Spain Flood Toll Rises With 341 Dead and 546 Missing
In Barcelona Province floods caused by drought-breaking rain killed 341 people, left 546 missing, and injured at least 1,500. The disaster struck a 150 square mile industrial region northwest of Barcelona, destroying factories and homes and leaving tens of thousands jobless. Major impacts centered on Tarrasa Sabadell and Rubi where textile facilities suffered heavy losses.
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Harold K. Miles
Barcelona
Spain
Yarrasa
Rivadelaga
France
Tarrasa
Sabadell
Rubi
Nations Urged to Press Russia to End Berlin Tension
United Nations open assembly hears Britain urge all members to push Soviet end to Berlin tension and seek a settlement. Foreign Secretary Lord Home criticizes communist policy while calling for conciliation. Cuba policy referenced briefly. Concurrently Third District Livestock Show opens with 2,900 admissions, Rodeo Parade at 4 pm, Appaloosa races, and student free admission details.
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Max Harrelson
United Nations
N.Y
Britain
Soviet Union
Berlin Wall
Berlin
General Assembly
Lord Home
Cuba
U.S
Home
Andrei Gromyka
Keith J. Holyoake
New Zealand
Bya
Unon
Colleo
Walker calls for massive resistance to federal integration
Former Maj. Gen. Edwin A. Walker, who led troops during Little Rock integration, urged 10,000 volunteers from all states to resist federal troops enforcing Mississippi court orders. He claimed to have opposed federal action before and pledged to support Gov. Barnett, saying whatever is necessary to oppose enforcement should be done.
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Dallas
Edwin A. Walker
Little Rock
Central High School
Mississippi
Union
Germany
Walker
Ark
United States
Sug- Walker
Ross Barnet
Seed shipment price hike request withdrawn in Arkansas
An application for a $14 car rise on soybean and cotton seed shipments in Arkansas was withdrawn by the Southeastern Freight Bureau of Dallas. The bureau, representing major railroads, had asked for the increase to take effect Oct. 10. An Arkansas Commerce Commission hearing scheduled for Oct. 16 was canceled. Weather data notes 1962 precipitation through August at 32.26 inches, down from 39.41 last year, and temperatures 75 high 61 low.
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Little Rock
Arkansas
Southestern Freight Bureau
Dallas
Arkansas Commerce Commission
Associated Press Propressing Association
Jagd
Democrats Urge Poll Tax Purchases
Hempstead County Democratic Chair Vincent W. Foster urged citizens to obtain poll taxes by Monday Oct 1 to be eligible for the Nov 6 general election. He promoted Democratic donkey emblems and bumper strips, available from Tom Hays at The First National Bank or various divisional chairmen across committees.
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Hempstead County
Democratic Campaign Committee
Vincent W. Foster
Foster
Tom Hays
First National Bank
Ida ‘Stuart
Democratic Women's Committee
Dick Turnage
John L. Wilson
George W. Peek
Jim Cole
Carter Sutton
Royce Weisenberger
Talbot Feild, Jr
Harry Hawthorne
Judge Orie
Byers
Jimmy Griffin
Ray Turner
Atkins
James H. Pilkinton
andRoyce Weisenberger
Scottish Rite Dinner Tonight in Hempstead
The Hempstead Scottish Rite Association will host a dinner meeting at the Masonic Building tonight. Speakers include Wm. J. Glasscock, 33rd secretary of the Arkansas Consistory, and M. C. Lewison, 32nd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hempstead Scottish Rite Association
Masonic Building
Wm. J. Glasscock
Arkansas Consistory
M. C. Lewison
PSC orders Hicks to show cause on Fort Smith mobile business
The Arkansas Public Service Commission ordered Ralph Hicks to show cause why he should not release his Mobil Jone mobile telephone business in Fort Smith. Southwestern Bell asked for the order, claiming Hicks lacked PSC permission and a contract, and Hicks failed to attend a scheduled hearing on his authority request.
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Little Rock
Arkansas Public Service Commission
Ralph Hicks
Fort Smith
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
Hicks
PSC
Southwestern Bell
Mobil Jone
Kennedy Signs Narcotics Bill At White House Conference
President Kennedy urged broad action to combat narcotic and drug abuse at a White House conference. He warned on unclear data and treatment standards and pressed for unified medical guidance and an orderly, multilevel attack on addiction. Conference aims include assessing magnitude, law enforcement roles, and rehab programs involving federal, state, and local officials.
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Washington
Kennedy
White House
Postal Bill Red Amendment Is Defeated
Washington Senate defeats Clark amendment to a broad postal rates bill. Clark proposed a substitute to alert the public and intercept Communist propaganda in mail, allowing seizure only at addressed recipients’ request. The vote defeated also Clark’s bid to grant the President discretionary authority to intercept Communist mail.
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Washington
API
Senate
U.S
Joseph S. Clark
D-Pa
Clark
Postmaster’ General
Post Office Department
Four State Projects in Flood Bill
The Mouse Public Works Committee will review a $2.2 billion fund control and navigation bill with four Arkansas entries totaling $4,686,000. Approved projects include Dardanelle Lock and Dam sewer disposal at Russellville $1.4 million, Village Creek White River and Mayberry Levee pumping plant $1,018,000, Village Creek project in Jackson and Lawrence counties $1,968,000, and two experimental water quality studies in Arkansas and Red basins $300,000.
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Washington
Arkansas
Mouse Publics Works Committee
Dardanelle
Russellville
Village Creek
White River
Mayberry
Jackson
Lawrence
Red
Fulbright to Talk on Exports at Arkansas Conference
Senator J. William Fulbright of Arkansas will speak on exports and their effect on the Arkansas feed and poultry industry at the Arkansas Formula Feed Conference. The event, sponsored by the Arkansas Feed Manufacturers Association and the University of Arkansas, runs during the conference which opened Wednesday and focuses on nutrition for swine beef and dairy cattle.
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Ark
J. Wiliam Fulbright
D-Ark
Arkansas Feed and Poultry
Arkansas Formula Feed
Arkansas Feed Manufacturers Association
University of Arkansas
Local News Roundup From Hope and Surrounding Areas
Sheriff warns poll tax deadline for November General election and 1963 voting. police report two found billfolds turned in with $6 and $15. Hope student honors, band nominations, local business sales, university enrollments, and candidates for city board noted. Incumbents Young and Douglas face slate. Lloyd Guerin also seeks seat. petitions require 50 qualified voters.
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L. W. Young
Frank Douglas
City Board of Directors
Lloyd Guerin
Sam Andrews
Kennedy Signs 1962 Farm Act Amid Cost, Surplus Controversy
President Kennedy signed the 1962 Agriculture Act, calling it a stride toward higher farm income and lower government costs. The bill extends current wheat and feed grain programs one year with 18 cent in-kind payments, and sets future price-support controls to avoid surpluses if Congress stalls next year.
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Washington
Kennedy
Congress
Ezra Taft Benson
Secretary of Agriculture
Governors to Have a Big Problem
The Southern Governors Conference opens in Hollywood Florida with Mississippi Governor Barnett set to speak on The South and the Space Age while his segregation record sparks possible censure from the National Governors Conference. Florida host Bryant supports Barnett’s stance, saying he admires his courage and convictions as the executive board weighs unprecedented action. Continued on Page Two.
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Hollywood
Gay Otis Swainson
Michigan
Albert Rosellini
Washington
Barnett
Orval E. Faubus
Arkansas
Florida
Farris Bryant
Ice
Mississippi National Guard
Allend
Meredith attorneys oppose Ole Miss return without sufficient force
New Orleans AP bulletin reports James J Meredith’s legal team stating he should not return to the University of Mississippi campus unless accompanied by enough security to ensure his enrollment and continued attendance. The note reflects tense desegregation tensions surrounding Meredith’s historic enrollment.
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New Orleans
James J. Meredith
University of Mississippi
Plotters in Cuba Are Executed
About 300 persons were rounded up and 75 shot in a purported plot to assassinate Prime Minister Fidel Castro and invade, with two counterrevolutionary groups named as FAL and MARC. Executions occurred at La Cabana Fortress near Havana. 27 others were sentenced to 26 to 30 years. The groups allegedly planned saboteur strikes and assassinations linked to U S CIA, with arrests in Havana suburbs for uniting anti-C Castro elements.
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Havana
Fidel Castro
Castro
Liberation Front
FAL
Movement For the Recovery
MARC
Central Intelligence Agency
la Cabana
Havana Bay
Cuba
MERC
Santiago de Las Vegas
International Alport
Informanis
TAS
Francisco Perez Menendez
Ventura Suarez Diaz
Sergio Valdes Smnchez
Pedro Sitio Matos
Beenaha Coraminas Portwondo
Cru Alvarez Bernao
MRC
Tomas Ruizaltana
Evelio Hernandez Torti
Jesus Lazo Otano
Otto Rodriguez
Felix Nicerany Reyes
Guillermo Reyes Ziada
Welfare Dept to Begin Spot Checks on Aid Recipients
Arkansas Welfare Commissioner A J Moss announced a nationwide spot check of aid to dependent children programs will start next month. The plan, agreed in Washington, targets multiple states and involves about 160 Arkansas cases. the effort aims to curb abuse and deliver a federal report by February.
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Little Rock
A. J. Moss
State Welfare Department
Moss
Arkansas
Sheriffs and City Officers Guard Ole Miss Campus
An army of Mississippi sheriffs and city police protected the gates of the University of Mississippi as James H Meredith sought enrollment. Officers wore helmets, gas masks, billy clubs and carried gear. more than 100 patrol cars lined the gates while campus students moved about as usual. Meridth planned another enrollment attempt amid federal court orders and state opposition.
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Oxpord
Miss
Mississippi
University of Mississippi
James H. Meredith
Oxford
APJ
University of Migsissippi
Meredith
Harriaog County
Gulf Coast
Tupelo
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