Cape Canaveral renamed Cape Kennedy after JFK
CAPE KENNEDY Fla AP Cape Canaveral today bears the name Cape Kennedy honoring the martyred John F Kennedy who designated it as the blastoff point for trips to the moon President Lyndon B Johnson also named the area John F Kennedy Space Center The change announced in Johnsons Thanksgiving message drew mostly favorable comment but puzzled some local businesses Cocoa Beach residents and officials weighed in with cautious support and questions about maps and signage
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Six escapees recaptured as manhunt ends in New York
Police tracked six dangerous mental patients who fled Rockland State Hospital in Orangeburg and St. Lawrence State Hospital in Ogdensburg. One, Guy Patterson of Pineville Kentucky, was recaptured in Plattsburgh after being found typing letters and threatening officials. Patterson had asserted Marxist views and had tried to reach Russia, while others sought to reach New York City.
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New York
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Germany
University of Kentucky
Montreal
Weather Experiment Station 24 Hour Report
Weather data for the 24 hours ending at 7 a.m. shows high 54 and low 37. Precipitation measured as an inch. Continued on page three.
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Priday
Johnson Poses for Portraits in White House Session
President Johnson appeared for his first formal portraits in the White House with three waves of photographers. Dressed in a dark blue suit and blue tie, he sat at his desk, signing and inspecting papers as photographers moved through in groups.
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Washington
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Living Costs Rise in October Amid Seasonal Upturn
Washington AP reports the consumer price index reached 107.2 in October, a mild one tenth of a percent rise labeled seasonal with no inflation trend. Food fell 0.5 percent while transportation rose 1.0 percent, housing 0.1 and clothing 0.6 percent. a Thanksgiving turkey dinner cost $6.46, about 30 cents less than in 1962. The bureau predicts November may rise more than seasonal.
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Mrs Kennedy asks for tomb designs for Kennedy grave
New York Herald Tribune reports Mrs. John F Kennedy asked architect John Carl Warnecke to prepare tomb designs for her husband. Warnecke visited the grave with Mrs. Kennedy and Attorney General Robert F Kennedy and noted several possible solutions and close involvement by Mrs. Kennedy. The plan includes incorporating the eternal flame lit at the grave. Warnecke heads an firm known for Hawaii state capitol and Annapolis master plan work. President Kennedy had named him to the Fine Arts Commission.
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John J. Kennedy
New Yorke Herald Tribune
Washington Dispatch
John Carl Warnecke
Washington
Kennedy
Robert F. Kennedy
Warnecke
Herlad Tribune
Two Inch Snow Hits Central and Eastern Kentucky
Snow up to two inches fell across central and eastern Kentucky marking the season’s first. Louisville reported light rain and clear conditions appeared in far southwest Kentucky. Heavier snow lay over Pineville London and Somerset in the southeast Kentucky Mountains as temperatures hovered around the mid 20s.
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London
Somerset
House Liberal Revolt Aims at Johnson and party loyalty
Rep Richard Bolling leads a liberal revolt within the House Democrats opposing Southern defectors who refuse national ticket support. He argues for stripping party seniority privileges, including committee chairmanships, to enforce loyalty, while noting Kennedy favored conciliation over drastic steps.
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Special Group Will Probe Assassination
Rep Hale Boggs said President Kennedy would appoint a presidential commission to investigate the assassination and report to the nation. He noted the panel would include representatives and senators and build on FBI and Secret Service data with its own inquiries.
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Mrs Haworth Dies at Washington Home at 74
Maud May Haworth, 74, of Washington, died Thursday at home. She is survived by a brother, Joe Points of Washington. Funeral services were held Friday at 12:20 p.m. at Washington Methodist Church by Revs Joe Jones and James Williams. Burial by Herndon Cornelius was to be in Washington Cemetery.
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Washington
Joe Points
Washington Methodist Church
Joe Jones
James Williams
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Ed Kennedy Dies at 58 Former AP war correspondent
Edward Kennedy, longtime Monterey Peninsula Herald associate editor and former AP war correspondent who first reported Germanys surrender in 1945, died from injuries after an auto accident in Monterey. He survived by daughter Julia Kennedy of Washington, D.C. Kennedy reported the German surrender to AP in New York on May 7 1945.
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Associated Press
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Santa Barbara
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Grandson Born to James R Compion II Family News
Eleven grandparents awaited news as a 9 pound 14 ounce son arrived in SOUTH HILL Virginia to Mr. and Mrs. James R. Compion II. The child adds generations of relatives on both sides including grandparents and great grandparents.
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South Hill
James R. Compion II
Rehearing Sought By Weir On Farm Sale
Dermott farmer James Weir who lost a 304 acre rice allotment farm at a government auction for lien overplanting has petitioned the federal District Court in Little Rock for a rehearing. Judge J Smith Henley, who rejected Weir’s bid to set aside the sale on November 14, took the latest petition under advisement.
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James Weir
Dermott
Federal District Court
Little Rock
J. Smith Henley
Weir
Thanksgiving weekend traffic toll steady with last year
The Thanksgiving period saw 146 deaths by Friday night, with a 477 death tally from 6 p.m. Wednesday to midnight Sunday, and a national four day toll near last year’s 514 high. Officials note fewer highway travelers than typical holidays.
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Associated Press
National Safety Council
Explosion Fatal to Hope Negro in Lafayette County
Mac Percy Spencer of Hope was killed November 27 when a natural gas pipeline exploded near Lewisville in Lafayette County. J L Baker of Hope was injured with cuts and bruises while two workers repaired a leak. Cause of the blast was not determined.
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Hope
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Camel Drivers Go on Strike at the Pyramids
In Cairo, 140 camel drivers halted tours near the pyramids and Sphinx to protest new government rules requiring licenses, a 35 cent fare cap, and banning tips. They demand repeal and wages raised to $1 per hour before returning to work.
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Lane Infant Buried in Germany
Infant son of Lt and Mrs Lee Lane of Munich Germany died November 19. Survived by parents a brother and paternal grandparents Mr and Mrs E L Lane of Hope. Burial was in Germany.
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Berrick Joseph Lane
Lee Lane
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Germany
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Hope
Hope Bobcats Finish Season With 42-13 Victory
All Around Town reports the Hope Bobcats closed a highly successful season with a 42-13 win over the Nashville Scrappers. The team dominated district play, suffered only an early loss to Texarkana, and featured several players bound for college. LSU and Tulane recruiters attended games as bids from Old Miss and others loom. The piece also notes the Lions Club Auction for the needy,set for December 2 3 4.
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Old Miss
Crowds Reopen White House Tours After Kennedy Death
Washington AP reports a heavy crowd lined up in rain to tour the White House public rooms, reopened at Jacqueline Kennedy's request a week after President Kennedy was assassinated. Police described turnout as heavy with no official estimate and hinted hours could extend beyond noon if needed.
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White House
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Jacqueline Kennedy
Sit-ins Released on Appeal Bonds in Helena Arkansas
Three men convicted for urging Negroes to violate anti sit-in laws in Helena Arkansas were released on $750 appeal bonds. William Hansen 24 Bruce Jordan 20 and John Bradford 22 of Mississippi were among 34 arrested during the first sit-in in the deep Delta of Arkansas. All three were fined 300 dollars and given suspended jail terms. convictions appealed to Phillips Circuit Court in March.
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Bruce Jordan
Pine Bluff
John Bradford
Mound Bayou
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Bradford
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Phillips Circuit
Stamps Plant Dedication Set With Faubus Address
STAMPS Ark AP The plant will be dedicated at new White and Co. furniture Stamps Saturday Gov Orval E Faubus will make the dedicatory address The furniture manufacturing firm employs 125 persons in a 72000 square foot plant costing 210000 dollars
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District PTA Congress Meets Here
A panel discussion of Our Times opened the morning session of the annual District 13 Arkansas Congress of Parents and Teachers meeting in Hope on Tuesday November 26. Participants included Mrs W A Williams Fay Bohannon A G Thompson E D Trice and others with remarks on Transitional English Mathematics New Trends Dropouts and Vocational Education.
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Our Times
District 13
Arkansas Congress of Parents and Teachers
Hope
W. A. Williams
Fay Bohannon
Little Rock
A. G. Thompson
E. D. Trice
Texarkana
Irvin Levy
Hope Junior High School
Haskell Jones
B. C. Hyatt
Hempstead
Arch Wylie
Ginny Gardner
Fred McElroy
James H. Jones
Hope Schools
George Walker
De-Queen
Bobby Steele
Nashville
Jack Gardner
Harald Brents
Charles Owens
Louis Bell
Mineral Springs
Freddie Powers
Lewisville
Ats
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Johnson Demands Full Dollar Value for Defense Spending
President Johnson told the Joint Chiefs of Staff he seeks a dollar's worth for every dollar spent on national defense. In his first White House meeting as commander in chief he urged economy, stressing a goal of a new American greatness. He emphasizes swift congressional action on Kennedy inherited proposals, including taxes and civil rights. Roy Wilkins of the NAACP visited, and Johnson spoke by phone with House and Senate leaders on tax cuts and civil rights.
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National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
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Montana
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Massachusetts
Hatcher
State Trooper Hurt in Wreck Near Hot Springs
State Trooper Glen Monton was seriously injured when his car was struck as he began chasing a speeder on Highway 70 six miles west of Hot Springs. Elton Turley, 41, of Little Rock, sustained minor injuries. the crash occurred after a truck reportedly struck a cow during the initial incident.
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Minton First
Woman Dies While Visiting Here
Mrs. Ellel Mason Webb, 76, of Oakdale, Louisiana, died Wednesday while visiting in Hope. Surviving are a son, Jack of Galveston, Texas, a daughter, Mrs. Frank Eller of Baltimore, Maryland, two sisters, Miss Sue Mason of Monroe, Louisiana and Mrs. Jesse Parker of Los Angeles, and a brother, James M. Mason of Biloxi, Mississippi. Services were set for 2:30 Friday at Mulhearn Funeral Home in Delhi, Louisiana. Herndon Cornelius was in charge of local arrangements.
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Oakdale
Hope
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Galveston
Texas
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Baltimore
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Monroe
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Los Angeles
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Buloxi
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