Pritchett Veteran of Petersburg Rites Held in Tampa
The obituary notes that Jerrest Pritchett, a Mason and former U S Army officer, survived by wife Ethel Nelms Pritchett and several children, will be laid to rest in Tampa Episcopal Church followed by interment in the American Legion cemetery. Survivors include Mrs Graydon Ane, Mrs O G Wren, Charles Nellis, and Mrs Don Multil gar. Funeral set for 2:30 p m Thursday in Tampa.
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Eg Pritehett
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Wis
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Graydon Anethonly
Hope
G. Wren
Little Rock
Charles
WR Backs GOPer for Congress in Osceola Arkansas
Osceola businessman-farmer Guy Newcomb, 38, a Republican since 1963, received Gov. Winthrop Rockefeller’s endorsement for the First District congressional race but says he has not entered the race. He is among about a dozen potential candidates to replace retiring Rep. E C Took Gathings of West Memphis. he is the only Republican named so far.
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Ark
Winthrop Rockefeller
GOP
Guy Newcomb
Newcomb
E. C
Gathings
West Memphis
Ford Peace Pact is Wrapped Up
Skilled tradesmen and production workers in four UAW locals approved the Ford contract by large margins. Across 101 bargaining units, 160000 Ford members vote today after televised appeals by UAW President Walter Reuther and criticism from dissident tradesmen led by Chris Manning. If approved, work would resume at 25 Ford plants in coming days.
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Ford Motor Co
UAW
Ford
Walter P. Reuther
Amd
Chris Manning
Chevrolet
Reuther
Manning
Weather Experiment Station Report for Wednesday
Weather report for hours ending 7 am shows a high of 1 and a low of 38 at the Weather Experiment Station. Forecasts predict clear and cold conditions tonight with scattered frost across the state's central areas and dry, partly cloudy skies elsewhere. Low temperatures expected mainly in the 30s to near 40.
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Weather Experiment Station
Ark Angas
Outburst Fails of Mistrial in New Jersey Case
In Morristown New Jersey AP reports LeRoi Jones a Negro playwright and poet was tried with jurors to be seated after outbursts criticizing the court. The judge ruled the remarks did not require a mistrial and ordered the jury selection to resume once Jones is brought back to the courtroom following a brief jail period.
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LeRoi Jones
Jones
Leon Kapp
Search for Melton resuming in Arkansas CAP efforts
The Civil Air Patrol resumed the search for businessman Marvin Melton of Jonesboro after a one day pause due to brisk winds. Five planes took to the air with more expected, as Maj. Joel Wall explains investigators are checking Melton’s flying habits and the Debonair plane for clues while considering weather, fuel, and autopilot factors.
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CAP
Arkansas
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Melton
Little Rock
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Pine Bluff
Texarkana
Texas
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Oklahoma
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Crackdown on Cummins Prison Trusties Ordered
Arkansas Prison Board ordered Cummins Prison Farm Superintendent C E Bishop to crack down on trusty guards. Free world clothes and inmate money to be removed and barracks shaken down with State Police if needed. Action follows 11 escapes in September including head trusty Jim Reaves. Bishop says five world money cannot be eliminated and trusted barracks not shaken yet. Board members and governor's prison affairs aide refused comment.
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Memphis Commercial Appeal
Arkansas Prison Board
C. E. Bishop
Cummins Prisson Farm
Bishop
Jim Reaves
Robert Scott
Etate
Cummins
The Negro Community Church Calendar and Events
The excerpt lists a Negro Community calendar with Ester Hicks and events at Bethel AME and other churches. It notes a 7:30 service sponsored by the stewardess and Usher Board, with guest churches mentioned. Also references a women’s club and a library committee event in Columbia with limited readable details.
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Hey
J. K. Hughes
Bethel Alm
E. Churel
Lainubhe Baptist
Wallet W Hite
Temple Church of God Ui Tippst
Bles Gon
Denis
Radioman to Get Axe for Wire Bust Prompts Probe
New York AP report says Chief Radio Operator Charles Berger of American Export Lines was suspended as an investigation begins into how a White House radiogram intended for former Texas Governor Price Daniel reached Ronald Reagan. Reagan called the interception accidental and denied any party involvement, saying he did not read or seek out the message.
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Walter Mears
Associated Press
NEW York (Ap
Calliotchia
Ronald Reagan
White House
Charles E. Reilly
Radio Shack
Great Society
Reilly
Charles Berger
Texas
Pri¢e Daniel
Johnson
Reagan
Sacramento
Calif
Purcell Outlines Independent Attorney General Duties
Arkansas Attorney General Joe Purcell spoke to the Hope Kiwanis Club detailing the office as independent and elective. He noted 452 counterbalances to the legislature and described duties including issuing opinions and representing Arkansas in federal courts. Guests included Rep. Talbot Feild Sheriff Jeremy Griffin and Bob Smith.
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Joe Purcell
Hope Kiwanis Club
Purcall
Purcell
State of
Arkansas
Dean Murphy
Talbot Feild
Don Parker
Jeremy Griffin
Hope
Bob Smith
Little Rock
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