Hurricane Dora bears down on Florida coast midsection
AP News Digest reports Dora approaching Florida and Georgia coasts prompting urgent emergency preparations. Other items note Chrysler UAW talks with cautious optimism as strike deadline nears, Goldwater leading Arizona nominating victory, Humphrey-Goldwater farm policy clash planned, and Johnson shifts strategy amid Viet Nam concerns. A flood of campaign, foreign, and domestic briefs fills the digest.
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Florida
Georgia
Chrysler
United Auto Workers
Barry Goldwater
Johnson
Weather Station Report For Central Arkansas
Weather Experiment Station reports 24 hours ending 7 a m Wednesday with high temperature 36 and low 68 degrees precipitation 0 93 inch. The sky was clear and the story continues on page two.
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Central Arkansas
Middle Age Sign Is When You Are Busier Fighting Your Old Habits
New York AP notes signs of middle age as people battle old bad habits and resist new ones. Men recall heat waves of 1938 while teens seem larger to today’s eyes. Adults admire parents more and early rising feels easier. Humor fades as younger comedians confuse.
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New York
Student Insurance Plans Available At Local Schools
Accident insurance for school children offered through the school with a nine month premium of $3.00 and a twelve month plan for ten dollars covers the child day and night, any place and summer vacation. Leaflets describe four plans. consult Verger Hopewell or Fulton School principal Will V. Rutherford for details.
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Verger
Hopewell
Fulton School
Will V. Rutherford
Little Rock Demolition Bid Narrowed for Renewal Project
The Little Rock Housing Authority said Patten Wrecking and Demolition Co. of Little Rock was the apparent low bidder for demolishing 24 Central Little Rock Urban Renewal Project buildings. Patten's bid was $13,133. The structures to be torn down are business buildings.
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Little Rock
Chrysler and UAW Reach Three Year Contract Agreement
Chrysler Corp and the United Auto Workers reached a three year contract minutes before a 10 a.m. strike deadline for 74,000 hourly workers. UAW President Walter Reuther called the settlement historic and outlined a pension plan up to 400 dollars monthly at age 60 for workers with 30 years. A news blackout had limited details as negotiations concluded and nationwide units reported local settlements with no unusual absenteeism or wildcat actions.
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Detroit
Chrysler Corp
United Auto Workers Union
UAW
Walter Reutheer
Reuther
Chrysler
Patrol Reports Violet Street Hit and Kidnapping Probe
A driver named Lizzie Cheatham, identified as Negro, struck a 3 year old child on Hazel Street near a night spot today at 1 p m. The mother was reportedly wounded. The child is in critical condition as police investigate. In political news, Sen. Hubert H. Humphrey accepts an Arkansas campaign visit invitation for Sept 17 or 18 and will also speak in Memphis. The Senate leadership votes to reopen the Bobby Baker probe focusing on a $35 000 payoff alleged by Matthew McCloskey in the District of Columbia Stadium contract.
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H. N. Rodgers & Son Co
H. N. N. Rocson Co
Memphis
Rodgers
John Shirley
Carl Ward
Weights
State Highway Department
Northwestern
Highway 4
Millwood Dam
Louisiana
Lizzie Cheatham
North
Hazel
Negro
Cif
Washington
Hubert H. Humphrey
D-Minn
Orval E. Faubus
Arkansas
Humphrey
South
Senate Democratic
Bobby Baker
Matthew McCloskey
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Senate Rules Committee
Baker
John J. Williams
Rdel
McCloksey
Philadelphia
District of Columbia
No Opponent for School Candidates in County Elections
Filing day yields opposition in only one race. D. D. McJunkins Jr and Charles Wright will contest a Saratoga Board seat after the incumbent did not seek reelection. Hope district 1A incumbents J. W. Franks and Dr Jud Martindale ran unopposed. Ralph Lehman filed for County Board Zone 2.
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D. D. McJunkins, Jr
Charles Wright
Saratoga
Hope
J. W. Franks
Jud Martindale
Ralph Lehman
Kiwanis Club hears World’s Fair slide show at noon
Bill Flanders of First Baptist Church presented slides of the New York World’s Fair and related historical pictures to the Hope Kiwanis Club Tuesday noon. Induction ceremonies welcomed two new members, Dorsey Stringfellow of Rephians store and Dr James A Spring, recently associated with Dr James W Branch.
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Hope Kiwanis Club
Bill Flanders
First Baptist Church
Dorsey Stringfellow
Rephians Store
James A. Spring
James W. Branch
Fulbright Attacks Miller Over Humphrey and ADA Critique
Bangor AP report notes Rep. William Miller accuses Hubert Humphrey of aligning with Americans for Democratic Action and defends his own record against Fulbright. Miller campaigns in New England, calling ADA radical and praising Humphrey’s liberal ties while criticizing Goldwater. Mrs Winthrop Rockefeller to open Hope Governor campaign HQ with events and a Rivermen performance.
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Bangor
Maine
William I. Miller
New York
Saysinnesota
Hubert H. Humphrey
Americans For Democratic Action
Miller
J. W. Fulbright
D-Ark
Humphrey
ADA
New England
Westchester County
Washington
Fulright
Sen
Fulbright
GOP
Sen. Fulbright
Barry Goldwater
Goldwater
Winthrop Rockefeller
Rockefeller For Govenor
Hope
Berhalf
Rockefeller
Rivermen
Hempstead Club
Jo Grachek
Travis Beeson
Beeson
Adult Education Classes At Yerger School Offer Diploma Path
The State Department of Education again offers adult and non completers a chance to earn a certificate of equivalency. Open to anyone 18 or older with courses in math science history social studies and English. Enrollment deadlines are September 18 for cutoff and October 1 for approval of classes with Fulton Hopewell Shover Street and Yerger Schools hosting.
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State Department of Education
Fulton, Hopewell
Shover Street
Yerger
Tropical Storm Tillie Weakens Off California Coast
The Weather Bureau reported tropical Storm Tillie weakening off the Lower California coast. Advisories warned winds near 40 mph, but first reports set gusts at 75 mph on Tuesday as Tillie declined in strength over the Pacific.
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San Francisco
Tillie
Lower California
Hope enrollment unchanged in white and Negro schools
Supt. James H. Jones announced 2,583 students enrolled this year in both the white and Negro school systems in Hope, about the same as last year. The figure reflects total enrollment across the town's segregated schools.
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Hope
James H. Jones
Two Painters Rescued After 22-Floor Plunge in Chicago
In Chicago, two painters Juatt Mendez, 22, and Curtis Kulzer, 39, were rescued after hanging about 22 floors above the Loop when they slipped from a scaffold at the new U.S. courthouse. They were not injured.
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Chicago
Loop
Juatt Mendez
Curtis Kulzer
U.S
Florida Braces for Dora's Full Impact on Northeast Florida
Hurricane Dora, still offshore, unleashed 76 mph winds in St. Augustine and lashed Jacksonville as it neared the northeast coast. Dawn gusts of 75 mph rode ashore in Daytona Beach with five foot tides while warnings urged residents along the beaches to seek safety.
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Augustine
Fla
St. Augustine
Jacksonville
Bayfront Parkway
Jacksonville Beach
Daytona Beach
Dora
Florida
St.Augustine
Iast
Weather Bureau
Dorn
Hope to Advertise Recreation Building for City Park
The City of Hope seeks bids on a large metal recreation building for City Park to serve as a youth center and general meeting site. The project aims to provide space for many activities and community gatherings. The piece notes other area Bobcats teams and local sports figures connected to Hope.
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City of
Johnson Eyes New Viet Nam Moves With Aides
President Johnson summoned top military and diplomatic advisers to a White House conference to weigh new steps to bolster the anti-Communist war effort in South Vietnam. Maxwell D. Taylor and top officials discussed stabilizing Saigon, shifting focus to South Vietnam, and curbing North Vietnamese Viet Cong supply flows through Laos.
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Johnson
Hubert H. Humphrey
Barry Goldwater
Richard Kleindiesnst
Goldwater
Arizona
William &. Miller
Americans For Democratic
Washington
United States
South Viet Nam
Detroit
John M. Hightower
White House
Maxwell D. Taylor
Saigon
State
Defense Department
Taylor
Dean Rusk
Defense Secreta
Robert 5. McNamara
South Vietnam
Red North Viet Nam
Laos
Tchepone
U.S
Bodcaw High Names Class Officers and Sponsors
Bodcaw High School students elected class officers for grades 7 through 12 with named presidents and sponsors. Notables include Gary Miller as 12th grade president, James Vines as 11th grade president, Dennis Cole as 9th grade president, Nancy Brown as 8th grade president, and Wandy Baker as 7th grade president. Sue Spencer chosen to represent the school at the Nevada County Fair Queen contest.
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Bodcaw High School
Gary Miller
Joyce Ward
Sue Spencer
Jan Daniels
E. D. Spencer
James Vines
Bud Lee
Seeen
Ihniny
Vide
Eporter
Carolyn Spink
Sor
A. B. Butler
Ward
Gerald Matherly
Sec
Treas
Peggy Butler
Herbert Borman
Wallace Cheatham
Dennis Cole
Linda Hicks
Sec.-Treas
Barbara Hicks
Martha Davis
David Chaney
Nancy Brown
Karen Harrison
Sharon Cole
Sherry Miller
H. D. Spencer
Wandy Baker
Barbara Miller
Lee Treas
Linda Ellis
Kathy Goodwin
Spona
Lee Barber
Jooey Buller
Elec
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Walnut Ridge
Roy Wray
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Mary Bright
Charles Gough
State Health Department
Hempstead
Gail Gilbert
Texarkana
Conifer Council
Girl Scouts
Fairpark
Jolly Byers
Nashville
Hempstead County
Alamogrado
New Mexico
New Mexico School For the Blind
Alvin Bond
Dardanelle
Game and Fish Commission
John W. Brannan
A. D. Brannan
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Dallas
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