Thanksgiving Amid Mourning Across the Nation
Americans observe Thanksgiving with heavy hearts after President Kennedy's death. Mrs Kennedy plans to fly to Hyannis Port with her children, while President Johnson urges reading Kennedy's proclamation in churches. In Plymouth, memorial services honor Kennedy and Lincoln on this somber national day.
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Plymouth
Lincoln
Weather Station Report For 24 Hours Ended 7 A.M.
The Weather Elsewhere report from the Associated Press notes a 24 hour period ending Wednesday at 7 a.m. with a high of 56 and a low of 34. The bulletin summarizes temperatures across regions and provides standard high and low readings.
Texarkana Bonds Approved For Plant Expansion
Texarkana residents voted 98 to 29 for a $1 million bond issue to finance further expansion of North American Car Corp. on the same day the existing plant was dedicated. The bonds carry no tax obligation and follow a prior $5 million ballot that funded original expansion but sold only $3.2 million.
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North American Car Corp
Oren Harris
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John F. Kennedy
Caroline Kennedy Six At Birthday Amid Burying Of Father
Washington AP reports Caroline Kennedy turns six today amid grief after her father John F. Kennedy is laid to rest. Caroline and her brother John Jr were withdrawn to their grandmother’s home, then to the White House East Room coffin draped with an American flag. The next day they visited their father’s grave with their mother under blue eternal light.
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Quartet to Sing at First Assembly
The Ambassador Quartet of Pine Bluff Arkansas will conduct a Special Gospel Singing Concert at the First Assembly of God 321 North Main Friday December 6 at 7 30 p m Admission is free but a free will offering will be received If you enjoy Gospel Singing you will certainly enjoy this Quartet Everyone is invited.
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Pine Bluff
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North Main
Water Creek Church Service on Sunday Dec 1
Services at Water Creek Church eight miles west on old Highway 67 begin at 10 a.m. Sunday. Lunch will be served at noon. Event announced by Mrs. S. M. Bristow.
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No Publication on Thanksgiving Schedule Hikes News Break
The Star will suspend publication on Thanksgiving Day as one of three annual holidays. Christmas and July 4 follow the same practice. Regular issues resume Friday, November 24.
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Agriculture in U S Key to Economy
Orville A. Childs director of Agriculture at Southern State College Magnolia told Hope Kiwanis yesterday that American agriculture sustains over 160 million people and drives about 80 billion dollars in annual production and processing. He contrasted mass farming with Russia, noting vast expansion in livestock eggs soybeans timberland and other farm commodities during the past two decades.
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Carolyn Beck
No Resignations Are Turned In
Washington AP says no Kennedy staffer has submitted a resignation to Johnson. The new president is reportedly deciding who from Kennedy’s top aides will stay or depart the incoming administration, based on his word.
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Oswald Applied to ACLU Weeks Before Kennedy's Death
The American Civil Liberties Union says Lee Harvey Oswald applied for ACLU membership 18 days before President Kennedy was slain. ACLU reports a clerk found Oswald’s application among 341 others. none had been entered on membership lists.
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Rockefeller Couple Named in New York Social Register
The 1961 New York Social Register lists Gov Nelson A Rockefeller and his wife together, ending speculation about a split due to prior divorce rumors. The publication confirms the couple’s social status and residence in New York.
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Johnson urges reading of Kennedy proclamation in churches
Washington AP President Johnson urged that Kennedy’s Thanksgiving proclamation be read in churches across the nation as a memorial to the slain president. He asked churches newspapers radio and TV stations to include the proclamation in holiday observances.
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Johnson
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
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Santa Plans Another Visit to Hope
Santa returns to Hope arriving Wednesday December 4 at 4 p.m. in downtown escorted by the Hope High School Band. Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer joins the event with rides for children while Santa gives gifts to 15 boys and girls on Wednesday. Parents must register in downtown stores. children must be present to win. Santa stays December 4 to 14 daily 10 a.m. to noon and 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. KXAR records interviews daily December 9 to 23 at 5 p.m. under the Hope Retail Merchants Promotion Association.
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Platform Sent Up Into Space By HOWARD BENEDICT AP
An interplanetary monitoring platform IMP launched from Cape Canaveral on a radiation sensing mission to forecast solar flares. The 90 foot Delta rocket carried IMP on a three stage flight as part of a U.S. effort to improve flare forecasting before 1968 and support moon program readiness.
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City Bans Fireworks Sales in Downtown Fire Zone
Chief Jack Brown notes repeated questions about selling and storing fireworks downtown. The board prohibits any sale or storage within the fire zone, which covers the entire downtown area, requiring vendors to operate outside it. Fire officials urge consult before setting up any handling site.
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Texarkana Plans Desegregation
Texarkana Arkansas school directors set September 1964 as the start of desegregation. They issued a policy citing an egalitarian obligation but offered no concrete plan. Nine Black enrollment requests were denied near term. five at elementary, one junior high, three high school. Board to publish a desegregation plan before end of 1963-64 school year.
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Firemen Not Needed in Rail Dispute Court Fight Looms
Washington AP report on a railroad labor dispute headed to court over an arbitration ruling allowing gradual elimination of about 90 percent of diesel firemen jobs and the fireman crew size issue. Unions vow to challenge the ruling. wage changes and broader negotiations threaten a renewed national strike or standoff as Congress deadline nears.
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Shower Springs church to sponsor radio appeal for Lacey family
The Shower Springs Baptist Church will sponsor a radio appeal on KXAR at 1 p.m. Saturday November 30 for the Robert Lacey family whose home was destroyed by fire. The Women’s Missionary Society will describe needed items and ages of children while the Men Brotherhood will collect donations from locals. Listeners are urged to tune to KNAR at 1 p.m. to help the family.
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Robert Lacey
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Women’s Missionary Society
Men Brotherhood
Magnolia Man Hurt in Wreck
Magnolia man Bay Boardon about 38 was injured early last night when he lost control of his car about five miles south on Highway 29 and overturned. He suffered severe cuts about his face and possible other injuries. He was riding alone. A Herndon-Cornelius ambulance brought him to a local hospital for treatment.
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Magnolia
Herndon-Cornelius
Ruby May Go on Trial in Two Weeks
Dallas AP report states Jack Ruby may face a murder trial within two weeks for shooting Lee Harvey Oswald after Kennedy's assassination. Indicted by a county grand jury with a tentative trial date of December 9. Dallas DA Henry Wade seeks the death penalty. Ruby, 52, known for downtown clubs, expressed calm amid heightened emotion and cited seeing Mrs Kennedy's bloodied dress.
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Harmony Methodist Church to Hold Monthly Service
Harmony Methodist Church near Sulton holds its regular monthly meeting this Sunday December 1 at 2 30 pm Rev 11 A I Ault of Malvern will bring the message and the public is invited to attend.
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Malivern
Johnson urges swift civil rights and tax cut action
President Johnson called for early congressional passage of a civil rights bill and a $1 billion tax cut in a joint session address. He urged action over delay, honoring Kennedy by advancing rights and ending hate. He pledged firm U.S. commitments from South Vietnam to West Berlin and urged unity across races and beliefs.
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