Rescue of 49 survivors from ditched airliner over North Atlantic
Rescue teams battled seas and darkness as 49 American service members and families were saved from the ditched Four engine aircraft 500 miles west of Ireland. A massive search continued for 24 missing, with two bodies recovered or feared lost. Survivors were transferred to ships and flown toward Shannon for treatment as crews held hope they might find more. The crash involved a chartered airliner from McGuire Air Force Base bound for Germany, with pilots reporting multiple engine failures before attempting an emergency landing.
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London
North Atlantic
Treland
British Air Ministry
Froren
McGuire Airport
N.J
Germany
Ghithe
Ireland
Celerina
Bonaventure
Helicopr
Shannon
John D. Murray
Oyster Bay
N.Y
Milton McCurry
Miami Fla
Prestwick
Scottland
Andania
yAndania
Bea
Weather Summary for Arkansas Regions and Forecast
Weather total precipitation through August 32.26 inches this year and 39.41 inches last year. Experiment Station report shows 24 hours ending 8 a m Monday high 86 low 57. Central Arkansas forecast cloudy to partly cloudy this afternoon and tonight with possible thunderstorms Tuesday. Cooler Tuesday afternoon, then partly cloudy with scattered thunderstorms Wednesday. Highs in the low to mid 80s, Lows upper 50s to near 60s. Northwest Arkansas partly cloudy to cloudy this afternoon through Tuesday with occasional thunderstorms. continuation to Page Two.
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Arkansas
Associated Press
Central
Northwest
Free Show Tonight Opens Third Distinct Livestock Show
The 18th annual Third Distinct Livestock Show begins in Hope with a 4 p.m. parade and a free gate admission at 6 am. Daily events run through Thursday featuring rodeo nights, free showcases, and a western fair atmosphere.
Three Big Controversies Involve ALC
In Little Rock the Legislative Auditing Committee debated three controversies involving private clubs, horse show funding, and an expense for a cocktail party. Leaders split on legalized cocktail lounges, with proposals to regulate or legalize, while officials warned Arkansas risks bootlegging without clear laws. Legislators discussed local enforcement, ABC investigations, and potential budget curbs to horse show funding.
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Charles Stewart Jr
Washington County
Fred Stafford
Marked Tree
Sterling Cockrill
Pulaski County
Johnny Boatwright
Sebastian County
Lawrence County
Paul Graham
Ode Maddox
Montgomery
Rolla Fitch
Alcohol Beverage Control Board
Arkansas
Fitch
Quachita County
BE. L
Mosley
Cockrill
ABC
Russell Benton
Boatman
Little Rock
Lake project near Osceola advances construction
Representatives of two Arkansas commissions agreed today to proceed with building a lake near Osceola beside the Mississippi River. The plan involves state agencies coordinating to move the project forward, with officials citing potential regional benefits and environmental considerations.
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Little Rock
Osceola
Mississippi River
Union Leader Calls ARA Probe Absurd
Bill J. Becker of the Arkansas State AFL-CIO blasted the Arkansas Free Enterprise Association for demanding a federal Area Redevelopment Administration probe. He accused anti union ordinances in Star City and other towns of Hitlerian intent and urged federal scrutiny while Dickinson claimed ARA served labor unions and harmed business.
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Little Rock
Bill J. Becker
Arkansas State
Afl-Cio
Arkansas’ Free’ Enterprise Association
Federal Area Redevelopment Administration
George Dickinson
Association
ARA
Star City
Becker
Arkansas
Tres
Osceola
Nashville
DeWitt
Trumann
Harrisburg
U.S. Supreme Court
Assembly
Dickinson
Arkansas Free Enterprise Association
United States
Towrite Arkansas
VA to Sell Mortgages on 300 Homes in Arkansas
The Veterans Administration Regional Office announces sale of 300 home mortgages totaling 1.75 million dollars. Mortgages are on veterans homes, bought through private lenders and turned over after defaults, with sales at fed prices and repurchase guaranty. Concentrations in Fort Smith and West Memphis, Arkansas.
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Little Rock
The
Veterans Administration
Arkansas
Fort Smith
West Memphis
Washington
Beverly Wherry the Ribbon Queen of Warren Farm
Beverly Mae Wherry 16 from Cross Roads near Warren has collected 408 ribbons in seven years winning numerous firsts and grand champion honors. She raises 125 swine on a 12 acre family farm and staffs multiple activities including 4 H and church piano. Her plan is college to become a home economist or swine judge.
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Ray Wherry
Warren
Beverly
Bradley County
Yorkshire
Chester
Petite Brownette
Banks
Ebenezer Baptist Church J
Cunning Foods
Wimberly Elected Lieutenant Governor At Regional Meet
Bob Wimberly of Little Rock Arkansas was elected first lieutenant governor at the 10th district Advertising Federation of America meeting in Shreveport. Tom McHale of Dallas Texas was chosen governor. The district covers Arkansas Louisiana Texas and Oklahoma.
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Shreveport
Bob Wimberly
Little Rock
Ark
Advertising Federation of America
Tom McHale
Dallas
Tex
Arkansas
Louisiana
Texas
Oklahoma
Lamb Infant Buried Sunday Near Nashville
Donna Jo Lamb, day old daughter of Mr and Mrs Joe Ly Lamb, died Friday in a local hospital. She is survived by her parents, one brother Richard Lee, paternal grandparents E R Lamb of Shreveport and Leslie Hooper of Hope, maternal grandparents. Graveside services were held Sunday at Sardis near Nashville by Rev. Kelly Tingle. Arrangements were by Oakcrest.
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Donna Jo Lamb
Joe Ly Lamb
Richard Lee
E. R. Lamb
Shreveport
Leslie Hooper
Hope
Sardis
Nashville
Kelly Tingle
Oakcrest
Arkansas Parks Commission Meet on Lake Osceola Cost Dispute
Arkansas state Parks and Publicity Commission and the Game and Fish Commission plan a Lit tle Rock meeting to decide control of the Lake Osceola project in Mississippi County and to resolve rising estimates near seventy thousand dollars. Each commission has pledged twenty five thousand dollars toward the effort. George S. Reynolds of Morristown notes the session will determine final cost and which body directs the lake project. A Saturday session showed the Publicity and Parks Commission backing Arkansas participation in the 1964 65 World's Fair in New York.
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State Publicity and Parks Commission
and Game and Fish Commission
Little Rock
State Parks and Publicity Commission
Lake Osceola
Mississippi County
State Game and Fish Commission
George S. Reynolds
Morriston
Publicity and Parks Commission
Arkansas
New York
Correction Had to Be Made
PAYETTEVILLE Arkansas AP Mayor Guy Brown listed on a city council agenda two houses he said should be torn down before they fall. One address belonged to Ted Wytie editor of Northwest Arkansas Times. Wylie called Brown who then apologized and said a corrected address would be mailed to councilmen.
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Payetteville
Ark
Guy Brown
Ted Wytie
Northwest Arkansas Times
Wylie
Brown
Billy Sol Estes Faces Arkansas Industrial Developments Trial
Billy Sol Estes, builder of a vast fertilizer tank and cotton allotment empire, faces trial on charges of theft swindling and embezzlement. Winthrop Rockefeller’s bankruptcy case is noted. Brinkley public official Dial heads the parks group backing a state exhibit at the fair. Publicity and Parks estimates a $1 million World’s Fair exhibit for 40,000 square feet in Arkansas.
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Finis Mothershead
Tyler
Tex
Billie Sol Estes
Winthrop Rockefeller
Arkansas
Dial
Brinkley
Mment Parks Group
Publicity and Parks Commission
Two Dead in Arkansas Weekend Traffic Accidents
Jal Van Buren reported two fatalities over the weekend in Arkansas traffic crashes, raising the week’s violent death toll to 14 for the week ending at midnight Sunday.
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Associated Press
Jal van Buren
Arkansas
Vehicle crash claims single driver and multipleaboard deaths
State Police report J B Walters 19 of Humboldt husband of the girl was hospitalized at Fort Smith Herklee Blackford 65 of Fort Smith killed instantly when his car crashed into a utility pole on Len Log Town Hill inside Van Buren city limits Saturday night. Eleven other persons died in traffic accidents during the week and one person drowned one fell to his death and one died from reaction to a wasp sting.
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J. B. Walters
Humboldt
Fort Smith
Herklee Blackford
Len Log Town Hill
van Buren
Lone
Texas finacier Estes faces trial after empire sale
The 37 year old financier Estes was moved to an East Texas city for trial after his empire was sold in El Paso for 5.6 million dollars plus 1.2 million in interest to Morris D. Jaffee. He once claimed a 150 million fortune and testified his operations were worth 40 million as a going business. The case involves 29 counts tied to loans on hydro ammonia fertilizer tanks used on irrigated West Texas farms. Estes has pleaded innocent and awaits trial on four indictments.
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Texas
Pecos
el Paso
Morris D. Jaffee
San Antonio
Estes
Brenda Walters
Humtes
Holdt
Tenn
Coleman D, McSpudden
Hack
Harold E. Orr
Ruel
W. Alexander
Amarillo
van Buren
U.S. District Court
Barns
Mary
Orr.Purlle
McSpaddon
Alexander
West Texas
Hlathemigh Manna
Boy Pushing Bike Hit by Auto Here
A boy pushing a bike on Saturday on Third and Walnut Streets was hit by an auto driven by Mrs. L. Cofield of Emmet which lost control after hitting the boy. The youth Charles R. Johnson, 4, was taken to a local hospital for lip treatment and kept overnight. no serious injuries believed. The Cofield car and another vehicle sustained some damage. Officer Moses investigated the incident and Chief Jack Brown charged the Emmet woman with running a stop signal.
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Third
Walnut Streets
L. Cofield
Emmet
Lester Macumbert
Charles R. Johnson
Lake
Cofield
Matumbor
Jack Brown
Ceprice
Paul
James Johnson
Hope
Terrell W. Adams
Fallon
Moses
All Around Town In Air Force ROTC at Arkansas
Local students listed for the University of Arkansas ROTC program include Hugh Donald Barwick a accounting sophomore Henry M Rowk engineering freshman Frederick M Smith music education junior John A Crain pre law freshman. The Hempstead Wildlife Association meeting set for 7 30 p m Monday in the Courthouse with President C P Relti g. William Howard Dain underwent surgical repair at Methodist Hospital Houston last week and is in room 310. Lieutenant William C Andrews son of Mr and Mrs Sam Andrews of Hope departed from Hawaii with the 28th Division 6th Infantry for Thailand the 23 year old officer of Company A of the infantry entered the Army in 1960 and was last stationed at Port Campbell. He was a 1956 graduate of Hage High School and 1960 Henderson State Teachers College, member of Phi Lambda Chi. The Almo Exposition Shows host tonight for Star newspaper carriers with admission and free rides. the fair aims to be bigger and better with low gate charges. Arkansas State Police figures show Hempstead had four wrecks August, Howard two, Nevada County six, Fayette County ten with one fatality. Booster Club meets Tuesday 7 30 to show a Hope-Smack erer game film and urge membership sales. Three Gaslite Bowl teams defeated Bowl-a-Rama teams from Columbia County Sunday co featuring Perry’s team winning a mixed game, KYPA Radio presents War over the Bowl-a-Rama ladies 34 and the Gaslite Bowl team victorious over the visiting squad.
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University of Arkansas
Hugh Donald Barwick
S. Z. Barwick
Henry M. Rowk
Moss
Rewe
Washington
Frederick M. Smith
R. P. Hamilton
Monahans
Texas
F. Smith
San Jose
Calif
John A.crain
Mrs. Crain
Amy
William C. Andrews
Sam Andrews
Hope
Hawaii
D6th
Thailand
Port Campbell
Hage High School
Burglars Nervy In North Little Rock Home Invasion
North Little Rock police report two burglaries with suspects at large. A thief entered Patrolman Jack Hunter’s home while the family slept and stole a purse about $50 and papers. A second burglar used pipe cutters to steal a parking meter from its post. Meanwhile, over 200 Arkansans joined a barging tour along the Arkansas River starting at the North Little Rock Watch, but low water and time limited the trip.
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North Little Rock
Jack Hunter
Arkansans
Arkansas River
North Little Rock Watch
Maumelle
Army Engineers
Little Rock
Former Hope Man Dies at Ashdown
Floyd Hinton, 63, of Texarkana formerly of Hope, died Sunday at 5:48 AM in Ashdown from a heart attack. Survived by his wife, two daughters Mrs. F. M. Butler of Texarkana and Mrs. Carlos Taylor of New Orleans, a son Ivy, two brothers and five sisters. Funeral services set for 2 PM at the Texarkana Funeral Home.
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Floyd Hinton
Texarkana
Hope
Ashdown
Ife
F. M. Butler
Carlos Taylor
New Orleans
Ivy
Uy Brothers
Jp.f
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Baptists
Hope Star
First Baptist Church OF Hope
Ray Lawrence
S. A. Whitlow
Arkansas Baptist Convention
Erwin &. McDonald
Arkansas Baptist News Magazine
M. Z. McGregor
the Hope Association
John Hawkins
Perry Moses
Hubert Thrash
Baptist Choir
George L. Balentine
Younh
Jones Gang
Quartee Tors
Coliseum
Crenshaw Rodeo Co
Almo ‘Exposition
Jack Bubark
Ned Roy Purtle
ALC
Legislative Auditing Committee
Bulletin
Warren, Ark
Beverly Mae Wherry
Wimberly
Lamb
Billy Sol
Hempstead Wildlife Assa
C. P. Reltig
William Howard Dain
Methodist Hospital
Flouston
Henderson State Teachers College
Phi Lambda Chi Fraternity
Star
Hempstead
Howard
Nevada County
Lafayette County
Columbia County Sunday Co
Perry
Kypa Radio
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