Arkansas ForecastCloudy showers and storms through Tuesday
A forecast for Arkansas calls for cloudy skies with showers and thunderstorms through Tuesday. Temperatures will remain mild with little change, highs in the 70s and lows tonight in the 60s.
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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1968
Page
2
Hot Springs to Host Eighth Circuit Judicial Conference
The annual Judicial Conference for the Eighth Circuit will meet in Hot Springs from May 2 to 22 with 41 judges from seven states attending. Arkansas Missouri Iowa Minnesota North Dakota South Dakota and Nebraska will participate. The event marks the first Arkansas conference since 1960.
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Hot Springs
Ark
Eighth Circuit
Arkansas
Missouri
Iowa
Minnesota
Dakota
South Dakota
Nebraska
Marion native Lance Corporal Horne wounded in Vietnam
Jerry D. Horne of Marion, a lance corporal in the U S Marines, is hospitalized in Sablic Bay Philippines after injuries in Vietnam. He served about four months, suffered multiple fractures when a land mine exploded, and he holds the Bronze Star and Purple Heart. He is the grandson of Mrs J B Murphy of Hope.
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Jerry D. Horne
Marion
U.S
Sabic Bay
Philippines
Vietnam
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J. B. Murphy
Hope
Horne
Dispute Over Firings May Work Out in Hermitage
In Dermott Arkansas Rev York W Williams Jr president elect of the Arkansas Teachers Association said a dispute over the possible firing of eight Negro teachers and four principals at Hermitage may be reconciled. He noted the West Side School board may dismiss nine staff and a board meeting Tuesday could bring definite answers amid desegregation plan doubts.
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Dermott
Ark
York W. Willams Jr
Arkansas Teachers Association
Hermitage
Williams
Laron Tucker
West Side
Willams
U.S. Education Department
Obituary notices for Ida Carlton Sir John Crace Page Ellyson Stranahan and Matthews
Ida Carlton aged 93 of Hope died at home after long illness. Services Wednesday 2 p.m. at Herndon Funeral Chapel, burial in Sardis Cemetery near Stamps. Sir John Gregory Crace 41 torpedo specialist in both world wars died at home, joined Navy in 1902. Page Ellyson Stranahan 79, widow of Champion Spark Plug Co. cofounder, prominent golfer and philanthropist, died Saturday. Bahchariah Keodhelang Matthews 67 Botswana ambassador to Washington, lawyer and educator, died after lengthy illness.
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Ida L. Canton
Vine
Hope
MéKamia
Tiieces
Herndon Funeral
Sars Dis
Stamps
Herndon Funeral Home
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England
Ann Sir John Gregory Crace
Royal Navy
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Toledo
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Page Ellyson Stranahan
Robert
Champion Spark Plug Co
Mra
Stranahal
Washington
Chariah Keodhelang Matthews
Botswana
Matthews
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Heavy Rains General in Arkansas
Heavy rains continued across Arkansas for a sixth day causing flooding in low areas and fears of flash floods on rivers. The Weather Bureau warned of rising water in White and Ouachita basins and expected rain through Tuesday. Multiple towns reported significant rainfall with minor injuries and isolated evacuations, while cotton and rice farms faced weather-related stress.
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Hot Springs
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Young voters may tilt 1964 presidential race balance
Census Bureau figures show about 11.4 million Americans will be first time voters in November, composing roughly 10 percent of the civilian population. Of these, 8.5 million will be ineligible due to aliens, institutional confinement, or residency issues.
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Associated Press
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Census Bureau
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Johnson
Barry Goldwater
John F. Kennedy
Richard M. Nixon
Alaska
Georgia
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Red Attack Deepens Saigon Assault in Vietnam War
U S headquarters reported 210 killed with 67 Americans and 979 wounded including 333 Americans as Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces pressed near Saigon. Observers call casualty figures optimistic while the Saigon defense braces for continued fighting and civilian displacement. Premier Nguyen Van Loc says both offensives this year have failed and warns of looming political shifts.
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Saigon
U.S
Weyand
Miletary
Nguyen van Loc
National Assembly
Will Prevent Mixed Drink Measure
Rep Allan Dishough of Little Rock said he would push for mixed drink legislation in the 1969 General Assembly if re-elected. He is gathering data from surrounding states to see how they handle the issue and notes changes he'd make before presenting a draft to the House.
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Little Rock
Allan Dishough
General Assembly
Dishough
Marshall Martin
Marton Burton
Winthrop Rockefeller
Burton
House
Dishongh
GOPs Would End Death Penalty in Arkansas
The Arkansas Young Republican League approved a platform calling for abolition of capital punishment and a revision of the state constitution. It backed uniform liquor statutes, the repeal of the era teaching evolution in public schools, and condemned certain assembly members. Ed Allison of Blytheville was re elected chairman.
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Ark
Arkansas Young Republican League
League
Arkansas General Assembly
Ed Allison
Blytheviile
McCarthy Skeptical in Nebraska Primary Battle
Senator Eugene J. McCarthy voiced gloom about beating Senator Robert F. Kennedy in Nebraska where voters head to the polls Tuesday. He said a Kennedy McCarthy race would favor him 60 to 50, but other candidates could hurt him. The Nebraska ballot also lists President Johnson and a Humphrey write-in campaign. Kennedy urged U.S. effort to aid self governing nations while avoiding paternalism at the UAW convention.
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Associated Press
Eugene J. McCarthy
Robert F. Kennedy
Nebraska
Johnson
Hubert H. Humphrey
John Mitchell
Kennedy
United Auto Workers Convention
Atlantic City
United States
Rockefeller backs Vietnamese freedom in choice of government
Gov Nelson Rockefeller, campaigning for the GOP nomination, said South Vietnamese should have full freedom to choose their government. A KU fieldhouse crowd of 17,500 pressed him on whether they would permit a Communist outcome, with his reply prompting debate on U.S. policy.
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