Seven Dollar Passport Rail Merger Promises Park Savings
The Interior Department issues coupons for Operation Golden Eagle offering a $7 package to waive national park fees. The program targets travelers with a wind shield sticker and certificate, while critics argue taxes should cover facilities. The piece also notes plans to merge New York Central and Pennsylvania Railroads and broad policy debates in civil rights, Vietnam, and international events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Interstate Commerce Commission
York Central
Pennsylvania
America
Pageant of Girl Scouts Put Off
The Conifer Council pageant scheduled for Texarkana on April 30 has been postponed. Due to bad weather, the program titled By the Dawn's Early Light will now be held on May 7.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Girl Scout Conifer Council
Texarkana
Civil Rights Act Faces Hard Fight in Congress
The Johnson administration pushes a sweeping 1966 Civil Rights Act with a strong fair housing plank and federal authority to combat racial terrorism. House Judiciary Chair Emanuel Celler predicts a tight vote while Senate leader James Eastland vows to oppose enforcement in the North. Critics warn the housing provision could heighten tensions amid calls for rapid integration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph E. Mohbat
Washington
Emanuel Celler
Dn.y
House Judiciary Committee
Celler
Johnson
Capitol Hill
Supreme Court
Congress
James O. Eastland
Dmiss
Senate Judiciary Committee
South
Eastand
Jack Justice
Mian Beach
Fla
National Association of Real Estate Boards
Four Farm Bureau Women Attend Arkansas Meet in Little Rock
Four Farm Bureau Women attended the Spring Arkansas Farm Bureau Women’s Meet in Little Rock on Thursday. Mrs. Troy Burson Miss Dolores McBride and Mrs. Lester Kent of Hope and Mrs. Mary Spates of McNab joined a panel discussion televised on the program Your Government and What Do You Know About It. The main speaker was Arkansas State Commissioner of Revenues Mrs. Doris McCastain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arkansas Farm Bureau
Little Rock
Troy Burson
Dolores McBride
Lester Kent
Hope
Mary Spates
McNab
Southwest District Committee
Arkansas State
Reverues
Doris McCastain
State Praises New Rubella Vaccine Development
Arkansas officials and NIH researchers announce a promising rubella vaccine tested at the Arkansas Children's Colony in Conway. Dr. Meyer Jr. and Dr. Parkman report immunity in 34 girls, with the vaccine still in trials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arkansas Children’s Colony
Conway
P. M. Meyer Jr
University of Arkansas School of Medicine
Paul D. Parkman
Division of Biologics Standards
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda
William H. Stewart
Stewart
Meyer
Parkman
No English Speak Helps Pinch It All The Way
Alan Fila report from AP describes Francisco Escobar 17 a Spanish speaking U S citizen among six repatriates from Cuba. Escobar born in New York lived 51 years in Cuba and said he was not sure about leaving. Ernesto Ercilla 12 born in Brooklyn lived in Cuba since infancy and asked if he will learn English replied Who knows.
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Alan
Fila
Chris Pipkin
Francisco Escobar
Miss Pipkin
U.S
Cuba
State Department
Fidel Castro
Escobar
New York
Ernesto Ercilla
Brooklyn
Oil Institute opens with Bill Arnold presiding
Texarkana attorney and circuit judge candidate Bill Arnold presided at the opening session of the Fifth Arkansas Oil and Gas Institute in Hot Springs. The event runs through Friday with speakers including Robert Roberts of Shreveport George W. Morrow of Tulsa Skelly Oil attorney Oscar Algood of Little Rock TV news and Templeton Oil Co president James V. Templeton plus Robert R. Wright acting dean of the University of Arkansas Law School Little Rock.
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Hot Springs
Bill Arnold
Texarkana
Eighth Circuit
Fifth Arkansas Oil & Gas Institute
Robert Roberts
Shreveport
George W. Morrow
Tulsa
Skelly Oil Co
Oscar Algood
Little Rock
James V. Templeton
Templeon Oil Co
Robert R. Wright
University of Arkansas Law School
Lack of oxygen halts Delaware River shad run
Philadelphia AP reports the Delaware River Basin Commission says dissolved oxygen shortage blocks this year’s shad run in the Delaware River. In Pittsfield Massachusetts an intense gust tore from a Ferry Lumber Co. building roof though vice president Lawrence F. Pierson was unfazed, calling it an early start on urban renewal in a zone slated for redevelopment.
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Philadelphia
Delaware River
Delaware River Basin Commission
Pittsfield
Mass
Ferry Lumber Co
Lawrence F. Pierson
Pierson
Ferry Lumber
Inside China Foreigner Is a Curiosity By FRANK TSAN
In Shanghai a foreigner remains a curiosity amid widespread prejudice. The piece notes tourists draw curious stares, locals refer to foreigners as foreign friends, and education and media misrepresent the outside world. It recalls embassies, expatriates, and social bars in Peking.
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China
Frank Tsan
Shanghai
America
U.S
Britain
Oliver Twist
Omiegn
Peking
Hsin Chiao Hotel
Hair Line Difference In Sanctuary And Hot Pursuit
Washington officials clarified the distinction between a no sanctuary policy and hot pursuit in combat. They cited Korea when 12 U S planes crossed the Yalu during engagements but did not strike Chinese bases. They warned Red China risks retaliation if it intervenes in Vietnam, and said counterattacks across the Chinese border would be considered only after high level approval.
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Washington
U.S
Yalu River
United States
Red China
China
State Department
Dean Rusk
George W. Ball
Vice Press
Dent Hubert H. Humphrey
Army
Harald K. Johingson
Willam P. Bundy
America
Viet Nam
Robert F. Kennedy
D-N.y
Kennedy
North Viet Nam
House votes to broaden EEOC power in private work place
The House approved 299 to 94 a measure to empower the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to halt discriminatory practices in private employment. The bill, sent to the Senate, would extend jurisdiction to employers and unions with eight or more employees effective July 2, 1967. It moves the agency from persuasion to binding orders.
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Washington
House
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Senate
J. W. Fulbright
United States
China
Arkansas Democrat
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Fulbright
Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies
America
Survival and purpose guide actor Lee Cobb in life
New York AP profile of actor Lee J. Cobb, 55, outlining his view that survival precedes purpose. He discusses two lives, reliance on luck, and practical advice for young idealists, then notes his CBS Death of a Salesman role on May 8 and his belief that experience matters more than pure talent.
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Hal Boyle
New York
Lee J. Cobb
Cobb
Lee
Willy Loman
Arthur Miller
CBS
Woman Rescued From Flooded Car In Dallas Area
A Texas flood disaster left three dead as heavy rains swelled creeks and rivers. A Dallas woman was rescued from a car swept into a swollen creek after firemen broke through a rear window. Robert Buck and his wife Adrienne, recent Texas transplants from Georgia, drowned when their car was carried off a road into a creek. Mayor Eric Jonsson warned the toll could rise if more rain arrives. Flooding shut the Ford plant in northeast Dallas, idleing 1,500 workers as waters surged across the region.
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Gary Garrison
Dallas
Tex
Garland
Robert Buck
Adrienne
San Antonio
Texas
East Point
Eric Jonsson
Ford Motor Co. Assembly
Hope High School Council Banquet Climax of Year
The Hope High School Student Council held its annual banquet Monday night May 25 in the Fellowship Hall of First Presbyterian Church. Theme Now Is the Hour guided decorations and speeches as retiring president Dennis Ramsey gave a farewell address. Larry Don Wright became president and presented gifts to senior officers with sponsor Mrs. W. A. Williams and other faculty guests in attendance.
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Hope
First Presbyterian Church of Hope
Beth Lawrence
Dennis Ramsey
Larry Don Wright
W. A. Williams
James H
Lodge Heads Home From Vietnam Amid Policy Review
Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge sails home from Saigon for a two to three week review of U S policy in Viet Nam. He leaves a fortress embassy and a tense political and military scene with Viet Cong resistance ongoing. Lodge plans a Rome stop, possible Vatican meeting, then Boston area visit before arriving in Washington in early May.
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Viet Nam
Henry Cabot Lodge
U.S
Andrew Borowiec
Saigon
South Viet Nam
Lodge
Rome
Washington
Paul VI
Boston
Maxwell
Taylor
William Porter
Algeria
South
Air Force to Pound Viet Nam Roads
U S fighter bombers will increase strikes on truck convoys moving from China into North Viet Nam as weather improves. Night attacks are expected to rise along routes from Hanoi toward Red China and deeper into North Viet Nam toward South Viet Nam. Strikes have been hampered by poor weather and camouflaged trucks. pilots report trellises over highway shelters covered with leaves.
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Freds. Hoffman
Military Wrnter
Washington
U.S
Red China
North
Viet Nam
Hanoi
South Viet Nam
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Passport Rail
U. S. Department of the Interior
Bureau of Outdoor Recreation
Publc
AP News Digest
Santo Domingo
Treasury Department
Houston
Lesr Or
Nies
Farm Bureau
Ark
Arkansas
John W. Gardner
Secreta of Health, Education and Welfare
Atlantic City
Pinch
Oil Institute
Boyle
High School Council
Air Force
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