Critical of State Plant Financing By JOHN R. STARR
Sam D. Watson criticized Arkansas Amendment 49 as risky for cities and counties, sparking responses from Gov. Faubus and the Arkansas Industrial Development Commission. The piece traces the shift from Amendment 49 to Act 9 of 1960, outlines financing gaps for small towns, and notes the role of First Arkansas Development Finance Corp. in supporting new plants.
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Sam. D. Watson
Arkansas
Watson
Orval B.aubus
Arkansas Industrial Development Commission
Faubus
Chase-Grocord Rubber Co
Dorado
Union County
AIDC
First Arkansas Development Finance Corp
First Arkansas
Cuba warns UN of new U S reconnaissance flights threat
Cuba told United Nations it will not tolerate further U S reconnaissance flights over the island or other provocative actions. Foreign Minister Raul Roa delivered the warning in a letter to UN Secretary General U Thant.
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Cuba
United Nations
U.S
Fidel Castro
U.N
U Thant
Raul Roa
Traykov becomes Bulgaria's new president after election
In Sofia, Georgi Traykov, architect of forced farm collectivization and first deputy premier, was unanimously elected by the National Assembly to succeed the late Dimitri Ganev as president. In New York, Cardinal Spellman marks 25 years since appointment archbishop of New York, a leading church figure.
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Sofia
Bulgaria
Georgi Traykov
Traykov
National Assembly
Dimitri Ganev
New York
Francis Cardinal Spellman
Jury Trial Amendment May Pass
Senators from both parties introduced a jury trial amendment to the civil rights bill in a bid to appease Southern opponents. The proposal mirrors a 1957 act with broader limits for jury trials in criminal contempt tied to racial discrimination injunctions, and has Justice Department backing though President Johnson urged passage without changes.
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John Chadwick Washington
Senate
Dixie Forces
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
Sen
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Johnson
Dirksen
Justice Department
Bill
Hubert H. Humphrey
D-Minn
Thomas H. Kuchel
R-Calit
American Professors Elected to British Royal Society
In London two American scientists, James Franck of the University of Chicago and Tracy Morton Sonneborn of Indiana University, were elected members of the British Royal Society for the Advancement of Science. In Taipei, Defense Minister Yu Ta-wei left for the United States for an annual medical checkup. In Saigon, Maj. Gen. Richard G. Stilwell was named chief of staff of the Military Assistance Command in Vietnam.
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London
James Franck
University of Chicago
Tracy Morton Sonneborn
University of Indiana
Royal Society For the Advancement of Science
Taipet
Yu Ta-wei
China
Taipei
United States
Taylor Burton sued by studio over Cleopatra film
Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton fight a $50 million suit by Twentieth Century Fox in New York federal court claiming their conduct during and after filming diminished Cleopatra’s commercial value. A Fox spokesman called the move ludicrous. Taylor and Burton are married, with Taylor wed to Eddie Fisher then and Burton to Sybil Burton.
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Elizabeth Taylor
Richard Burton
Twentieth Century-Fox
U.S. District Court
Burton
Hamel
Fox
Miss Taylor
Cleopatra
Eddie Fisher
Sybil Burton
Arkansan Named New Cotton King for Memphis Carnival
William Mann Campbell, 46, of Forrest City Ark, banker and president of First National Bank of Eastern Arkansas, is king of the 1964 Memphis Cotton Carnival to be held May 12 16. Queen Marie Louise Crump 20 a junior at Memphis State University will ride with him in the parade. Campbell is married to Virginia Rhea of Waldo Ark. they have a daughter Daisy Ann 15.
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William Mann Campbell
Forrest City
Ark
Marie Louise Crump
Memphis State University
Campbell
mid-South
First National Bank of
Eastern Arkansas
Virginia Rhea
Walido
John
Mansfield Dirksen Bid Aims At Civil Rights Jury Trial Fix
Indications point to a Mansfield Dirksen compromise on voting rights provisions similar to the 1957 Civil Rights Act. The coalition seeks to resolve the jury trial question after the substitute for Talmadge’s amendment is introduced, with potential impact on retrials after contempt of injunctions against discriminatory voting denial.
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