Seven Indicted in Birmingham by U S Jury
A federal grand jury indicted segregationist leader Edward R. Fields and two associates on charges of interfering with school integration orders. Gerald Lewandowski and a National States Rights member were named. Judge Allgood urged a thorough investigation amid threats to jurors and linked to desegregation protests and a church bombing inquiry.
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Birmingham
Ala
Edward R. Fields
Fields
National States Rights Party
Gerald Q. Ralph Lewandowski
Chicago
Fielding
U.S
Allgood
FBI
Hays Co author of Baptist Book
Hays co author Brooks Hays former Congressman from Arkansas collaborates with Dr John E Steely to publish The Baptist Way of Life set for Oct 13 by Prentice Hall The work argues for a church free from government interference and asserts state separation from church power.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock
Brooks Hays
Arkansas
Prentice-Hall Co
Hays
Kennedy
John E. Steely
Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary
Wake Forest
N.C
Weather Experiment Station daily report 心
Weather Experiment Station records show a 24 hour period ending 7 a m Monday with a high of 87 and a low of 55 degrees.
Smoking Out a Sewer in Brinkley Arkansas
Brinkley officials will seal off three blocks to smoke out leaks in the sewer system. Water and Sewer Department supervisor James Nutt says the test last week found a vent leak beneath a house and residents should not panic if smoke emerges from under their homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brinkley
Ark
James Nutt
City Water and Sewer Department
Nashville State Senator Nathan Coulter Dies at 52
Nathan G. Coulter of Nashville died in a Little Rock hospital after brain surgery. He was 52 and serving in the 6th District covering Howard Polk Sevier and Little River counties. He defeated Roy Riales in 1962. Survivors include widow Grace and son Don Coulter. Coulter owned Southwest Arkansas Furniture Co. with stores in Nashville and De Queen. He had been listed in satisfactory condition two weeks earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock
Nathan G. Coulter
Nashville
Coulter
Howard, Polk, Sevier
Little River County
Roy Riales
Grace
Don Coulter
Southwest Arkansas Furniture Co
de Queen
Farm Bureau forms six member Resolutions Committee
The Arkansas Hempstead County Farm Bureau appointed six members to its Resolutions Committee to review policy ideas for farming and economic progress. Autrey Wilson leads as president with Sidney Cash, Monroe Samuel-Forestry, Troy Burson Sr. Livestock, William Schopley Row-crop, and Dexter Alford Deity among appointees. The group will collect suggestions from communities and commodity committees, shape recommendations, and present them at the county convention for delegates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hempstead
County Farm. Bureau
Autrey Wilson
Sidney Cash
Farm Bureau
County Farm Bureau
Arkansas and American Farm Bureaus
Three Dead in Area Auto Accidents Saturday
Three people died in area accidents on Saturday. Near Washington a 19 year old man, Tommy Conway, was killed when his car overturned on Highway 4 after reportedly speeding. East of Prescott two others died in a three vehicle crash on Highway 67 involving Donald Wiley, M Y Dance, and Barbara Wiley, with Dance dying at a Prescott hospital and Mrs Wiley dying minutes after. Mrs Dance survived with injuries. the truck driver Avitts and co driver escaped unharmed. Funeral services for Dance were planned for Monday at Herndon-Cornelius Chapel with burial in Memory Gardens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Tommy Conway
Dance
Nas
Prescott
Wiley
Avitts
Crow Co
Alvin
Service Station Robbed in El Dorado
In El Dorado Arkansas two Black men robbed a service station owner of 65 dollars Sunday night. The owner B B Rhodes said the men asked for cigarette change at about 7 30 p m, one pressed a weapon to his back and threatened to cut him if he did not open the register, then fled on foot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
EL Dorado, Ark
Tap
el Dorado
B. B. Rhodes
Prescott Foresters Organize Arkansas Chapter of Ozark Section
Sixty foresters organized an Arkansas Chapter of the Ozark Section of American Foresters. Sponsored by the University of Arkansas Cooperative Extension Service. Officers include R. T. Moberg of Prescott chairman Ted S. Chankery of Hot Springs vice chairman and Jim Kurz of Pine Bluff secretary treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock
Arkansas
Ozark Section
American Foresters
University of Arkansas Co-Operative Extension Service
R. T. Moberg
Prescott
Ted S. Chankery
Hot Springs
Jim i Kurz
Pine Bluff
Americans Write About 12 Million Checks Every Year
A column surveys everyday facts from money habits to life expectancy tied to mothers age. It notes Americans write about 12 million checks annually, taxes rose from 4 to 44 billion, and contrasts literacy with Iceland. It cites beards laws in 1447 and Peter the Great whisker tax, and quotes Sherwood Anderson on moments.
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Ay Wal Boyle
New York
Prosperity Pote
Venus de Milo
John Barrymore
United States
Iceland
Russia
Peter the Great
Gethsemane
Holy Land
Dominican says town bombed near border
The Dominican Republic accuses Haiti of bombing the border town of Dajabon with high caliber projectiles. Civilians are evacuating to Monte Cristi. Foreign Minister Hector Garcia Godoy briefed diplomats as tensions rise over border incidents and rebel movements in Haiti.
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Santo Domingo
Dominican Republic
Dajabon
Montecristi
Hector Garcia Godoy
Diplomatic Corps
Ouanaminthe
Carribbean
Hispaniola
Haiti
Francois Duvaller
Organization of American States
Leon Cantave
Dominican
S. Z. Barwick Dies at 51. Barwick Electric Co. Co-owner
S Z Barwick 51 electrician died Saturday after living in town 26 years. Co owned Barwick Electric Co and was member of First Assembly of God Church. Survived by wife Violet Bell Barwick two sons Hugh Donald and Neil daughter Patricia Ant Rupp mother Della Barwick three brothers Finest G E B Barwick C W Barwick five sisters Zemit Mobbs Patsy Steward Carnecé White Ruth Cooper Bernies Mason. Services set for 2 30 p m Monday at Oakcrest Chapel. Rev B J Wilhuy officiating burial at Menwry Gardens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buster) Barwick
Barwick Electric Co
First Assembly of God Church
Violet Bell Barwick
Hugh Donald
Neil
The
Thome
Patricia Ant Rupp
Waxaahachie
Texas
Hiv
Della Barwick
Hope
Finest
G. EB
C. W. Barwick
Denver
Zemit Mobbs
Patsy Steward
Carnecé White
Ruth Cooper
Little Rock
Bernies Mason
Oakcrest Chapel
B. J. Wilhuy
Oakerest
Menwry Gardens
Senate rejects Goldwater plan on nuclear test treaty price
WASHINGTON AP The Senate rejects Sen Barry Goldwater ARIs proposal to require Soviet removal of nuclear weapons and personnel from Cuba as the price for U S ratification of the limited nuclear test ban treaty. AP reports summaries later mention a separate Mississippi incident involving Cleve McDowell, the University of Mississippi's only Black student, taken into custody after a pistol fell from his coat pocket on campus. A student observer noted Sheriff Joe Ford escorted him from the dean's office and off campus ten minutes later. In Arkansas a separate AP dispatch quotes Rep Paul Fine NY saying illegal gambling may reach nearly 1 billion yearly, labeling Arkansas subsidies to organized crime as a flaw in state policy.
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Washington
Senate
Barry Goldwater
R-Ariz
Cuba
U.S
Oxford
Miss
Cleve McDowell
University of Mississippi
Cus
Lafayette County
Joe Ford
McDowell
Sheriff Ford
Dean of Students
L. L. Love
Ford
Paul A. Fine
R-N.y
Arkansas
Little Rock
Hot Springs
Fino
Four Hurt in Six Car Wreck Near Amawood Arkansas
A chain reaction crash in Amawood Arkansas involving six vehicles injured four people on Saturday. Three were hospitalized. Bobby Jean Rodgers said his accelerator stuck as he neared the city business district, sending his car into Mrs. Clyde Hopkins's vehicle. Hopkins's car then hit Mrs. J. B. Maleste’s car, followed by a pickup driven by Charles McDaniel. A parked car hit a utility pole and a station wagon was damaged. Rodgers Hopkins and Maleste were hospitalized, with Hopkins's daughter Leta treated and released.
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Amawould
Ark
Bobby Jean Rodgers
Pay Would
Clyde Hopkins
Paragould
Hopkins
J. B. Maleare
Marmindyke
Texarkana Interchange Completed on I 30
Construction of the Texarkana Interchange on I 30 is finished and accepted by the State. Ber Sira & Company of Dallas, contractor, built the section in Arkansas with a pro rata cost around 285000 dollars, while total project cost exceeds 1 million.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texarkana
Ber Sira & Company
Dallas
Hattiesburg
Miss
Umpire
Saline River Bridge
Howard County
Dierks
McGeorge Contracting Co., Inc
Pine Bluff
Plum Creek
Saratoga
Saline
Howard
Levich
Services Sunday for Ira Boyett
Funeral services for Ira E. Boyett, 76, of Emmet, who died Friday at his home, were held Sunday at Emmet Methodist Church. Burial was in Sheils Cemetery. A native of Hempstead and a retired farmer, he was a Methodist. Survivors include his wife, a son Elwyn Boyett of Emmet, a daughter Mrs. Allene Hood of Emmet, two brothers Henry Boyett of New Mexico and Walter Boyett of Texarkana, and a sister Mrs. Arthur Landers of Hope.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ira E. Boyett
Emmet
Emmet Methodist Church
Sheil
Hempstead
Elwyn Boyett
Allene Hood
Henry Boyett
New Mexico
Walter Boyett
Texarkana
Arthur Landers
Hope
Paragould Bank Stock Is Sold
E R Browning president of Secur ity Bank and Trust Co Paragould announces sale of controlling stock to Herbert H McAdams Jonesboro attorney and banker Browning will stay as president with no expected changes in management personnel or policy McAdams also leads Jonesboro Home Federal Savings and Loan and the Bank of Jonesboro and holds a major share of the Bank of Nettleton
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jonesboro, Ark
E. R. Browning
Security Bank and Trust Co
Paragould
Herbert H. McAdams
Jonesboro
McAdams
Browning
Jonesboro Home Federal Savings and Loan
Bank of Jonesboro
Bank of Nettleton
Mass of Cool Air Moves Into State
A cool air mass moved into Arkansas on Saturday and remained over the state. Today’s highs were expected in the mid 70s to mid 80s with overnight lows in the mid 60s to mid 70s. Sunshine and dry air produced ideal harvest conditions. A warming trend is seen midweek with no rain forecast until week’s end.
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Associated Press
Arkansas
Great
Gilbert
Batesville
Texarkana
Bell Board Plans a Conference in Little Rock
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. will hold a regular board meeting in Little Rock Saturday marking the first time the board meets in Arkansas. Warren E. Bray, VP and GM for Arkansas, and Harold F. Ohlendorf of Osceola host. board members from nearby states are expected to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
Arkansas
Warren E. Bray
Harold F. Ohlendorf
Osceola
Sike
Four States Fair Dress Revue top prizes noted
At the Four States Fair Dress Revue Hempstead 4 H Club members Frances Middlebrooks Regina Smith and Sandy Camp won first, second and third with $8 $6 and $4 awards. Texas exhibitor Freeda’s Angus Farm won heifer calf champion and reserve grand champion. Texarkana Fair threw contest yielded Richard Calhoun third and Gene Jones fourth with $5 and $3. Nashville’s Hunt’s Dry Goods named George Newbern manager after 28 years with plans to move. Highway 32 improvement request to cost about 66000. Local Tuesday school election has no contested races. Auto theft from Miles Laha recovered in Marshall with suspects in jail. A notable Arkansas Gazette piece on Dr Henry Lilo appeared.
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Hempstead
Frances
Middlebrooks
Regina Smith
Sandy Camp
Shirley Smith
Jennie Lea Waters
Freda’ Middlebrooks
Jennifer Smith
Victory Club
Beth¢é Duncan
Carroll Messer
Arnold Middlebrooks
Texas
Freeda
Angus Farm of Hope
Texarkana Fair
Richard Calhoun
The
Star
Gene Jones
Third District Livestock Show Opens With Parade and Events
Thousands expected as the 19th annual Third District Livestock Show kicks off with a 4 p.m. parade featuring floats, horses, and riders. Prize money totals 330 dollars for winning floats. Following the parade a Youth Jamboree is free to the public in the Coliseum. Alamo Exposition shows open at the midway tonight and run through Saturday with 15 young ladies competing for the Third District Livestock Show Queen. The Clyde Renshaw Rodeo debuts Wednesday night in the Coliseum with four performances. Newsday night at Alamo Exposition features all Star carriers on rides and shows. Ford Night offers free ferris wheel tickets for children on Friday. Judging of animals runs Tuesday to Friday. Fat Calf show is Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clyde Renshaw
Ford
State Group to Hear Thurmond at Arkansas meeting
The 35th annual meeting of the Arkansas State Chamber of Commerce and Associated Industries of Arkansas will be held Oct. 29-30 in Little Rock with Sen. J Strom Thurmond as principal speaker. Also on the program are Dr. Charles Kimball of Midwest Research Institute Thomas J Diviney of Monsanto and Lt Gen Walker King Wilson Jr of Army Engineers and Carl A Gerstacker of Dow Chemical. Thurmond will speak Oct. 29.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock
Arkansas State Chamber of Commerce and Associated Industries of Arkansas
J. Strom Thurmond
D-8.c
Charles Kimball
Midwest Research Institute
Thomas J. Diviney
Monsanto Chemical Co
Walker King Wilson Jr
Army Engineers
Carl A. Gerstacker
Dow Chemical Co
Thurmond
McClanahan 78 Dies at Nashville Home
Gus Patrick McClanahan of Nashville aged 78 died at his home after 35 years in the city. He operated a grocery, was a Methodist, and was born in Hempstead county. Survived by Mona Rice McClanahan, two sons Lawrence P. McClanahan and Gus McClanahan, daughter Mrs Billy Simpkins, five sisters, and other relatives. Services were held Sunday with burial in Ozan Cemetery near Bingen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gus Patrick McClanahan
Nashville
Hempstead County
Methodist Church
Mona Rice McClanahan
Lawrence P. McClanahan
Huntsville
Ala
Gus ¥. McClanahan
Forrest City
Billy Simpkins
Russelville
Vance Crawford
Schenectady N.Y
Florence McClanahan
Dell McClanahan
Hope
W. P. McGraw
Bill Harp
Weslaco
Texas
Ozan Cemetery
Bingen
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Farm Policy Committee
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S. Z. Barwick
Bulletins
Ira Boyett
Paragould Bank
Bell Board
George Newbern
Hunt
Newbern
Tee
Stix
Mrs. Newbern
J. E. Lowder
Shover Springs
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Miles Laha
Marshall
Jammie Griffin
Juvernile
Arkansas Gazette
Henry Lilo
Br. Liter M. Lilo
G. P. McClanahan
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