Leona Johnson Longtime Hope Resident Dies at 56
Miss Leona Johnson 56 a Hope resident died Sunday at home. She was a Methodist church member. Survived by four sisters Mrs. Ola Light Florence Oregon Mrs. Tom Huckabee Mrs. Lula Smith and Miss Jewell Johnson all of Hope. Services 2 p.m. Tuesday Herndon-Cornelius Chapel Rev. R. B. Moore. Burial Rose Hill Cemetery. Herndon-Cornelius Funeral Home in charge.
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Leona Johnson
Hope
Methodist Church
Ola Light
Florence
Oregon
Tom Huckabee
Lula Smith
Jewell Johnson
Herndon-Cornelius Chapel
R. B. Moore
Rose Hill Cemetery
Herndon-Cornelius Funeral Home
Texarkana Man Killed in Car Train Collision
Texarkana Aaron 33 died Saturday night in a car train crash at Texarkana. David Davis 32 died early Sunday from injuries. Aaron a carpenter and painter moved from Hope. Survived by widow mother Delores Aaron daughter Delores. five sisters and four brothers. Services Monday at Texarkana with burial at Betts Cemetery near Hope.
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Texarkana
Odell Aaron
David Davis
Aaron
Hope
Mae Aaron
Delores Ann Aaron
Dallas
Arlice, Algie
Delma Aaron
Johnny Aaron
Little Rock
James Rateliff
Lee McNeil
Jimmy Lewis
Billy Hensley
A. V. Sanderford
Camden
Betts Cemetery
Edward Chambless dies at 53 in Benton home
Edward Chambless, 53, formerly of Emmet, died Sunday at his Benton home. He is survived by his wife Louise Chambless, a son Robert Paul, two sisters Betty McKey of Hot Springs and Wilma Paul of Emmet. Services at 2:30 Tuesday at Emmet Methodist Church with burial in Snell Cemetery.
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Edward Chambless
Emmet
Benton
Louise Chambless
Robert Paul
Betty McKey
Hot Springs
Wilma Paul
Emmet Methodist Church
Snell Cemetery
Holiday Toll in Arkansas Beaches
Two women died during the Thanksgiving holiday period on Arkansas highways. Eight people were killed across four days as state patrols aimed to curb fatalities, surpassing the 1964 toll. Victims included Gladys Fuller, Carolyn Reaves, Albert Jones, and Odell Arron and David Davis among others.
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Associated Press
Arkansas
Gladys Fuller
Lake Village
John Turner
Brandon
Miss
U.S
Carolyn M. Reaves
Beebe
Searcy
Albert Jones
Leland
Odell Arron
David Davis
Texarkana
Bridge bidding puzzle and car crash deaths listed
The article presents a bridge bidding question with a hand described as non solid and a strategy to pass followed by a spade opening. It then lists several fatal or injury accidents: two vehicle crashes in Texarkana and Harrison, a 32 year old killed in a three‑vehicle crash near Greenbrier, and a 6 year old struck by a car near Success.
Vanderbilt Cup Match Shows Luck and Bidding Debate
In a recent Vanderbilt Cup bridge match, declarer wins all thirteen tricks after a successful spade finesse and East's queen of diamonds falls. Analysts fault South and North bidding, favoring four spades over four no trump, while West defends with a heart lead and notes the remark I would not lead a heart.
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West
Declarer
East
South
North
The Doctor Says About Discipline at the Doctor’s Office
The article argues that children should be disciplined firmly to prevent tantrums at medical visits. It praises parental guidance and notes some doctors disengage when faced with undisciplined behavior, while emphasizing reassurance and love. It also answers a parent question about resuming singing lessons after puberty and advises waiting until the voice change completes.
U.S. Tries Klansmen in Violence Case Linked to Liuzzo
Federal prosecutors begin trial of three Ku Klux Klan members for conspiring to intimidate civil rights marchers during the Selma to Montgomery walk. The indictments focus on voting rights suppression. Liuzzo’s death is not named in the federal charge. Wilkins was previously acquitted in state court. two others face murder indictments next spring.
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Rex Thomas Montgomery
Ala
Viola di Liuzzo
Liu
British Plan Aims to Strengthen Ties with Soviet Union
Observers expect a push for closer UK Soviet ties with talks likely to advance cooperation on foreign policy. On Vietnam, proposals might seek to reconvene Geneva talks. Britain and the USSR cochaired the 1954 conference, though Moscow sources doubt a new meeting soon amid Brezhnev's critique of British policy.
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Soviet Union
Great Britain
Stewart
Britain
Moscow
Geneva
Brezhnev
Weather Freeze Warning and Temps Across Arkansas
A cold air mass brings a hard freeze tonight with lows in the mid twenties across most of Arkansas. Tuesday will be much cooler with highs generally in the 40s to upper 50s and an improving but chilly trend.
Arkansas Louisiana Weather Summary
A hard freeze is likely tonight in Arkansas with clear to partly cloudy skies this afternoon. Temperatures fall to around 20 to 30 degrees, then a slight warmup Tuesday with highs in the 50s. Louisiana sees partly cloudy conditions tonight turning fair Tuesday with lows 32 to 45 and highs 58 to 64.
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Arkansas
Louisiana
Stewart Seeks Clues on Communist Viet Nam Policy Change
Stewart discusses possible shifts in Communist policy toward Viet Nam and what signals might indicate any alteration in stance.
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Stewart
Viet Nam
Thanksgiving Weekend Traffic Toll Surges past Record
The 102 hour holiday weekend ends with 593 planned highway deaths, potentially rising as late reports arrive. Most fatalities were single-vehicle, with several multi casualty crashes including a Norman Oklahoma family and others near Radcliff Kentucky Punta Gorda Florida and Day County Texas. Snow and hazardous travel added to danger.
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Norman
Okla
Radcliff
Punta Gorda
Fla
Dayton
Tex
Associated Press
National Safety Council
Shastri Says Talks Realistic Amid India Pakistan Tensions
Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri cautioned that talks in the Soviet Union with Pakistan's Ayub Khan would remain unreal if firing continues along the Indo Pakistan border. He said a peaceful atmosphere must be created before any dialogue, with mention of Bhutto's statement on Tashkent talks likely in December or January.
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Associated Press
New Delhi
India
Lal Bahadur Shastri
Soviet Union
Mohammed Ayub Khan
India-Pakistan
Z. A. Bhutto
Moscow
Pakistan
Alex N. Kosygin
Tashkent
Shastri
Subcontinent
Washington Post
Penkovsky
Stephen Rosenfeld
Tass
Rosenfeld
Oleg Penkovsky
United States
Paris
Charles de Gaulle
Elysee Palace
de Gaulle
Berlin
Former FBI Informant Testifies in Wilkins Trial
Gary Thomas Rowe a former Birmingham bartender testified in Hayneville that he joined the Ku Klux Klan as a paid FBI undercover agent He said he was in the car from which the fatal shot was fired and that Wilkins pulled the trigger A first trial ended without a verdict and the second trial acquitted Wilkins last month
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Ness
Gary Thomas Rowe
Birmingham
Klan
FBI
Wilkins
Hayneville
Leaflet urges service members to oppose war
Lt Walt Pierce reports pamphlets urging military personnel to oppose the war. The leaflets, printed on letter sized paper, say under Oppose the War that readers should resist the night mare war. Navy veteran Donald E Conner says it only maddened the men and may improve sailors, joking about Berkeley. Hensley adds a tough remark.
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Walt Pierce
Devon
9Th Mobile Construction Battalion
U.S
Donald E. Conner
Port Hueneme
Calif
Navy
Berkeley
Viet Nam
Hensley
Prisoners Freed by Viet Cong Reach Cambodian Frontier
Two American prisoners held since November 1963 by the Viet Cong arrived at the Cambodian frontier Sunday and were granted transit visas to the United States. The men are Sgt. George E. Smith of Chester West Virginia and Spec. 5 Claude E. McClure of Chattanooga Tennessee. The Viet Cong announced their release over the weekend.
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United States
George E. Smith
Chester
W.va
Claude E. McClure
Chattanooga
Tenn
North
Viet Nam
Thanh Hoa
Air Force
Pleiku
Tay Ninh
Saigon
Kien Hoa
Smith the Rhodesian leader shaping white rule and its fears
Rhodesia's 46 year old prime minister is portrayed as a polarizing figure shaping a multiracial future. The article traces his rise through the Rhodesian Front, his hard line against black nationalism, and the police state powers used to suppress dissent, including detention and press censorship amid a tense political climate.
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Salisbury
Rhodesia
Aplan Smith
Britain
George Washington
Harold Wilson
Africa
Cape Town
Smith
United Party
Douglas Lilford
Rhodesian Front
Winston Field
Front
Lilford
Field
The
Rho
Desian Front
William J. Harper
Royal Air Force
Lord Graham
Duke of Montrose
Scotland
Clifford Dupont
Humphrey Gibbs
London
Desmond Lardner-Burke
South Africa
Lardner-Burke
Wilson
R. S. Garfield Todd
Minister of Information
Justice Minister
Eisenhowers Sign Law Against Communist Party
President Eisenhower signed the law outlawing the Communist party in the United States. The report notes cliffside houses along Italy's Amalfi coast rise in tiers resembling apartments in the American Southwest.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
Communist Party
United States
Italy
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