Morality of Little Account on Arkansas Liquor Tax Policy
The editor criticizes Governor Rockefeller for failing to push liquor legalization, notes Arkansas tax hypocrisy on liquor sales, and argues that prohibition undermines moral claims whileMississippi moves to end dry status. The piece urges legalizing mixed drinks, abolishing local option, and linking liquor taxes to state revenue and education funds.
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Joe Purcell
Winthrop Rockefeller
General Assembly
Arkansas
Rockefeller
Mississippi
America
Showers Forecast Across Arkansas This Week
The Associated Press reports showers and thundershowers are forecast for Arkansas through Friday as a cold front moves southeastward. The front will stretch from Walnut Ridge to Texarkana tonight and reach extreme southeast Arkansas by Friday night. Temperatures are not expected to change much, with highs around 85 in Tort Smith and 74 in Memphis on Wednesday. Overnight lows vary from 69 in Texarkana to 54 in Calico Rock and Gilbert.
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Associated Press
Arkansas
Walnut Ridge
Texarkana
Tort Smith
Memphis
Calico Rack
Gilbert
Rockefeller invites leaders to industrial defense conference
Gov. Winthrop Rockefeller invited state and national leaders in industry and government to a May 8 conference in Little Rock on industrial defense and disaster planning.
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Livtle Rock
Winthrop Rockefeller
Little Rock
Man Charged With Murder of Dr. King
MEMPHIS Tenn AP The FBI says Eric Starvo Galt 36 has been charged in Memphis with first degree murder and conspiracy in the assassination of Dr Martin Luther King Jr. A fugitive warrant in Birmingham allege he conspired with a man said to be his brother to violate King’s civil rights. The FBI released a photo and sought public help identifying Galt.
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Memphis, Tenn
Eric Starvo Galt
Martin Luther King Jr
FBI
Birmingham
Ala
Galt
King
Memphis
Tennessee
J. Edgar Hoover
Washington
Rooming House
U.S
Ramsey Clark
Charles Q. Stevens
Main Street
Stevens
AP News Digest
Kitty
North Carolina
Correction
Workers Seek Union Vote at Dixie Equipment Co
The Sheet Metal Workers International Association petitioned the National Labor Relations Board on Wednesday to hold a union election among production and maintenance workers at Dixie Equipment Co a maker of commercial kitchen equipment in Little Rock Arkansas.
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Associated Press Little Rock
National Labor Relations Board
Sheet Metal Workers International Association
Dixie Equipment Co
Telephone Strike Seems Inevitable
Nearly 200000 AFL-CIO Communications Workers edge toward the first nationwide Bell System strike in 21 years as 3 p.m. EST deadline looms. Union chief Beirne warns of a rusted computer without repair workers, while Romnes of Bell says service will persist. Installers at Western Electric stand to lose most impact, with wage talks stalled and offers worth about 5.6 percent annually disputed by the union.
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Neil Gilbride
Washington
Afl-Cio
New York
Joseph A. Beirne
H. J. Romnes
American Telephone & Telegraph Co
Bell Telephone System
Bell
Western Electric Co
Beirne
Romnes
Bell System
District of Columbia
English Language Memorable Yet Disastrous
HAL Boyles New York AP column humorously surveys English extremes noting famous slogans and warnings while warning that language also breeds pitfalls. He lists examples like Give me liberty or give me death and Keep off the grass and critiques public speech blunders. He highlights common missteps that trap speakers into trouble.
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Hal Boyle
New York
Canadabys
Casualties rise in Vietnam War reports
SAIGON AP The U S Command said American deaths climbed to 363 last week the highest in five weeks while enemy fatalities rose and South Vietnamese casualties fell. U S military in South Vietnam totaled 922000 with 5000 added, though fighting was described as light. Wounded numbered 2694 with 1352 hospitalized. South Vietnamese deaths totaled 293 and wounded 985 with 32 missing as enemy dead reached 3071 overall.
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Saigon
U.S
South Vietnam
Arson Suspected at Negro Carver Elementary Fire
Police said arson is suspected in a fire that damaged all Negro Carver Elementary School in El Dorado Arkansas on Wednesday night. Firemen limited the blaze to a janitor's closet and an unsuccessful attempt to set fire to the stage curtain in the cafetorium was noted. Superintendent Dean Tommay said smoke damage would force closing the school.
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EL Dorado, Ark
All Negro Carver
Bud Brewster
Dean Tommay
Heaviest Air Blow in Single Day
US B52s dropped over 1,500 tons of bombs in 24 hours on A Shan Valley in South Vietnam. At least 60 bombers from bases in Thailand and Guam struck North Vietnamese truck parks and storage areas. The valley is a top saturation bombing target and may serve as a staging area for another Hue attack, with North Vietnamese forces estimated at 15,000 to 18,000 in the Hue region.
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George Esper
Associated Press
Saigon
South Vietnam
A Shan
Thailand
Guam
Hue
Universe likely doomed to fiery end in 10 billion years
Navy researchers report evidence from a 100 mile high Aerobee flight suggesting the universe is a closed curved system containing enough matter to halt expansion and cause the cosmos to collapse into a final fireball about ten billion years from now. Dr Richard C Henry of the Naval Research Laboratory announced the findings amid a symposium for the Hulburt Center for Space Research noting the data imply a finite universe with enough mass to produce complete curvature.
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Frank Carey
Washington (Ap
Navy
Richard C. Henry
Naval Research Laboratory
Henry
National Science Foundation
NRL
Hulburt Center For
White Sands
N.M
Milky Way
17 Seniors in Cast of Annual Play Hope High School
Seventeen seniors will appear in the Hope High School Senior play Friday night at 8 oclock in the high school auditorium. Cast includes Dawanna Cox Charles Ward Ronnie Porter Betty Gaines Judy Robertson Donna Byars Penny Burke Mike Voss Gayle Hartsfield Sydney Hollis Martha Flowers Cathy Feild Frankie King Jack Dougan Twis ta Hunt John Greene and Leroy Phillips. Directed by Miss Betty Fenter with Sally Booth as student director and Miss Kitty Luper and Mrs. B. B. McPherson as technical directors.
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Hope High School
Dawanna Cox
Charles Ward
Ronnie Porter
Betty Gaines
Judy Robertson
Donna Byars
Penny Burke
Mike Voss
Gayle Hartsfield
Sydney Hollis
Martha Flowers
Cathy Feild
Frankie King
Jack Dougan
Twista Hunt
John Greene
Leroy Phillips
Betty Fenter
Henderson State College
Sally Booth
Kitty Luper
B. B. McPherson
Watershed Meeting Set April 24 in Hempstead County
The Hempstead County Soil and Water Conservation District invites landowners of the Wood Plain of Middle and South Fork Ozan Creeks to review a watershed protection plan presented by George F. Brown of the Soil Conservation Service. The plan proposes seven retardant lakes and channel improvements. A petition requires 90 percent of flood plain landowners to sign. Meeting is April 24, 1968 at 7 30 p m in the Federal Building Conference Room upstairs in the New Post Office Building.
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Hempstead County Soil & Water Conservation District Board of Supervisors
Wood Plain
Middle
South Fork
George F. Brown
Soil Conservation Service
Federal Building
Federal
Koreans Assured of Peace Role After Honolulu Talks
President Johnson assured South Korea's Park of U S support against North Korea and a voice in peace talks with North Vietnam. Johnson met Park at a Kaiser estate after Honolulu discussions on Vietnam and Korea, signaling strong allied resolve and mutual goals for diplomacy and defense.
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Frank Cormier
Associated Press
Honolulu
Johnson
South Korea
North Vietnam
U.S
North Korea
Texas
Chung Hee Park
Dwight D. Eisenhower
March Air Force Base
Calif
Hawaii
Vietnam
Pacific
Park
Pueblo
South Vietnam
Hanoi
Oceanside
Henry J. Kaiser
Korea
Judges Call in Legislators at Arkansas Assembly
Members of the legislature gathered in Little Rock this afternoon at the invitation of the Association of County Judges to learn the association background and proposed function. The group had pushed a February special session bill to allocate 1 percent of county turnback revenues for the association but the measure failed.
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Little Rock
Association of County Judges
All Around Town highlights and local events from Hope and nearby
Police picked up three runaway boys from Arlington at 6:30 a.m. Thursday, ages 16 to 17, held for their parents. Texarkana College tennis entries for April 20 include Hope players L Whitaker F McMannus K Mad Jock and R Gladney. Vic Ames auditioned for a new Little Rock TV Show with Gayle Williams James Works Janet Bedwell among others. Eighth grade cheerleaders Debbi Richardson captain Julia Brown Sue Butler Debbie Crank. ninth grade Sandy Flowers co Candy Holes Dee Singleton Melissa Jordan. Charles Griffin attended a Nursing Home Convention in Hot Springs. Residents urged to attend DeAnn Cemetery upkeep meeting at White Quilt Grove Baptist Church Sunday noon. Prescott Council of Carge Clubs Spring Flower Show April 26 at the Communis Center, 7 p.m. Brenda Williams to perform at a student hospital event with Smackover music major Harvey Goodwin. Melba Doyle of Arkansas Power & Light demonstrates electric cooking at Collier Furniture & Appliances today and Friday.
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Debbi Richardson
Julia Brown
Sue Butler
Debbie Crank
Sandra Flowers
Candy Holels
Dee Singleton
Melissa Jordan
Big Melon Prize Money Over $600 Decision
The Hope area agriculture committee led by T. O. Porter has raised about 600 for the Big Melon Prize, aiming to promote watermelon farming amid publicity. Prizes total 50 percent for the largest melon in the Hope Trade Area, and two 25 percent prizes for the second largest in Heapstead County and the trade area, with one prize per grower. Local businesses pledging support include OMDADY, M & M Leasing Company, Town & Country Re: Citizens.
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Chamber of Commerce Agriculture Committee
T. O. Porter
Hope Trade
Heapstead
He San Omdady
M & M Leasing Company
Town & Country Re: Citizens
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