Winning Essay on the Constitution
Editor notes Cissie Ellis won a Constitution Week essay under DAR and American Legion Auxiliary. The essay extols the U S Constitution as a life philosophy granting freedom, education, and responsibility, contrasts with Russia and communist regimes, and urges citizens to study and live by the document to sustain liberty and national duties.
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Cissie Ellis
Uiing
DAR
Amarkali Legion Ausxiliary
Ste
United States
Russia
China
Cuba
Westher Cool in Arkansas Weather Outlook
Arkansas faces cool, cloudy conditions with limited rain. Isolated showers are possible in western and central areas. Daytime highs may reach 80s to low 90s, with nights in the mid 60s to low 70s. Weekend forecasts show upper 70s to low 80s in the northwest and southwest regions remain unsettled.
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YME
Associated Press
Arkansas
Harrison
Viet Nam war timeline and the rise of Ngo Dinh Diem
The piece traces French defeat in 1954 at Dien Bien Phu and Geneva’s division of Viet Nam into North and South. It notes Ho Chi Minh leading the Communists, Bao Dai’s brief role, and Diem’s 1955 proclamation of the South as a republic with American aid beginning in 1962, while democracy and stability remained elusive.
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France
Bao Dai
Annam
Dienbienphu
Geneva
Viet Nam
Korea
Ho Chi Minh
Georgia
South Viet Nam
Ngo Dinh Diem
Diem
South
Birmingham Bombing Sparks Tense Racial Unrest Across City
With 300 federalized National Guardsmen on alert, two white teenagers were arrested on an open charge in the slaying of one of two Negro boys shot after a dynamite blast. King condemned Wallace and segregation, while FBI probes continue into 21 prior bombings and a federal grand jury investigates potential interference with school integration orders.
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Melvin Bailey
Washington
Kennedys
Wallace
Martin Luther King Jr
Alabama
State
King
FBI
U.S. Dist
Clarence William Allgood
Kennedy Hails U S Aid For Far East Defense
President Kennedy told Congress that military aid remains the largest U S foreign assistance item with much of it directed against Chinese Communist pressure in the Far East. The 1962 aid package totals about 1.6 billion for military programs as Latin America and other regions receive development loans and grants.
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Washington
U.S
Kennedy
Congress
Far East
Gatlin América
International Communist Movement
Alliance For Progri
Latin America
Greace
Hee Tran
Pakistan
Thailand
Soi Viet Nam
China
South Korea
Virginia Co Schools Reopen After Four-Year Gap
Virginia context reports Prince Edward County Negro students return to classes at Mary Brandy Elementary No 2 as free private schools open a month after Kennedy urging. Pupils ages 6 to 18 are sent to four schools with no initial graded structure, ages guiding placement, and about 200 to 1,600 expected by week end. Some had not attended since 1969. a few white children join the new schools today.
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Farmville
Prince Edward County
Mary Brandy
Kennedy
Prince Ed
Corn Available to State Counties
The Commodity Credit Corporation in Kansas City issued loading orders for 15 rail carloads of corn to four Arkansas counties struck by drought. Boone and Benton counties receive three carloads each, Johnson County four, and Crawford County five. Eleven other counties in Arkansas are eligible, including Carroll, Madison, Newton, Searcy, Washington, Franklin, Sebastian, Marion, Van Buren, Stone and Yell.
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Little Rock
Arkansas
Commodity Credit Corporation
Kansas City
Arkansas Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Office
Boone
Benton
Johnson County
Crawford County
Carroll
Madison
Newton
Searcy
Washington
Franklin
Sebastian Marion van Buren
Stone
Yell
Fire Ant Hits in Some Areas
Arkansas state Agriculture Department says the fire ant infection is nearly eradicated in the state, especially in Union and Ashley Counties. The report notes the ant’s venom harms wildlife and comments on tuition-based private segregated schools formed after public school closures in 1959 to avoid integration, with about $200,000 raised to support them.
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Little Rock
State Agriculture Department
Arkansas
Union
Ashley
Ward
Ruling Again Bars Man From Track
Arkansas Supreme Court upholds Southland Dog Racing Track power to bar Thomas A. Griffin of Miami from its West Memphis facility. Griffin, a dog breeder and partial owner, had his stockholder pass canceled. court cites proprietors may refuse admission to undesirable patrons. Justice Rose Smith authored majority with dissent by Justice Jim Johnson.
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Little Rock
Arkansas Supreme Court
Southland
West Memphis
Thomas A. Griffin
Miami
Fla
Griffin
Crittenden’ Chancery Court
Thomas Griffin
State Racing Commission
George Rose Smith
Jim Johnson
Cindy Threatens Texas Coast As Gulf Storm Advances
The Weather Bureau warned Cindy aimed toward the Texas coast from Port Arthur to Galveston as Hurricane winds brace Texas and Louisiana. Galveston reports 74 mph gusts while Cameron Louisiana seals off shore, with 30 foot waves and 55 mph winds buffeting offshore rigs and at least three missing persons reported amid rising tides and evacuations.
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Page One
Weather Bureau
Texas
Port Arthur
Galveston
Louisiana
Gulf of Mexico
Galveston Weather Bureau
Cindy
Carla
New Orleans
Hiroshima
Cameron
Lake Charles
Caméron
Tewt
Cameron Parish
Ron
Oil Company
McGovern seeks tax relief for Fischer quintuplets family
Senator George McGovern proposed legislation to grant tax exemptions and benefits to the Fischer family of South Dakota. The plan would exempt Mr and Mrs Edward Fischer from income taxes until their quintuplets reach age 21 to ease heavy expenses.
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Washington
George McGovern
Congress
Fischer
South Dakota
Edward Fischer
Weather Outlook From Arkansas To Missouri And Louisiana
Weather summaries show Arkansas cloudy and cool through Wednesday with scattered rain and thunderstorms moving northward, possible heavy south portions and highs near 75 to 80. Louisiana reports gusty winds and scattered thundershowers mainly west and north, gradually diminishing tonight with warm Wednesday highs in the 80s. Missouri regions expect partial cloudiness, slight temperature change, and occasional showers in the extreme south with cooler conditions midweek.
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Arkansas
Louisiana
Missouri
Body Recovered From Lake Tahoe
The body of Lt. Janet L. Rankin 24 Bradford Pa was pulled from Lake Tahoe after a water ski accident that killed four Air Force officers. The Washoe County sheriff Reno identified the body as Rankin. Missing are Capt. Dean F. Gasbarin 30 Leonminster MA Lt. G L Morgan 27 Athens TN and Lt. June P. Murdaugh 25 Tulsa OK. An air land and water search by Coast Guard and Stead AFB continues.
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Tahoe City
Calif
Air Force
Lake Tahoe
Janet L. Rankin
Bradford
Washoe County
Reno
U.S. Coast Guard
Stead Air Force Base
Dean F. Gasbarin
Leonminster
Mass
G. L. Morgan
Athens Tenn
June P. Murdaugh
Tulsa Okla
Senate split over treaty banning underground tests
Senator Symington supports a treaty banning all but underground tests arguing it won’t curb U S power to destroy the Soviet Union if needed. Thurmond counters that the pact risks U S deterrence and military safety. Final ratification votes remain uncertain as debate continues into next week.
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Stuart Symington
Shorn Thurmond
Symington
Air Force
Senate
Soviet Union
Thurmond
South Carolina
United States
Joint Chiefs of Staff
U.S
White House
Chiefs of Staff
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
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