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Newspaper
El Dorado Times
Location
El Dorado, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1964
Page
7
San Francisco shoppers snap up topless swimsuits amid mixed reactions. Miss Sargis says initial orders sold fast and many were for men buying for wives. Clergy condemn the display as immoral while the police warn nudity is a legal issue depending on lewdness.
President Johnson and Mrs. Johnson attend a dinner at the St Regis Hotel in New York honoring Mrs. John F. Kennedy. The event raises funds for the John F. Kennedy Memorial Library near Harvard, with about 200 guests including Mrs. Joseph P. Kennedy and Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy. Actors Fredric March and Florence Eldridge read passages from the late president’s favorites as guests arrive.
Due to White House business Johnson delayed his travel plans and was uncertain until late Tuesday about a possible trip. The party returned to Washington early today after considering the schedule.
Blytheville residents vote to issue 382000 in bonds for airport expansion city hall renovations garbage incinerator and two fire stations. The plan will raise taxes to repay the debt. For residents of Cald well elected town officials set July 14 for a Cald well incorporation runoff.
Army Engineers will open bids July 15 for a bank stabilization project along the Arkansas River in a 29 mile stretch downstream from Dardanelle. The estimated cost is 400000 dollars.
The United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America filed with the National Labor Relations Board to represent about 25 workers at Ben C. Gerwick, Inc. De Witt plant in Arkansas. The firm makes concrete piling for construction of Lock and Dam No. 1 on the Arkansas River.
The House passed a public works appropriations bill totaling 4.3 billion dollars with 120 million for Arkansas river work. It includes 86 million for the Arkansas River navigation, 35 million for other Arkansas rivers and streams, and 73 million for the lower Mississippi River and tributaries. The bill passed 360 to 11 and moves to the Senate.
State budgets rise on expected economic expansion driven by federal tax cuts. Governors signed new tax laws as legislatures met, with higher state revenue projected from withholding changes and federal windfall. Education, health, highways, and aid programs expect funding boosts amid uncertain tax effects.
William Franklin Lake, president of Superior Bath House Co., died after a long illness at 78. The obituary notes his leadership in Hot Springs with references to regional projects and planning efforts including Ouachita River, Red River levees, and reservoir planning in Arkansas and Louisiana, listing several funding amounts and districts.
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