Weather Page Two Forecast Summary
Weather page reports 24 hour period ending 7 am Tuesday with high 77 and low 63. Arkansas regions show mostly cloudy warm conditions through Wednesday with scattered showers and thundershowers, most numerous late Wednesday. Central and Northwest areas forecast highs in the 70s and lows around 60s. Louisiana notes partly cloudy conditions with scattered showers north portion late Wednesday and highs 76 to 82.
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Arkansas
Northwest
Lawtow
Southwest
Louisiana
Johnson Eyes Ballot Before Friday Surgery
President Johnson plans to vote in Texas ahead of surgery may occur Friday or next Tuesday. He underwent tests at Brooke Army Medical Center after arriving from San Antonio where doctors found normal readings. Surgeons will remove a throat polyp and repair an abdominal hernia tied to his 1965 operation.
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Frank Cormier
Johnson City
Tex
Johnson
Lady Bird
Johnsons
Pedernales Rural Electric Cooperative
Texas
U.S. Senate
John F. Kennedy
Waggoner Carr
John Tower
Carr Tower
San Antonio
John B. Connally
J. J. (Acke) Pickel
Austin
Brooke Army Medical Center
Flood Control Bill Signed by Johnson in Texas
President Johnson signed a large flood control bill authorizing 38 projects in Arkansas and 24 other states, with an estimated total cost of 670.235 million dollars. It funds Bayou Bartholomew flood control and tributaries in Arkansas and Louisiana, expands flood planning by Engineers, and orders water resource surveys on the Arkansas White and Red river systems in three states.
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Johnson City
Tex
Arkansas
Johnson
Louisiana
Aremy Engineers
Arkansas, White
Red
Texas
Oklahoma
West Tennessee
Mississippi River
Nixon Sees GOP Wins Across Southern States
Former Vice President Richard M. Nixon campaigned across the South predicting Republican gains in California Georgia and Arkansas and a first GOP US Senate seat in Tennessee. He forecast Pers ey would beat Douglas in Illinois and outlined expected big GOP wins in states including Arkansas Georgia Tennessee and California. He criticized the Johnson administration and urged voters to back Congress with leaders who serve the people.
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Irwin J. Miller Anderson
Ind
Richard M. Nixon
California
Georgia
Arkansas
U. S
Mlinois
Tennessee
Nixon
Charles H. Persey
Paul H. Douglas
Edmund G. Brown
Ronald Reagan
Howard Galloway
Lester G. Maddox
Winthrop Rockefeller
Jim Johnson
Rockefeller
Nelson A. Rockefeller
New York
Howard H. Baker Jr
Senate
Everett M. Dirksen
Frank G. Clement
Johnson
Congress
Gemini 12 mission ends Gemini program with spacewalk goal
NASA notes Gemini 12 will feature a record spacewalk by Edwin Aldrin lasting almost five hours with stand up exercises and outside tasks. Lovell and Aldrin review flight plan as Titan 2 launches rendezvous with Agena to set up eclipse photography over South America and later splashdown planned in the Atlantic.
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Howard Benedict
AP Aerospace
Cape Kennedy
Fla
Navy
James A. Lovell Jr
Air Force
Edwin E. Aldrin Jr
Gemini
Agena
Titan 2
Aldrin
South America
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Ay Aldrin
Algeria
America
Atlantic Ocean
Air Strike Destroys Jungle in Tay Ninh Province
AP reports near Tay Ninh Province South Vietnam a camouflaged jet fighter bombed a jungle block to soften a Viet Cong battalion. Air Force Captain David Halvorsen coordinated four strikes using high explosive antipersonnel and napalm ordnance over a mile square, as infantry prepared for the next day.
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Fred
Hoffman
Tay Ninh Province
South Viet Nam
Air Force
U.S
David Halvorsen
Montevideo
Minn
Tay Ninh
U. S
Halvorsen
DeWitt Man Fatally Shot on Residential Street
William Lane, 33, of De Witt died after a 22 caliber revolver struck him in the face and chest on a De Witt residential street. Police Chief Verne Harrison said Ray Taylor of De Witt was being held in connection with the shooting.
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DE Witt
William Lane
Verne Harrison
Ray Taylor
Rebel Activity On Angola Border With Zambia Declines
Rebel activity has sharply decreased in Angola as Portugal tightens control. A three pronged border threat emerges with mortars on the Zambian frontier, machine gun chatter in Cabinda, and ambushes in the unruly north. Governor Camilo Vaz, 46, takes charge to direct Angola’s fortunes, reporting to Premier Salazar. Portuguese troops bolster the eastern border after a third front opens, amid claims rebels target the Benguela railway. Roger Sherman note adds historical signatories.
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Dennis Redmont
Lisbon
Portugal
Angola
Africa
Camilo R. Vaz
Vigo
Vaz
Antonio Salazar
Zambia
Gomes de Araujo
Benguela
Vila Lusa
Lobito
Congo-Katanga
Ite
Funeral Rites for Cindy Verne Putman Held Today
Funeral services for Cindy Law Verne Putman six year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Reeder Neil Putman of Texarkana were conducted at 4 p.m. at East Memorial Chapel with the Rev. Boyce Greeh officiating. Burial followed in Memorial Gardens of Texarkana. She also leaves a sister Margaret Asing and a brother Scott Neil Putman and grandparents Mr. and Mrs. N S McGough of Horatio.
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Cindy Putman
Cindy Law Verne Putman
Reeder
Neil Putman
Texarkana
East Memorial
Boyce Greeh
Memorial Gardens
Margaret Asing
Scott Neil Putman
N.s.mcgough
Horatio
Will Crusader Wirges Go to Jail
In February a jury sentenced editor Eugene H. Wirges of the Morristown Democrat to three years hard labor in the Arkansas State Penitentiary for perjury amid a flare of charges against Conway County political bosses. Sheriff Marlin Hawkins leads a strong counterattack tied to state officials. The Wirges matter raises questions about press freedom and fair trials beyond Arkansas.
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Morriston Democrat
Arkansas State Penitentiary
Eugene H. Wirges
Conway County
Marlin Hawkins
Macehine
Orvel Faubus
Wirges
Trevorys Armbrister
Saturday Evening Post
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