Senate votes to broaden school aid bill
The Senate approved an amendment to allow $2.55 billion in federal school funds to cover general operating costs for public grade and high schools. The measure, 51-39, permits use for buses textbooks janitorial and clerical services and libraries, without increasing total grants. The amendment faced opposition from some aid proponents and teachers’ groups but reflected state needs beyond new construction.
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Senate
Winston L. Prouty
R-Vl
Noor
Wayne Morse
D-Ore
Kennedy
Prouty
Prescott Bush
R-Conn
House Committee
Herbert Zelenko
D-N.y
Prescott area notices and community events summary
Prescott residents reported a string of community updates. Mrs Thel Honning remains a Wadley Hospital patient in Texarkana Room 403. Local couples, visits, and reentries into Prescott life were noted, along with Delta Kappa Gamma activities hosted by Mrs Marie Thomas with Mrs J A Cole. The Ernest Blevins home near Missionary Grove Baptist Church burned recently, destroying possessions. The Junior Musical Coterie held its final meeting May 16 with Emily Oates as president and Betty Tippett as secretary, planning a May arrival picnic chaired by Carolyn Haltom and Bobby Taylor. Prescott Masonic Lodge No 90 hosted a dinner May 18 honoring wives. Waymond Lavennis spoke. The Methodist General Board of Social Concern called for no unilateral military intervention by governments in Cuba, Laos, or others.
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Phoeba Johnson
Anna Gordon
Emilie Oates
Betty Tippett
Pam Fore
Carolyn Haltom
Bobby Taylor
Mattia Bemis
Ellen McRae
Debbie Hooks
Kathy Bratton
Dana Mitchell
BP. A. Esttarre
Barry Goldwater to propose Senate amendment
Sen. Barry Goldwater plans to offer a similar amendment in Senate debate but is expected to be rejected in that chamber.
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Barry Goldwater
R-Ariz
Senate
Violence and Martial Law Mark Alabama Race Tensions
Alabama lawmakers return to a city under martial law after race riots and violence at the Greyhound station. Police arrest suspects in assaults on NBC crew and a hotel bellboy suffers injuries from a flying bottle. National Guardsmen bolster patrols as George Lincoln Rockwell and the American Nazi Party plan a protest bus.
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George Lincoln Rockwell
Alabama
John Patterson
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P. Brown
Claude Henley
Montgomery
NBC
Maurice
Moe) Leavey
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Greyhound Station
John Seigenthaler
Robert Kennedy
Seigenthaler
Kennedy
National
Nazi Party
George Lincoln Roesell
Phone Firm Asks to Sell Shares
Southwestern States Telephone Co. asked the Arkansas Public Service Commission for authority to issue 110000 shares of common stock. A stockbroker has a firm offer for 100000 shares at 24 dollars each, with the remaining 40000 to be sold to employees to fund an 8 million expansion program. About 715000 will be spent in central and eastern areas. The service area includes Jacksonville, Little Rock Air Force Base, Stuttgart, Poca, and other Arkansas towns such as De Witt, Corning, Des Are, De Valis Bluff, Carlisle, Judsonia, Piggott, Hazen, England and Cabut.
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Southwestern States Telephone Co
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Poca
Kontas
Johnson to Give Report on Trip to Southeast Asia
Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson will report to President Kennedy on his Southeast Asia trip. He will stop in Bermuda today and fly in Wednesday morning. Assistant press secretary Andrew Hatcher says Johnson is expected to meet Kennedy around 11:15 a.m. after reporting, Johnson will hold two news conferences.
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Washington
Lyndon B. Johnson
Kennedy
Southeast Asia
Johnson
Bermuda
White House
Andrew T. Hatcher
Hatcher
National Guard Quells Nighttime Threats at City Venues
Attorney General Kennedy's era ends as marshals withdraw after a Sunday night standoff at the Negro First Baptist Church. State patrolmen and guardsmen arrive, then land at Maxwell AFB. Anonymous bomb threats target a bus station, WAPX radio, two white junior highs, a white college, and a Negro college. no bombs were found by investigators.
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Atty
Steps to Revive Industry in Civil Defense Talk
Federal industry specialist Stan Johnson outlined a 10 step plan for industrial survival at a Civil Defense conference in Little Rock. The program stresses evacuation planning, employee shelters, key official replacements, vital records protection, emergency repair and rebuilding, and decentralization of production for critical items. The talk urged Civil Defense directors to work with industry to inform the public on home preparedness.
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Little Rock
Stan Johnson
U.S. Office of Civil and Defense Mobilization
Graduates Told to Have Courage at Ark A&M Commencement
Gov. Orval Faubus urged Arkansas A&M College's 90 graduates to show courage and a willingness to change ordinary circumstances into unusual opportunities. He used the speech to advocate a $40 million construction bond, saying an opportunity is now knocking and funding must be made for influx of youths into education.
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Monticello
Ark
Orval E. Faubus Tate
Arkansas A&m College
Military glamorization drawn into focus by Hershey visit
Lt Gen Lewis B Hershey, director of Selective Service, criticized glamorized military imagery during a visit to the state headquarters on Monday. He warned against painting recruits a rosy picture and urged a realistic portrayal of service.
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Little Rock
Lewis B. Hershey
Washington
Selective Service
State Selective Service
Officials May Meet Kennedy in Inter-American Conference
In Montevideo official sources say most South American presidents may join President Kennedy in an Inter American conference planned for July 14. Discussions aim to recruit Argentina's Frondizi, Brazil's Quadros, Chile's Alessandri, Peru's Prado, and Ecuador's Velasco Ibarra to the summit. Kennedy's visit to Uruguay reportedly decided but not officially announced.
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Montevideo
Uruguay
Kennedy
Arturo Frondizi
Argentina
Janjo Quadros
Brazil
Jorge Alessandri
Chile
Manuel Prado
Peru
Jose Velasco Tharra
Ecuador
Arkansas to get new dean of women from Texas Tech
Miss Jacqueline Sterner, assistant dean of women at Texas Tech, will become dean of women at the University of Arkansas on July 1. She will succeed Miss Eleanor Tyler, who resigned April 22 to take a post at Bustoh University. Sterner has served as executive secretary of the Intercollegiate Association of Women Students.
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Fayetteville, Ark
Jacqueline Sterner
Texas Tech
University of Arkansas
Miss Sterner
Eleanor Tyler
Bustoh University
Sterner
Intercollegiate Association At Women Students
Workman Electrocuted During Air Conditioner Install
Pine Bluff Arkansas 22 year old workman Robert J Mosley was electrocuted Monday while installing refrigeration lines under a house. Co workers pulled him free after a power line contact, but he died en route to the hospital arriving around 2.
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Ark
Pine’ Bluff
Robert J. Mosley
Pine Bluff
Hope Arkansas Newspaper Advertising and Audit Bureau Listing
A historical Hope Arkansas page lists staff names, offices, and advertising bureau affiliations. It names Paul Rainer, George W. Mosmor, Donal Parker as staff and notes membership in the Audit Bureau of Circulations and The Associated Press. Addresses in Hope, Memphis, and Dallas are cited for offices and representation.
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Cevmue
Rainer Paul
Jones
Donal Parker
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Rei
Fi Roger, Jr
Cire
George W. Mosmor
Mech
Hope
Matches
Audit Bureau
Arkansas Dallies, Inc
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Tenn
Dallas
Texas
Michigan Ave
Chicago
42Nd St
New York
Detroit
Lerminal
Oklahoma City
Associated the Associated Press
Flood Could Have Been Prevented in Harrison Arkansas
Maj. Gen. Robe Fleming said the May 7 flood in Harrison could have been prevented if Congress had not set up a flood control project. He noted the corps will stop its timetable for Crooked Creek mood control facilities and will have preliminary plans ready in six weeks.
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Harrison,ark
Army Engineer
Harrison
Congress
Robe Fleming
Dallas
Corps of Engineers
Crooked Creek
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