Highway Chief Oliver Resigns as Expected
Arkansas officials confirm highway director F. Oliver resigns effective April 30 to become highway adviser to the Thai government. Wayne Hampton says Ward Goodman will temporarily take over. Oliver, a 26 year veteran, had faced resignation rumors and declined to deny them.
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Little Rock
F. FR. Oliver
Highway Commission
Oliver
Thailand
Public Administration Service
Bureau of Public Roads
Iran
Arkansas Highway
Bureau
Wayne Hampton
Stuttgart
Ward Goodman
Commission
Hampson
Mack Sturgis
Hampton
Liver
Arkansas
Arkansas Weather Summary for Midweek
Weather station reports 24 hours ending 9 am Wednesday with high 72 and low 34 and a trace of precipitation. Arkansas outlook shows fair skies through Thursday with mild days and cool nights and highs in the 70s and lows near 40s. Western and southern Missouri expect partly cloudy skies with continued page three note.
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Arkansas
Wastern
Missouri
Woman to Lose Toes on One Foot in Yukon Rescue
Terri tAP reports Helena Klahen a 21 year old in Whitehorse will lose her five right toes after frostbite from a Yukon crash. Dr Nesta James says she can leave hospital soon as her broken left arm heals well and heels improve. Pilot Ralph Flores recovering from a broken nose jaw and frostbite. Flores wife and six children in San Bruno Calif. Pilot Jack McCallum reprimanded for risky landing. transport official says docked half a day's pay.逃
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Whitehorse
Yukon Territory
Helen Klahen
Brooklyn
Nesta James
Yukon
Dactas Meres
James
Miss Klaben
Ralph Flores
British Columbia
Miss .Klaben
San Bruno
Canada
Flores
Helen Klaben
A.L
Montainous
Yukon Wilds
Former Resident Emma Palmer Austin Dies at 31
Emma Jane Palmer Austin 31, formerly of this area, died Sunday in Terrell Texas. Survived by three sons Elmer Palmer Detroit Ray Palmer and Oscar Palmer San Diego, two daughters Mrs Edward May Palmos and Mrs Margaret Bailey Dallas, two brothers Clyde Hooper Odessa and Claud Hooper Dallas, two sisters Mrs Ada Mitchell Hot Springs and Mrs J Hamilton Vivian, Texas. Services held at 2 p m Wednesday at Herndon Cornelius Chapel by Rev A Kirby. Burial in Rocky Mavod Cemetery.
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Emma Jane Palmer Austin
Terrell
Texas
Elmer Palmer
Detroit
Ray
Pallas
Oscar Palmer
San Diego
Edward May
Palmos
Margaret Bailey
Dallas
Clyde Hooper
Odessa
Claud Hooper
Ada Mitchell
Hot Springs
J. . Hamilton
Vivian
Hell
Will Petition for Voter Registration in Arkansas
Rep. Hardy W. Croxton of Benton County said groups asked him to lead a petition movement to put a voter registration law on the November 1964 ballot. He plans a steering committee with leaders of organizations to ensure safeguards and prevent fraud, aiming for a permanent system modeled on his prior Arkansas bill.
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Little Rock
Hardy W. Croxton
Benton County
Croxton
General Assembly
U.S
Arkansas
Arkansas House
Journalism Discussed at Kiwanis Meet in Hope
Mrs McDowell Turner and five Hope high school journalism students spoke at the Kiwanis meeting arranged by Ben Owen. Turner Beaty Bagley discussed the national press convention in New York City where Hope Hi Light won second prize amid 5500 students nationwide. Jane Ellis Dora Ann King Jane Grigg presented vocal numbers. guests included Paul Ross Webb City and Frank King Hope.
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McDowell Turner
Hope Kiwanis Club
Ben Owen
Turner
Mary Ann Beaty
Sarah Bagley
New York City
Hope Hi-Light
Jane Ellis
Dora Ann King
Jane Grigg
Paul Ross
Webb City
Frank King
Hope
Unity Baptist to Hear Former Pastor
The Rev. Z. W. Swafford, former Unity Baptist pastor, will speak at 7 45 tonight during midweek prayer services. He attends the National Missionary Baptist Convention in Shreveport with local pastor Rev. Gordon Renshaw. Attending the convention yesterday from Hope were Mrs. Mike Schweiker Mrs. Billy Dan Jones and Mrs. Thurman Ridling.
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Z. W. Swafford
Unity Baptist Church
National Missionary Baptist Convention
Shreveport
Gordon Renshaw
Hope
Mike Schweiker
Billy Dan Jones
Thurman Ridling
Hempstead County Home Demonstration Council Spring Meeting
The Hempstead County Home Demonstration Council schedules its spring meeting for March 2 at the Experiment Station Hut. Mrs Polly Waldron director of Women's Activities at Radio Station WWE Shreveport will speak on poised personality. The meeting begins at 10 with lunch served. Waldron will speak in the afternoon.
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Hempstead County
Camden Pottery Returns To Production After Sale
Camark Pottery, Arkansas's largest pottery maker, resumes production in Camden after its sale to Wallace D. Hurley Sr. and W. A. Daniel. The firm had not operated for three months and normally employs about 50 people. Sale price was not disclosed. Camark serves national and international markets.
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Camden, Ark
Camark
Wallace D. Hurley Sr
W. A. Daniel
Camden
Arkansas
Gressle Carnes
Jack Carnes
Surley
Hurley
Nurley Company, Inc
Jury Deliberations Continue in Estes Fraud Trial in El Paso
In El Paso Texas jurors in the Billie Sol Estes fraud case asked the court to define fraud and conspiracy but showed no quick verdict. The mixed panel of 0 men and 2 women began deliberations at 11 15 a m weighing charges Estes bilked finance firms and buyers of over 20 million dollars through phony mortgage schemes. The judge noted possible first Negro foreman since Reconstruction era and urged acquittal if no fraud or good faith defense applies. Jurors spent nearly 10 hours deliberating and spent the night in city county buildings after the court recessed at 9 pm.
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EL Paso
Tex
Billie Sol Estes
Estes
U.S
Ewing Thomason
Texas
Thomason
Pecos
Parade to Start Local Cleanup Drive in Hope
A downtown Hope parade launches a clean up and paint up campaign on Monday April 1 led by Lynn Murphy scout executive as parade chairman. Citizens sign up at the chamber for the Clean up fix up contest with ward trophies and a $50 cash prize from Hope Federal Savings & Loans.
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Hope
Lynn Murphy
Scout
Hempstead County
Chamber
Hope Federal Savings & Loans
Don Mont-gomery
Students From Four Schools Attend State Convention
Hope Guernsey Blevins and Spring Hill students will attend a state wide student council convention in Fayetteville starting April 7. Hope Kiwanis Club voted 108 dollars to fund sending the students to the convention.
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Hope
Guernsey
Blevins
Spring Hill
Fayetteville
Hope Kiwanis Club
Saratoga Junior Class Play Friday Event Announcement
The Saratoga Junior Class presents Hessie of the Hills on Hillbilly Fare, March 28 at the near Gyan. Admission 2he aiue.
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Saratoga
Neares Gyan
Oklahoma men charged with fraud in Russellville case
Two Oklahoma men are jailed on charges of obtaining money by fraud and under false pretenses in Russellville. Thomas Bradshaw, 27, from Tahlequah, and Floyd Matthews, about 40, allegedly courted Mrs. J. A. Clifton and induced her to invest 1100 for return of 10 percent, with power of attorney signed over. Matthews had been arrested by Jim Morris for assault and battery in Muskogee, Mobley said.
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Russellvile, Atk
Oklahoma
Steff Mobley
Thomas A. Bradshaw
Ale Lequah
Okla
Floyd Matthews
J. A. Clifton
Russellville
Mobley
Matthews
Bradshaw
Clifton
Jim Morrist
Muskeogee
Lokla
Piney Woods Camporee at Narrows District Announcement
Piney Woods Camporee will be held March 29-30 at Narrows Lake Cowhide Cove in the new picnic area. Prescott district chairman THis Stewart announced the overnight event where every troop in the district gathers with leaders. Troops bring food and camp gear. Scouts arrive at 7 30 p.m. Friday. A general program and awards are planned and parents and friends may visit anytime.
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Piney Wood
Bay
Narrows Lake
Cowhide Cove
Stewart
Prescott
Lea Ders
Scouting
Anti-U S Riot By Brazil Reds Quickly Cooled
In Nitero, Brazil, a subdued Cuban solidarity conference backed Castro but was damped by anti-Communist pressure and a five-mile ferry rule. Gov. Lacerda blocked the pro Castro meeting in Rio de Janeiro and the police detained 53 delegates. The conference then opened in Niteroi with less fervor and a subdued opening address by Gen. Leite.
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Nitero
Brazil
Fidel Castro
Carlos Lacerda
Guanapara
Rio de Janeiro
Rio
Guanabara Bay
Lacerda
Guanabara
Niteroi
Badger Silveira
Congress
Castrolle
Francisco Jurlino
Luis Gonzaga Leite
Six Pine Bluff protesters to stay jailed after sit-in
Six members of the Pine Bluff Movement, Mildred Neal Shirley Baker James Jones Ruthie Buffington Spuruel Hicks and Leon Nash all 19 to 22, say they will remain in jail in Pine Bluff Arkansas until trial on charges from a hotel sit-in. They were booked for violating a private premises leave-on-request law and a loitering ordinance after the group reportedly reserved rooms by phone then sat in the lobby when refused. Police say they were arrested about three hours later. No trial date was set.
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Pine Bluff
Ark
Mildred Neal
Shirley Baker
James Jones
Ruthie Buffington
Spuruel Hicks
Leon Nash
Pine
Bluff
All Around Town Masons to Meet for Zone 84 Education Institute
Masons representing 23 Lodges in multiple counties will gather in DeIarks on March 28 for the Annual Zone 84 Masonic Education Institute with Zone Director Annie Boatright Jr. of Murfreesboro to attend. Reconciliation event at 3 pm after a Lodge Secretary's Conference in Spain, Florida. Also noted are school superintendent events in Little Rock, a rare bank collection called the Bridewell Dehelius Collection dating to the 15th century, and a Mass broadcast at KTAL on March 31.
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Little Rock
Hempstead
Sevier
Pike
Howard, Polk
Montgomery Counties
Dlerks
Masonic Education Institute
Annie Boatright Jr
Murfreesboro
Spain
Woman to Lead 1903 Cancer Crusade in Hempstead
Mrs. Carter Russell of 1612 Pocan St Hope will head the 1903 Cancer Crusade in Hempstead. She agreed to lead after cancer claimed 87 local lives in one year, with nationwide incidence expected to reach 46 million among living Americans. Funds support American Cancer Society research education and service programs.
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Mempstead
Carter Russell
Pocon St. Hope
Russell
Hempstead
American Cancer Society
Goldwater Says Desegregation Should Be State-run
In a Richmond News Leader letter, Sen. Barry Goldwater defends desegregation as a state matter with no federal intervention. He notes he paid NAACP dues and gave 400 in the 1950s to the Maricopa County NAACP chapter to aid desegregation in Phoenix, and says he has not supported the group since then.
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Richmond
Barry Goldwater
Arizona
Goldwater
NAACP
James J. Kilopatrick
Richmond News Leader
TF. J. Manhart
Nelson Rockefeller
New York
Manhart
Maricopa County
Aviz
Phoenix
Minstrel to Open Tuesday at Blevins
Hope Kiwanis Club presents its 20th annual minstrel show starting Tuesday at Blevins High School auditorium, then two performances in Hope April 4 and 5. Revenue supports the Blevins youth program. Miss Delaine Bonds stars with veteran cast in two numbers. Tickets are $1 adults, 50 cents students.
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Hope Kiwanis Club
Blevins High School
Blevins
Gale
Delaine Bonds
Tishamingo Bay
Hope
Kiwanis Club
It Was Mighty Pretty Line Meeting On 27th Avenue
A county work crews from suburban Opa-Locka started at one end of Avenue and repaved 27th Avenue while a Miami crew began at the other end. They met Monday after negotiations, with Opa-Locka continuing as city official Jimmy High commented on progress and durations.
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Miami
Ops-Locka
Opa-Locka
Shane
Jimmy High
Opa Locka City
New York Striking Photoengravers Near End of Shutdown
The Photoengravers Union is poised to ratify a tentative contract with Mayor Wagner and publishers, signaling restoration of Thursday editions across New York papers after a 110 day strike that halted eight dailies. If ratified, morning papers could resume first editions on the streets within hours.
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NEW York
New York City
Photoengravers
Robert F. Wagner
Frank McGowan
Walter N. Thayer
Herald ‘Tribune
Wagner
Three Killed in State Wrecks on Tuesday
The Associated Press reports Arkansas fatalities rose with three more deaths on Tuesday. A six year old boy named Clifford Rhodes was struck by a car on Highway 79 near Camden, while nine year old Betty Kennedy died after being hit on U S Highway 63 in Jonesboro. Rubin Cotten of Lonsdale died when his car was hit by a Missouri Pacific freight train near Hot Springs. The Camden victim Cledges Aikens, missing since Monday, was found in the Ouachita River. Lily Green, six, of Booneville died from injuries in a March 15 crash on Highway 19.
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Associated Press
Arkansas
Camden
Ouachita River
Clifford Rhodes
Johnny Strickland
Jimmy Rhodes
Rt. 1
Wanda Black
McNeil
Ark
Betty Kennedy
Jonesboro
Buren Jackson
L. N. Hockstetler
Rubin Cotten
Lonsdale
Hot Springs
Missouri, Pacific
Glenn Minton
Cotten
H. McSpadden
North Little Rock
Cledges Aiken
Jack Barger
Aikens
Mattie Mann
Lillian Ford
Lily Green
Booneville
Ralph Blythesaig
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Vuedian Department of Transport
W. L. Martel
Kiwanis Meet
Unity Baptist
HD Council
Camden Pottery
Piney Woods
Narrows
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