Arkansas Lawmakers Study Teacher Pay Formula
A Legislative Council committee in Little Rock opened a study on how to balance teacher pay raises funded by a 1965 $17 million appropriation. The current Act 404 formula would leave 280 teachers in 16 districts with no raise and reduce many to below the promised $1,000 average.
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Little Rock
Legislative Council
Orval E. Faubus
Clifton Wade
Fayetteville
Big Flat
Baxter County
Calhoun County
Kingsland
Cleveland County
Carthage
Dallas County
Collins
Drew County
Fulton County
Nevada County
Emmett
Newton County
Phillips County
Gillham
Lavaca
Sebastian County
Union County
Jefferson County
Perry County
Paul van Daisem
River groups urged to join forces in Arkansas
Col. Charles D. Maynard of Little Rock urged Arkansas river development groups to unite for their goals at a diner in Ozark. He noted most groups act separately, with river navigation supporters as an exception. Maynard retires July 31 and plans private-sector work in Arkansas.
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Ozark, Ark
Charles D. Maynard
Little Rock
Maynard
Arkansas
Helen Help Us Injustice Collectors and Shoppers
Reader letters discuss marriage strain, blame in injustices, and how sour notes turn two nice people into conflict. Observers note cycles of blame, with wallpaper buying quips and a call for reform in how couples handle differences. Helen Bottel invites more family living questions.
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Helen
Lawrence Welk
Dear Helen Ironing Advice And Home Renovation Patch
A mother asks how to persuade a teenage daughter to iron her own clothes and an exchange urges discipline by denying new clothes until chores are learned. The column then shifts to a reader starting a living room redo and ordering a single roll of wallpaper to finish the project.
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Helen
Johnson Pushes Peace Path Amid Viet Nam Standoff
President Johnson urges peaceful settlement and talks with any government to avoid wider war in Southeast Asia. He cites firm yet moderate policy in Vietnam and weighs ways to bring parties to an international conference table. Eight appointees introduced for high federal posts at the conference.
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Southeast Asia
Johnson
Viet Nam
Jonson
South Viet Nam
Munich
Nazi Germany
Charles S. Murphy
Civil Aeronautics Board
William F. McKee
Federal Aviation Agency
Cabtaba
Alan S. Boyd
Commerce For
Transportation
John A. Schnittker
So Saamonis Credit
Johnson taps new appointees in wide government reshuffle
President Johnson announces a slate of appointments including Harold W. Corp. as undersecretary of agriculture Wilbur J. Cohen as undersecretary of welfare Donald F Turner to head the antitrust division at the Justice Department Donald Carpenter Meeker to be State Department legal adviser Warren Wiggins to the Peace Corps deputy director. He defends antipoverty criticism and commends Sargent Shriver while noting some difficulties ahead.
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Wilbur J. Cohen
Donald F. Turner
Harvard
Justice Department
Donald Carpenter Meeker
State Department
Department
Warren William Wiggins
Peace Corps
Johnson
Sargent Shriver
Viet Nam leaders push harsher Vietnam War stance
The South Viet Nam air force commander says air strikes fail to choke Viet Cong, urging immediate North Vietnamese land invasion. President Johnson ties peace talks to a refusal to retreat and signals not to run US strategy as a popularity contest. De Gaulle again calls for neutral Southeast Asia. Saigon-Viet Nam roundup notes rapid, broad peacetime public reach of national programs.
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South Viet Nam
North Viet Nam
Johnson
Viet Nam
Charles de Gaulle
Southeast Asia
Saigon
Dominican Junta Formed After Bosch Revolt Collapse
Brig. Gen. Elias Wessing Wes sin leads a planned military government in the Dominican Republic after the collapse of the pro Bosch revolt. Senate discussion features Sen. Donald Russell endorsing segregation as beneficial. Lindbergh campaigns for wildlife preservation while Rep. William Dickinson cites sworn statements alleging immorality at the Selma march, denied by religious leaders.
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Elias Wessing Wessin
Dominican Republic
Washington
Donald Russell
Charles A. Lindbergh
William L. Dickinson
Dikes Weaken as Mississippi Ponds Rise in Quad Cities
Union officials near swift approval of a steel strike preventing agreement. Tributes pour in for Edward R. Murrow, longtime broadcaster who led the U.S. Information Agency. He dies of cancer at age 57.
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Mississippi
Quad Cities
Illinois
Iowa
Edward R. Murrow
U.S. Information Agency
Burial of Owney Madden in Hot Springs Ignites Mixed Remembrance
Arkansas report notes Madden’s burial in Hot Springs on Tuesday to honor 30 years as a contributor to a Society while acknowledging his long history of violence. Other items include bids sought by the State Highway Commission for 10 jobs worth 8.5 million dollars and a Legislative Council hearing on pay raise distribution.
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Owney Madden
Hot Springs
Yell County
State Highway Commission
Orval E. Faubus
Winthrop Rockefeller
State College Student Government Leader Elected
Jerry McAfee of Monette won the Arkansas State College SGA presidency in a runoff Tuesday with a 942 to 781 vote over Leon Swihart of Leachville.
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Jonesboro
Ark
Jerry McAfee
Monette
Arkansas State College Student Government Association
Leon Swihart
Leachville
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