Khrushchev Eyes Talks With Kennedy Amid Berlin Tensions
Soviet leader Khrushchev reportedly sought a summit with President Kennedy on the Berlin crisis later this year. Western officials fear such talks could worsen tensions. Secretary Rusk travels to New York for U N General Assembly meetings and will press Gromyko on Berlin disarmament and Cuba.
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John M. Hightower Ashington
Khrushchev
Kennedy
Berlin
U.S
U.N. General Assembly
New York
United Nations
Dean Rusky
Andrei Gromyko
Disarmament
Cuba
United States
Rusk
Britain
France
West Berlin
East Berlin
British doctors report womb ovary graft to enable barren women to bear children
The Solicitors Journal says doctors developed an operation grafting a healthy ovary into a sterile or ovaryless woman. The Medical Defense Union warned that any child born would be illegitimate, judging such cases as not normal or natural.
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London
Solicitors Journal
Medical Defense Union
Medical Union
Pigs in Yard Called to Help Shortage in East Germany
BERLIN AP East Germany’s Red rulers urge citizens to save kitchen scraps and feed backyard pigs to ease meat shortages. Officials insist households can contribute by keeping pigs at home, expanding small-scale pork production amid shortages.
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Berlin
East Germany
If You Enjoy it No Tax Deductions
About 300 attendees at the Arkansas Federal Tax Institute heard remarks from George D. Webster that if you enjoy it it isn t deductible. IRS Commissioner Mortimer Caplin outlined new refunds in savings bonds and a recent tax relief move for machinery and equipment deductions. Webster praised Rep. Mills and warned about inflated non cash contributions.
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Little Rock
Arkansas Federal Tax Institute
George D.webster
Washington
Internal Revenue Service
Mortimer Caplin
U.S
IRS
Caplin
Webster
Rep
Wilbur Mills
D-Ark
Tax Writing House
Ways and Means Committee
M. A. Murphree
Midland
Tex
Murphree
Plant to Produce New Fertilizer at Alexander Arkansas
A new fertilizer plant is under construction at Alexander near Little Rock. It will use brown mud, a by product from aluminum processing of bauxite ore, as raw material. The plant can produce up to 15 workers, drying and bagging the material for shipment. Clyde Reeves, president of the financing company, says the brown mud contains 27 agents that act as plant food.
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Little Rock
Alexander
Clyde Reeves
Nine Megaton Bomb Exploded in Soviet Tests
An AP report from Uppsala Sweden notes the Soviet Union detonated a nine megaton nuclear device as part of a current test series begun on August 5. The blast, reported by the Caltech Institute seismology team, is described as the 12th test in the series with a force equivalent to billions of tons of TNT. Weather is forecast as cloudy with a few showers, highs in the 50s.
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Uppsala
Sweden
Soviet Union
Novaya Zemlya
Coffelt May Offer Help to Mississippi in Meredith Fight
Little Rock lawyer Kenneth Coffelt said he may accept an offer to advise Mississippi officials in their campaign to keep James H Meredith from entering the University of Mississippi. He spoke after telephone talks with a Jackson lawyer and a state official, declining to name them. Coffelt said his plan could require a jail term but that a judge would release those detained on habeas corpus.
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Little Rock
Kenneth Coffelt
Mississippi
James H. Meredith
University of Mississippi
Coffelt
Arkansas
Jackson
Clisis
Shocking Pink Pants Lifts British Factory Hiring
London AP reports Barbara Smith 23 whose pink pants distracted male workers and sparked complaints. Management says inquiries for jobs surged as the outfit drew attention to the factory, with executives noting renewed interest in employment despite the controversy.
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London
Barbara Smith
Barbara
James Wright
Larran Adams
Britain
Kennedy Is Campaigning in 2 States
President Kennedy campaigned in Pennsylvania and planned a stop in West Virginia as part of a fresh push. He urged stronger Democratic Congress support to accelerate progress and warned against deadlock. A crowd of about 3,000 greeted him in Harrisburg after a flight from Washington.
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Douglas B. Cornell
Harrisburg
Kennedy
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Congress
Washington
Andrew T. Hatcher
White House
Helena Port Lease Renewal Question Prompts FAA Compliance
Helena Arkansas AP Helena Airport Commission will renew the lease draft to comply with FAA guidance and open bids January 1 for airport operation. The action follows FAA findings that EB & Terry should not operate the airport for private gain and two Helena crop dusters protested denial of airport access. Sales data and regional figures appear in the report.
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Helena, Ark
Helena Airport Commission
Federal Aviation Agency
H. Hurst
Commission
Earl P. Jones
John Seemen
Iselena
FAA
Winkler
Soviets and U S Clash Over Cuba At UN Assembly
United Nations in New York saw a high tension exchange as Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko warned that a U S attack on Cuba would ignite war, while Adlai Stevenson accused Moscow of fueling conflict by arming Cuba. Both sides framed the dispute as a threat to peace with nuclear stakes and warned of grave consequences.
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United Nations
N.Y
United States
Soviet Union
Cuba
General Assembly
Andrei A. Gromyko
Dean Rusk
New York
Gromyko
Fidel Castro
U.S
Adlai E. Stevenson
Stevenson
Republic of Cuba
United Fund in Hope County Drives 1962 Campaign
United Fund, a One for All effort in Hope and Hempstead County, announces a payroll deduction driven drive starting Oct 8. Employers like Hope Wire Products and Tel-E-Tex report 100 percent participation, with combined employee and company gifts totaling 526 and 456 respectively, while 69 of 90 subscribing businesses have paid pledges. Ed Thrash leads as Fund Drive Chairman with Clifford Franks as Fund President.
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Wie United Fund
United Fund
Hope Wire
United
Tel-E-Tex
Hope
Hempstead
Fund Drive
Ed Thrash
Clifford Franks
President Kennedy Named in 450000 Damage Suit
President Kennedy denies direct participation in leasing a car involved in a July 12 1960 accident at the Democratic convention in Los Angeles. Four Mississippi delegates including State Sen Hugh Bailey Circuit Judge Walter O Barr Jr and William Austin sue, claiming injuries from the crash caused by a Kennedy campaign volunteer. The President noted he learned Robert Kennedy leased several cars for officials and that the vehicles were made available to governors legislators and mayors. Trial remains pending.
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Los Angeles
Kennedy
Mississippi
Hugh Bailey
Walter O'Barr Jr
Misdimrie
Lee Hills
William Austin
George 8
Zarett
Robert F.kennedy
Convoys Cleared Through Soviet Checkpoints to West Berlin
Soviet guards cleared U S convoys quickly through checkpoints on the 140 mile road from Fact Germany to West Berlin. The action marks a notable easing of road restrictions and facilitates Allied supply movement amid ongoing tensions.
Newport May Be Without Water
Newport Ark residents face potential water cutoff for seven industries and 51 schemes near Newport Airport after voters rejected a 154000 revenue bond to rebuild the airport water system. The FAA ordered shutdown as the service ran deficits. final bond vote was 1144 against and 1006 for.
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Newport, Ark
Jackson County Industrary Development Corp
Newport Waterworks Co
Federal Aviation Agency
Youth Fatally Struck by Car Near Earle Arkansas
Marked Tree reports a 5 year old, Billy Ray Chandler, fatally injured when he ran into the path of a northbound car on Highway 149 about 12 miles north of Earle. He was a passenger in a car driven by his father James Chandler of Tyron and died en route to the hospital. Freddy Taylor, 33, of Tyron was driving the other vehicle. The incident occurred as the boy exited a stopped car near his home. Police stated the child died after arrival at the hospital.
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Tree
Ark
Billy Ray Chandler
Earle
James Chandler
Tyron
Freddy Taylor
Tyron A
Schedule of 3rd District Stock Activities
Monday formal opening with parade at 4 p.m. Free Talent Show in Coliseum with Club Youths backed by Jones Junction Gang of Shreveport. Tuesday Quarterhouse Show featured with finals in Coliseum Tuesday night. Wednesday Appaloosa Horse Show finals Wednesday night in Coliseum no admission charge. Thursday Western Hall of show opens with parade at 4 p.m. Crenshaw Rodeo Co. in Coliseum. Friday Saturday Rodeo in Coliseum each night with Appaloosa Horse Race as a featured event each night.
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Coliseum
Jones Junction Gang
Shreveport
Western Hall of Show
Famous Crenshaw Rodeo Co
Russia Sets Off a Huge Nuclear Blast in Space
Washington AP reports the Soviet Union detonated high altitude nuclear blasts in space, with estimates of 40 million tons of TNT for the Aug 5 test and 2x the U.S. July 9 blast, pushing the radiation belt higher at 250 miles. Officials say the tests measure effects on communications and space-flight safety.
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Washington
Soviet Union
U.S
Earth
Atomic Energy Commission
Pacific
AEC
United States
Defense Department
Arctic
Novaya Zemlya
Woman Attacked Reward Raised in Arkansas Case
In Hazen Arkansas AP report residents boosted reward money to 260 for arrest and conviction of a Negro who attacked Rep Wilbur Mills secretary Martha Sue Huill in Washington She was grabbed around the throat struck and is recovering in a Washington hospital Mills had offered 500 for the arrest and conviction of the assailant Former state Senator Jerry Screeson commented via telegram criticizing national critics of Arkansas social climate.
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Martha Sue Huill
Washington
Huilt
Wavres
Ark
Mills
Officials Cleared Contempt Charges Loom in Mississippi
In Oxford, Miss, U S District Judge Sidney Mize cleared the university officials of contempt over Meredith’s admission dispute. The 13 member State College Board faces contempt charges in New Orleans Monday, with three 5th Circuit judges presiding. Former Gov. Coleman to defend some board members as Meredith’s status remains uncertain.
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Oxford. Miss
Negra
James J. Meredith
Justice Department
University of Mississppi
U.S
State College Board
Mississippi Institutions of Higher Learnings
New Orleans
5Th
U.S. Circuit
Court of Appeals
J. P. Coleman
Ole Miss
Air Force
Meredith
U S Rejects China Protest Over U2 Flight
Washington reports the United States rejected a Chinese protest over a U2 reconnaissance flight over Chinese territory. The State Department said two high-altitude jets were sold to Nationalist China with approval, and pilots were trained in the United States. The clash followed a Sept. 9 claim that China shot down a U2.
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Washington
United States
China
Warsaw
Poland
O Ue
Soviet Union
State Department
U.S
Wang Ping-nam
John Moors Cabot
Local option liquor measure filed for Calhoun County ballot
Sampton Ark AP petitions to place a local option liquor election on the November 6 general ballot have been filed with the Calhoun County clerk. Pro liquor forces won by a slim majority in a similar 1944 election.
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Sampton, Ark
Calhoun County
Hays returns to Washington after Europe trip
Washington AP Brooks Hays special presidential assistant has returned to Washington from Europe. He attended a Baptist World Alliance executive committee meeting in Oslo and, as former Arkansas congressman, spoke at chapel services for U.S. Air Force bases near Wiesbaden and London.
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Washington
Brooks Hays
Europe
Hays
Arkansas
Baptist World Alliance
Oslo
Norway
Southern Baptist Association
U.S. Air Force
Wiesbaden
Germany
London
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