Soviet Union agrees to free U S fliers over East Germany
The Soviet Union will release two American airmen shot down March 10 over East German airspace, with the third crew member freed earlier. Secretary of State Dean Rusk announced on Face the Nation that the fliers would soon be back in the United States, noting no deal with East Germany. The airmen are Captains David J. Holland and Melvin J. Kessler and Lt. Harold W. Welch, all U S crew members of a reconnaissance plane. The United States had refused to deal with East Germany, maintaining the Soviets occupied East Germany. President Johnson provided no comment on Welch’s release.
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Washington
Soviet Union
East Germany
Dean Rusk
CBS
David J. Holland
Holland, Minn
Melvin J. Kessler
Philadelphia
Harold W. Welch
Detroit
Eas
Rusk
United States
Court Stands on Expense Ruling in Arkansas
Arkansas Supreme Court refused rehearing on a case challenging Act 399 of 1961. The court held that public officers may draw $150 monthly expense money if they certify expenses, finding Section 3 unconstitutional but upholding the remainder and severing the invalid portion.
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Little Rock
Arkansas Supreme Court
William M. Berry
Berry
Supreme Court
Weather Station Report for Arkansas
Weather data for 24 hours ending 7 am Monday shows high 64 and low 37. Partly cloudy to cloudy conditions with wind, warmer trend into Tuesday with scattered activity. Continue on Page Two.
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Mondus
Arkansas
Johnson era tensions rise in top U.S. team reshuffle
After four months signs of stress and change show in the Johnson administration. Johnson inherits as from Kennedy and plays to United Auto Workers amid Atlantic City speech. Senate civil rights talks extend, with 12 hour daily sessions. International scene includes seamen rescued, anti semitic concerns cited in Russia, and new Klan tactics.
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Johnson
John F. Kenneys
President Johnson
United Auto Workers
Atlantic City
Ku Klux Klan
International
Caribbean
Arkansas
Faubus predicts end to Arkansas session this week
Gov. Faubus says the legislature will pass a voter registration law and wind up the special session by week’s end as 17 other items face the call. He plans to address a joint session Tuesday and will attend the funeral of W. J. Denton in Memphis. A fatal train car crash near Paragould kills 15 year old David Nelson, with several injured, as the week sees multiple violent deaths in the state.
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Little Rock
Orval E. Faubus
General Assembly
Faubus
Wilson
W. J. Denton
Highway Commission
Memphis
David Nelson
Paragould
James Danley
Para Gould
Nelson
Hershel
Eugene Roswell
Marmaduke
Danley
Roswell
Sees Climb in World Cotton Trade
Washington AP report says the International Cotton Advisory Committee forecasts a rise in world cotton trade for the 1959 60 season. The gain rests on modest consumption growth in import countries and heavy buying by the Soviet Union Eastern Europe and Mainland China. U S exports are forecast at 5 2 million bales versus 3 4 million last season.
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Washington
International Cotton Advisory Committee
Soviet Union
Europe
China
United States
Funeral Services For Mrs Hughes Of Nashville
Mrs Mairie Haller Hughes 85 of Nashville died Friday at home. Funeral services were held Sunday in Nashville. Survivors include two sons Olin of Conany and Bill of Nashville, three daughters Mrs Edwin Stewart of Hope Miss Pearl Hughes of Texarkana and Miss Margaret Hughes of Nashville, plus a brother and a sister.
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Mamie Haller Hughes
Nashville
Olin of
Conany
Bill
Edwin Stewart
Hope
Pearl Hughes
Texarkana
Margaret Hughes
Final Rites Today for W. J. Denton
Wilson Ark AP Funeral services for William J Denton vice chairman of the state Highway Commission and Wilson businessman set at Wilson Methodist Church Denton 44 died Sunday in Memphis after a short illness He led Crain Company Osceola bank board member Craighead Rice Milling Co Blytheville Armorel Planting Co and served on the state Racing Commission He was appointed to the highway panel after the death of his brother in law John E Crain He was a noted amateur golfer with tour wins in Memphis and Little Rock Survived by wife Ruby Crain Denton a son Bitty and two daughters Sally and Kitty plus his parents two sisters and a brother.
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Crain Company
Wilson
Mississippi County Bank
Osceola
Craighead Rice Milling Co
Jonesboro
Armorel Planting Co
Blytheville
Denton
State Racing Commission
Highway Commission
John E. Crain
Memphis
Little Rock
Highway Department
Wilson Methodist Church
Ruby Crain Denton
Bitty
Sally
Kitty
Volcanic Ash Closes Streets in San Jose Area
Volcanic ash blanketed streets and buildings in San Jose as nearby towns reported loud underground rumblings. The ash cloud from the volcano near Rancho Re dondo disrupted daily life and prompted evacuation considerations for residents in surrounding areas.
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San Jose
Costa Rica
Traza Yole
Rancho Redondo
Vulcano
New Signs Replacing Stop Signs Downtown
The City Street Department is replacing all downtown stop signs with new 30 inch reflectorized signs. Old signs were 24 inches and nonreflective. The city plans three more years of replacements, having completed about one third so far, prioritizing the oldest and most damaged signs.
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City Street Department
Obituary notice for Nobie E. Jones 84 in Hope
Nobie E. Jones of Hope, 84, a Hempstead County resident and First Baptist Church member, died Sunday in a Hope hospital. Survived by four sons, five daughters, siblings, and many grandchildren. Funeral at 3 pm Monday at Hope First Baptist Church, Dr. Ballentine officiating. burial in Hill Cemetery. Directed by Herndon Cornelius Funeral Home.
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Nobie Jones
Nobie E. Jones
Hope
Hempstead County
Hope Hospital
Hope First Baptist Church
George Ballentine
Ehe Hill Cemetery
Herndon Cornelius
Johnson Calls for Warm War for Well Being
President Johnson addressed three thousand delegates at the United Auto Workers convention in Atlantic City pledging a "warm party war" for the public good. He urged passage of the civil rights bill and medical assistance for the aged while noting labor backing for his expected Democratic nomination. Reuther noted higher auto industry productivity than official figures amid contract talks.
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Big
Labor
United Auto Workers Union
Atlantic City
Johnson
UAW
Reuther
Jed. Johnson
Jonson
Council of Economic Advisers
Walter P. Reuther
Nehru urges Pakistan to join effort to halt riots
Indian Prime Minister Nehru asks Pakistan to engage with India in stopping Hindu Muslim riots that have killed about 200 in eastern India. He writes to President Ayub Khan urging immediate talks between home ministers as a first step. Exile flows and refugees from East Pakistan cited.
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New Delhi
India
Nehru
Pakistan
Mohammed Ayub Khan
Ayub Khan
Wast Pakistan
East Pakistan
Gutzari la
Nanda
Reds Recapture Fleeing Man After Harbor Swim
In Cape Town, CAPE TOWN, South Africa, Soviet seamen recaptured the chief mate of the Vladivos, who jumped from the whaling vessel and swam toward a nearby Japanese trawler. The captain said the man deranged after a long Antarctic voyage and had been under guard and medical care for months.
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Cape Town
South Africa
Vladivos
Rawler
All Around Town Fay etteville Ledger Highlights
At a Fay etteville meeting J. Lowder of the State Highway Department spoke at the 9th annual Highway Short Course. Attendees included John Hawkins E D Christian Don Walker and Ted Maryman. Induction orders were issued for Marvin Conway and George I Merlin Johnson for April 8 with others set for physical exams. A Hope High graduate Karan Sheppard featured in Miss Arkansas Baptist Nursing Servel and aiming for Miss Little Rock. Crain Chemical appointed Joe Downs as assistant area manager. Desert exercise at Twentynine Palms involved Marine Pvt Richard P Leonard. Joe H Duffie attended a U S Army retreat near Seoul. Whitfield Masonic Lodge plans a March 24 Entered Apprentice degree. Webb Laseter returned from New Orleans collection agents’ meeting. St Michaels Hospital in Ikana treated Brew Underwents.
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Fayetteville
J. . Lowder
State Highway Department
College Fee Engineering
John Hawkins
E. D. Christian
Don Walker
Ted Maryman
Richard P. Leonard
Russell Leonard
Hope Rt. 1
Twentynine Palms
Calif
Joe H. Duffie
Simon Duffie Jr
Hope Rt
U.S. Army
Seoul
Korjee
Army
Fort Ord
Foreman Drops From Jack Ruby Case Over Family Disputes
Houston attorney Percy Foreman says he is pulling out of the Jack Ruby case due to disagreements with Ruby's family. Foreman, who succeeded Melvin Belli as chief defense counsel, announced the change days after taking over last week.
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Dallas
Houston
Percy Foreman
Jack Ruby
Ruby
Foreman
Melvin Belli
Lee Harvey Oswald
Bodcaw Creek Bridge Completed Near Hope
Construction of a reinforced concrete and structural steel bridge across Bodcaw Creek on Highway 160 southeast of Bradley is finished. The project cost about 146,500 and was built by R. Davis Bridge Construction Co. of Stamps. Davis also won the contract for a 270 foot reinforced concrete single span bridge across McKinney Bayou on Highway 82 near Texarkana, with work to begin soon.
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HOPE
Bodcaw Creek
Highway 160
Bradley
R. Davis Bridge Construction Co
Stamps
Davis’ Firm
McKinney Bayou
Texarkana
Fuelure
Winthrop Rockefeller Endorsed by Arkansas Republicans
The Arkansas GOP executive committee unanimously endorsed Winthrop Rockefeller for governor. The vote also backed a permanent voter registration system with strong anti fraud safeguards, adopting 12 measures from the Arkansas Municipal League. The committee deferred a ruling on the 4th District representative. State committee meets April 4.
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Little Rock
Arkansas Republican Party
Winthrop Rockefeller
William Spicer
Fort Smith
GOP
Togetter
Arkansas Municipal League
Warren Liebling
Pine Bluff
Ike Carter
Benton
State Committee
Tokyo Traffic Union strikes halt city transit
The 17,000 member Tokyo traffic labor union staged a three hour walkout immobilizing city streetcars, buses and subways and delaying about 300,000 commuters in protest of a plan to reduce operating expenses.
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Tokyo
Tokyo Traffic Labor Union
O E Hartsfield Dies in Texas at Age 64
Olin E. Hartsfield aged 64 died March 22 in Houston Texas. A former Hempstead County resident, he lived there most of his life until moving to Houston about 15 years ago. He is survived by wife Mittie Robinson Hartsfield four sons and four daughters, plus siblings. Funeral at 2 30 pm Wednesday March 25 at Holly Grove Methodist Church with burial in Holly Grove Cemetery.
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Olin E. Hartsfield
Houston
Texas
Hempstead County
Mittie Robinson Hartsfield
Neil Hartsfield
Port Lavaca
George
Alfred
Denver
Calo
Mark Hartsfield
Nashville
Tenn
Lucille
Ft. Worth
Tex
Supreme Court Rules Castro Seizure Not For US Courts
The U S Supreme Court ruled 8 1 that U S courts cannot hear the case over Fidel Castro s expropriation of Cuban property owned by Americans The decision by Justice John M Harlan leaves possible New York court rulings on related contract and conversion issues in the case open while a broader precedent for similar disputes looms The ruling rejects lower court interpretations that seizure of the Cuban property violated international law while noted elements of ongoing litigation potential recovery of 175 250 in proceeds from a sugar cargo remain.
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Washington
Fidel Castro
U. S. Supreme Court
High Court
U.S
Cuba
John M. Harlan
Byron R. White
United States
Supreme Court
U.S. District Court
New York
New York an. _ What the Supreme Court
Two Death Sentences Affirmed in 1963 Drew County Case
Arkansas Supreme Court upheld death sentences for two Drew County African American defendants convicted of raping a 23 year old white woman on February 16, 1963. The court rejected race bias and other reversal grounds, noting few peremptory challenges used and upholding rulings on change of venue, joint defense, and confession admission.
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Little Rock
Arkansas Supreme Court
Drew County
Orion Trotter
Albert Harris
Supreme Court
Carleton Harris
Trotter
Harris
Chester McCaskill Dies in California
Chester McCaskill, 59, of Santa Monica California, died Wednesday at home. Born in Hempstead County he moved from McCaskill Arkansas to California in 1954 and was a Masonic Lodge member. Surviving are his wife a daughter Mrs Sam C Smith of Fayetteville Arkansas a brother Gus McCaskill of Prescott two sisters Mrs Dora Wortham of Hope and Mrs H B Ele of Nashville Arkansas. Funeral services 2:30 p.m. Monday at Friendship Church in Hempstead County. Burial in Friendship Cemetery under Cornish Mortuary Service.
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Chester McCaskill
Santa Monica
Calif
McMaskill
Hempstead
McCaskill
Ark
California
Masonic Lodge
Sam C. Smith
Fayetteville
Gus McCaskill
Prescott
Dora Wortham
Hope, Ark
H. B. Ele
Nashville
Friendship Church
Hempstead County
Friendship Cemetery
Cornish Mortuary Service
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H. D. Ward
First Baptist Church
Dale
J. W. and
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Lyle Jones
Alexandria
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Jack Beaty
Harold Porterfield
Dale Askew
Lake Charles
James Bowden
Shreveport
Meredith Gumby
Emmet
Lena Allen
Otis Breed
Clifton Breed
Castro
Conrad Fine
Marvin Conway
George I Merlin Johnson
Henry Lee Phillips
George Lewis Ross
Spence Hall Jr
Leon Maxwell
Willie James Agee
Charles Edward Souter
Sam Lee Stewart
James Edward Carrigan
James Henry Watson
Marvell Smith
George Edward Cheatham
James Earl Dillard
Johny Lavone Henagan
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Charles Dana Carver
High Allen Wilson
Karan Sheppard
Hope High
Arkansas Baptist Nursing School
Miss Arkansas Baptist Nursing Servel
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Patmos
Crain Chemical Company
Joe Downs
Southwest Arkansas
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Masonic Lodge No.239
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