Community notices and awards at Verger High and local clubs
The document lists May 26 8 p.m. event Thought For The Day with a panel including Earl Edwards and others, a Trempstead Barracks 58a meeting to elect delegates to the Little Rock state convention, an ice cream social at the Edwards home with a quilt prize, a May 29 vacation ball at Harris Gym, and numerous Verger High School seniors receiving awards and scholarships from Philander Smith College AM&N College and others, plus citizenship and typing certificates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abundant Living
Earl Edwards
Richard Cox
Madaline Faucette
Dorothy Morison
Ancille White
Will Rutherford Jr
Sup
James H. Jones
Trempstead
Hope
Little Rock
Lee Tyus
W. S. Williamson
CBS
Booker Edwards
Verger’ High School
Big 9
Freeman Criner
Lloyd Turner
Bessie Mills
Harold Conway
Christine Stephenson
Ruth Holt
Mildred Prater
Dorothy Thomas
Martha Allen
Philander Smith College
Ethe Rhodes
Bobbie Dennis
Am&n College
Pine Bluff
Bessie Faye Mills
Douglas Williamson
Cotillion
Minnie Bell MecKillion
Charmetis
Dorothy Washington
James A. Harris
Charles Dixon
J. T. Moore Shop
Odel Maxwell
Waliee Heard
No Action on Commendation Resolution in Senate
Senators debated President Kennedy's dispatch of U S marshals to Alabama to prevent race riots but took no action. Fewer than a dozen were on the floor, about half participating. An hour of debate passed with no vote, sending the measure back to the legislative calendar. A future motion to bring up the resolution would face unlimited debate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Kennedy
Alabama
Senate
Death for Two in the Sex Murder Case
An all male jury sentences Leslie Douglas Ashley and Carolyn Lima to death in the electric chair for the murder of real estate dealer Fred A. Tones. The suspects, aged 23 and 18, were convicted of the February 6 killing, whose body was found in a gasoline-soaked burn scar. Defense plans an appeal as District Attorney Briscoe defends the verdict amid moral controversy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Tex
Leslie Douglas Ashley
Hot Springs
Ark
Carolyn Lima
Jack Night
Fred A. Tones
Ashley
Miss Lima
Knight
Jones
Frank Briscoe
Des Arc Man Killed in Train Collision
A Des Arc man died when his car struck a Rock Island passenger train at a highway 33 crossing near Des Arc Arkansas. The victim was alone in the vehicle and identified as WH Rogers a year old resident of Des Arc. Police described the crash as a single vehicle fatality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biscoe, Ark
Des Arc
Rock Island
Here
Rogers
Freedom Riders Defy Cooling Off Plea Amid Alabama Tensions
SCLC leader Wyatt Walker said the group would press on with its campaign despite Attorney General Kennedy calling for a cooling-off period. Freedom Riders faced charges of breach of peace as Alabama troops were replaced by Mississippi National Guardsmen. James Lawson urged restraint while noting the riders traveled as protectees of the government. About 700 deputy marshals were stationed at Maxwell Air Force Base for potential emergencies as violence surfaced in Montgomery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyatt T. Walker
Southern Christian Leadership Conference of
Atlanta
Freedom Riders
Alabama
Mississippi
National Guard
James Lawson
Nashville, Tenn
Washington
Kennedy
U. S
Maxwell Air Force Base
Montgomery
Justice Department
Kennedy to ask Congress for large foreign aid and space boost
President Kennedy prepared to request a large package totaling about 1 billion dollars for fiscal 1967, plus a stepped up space program and broader Voice of America funding. He aims to widen foreign aid to Southeast Asia and Latin America, fund civilian fallout shelter plans, and boost unemployment relief while addressing Congress in a joint session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southeast Asia
Laos
Congress
Kennedy
Voice of America
U.S. Information Agency
Latin America
Washington
White House
House
Capitol
Senate
Lyndon B. Johnson
Spe
Bankers End Annual Meet in Hot Springs Arkansas
The Arkansas Bankers Association closed its annual meeting after approving a reconstruction bond issue for improvements at state institutions following a favorable popular vote. The plan would fund colleges, the State Hospital, and the Arkansas Children's Colony, but does not name Gov. Faubus's bond proposal date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hot’ Springs
Ark
Arkansas Bankers Association
State Institute
Orval E. Faubus
State Hospital
Arkansas Children’s Colony
Army to sell 13 Lake Greeson cottage sites
Army Engineers will auction 13 cottage sites at Lake Greeson near Narrows Dam on July 20 to the highest bidders. Seven lots lie in the West Fork area and six in the Cowhide Grove area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock
Army Engineers
Lake Greeson
Narrows Dam
West Fork
Cowhide Grove
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Tregular Ctaklp
Hope Star
Prospect
Mayarth
Lee Melasky Farm
Patmos
Brown Brothers Livestock Commission
Burial Association
Oakcrest Funeral Home
Dial
Outboard Motor & Boat Insurance
Roy Anderson Insurance Agency
Roach Insurance Agency
East Third
Sa, Far Noupelie Suber
Bob Lewis
Ae Orace
Mes Tan Ladies Specialty Shop
Stewart ‘Electric Co
W. Main
Prescott
Evinyude Motor
Bath
Kelvinator
Admiral
Baker's Easy Pay
Singer Sewing Machine
Kemm
Music Studios
Main
Joplin
Bond
Washington, Ark
Capitol Building
Claud Sutton
Ray Lawrence
Rosston Rd
H. J. Honea
Brown Brothers Livestock Commission Company
Arkansas
Tiny
West
J. E. Ambrose
Larry Moore
Monty
Bruce Terminix
Hope Builders
King's
King’s Drive In
AVIS
Perry's
Hwy. 67
Ralph Montgomery Market
Barry's Grocery
Tood
Simmon
Saylors
P.O. Box
Camilen, Ark
West Third
Hazel and
Hickory
J. E. Schooley
Old 67 Highway North
J. E. Schonley
South
Lillie Middlebrooks
Harold Avery
West Avenue B
North Vervey
J. B. Cearey
W. C. Gentry
Rosston Highway
West Sixth
Leonard Ellis
Moore Bros
Greville
Anna P. Strong
Harris Gym
Neva Carmicheal
Gene Briggs
Vas
Eral A
Elena
Falcon
Hope Auto CO
Second Dial
Childs Grocery
Brookwood
West Side
East Side
Foster Land & Realty Company
West Third Street
JFK
By Sterling F. Green
Cial
Johnson
New York
Yankee
Ralph Houk
George Barrows
Hollywood
Jim Backus
George
Frankfurt
West Germany
San Francisco
Betsy -Snite
Bankers End
Lake Land Sole
By Quincy
King John
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