Khartoum desert epic features Olivier and Heston on screen
Review notes Khartoum as a blood and sand desert war tale set in Sudan. Laurence Olivier and Charlton Heston star in a vividly produced United Artists release. Gordon is portrayed by Heston while Olivier plays the Mahdi.
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Laurence Olivier
Charleot Héston
Khartoum
Saenger
Africa
Sudan
Charles
Gordon
Gladstone
London
Great Britain
United Artists
Charlton Heston
Col. J. CD. H. Stewart
Richard Johnson
Olivier
Mahdi
Hamlet
Kirk Douglas
Chariton Heston
Chinese Gordon
School Bill Attacked in House By John Beckler
The House debated a Republican backed school aid bill seen as favoring wealthy suburbs over needy districts. Rep. Carl D. Perkins warned the Quie amendments would overhaul federal aid and shift control to states, potentially limiting direct district funding. Final action not until Tuesday or Wednesday. Johnson seeks a $3.5 billion direct aid program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Beckler
Washington
Carl D. Perkins
Johnson
GOP
Albert H. Quie
R.minn
Perkins
Adam Clayton Powell
Education and Labor Committee
United States
Long Claims Recipient of Award Agencies Out to Get Him
Sen. Edo ward V. Long claims federal agencies are out to get him over reports he manipulated an inquiry to aid Hoffa. He calls Life magazine allegations a smear and defends his ties to Morris Shenker, saying cases were business referrals, not conflicts. Long plans re election while noting other income beyond his Senate salary. George Frazier named Allan Kennedy Memorial Award recipient at the Arkansas Association of Insurance Agents convention in Hot Springs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Edoward V. Long
DusMo
Senate
Teamsters Union
James R. Hoffa
Sen. Long
Long
Life Magazine
Hoffa
U.S. District Court
Chattanooga
Tenn
Internal Revenue Service
Life
Kmox-Tv
Morris A. Shenker
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Lone
Shenker
Shenkeer
Long Nad
Teamsters
Hot Springs
George Frazier
Roy Anderson Insurance Agency
Hope
Allan Kennedy Mermorial
Arkansas Association of Insurance Agents
Edward V. Long de Mo
United Presbyterians
Calaveras County
Celebration by Black Nationalists Ends in Brick Throwing
An outdoor Black Nationalist gathering in Washington Park on Malcolm X’s birthday devolved into a melee with bricks rocks and four fire bombs. Eleven injured and forty-one arrested as undercover officers protected attendees and tried to restore order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank S. Joseph
Chicago
Malcolm X
Washington Park
Carl Ford
Ford
Robert Harness
George Washington
Marycolm X
Dairy Teen Talent Contest Here May 27
The 1967 Arkansas Dairy Festival Teen Talent Contest begins Saturday May 27 in Hope High School Auditorium at 1 00 pm. Miss Lindalyn Edwards of Texarkana is guest of honor. Open to Arkansas students ages 12 to 20. Entry blanks from Hope Chamber of Commerce County Extension Offices. Judges pick acts for state semifinals in Little Rock during the Dairy Festival with $1 000 in cash and prizes.
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Arkansas Dairy Festival
Hope
Arkansas
B. N. Holt
Hope Chamber of Commerce
Arkansas Dairy Princeass
Lindalyn Edwards
Texarkana
Hope High School
Little Rock
Insurance Stockholders Win Round In Arkansas Case
A group of minority stockholders of American Foundation Life Co won a round in the Arkansas Supreme Court. The court upheld a lower ruling that it is not legal in Arkansas for a domestic insurer to create a voting trust aimed at blocking a merger with National Old Line Insurance Co. Majority stockholders led by Homer L Bailey said they have strength to withstand the minority’s merger efforts. A See INSURANCE On Page Two. Marlar Is Still Missing. CUMMINS PRISON FARM Ark AP Jerrell K Marlar, 36, of Rosston Nevada County, a convicted murderer who escaped Feb 5, remains at large. State Police had said Marlar was captured. officials note confusion with Marion Odell Morrow, 23, who escaped and was recaptured. Marlar was jailed for the 1962 slaying of Thomas Band of Bossier City La near Fouke, Ark. Hoffa Hearing Set By Supreme Court. Washington AP The Supreme Court ordered a new hearing for Teamsters President James R Hoffa on his federal mail fraud conviction to determine if his trial was affected by admitted government eavesdropping on a codefendant.
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Masasew
American Foundation Life Co
Arkansas Supreme Court
National Old Line Insurance Co
Supreme Court
Circuit Court
Little Rock
Clint Jones
Arkansas
Homer L.bailey
Frank Whitbeck
American
High Court
Cummins Prison Farm
Ark
AP Jerrell K. Marlar
Rosston
Nevada County
O. E. Bishop
Marlar
Bishop
Cummins Wardsan
Marion Odell Morrow
Morrow
Thomas
Bossier City
Fouke
Texarkane
Washington
Teamsters
James R. Hoffa
Hoffa
U.S. planes hit targets in North Vietnam on ceasefire day
Washington reports the top U.S. military officer states ground forces will not enter North Vietnam even in hot pursuit. Gen. Barte G. Wheeler Jr. confirms demilitari zed zone actions aim to clear North Vietnamese forces only and deny any invasion of the north. Senate leaders urge UN involvement to shape international response.
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Washington
U.S
North Vietnam
Barte G. Wheeler Jr
Joint Chiefs of Staff
South Vietnam
North
Wheeler
Security Council
Vietnam
Senate
Democratic
Mike Mansfield
J. W. Fulbright
D-Ark
United Nations
Man Drowned at El Dorado Lake Lagel
Leon Ford a 26 year old resident of El Dorado drowned in 10 feet of water on Lake Lagel near Strong Arkansas while fishing after being stung by a wasp His body was recovered by the Strong Civil Defense Rescue Squad James Porter also of El Dorado attempted to rescue him according to Union County coroner's office
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Strong
Ark
Leon Ford
el Dorado
Lake Lagel
Here
Ford
Strong Civil Defense
James Porter
Union County
Town Notes and Meetings Highlight Local Affairs
All Around Town reports long time correspondence between Dale McKinney and Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Baker of Collinsville Illinois. Whitfield Masonic Lodge plans an Entered Apprentice degree on Tuesday May 23. Tommy Lee Brint to attend the Methodist Conference as a 27th year delegate from Spring Hill Church. Judge Royce Weisenberger attends ABA National Institute on divorce at University of Toledo. Rain totals reach 2.47 inches for the week. Arkansas Guardsmen, 17 000 strong, to train June 10-24 at Fort Chaffee. Jackie C. May earns rifle expert medal with score 78 of 85. Local students finish the school year with smiles.
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Tommy Lee Brint
Hot Springs
Spring Hill
Arkansas
Louisiana
39Th
Fort Chaffee
Hope
Prescott
Nashville
Texarkana
Pyt
Jackie C. May
Earl May
Fort Jackson
S. C
Bodean
Tarrant Waters
Rosston
Greenley
Bodeaw
15 Gls Are Killed by Red Mortars
U S planes ignored the ceasefire for Buddha's birthday and raided Hanoi. A MIG jet was reportedly shot down with heavy mortar attacks killing 15 Americans and wounding 71. A U S infantry sweep near Pleiku faced a 500-strong Red battalion, with 32 enemy killed. No contacts reported along the Ben Hai line.
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George McArthur
Saigon
U.S
Hanoi
Pilote
Tass
CTK
Buddha
U.S. 4Th Infantry
Pleiku
Vietnam
Demilitarized Zone
Ben Hai River
Methodist Children Share Program Highlights Spring Work
Methodist Kinder Garten children held a Friday program on May 19 with dramatizations and music summarizing the semester. Cast included Cinderella played by Stephanie Smith and other parts such as February Safe ly Keyton and May Ronnie Willis Easter Rabbit, with Elise Broad lending piano accompaniment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist Kindergarten
Cinderella
Stephanie Smith
Susan Hogue
Dons Na Johnson
Paula Parker
Jeanne Sakal
Prince
Timmy LeMay
King's Messenger
Taco de Ruyter
Phil Watkins
Kathy Martin
Safely Keyton
Rhonda Asckew
Martha Jane Kyler
Nancy Stringfellow
Ronnie Willis
Clyda Kay Park
Squirrel
Dennis Vaught
The
Sun
Renshaw
Elise Broad
Elise Broad Ss Come Penying
Chikee Tates Properties
Regina Renshaw
Parker
Donna Johns
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Abedd
Blacksburg
Virgin
Ie Ne
Christian Association
Ann Shertzer
Springfield
YMCA
Young Women's Christian Association
Malcolm X Shabasz Park
Hope Station
University of Arkansas Agriculture
Southwest Branch
Hope Facility
A. E. Spooner
Spooner
M. L. Ray
E. M.crabley
C. A. Vines
Iso
University
Dairy
Beirut
Lebanon
Middle East
Israel
Pan-Arab Federation of Labor Trade Unions
Hashem Ali Mohsen
Federation
Damascus
U.N
Thant
Cairo
Syria
Iraq Petroleum Co
Nureddin el-Atassi
Egypt
Atassi
Bulletin
AP News Digest
Richard Friend
Maryland
Robin Olds
U Thant
Hong Kong
Greece
Jim Johnson
Democratic State Committee
Hazen
Arkansas Pollution Control Commission
S. L. Davies
Davies
Dale McKinney
Hubert Baker
Collinsville
Mllnois
Mr. Baker
Dale
Helen
Bakers
Whitfield Masonic Lodge No
Royce Weisenberger
American Bar Association
National Institute
Vorce
University of Toledo
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Arkansas Judicial Counsell
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Virgin Islands
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