Hope Rotary Mountaineering Slides Draw Crowd at Luncheon
At the Town and Country luncheon on March 9 the Hope Rotary Club viewed colored slides by Tom McRae of Texarkana showing climbs in Tanganyika Africa and British Columbia. The African Kilimanjaro scenes include local figure Bill Butler. Robinson Peak in the Canadian Rockies also featured. McRae, a Model Cities Program worker and Rotarian, was joined by Texarkana Rotarian George Peck and visiting Rotarians Robert Gullett Prescott and John Hartsfield Little Rock. Past-president Benny Coleman presided as guests Dr. A. E. Eimert U of A Department of Agriculture, Mike Kelly, Kenneth McMurrough, and Pete Shields Jr. attended.
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Hope Rotary Club
Tom McRae
Texarkana
Tanganyika
Africa
British Columbia
Canada
Mt. Kilimanjaro
Bill Butler
Mt. Robinson
Canadian Rockies
Mr. McRae
George Peck
Hope Club
Robert Gullett
Prescott
John Hartsfield
Little Rock
Diverse Local Notices and Personal News Items
Community calendar notes from Bethel Church and Southeast Extension Homemakers club sessions. Personal mention covers Arthur Stroughter’s illness recovery and Clifton Casteel’s NBC Today Show appearance discussing dropout rehabilitation and his academic and career milestones across Oklahoma and Louisiana.
Unity in Christ service aims to ease Texarkana racial tension
About 2,000 people heard the Rev. Jim Garrett urge overcoming hatred and fear at a Unity in Christ service organized by the Texarkana Ministerial Alliance. Black and white leaders from Arkansas and Texas attended after recent church burnings and border-city tensions. Five ministers participated in the inclusive event described as a giant rescue mission.
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Texarkana
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Jim Garrett
Garrett
Unity In Christ
Union Seeks Ruling Reversal in Rail Strike Case
The United Transportation Union asks the Court of Appeals to overturn a lower court ruling that a selective walkout against two rail firms would violate the Railway Labor Act. The dispute centers on whether a nationwide strike is required or can be limited to specific carriers.
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Neil Gilbride
Washington
United Transportation Union
Court of Appeals
Burlington & Northern
Milanuc
Congress
Soulehob Fei Traumnen
Jurors Differ on Issues in Calley Case
Jurors in the William Calley murder trial wrestle over the first of four counts as they rehear prosecution testimony. They show heated debates in the deliberation room while the case centers on My Lai shootings and orders given by Calley.
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Harry F. Rosenthal
Associated Press
FT. Benning
William Calley Jr
Calley
My Lai
Paul David Meadle
Indiana
Trail Group
Meadle
Charles Sledge
James Durst
George Latimer
Albert Ledebuhr
Soviet boost of Egypt air defenses reported by U.S. intel
U S intelligence reports indicate the Soviet Union has added about 90 MIG21 interceptors to Egypt since late last year. Egypt's air force now includes 220 MIG21s 206 MIG17s M I G16s and 120 SU-7s with Russian built aircraft strengthening ground support capabilities.
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Fred 8. Hoffman
Washington (Ap
Soviet Union
Egypt
U.S
Soviets
Pentagon
Fair Skies Expected Across Arkansas With Cold Front
The Associated Press reports mostly fair skies across Arkansas with cooler temperatures tonight and Tuesday as a cold front moves south. Northwest Arkansas saw the front this morning and it is due to reach Louisiana late today or tonight. Tonight’s low temperatures range from the upper 20s in the northwest to the mid 40s in the south. Highs today were in the 50s and low 60s, with Tuesday's highs in the upper 40s north to the 50s south.
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Arkansas
Louisiana
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Bill Wray
Ester Hicks
Henry Wheeler Shaw
Bethel A.M. E
EHM Club
Southeast Extension Homemakers Club
W. T. Keys
Minervia Snowden
Arthur Stroughter, Sr
Fannie Alexander
Hope
Wisley Hospital Room
Pavnelian
Wichita, Kan
Idabel
Casteel
Central State College
Edmond
Oklahoma
Beggs
PW. Woolworth Stores
Dallas
F Texas
New Orleans
Castel
Boulevard School
Delteison Farish
Jefferson Bye
Marth
Charles Luna
Hope (Ark.) Star
Russia
T.V
Safeway
Gan
USDA
Belair
Harvest Brand
Fran
Ayears
Gerber
Dprmitet
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