Sam Houston the Giant of Texas History book slated
A San Antonio publisher, The Naylor Co., issues Claud Garner’s fifth novel Sam Houston the Giant of Texas History. Garner, Weatherford native, built best sellers from Welhack to Wort of Hone and Cornbread Aristocrat, with a career marked by wide research and Arkansas, Florida, and Rio Grande Valley focus.
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Claud W. Garner
Mope
Weatherford
Texas
Garner
Claw Garnet
Arkansas
Florida
Rio Grande Valley
Industry Urged to Join Fight Against Poverty
The president called on private industry to back a national program to create jobs and curb poverty. Aimed at expanding education and reducing discrimination, the plan would fund job training and incentives for big industries to aid small businesses facing severe unemployment.
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Hedy
Prod Hearth
Widder Jadle Education
Yedts
Conventiona
Bige Industries
Auto Union Vows to Get Demands at Ford Strike
Detroit AP report on nearly 160000 UAW members entering day 26 of a Ford strike. Walter Reuther rallies supporters and vows never to surrender as talks stall. Reuther uses strong rhetoric criticising Ford leadership while noting Ford earnings topped 3.9 million last year.
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Detroit
United Auto Workers
Ford Motor Co
UAW
Walter P. Neather
Reuther
Ford
Neather
Train Will Not Be Annulled Ends Grammatical Debate
Philadelphia AP reports Pennsylvania Railroad trains will no longer be annulled but cancelled. The change ends a fifty year dispute sparked by racegoers viewing delays on the Atlantic City race rack special, prompting 30th Street Station Master Harry W. Hall to switch to the term cancelled.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Railroad
Pennsy
Atlantic City
30Th Street
Harry W. Hall
Railrow
Thieu Is Accepted in Vietnam By National Assembly
South Vietnam's National Assembly decided to accept Lt. Gen. Nguyen Van Thieu as president after debate. It approved six criteria for judging the Sept. 3 election results, applying them to the 4.7 million votes cast. The final vote seemed a foregone conclusion.
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Barry Kramer
Saigon
South Vietnam
National Assembly
Nguyen van Thieu
Thieu
Bond Vote at Forrest City Hospital Expansion
Voters in St. Francis County, Arkansas, will decide Tuesday on a four mill tax to retire a bond for a 3.25 million expansion of Forrest Memorial Hospital. The project would add 158 beds, raising capacity to 260 at the hospital and 99 in the nursing home, funded partly by Hill-Burton matching funds and federal grants.
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Forrest City
Ark
APA
Forrest Memorial Hospital
St. Francis County
Federal Hill-Burto
Accident Proneness Feels Incurable Says Some Scientists
A quirky roundup notes a quarter of Americans aged 15 and up may be accident prone. It cites experts claiming innate risk tendencies, mentions memory of Civil War vets, and adds homey tidbits on seating belts and folklore beliefs about luck and health.
Arkansan Killed in N Mexico No-Car Accident
Fred Massengale age 50 of Kirtland New Mexico and formerly of Clarksville Arkansas died in a no-car accident on U S 550 about 10 miles west of Farmington New Mexico Saturday The Associated Press reported Massengale was from Arkansan origin and had lived in New Mexico prior to the incident.
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Associated Press
Farmington, N.M
Fred Massengale
Kirtland
N.M
Clarksville, Ark
U.S. 550
Here
Water at Millwood discussed by Hope Rotary Club
George Peck, president of Southwest Arkansas Water District, spoke to the Hope Rotary Club on Millwood Dam water aiding the region. He noted no Hope water rate increase in 25 years and Millwood’s 245 million gallons daily supports irrigation. Attendees included visiting Rotarians and Magnolia and Little Rock guests.
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George Peck
Southwest Arkansas Water District
Hope Rotary Club
Millwood
Texarkana
Hope
Mil- Wood
Fred G. Ellis
Clyde Fause
United Fund Kickoff Is Planned Campaign Leaders Named
United Fund kickoff plans announced with a Dutch Treat Supper at Cow and Country Restaurant on Tuesday October 9 at 6 30 p m James E Pruden Dr chairmen named for various divisions include Hope district LA Red River recreational district school personnel and other groups such as banking retail merchants municipal county state highway labor and federal employees The event aims to mobilize volunteers and raise funds for community services Police seek clues in fatal shooting of Larry Watrwright 44 who died after a shotgun wound sustaining injuries in Durant Oklahoma county hospital report states the victim was en route to the hospital after being wounded
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James E. Pruden
Heinysstead County United Fund Camepaign Charman
United Fund
Cown & Country
Invision
Hope Mastrict
Red River
Vow Eational Teshiateal School
Jack Beatty
Surdiace
Hub Muers
Oakley
Kansas State High
Varsuuiel
J. W. Rowe
Whitesalers
F.C. Crow
Lloyd Hendrix
Federal Employees Aid
Bennett Wood
Ukuvardw
Ark
IAP
Pute Sun
Larry Watewright
Duerady Hospital
Skeen
School Bus and Train Crash Kills Four Near Waterloo
A school bus collided with a Union Pacific freight train west of Waterloo Nebraska killing four children and injuring nine. The driver uninjured but in shock said morning sun hid the train as the bus approached a rural crossing. The train, traveling 48 mph, was observed by union crewman W L Nybblein. Children’s Memorial Hospital treated the injured. some patients remained under observation.
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Waterloo
Neb
Here
Douglas County Hospital
Children’s Memorial Hospital
Dangers of a $5 Billion Nondefense Cut
Washington AP reports a $5 billion blanket cut in nondefense spending could disrupt government and provoke voter backlash against lawmakers urging tax increases. Officials say such cuts would halt new contracts and projects, slash loans, reduce grants to states, and harm school lunch programs, though no official list exists. The plan hinges on Congress action and skews cuts away from military spending.
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Washingtn
Congress
Vietnam
Johnson
Washington
White House
Supreme Court
Thurgood Marshall
International
Suez Canal
Moshe Dayan
Cairo
U.S
de Gaulle
Britain
Labor Party
Wilson
National
United Auto Workers
Walter P. Reuther
Ford Motor Co
Supreme Court opens term seating Marshall as first Black justice
The Supreme Court starts its new session with Thurgood Marshall seated as the first African American justice. Marshall will take the judicial oath and join Chief Justice Warren and the eight associate justices for a term focused on cases involving school integration, faith aid, housing discrimination, and criminal law among others.
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Barry Schweid Washington
Supreme Court
Thurgood Marshall
Cantry
Marshall
Justicns
Hugo L. Black
New York
U.S
National Associaton For the Advancement of Colored People
Johnson
Tom C. Clark
Senate
Earl Warsen
Black
William O. Douglas
John M. Harlan
William J. Brennan Jr
Potter Stewart
Byron R. White
Abe Fortas
Moonshine Seizure Leads to Charges in Malvern
Malvern police seized 42 gallons of moonshine and eight empty five gallon jugs during a raid on Albert Blackmon's home. Four other Malvern residents face similar untaxed liquor charges, with multiple raids reported in the past week.
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Malvern, Ark
Albert Blackmon
Malvern
Ray Traywick
Traywick
Figure in Strap Case Being Tried
Winston Crockett Talley twenty eight of North Little Rock was to be tried in Pine Bluff on burglary and grand larceny charges. The former Tucker Prison Farm inmate helped obtain federal orders changing the use of a leather strap to discipline prisoners in the state Penitentiary. Bond set at two thousand five hundred dollars. Talley released from Tucker March twenty nine and arrested in Little Rock in July for a service station burglary.
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Pine Bluff
Ark
Winston Crockett Talley
North Little Rock
Talley
Tucker Prison Farm
Federal District Court
State Penitentiary
Jefferson County
William J. Kirby
Little Rock
Kirby
Tucker
All Around Town Highlights From Hope Area
Margaret Harris was elected 2nd vice president of the Arkansas Federation of Republican Women at their convention last week. Whitfield Masonic Lodge No. 239 will meet at Masonic Hall Tuesday October 3 at 7 30 pm. Broadway trip to Texarkana to see Wait Until Dark starred Phyllis Kirk with several attendees. Catholic Ladies Altar Society to host annual spaghetti supper October 4 at Third and Spruce starting 5 30 pm, adults 1 50 children 50 cents. Dr John W White announced as research assistant for University of Arkansas SW Branch forestry work, aiding F M Meade at Fayetteville. White from Oklahoma State University and previously with South Carolina Forestry, began duties in Hope September 15. Hope Booster Club to meet tonight at 7 30 at the High School. Hope Lions selling Night Bulbs from 5 to 10 pm door to door. eight bulbs priced at 2 dollars.
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Margaret Harris
Lynn
Arkansas Federation of Republican Women
Catholic Ladies Altar Soceety
Spruce Streets
Bombers Strike DMZ Area as Reds Suffer Heavy Losses
U S command reports B55 bombers caused major damage in raids on the DMZ near Con Thien. Seven raids last week produced 110 secondary explosions, fires lit, and ammunition depots hit while leaflets aimed at propaganda were dropped on Con Thien. North Vietnamese mortars and B52 strikes continued, with modest ground action elsewhere in South Vietnam.
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Com Thien 1A
South Vietnam
Offis Ters
Hardewon
North Vietnam
Demilitarized Zone
National Assembly
Robert Tuckman
Saigon
U.S
Hes
Con Thich
Cot
Thien Marine Base
Con Thien
LBJ
Vietnam
Pleiku City
4Th Infantry Division
Court Rules in Favor of Editor in Morriston Case
Arkansas Supreme Court dismissed the last litigation against Gene Wirges former editor of the Morriton Carou and six other defendants in Conway County court costs tied to indictments for slander conspiracy and false arrest of Sheriff Marlin Hawkins. The ruling also absolved Everett Ham and the other defendants Thomas Boyer Breats Wells of costs.
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Little Rock
Arkansas Supreme Court
Gene Wirges
Conway County
Wirges
Morriton Carou
Marlin Hawkins
Consway County
Supreme Court
Everett Ham
Winthrop Rockefeller
Thorp Thomas
Chester Boyer
Justice of the Peace Loan Breats
Charles F. Wells
Morriston
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