Holiday Death Toll Set to Break Memorial Day Record
The long Memorial Day weekend likely to set a national record for traffic deaths with averages near one fatality every 15 minutes. The Associated Press tally shows 529 total deaths including 375 traffic, 48 drownings, 29 boating, and 77 misc. deaths, underscoring widespread danger on highways as millions travel.
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Weather Experiment Station report with 1961 precipitation
Weather data shows 24 hours ending 7 am Tuesday with high 96 and low 60. Cumulative precipitation through April 16 stands at 26 inches, up from 14 inches the prior year. Forecasts call for Arkansas partly cloudy warm conditions through Wednesday with highs in the 80s and lows mid 50s, while Louisiana remains clear to partly cloudy with little temperature change and highs reaching the 60s to 80s.
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Regional Forecast With Warm Watered Down Readout
Clear to partly cloudy and warm this afternoon tonight and Wednesday Highs in the mid to high 80s across central southeastern southwest and northwest regions Lows tonight generally in the low 60s central and southeast with mid 60s elsewhere and upper 50s to 60s in the northwest
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Father of Hope Woman Dies in Arkansas News Brief
L. Gartrall, 87, father of Mrs. May Turner of Ope, died Monday at Babee. He is survived by two daughters Miss Kelly Gartrall of California and Mrs. Tevelyn Westbrook of Little Rock and a son Dr. Luther Gartrall of Alabama. Arrangements announced by Westbrook Funeral Service at Beber.
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Twenty three claims up to commission hearing
In Little Rock the State Claims Commission will hear 23 contested and uncontested claims on Thursday. A $52,500 claim from the May meeting remains unsettled in the death of 26 month old Marshal Maxine Henderson of Alexander who was scalded in a bathtub at the state Tuberculosis Sanatorium in Booneville last year.
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Washington Dedication Plans Set
Washington's Tavern Blacksmith Shop dedication ceremonies and Civil War Centennial banquet will be held Wednesday May 31 with many notable attendees including Congressman Oren Harris Gov Faubus and Gov Paulius. The 3 pm dedication precedes a 7 pm banquet where James M Pilkinton serves as master of ceremonies.
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Gunman Admits Holdup Slayings in Signed Statement
A 16 year old, Lloyd Lee Anderson, admitted in a signed statement to firing the shots that killed Thomas Grape 15 at a May 18 drugstore holdup and William Schulze 59 during a March 25 grocery store holdup. Circuit Attorney Daniel P. Reardon Jr. said two first degree murder warrants will be issued. Police continue to seek an older suspect known as Ray.
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Film Shown in Hope by Legion Sponsors
A diverse group including business leaders ministers city officials and Legion posts witnessed the film Operation Abolition at Hope Coliseum. Brought by State Adjutant Loyd McDermott and State Finance Officer Lawrence Fisher under Leslie Huddleston Post No 12 and its Auxiliary, the film covers Communist agitation and May 1960 hearings in San Francisco. McDermott noted convictions by the Supreme Court since the film’s release. Local president Mrs Cecil Weaver welcomed guests and thanked Jerome Duffie for publicity and assistance.
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Dag Hammarskjold Warns Peace Depends on UN Secretariat
In Oxford, Dag Hammarskjold warned peace may be endangered if the United Nations rejects a truly independent international secretariat led by a central chief executive. He spoke after receiving an honorary degree as doctor of civil laws, amid Khrushchev’s call for a three man executive representing communist, neutral, and Western nations.
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Fender Damage in Wreck Near 7th and South Falton
Early today at 7th and South Falton a collision between autos driven by George Keith and James Lumpkin caused fender damage to both vehicles. City Officer Rowe charged Mr. Keith with hazardous driving after investigation.
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Turner 86 dies. lifelong Spring Hill resident and longtime Democratic committeeman
J C Turner 86 lifelong Spring Mill Community farmer and Methodist Church member died yesterday in a local hospital. Survived by six daughters and a sister. Services at Oakcrest Funeral Service Chapel at 2 p m with burial in Memory Gardens. Central Committee members to serve as honorary pallbearers.
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Strike Called in S Africa Race Trouble
South Africa police were deployed to protect nonwhites going to work amid a three day strike led by Nelson Mandela. Sporadic violence occurred as African pickets clashed with African nonstrikers, with roadblocks smashed and transportation crews attacked in several towns.
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Husband of Hope Native Dies at 49 in Little Rock
A 49 year old Buckner native and husband of Lorraine Whitehurst Stokes died of a heart attack Monday in Little Rock. The body will be brought to Hope for burial, with Smith Funeral Service announcing the service time.
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Aal Foyt wins rich 500 mile race in dangerous duel
Indianapolis AP report says Aal Foyt, among the sport's youngest drivers, triumphs in the golden anniversary 500 mile race in a dramatic finish with Eddie Sachs. Six cars crashed on the main straight during the race near the quarter mark. Rookie Don Wavis collided with the outside wall, triggering the pileup that blocked most of the straight, while Wavis walked away from his car.
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Canadian Air Surges Into U S Memorial Day Weather
A Canadian air surge brings a wintry Memorial Day across eastern states. Temperatures dip to the 30s and 40s from the Great Lakes to New England with several date records tied or broken, including Philadelphia 41 and Syracuse 30, amid mostly cloudy skies.
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Silent on Guard Integration In Arkansas Comment Delayed
Maj. Geb Sherman T Clinger Arkansas adjutant general declined to comment on possible integration of Arkansas National Guard units. The Southwest Branch NAACP meeting in Dallas voted to push integration of Guard units in five states including Arkansas. Gov. Faubus leads the Arkansas Guard, and officials said he would not be reachable until Wednesday.
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First Group of New Freedom Riders Arrested in Jackson
A group of nine Freedom Riders from New Orleans entered a Jackson Mississippi train station waiting area and refused police orders to move. They were arrested for breach of peace after brief defiant exchanges with Capt. Ray. Richard Davis and Richard Waley commented on the desegregation bias between buses and train depots.
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Kennedy Heads for European Conferences
President Kennedy departs for Europe to meet with France's Charles de Gaulle in Paris and Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev in Vienna amid birthday celebrations in Boston. He vows to defend freedom, cites past miscalculations, and plans brief talks with Israel's Prime Minister Ben Gurion before continuing to Europe.
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Showers Dampened Regions Across the United States
Light rain fell in northern California and parts of the central and northern plateau, with showers spreading across the central Plains New England and Virginia. Expect cooler readings in the Northeast with temperatures in the 30s and 40s, while others ranged from the 50s to 70s. El Paso registered a high of BL and Traverse City 42.
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C. O. Thomas Rites Set for Wednesday Afternoon
Funeral services for Charles O. Thomias a 67 year old civil engineer who died yesterday will be held at 2 p m Wednesday at Jerndon Cornelius Wateral Home Chapel with Abe Roy Haifus Sarretls officiating. Burial will follow in Rose Hill Cemetery.
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Pool Expands Summer Swimming Program at Nope Pool
Nope Municipal Swimming Pool enlarges its summer program with Monday to Friday morning lessons starting June 5. Morning closures, a varied schedule from 8 am to 10 am and 6:30 to 7:30 pm, include Senior Lifesaving, Beginners, Junior Lifesaving, Intermediate, Racing, Synchronized Swimming, and Adult classes. Registration opens this week for boys and girls aged 9 to 17, while general public hours run 1 to 6 pm Monday through Saturday and 2 to 8 pm on Sunday.
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Trustee Named in Bankruptcy at Camden Villa Mobile
Glen W. Reese of Camden will serve as trustee of the bankrupt Villa Mobile Homes Manufacturing Co at Camden. He was named Monday at a meeting of creditors to operate the firm until the plant shutdown and other proceedings are completed. Five persons associated with the bankrupt company have been charged criminally for disposing of its assets.
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Memorial Day Notes and Local People News
Memorial Day parking is free in downtown Hope for workers while others work to pay taxes. Fulbright Scholar Ted Warren Jones, son of Red Jones, will study in Germany 1961. Oliver Mills returns from a week at Underwood Typewriter in Hartford and assumes the agency here while the main office is in New York. The Crippled Children’s Division plans a diagnostic clinic June 8 at Texarkana’s Miller County Health Department, inviting about 20 Hempstead children. A copperhead lizard, believed poisonous by local youths Huckabee, Lauterbach, and Ross, was shown but is noted as a non native safety concern.
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Germany
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Venezuelan airliner crashes near Lisbon coast
An airliner carrying 62 aboard vanished four minutes after takeoff from Lisbon area. Rescue planes searched the Caparica coast as Venezuela's Viasa and KLM reported 48 passengers aboard with 14 crew, including Venezuelan Portuguese Spanish nationalities and possibly one Italian and one French man. The flight was bound for Caracas via the West Indies.
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