
Majestic
Sullivan
Sweeney
Teague
Tierney
Tighe
Tooley
Lookhout Hill
Toomey
Toey
Toohey
Tracy—Terrace
Varley
Whalen
Wren
Yeats
Zlattery
Hope’s 90th Anniversary Parade and Bargains Planned
Hope marks its 90th anniversary March 25 to 27 with Old Time Value Days offering bargains across town. The parade on Friday March 26 at 4 p.m. features local school bands, old time vehicles, Riding Club and FFA Rodeo groups, plus a 15 minute Hope band concert at Second and Main.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hope
Hope High School
Blevins Training School
McRae High School
Prescott
Hope Band
Second
Riding Club
FFA Rodeo Group
B.N. Holt
Hope Chamber of Commerce
Lehman's
Ralph Montgomery
Chamber
Public Record Denied GOP by Mrs Hall
State Treasurer Nancy Hall, following an Atty. Gen. ruling, refused Wayne Babbitt access to state bank deposit records. Bennett said no constitutional or statutory authority ensures release. Hall felt it inappropriate. Babbitt criticized the decision, pledging no further action until the opinion is reviewed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock
Nancy Hall
Bruce Bennett
Wayne Babbitt
Bennett
Hall
Babbitt
Republican Party
North Little Rock
Winthrop Rockefeller
Republican National
Demonstrators Rally in Atlanta Over Alabama Violence
More than 2000 protesters marched through downtown Atlanta to protest racial violence in Alabama. A 25 member delegation delivered a letter to U.S. Attorney Charles L. Goodson requesting decisive federal action to address Selma incidents. Police reported no incidents or trouble during the demonstration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta, Ga
Atlanta
Alabama
U.S
Charles L. Goodson
Selma
Ala
M. G. Redding
Woman Sets Self Afire in Detroit Protest
Alice Herz, 82, a German born widow and Quaker, set herself ablaze on a Detroit street corner to protest South Vietnam policy and Buddhist killings. Passers-by beat out the flames. she was in critical condition. Her daughter Helga, a Detroit librarian, is noted as a contact. Herz had claimed journalism ties in Europe and the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Viet Nam
Germany
France
Alice Herz
United States
King Plans Protest After Court Ordered March at Courthouse
In Selma Alabama Sheriff James G Clark announced a federal judge has ordered civil rights demonstrators to march three abreast to the county courthouse at 2 p m. The crowd of about 200, mostly Black, cheered while Bevel warned of an 11 a m attempt. The march must stay off entrances and avoid blocking traffic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Selma
Ala
James G. Clark
Browns Chapel
A.M.E
Daniel Thomas
Mobile
Clark
King Plans Montgomery Courthouse March After Police Crackdown
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr says he will lead a peaceful march on the Montgomery courthouse following a violent police crackdown that left eight injured in a melee with deputies on horseback. Gov Wallace extends voter registration processing in six counties as civil rights efforts continue in Selma and Lowndes County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Knight
Montgomery
Ala
Martin Luther King Jr
King
Pennsylvania
George C. Wallace
Alabama
Dallas
Selma
Hayneville
Board of Registrars
Lowndes County
US Dist
Frank M. Johnson Jr
Subway Slayer Gives Up Amid Silent Subway Tragedy
Christopher Lynch, 17, 6 foot 4, surrendered to police and was charged with the subway slaying of Andrew Mormile, 17, as witnesses on a Manhattan bound car offered no testimony. Lynch’s sister blamed a nationalist group for his influence, while a companion held as material witness named Lynch as the killer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Christopher Lynch
Rother
Harlem
Brooklyn
Lynch
Andrew A. Mormile
Patricia Harris
Manhattan
Mormile
Clara
Andrew
Ford urges state control of school aid distribution
Arkansas Education Commissioner Arch Ford on Tuesday urged leaving school aid distribution to the state Board of Education and the Education Department rather than the General Assembly. He called for a simple law to authorize distribution without a complex funding formula like the 1965 legislature approved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock
State Board of Education
Education Department
General Assembly
Education
Arch Ford
Ford
Severe thunderstorm and tornado forecast for northeast Arkansas
The Weather Bureau warns of scattered severe thunderstorms with hail strong winds and possible tornadoes this Wednesday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. CST. The affected area spans 60 miles on either side of a line from 60 miles northwest of Memphis to 40 miles southeast of Louisville, including Clay Keene and Mississippi counties and parts of Randolph Craighead and Crittenden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock
U.S. Weather Bureau
Arkansas
Memphis, Tenn
Louisville
Clay, Keene
Mississippi
Randolph, Craighead
Crittenden Counties
Quentin Reynolds Dies in Sleep at Travis Base
World War II war correspondent and author Quentin Reynolds died in his sleep at Travis Air Force Base station hospital at age 62. He had fallen ill in Manila last week and was treated at Clark Air Force Base before traveling to Travis on a MATS evacuation. Assistant Secretary of Labor James J. Reynolds, his brother, visited him at the hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Travis Air Force Base
Calif
Quentin Reynolds
Travis Air Force Base Station
Reynolds
Manila
Clark Air Force Base Hospital
Philippines
Travis
Military Air Transport Service
James J. Reynolds
Washington
Travis Hospital
Canadians Join in Protest at U S Consulate
About 150 marchers, mostly youths, circled the U S consulate in Vancouver for an hour. They carried signs protesting treatment of Negroes in the Southern states and sang freedom songs. They asked U S Consul General Avery Peterson to meet with University of British Columbia students to discuss the Alabama situation. Peterson questioned the usefulness of answering the request.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vancouver
B.C
United States
U.S
Avery Peterson
University of British Columbia
Alabama
Peterson
Hope Junior High musical nets $65.50 profit at Friday show
An appreciative Hope community praised a Hope Junior High School production written and directed by Martin Pool Jr. with pantomime and dance. Students wore clever costumes and the show earned a profit of 65 dollars and 50 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hope Junior High School
Martin Pool Jr
Apportionment Ruling Assigns Task to Board Not Legislature
Arkansas Chan cery Judge Guy Williams ruled that the state Board of Apportionment, not the legislature, handles reapportionment of the General Assembly. Rep. Clark Kinney sued to determine authority as most reapportionment is due by June 15 under a federal court order. Atty. Gen. Bruce Bennett said the ruling aligns with Board thinking and it will be appealed to the Arkansas Supreme Court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock
Chancery
Guy Williams
State Board of Apportionment
Legislature
Arkansas General Assembly
Williams
Clark Kinney
Forrest City
Board of Apportionment
Kinney
Atty
Bruce Bennett
Arkansas Supreme Court
General Assembly
Unusual shell brought to Lewes school prompts evacuation
In Lewes England a pupil Andrew Beirne brought an 18 inch antiaircraft shell to class sparking evacuation of 245 pupils. Police and an army bomb disposal unit were called to handle the dud shell found buried in the garden. The boy claimed another shell existed at home and authorities removed it as well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewes
England
Andrew Beirne
Andrew
Doctors and Lawyers Top Wage Earners
A Labor Department study of 321 occupations shows physicians at the top with a median annual pay of 14 561 dollars, followed by business managers in banking and finance at 12 757 and lawyers at 10 587. The report notes education level generally drives salary, but exceptions exist such as locomotive engineers at 7 586 with under 10 years of schooling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Labor Department
Max Rutzick
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Rutzick
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Proving Ground
Cong
Yan
Eral
Subway
Bulletins
Jack Spates
F. T.D. Florist
Stuttgart
Woodmen
World Life Insurance Society
Ray Turner
Counsul
The
Y. C. Coleman
Will D. Flowers
Loverign
Leo Hartsfield
Fred ©. Ellis
Hope Federal Savings and Loan Association of Hope
Ark
United State Savings and Loan League
League
John W. Stadtler
Washington, D. C
Ellis
Organization
Chicago
Hempstead County
Richard Kitchens
Charles Kitchens
Sigma Tau Gamma
Arkansas State Teachers College
Conway
Texarkana Roots and Saddle Club
Four States Fairgrounds
Neil Gilbride
Labor
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