Silly Goose and Groaning Geese Reflect Spring Delays
An AP report from Sidney Iowa notes hundreds of thousands of geese and ducks halt in Midwest grain fields due to a deep freeze and late grass growth. The piece wryly contrasts goose navigation with human politics, touching on Wilbur Mills and Medicare, and warns the Social Security funding arc may rise beyond promised 10 percent payroll tax.
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Associated Press
Sidney
Iowa
Canada
Midwest
Arkansas
Wilbur Mills
Ways & Means Committee
House
Mills
S.S
Social Security
U S approves Arkansas land addition to White River Refuge
The Interior Department announced the federal government has approved adding 535 acres to the White River Refuge in Arkansas. The action was disclosed on Wednesday.
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Washington
White River Refuge
Arkansas
Interior Department
Weather Station Report Forecast for Missouri
Weather Experiment Station report notes 21 hours ending 7 a m Friday with high 37 and low 33 inches of precipitation .57 for the period and 1 12 inches in two days. Forecasts eastern and southern Missouri call for fair to partly cloudy weather through Saturday with some improvement expected.
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Missouri
Stingy Stage: Hal Boyle On Thrift After Free-Wheeling Years
In a humorous column Hal Boyle notes a shift after youth toward thrift and hoarding. He mocks the “stingy stage” as a sensible thrift mindset, citing saving habits, avoiding night life, and a closet full of old clothes from eras past. He reflects on possessions shaping status and a return to frugality.
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Adolf Hitler
Bombay
Arkansan Cowling Elected Gulf States Architect Director
Dan C. Cowling of Little Rock Arkansas was elected director of the Gulf States Region of the American Institute of Architects at a meeting in Biloxi Mississippi Thursday. The 1965 conference will be hosted by Hot Springs Arkansas.
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Arkansan
No FHA Loans to Septic Tank Users in Hot Springs
Gaither C. Johnston of FHA announced septic tanks in Hot Springs would not qualify for mortgage insurance. He warned tanks fail where homes cluster and advised lenders of the policy after rejecting a local application. Mayor Dan Wolfe said the city would extend sewer service to fringe areas to align with the rule.
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Little Rock
Hot Springs
Arkansas
Federal Housing Administration
Gaither C. Johnston
FHA
Dan Wolfe
Wolfe
Special Service Draws Large Crowds at Methodist Church
About 300 people attended last night’s service at the Methodist Church with additional listeners on KXAR Radio. Jimmie Karam of Little Rock shared his conversion story and urged others to seek peace through faith. Rev. Willhite, Hope Ministerial Alliance president, said turnout showed interest in more such meetings and plans are being discussed for future gatherings.
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Methodist Church
KXAR
Jimmie Karam
Little Rock
Jesus
Mr. Karam
Jimmie Karams
Rev
Willhite
Hope Ministerial Alliance
Hope
M. A
Arkansan Killed in C130 Crash in France
Seven U S Air Force crew members died when a C130 transport crashed near Alencon France during stormy low level exercises The Arkansan victim was Cant Tem Britt of Hope Ark The crash may have been caused by striking a high tension wire Britt was 32 33 Born in Hope Ark married to Martha Jane Hamilton He leaves a wife two sons a daughter and parents in Hope Funeral plans were unissued
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France
Arkansan
Here
Cant Tem Britt
Hope
Ark
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Pone Air Force Base
Fayetteville
N. C
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Martha Jane Hamilton
Paragould
North Carolina
Air Force
Hope High School
University of Arkansas
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Tommy Jr
Scott Britt
Dale Lee Britt
N.C
Parens
John L. Britt
Wilson Britt
Johnny Britt
Texarkana
Stella Britt
Spring Brings Frigid Turn in Arkansas Weather
The U S Weather Bureau forecast a colder night with a warming trend by Saturday. Light snow fell in Fayetteville and Washington County schools closed as roads iced over. Northwest and north central Arkansas faced icy, hazardous conditions though no roads were officially closed.
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Associated Press
U.S. Weather Bureau
Fayetteville
Washington County
State Highway Department
Arkansas
Benton
Madison
Washington
Carroll
Weather Bureau
Bills seek ongoing funding for Arkansas River work
Arkansas lawmakers introduced identical Senate and House measures to authorize Army Engineers to seek extra appropriations starting July 1. The bills would add 115 million dollars for the Arkansas River project and 1 million for the Ouachita River to prevent work stoppages if funding lapses. With 26.6 million left in authorizations and 140.9 million budgeted for the year, contracts totaling 114.3 million could be delayed without new authorizations.
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Arkansas
Arkansas River
Senate
House
Congress
Ouachita River
Arkla to Build Gas Pipeline Across Arkansas River
Army Engineers said Arkla applied for a permit to lay a four inch gas pipeline across the old south channel of the Arkansas River west of O Kane Island in Franklin and Logan counties.
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Little Rock
Army Engineers
Arkansas Louisiana Gas Co
Arkansas River
O'Kane Island
Franklin
Logan Counties
Deep North Vietnam raid marks record penetration
US Navy jet bombers hit four radar stations along the North Vietnamese coast, the deepest strike yet in the series since February 7. Two Navy planes were shot down in the Gulf of Tonkin, four pilots rescued unhurt, with several other aircraft damaged. Stations near Bach Long Island and within 80 miles of the Chinese border were reported heavily or moderately damaged. MIG interceptors are known to operate from Hainan.
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Malcolm W. Browne
Saigon
South Viet Nam
North Viet Nam
China
Hainan Island
Gulf of Tonkin
U.S. Navy
Bach Long Island
Hainan
Big Island
HD Members Hear Planting Discussion
Home Demonstration club members gathered for a March meeting at the Experiment Station Hut. Monty Monts led horticultural guidance on roses and lawns, pruning practices, fertilizing, disease prevention, and new products including a nematode killer. The program also covered wardrobe philosophy, county leadership introductions, and plans for Omelet Day and a spring pot luck lunch.
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Monty Monts
Monts
Ernest Graham
Graham
Ernest Ridghill
Council Home Demonstration
Arnold Middlebrooks
Roscoe Bowden
O. B. Hodnett
Jack Huckabee
Tory Burson
C. L. Roberts
Ned Purtle
C. R. Snelgrove
Klansmen Arrested in Ambush Slaying of Woman in Alabama
In Alabama a case involving Klansmen accused in the ambush slaying of a woman emerges amid a broader war of rhetoric. The article ties the incident to ongoing tensions and U S political actions during the Vietnam conflict as President Johnson signals openness to negotiations and addressing peace prospects.
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Alabama
Liuzzo death shocks nation amid civil rights turmoil
Viola Gregg Liuzzo wife of a Detroit union official is shot to death in her car along the Selma Montgomery march route. President Johnson orders an end to job discrimination in federal agencies after a report shows Southern offices hire too few Negroes. Special elections tied to a new voting rights law are urged by Negro groups.
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Viola Gregg Liuzzo
Detroit
Johnson
Viet Nam
Sneaky Hit-Run Pigeon Feeders Alarm Pasadena Officials
Pasadena planning chief Don Kay urged plainclothes police on streets to curb unlawful pigeon feeding. He described the feeders as sly and a pedestrian hazard under a city law that bans feeding pigeons on public sidewalks. No injuries reported.
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Pasadena
Calif
Don Kay
Planning Commission
Kay
Hope Chapter to Attend 1965 State Convention at Robinson Auditorium
Six thousand ninety girls will attend the 15th annual state convention this weekend with Dr. John Furbay as the keynote speaker. Hope Chapter members and advisors will participate, while Spring Hill hosts a sports supper to aid basketball warmups. An egg laying record and local honors also appear among community items.
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Hope
Robinson Auditorium
Citizenship For World Peace
John Furbay
Marilyn Aillen
Pat Allen
Georgie Cooley
Ruth Ferguson
Susie Gray
Margie Herndon
Linda Langston
Nancy Langston
Freida Middlebrooks
Barbara Piercy
Shelia Powers
Jeannie Saunders
Spring Hill
Four Klansmen Arrested in Liuzzo Slaying Conspiracy
President Johnson announced in Washington that four Ku Klux Klan members from the Birmingham area were arrested by FBI agents in Birmingham on federal conspiracy charges in the ambush slaying of Detroit mother of five Viola Gregg Liuzzo after a Montgomery civil rights march. The men, Eugene Thomas, William Oriville Eaton, Gary Thomas Rose, and Collie Le Roy Wilkins Jr., face immediate arraignment and trial. The case underscores federal pursuit of civil rights crimes and the Klan’s long history of violence.
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Johnson
Ku Klux
Alabama
Detroit
Montgomery
Ala
FBI
Viola Gregg Liuzzo
Atty
Nicholas Katzenbach
J. Edgar Hoover
Klan
Enemies of Justice
United States of America
Eugene Thomas
Bessemer
William Oriville Eaton
Gary Thomas Rose
Birmingham
Collie LeRoy Wilkins Jr
Fairfield
Lowndesboro
Here
Washington
Cold unsettled weather dominates the nation today
A windy, cold, and cloudy pattern spread from the Appalachians to the Rockies. Snow and sleet fell from western Pennsylvania to southern Missouri with lighter accumulations in the eastern Great Lakes and the Midwest. Temperatures ran 15 to 30 degrees below normal and northern areas saw continued below-zero cold. Thunderstorms and heavy rains hit from Virginia to Louisiana and Kentucky to Alabama.
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