Mass Welcome Planned For Astronaut Schirra On Kearsarge
Walter M. Schirra Jr prepares for a mass welcome at Hickam Air Force Base in Hawaii as thousands are expected to greet him aboard the USS Kearsarge in the Pacific. Paul Haney says the crowd could reach about 180000, with space tight for spectators.
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Uss
Kearsarge
Pacific
America
Walter M. Schirra Jr
Hawaii
Honolulu
Hickam Air Force Base
Schirra
Tells Court of Losing $200,000
In U.S. District Court at Jonesboro Arkansas testimony described investor losses totaling 200000 linked to former Paragould broker Arnold Edens. John W Recker said he and his wife bought stock 22500 with mispelled name and later signed a blank letter. James Holmes testified his firm bought 300 shares under belief Edens represented John Ricker. Recker also noted a 4000 loan not repaid and a 155000 settlement by Investors Diversified Services. The accountant testified Edens left the firm March 30 1959 and Dr Clark Baker testified he invested 45700 losing it. Trial continues.
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Jonesboro
Ark
Arnold Edens
U.S
Edens
John W. Recker
Hoxie
Recker
James Holmes
Winston-Salem
N.C
John Ricker
Holmes
Investors Diversified Services
George Hartley
Clark Baker
Paragould
Arkansas counties to share forest service funds
National Forest Service will pay 712 391 dollars to 30 Arkansas counties with national forests. The 25 percent share comes from timber sales leases and other proceeds. Counties listed include Ouachita and Ozark forests with payments ranging from a few hundred to over ninety thousand dollars.
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Little Rock
National Forest Service
Arkansas
J. William Fulbright
Forest Service
Ouachita National Forest
Garland
Hot Spring
Howard
Logan
Mont-gomery
Perry
Pike
Polk
Saline
Scott
Sebastian
Yell
Ozark National Forest
Baxter
Benton
Conway
Crawford
Franklin
Jcinson
Madison
Marion
Bewton
Pope
Searcy
Stone
van Buren
Washington
St. Francis National Forest
Lee
Phillips
Weather Summary of 1962 Precipitation and Cloudiness
Weather totals show 1962 precipitation through September at 58.13 inches, compared with 45.44 inches the previous year. Forecast calls for mostly cloudy conditions in the northwest, partly cloudy in the southeast, with a few showers in the northwest today and little change in temperature tonight.
Department Store Sales Dip Across Eighth District
The Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis reports department stores in the Eighth District fell two percent for the week ended Sept 29 from a year earlier. Excluding St. Louis, the district rose nine percent in Memphis and Little Rock up eight percent, Louisville up one percent, with seven smaller cities nine percent higher. For the four week period ending Sept 29, district sales were five percent above 1961, and current date sales are five percent above last year.
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ST. Louis
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
Federal Reserve
Memphis
Little Rock
Louisville
jPeriod
Kennedy Heads Weekend Politicking for 4 States
President Kennedy launches a rapid campaign swing through Kentucky Ohio Michigan and Minnesota with multiple speeches in Covington Cincinnati Detroit Flint Muskegon and Minneapolis. He seeks to boost Democratic hopes in states pivotal to the 1960 campaign while Romney DiSalle Rhodes Swainson and Morton are featured political names.
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Washington
John F. Kennedy
Kennedy
St. Cloud
Minn
Michigan
Minnesota
Richard M. Nixon
Kentucky
Ohio
Wilson
Wyatt
Thrust
Romney
Arkansas Bridges Replaced In Senate Water Bill
The Senate adopted a $115000 addition to the water projects authorization bill, adding bridge replacements over Bocut River and Big Bayou in Chicot County. The measure totals $4 billion and has House approval, with $1.4 million for Dardanelle lock and dam sewage work in Russellville and several levee and wash basin projects funded.
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Washington
Arkansas
Bocut River
Big Bayou
Chicot County
Senate
House
Dardanelle
Arkansas River
Russellville
Village Creek
White River
Mayberry
Jackson
Lawrence
Wassler
Red River
Georgia-Pacific sues to void Arkansas use tax bill
The Georgia-Pacific Corp. of Crossel filed suit in Pulaski Chancery Court seeking to void a state use tax bill totaling $58,256 with penalties of $5,725. The company says the Revenue Department assessed tax on items that were exempt and notes the exact items are unclear.
Theatres End an Era in Hot Springs and Texarkana
Two Arkansas landmarks vanish as Hot Springs razes the Opera House and Texarkana shutters the Strand after 62 years. Once hubs for stars like Sarah Bernhardt and Will Rogers, both venues succumb to financial pressures and changing mass media. The Strand began as an opera house in 1882 and became a film theater in 1924. the Hot Springs venue faded after 1904 with renewed competition. The losses mark the end of a shared cultural memory for these communities.
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Arkansas
Hot Springs
Hot Springs Opera House
Texarkana
Strand Theater
Sarah Bernhardt
Anna Held
Will Rogers
Helen Keller
Sousa
David Warfield
Houdini
Lillian Russell
Billie Burke
John Drew
The
Friends
Paul Green
Auditorium
Assembly of God Church of America
Opera House
W. C. Hardins
Hardin Opera House
Strand
George Pakis
Paramount Gulf! ‘Theaters, Inc
Gang
Southwest factory wages and jobs rise in August
Arkansas Louisiana Oklahoma and Texas posted higher August non farm employment with a regional average weekly pay of 67 dollars and hourly earnings of about 1.66 to 2.31 dollars. The Southwest total employed climbed 12,300 to a record for this time of year while Arkansas added 5,100 year over year to 387,000 and Texas reached 2,873,000. Louisiana fell 2,500 from the year earlier to 781,200.
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Little Rock
Arkansas
Louisiana
Oklahoma
Texas
States
Labor Department
Southwest
Mto
Legic
Donna Axum Crowned Cotton Queen in Blytheville Pageant
Donna Axum 20 year old El Dorado girl was named queen of the National Cotton Picking Contest in Blytheville. She was crowned by 1961 queen Donna McGimpsey of Carthursville Missouri. Betty Jo Haynes of Whitehaven Tennessee was second alternate and Mary Alice Craig of Humboldt Tennessee took third. The event, part of Jaycees activities, included a parade and the cotton picking contest expected to draw over 100 entrants from Arkansas and southeast Missouri with top prizes of 1000 dollars for men and 250 dollars for women.
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Blytheville, Ark
Donna Axum
el Dorado
Donna McGimpsey
Carthursville
Chasen
Betty Jo Haynes
Whitehaven
Tenn
Mary Alice Craig
Humbolt
Yenn
Arkansas
Missouri
Passed Out $50 Bank Notes in San Antonio
Luisito Hernandez, 10, tearfully testified that he distributed $50 bank notes to 13 friends after finding $3,000 paid to his father Leonard Hernandez, 93, for a construction accident. He hid the money under a bed and was prompted to reveal the cash when a $40 bill fell from his pocket. Authorities worked to recover the notes.
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San Antonio
Tex
Luisito Hernandez
Luisito
Leonard
Hernandez
Normalcy Far Off in Ole Miss Situation
The University of Mississippi campus remained tense after riots left two dead and over 200 injured earlier in the week. Students fled for a weekend holiday as James Meredith and others avoided campus while Jackson State College for Negroes loomed in the travel and tension. Deputy Atty. Gen. Katzenbach urged progress toward normalcy, though incident reports and hostile chants persisted amid the unrest.
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Associated Press
Oxford
Miss
University of Mississippi
Ole Miss
James H. Meredith
Jackson State College For
U.S
Nicholas Katzenbach
Meredith
University Cadeteria
Woman Gives Away Her Six Children in Britain
London AP report details Margaret Edwards 24, who gave away six children Elizabeth 6 Kathleen 5 Brian 4 Leslie 3 Arthur 14 months and Janet newborn, after choosing work and relief over keeping them. Elizabeth, Kathleen, and Leslie in a home. Brian adopted in Newcastle. Arthur in Peterborough. Janet given to Pauline Rowell. Edwards separated from husband Kenneth earlier this year, now seeking to rebuild a future.
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London
Margaret Edwards
Elizabeth
Kathleen
Brian
Leslie
Arthur
Janet
Newcastle
Peterborough
Britain
Tol
Hurricane Daisy Swells To Major Hurricane Near Bermuda
Daisy escalated from 80 to 100 mph winds, then expanded to cover 350 miles north and east with hurricane force winds. The Weather Bureau forecast a northeast track toward Bermuda, with no threat to the U.S. mainland. Bermuda should prepare for strong winds, high seas, and heavy rain Saturday. Meanwhile floods devastate western Turkey and the Dardanelles, claiming at least 17 lives.
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Miami
Fila
Daisy
Bermuda
Weather Bureau
U.S
United Fund Campaign Kickoff Sets Hope Plans
The 1963 United Fund drive in Hempstead County begins Tuesday October 9 with a breakfast at the Barlow, 7 a.m., chaired by Ed Thrash and Cliff Franks. Committee chairmen include Bill Gunter and Al Graves Jr among others. budget set at 17,500 for county agencies.
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WIA
United Fund
Barelow
Ed Thrash
Fund Drive
Clifford Franks
Bill Gunter
al Graves, Jr
Dick Turnage
Judge Orie \Byers
Jim Cale
James H. Jones
Hempstead County
Whith
W. W. Rutherford
Roy Craine
W. D. Flowe
State Highway Department
Thrash
Barlow
Citizens National Bank l
First National Bank
Hempstead Coun Ity
Hempstead
United Way
Hope B& PW !Club
Hope Jayceettes
Hope
Compromise Postal Bill Passed Increases Rates And Pay
The House approved a compromise postal bill raising rates by 600 million dollars annually and boosting salaries for government workers by about 10 to 11 percent in two steps. The plan, sent to President Kennedy, adds a five cent stamp for first class letters and eight cents for airmail starting January, with other rate hikes spread over three years.
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Washington
House
Kennedy
ESD Permitted Resignations in Jonesboro Office
J L Bland administrator of the state Employment Security Division said three Jonesboro ESD employees were permitted to resign after supervisors found placement figures had been padded. R J Lyon manager J L Beard and R M Langford were allowed to resign to escape dismissal following an ESD audit under Bland's direction.
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Little Rock
J. L. Bland
State Employment Security Division
Jonesboro
ESD
Bland
R. J. Lyon
Joneshore
J. L. Beard
R. M. Langford
Lincoln-Desha Telephone seeks 75000 loan for exchanges
The Lincoln Desha Telephone Co of Dumas asks the Public Service Commission for authority to borrow 75000 dollars to finance improvements at its exchanges in Dumas Gould Star City and Tillar Arkansas.
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Little Hock
Lincoln-Desha Telephone Co
Dumas
Public Service Commission
Dumas, Gould, Star, City and Tillar
Storm Ravages Mazatlan Ports Killing Five
A Pacific storm pummeled Mazatlan on Thursday with near hurricane winds and heavy rain, causing five deaths and extensive damage. Mazatlan lies about 850 miles down the Mexican coast from the California border.
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Mazatlan
Mexico
Pacific
California
Kennedy Campaigns Through Michigan and Minnesota
President Kennedy resumes intensive campaigning in Michigan and Minnesota urging a strong Democratic Congress to push economic progress. He visits Flint Muskegon and St Paul with familiar calls against Republicans and grows crowds compared with 1960 while pressing for votes and stressing the need for a new House and Senate to pass proposals.
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Greater Cincinatii
Kennedy
House of Representatives
Senate
Dierks Workers Favor Union
In Dierks Arkansas workers at the Dierks Forest wood plant and Eastern Railroad shops voted under NLRB supervision on union representation by the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America. The tally stood 73 for the union, 38 against, with 22 challenged ballots pending NLRB ruling. Final results await the board’s decision on the challenged ballots.
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DE Queen
Ark
Bige Playes
Dierks Forest
Queen
National Labor Relations Board
United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of ‘America
NLRB
NLAB
Leadership Conference Draws Arkansas SNEA Students
About 30 students and college advisors from 13 Arkansas schools have registered for the first annual Leadership Conference of the Student National Education Association. The meeting will be Saturday at Little Rock University with Forrest Ruzzell delivering the principal address. The event aims to strengthen the SNEA’s role in building the profession.
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Little Rock
Arkansas
Student National Education Association
Little Rock University
Forrest Ruzzell
Arkansas Education Association
SNEA
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Turkey
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