Learning Is a Weapon Against the Bad Report
The May 20 PTA convention in Albuquerque approved a resolution condemning mass media for premarital sex crime and violence, urging better schooling. A Northwestern University survey of youths showed high percentages opposing accusers, peaceful assembly, free press, and free speech, portraying a troubling future.
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National Congress of Parents and Teachers
Albuquerque
N. M
UPT
UPI
PTA
Wheeling
W. Va
Northwestern University
America
Northwetern University
Johnny
Arkansas Weather Forecast Reports Showers and Warm Temps
Weather note from the Experiment Station cites 24-5 ending 7 a.m. Wednesday with a high of 85 and a low of 69 and a trace of precipitation. It forecasts considerable cloudiness across Arkansas through Thursday with showers and thunderstorms affecting 40 to 60 percent of the state and cooler conditions in the northwest. Tonight’s low is expected about 65 to 75 with Thursday highs in the 80s.
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Arkansas
Regional Forecast from The Associated Press
Arkansas forecast shows central region partly cloudy tonight then cloudy with a 40 percent shower and thunderstorm risk rising to 60 percent Thursday. Lows 68 to 72 with highs in the mid to upper 80s. Northwest region more cloud cover through Thursday with showers and thunderstorms likely.
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Arkansas
Associated Press
Central
Northwest
Arkansas Redistricting Session Shows Split Votes
The Arkansas Legislature in a three day special session shows progress with one major plan passing in the House while others fail. The Kizer Kinney proposal passed 78 to 8 after a rejection of the McCastlain Allen plan, delaying a final redistricting decision to Friday or later in the Senate.
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Little Rock
Arkansas
House
Senate
Sebastian County
Bernice Kizer
St. Francis County
Clarke Kinney
Doris McCastlain
Dorothy Allen
Brinkley
McCastlain-Allen
Presbyterians Okay Mixed Marriages
The United Presbyterian Church in the U S A voting body declares there are no scriptural grounds to condemn or prohibit interracial marriage and urges repeal of anti miscegenation laws in 19 states. The assembly also moves to study a proposed new confession of faith seen as a major creedal shift.
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John F. Wheeler
Columbus
Ohio
U.S
Eward Dewey ,Jr
Princeton Theological Seminary
Burns Prove Fatal to Mrs Ola Anderson
Mrs Ola Anderson died in a Little Rock hospital after suffering first degree burns from kerosene igniting her clothing when she tossed it on a stove. She died March 17 at her Hope area home and is survived by husband James, ten brothers and two sisters, plus several daughters and other relatives. Oakcrest Funeral service will announce arrangements.
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Hope
Ola Anderson
Little Rock
Anderson
James Anderson
Robbie
Dianne Anderson
J. C. May
Lee Neeley
John O'Hara
Booster City
John Martin
Roy
Robert
Clyde
Neal
Leo
Ervin Martin
All of Hope
Lynn
Earnest
Rayne
California
Monroe Martin
Maryland
A. G. Kinsey
Shreveport
Buddy Stark
McNeil
Ark
Oakcrest Funeral Service
Poppy Day Observed In Hope May 29
Hope prepares for Memorial Poppy Day with residents urged to wear a red remembrance flower. Mrs. Leon Bundy chairs the American Legion Auxiliary Poppy Committee as plans for distribution across the city are finalized and volunteers are assigned to stations. Poppies were supplied and crafted by disabled veterans.
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Leon Bundy
Legion Auxiliary Unit
American Legion Auxiliary
Burglar Strikes Smith Generator Shop on Highway 6 7
City police investigate a burglary at Smith Generator's Shop west on Highway 6 7. A rear window entry yielded about $40 from cold drink boxes. authorities believe nothing else was taken.
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Smith Generator
U.S. to Create Jobs for About 10 000 Arkansas Youths
The Neighborhood Youth Corps will offer summer work for about 10 000 youths in Arkansas. Projects approved include Quachita County Camden 431 jobs, Harrison 100, Arkansas Game and Fish 600, Soil and Water 235, Fulton County 185. Federal cover 90 percent of costs. wages are $1.25 per hour for 30 hours weekly with 16 to 22 year olds from low income families.
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Little Rock
Arkansas
A J Moss
J S Bland
State Employment Security Division
Labor Department
Bland
Quachita County
War psychology in Vietnam favors professional detachment over hate
An AP dispatch from Da Nang argues that American forces in Vietnam rely on training rather than emotion. It notes civilians are rarer on the front, crews stay briefly, and rotations prolong the conflict while morale remains high. The piece laments lack of a unifying enemy figure and cites Ho Chi Minh as a rare national identity.
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DA Nang
South Viet Nam
Viet Nam
Adolf Hitler
Ho Chi Minh
Tornado Forecast Issued for Northwest Arkansas Counties
The Weather Bureau issued a tornado forecast today for 18 northwest Arkansas counties. Severe thunderstorms with a few tornadoes, large hail, and damaging winds were expected, with the forecast due to expire at 6 pm. Counties affected include Polk, Scott, Yell, Pope, Conway, Van Buren, Searcy, Newton, Boone, Carroll, Madison, Benton, Washington, Crawford, Franklin, Johnson, Logan, and Sebastian.
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Little Rock
US Weather Bureau
Arkansas
Polk
Scott
Yell
Pope
Conway
van Buren
Searcy
Newton
Boone
Carroll
Madison
Benton
Washington
Crawford
Franklin
Johnson
Loegan and
Sebastian
U.S. Forces Begin Drawdown in Dominican Republic
The United States starts pulling 609 of 21,000 troops from the Dominican Republic as Latin American soldiers join a new OAS peace force. About 1,700 Latin American troops are expected to arrive within a week, with a matching US withdrawal. Negotiations for a post crisis government stall amid junta demands and a push for a coalition led by exiled president Bosch’s agriculture minister.
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Robert Berrellez
Santo Domingo
Dominican Republic
United States
Organization of American States
U.S
McGeorge Bundy
Johnson
Washington
OAS
Jose A. Mora
Cyrus Vance
Bundy
Mora
Antonio Guzman
Juan Bosch
Antonio Imbert Barrera
Imbert
County Youth Projects Set for State Meeting in Little Rock
The Star reports that 272 Hempstead County Youth and 259 Nevada County Youth projects face approval with a Thursday Little Rock meeting at 10 00 a m in the Game and Fish Building. Todd Jones Hope ES D manager says pending projects should be finalized by Friday with attending officials listed.
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The
Star Today
Neighbor Youth Corps
Hempstead County
Nevada County
Little Rock
Todd Jones
Hope
Employment Security Division
Game & Fish
Jones
Elmer Brown
Lawmakers clash over Arkansas school aid reform plan
Yell County Rep. Lloyd George challenged Arkansas Education Association secretary Forrest Rozzell to an open forum on a new financing formula. Rozzell will host a Thursday meeting with educators and officials to discuss proposed changes that would raise teacher salaries, with varying gains under two bills.
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Little Rock
Yell County
Lloyd George
Arkansas Education Association
George
Forrest Rozzell
Rozzell
Perry County
Paul van Dalsem
van Dalsem
Presbyterians to Hear Nurses Chorus in Morning Worship
The Nurses' Choral Club of Arkansas Baptist Hospital Little Rock will sing at the 11 o clock Morning Worship service of the Presbyterian Church. J A Gilbreath hospital administrator directs the group. Miss Susan Waller a Presbyterian member sings with others including Miss Caroline Ferguson and Miss Caroline Beck. several special numbers are planned.
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Arkansas Baptist Hospital of
Little Rock
Presbyterian Church
J. A. Gilbreath
Susan Waller
Hope
Caroline Ferguson
Caroline Beck
Rusk Warns of Second Soviet Installation Near Hanoi
Secretary of State Dean Rusk said there may be a second Soviet missile site near Hanoi amid deeper Soviet backing of North Viet Nam. He noted possibilities of more installations but offered few specifics while pressing for further Dominican Republic pullback.
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Washington
Dean Rusk
Hanoi
Viet Nam
North Viet Nam
Rusk
State Department
Dominican Republic
Santo Domingo
Dominican
Johnson
Legislature Balks on Space for Huie
Joint Budget Committee refused to authorize $10,000 to remodel and equip space in the Justice building for the executive secretary of the state Judicial Department. Perry County Rep. Paul Van Dalsem accused Chief Justice Carleton Harris of politicizing the appointment of C. R. Dick Huie of Arkadelphia to the $15,000 post.
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Little Rock
Joint Budget Committee
Justice
State Judicial Department
Perry County
Paul van Dalsem
Supreme Court
Carleton Harris
C. R
Dick) Huie
Arkadelphia
Judicial Department
Hempstead men called for armed forces exams and ROTC plans
Hempstead area men are notified to report for Armed Forces physical examinations on June 22. Names include Henry Arthel Brown and Terry Don Thurman among others. Cadet Thomas M. Baker seeks admission to advanced Air Force ROTC at the University of Arkansas. Other items note a reunion committee for Louann graduates and promotions at Ft. Hood.
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Hempstead
Henry Arthel Brown
Terry Don Thurman
James Floyd Booker
Elee Lafayette
Willie Charles McFadden
Herbert Byers
Thomas M. Baker
Hope, Ark
University of Arkansas
Burgess Palmer
West 7Th
Texarkana
Louann
Ark
T. O. Hanaker
P .O. Box
Magnolia
Poultry Festival Committees In Action In Hope
The Southwest Arkansas Poultry Festival, set for Saturday in Hope, features a Princess Pageant, Poultry Cooking Contest, 4 H Chicken Barbecue, a parade, a chicken Que, and a talent contest with 100 dollars in cash prizes for four winners. Richard Keyton leads arrangements. entries invited from 12 county southwest region with 16 acts accepted.
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Southwest Arkansas
Hope
Wayne Russell
Richard Keyton
Hope High
Southwest
Keyton
Princess Pagwent
Johnny Turner
Roy Anderson Insurance Company
Johnson proposes nationwide billboard and junkyard ban
President Johnson asked Congress to bar outdoor advertising within 1000 feet of highways and to remove existing signs by 1970 plus require states to curb billboards on interstates and primary roads to receive federal aid. The plan also bans new junkyards within 1000 feet of pavement and urges federal funding for enforcement or condemnation where states lack power.
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Frances Lewine Washington
Johnson
Congress
Senate
House
White House
Natural Beauty Conference
Shason
Graf
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McCastlain
Allen
Parliament Hill
Ottawa
Canada
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Vance
Col
Francisco Gaan
Deno
County Youth Project
AEA
Huie
William B. Osborn
53Rd Quartermaster Battalion
Ft. Hood
Ouachita College
Osborn
Floyd K. Osborn
Carolyn Barton
Billy
Copperas Cove
Texas
Ber
Capt. Osborn
Ft. Lee
Jack Lowe
Hope Builders Supply Co
Arkansas Ready-Mixed Concrete Association
George H. Tousley
George H Tousley
Florissant
U. S. Air Force Academy
McCluer High School
NHS
Order of the Arrow
Mildred Brooks
J. F. Brooks
Blevins
Priver
LBJ
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