Postmaster General calls for independent agency plan
The editorial argues the Post Office Department is fiscally doomed and should be replaced by an independent agency like TVA with its own management. It notes Congress has run the system since Andrew Jackson and criticizes rate hikes, hidden costs, and creeping deficits under current structure. The piece cites AP dispatch on Johnson seeking $800 million in postal rate increases and a $2.5 billion pay boost for federal employees and military.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O'Brien
Post Office Department
Congress
Andrew Jackson
O’brien
Bulletin Washington
Johnson
Youth Sets Fire at Monticello destroys two buildings
In Monticello Arkansas a fire caused about 150000 damage to two Burlington Industries air storage and Monticello Tomato Association buildings. Police say two 10 year old boys and an 8 year old confessed to starting the blaze after being apprehended.
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Monticello
Ark
Burlington Industries
Monticello Tomato Association
Harry Allison
Allison
Burlington
Resiens
Ray G. Cooper
Winethrop Rockefeller
Marlon But Rockefeller
Eight Cornell students die in dormitory fire
Eight students and a male faculty adviser perished in a predawn blaze at a 15 year old Cornell dormitory in Ithaca New York. Ten were injured none seriously. The building housed 70 people including freshmen in a six year program. A memorial service was scheduled for Sage Chapel at 2 p.m. Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert G. Pelkey
Ithaca
N.Y
Cornell University
University
Dale R. Carson
Corson
Sage Chapel
Bids for 30 Link Near Prescott
Bids will be opened April 26 for six highway projects totaling about 3.7 million dollars announced by the Arkansas Highway Commission. Projects include paving 9.2 miles of Interstate 40 from Pottsville to the Atkins interchange and alterations at Fort Smith district facilities. Other work covers Ashley Crawford Prairie Nevada counties and more along I-40 and AR routes.
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Little Rock
State Highway Commission
Pottsville
Atkins
District 4
Fort Smith
Ashley
Missouri Pacific
Crossett
Crawford
Alma
Dyer
Mississippi
Arkansas
Lepanto
White River Bridge
DeValls Bluff
Nevada
Interstate 40
Boughton Road
Sentencing in Hempstead fatal shooting case outlined
In Hempstead Circuit Court yesterday Judge Bill Ars wold presided as J. W. Armstrong was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter in the fatal shooting of Gladys Fisher. He received one year suspended, a $500 fine. James L. Blevins was found guilty of driving an auto without the owner's consent, fined $60 and 90 days in jail.
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Hempstead Circuit Court
Bill Arswold
J. W. Armstrong
Gladys Fisher
James L. Blevins
Kiwanis hears Curt Johnson on Communications at Town and Country
Curt Johnson of Southwestern Bell Telephone Co spoke on communications at the Kiwanis Club meeting held yesterday at Town and Country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kiwanis Club
Town & Country
Curt Johnson
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
Sons of Local Army Colonel Making Own Marks in Military
Fort Bliss Tex Four sons of the late Colonel Carl T Schooley pursue distinct military careers. James Theodore John Schooley and Lieutenant Carl T Schooley Jr advance toward West Point ROTC and medical training. Their mother is Mrs Kathleen Schooley Ormsby of El Paso.
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Fort Bliss
Tex
James
Theodore
John Schooley
Carl T.schooley Jr
Carl T. Schooley
U.S. Military Academy
West Point
Carl
Schooley
U.S. Army
Schooley Park
U.S. Army Air Defense School
1St
Air Defense Guided Missile Brigade
Lieutenan Schooley
Fort Sill
University of Texas At
el Paso
Jesuit High School
Texas Tech
Lubebeck
Fort Benning
Georgia
Fort Belvoir
John
Leys
Kathleen Schooley Ormsby
Speck Seen With Gun in Tavern Before Nurses Slain
In Peoria AP report the murder timeline tightens as witnesses place Richard Speck in a tavern with a gun and knife less than three hours before the eight nurse killings. The tavern lies two miles from the Chicago South Side townhouse. Relatives testified including Philip Jordan who described discovering his daughter Mary Ann dead in her casket after July 13.
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Peoria, II
Richard Speck
Pamela Wilkening
Chicago
Philip Jordan
Mary Ann
Jordan
Junior Music Festival Saturday in Hope
The Arkansas Baptist Church Music Department hosts the first Hope Junior Music Festival at First Baptist Church on Saturday April 8. Directed by Jack Terrell with Dora Ann King as accompanist, the 9 am event features two junior choirs in rehear sals and adjudication, followed by a 1 pm 300-voice concert of combined choirs open to the public.
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Arkansas Baptist Church Music Department
Hope
First Baptist Church
Arkansas
Jack Terrell
Texas Church Music Departement
Dallas
Dora Ann King
Hope First Baptist Church
Jewe) Moore, Jr
Charlotte Moore
Motorcycle crash claims Jonesboro man in collision
In Jonesboro Arkansas William B Flaley age 26 died Tuesday night from injuries sustained in a motorcycle collision with a car driven by Mrs Alice Ammons of Jonesboro Police reported the accident occurred earlier in the day and investigations continued.
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Jonesboro, Ark
William B. Flaley
Jonessboro
Alice Ammons
Jonesboro
Judge to rule by Friday on Powell seating case
U S District Judge Hart says he will decide by Friday whether courts can order Congress to seat Adam Clayton Powell. He questions jurisdiction over legislative actions as Powell seeks to regain the Harlem seat, with a special election four days away.
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Tom Seppy Washington
U.S
Rgene Hart Jr
Congress
Adam Clayton Powell
Hart
Powell
New York
Harlem
House
Legislative
Bruce Bromley
Bromley
Herbert O. Reid
Howard University
Reid
Legislative Branch
Blevins Jr Class Plans Play Friday
The Blevins Junior Class presents a 3 act comedy mystery Washington Never Slept Here on April 7 at 7 30 p m in the Blevins Gym nasium Admission is 75 cents for adults and 35 cents for students The cast includes Lyndon Mathews Gladys Mathews Rodney Mathews Becky Mathews Jennie Mathews Bugs Rafferty Jack Fisher Nancy Talbot Miss Aibbet Nathaniel W White Hyacinth White Miss Spyder Miss Ewell The Ghost and Master of Ceremonies Charles Morrison.
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Blevins
Washington
Blevins Gymnasium
Lyndon Mathews
Michael Robertson
Gladys Mathews
Lana Ox
Rodney Mathews
Mike Harris
Becky Mathews
Janeice Floyd
Jennie Mathews
Vhreemla Mclain
Bugs Rafferty
Dorothy Steed
Mary
King Seeks End to Vietnam War With Teach-Ins and Protests
Martin Luther King Jr unveils a broad program of teach-ins sermons and mass demonstrations to win government acknowledgment that the United States erred in Vietnam He urges conscientious objectors clergy to refuse draft exemptions and outlines a five point plan to halt bombing curb military buildup recognize Viet Cong in negotiations set 1954 Geneva troop withdrawal deadline and link civil rights to peace efforts The address links war on poverty to current military escalation and calls for a ceasefire and talks with broad international support
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Austin Scott New York
Martin Luther King Jr
Vietnam
United States
Riverside
U.S
Thailand
Laos
National Liberation Front
South Vietnam
Jonesboro Bonds and Campaign Spending Highlight Local Election
Jonesboro residents vote May 9 on issuing 1.6 million in Act 9 industrial bonds for expansions at Alton Box Board Colson and Hytrol Conveyor. Two congressional candidates spend 216000 combined in a race with a 5000 per candidate federal limit.
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Jonesboro, Ark
Jonesboro
Alton Box Board Co
Colson Corp
Hytrol Conveyor
Hope Men's Golf Association to meet at Hope Country Club
All Around Town Hope Men's Golf Association will meet Thursday night at Hope Country Club. There will be a pitching contest at 6 30 p.m and a meal served at 7 30 p.m. Also features events and notices from local groups and Selective Service registrations.
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Hope Men’s Golf Association
Hope Country Club
Record Viet Cong defections surge in March in Vietnam
U S officials report 5 557 Viet Cong defected to allied forces in March nearly double February’s Open Arms total With 1 000 defectors last week alone 630 soldiers 301 political cadre and 69 adherents The overall 1967 defectors total reaches 10 746 The clash filled war reports include air battles a downed F105 Thunderchief the 500th lost in North Vietnam and scattered ground engagements across the region
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Saigon
U.S
South Vietnam
North Vietnam
Tuy Hoa
Qying
LBJ
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Speck
Blevins Jr
King
AP News Digest
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St. Louis
Johnny Carson
NBC
AFTRA
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Cuba
Robert F. Kennedy
Daley
Richard J. Daley
John L. Waner
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Hope Roundup Club
Spene Sor
Third District Livestock Show
Little League
George Frazier
Selective Service Local Board No. 29
Elvin Nas
James Larry Webb
Richard Alfonso Lang
Floyd Wayns Sprague
Beatrice Cobb
Texas Woman's University At
Denton
Texas
Rose Ann Williams
Hope, Ark
Feverell D. Williams
North Pine At
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Deep South
Dixie
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Cere Obatic
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Inhi Fedellog
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Rosa
Job Sherman Cooper
Jorman Cooper
Ax Ky
Russel B. Long
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Long
Everett M. Dirksen
Cooper
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Jacob K. Javits
Ben
Elma
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