Dynamite Theft in Birmingham Investigated
Authorities probe the theft of about 100 pounds of dynamite before the May 11 bombing of a Negro house and motel in Birmingham Alabama. Sheriff Bailey notes the large amount and tense city mood as thousands of officers and federal troops are mobilized. President Kennedy and Governor Wallace meet in Muscle Shoals with discussions described as not unfriendly.
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Don McKe
Birmingham
Ala
eTwo
Helvin Bailey
Bailey
Kennedy
Alabama
George C. Wallace
Wallace
Muscle Shoals
North
Tennessee Valley Authority
Huntsville
Pierre Salinger
White Loose
Wyatt Tee Walker
Washington
Baltimore Post
William L. Moore
Madeleine Shor- Wood
Arkansas Weather Report Highlights Cloudy Showers
Weather Experiment Station reports 24 hours ending Monday morning with high 81 and low in the upper 40s. Partly cloudy northwest, with considerable clouds and a few light showers southeast. Tonight trends toward clearer to partly cloudy and cooler. Tuesday will be partly cloudy to cloudy and cool with scattered light showers and possible thundershowers, mainly in the north in the forenoon and south in the afternoon. Highs 65 to 75, lows mostly in the 50s.
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Arkansas
Ministers Elect a Negro as Hot Springs Alliance President
The Rev. Joseph N. Harrison pastor of Union Baptist Church Hot Springs Ark has been elected president of the Hot Springs Ministerial Alliance He is the first Negro to hold the post Harrison who was vice president last year defeated Rev. Jon Phillips pastor of Grand Avenue Methodist The alliance has had Negro members for several years.
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Hot Springs, Ark
Joseph N. Harrison
Union Baptist Church
Hot Springs
Cooper Plans Day to Relax After Mercury Flight
CAPE CANAVERAL Fla AP astronaut Gordon Cooper plans a day of rest after 34 hours in space as NASA weighs another Mercury flight while delaying Gemini. He receives the Distinguished Service Medal at the White House and heads to a ticker tape parade in New York, with his wife Trudy and daughters Camala and Janita present. Copter describes orbit by orbit experiments and manual reentry and recalls waking during the countdown. Canal bids opened for Arkansas White River linking canal project estimated at about 8 million dollars over months to complete.
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Gordon Cooper
Cooper
Robert C. Seamans
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Seamans
Mercury
Huck Finn Gring
Rom Bygsident Kennedy
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Congress
New York
Cocoa Beach
Gordo
Trudy
Camala
Janita
Orbit
Himalayas
Earth
Hart
Lipprlis Rock Pap
Charles Maynard
Little Rock
Arkansas
Arie
John Barbour
Associated Press
China
Houston
Tex
India
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Arkansas Arts Center Dedicated in Little Rock
A dream since 1927 became reality with the dedication of the Arkansas Arts Center in Little Rock. Dignitaries and art world figures attended a week of events as $ multi million structure opened. Joan Fontaine and Gordon McRae were among guests, with 62 paintings from the Metropolitan Museum of Art and regional works on display.
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Little Rock
Arkansas Arts Center
Byron Morse
Fine Arts Club of Arkansas
Morse
Winethrop Rockefeller
Rockefellers
Joan Fontaine
Gordon McRae
James Rorimer
Blytheville Plans $10 Million Street Drainage Expansion
Blytheville City Council has mapped a 10 million dollar street drainage and expansion project. The plan covers streets in the industrial park and urban renewal districts.
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Blytheville, Ark
Blytheville City
Bankers Set 73rd Annual Convention in Hot Springs
The Arkansas Bankers Association will hold its 73rd annual convention in Hot Springs from Monday through Wednesday. William F Kelly of Philadelphia, vice president of the American Bankers Association, will be the featured speaker.
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Hot Springs
Ark
Arkansas Bankers Association
William F Kelly
Philadelphia
American Bankers Association
Pen Pills Arrest In Memphis Drug Buy Case
James Thom as Metligritt, 50, was arrested Saturday by Memphis police after selling 500 pen pills to an undercover officer posing as a businessman. Lt J D Moore said the defendant claimed he bought the capsules from a truck driver at a West Memphis truck stop, Inspector W P Huston reported.
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Memphis
James Thomas Metligritt
J.D. Moore
W. P Huston
West Memphis
Dairy Princess Named for Riverlvalvel in Conway
Jean Ann Fielder an 18 year old from Guy was crowned Rivalkuer County Dairy Princess and will compete for Arkansas Dairy Princess honors in Little Rock. The announcement came from Conway with local officials praising her poised public appearance and knowledge of dairy farming.
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Conway, Ark
Jean Ann Fielder
Guy
Rivalkuer County Dairy Princess
Arkunsts Dairy Lyincess
Roy Milum, Harrison, Dies Sunday
Roy Milum 80 longtime Arkansas Senator died Sunday in Harrison after illness. He served 1923 45 and from 1953 to retirement last year, known as dean of the Senate. Milum sponsored university and state college legislation and the Milum Road Bill adding miles to the state highway system. Survivors include three sons a daughter nine grandchildren and eight great grandchildren. Funeral Tuesday at 2 pm First Methodist Church Harrison with lawmakers as honorary pallbearers.
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Harrison
Ark
Roy Women
Milum
Arkansas Senate
Senate
Lead Hill
University of Arkansas
Arkansas Schools For
Fort Smith
van Buren
Citizens Bank of Harrison
Bank of Olvey
Valley Springs
Farmers Bank
William James Milum
Tay W Milum Jr
John C. Milum
Balesville
Mary Reid
Point Loolnut
First Methodist Church
Warrison
Contract Awarded for Little Rock Post Office Alterations
DALLAS CAP-Hanna Improvement Co of De Soto Texas received a 26553 dollar contract for alterations at the Little Rock Post Office Building as announced by the General Services Administration.
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Dallas, Tex
CAP — Hanna Improvement Co
de Soto, Tex
Little Rock
General Services Administration
Cooper Tells World About Space Flight
Associated Press report on Gordon Cooper recounts his spaceflight experiences with vivid contrasts from Earth views to far flung locales. He details re entry, pilot warnings, and precise engineering notes while sharing humorous moments about urine transfers and dehydration meals.
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Cooper
World
Hardy native Fred Ritchie receives USDA Superior Service Award
Fred G. Ritchie of Hardy, director of the conservation and land use policy staff at the Agriculture Stabilization and Conservation Service, has been presented a Superior Service Award by the United States Department of Agriculture.
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Washington (Ap
Fred G. Ritchie
Hardy
United States Department of Agriculture
The
Agriculture Stabilization and Conservation Service
All Around Town Highlights From Arkansas Small Schools
Weekend events in Little Rock saw Arkansas smaller schools win eight state titles to the Big 9 seven. A VFW meeting is set for Tuesday at 7 30 pm and Tom Foster announces hospital beds are available to anyone in need. Buth Ann Wylie named sweetheart of the Junior Band after Friday’s concert. Barbara Reese installed Spanish Club officers at a Fair Park picnic with Richard McDowell as president and George Jones as first vice president. Paul Guevin second vice president, Linda Cook third vice president, Betsy Martindale treasurer, Matt Wassell parliamentarian, Sarah Bagby reporter. About 50 students attended. Last Friday Mrs Lile Moore spoke on Japan to Garland 6th graders, recounting years in Japan. Jammie Phillips received intramural basketball award. team finished second in volleyball. Mary Jane Lavender and Betty Crawford received sweaters for intramural points in 2 200. Phillips, daughter of Mr and Mrs Marvin Phillips of Blevins, is a 1962 Blevins High graduate active in clubs.
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Buth Ann Wylie
Barbara Reese
Fairbark
Richard McDowell
George Jones
Paul Guevin
Linda Cook
Betsy Martindale
SCO Pulay
Byron Cunningham
Matt Wassell
Sarah Bagby
Sunny
Jammie Phillips
Marvin Phillips
Blevins
Southern State Colwee
Mary Jane Lavender
Presepth
Betty Crawford
Af McNeil
Miss Phillips
Aehone Bradgate
Oklahoma Man Faces Murder Trial in Fort Smith
Raymond Wood of Roland Oklahoma stood trial in Fort Smith Circuit Court on a first degree murder charge in the slaying of Paul Rush 56. Rush was shot May 13 1962 at the V&R Sales Co basement owned by him. Frederick Rush adopted son of the victim has been convicted and sentenced to life. Carolyn Brown a Booneville native is charged and to be tried later. A hearing on defense motions touched on witnesses statements and items in prosecutor hands.
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Fort Smith, Ark
Raymond Wood
Roland
Okla
Fort Smith
Paul Rush
Rush
V&r Sales Co
Frederick Rush
Carolyn Brown
Booneville
Sam Sexton Dry Wood
Lyman Mikel
Paul Wolfe
Chuck Burnside
Waad
Wolfe
Sexton
Pat Taylor
Mikel
Parachute Teams Enter All State Sky Diving Meet
Parachute teams from Memphis Jonesboro Fayetteville Fort Chaffee Conway Ruston Lay will compete in an all state sky diving meet in Russellville Arkansas sponsored by the Russellville Collegiate Sky Divers. Three classes by team and jumps from 10 am start. If rain on June 8 the event will be postponed to the next day.
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Russellville
Ark
Memphis
Jonesboro
Fayetteville
Fort Chaffee
Conway
Ruston
Lay
Arkansas Game and Fish Commission Members Honored in Lake Village
Arkansas Game and Fish Commission members will be honored Thursday with a reception and Ashfry at Lake Village. The event will be held at Bennie Ryburn's home in Monticello, who serves on the Arkansas Industrial Development Commission.
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Lake, Village, Ark
Arkansas Game and Fish Commission
Lake Village
Bennie Ryburn
Monticello
Arkansas Industrial Development Commission
Hamburg Officials Declare Industry Appreciation Day
Hamburg Arkansas will hold Industry Appreciation Day on Thursday to honor three new industries and an old one under new management. The event will feature tours of the facilities and a fish supper as part of the festivities.
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Hamburg
Ark
Violent Death Toll Reaches Fourteen In Week
A two car crash near Mountain Home claimed two lives and raised the weekly state traffic death toll to fourteen. John Medley and Houston Pitchford, both of Mountain Home, died in hospital after the collision on U S Highway 62. James Kirkland of Mippin survived with injuries. Several other fatal and critical injuries occurred in Newport, Little Rock, Kelso, and Dermott as traffic accidents, a crushed worker, and ice box suffocation added to the week’s toll.
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John Medley
Near Mountain Home
Houston Pitchford
Mountain Home
Pitchford
U.S. Highway 62
Bill Manes
Medley
James Kirkland
Mippin
Kirkland
Mildred
Hazel
Othel Sates
Newport
Little Rock
McGehee
Dwight Hartsell
Kelso
McGwiee
Tommy Ellis
Dermott
Lester McGathy
Lawrence Fortenberry
Linda
Carolyn Morgan
Fortenberry
Ellis
Mack Beavers
Beavers
David Fred Kensinger
Larry Hunter
Swifton
Fogle Dies in Hot Springs at 71. funeral plans pending
Melvin S. Fogle 71 of Hot Springs died Sunday at his daughter's home in Hope. Survivors include his wife Maude Barnell Fogle of Hot Springs. sons W. A. Fogle of Hot Springs and Paul D. Fogle of Okinawa. daughters Stencil Council Denver Colorado Frank Howard Elaine Arkansas W. J. Briscoe Hope Mrs. T. W. Williams Florida and Mrs. Ralph Rem Santa Ana California. two brothers Bill Springfield Missouri Bud Fogle Bakersfield California. four sisters Minnie Nelson Bonham Texas Charles Carroush Denison Texas and Prairie Texas. Dakcrest Funeral Service will announce arrangements.
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Melvin S. Fogle
Hot Springs
W. J. Briscoe
Hope
Maude Barnell Fogle
W. A. Fogle
Paul D. Fogle
Okinawa
Stencil
T. W. Williams
Florida
Ralph Remo
Santa Ana
Calif
Bill
Springfield
Bud Fogle
Bakers+ field
Myrnie Nelson
Common Market, U.S. tariff talks mark shift in stance
In Geneva the six European Community nations agreed to demand individual U.S. tariff cuts in addition to general reductions, rejecting a flat across the board cut. The U.S. pressed for equal percentage cuts and a May 6 start for formal bargaining, amid a protracted 34 hour session.
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Carl Hartman
Geneva
United States
Ludwig Erhard
Valery Giscard D'Estaing
Hans Schaffner
Switzerland
France
West Germany
Italy
Netherlands
Belgium
Luxembourg
U.S
Rail Unions Seek Speedy Bargaining in Feeder Bedding Fight
Washington Kennedy urged immediate talks as railroads and five operating unions reopen negotiations over work rules. If June 12 passes without deal, Congress could authorize compulsory arbitration or government seizure to avert a nationwide strike. The dispute centers on firing 13,000 seniority men and eliminating 40,000 firemen on freight and yard trains.
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Washington
Kennedy
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