Cleanup of Rubbled Camp After Disaster
Troops and Red Cross workers set up tents as women and children huddle in shelters. A kerosene lamp and scattered possessions remain in a ruined area as a 20 mile stretch of main road is cleared and the death toll rises. The government orders national mourning and bans Tunisian radio broadcasts while prayers are held in mosques. More reports are expected from distant villages. the final casualty count remains uncertain.
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Sid Fae
Emmy
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Weather Sketch for Arkansas With Showers and Warmth
Regional forecast notes partly cloudy to cloudy conditions across Arkansas with widely scattered showers and thunderstorms. Central Arkansas expected warm with highs in the mid 90s, cooler Wednesday with highs mid 70s to near 90 southeast, lows around 65 to 75, and continued warm tonight before cooling midweek.
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Associated Press
Weather and region forecast update across Arkansas and nearby states
A long fragment lists mid to high temperatures and scattered thundershowers across Northwest and Northeast Arkansas, Louisiana, Missouri, and parts of Texas. It notes partly cloudy to cloudy conditions with showers, cooler highs around the mid 40s to mid 70s in various areas, and tonight’s lows ranging roughly from the 40s to 70s, with turning cooler on Wednesday. Also mentions Berlin memorial barrier details and U.S. readiness in a broader news context.
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Arkansas
Alderman Election Remains Tight in Fourth Ward
In North Little Rock a special election Tuesday pits Robert J. Kirspel against L. D. Boyer for Fourth Ward alderman after neither won a majority in July’s primary. The Aug 14 runoff yielded a 17 vote Kirspel lead that was erased by a recount, ending in a tie.
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Robert J. Kirspel
L. D. Boyer
Kirspel
Boyer
Hope Mariner 2 Antenna Aims at Earth Or Moon
Pasadena scientists postponed a critical mid course maneuver for Mariner 2 to confirm whether its 64 million mile range antenna is pointed at Earth or the Moon. The 447 pound craft needs the fix to ensure a 10,000 mile approach to Venus next December, missing by over 200,000 miles without it.
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Soviet Note Probes U2 Flight History and Echoes Past Conflicts
The Tass report recalls the international tensions tied to Francis Gary Powers and the 1960 U2 incident. It questions revival of old provocative practices and asks the U.S. to provide a clear reply, amid past exchanges between Eisenhower Kennedy and Khrushchev era policies.
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Catholics to End School Segregation in New Orleans
In New Orleans, Negro children entered white Catholic schools marking the archdiocese’s first parochial desegregation. About a dozen at St. Leo the Great, two at St. Mary of the Angels, and two at Mater Dolorosa began integrated attendance with no incidents. Msgr. Joseph Pyzikiewic spoke with mothers outside Mater Dolorosa as the school band played the Star Spangled Banner.
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Mater Dolorosa
Joseph Pyzikiewic
Integration Try at Albany School by Don McKee
Thirteen Negro students sought enrollment at Albany's white school under civil rights pressure, guarded by police as leaders including Dr. W. G. Anderson and his daughter Laurinta guided the group. The attempt followed a Ku Klux Klan rally opposing integration and aimed at a federal court challenge.
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Albany
Superintendent of Education
W. G. Anderson
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Supt
J. J. Cordell
Calvin F. Craig
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Cordell
Anderson
Court Opens But No Prayer Arkansas Supreme Court Opens Term
The Arkansas Supreme Court began a new term Monday without opening with a prayer. Speculation had tied the court to a possible prayer, influenced by the U.S. Supreme Court ruling. The court opened with the bailiff's brief statement and proceeded to business.
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Little Rock
State Supreme Court
U.S. Supreme Court
Arkansas Supreme Court
New Orleans Desegregation Push Expands Across Schools
About 9,000 of New Orleans 48,000 parochial pupils are Black. The public system begins a third year of integration on Thursday with 127 Negro students slated to join first through third grades in 21 schools. This marks the city's broadest desegregation effort to date following earlier partial integrations and protests in 1950.
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Louisiana
Harbar a Wilson vs Christopher Hammond Wilson Warning Order
In Hempstead County Arkansas Chancery Court Barbara Wilson sues Christopher Hammond Wilson. The defendant is ordered to appear and answer within thirty days. Witness stamped by Clerk Jamie Russell on August 10 1962 and seal of the court. Notices dated August 44 and September 4 1962.
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Harbara Wilson
Christopher Hammond Wilson
Christopher
Hammond Wilson
Barbara, Wilson
Alderman Race in Greene County Goes to Supreme Court
The Supreme Court opened its new term by hearing arguments on whether Greene County Circuit Court erred in upholding George Textor as alderman by 1,058 to 1,055 after Harris challenged 21 allegedly illegal votes and Textor disputed 16 votes for Huis. The county Democratic committee had certified 1,070–1,069 for Textor in the primary, with fraud claims leading to a recount request that was denied.
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State Supreme Court
Greene County
George Textor
Robert Hansel Harris
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Greene County Democratic Central Committee
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Harris
Hartig
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Circuit Court
Huis
Edward Maddox
Integration Threat Outlined by Negro Leader at Rally
A Negro leader warned that integration suits would proceed in court, noting pupil assignments had been made in spring and could not be changed by the superintendent. Before arrival of the Negroes, staff scrubbed from a window a sign reading No Niggers Please. The Kia dragon urged rally listeners that Negro students can be kept from white schools.
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Kian Dragon
Desegregation Begins as Parochial Schools Open in Deep South
Police stand ready as the first major parochial school desegregation faces riots and protests in New Orleans area. In Atlanta and other regions, thousands of students resume classes after Labor Day while FBI probes threats. Archdiocese and Archbishop Rummel impose the plan affecting 18 elementary and five high schools across the district.
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Associated Press
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Atlanta
Memphis
Tenn
Albany
Baton Rouge
W. G. Anderson
Laurita
Albany High
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Joseph Francis Rummel
Paul J. Hallinan
Farmer Dies of Injuries After Cow Trampling
Wil tie G. Myhand, 73, a farmer from Monticello Arkansas, died Monday from injuries suffered when a cow trampled him on his farm six miles north of town last week. He had a crushed chest and other injuries previously reported.
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Wil‘tie G. Myhand
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