Beulah Becomes Worst Hurricane Beves South Texas
Our Daily Bread editor notes Beulah’s path from the Caribbean to Texas, causing widespread destruction along the Brownsville Padre Island coast. Property losses reach about a billion dollars and thousands are homeless. Rescue efforts saved many lives as snakes infest flooded homes and islands. Damage to Rio Grande Valley citrus tops fifty million.
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Texas
Rio Grande
NEA
Florida
Gulf of Mexico
Louisiana
Beulah
Caribbean
Jamaica
Cuba
Mexico
Yucatan Peninsula
Brownsville - Padre Island
Rio Grande Valley
Lake Greeson
Narrows Danda Cur Se
Winners in Third District Livestock Show Parade
Winners in yesterday’s Third District Livestock and Rodeo parade include School Floats with 1st Willsville, Cale andard Bodcaw Civic floats 1st Prescott B PW and 2nd Prescott Jaycettes Youth Floats 1st Howard County 4 H Club FHA Club of Hope and 3rd Brownie Troop 106 Hope Decorated Bicycles winners include William Sprathing Rowland Artebury Robin Martin Jo Jo Martin Joe Lynn Herndon Mary Lee Rufus Hernion James Moses John ny Martin Pets division winners are Margo Ward and Shirley Sinyard.
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Willsville
Cale Andard
Bodcaw
Prescott B & PW
Prescott Jaycettes
Howard County
Club of Hope
Brownie Troop 106
of Hope
William Sprathing
Rowland Artebury
Robin Martin
Jo Jo Martin
Joe Lynn Herndon
Mary Lee
Rufus Hernion
James Moses
Johnny Martin
Margo Ward
Shirley Sinyard
Prisoner Arrested After Emergency Leave Flight
Dan Spencer, 41, a Cummins Prison Farm inmate serving five years for grand larceny from Polk County, was arrested in Mena Arkansas after failing to return from emergency leave to Fort Smith. State Trooper Kenneth Hendrix apprehended him in the city limits.
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Mena, Ark
Cummins Prison Farm
Cummins
Dan Spencer
Polk County
Kennet Hendrix
Spencer
Fort Smith
Cuminlns
Hendrix
Man pleads not guilty to embezzling from Clarendon bank
Elvin J. Taylor Jr. appeared in federal court in Little Rock to enter a not guilty plea on charges that he embezzled 34750 dollars from Merchants and Planters Bank of Clarendon.
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Little Rock
Elvin J. Taylor Jr
Federal District Court
Merchants and Planters Bank of
Clarendon
Ten Mexican Children Die From Poison Outbreak Near Tijuana
Ten children die and up to twenty may perish in a poisoning outbreak in Tijuana as parents rush to hospitals. Milk is suspected. authorities detain about 20 dairy operators and milk sellers for investigation. Victims ranged from three months to ten years old with many more ill.
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Robert Burnett Twuana
Mexico
San Diego
Calif
Dep. Dist. Atty
Hector Valdivia
Tijuana
Jorge Salas Cepeda
Pedro Luna Sanchez
Red Cross
Luna Sanchez
Red Cross Hospital
Commission Receives Donation From Potlatch Forests
George Wildgen executive secretary of the Arkansas Governmental Efficiency Study Commission announced Potlatch Forests Inc of Warren gave 1100 dollars, the first private business to contribute cash to the commission.
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Little Rock
George Wildgen
Arkansas Governmental Efficiency Study Commission
Potlatch Forests, Inc
Warren
Wildgen
Engineer Higginbotham speaks on Millwood Dam project
Engineer Otis K. Higginbotham resident engineer for Millwood Dam and Reservoir presented a color slides show on upstream dams and reservoirs and the progress of dams feeding Millwood. Millwood was completed last year and gates closed. Guests at the luncheon included Carter Sutton program chairman John Alderman Pensacola Jim Argo Sears Co. and Don Abbott Hempstead Memorial Hospital.
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Otis K. Higginbotham
Millwood Dam
Millwood Reservoir
Millwood
Gates
Carter Sutton
Higginbotham
John Alderman
Pensacola
Fla
Jim Argo
Sears Co
Don Abbott
Hempstead Memorial Hospital
Showdown on Tax Bill Sets House Subplot in Play
Washington AP House Republicans press to force Johnson to cut spending before tax hike passes. Bow seeks to tie emergency funding to spending cuts while Democrats hold 30 20 control in Appropriations. Mahon to oppose. committee meets Wednesday morning before the temporary funding bill vote. Agencies face funding gaps after midnight Saturday without action. Byrnes warns the President must decide spending cuts with more clarity.
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Washington
House
Johnson
Congress
Frank T. Bow
Ohio
GOP
Appropriations Committee
George H. Mahon
D-Tex
Bow
Treasury
Henry H. Fowler
Administration
John W. Byrnes
Wisconsin
Ways and Means
Cycle Truck Crash Kills Newport Motorcyclist
Newport resident Glenn Boshers aged five was killed riding his motorcycle on U S 67 when his bike collided with a truck driven by Earl Spaulding of Conway. Police say Boshers veered into the truck. he died instantly. He was the son of Mr and Mrs J P Boshers of Newport.
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Newport, Ark
Glenn Boshers
Newport
U.S
Boshers
Earl Spaulding
Conway
J. P. Boshers
Newsport
Divorce Trial Ends In Courthouse Shootout In Rapid City
In Pennington County a routine divorce hearing sparked gunfire that killed the wife Mrs Bivins age 53 and her lawyer William Brady 9 and wounded Circuit Judge Thomas Parker 48. Ray Bivins a 69 year old tourist attraction owner was held without charge. The incident occurred after the judge ordered alimony over 3000 dollars.
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Rapid City
S.L
Pennington County
Ray Bivins
Stock Show Schedule for September 26 to 28
Schedule lists livestock judging events for Open Class Angus Herefords Jersey Holstein and other breeds, junior cattle, Quarter Horse Show, dairy cattle, rodeo shows by Texoma Rodeo Company, Sonny Myers Amusement midway access, fair queen contests, and nightly rodeo finals with prizes. Includes School Day price reductions and a deep freeze prize drawing.
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Sonny Myers
Coliseum
Midway
Texoma Rodeo Company
Madill
Okla
IRA
Texoma Rodeo
Flooding Brings More Evacuations
Rio Grande flood waters inundated Harlingen Texas with at least 200 homes flooded after Beulah's deluge. Damage tops $1 billion as 44 died in the storm system across the West Indies to Mexico. Red Cross shelters 25,000 in 17 cities. 100,000 homeless on the Mexican side. Dam failures at Arroyo Colorado and another diversion dam worsened flooding.
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Paul Reder
Harlingen
Tex
Rio Grande
Beulah
Texas-Mexico Gulf Coast
Texas
Mexico
Yucatan Peninsula
Red Cross
U.S
Te Rio Grande
Camargo
Matamoros
Arroyo Colorado
Tmadero
International Boundary and Water Commission
Boise blackout after substation blast in Idaho capital
An explosion and fire at Idaho Power Co substation knocked out power to half of Boise for about two hours. Downtown hospitals switched to emergency power as crews investigated the blast's cause, with no injuries reported and power restored by about 9 30 PM.
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Boise, Idaho
Idaho Power Co
Idaho
Boise
Petitions Put Vietnam Withdrawal Question on San Francisco Ballot
The San Francisco registrar certified that the question of U S withdrawal from Vietnam will appear on the November municipal ballot as Proposition P. Initiatives delivered far more than the 11 900 valid signatures needed to qualify.
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San Francisco
Youth on Bike Killed by Car in DeWitt Arkansas
A 12-year-old boy, Nile Butcher of DeWitt, was killed when his bicycle was struck by a car driven by Walter Crume Jr. of Searcy. Police said the youth rode south in the northbound lane and crossed into Crume’s path while attempting to cross the highway. He was the son of Donald Butcher of Stuttgart and Joyce McNeely of DeWitt.
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Dewitt
Ark
Donenile Butcher
Arkansas
Butcher
Walter Alsten Crume Jr
Searcy
Crume
Donald Gordon Butcher
Stuttgart
Joyce McNeely
Lewitt
GOPs Attack Job Plan But No Move on Antipoverty Issue
The Senate GOPs criticised Sen. Clark's 2.8 billion amendment for an emergency job program but took no action to remove it from the antipoverty bill. Dirksen warned against “made work” programs, while Clark pressed to keep the rider, arguing it addresses riots’ lessons and would fund 200,000 jobs this year and 300,000 next year in government service.
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Gops
Joe Hall Washington
Sen
Joseph
Clark
Senate
Everett M. Dirksen
Pennsylvania
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Dirksen
Johnson
Mike Mansfield
No Issues in Local School Election Hope Hope OK
Election day in Hope sees low turnout as no issues or opposition candidates are on the ballot. The administration building hosts a school election with no tax increase. Jud Martindale seeks re election to the board and Bill Tolleson runs for a post vacated by J W Franks who resigned.
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Jud Martindale
Bill Tolleson
J. W. Franks
Charge Against Grocer Dropped in Arkansas Case
The United States attorney's office withdrew charges against Porter W. Holland, a 67 year old Pulaski County grocer, who was accused of selling nonfood articles in exchange for food stamps. Federal Judge J Smith Henley suggested charges be dropped after noting grocers could be persuaded to sell pain relievers to those in need.
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Little Rock
United States
County Election Agency Allows Sheriff to Deliver Registration Files
The attorney general's office said a county Election Commission can designate the sheriff to deliver precinct registration files to polling places for the annual school election. Monroe County Clerk Clyde Jacks of Clarendon asked for the opinion. The ruling said the sheriff could deliver the registration files with other election supplies to the polls.
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Little Rock
Attorney General’s Office
Moilay
Monroe
Clyde Jacks
Clarendon
All Around Town items from Hope area
Carolyn Beck, a 1964 Hope High grad, attends Arkansas Baptist School of Nursing in Little Rock with Sunday and Monday ceremonies. She will head the surgical ward at Arkansas Baptist Hospital from 11 p.m. to 7 a.m. A church drive at Sth and Grady Street Church of Christ seeks canned goods clothing for hurricane and flood victims in Texas with a Sept 28 truck to Brownsville. Donations and receipts should be sent to donors via church elders. Social Security disability insurance now 10 years old. about 200 Hempstead County residents receive 16 000 monthly, up 13 percent from last year, per Otis A. Blackwood. SSA rep is in Hope Federal Building Mondays for public convenience. Hope police report 224 city auto crashes this year with 28 injuries.
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Carolyn Beck
Hope High School
Arkansas Baptist School of Nursing
Little Rock
W.C. Beck
Carroll
Janice
Frankie King
Lula Foster
Chester Faught
Marlene Faught
Miss Beck
Arkansas Baptist Hospital
Sth
Grady Street
Church of Christ
Texas
Brownsville
Hempstead
Otis A. Blackwood
Texarkana
Blackwood
Hope and
Social Security Administration
Federal
Hope
Artillery Duels Rage at Con Thien Vietnam Front
Embattled Marines at Con Thien endure the heaviest fire since Dien Bien Phu as North Vietnamese shells rain down. More than 1,000 rounds strike the fortress while U.S. forces report 2 dead and 202 wounded. NATO reports massed enemy thousands nearby. pilots fly 124 missions north of the DMZ amid broader clashes along the northern frontier.
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International
Tijuana
Mexico
Vietnam
U.S
Con Thien
Dien Bien Phu
Johnson
Britain
George Brown
George McArthur
Saigon
Reds
South Vietnam
Dmz
Indochina
Red Gunners
Navy
Cua Viet
Morton
Mansfield
Dong Hoi
North Vietnam
Demilitarized Zone
Cam Pha
Hanoi
British Call for Immediate Peace Talks
British Foreign Secretary George Brown urged immediate peace talks on Vietnam before the General Assembly in New York. He accused Hanoi of declining negotiation chances and pressed for a settlement based on the Geneva conference principles, noting U S and North Vietnam acceptance and Britain and the Soviet Union as Geneva cochairs.
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United Nations
N.ys
George Brown
Vietnam
Hanoi
General Assembly
Brown
Indochina
United States
North Vietnam
Soviet Union
Britain
Ane Sit Yay
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Alex H. Washburn
Frank King
Otis K, Higginbotham
AP News Digest
China
South Dakota
The
Star
Hope City
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