Agriculture Bill Okayed by Committee
The House Appropriations Committee approved an Agriculture Department budget of 5.18 billion dollars, cutting over 1.05 billion from last year. It directs reshuffling to preserve research stations and programs, cuts to AID programs, and immediate funding for tobacco and insecticide research amid health concerns. It urges balancing costs by trimming elsewhere and addresses pesticide publicity and compensation for losses when government statements lack evidence of public health harm.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
House Appropriations Committee
House
Agency For International Development
Mother's Day return of son from East Germany
Antonia Svenson recalls last year's horrors of Mother’s Day as her son Army Capt. Alfred Svenson reappeared from East Germany after crossing into the area. She fled Lithuania in World War II, later worked for the Library of Congress, and learned he had asked for asylum per East German reports. Her husband was said killed in Lithuania during the war.
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Washington
Antonia N. Svenson
Lithuania
East Germany
Svenson
Arkansas and Louisiana Weather Outlook Through Saturday
Considerable cloudiness and warmth persist in Arkansas through Saturday with scattered thunder showers across the state tonight and into Saturday morning. Some thunderstorms may become severe. Arkansas lows 75 to 85, highs 76 to 88. Louisiana stays partly cloudy with widely scattered thundershowers in the northwest Saturday. little temperature change. Lows 64 to 70, highs 82 to 87.
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Arkansas
Louisiana
Severe Weather Grips Midwest and Plains States
Thunderstorms swept from Texas to the Upper Great Lakes as a severe weather outbreak hit the Midwest. Tornadoes struck Iowa and Wisconsin Thursday night, injuring more than 30 people and damaging homes and businesses.
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Associated Press
Midwest
Iowa
Wisconsin
Texas
Creal Lakes
Signs Confidence Boost From Johnson With Business Leaders
Mrs. Hattie Fincher of Stephens dies in Hope hospital at 76. Survivors include husband A C Fincher three sons Vester of California Ann and Howell Fincher of Stephens a daughter Dean Mattison of DeQueen and two sisters. Services Friday at Rosston Baptist Church with burial in Rosston Cemetery. Hot Springs Va AP reports business council signs Johnson gaining business confidence as top industrialists praise his sympathy and listening to advisers. They cite tax cuts budget cuts and profits approach as factors attracting business support.
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Hattie Fincher
Stephens
Hope Hospital
Rosston
A. C. Fincher
Vester
California
Ann Fincher
Howell Fincher
Dean Mattison
DeQueen
W. GC. Irvin
Hope
Roy Carlton
Rosston Baptist Church
Rosston Cemetery
Hot Springs
Business Council
Johnson
Kennedy
Stuart Saunders
Henry Ford IH
White House
Finance
Robert F. Kennedy
Justice Department
KXAR Seeks Honeymoon Couples for June 1964
KXAR invites couples planning weddings between June 1 and June 27 1964 to submit their names and details by Tuesday. A $300 honeymoon package is offered to one qualifying pair, with entries including groom name and wedding date.
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KXAR
China says Soviet aid not gratis in Korea war
Tokyo AP report quotes a Red China letter to Moscow from Feb 29 accusing the Soviet Union of overcharging for aid goods and demanding fair prices. China says it has repaid with goods and convertible currency, including interest on war materiel loans used in the Korean War from 1950 to 1952.
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Tokyo
China
Soviet Union
Peking
Moscow
Radio
Red China
U.S
Korea
Post Office Lease Bid at Harrison Post Office
George Hill of Memphis bid 23 200 annually for 20 years to build a Harrison post office on land costing 63 853 from the Harrison Urban Renewal Agency and lease to the Post Office Department. His bid was the lowest of six bids opened. bids to be reviewed in St Louis before award with option for 30 more years at lower rates.
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Little Rock
George Hill
Memphis
Harrison
Harrison Urban Renewal Agency
Post Office Department
St. Louis
Decline in Arkansas Broiler Chicks Reported
ARKANSAS producers reported a two percent drop in broiler chick starts for the week ended May 2 to 6,186,000, according to the Crop Reporting Service. All but 551,000 of the placements were hatched in the state.
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Little Rock
Arkansas
President Yoonnson urges Georgia on racial peace and North unrest
AP News Digest notes President Yoonnson telling Georgia legislators that racial peace may come in much of the South before the North's strife ends. Also reported are an airliner crash with 44 dead investigated by the FBI, a Cary Grant mural misattribution by first graders, and Johnson gaining business confidence in Hot Springs VA. Khrushchev arrival in Cairo tightens security. Truman marks 80th birthday with vigor. Frank Harris convicted of murder and sentenced to death. Walker on trial amid psychiatric questions.
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Yoonnson
Georgia
South
FBI
Los Angeles
Cary Grant
Business Council
Hot Springs
Johnson
Washingon
Dean Rusk
Europe
NATO
South Viet Nam
Cuba
Harry S. Truman
Cairo
Khrushchev
Frank Harris
Leonard Dever
James Walker
Walker
Court orders halt strike of railmen
U S marshals served a court order ending the last rail strike by firemen protesting job eliminations under an arbitration ruling. The temporary injunction affected 25 pickets at Joliet yards of the Elgin Joliet and Eastern Railway. A hearing is set for Monday.
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Chicago
U.S
Joliet
Ill
Elgin
Illinois
Toledo, Peoria & Western Railroad
Peoria & Pekin Union Railway
Washington
Pennsylvania Railroad
Conway
Alexander Holtzoff
Fulbright Arrives in Amsterdam for 15th Anniversary
U. S. Sen. J. William Fulbright arrived from Ankara to join a celebratory program in The Hague marking the 15th anniversary of the U S Educational Foundation in the Netherlands. He met Dutch leaders Jan Jonkman Theo Bot and Joseph Luns, then spoke at Ridderzaal. The exchange program has linked about 2,000 Dutch and American scholars. Queen Juliana will host Fulbright and his wife at Soestdijk Palace Saturday.
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Amsterdam
J. William Fulbright
Ankara
U. S. Educational Foundation
Netherlands
Arkansas Democrat
Hague
Jan Jonkman
Dutch Senate
Theo Bot
Joseph Luns
Fulbright
Bot
Ridderzaal
Drugged U S Attaches Leave for Finland
Two American military attaches, Lt. Col. William J. Van Meter and Lt. Col. James M. Landrigan, left Moscow for Helsinki amid reports they were drugged in Odessa. Cmdr. Sumner Shpatro remained on duty. British attache Lt. Cmdr. Harvey-Samuel also drugged, left Moscow for Warsaw. State Dept cited barbiturate exposure with no theft or harm.
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Reinholdens Moscow
Odessa
Leningrad
Finland
Helsinki
Moscow
Air Force
William J. van Meter
James M. Landrigan
U.S. Navy
Sumner Shpatro
State Department
Department
U.S
Tulsa
Rockefeller wins Ouachita mock GOP primary in Arkansas
Gov. Nelson Rockefeller led the Ouachita Baptist College mock Republican primary with 35 percent of 524 votes. Henry Cabot Lodge 25 percent, Barry Goldwater 17, Richard Nixon 15, Scranton 2, Smith 2, Romney 1, Wallace 2, write-in Wal lace 2. In the Democratic VP primary, Fulbright led with 33 percent, Kennedy 31 percent, Shriver 15, Brown 1, Wanger 1. College political science department sponsored the primary.
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Arkadelphia
Ark
Nelson Rockefeller
New York
Ouachita Baptist Colege
Rockefeller
Henry Cabot Lodge
U.S
South Vietnm
Arizona
Barry Goldwater
Richard Nixon
Pennsylvania
William Scranton
Margaret Chase Smith
Maine
Michigan
George Romeny
Alabama
George C. Wallace
J. William Fulbright
Arkansas
Atty
Robert F. Kennedy
Peace Corps
R. Sargent
Shriver
Edmond G. Brown
California
Robert Wanger
New York City
College Political Science Department
Murder Trial Jury Polled In Walker Case In Little Rock
Judge William J. Kirby polled the jury to gauge impact of a fainting witness as the murder trial of James Dean Walker reopened. The jury report was negative. Mrs Jerrell Vaughan, wife of officer Walker, is accused of killing in a 1963 gunbattle.
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Little Rock
William J. Kirby
James Dean Walker
Jerrell Vaughan
North Little Rock
Walker
Frank Delano
Walter Freeman Kumpe
Kumpe
Jobs Open as Economy Expands Yet Unemployment Stays High
New York reports more jobs in April yet the unemployment rate remains stubbornly high. Officials see progress with a rise above 70 million employed and a growing labor force driven by population growth, home appliances allowing more married women to work, and rising moonlighting as families seek extra income.
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New York
Something Has to Give Today in Palestine Tex
Juan Macias threatens to pull the Texas Telephone and Telegraph cable from his land by 4 p m if the company does not remove it. He leads about 2 000 subscribers seeking rescission of a 33 percent rate hike amid a phone service dispute. He says service loss is his leverage to block access across his land.
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Palestine
Tex
Juan ‘Macias
Texas Telephone and Telegraph Co
Macias
Collin Farr
No Session on Rights Issue on Weekend
Washington AP Senate leaders said there would be no session Saturday in the civil rights debate marking eased pressure from prolonged meetings. Senate recesses after today’s business until Monday as negotiations continue in Dirksen’s office to shape amendments to the public accommodations section.
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Washington
Senate
Hubert H. Humphrey
D-Minn
Everett M. Dirksen
Ilinois
Dirksen
Cold Front Forecasts Showers Across Arkansas
A cold front moving eastward into Arkansas will bring numerous showers and thunderstorms this weekend. Warm moist southerly winds ahead of the front keep temperatures mild with highs in the 80s and lows in the 40s to 70s. The U S Weather Bureau predicts cloudy to partly sunny skies through Saturday with recent highs in the upper 70s to low 80s and overnight lows in the upper 60s to low 70s.
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Associated Press
Arkansas
U.S. Weather Bureau
Jeep from cargo plane blamed for Florida power outage
In Fort Walton Beach Florida suburban residents hunted almost an hour for the fault before city golf course workers located the cause. A Jeep from a C130 parachuted onto a power line causing burn damage though no injuries were reported.
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Fort Walton Beach
Fla
Air Force
Tactical Air Warfare Center
Eglin Air Force Base
Russellville Population Up From 1950 to 1960 Census
Russellville Arkansas reports an unofficial special census showing a population of 10,228. The 1960 official count was 8,921, indicating growth over the decade.
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Russellville, Ark
Russellville
Arnett grandson wins music scholarship at Denver
Leon La Branche of Largo Florida won a University of Denver music scholarship. His mother is Carolyn Arnett of Hope. Other items note Joe Jankins and General Electric dealers voyaging to Mexico City from Houston on a five day trip, Carl Wayne Burke rejoining Hope Police, and Army Specialist Howard L Johnson from Hope taking part in Exercise Springboard in Germany.
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L. A. Arnett Sr
Leon, la Branche
Largo
Flo
University of Denver
Carolyn Arnett
Hope
Joe Jankins
Home Furniture Co
General Electric
Houston
Mexico City
Carl Wayne Burke
Southern Plaswood
Howard Milam
Arkansas State Police
Burke
Mr. Milam
Howard L. Johnson
Ark
Germany
J. L. Dobsou
LBJ Appeals for Civil Rights in Atlanta Rally
President Johnson drew an estimated crowd of over 500000 in Atlanta as he urged justice among the races and rejected extremists. He rode a convertible through streets packed with supporters, spoke from the trunk, and praised Atlanta while noting the need to end old hostilities.
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Frank Cormier
Atlanta
Johnson
Deep South
Arkansas Governor backs Johnson poverty program plan
Gov. Orval E. Faubus said Arkansas will benefit greatly from President Johnson’s war on poverty and will mobilize state agencies. He named Ted Morley to chair a departmental committee to study and prepare poverty projects ready for Congressional approval, stressing practical, real-world help for the underprivileged.
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John R. Starr
Associated Plans
Weiter Little Rock
Orval E. Paulius
Arkansas
Johnson
Ted Morley
State Planning Commission
Congress
Faubus
Appalachia
Coal Hill
Spadra
Ozark
Clarksville
Mansfield
Fort Smith
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Russia
Hope Audubon Society
Friends of Wild Birds
The
National Society
Manuel Hamm
W. Ave
Hope, Ark
AP News Digest
INSAS
Nelson
Ouachita
Sam Dawson
AP Business News
Arthur Wimmell
McCaskill- Blevins
Bevins
Clydie Ann Brown
Ricky Lynn Brown
Rebecca Fulton
Sherry Ann Fulton
Sarah Harris
Rebecca Harding
Susan Little
Cathy Montgomery
Sue Montagomers
Tommy Neece
Betty Sue Rogers
Nancy Ross
Barbara Salisbury
Danny Spicer
Tommy Taylor
Patsy Thurman
Carol Walters
LBJ
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