Blue Books and the Old Road Maps of America
Nostalgic column recalls pre numbered roads and Blue Books used before service stations and route signs. It notes double odometers, regional Blue Books, and the 1914 Allegheny county map by William B. Akin that spurred state highway numbering, shaping today’s crosscountry travel.
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Higneys
Petroleum Today
Red Barn
Robert F. Scott
Pennsylvania
Wilkes- Barre
New York
Philadelphia
Harrisburg
Arkansas
Little Rock
Hope
Baird
Pittsburgh
William B. Akin
America
DAR to Show Washington Slides.
Joh Cain Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution presents color slides of Washington on April 4 at 2 30 p m at the Town and Country. Proceeds support the National Program Committee and the America Heritage Committee. Guests are invited to attend and share coffee. hostesses are Mesdames Keesey Watkins Turner and Miss Twitchell.
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Joh Cain
Daughters of the American Revolution
National Program Committee
DAR America Heritage Committee
Friends of
DAR
Washington Restoration Foundation
John Cain
Joe Keesey
Dick Watkins
Ray Turner
Mamie Twitchell
Weather report from Associated Press Central Arkansas
Weather Experiment Station report for 24 hours ending at 7 a.m. Tuesday shows a high of 70 and low of 44 with .26 inch precipitation. Central Arkansas remains cloudy and cool with occasional light rain or drizzle mainly in the south. tonight ends with clearing to partly cloudy conditions and a continuation on Page two.
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Associated Press
Central Arkansas
Future tax hike and space age headlines tease a strange era
AP dispatches describe a 2965 United Nations Zurbra raising the graduated income tax to 98 percent for families earning over 1 million a year. Other items report a 500th birthday celebration in Russia, a 12 675 story glass‑wool hotel in Miami Beach with suites up to 7500 a day, and a cure breakthrough for the common cold.
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New York
United Nations
Zurbra
Zubra
Moscow
Miami Beach
Washington
U.S. Public Health Service
Los Angeles
Hollywood
Laneburg to Hold Annual Basketball Banquet Friday
Laneburg will host its annual basketball banquet Friday night April 2 at 7 30 in the school gymnasium. Tickets cost 1 00 per person and are available from the Sr. Boys Basketball team the cheerleaders or at the door. Everyone is invited.
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Laneburg
British Feel Blast Ended Peace Talks
London officials warned the Saigon bombing could derail early Viet Nam peace talks. Prime Minister Wilson’s government expects American retaliation on a massive scale and fears a campaign of terror against South Vietnamese civilians. The attack follows a lull in Viet Cong activity and precedes a broad peace initiative.
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London
U.S
Saigon
Britain
Harold Wilson
South Viet Nam
Viet Nam
Capitol Club Decision Delayed in Arkansas
Gov. Orval Faubus said he will act on 1966 legislative bills before deciding the Capitol Club cafeteria status. He will answer a request from ministers to reopen on an integrated basis. The cafeteria has been closed after a mixed group attempted to dine there three times.
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Little Rock
Orval E. Faubus
General Assembly
Capitol Club
Faubus
Western Day Designated in Hope School System
Hope School System proclaims Western Day for Thursday April 2 with students and teachers in Western regalia. A parade and rodeo are planned for Friday and Saturday with prizes for the best dressed westerner in each school.
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Hope
Resignation of Hope Elementary Supervisor L F Slatton
Superintendent James H. Jones announced the resignation of L F Slatton effective June 30. Slatton will become Elementary Supervisor for Pine Bluff Schools after four years in the Hope system. He praised coworkers and the district while noting career advancement and financial benefits.
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James H. Jones
L. F. Slatton
Slatton
Pine Bluff
Hope
Board of Education
Supt. Jones
Statton
Jones
Hope Elementary
Witnesses Hear District Supervisor at Louisiana Assembly
Jehovah's Witnesses from Hope attended a circuit assembly in Minden Louisiana. Willie Anderson district supervisor for a ten state area spoke on The Moral Breakdown What Can Be Done About It.
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Jehovah's Witnesses
Hope
Minden
Louisiana
Witnesses
Willie Anderson
Arkansas
Three men escape Logan County Jail during burglary case
Three inmates charged with burglary and grand larceny escaped from Logan County Jail by breaking a cell lock and fleeing via the roof. Identified were Roy Compton, 37, Magazine. Howard Reed, 32, Muldrow Oklahoma. and Charles Reed, 53, Sikeston Missouri, brothers of Ralph Compton, 20, Plano Texas, who was captured in a related burglary attempt near Clark March 17.
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Paris
Ark
Logan County
Pete Carter
Carter
Roy Compton
Magazine
Howard Reed
Muldrow Okla
Charles Reed
Sikeston
Reeds
Arkansas
Missouri
Ralph Compton
Plano
Tex
Paul Dunn
Dunn
Qeark
Un-American Group Votes to Probe Klan
The House Committee on Un-American Activities voted unanimously to investigate Ku Klux Klan activities. Chairman Edwin FE Willis cited a staff study showing secret Klan groups commit shocking crimes. The panel will also probe Black Muslims American Nazi Party and Minute Men.
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Washington
House Committee On Un-American Activities
Edwin FE. Willis
D-La
Willis
Nazi Party
The
Minute Men
Johnson
Reversal Sought in Arkansas Libel Judgment
Little Rock attorney Tom Eisele asked the Arkansas Supreme Court to overturn a $75,000 libel judgment against former Morriston publisher Gene Wirges. He argued the suit failed to prove a case and that articles did not identify Brewer or target his office. The December 1962 series led to prior rulings, including $200,000 against Wirges in a separate county case.
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Little Rock
Tom Eisele
Supreme Court
Morriston
Eisele
Gene Wirges
C. C. Brewer
Conway
Wirges
Morriston Democrat
Tom Scott
Brewer
Charles Eddy
Eddy
Foreign Aid Bill Split Its Defeated
Senate Foreign Relations Committee split over the administration’s 3.4 billion foreign aid package with a 9 to 4 vote to pursue a one package bill and bypass Fulbright’s push for separate economic and military aid measures. Fulbright declined to sponsor the package, hoping Sparkman would take the task. Supporters include Clark, Aiken, and Long. opponents include Morse, Lausche, Church, Dodd, and others.
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Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
J.W. Fulbright
D-Ark
Fulbright
Senate
John J. Sparkman
Ala
Joseph S. Clark
George D. Aiken
R-Vt
Russell B. Long
Wayne Morse
D-Ore
Frank J. Lausehe
Ohio
Frank Church
Idaho
Thomas H. Dodd
D-Conn
Bourke B. Hickenlooper
Iowa
John J. Williams
R-Del
Karl E. Mundt
R-S.d
Frank Carlson
R-Kan
Clifford P. Case
N.J
Wallace Reverses, Meets Integrated Group on Alabama Race
Gov George Wallace to meet an integrated civil rights leaders group in Montgomery to discuss Alabama racial tensions as Dr Martin Luther King Jr attends Viola Liuzzo funeral in Detroit. King critics question nationwide boycott while Ku Klux Klan probes loom and four Klansmen face charges in Liuzzo slaying.
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Montgomery
Ala
George C. Wallace
Alabama
Martin Luther King Jr
Detroit
Viola Gregg Liuzzo
Selma
Liuzzo
Wallace
Jacob Javits
R-Ny
King
Washington
House Committee On UN- American Activities
William M. Colmer
Dmiss
House
Liusso
National Guard Bureau
George Wallace
Sam J. Ervin Jr
Dn.c
Johnson
Youth Service at Pentecost Church Set Thursday
Special youth services at First United Pentecostal Church of Hope on Thursday at 7 30 p m with Rev Mervyn Miller former Camden United Pentecostal Church pastor now missionary to the British Isles as speaker Rev B W Lane pastor and Mrs Kenneth Williams youth leader invite all to attend
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First United Pentecostal Church of Hope
Mervyn Miller
Camden United Pentecostal Church
British Isles
B. W. Lane
Kenneth Williams
Welcome All
Explosion at Saigon embassy kills an American woman
An enormous blast at the U S Embassy in Saigon results in the death of an American woman and at least four Vietnamese. The incident dominates AP News Digest with other political and civil rights developments across the United States.
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U.S
Saigon
Masonic Institute Set for Murfreesboro April First
Zone Director Simeon Pintado announces the 10th annual Masonic Zone Institute will be held in Murfreesboro on April 1 with registration at 2 p m The Zone includes lodges in Little River Hempstead Sevier Howard Pike Polk and Montgomery Counties. March Ward of the Month winners include Ward 1 A W T Morley Ward 1 Donnie Hamilton Ward 2 Walter Miller Jr Ward 3 R M Harrison and Ward 4 Mrs R P Barlow. John H Stephens Crittenden County Agent since 1941 announced retirement March 15 He joined the Extension Service in 1957 and is a Hempstead County native born in Blevins. Brenda Evans daughter of Mr and Mrs Carl Evans accompanied the Southern State College choir on its Spring tour. Kay Bell Henderson State Teachers College junior music major attended a state MENC convention in Little Rock and was elected Henderson president of the chapter.
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Murfreesboro
Simeon A. Pintado
Glenwood
Little River
Hempstead
Sevier
Howard
Pike
Polk
Montgomery Counties
A. W. T. Morley
Edgewood
Donnie Hamilton
West 15Th
Walter Miller Jr
S. Hervey
R. M. Harrison
W. Avenue C
R. P. Barlow
West Ave
John H. Stephens
Crittenden County
Extension Service
Stephens
University of Arkansas
Hempstead County
Blevins
Marion
Arkansas
Carl Evans
Hope Rt. 4
Southern State College
Bald Knob
Bryant
Calico Rock
Dora
Southern Baptist College
Hope High
Chi Alpha
Henderson State Teachers College
Kay Bell
Little Rock
J. G. Bell
East 15Th St
Hope
Henderson
Air Force Promotion for John E Clark at Little Rock AFB
John E Clark son of Mr and Mrs Burley Clark has been promoted to staff sergeant in the U S Air Force at Little Rock AFB Arkansas He attended Ben Ban is High School in Indianapolis Indiana and is married to Frances Howard daughter of Mr and Mrs J C Howard of Prescott Route 1
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John E. Clark
Burley Clark
Plaine Field
Ind
U. S. Air Force
Little Rock Afb
Ark
Ben Banis High School
Indianapolis
Frances Howard
J. C. Howard
Prescott Rt. 1
Bombing of U S Embassy in Saigon Kills 17
A car bomb detonated before the U S Embassy in Saigon killing at least 17 and wounding about 151. The blast shattered windows and infrastructure, with Americans among the dead and many foreigners injured. A terrorist driven Citroen carried the charge. Viet Cong claimed responsibility amid calls for escalation.
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Malcolm W. Browne
Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
U.S. Army
United States
Viet Nam
Hanoi
Clark Air Base
Philippines
Snow Tapers in Northeast Amid Storm Wide Impacts
A spring snow storm hit New England and upstate New York Monday with 8 inch totals in parts of New England and four inches in Boston disrupting traffic. The system caused two road deaths and was followed by warm air and rain raising flood risks in the Midwest and southern states.
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Associated Press
Texas
New England
New York
Massachusetts
Boston
Midwest
Upstate
Weather Bureau
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Chile
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China
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Neb
Mars
J. Edgar Hoover
Department of Investigation
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Un-American
Klan
Kings
Pentecost Church
AP News Digest
Dean Burch
Humbert H. Humphrey
White House
Lincoln Memorial
New York City
Fort Smith
Springdale
J. William Fulbright
Brenda Evans
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