Noted Chicago publisher Lew Merrell visits local plant
Lew R Merrell publisher of Chicagolands Street Directory and Chicago O Hare International Airport Guide visited the new offset printing plant. He is a Chicago newspaper man and founder of the Chicagoland Guide with ties to Northwestern University and the Bears Magazine. His history includes birth in Princeville Illinois and a stint with several papers. His guidebook highlights Perrytown Arkansas and Washington Arkansas with restored sites.
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Lew R. Merrell
Chicago
Man
Crit Stuart
Hope
Norwestern University
Chicago Academy of Fine Arts
South Bend
Ind
Washington
Chicago Bears
Bears
Chicagoland Guide
Merrell
Perrytown
Ark
Washington, Ark
U S Archs For Self Defense As Memorial Day Talk
Gen Earle G Wheeler chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said the United States has had to resort to arms in self defense as violence is the chosen means of predator nations to gain objectives He spoke at Memorial Day ceremonies at Arlington noting about 500 American servicemen have been buried there and stressing not to honor memory by mere flowers. In Indianapolis Par nelli Jones turbine car faced a sudden shower halting the 51st 500 mile race with four miles completed.
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Washington
United States
Earle G. Wheeler
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Wheeler
Arlington National Cemetery
Keeler
Vietnam
Ariington
Fourestar
Governor asks Game and Fish Commission to resign
Governor Rockefeller confirmed letters were mailed to seven Game and Fish Commissioners seeking their resignations. Commissioner Raymond Farris called the letter’s content in very poor taste, while other commissioners said they had no reason for such a request. Rockefeller declined further comment until the letter’s contents are public.
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Game and Fish
Commission
State Highway Commission
Highway Department
Game and Fish Commission
Raymond Farris
Biscoe
Rockefeller
Petit Jean Mountain
Farris
Rockesfelter
Kennedy family gathers at Cape Cod compound for Memorial Day
Hyannisport Mass AP reports the Kennedy family, including Mrs John F Kennedy and children Caroline and John Jr, arrive to join the Cape Cod Memorial Day gathering. Other Kennedy relatives Robert Carele and Edward Kennedy are expected to join the family for the observance.
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Hyannisport, Mass
Kennedy
Cape Cod
John F. Kennedy
Caroline
John Jr
Seas
Robert F, Carele
N,y
Edward M. Kenned
Garbage Men on Strike in Pine Bluff Arkansas
Pine Bluff Arkansas AP report says only hospital garbage collection continued as hourly wage workers from the street sewer and sanitation departments walked out Monday. About 80 union members and 10 non union workers joined the strike led by Local 966 of the Arkansas Council of State County and Municipal Employes seeking 1.70 dollars per hour for truck drivers and 1.50 dollars for other workers. Superintendent J. L. McAlister noted drivers already earn 1.50 per hour.
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Pine Bluff
Ark
Afine Ki¢mner
Arkansas Council of State
Kleiner
J. L. McAlister
Sanitation Department
Memorial Day Traffic Toll Near Last Year High
The nation’s Memorial Day weekend traffic deaths total 445 by Friday p.m. local time, with final toll likely between 650 and 750 as the four day period ends at midnight. Safety experts say the holiday period could match or approach the pre holiday estimates. A photo shows Lt Vandiver presenting the Purple Heart posthumously to the family of Hospitalman Cecil Franklin Fincher Jr. for service in Vietnam.
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Chicago
W.C. Vandiver
Susan Fincher
Daphne Fincher
Cecil Fincher
Cecil Franklin Fincher Jr
U.S. Navy
Vietnam
Memorial Day Reflections On The Lonely Man And Remembered Dead
Memorial Day column by HAL BOYLE reflects on memory and the dead. It notes Americans wear rosemary, the living honor the dead, and suggests memory keeps us human. The piece encourages rediscovery through books and poets, arguing the day should unite the living.
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Hal Boyle
New York
America
Baptist Meet to Feature Dr. Martinez
Dr. Angel Martinez, a leading Southern Baptist evangelist, opens a week long crusade at First Baptist Church in Hope on Sunday June 4. He is joined by international gospel singer Pete Nunez. Martinez was born in San Antonio in September 1921 to Latino American parents.
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Angel Martinez
First Baptist Church In
Hope
Gerald W. Trussell
Pete Nunez
Mexico
Central and
South America
Europe
United States
Mr. Martinez
San Antonio
Texas
Spain
Convict's Petition Dismissed in Arkansas Case
Circuit Judge William J. Kirby dismissed the petition of state penitentiary inmate William Delbert Orman seeking release on grounds of alleged constitutional rights violations before sentencing. Orman, sentenced February 21, 1964, to two years on each of five robbery charges, argued North Little Rock police failed to ask about an attorney. Police Captain Eddie Munns read a confession in which Orman stated his guilt and had been advised of his rights.
Marlbrook Youth Revival At Marlbrook Church
Marlbrook artist church three miles east of Blevins hosts Youth Revival from June 2 to 4 with Terral Rial as evangelist. Services begin nightly at 7 30 p m and Saturday they depart at 3 30 p m for Ginger and services on Cowhide Lake Gregson with everyone singing.
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Marlbrook
Blevins
Terral Rial
Yill
Ginger
Cowhide
Lake Gregson
Planes Hit Hanoi Area Base in Ninth Strike
U S Air Force Thunderchief jets raided Hoa Lac air field west of Hanoi, cratering the runway and disrupting the North Vietnamese base. It marked the ninth attack since the first strike on April 24, with ground action light enough to permit Memorial Day services for many units.
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George McArthur Sigon
U.S. Air Force
North Vietnam
Red
Hoa Lac Aire Field
Hanoi
Vietnam
Bruce Palmer Jr
U.S
Hoa Lac
Hanoi-Haiphong
Washington
Haifphong Hanoi
South
Thanh How
Meking Delta
Central Highlands
U.S. Marine Area
Demiliiarized Zone
All Around Town graduates at 93rd spring commencement
About 1 000 seniors and graduate students will receive degrees Saturday June 3 at the University of Arkansas Fayetteville campus during the 93rd annual spring commencement. Degrees listed include Bachelor of Arts for Charlene Brown and Janet McRae Ells of Hope. Bachelor of Science in Education for Jacqueline Fieldling Jeannie Lowe Reynolds and Carol Ann Taylor of Hope. Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering for Robert David Burson of Fulton Winford Wayne Weeks of Hope. Bachelor of Science in Agriculture for James W Caudle of Hope. Bachelor of Science in Business Administration for Mice Key Baker of Hope. Bachelor of Laws for Larry Wayne Garrett of Hope. Master of Education for Alphonso Thrower Williams of Hope. Police reported several car striping incidents. two 15-year-old youths, one white and one Black, were turned over to the juvenile judge. Memorial Day observed. some Hope merchants closed for the holiday. Eleven Southern State College seniors earned degrees with honors including Tomye Evelyn Power of Hope, BSE. Dr Emmett Thompson and wife returned from a vacation in Phoenix, Palm Springs, Placerville, Las Vegas and related stops.
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University of Arkansas Fayetteville
Charlene Brown
Janet McRae Ells
Both of Hope
Jacqueline M. Fieldling
Jeannie Lowe Reynolds
Carol Ann Taylor
All of Hope
Robert David Burson
Fulton
Winford Wayne Weeks
Hope
James W. Caudle
Mice Key Baker
Larry Wayne Garrett
Alphonso Thrower Williams
Bond and Cowboys Banned from Egyptian Screens
CAIRO AP James Bond and American cowboys were barred from Egyptian movie screens amid the Middle East crisis. Culture Minister Sarwat Okgsha said such figures glorify Americans and Britons as invincible heroes, despite Westerns and thrillers about Bond being very popular with Egyptians.
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Cairo
James Bond
Middle East
Sarwat Okgsha
Israel vows to reopen gulf to all ships
Israel pledges to deservo avary sacrifice to reopen the Gulf of Aqaba to all vessels Foreign Minister Abba Eban announced after Al Ahram reported an Egyptian warning shot halted a Liberian American tanker U S officials denied the report Eban tied transit to vital national interest and warned against any arrangement limiting Israeli oil supply He noted Egyptian troop buildup in Sinai and said Israel would match it with its own forces Nasser claimed Soviet support for the blockade the gulf outlet for Elath and Israel oil imports
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Hans Benedict Jerusalem
Israel
Gulf of Aqaba
Abba Eban
Cairo
al Ahram
Gulf
U.S. State Department
Eban
Eben
Washingeton
London
Paris
Sinai Desert
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Elath
Pension for Officer’s Family Granted in 1958 Case
State Trooper Ermon Cox died in line of duty in 1958 before qualifying for a pension. The attorney general ruled his widow Helen Cox and her two minor children may receive a $1,000 annual survivors’ pension under a acts for fallen officers. Mrs Cox need not refund $100 withdrawn earlier.
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Little Rock
Ermon Cox
Attorney General’s Office
Helen Cox
Paragould
Cox
Court Rules Church Deal Carelessness
Arkansas Supreme Court reverses a lower ruling and holds the First Methodist Church at Mona responsible for fraudulent sale of church bonds to First American National Bank and Christian Foundation in Insurance Co. The decision cites carelessness by the church and notes a duplication of about 38,900 dollars in bonds handled by its fiscal agent.
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