Birmingham Moves To Close Black Students In 3 Schools
The Birmingham School Board agreed to close West End Ramsay and Graymont until further notice and join a petition to stay a federal order integrating the three schools. Two Negro brothers registered at Graymont, with more planned at West End and Ramsay, amid a tense city with National Guard warnings and ongoing violence.
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Arkansas Forecast: Cloudy to Mostly Cloudy with Scattered Showers
Forecasts show Arkansas mostly cloudy with widely scattered thundershowers in the south. High around 94, low 64 to 72, with a slight warming into Friday. In eastern and southern Missouri and parts of Arkansas expect mostly to partly cloudy with scattered showers late morning, little temperature change, highs mid 70s to upper 80s and lows in the 50s, then fair and cooler tonight into Friday.
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Arkansas Regional Forecast From The Associated Press
Central Arkansas will see partly to mostly cloudy skies with scattered showers or thundershowers, high in mid 80s to low 90s this afternoon, and warm Friday. Northeast and Northwest regions follow similar patterns with mild to warm temps and chances of showers through Saturday.
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Explosion Devastates Fashionable Brick House in City
Less than three weeks after a worse blast, a fashionable brick house was struck again. Shores stated his wife was thrown from bed but uninjured beyond a bruised shoulder. Hundreds of Black residents filled street corners as police sealed a five block area and faced rocks and bottles thrown at officers during dispersal.
Two Guilty of Stealing Cars in Hot Springs Ring
A Garland County jury found Joseph Francis Newman of Akron Ohio and Forrest Cason of Hot Springs guilty on six and nine counts respectively in a car theft ring case. The federal probe tied the operation to Hot Springs and Akron, with four other defendants pleading guilty and two others sentenced earlier in Cleveland. The nine defendants’ trial outcomes conclude most charges. attorney Sam Anderson’s trial date was pending.
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Cleveland
Ohio
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Hot Springs
Joseph Francis Newman
Akron Ohio
Forrest Cason
Newman Cason
Newman
Cason
Akron
Ocelot Herman Returns After Train Echoes
Univers ity of Arkansas student and owner Alford recounted how his pet ocelot Herman fled during a midnight walk when a train whistle sounded. The cat climbed trees and stayed away for four days before returning home through the front door, restoring the owner’s investment.
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Associated Press
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Tom Alford
University of Arkansas
Alford
Florida
Arkansas and Louisiana Weather Summary Fragments
Partly cloudy with scattered showers and thundershowers across Arkansas and Louisiana. Temperatures reach mid to upper 80s to mid 90s with highs around 92 to 96 in parts of Arkansas and 88 to 94 in Louisiana. Lows near 65 to 75, with minimal changes expected Friday and Saturday.
Woman stands firm over school desegregation dispute
Mrs. Fitts, fighting to keep her son in a school near home, endures obscene calls, a glassy rock damaged window, and egg vandalism while a white man struck her once. She refuses to move or report threats, insisting she started this fight and must finish it herself.
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Stoot
Mommy
Arkansas Reports 4.339 Million Broiler Chicks Placed
Arkansas producers placed 4,339,000 broiler chicks last week, about 4 percent under the prior week. Of the total, 3,785,000 were hatched in Arkansas and 614,000 came from other states. A further 237,000 broiler chicks were shipped out of the state.
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Little Rock
Arkansas
Crop Reporting Service
Pear tree planted in 1840s survives on 160 acre Arkansas farm
Taylor of Fordyce cherishes Kelfer pears grown from a tree planted by his grandfather, John L. Walsh, around 1847 to 1848 on a Mt. Olivet farm near Holly Springs. The lone survivor of 1925 timbering, the tree stands four miles north of Holly Springs as part of a historic orchard. Nearby, Independence County fair officials faced a quirky moment in the prize baby contest as a youngster consumed the first cardboard number. Charles Hanson of Jonesboro showed limbs of a “fire bush” plant recently.
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Lewis . Taylor
Fordyce
John L. Walsh
Taylor
Holly Springs
Mt. Olivet
Batesville
Unusual Heavy Applelike Bush Bears Over 50 Fruit
An Associated County Agent notes a japonica bush in a dry year producing more than fifty apples on one plant. Troy Cox, observing the scene, says he has never seen so many fruits on a single bush and calls the yield highly unusual for a dry year.
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Associated County
Troy Cox
Fifth of six Negro children enrolls in Pine Bluff schools
In Pine Bluff Arkansas the fifth of six Negro children assigned to previously all white elementary schools enrolled today at Broadmoor Elementary. A Negro girl did not register due to transportation issues and the sixth child also faced transit delays while four other Negroes began attending integrated classes. Police patrolled the areas with no crowds or demonstrations.
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Pine Bluff, Ark
Pine Bluff
Broadmoor
John Trice
Trice
First Ward
Army engineers seek permit for overhead cables near Calico Rock
Army engineers reported Lib erty Telephone Co of Calico Rock applied for permission to build overhead cables across the White River three miles north of Calico Rock and at Calico Rock Arkansas. The plan requests authority to span the river and establish lines at the town site as part of a local communication project.
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Army ‘Engineers
Liberty Telephone Co
Calico Rock
White River
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