County Disaster Aid Opens Up Retired Land
Seven Arkansas counties were declared drought disaster areas by the Agriculture Department, bringing total eligible counties to 38 for federal aid. New designations include Izard, Pope, Clay, Lawrence, Faulkner, Perry and Hempstead, with 13 more counties seeking aid. Farmers may access the livestock feed program for discounted government corn, and Clay, Lawrence and Hempstead may graze livestock on land retired from production. Existing approvals include Izard, Faulkner and Perry for grazing and haying. The state reports 19 counties have ordered 333 rail carloads of government-supplied corn since September 3. The Disaster Committee also asked aid declarations for Prairie, Clark, Cross, Howard, Ouachita, Conway, Hot Spring, Lonoke, Pike, Garner, Burne, Little River, and Cleyurne for various programs.
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Little Rock
Arkansas
Agriculture Department
Isard
Pope
Clay
Awrence
Faulkner
Perry
Hempstead
Lawrence Hempstead
Izard
State Office of the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
State Disaster Committee
Prairie
Clark
Cross
Howard
Ouachita
Conway
Hot Spring
Lonoke
Pike
Auto backs into another on West Avenue B
Joe Chrism's auto backed into Mrs. Irvin Madlock's car on West Avenue B yesterday. The Madlock vehicle sustained damage. Officers Rowe and McCulley investigated the collision.
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West Avenue B
Joe Chrism
Irvin Madlock
Madlock
Rowe and
McCulley
No Room for Frustration Says College Leader
Providence AP report quotes Marga ret Clapp president of Wellesley College urging women to prepare for midlife, arguing many girls focus on happiness after marriage and motherhood and are unready for years that follow.
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Providence, RL
Margaret Clapp
Wellesley College
Miss Clapp
Providence
Weather Experiment Station Report Friday Morning
Weather data covers 24 hours ending 7 a.m. Friday. Maximum 80 degrees, minimum 48. Light winds noted with no precipitation reported. Station observations indicate clear to partly cloudy skies and typical early spring conditions for the region.
Child Drowns in Stock Pond Near Conway Ark
Tina Skinner aged 23 months drowned Thursday in a stock pond two miles northwest of Conway Faulkner County Sheriff Joe Castleberry said the child wandered from home and fell in She was the daughter of Mr and Mrs Edward Skinner.
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Conway, Ark
Tina Skinner
Conway
Faulkner County
Joe Castleberry
Edward Skinner
Million in Insurance Tied to Slain Wife Case
In Minneapolis a trial of attorney T Eugene Thompson on first degree murder hears that Thompson took out about 1.055 million dollars in life insurance on his wife Carol Thompson. Insurance man John Winter testifies Thompson sought 100000 policies from General and Time and 50000 from Zurich while three firms issued 1050000 in coverage. The slain wife, mother of four, was killed in their St Paul home in March after policies were issued. Two other men await trial in the case.
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Minneapolis
T. Eugene Thompson
John Winter
St. Paul
Thompson J
Winter
Thompson
General Insurance Co
Carol
St.Paul
William Randall J
Time Insurance’ Co
Zurich Insurance Co
General
Time
Zurich
Girl Killed at Springdale in Highway 68 crash
Teresa Treet, 15, of Siloam Springs, died when thrown from a car that ran off State Highway 68 seven miles west of Springdale. Jeanne Black, 16, also of Siloam Springs, was driving the car and was only slightly injured in the wreck.
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Springdale
Ark
Teresa Treet
Siloam Springs
Jeanne Black
Miss Black
Estimate on Cotton Up in Arkansas
The Agriculture Department forecast Arkansas cotton output at 1.5 million bales for the year, up 65,000 from a month earlier, with an average yield of 588 pounds per acre. National crop seen at 15,322,000 bales, up 3 percent, and the lint yield per acre at a record 516 pounds. Texas California and Mississippi likely to exceed Arkansas. Census Bureau notes 10,004,627 running bales ginned by Nov 1 versus 9,143,450 last year.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Department
Arkansas
Texas
California
Mississippi
Census Bureau
Honorary AVA Memberships Awarded in Arkansas
LITTLE ROCK AP Honorary lifetime memberships in the Arkansas Vocational Association were presented Thursday to Harry L. Oswald of North Little Rock and J. A. Hawkins of Little Rock. These were the first such honors given by the AVA. Oswald sponsored farm electrification awards for more than 200 boys, while Hawkins has been active in promoting distributive education.
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Little Rock
Arkansas Vocational Association
AVA
Harry L. Oswald
North Lite Rock
J. A. Hawkins
Oswald
Hawkins
This Little Woman Asks If Husband Is a Packrat
New York AP report describes a wife who wonders if she married a man or a packrat. He hoards treasures from old paint, nails, crates, and shells, insisting nothing be discarded as useful. The piece recalls his past handyman salvage and a lost birthday jacket.
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New York
Noubes
Bayly
State issues surplus commodities to thousands in one month
Arkansas welfare officials report 2,757,214 pounds of surplus food worth 678,441 issued by the Surplus Commodities Division last month. An additional 103,470 pounds valued at 33,146 went to 84 institutions and 1,943,134 pounds valued at 686,294 went to 1,013 schools. In all, 133,450 persons received individual surplus commodities.
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Little Rock
Jim Phillips
Department
Shop in Hope for Christmas Move Started
A Hope Merchants group joins radio station KXAR and The Hope Star to boost early Christmas shopping. Since only three and a half weeks separate Thanksgiving and Christmas, the effort promotes shopping in Hope. KXAR began November 4 by calling locals. responders who say Shop in Hope for Christmas win current Jackpot merchandise certificates redeemable at fourteen Hope stores. Registration will be offered at stores and some groceries for Turkey Tuesday. on November 26 calls will award 12 pound turkeys to those who say the right words. The Hope Star will publish an early Christmas edition on November 13 with gift ideas and holiday features to spur shopping in Hope.
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Hope
KXAR
The
Hope Star
Turkey
Star
Rockefeller Silent on AIDC Plans
In Little Rock AP Rockefeller would not confirm or deny reports he will resign as Arkansas Industrial Development Commission chairman. He said he had not seriously contemplated whether his brother Nelson Rockefeller seeking the GOP presidential nomination would affect his usefulness to the AIDC.
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Little Rock
Winthrop Rockefeller
Arkansas Industrial Development Commission
Rockefeller
AIDC
Nelson A. Rockefeller
New York
Arkansas
Orval E. Faubus
William P. Rock
AIC
Carl C. Hinkle
Little Rock Air Force Base
Rock
Paulius
Republicans Eye Dixie With Refire Kennedy Chairs
Charleston AP reports Republicans rolled out three refire Kennedy rocking chairs to map the South campaign. William J. Miller says the party will sweep the South if Goldwater is nominated. The 1965 workshop signals a theme of conserving values, home rule, and critiquing Democratic spending and federal authority.
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Charleston
S.C
Dixie
Kennedy
White House
South
William J. Miller
New York
Veterans Day Service Sunday at First Methodist Church
Veterans Day service honoring war dead and veterans of World War I II and Korea to be held Sunday Nov 10 at 10 55 am at First Methodist Church. A veterans section is reserved for veterans and families. Sponsored by the American Legion Leslie Huddleston Post and Auxiliary.
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First Methodist Church
The
American Legion
Leslie Huddleston
Confidence Vote for City Board Endsorsement 1903 Hope
The Hope Retail Promotion Association in regular session November 5 1903 passed a resolution endorsing the city manager city board of directors and the Water and Light commission. It commends the efficient administration of Hope for 11 years noting gains such as lighting sewers water tank and improved electric system and praising fiscal policy and bond retirement.
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Hope Retail Promotion Association
City Board of Directors
Water and Light Commission
City of Hope
Hope
Citiwens
Lope
AEA meeting probes sex race and jobs in Arkansas
Thousands of Arkansas public school instructors gathered in Little Rock as experts warned about sex and racial gaps in education and urged updated job awareness. Lecturers urged livelier Latin study, warned against book bans, and urged equal opportunity while calling for federal aid to balance Negro and white educational access.
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Arkansas’ Public
Little Rock
Nearing US Russia grain sale agreement
Secretary of State Deany Rusk said a final deal on the 250 million dollar wheat sale to the Soviet bloc may be near, with progress on shipping rates. Khrushchev, in Moscow, voiced cautious optimism about a possible agreement after meetings with American businessmen.
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Washington
Deaty Rusk
Russia
Khrushchev
George W. Ball
State Might Get Needed Showers
A low pressure system moving toward Arkansas from the Southern Plains delayed the state's hope for showers today. The forecast calls for showers in the west late tonight and Saturday with rain not reaching the east until Sunday. Temperatures stay cool to moderate with fog over North Arkansas easing to clouds later.
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Arkansas
Plains
Keiser
Texarkana
Hope Post Veterans Day Closings And Local Meetings
The Hope post office and many businesses will be closed Monday for Veterans Day with no mail delivery. Farm Bureau meets Tuesday night at 7 30 in the Bureau office. Mrs Harold Hightower of Little Rock elected Vice president at the Ministers Wives Conference at the Arkansas Baptist State Convention. Local educators from Hope lead Arkansas Education Association sections Journalism and Band and Orchestra. Lions from four states held a major sales meeting in Dorado led by Carl Bramlet of Hope. Blevins Beta Club officers named, and Saratoga Senior Class to stage The Sunny Brats Monday at 7 30 in the gym. Legion Auxiliary Poppy Queen contest Saturday with a winner crowned at Veterans Day ceremonies. Memorial Marker on Colt house fay noted.
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Hope
Harold Hightower
Little Rock
Arkansas Baptist State Convention
Jessie Clarke Brown
Jessie Brown
Arkansas Education Association
Mary Nell Lainer
Jon Barbarette
Legion Auxiliary
al di An
Cotthouse Fay
Senate votes to ban aid to Yugoslavia and UAR
The Senate approved amendments to the foreign aid bill banning assistance to Yugoslavia and the United Arab Republic while restricting Indonesian aid and prohibiting aid to ten nations with fishing policy violations. The $3.74 billion measure faces a slow path to passage with 47 amendments, and Kennedy's discretion on military or economic aid to Yugoslavia was denied.
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Ernest B. Vaccaro
Associated Press
Washington
White House
Senate
Yuegoslavia
United Arab Republic
Indonesia
Kennedy
Yugoslavia
Investigator to Speak to Poultry Group Meeting in Bodean on Monday night
M L Marshall of Memphis will address broiler and egg producers at the Bodcan school at 7 30 pm Monday November 18 He is area supervisor for the Packers and Stockyards Division US Department of Agriculture and will discuss findings from federal investigations into northwest Arkansas poultry firms The Southwest Arkansas Poultry Producers Association backs expanding the inquiry to commercial eggs and will also elect officers with T J Silvey declining re election.
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Broiler
M. L. Marshall
Memphis
Arkansas
Marshall
Packers & Stockyards Division
Southwest Arkansas Poultry Producers Association
U.S. Poultry & Egg Producers Association
P&s
Bodcan School
Silvey
Bodean
H. L. Cox
Falcon
Warner Cobb
Hope
John Wester
Washington
Services Sunday for H L Sinyard
Funeral services for H L Sinyard age 48 who died Thursday will be at 2 p m Sunday at the Pentecostal Church with evangelist W Lane officiating Burial will be in Placedona Cemetery under the direction of Jernidon Cornelius Active pallbearers include Jim Stroud Eugene Ferguson J C Winemiler Bob Massengil Orie Byers and Johnny FerguYuh
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H. L. Sinyard
Pentecostal Church
Ev. BR. W
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