Suit Filed to Condemn Millwood Land in Hempstead County
In Arkansas federal court a condemnation suit seeks 367.13 acres of Hempstead County land for the Millwood Dam project. Owners include two Hope men linked to the Arkansas Water District, George W. Peck president and Vincent W. Fossler planning chair, plus RocheL La Grove J. Liebalong Dorsey A. McRae II Bruce B. McKay Albert Graves and their wives of Hope, A Pruden and Mrs. Pruden of Brownsville Texas, and Union Planters National Bank. The government estimates just compensation at 15172 dollars.
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Utexarkana
Hempstead’ County
Iwood Dam
Arkansas
Hope
Thiiest
Arkansas Water District
Millwood Dam
George W. Peck
Water District
Vincent W. Fossler
Inc
Roche! la Grove
Lieb- Along
Dorsey A. McRae HI
Bruce B. McKay
Albert
Graves
All
Union Planters National Bank
U.S. Attownew
Charles Conway
Millwood
Little River County
Dairy Month Meeting Called In Hempstead County
Dairy Month observance announced by Hempstead County Farm Bureau for all dairymen and interested residents. Meeting set for Thursday May 1 at 8 pm in the little courtroom of the Hempstead County Courthouse. G K Minter presented Gov. Faubus with brucellosis free state certificate.
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Hempstead
Autry
Wilgon
G. K. Minter
US Department of Agriculture
Gov. Faubus
Arkansas
Surplus Food Denied Able Bodied Workers
Mississippi County welfare director Leroy Richardson said on Monday that individuals classified as able bodied farm laborers are no longer eligible for surplus agricultural commodities when farm work is available. He noted that unemployed laborers would be struck from welfare rolls, with up to about 15,000 people possibly removed this month following prior furor over an earlier 18,000-cut.
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Buntheville
Ark
Mississippi County Welfare
Leroy Richardson
Richardson
Floyd Irby
Berserk Bus Passenger Shot to Death in Chicago
A Greyhound passenger went berserk aboard a bus on the West Side. Milo Savo Brekich of San Francisco stabbed the driver and two passengers, then was shot twice in the head by police after refusing to drop his knife. Other injured included a 23 year old Army private and a Marine corporal who leaped from the bus.
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Chicago
Milo Savo
Brekich
Lez
San Francisco
Arthur
McCauslin
Rosy Moran
William Kokko
Negaunee
Mich
Pfc
Richard Williams
Santa Ana
Calif
Doss
Williams
Brekith
Kokko
Donald Paul
Des Moines
Iowa
Greyhound
Donald Valencourt
Spring Lake
McCaustin
Moran
Ruth Kelley
Park Forest
Weather Total 1962 Precipitation Through April
The 1962 rainfall measured 17.85 inches by April 17, compared with 6.26 inches for the same period last year, indicating above normal precipitation this spring.
Holloway Family Reunion Sunday
The Holloway Family Reunion is set for Sunday, June 8, on the lawn of the Holloway home at Willisville. Descendants from over 10 states expected. a picnic lunch will be served. Members include Henry Holloway and several siblings living in Arkansas, Texas, and Georgia.
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Holloway
Willisville
R. W. Ty Holloway
Arkansas
Carroll County
Rossion
Mount Olive
Henry Holloway
L.R
Northwest
Final Rites for Mrs. Sims Wed
Mrs J M Sims Jr, who died Monday, will have final rites at 10 am Wednesday at First Assembly of God. The Rev W C Land will officiate. Burial is in Snell Cemetery at Emmet.
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J. M. Sims, Jr
Assembly of God
W. C. Land
Snell’ Cemetery
Emmet
More Showers Dampen Wide Areas of U S
The Associated Press reports broad showers across the eastern half of the U S following another mid continent storm outbreak with tornadoes and strong winds. Regions from Texas to Illinois face heavy rain, hail, and flood warnings as showers move eastward and storms sweep the Southeast. No injuries reported but property damage cited and county patrols note flooding in Iowa and Kansas.
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Associated ‘Press
Texas
Oklahoma
Missouri
Kansas
Iowa
Illinois
Stillwater
Ingersal
Shawnee
Paola
Kan
Rock Springs
Tex
Okumwva
Towa
West Central
Ilinois
Nebraska
South Carolina
Florida
Brookwood Honors Fifth Graders Play Closing Day
Brookwood School featured a 6th grade assembly with a play titled Closing Day. Diane May taught, Jimmy Turney welcomed, and a pantomime by Betty Gaines Gail Hartsfield Mary Holder Darla James and Brenda McHoy followed. Vic Powell read the class will and Brenda McRoy read a theme titled Brains. Ellen Turner gave the closing address.
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Brookwood
Diane May
Jimmy Turney
Betty Gaines
Gail Hartsfield
Mary’ Holder
Darla James
Brenda McHoy
Vic Powell
Brenda McRoy
Ellen Turnest
Memorial Day Observance Here and At Hempstead Court
A Memorial Day service to honor war dead will be held at 11 am Wednesday. The observance on Hempstead Court is sponsored by the VFW Auxiliary. The public is invited.
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Hempstead Court
Panic selling ruled unreasonable by Dillon after Kennedy talks
Secretary of the Treasury Douglas Dillon rejected panic selling after a White House conference with President Kennedy and top advisers. He said the economy is sound and expected to rise later in the year. Attendees included William McMartin, David Bell, Walter Heller, Edward Gudeman, and Manuel Cohen.
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Washington
Dillon
Kennedy
William Mc Martin
Federal Reserve Board
David Bell
Walter Heller
President's Council of Economic Advisers
Commerce
Edward Gudeman
Manuel F. Cohen
Securities and Exchange Commission
Final Rites for Mrs Briggs Today
Funeral services for Mrs Nellie Waters Briggs aged 84 were held at Herndon Correlius Funeral Chapel with Rev Clyde Goddard of First Christian Church presiding. Burial followed at Rose Hill Cemetery. Surviving: son Dr Fred N Briggs of Davis California and six daughters Lavenia Patterson DeSoto Missouri Mary Carter Hope Arkansas Judith Stepp Decatur South Dakota Julia Caldwell Webster South Dakota Ruth ONeill Mitchell Dakota Territory Margaret Shively Dayton Ohio sister Mrs Carl Cumpings Lebanon Oregon.
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Nellie Waters Briggs
Clyde Goddard
First Christian Church
Herndon-Correlius
Rose Hill Cemetery
Fred N. Briggs
Davis
Calif
Lavenia Patterson
DeSoto
Mary Carter
Hope
Judith ‘Stepp
Decatur
Julia Caldwell
Webster, S$.d
Ruth O'Neill
Mitchell, D.C
Margaret Shively
Dayton, G
Carl Cumpings Lebannon
Oregon
NLRB Rules Franz Food Employees Not Represented
The National Labor Relations Board ruled Franz Food Products workers in Green Forest Arkansas are not represented by Local 425 of the Food Handlers Union. The board dismissed the company petition to determine the union’s status, noting the union had already stated it did not represent the employees.
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Washington
Natonal Labor Relations Board
Franz Food Products
Green Forest
Ark
Food Handlers Union
NLRB
D Jun
Marlar Admits Staying Man Near Fouke
Texarkana Arkansas AP Dep Pros Atly John Goodson to file first degree murder charges against two Arkansans for the slaying of Louisiana highway employee Thomas C Bond. Jerral Kenneth Marlar 82 and Welda Lee Derr 32 of Hope admit shooting Bond with a .22 pistol and dragging his body 35 feet into a wooded area near Fouke near the Louisiana line. Bond vanished April 28 after leaving a Bossier City cafe. The pair were arrested in Roswell New Mexico for car theft and face related charges. Marlar's brother Don Marlar is jailed in Shreveport after trying to pass stolen money orders.
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Texarkana
Ark
John Goodson
Bossier City
Matlar
Arkansas State Penitentiary
Bond
Marlar
Fouke
Derri
Roswell
N.M
Paltec
New Mexico
Arkansas
Midwest
Don Marlar
Shreveport
World needs great philosophers says Lubbers at LR grads
Dr. Irwin Jacob Lubbers president of Hope College Holland Mich told Little Rock University graduates the world needs great philosophers to match scientists. He warned the generation faces rapid knowledge growth with little time to adjust and much to master. LR U graduated 100 seniors Monday night.
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Little Rock
Irwin Jacob Lubbers
Hope College
Holland, Mich
Little Rock University
Lubbers
LRU
North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools
National Council] of Churches
Union seeks NLRB vote at Albert Pike Hotel
About 200 members of the Hotel Mote and Restaurant Employees Union petitioned the National Labor Relations Board to conduct a union election at the Albert Pike Hotel in Little Rock. Earl F Yeargan, business agent, said Morrison's Cafeteria case was moved to the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals in St Louis.
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Little Rock
Mote and Restaurant
National Labor Relations Board
Albert Pike Hotel
Earl F. Yeargan
Morrison's
Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals
St. Louis
Stock Market Slump Deepens as Hodges Urges Quick Action
The New York Stock Exchange faces another sharp drop amid heavy volume, echoing Black Tuesday. The AP average fell 5.10 to 206.10 at noon as industrials, rails, and utilities sagged. several blue chips rebounded later while overall losses persisted and trading slowed.
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ED Morse
AP Business News
NEW York
New York Stock Exchange
Associated Press
Chesapeake & Ohld
Campbell Soup
At&t
Standard Oil
New Jersey
du Pont
Eastman Kodak
Texas Instruments
Reynolds Tobacco
Minnesota
AT & T
General Melors
All Around Town Summer School and Local Notes Mix
Registrations for Junior and Senior Summer School courses will be held June 4 and 3 at the High School. Junior courses cost 25 dollars for one or 25 for two. Senior courses 20 dollars each or 35 dollars for two. Twin calves reported from Buster Gilbert in Washington Route 1 include a Whiteface heifer. Tall market attendance sets in at Dallas with Lewis McLarty and Mrs. Paul Raley. Laura M Vizas of Washington is a candidate for a B S degree in home economics at New Mexico State University. Jan Robison of Hope earns a bachelor of arts degree at Southern Methodist University. Mrs. Muss Rowe of Washington Smith plans to attend Boys State as a Hope high graduate now at University of Texas June 3.
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Laura M. Vizas
Washington
New Mexico State University
Avery
Texas American Legion
and Post
George Sidney
Muss Rowe
Washington, Smith
Boys State
Hope High
University of Texas
NMSC
Las Crues
Nlm
George L. Anders
Jan Robison
George Robison
Hope
Southern Methoint University
Past Masters Night at Whitfield Lodge
Past Masters night will be held at Whitfield Masonic Lodge at 7 30 p m Wednesday a degree will be conferred and refreshments served All Past Masters urged to attend Little League games scheduled today postponed due to wet grounds
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Whitfield Masonic Lodge
Stock market recovers from 1929 plunge amid uncertain comeback
Bulletin reports afternoon trading show signs of recovery after a record decline. International Business Machines up $26, American Telephone gains $6.37, Du Pont $7.50, Polaroid $4.50, Sears Roebuck $4.12, Jersey Standard $4.62 as the Dow Jones index cuts its losses but remains well below opening levels.
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Jack Lefler
AP Business News
NEW York (Ap
American Telephone
du Pont
Polaroid
Sears Roebuck
Jersey Standard
Silence on Airliner Explosion in Centerville Iowa
Federal investigators withheld comment on a possible link between a murder suicide and a Continental Airlines plane crash that killed 45. A briefcase with initials TGB was found among debris and may have carried an explosive. CAB reported a high velocity blast in a lavatory after thunderstorms. no timing device evidences found. Insurance policy details linked to a passenger who collapsed before boarding, with two deaths tied to the case. Investigators examined stewardess Joyce Rush’s body and fragments to determine the cause and origin of the explosion.
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Centerville
Iowa
Continental Airlines
Federal Bureau of Investigation
George van Epps
Lice
Civil Aeronavilccs Board
CAB
John $. Leak
CAB Engineering Division
Chicago
Kansas City
Odessa
Tex
Joyce Rush
Top State Future Farmer Named at Arkansas Tech
Gary Wallis of Rogers won the states top future farmer award at the Future Farmers of America convention opening at Arkansas Tech. He received a 4200 prize as Star Farmer and the Hartford Snyder scholarship worth 1000. Other winners include David Elkins in public speaking Paula Melton as state sweetheart and Don ald Booth in the piano talent contest. The two day session ends with officer elections and degrees. About 500 FFA students and advisors attend.
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Ark
Gary Wallis
Rogers
Future Farmers of America
Arkansas Tech
Wallis
Harford Snyder
David Elkins
Imboden
Paula Melton
Batesville
Donald Booth
Elking
Memphis
FFA
Tax Overhaul Suggested by Commerce Secretary
Commerce Secretary Luther Hodges urged an early tax overhaul, favoring quick action and a partial rollout. He supported dep schedule revisions and depreciation writeoffs to boost confidence amid slumping stock, with Treasury promised revisions in late June or early July. An aide reported Hodges at White House talks, noting no panic selling in steel, as key advisers met with Kennedy.
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Frank Corrinar
Washington (Ap
Luther Hi-Hed
Hodges
Lwa
Treasury
Secretary of the Treasury
Douglas Dillon
Départment
Révisiona
White House
Tilton
Methodist Church Session Opens in Hot Springs Arkansas
The Little Rock Conference of the Methodist Church opened its ith session in Hot Springs Arkansas with a commemorative service honoring ministers and widows who died in the past year. Bishop W Kenneth Pope of Arkansas presided. Dr Harold A Bosley of Christ Church Methodist New York City was to deliver the sermon. Reports to be heard included actions by the district superintendent executive secretary Area Council Board of Education and Hendrix College.
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Hot Springs
Ark
Little Rock
The
Methodist Church
W. Kenneth Pope
Arkansas
Harold A. Bosley
Christ Church Methodist
New York City
Area Council
Board of Education
Hendrix College
Faubus Names Grady Starling to War Memorial Stadium Post
LITTLE ROCK AP Orval Faubus appointed Grady Starling of Booneville to succeed James T. Karam of Little Rock on the War Memorial Stadium Commission Monday. Karam has been appointed to the state bank commission. Injuries Fatal RUSSELLVILLE Ark AP cop William Wood Colvin 43 of Fregerno Tex truck driver died at Russellville Hospital Monday from injuries after his rig overturned on state Highway 324 near Moreland. Officers said Colvin whose father lives at Dover apparently lost control of the truck on a curve.
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Little Rock
Orval IE
Russellville, Ark
William Wood Colvin
Fregerno
Tex
Russellville Hospital
Moreland
Colvin
Dover
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Vincent Foster
Louis Graves
Nashville News
George Peck
Hap Sharp
Midland
Orval Faubus
Grand Prairie
Stuttaart
Sharp
Lyndon Obi
San Johnson
Lawsuter
U.S
Mrs. Briggs
Union
L. A
Buster Gilbert
Washington, Rt. 1
Kappa Alpha Theta Sorority
Lewis
Lewis McLarty
Paul Raley
Raley
Lyle Shop
Tallmarket
Dallas
Bulletin
Methodist Church’ Meeting
Faubus
Liz
Laile
Ome
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