Weather Forecast Summary for Arkansas Friday to Sunday
The Associated Press reports Arkansas will be partly cloudy to clear in the southeast tonight and partly cloudy to cloudy in the northwest. Scattered showers and a few light showers are expected in the northwest and over the state Saturday. Temperatures will fall a little, with lows tonight noted between 62 and 72 degrees.
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Boston pair halted as World Series scalpers fail profits
AP reports two college boys ended a brief scalping venture in Boston after appearing before Chief Judge Elijay Adlen. They left without tickets or gains, ending their short run as World Series resellers.
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Elijay Adlen
Astronaut Killed in Plane Crash near Florida Border
Marine Corps Maj. Clifton C. Williams Jr., 35, a member of the third generation of astronauts, died when his T3e jet trainer crashed into a hilltop near the Florida Georgia line. A board of inquiry led by Navy Capt. Alan B. Shepard will investigate. Williams was previously backup for Gemini 10 and worked on the Lunar Module. He had been slated to visit the Grumman plant in Bethpage, New York, before the fatal flight from Cape Kennedy.
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United Fund drive kickoff set for Hope district
Jack Beatty named head of United Fund solicitation for Hope School District 1A and Red River Vocational Technical School. He and division workers will join others at the Town & Country Restaurant in Hope for a 6 30 p m kickoff supper on Monday Oct 9 launching the campaign. In San Francisco an off duty fireman Radford stopped a despondent mechanic from leaping 220 feet into the bay by climbing the Golden Gate Bridge cable and ordering him to go up the line.
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Hope
Red River
Jack Beatty
James E. Pruden
Hempstead County
United Fund
Beatty
Hope District 14
Town & Country
San Francisco
Golden Gate Bridge
Charles Radford
Radeford
Radford
Bay
Marin County
Hope Arkansas Star Anti Poverty Bill Faces House Fight
AP reports in Washington the Senate approved a $4.66 billion antipoverty bill tied to Johnson’s War on Poverty. The measure would fund Job Corps Head Start Community Action and related programs for 30 million Americans, with House debate expected on cuts and Office of Economic Opportunity restructuring.
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Joe Hall
Associated Press
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Johnson
Office of Economic Opportunity
Joseph S. Clark
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Clark
Eyesore's New Look in Southwest Urban Renewal
Rays of hope replace the blight of slums in Washington D C with run-down districts in the Southwest Urban Renewal Area a 500 acre tract within the shadow of the Capitol dome. Thirteen years ago it contained the District's highest blighted structure rate now it is an attractive stylish compliment to the city.
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Paroled Father of Six From West Memphis
Eddie Smothers 27 of West Memphis was sentenced to two years for stealing two bottles of gas to heat his home. He is among 98 convicts paroled Wednesday by the state Pardon And Parole Board. Smothers, a truck driver, will be released later this month to work for a West Memphis service station operator.
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Eddie Smothers
West Memphis
State Pardon and Parole Board
Smothers
Novemeber
New Fiscal System Not Up to Par in Arkansas
Arkansas officials complain the new fiscal control system, installed July 1 by Peat, Marwick, Mitchell & Co., creates excess paperwork and slow requisitions. Auditor Jimmie Red Jones notes 20,000 more warrants in three months, Morton cites purchasing delays at Tucker Prison Farm, and officials seek solutions from an Administration Department analyst. Frost calls the issues a symptom of any new system in early operation. A stray paragraph about a rice goddess belief closes the item.
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Arkansas
Clarence E. Frost
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War plants influencing war opinion in Senate debate
Washington AP dispatch notes critics of the Vietnam war say lawmakers from defense industry states feel pressure to back policy. Aik en hints at prodding without naming names while Fulbright and McCarthy warn of a military industrial complex dominating U.S. affairs. They urge curbs on military aid, arguing it shapes foreign policy. Aik en cites California and Washington as economies tied to defense procurement and notes Republican Sens Murphy and Suchecki and Democratic Sen Jackson among vocal supporters. Percy cautions no GOP consensus and hints at 1968 campaign dynamics affecting Vietnams policy.
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John Sherman Cooper
Kentucky
Alken
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Everett M. Dirksen
Hiinels
Obituaries From Hope Area Dusty Ledger October Deaths
Msi fy Ag England of Tex arkavia died Wednesday October 4 in DeQueech. Funeral set for Shiloh Cemetery on Friday October 6. Mrs Orell Roberts died at home in McNeil on Wednesday October 4. Survived by husband and several children including Mrs Joe Polk of DeQueen formerly of Hope. Services Friday October 6 at Shiloh Cemetery. Andrew M. Taylor 82 died Wednesday October 41 in Qlessa Texas. Retired lumberman lived in Hope 1953 to 1963 before moving elsewhere. Survived by two daughters Ina Taylor Hope and Myrtle Smart Qdes sa, three sons Otis Wallace Qdessa and Oren Eugene Oregon, 20 grandchildren and 31 great grandchildren. Services Saturday at 2 p.m. Bluff Springs with Latimer Funeral Home Nashville in charge.
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McNeil
Joe Polk
DeQueen
Hope
Shi»loh
Andrew M. Taylor
Qlessa
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Ina Taylor
Myrtle Smart
Qdessa
Otis
Wallace
Oren
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Oregon
Bluff Springs
Latimer Funeral Home
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Non Public Schools Lose State Aid Ruling
New Hampshire Supreme Court rules with a 4 1 decision that parochial and nonpublic schools cannot share in state sweepstakes profits. The court voided the law, citing the constitutional prohibition against public aid to religious institutions and noting religiously oriented schools predominate among aided nonpublic schools.
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Bomb damages Tougaloo College head's home in Mississippi
A high order explosive bomb damaged the home of Dr. William Bush, executive dean of Tougaloo College, in Tougaloo, Mississippi. No injuries were reported as windows blew out and the roof eaves were torn. College officials offered no immediate comment. Dr. George Owens, president, said staff were befuddled.
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Touraloo
Industrious industrialist and merger magician profile
A portrait of a British industrialist famed for mergers and rapid expansion. The subject, tall and robust, built a sprawling empire from a placeholder shell to 140 products, including fabrics and defense items, while running hotels and holdings. He boasts a jet set lifestyle, 120 acre island, air travel, and a habit of sauna baths, chess, and relentless reinvention.
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Artes
Birmingham
Mal+ chan
Britain
Matchan
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