Politicians and the Big Lie on Poverty and Crime
The editor cites Billy Graham in Minneapolis asserting that poverty does not cause crime, arguing the link is a political myth used to justify tax spending. He notes crime spans classes and cites Detroit looting as an example, warning against using poverty to excuse law laxity and criticizing politicians for exploiting public fear.
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Billy Graham
Minneapolis
Graham
Beegan
Detroit
Associated Press
Arkadelphia Man Cited for Heroism in Vietnam
Capt. Robert C. Lowery of Arkadelphia earned a Silver Star for rescuing helicopter crew after a crash on Jan 19. Capt. Edward M. Brown of Dermott received the Bronze Star and two Distinguished Flying Cross awards for meritorious service and helicopter operations in Vietnam. Brown’s wife Shirley resides in Malvern.
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Associated Press
Vietnam
Robert C. Lowery
Corbin W. Lowsery
Arkadelphia
Edward M. Brown
M. C. Brown
Dermott
Lowery
Aremy
Arkadelphia High School
Quachita Baptist University
Brown
Desha Central High School
Germany
Shirley
Malvern
APGL Seeks to Extend Line in Arkansas
Arkansas Power and Light Co. seeks PSC approval to build a 38 mile transmission line with $45,000 volt capacity and terminal facilities in Union and Columbia counties. Project cost estimated at $5.62 million, to be funded from cash balances or securities sale. Line runs from a substation on US 167 to the Louisiana state line southwest of Emmerson under a power interchange agreement between Middle South Utilities Transmission and Southwestern Electric Power Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock
Arkansas Power & Light Co
State Public Service Commission
Union
Columbia
Ap&l
U.S. 167
Louisiana State Line
Emmerson
APGL
Middle South Utilities Transmission
Southwestern Electric Power Co
Shreveport
350 Viet Cong Killed in Delta Sweep by Allied Forces
In the Mekong Delta operation near My Tho, about 10,000 troops under U S command reported 350 Viet Cong killed. U S casualties were 16 dead and 59 wounded, with South Vietnamese losses also cited. The broader air war resumed in North Vietnam after weather cleared, with 136 missions flown and two American planes lost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Esper
Saigon
U.S
Mekong Delta
South Vietnam
North Vietnam
Navy
Forrestal
Hanoi-Haiphong
Tuy Hoa
U.S. 9Th
25Th Infantry
U.S. Navy
My Tho
Ist Assembly Asks Baptists to Meeting
Tonight at 7 30 p m the Second Service of the 1967 Indoor Camp Meeting at the First Assembly of God Church. The theme is Bring Your Baptist Friend. Evangelist Knibbe will open with a painting and sing inspiring songs before preaching from God's Word. Bring Baptist friends and be present.
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Assembly of God
Knibbé
Edible Parts of Planes and Space Craft Considered
AP reports HAL BOYLE details a future where airplanes and spacecraft could be made from edible soybean products. Ralston Purina scientists envision edible components to feed astronauts or crash survivors, with broader bets on turning furniture, containers, and even clothing into palatable protein.
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Hal Boyle
New York
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Ralston-Purina Co
Moon
Earth
Fort Smith Voters to Choose Mayor and Directors
In Fort Smith Ark voters will elect a mayor and seven city directors to run the new city administrator form of government. Three candidates vie for director seats while seven candidates seek the mayor's job.
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Fort Smith, Ark
Fort Smith
New Group for Mental Aid Organizes in Hempstead County
A 25 member meeting at City Hall last week formed a Hempstead County unit of the National Association for Retarded Children. Mrs. Haskell Jones chaired and Sam Sanders outlined goals including research and national aid. Howard County’s group pledged cooperation, nominations approved, and 11 directors named. Officers elected: Dr. Philip Manus president, Bob Lewis VP, Mrs. Ted Price secretary, Mrs. Will Ed Waller treasurer. Regular meetings set for the first Thursday each month at 7 30 p m with a board session August 3 and September regular meeting planned. Membership open to interested people.
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Haskell Jones
Sam Sanders
Arkansas Association of Retarded Children
Little Rock
National Association
Hempstead County
Sanders
Howard County Association For Retarded Children
Hempstead County Group
Minor Polk
Don Freel
James Morrow
Garland Madders
George Frazier
David Griffin
Forney Holt
Talbot Field
James Hardin
Herbert Rogers
Freeda Greenan
Bill Routon
The
Lester Kent
Philip Manus
Bob Lewis
Ted Price
Will Ed Waller
Manus
Hempstead County Association For Retarded Children
Johnson Nominates Postmasters for Ash Flat and Blevins
President Johnson will nominate Russell A. Orr for postmaster at Ash Flat Sharp County and Hautie L. Huskey for postmaster at Blevins Hempstead County, according to a combined House announcement.
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Washington
Johnson
Russell A. Orr
Ash Flat
Sharp County
Hautie L. Huskey
Blevins
Hempstead County
Romney Rebuked by Mansfield Over Detroit Riots
Senate Democratic Leader Mike Mansfield rebuked Michigan Governor George Romney for saying Johnson manipulated riots in Detroit. Romney accused Johnson of politics, while Johnson and Ramsey Clark avoided direct comment. Johnson forms a civil disorders commission to study Detroit events and prevents further troop deployment explanations.
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Walter R. Mears
Washington
Sefate
Mike Mansfield
Michigan
George Roteney
Romney
Johnson
Detroit
White House
Atty
Ramsey Clark
Mansfield
Couneterattack
Commission On Civil Disorders
George Christian
Christian
Clark
Nero
D.C
Milwaukee
Senate
George Romney
State Department
Stokely Carmichael
Newark
U.S
Hanoi
Haiphong
Venezuela
Arkansan Wounded in Forrestal Fire
Washington AP reports Aviation Machinist Mate second class Jimmie Knight of Mountain Home Ark was seriously injured in the USS Forrestal fire off Vietnam's Tonkin Gulf Saturday. The Navy announced the injury Monday.
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Washington
Jimmie Knight
Mountain Home
Ark
Forrestal
Vietnam
Tonkin
Navy
El Dorado kidnapping case heads to trial today
Elvin Wade Eaves 43 of El Dorado and Calvin Eugene Hale 38 of Houston face trial in Union County Circuit Court for the April 11 kidnapping and robbery of businessman George C. James. James said two men burst into his home at gunpoint, forced him to call El Dorado banks to authorize two $14,600 checks, bound and gagged him, and dumped him in a wooded area before he freed himself and reported the crime. Hale is jailed in Leavenworth Federal Prison on narcotics charges.
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EL Dorado, Ark
Elvin Wade Eaves
el Dorado
George C. James
Calvin Eugene Hale
Houston
Tex
McAllen
Leavenworth
James
Union County
Calion
el Dorado Banks
Reaction to Riots Shows Public Wants Them Stopped
Washington report notes thousands write to senators and representatives expressing disturbance over urban riots and looting. Most letters are emotion laden and moderate in volume with little concrete solutions. Strong voices target leaders and funding priorities, while Southern postmarks predominate among white writers.
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Gordon Brown
Washington
South
Johnson
Stokely Carmichael
H. Rap Brown
United States
Congress
Associated Press
America
Tennessee
Reaction On Page 2 Sheridan Paper Sold
Sheridan Headlight owner Dalton Walker sells the weekly to Harlan Walker, brothers and former editors of papers in McCrory Augusta and Cotton Plant. The Headlight is Grant County’s oldest business, founded in 1881 as the Sheridan Spy. Dalton Walker, starting as a 14 year old printer, has run the paper for 35 years and will keep his role as district manager for Arkansas Louisiana Gas Co.
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Sheridan, Ark
Dalton V. Walker
Sheridan Headlight
Harlan V. Walker
McCrory
Augusta
Cotton Plant
Dalton
Harlan Walker
Headlight
Grant County
W. N. Cleveland
Henry Bales
Sheridan Spy
Dalton Walker
I T
W. D. Phillips
Walker
The
Arkansas Louisiana Gas Co
Hempstead County Wildlife and Recreation Association Formed
In a reorganizational meeting held in the Hempstead County Courtroom on July 13, James Puryear was elected President Arlis Honea Vice President Jeff High Secretary and Harry Hawthorne Treasurer. The group renamed Hempstead County Wildlife and Recreation Association and aims to coordinate recreation activities with wildlife programs. Membership for 1967-68 is one dollar per person and will be available from charter members. A membership drive begins at the next meeting on Thursday August 3 when the membership chairman will be announced. Regular monthly meetings are planned for the first Thursday night in each month in the County Courtroom. All interested persons are urged to join and attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hempstead County
Hempstead County Wildlife Association
Hempstead County Wildlife and Recreation Association
Puryear
Hope Safeway promotes Charles Hays assistant manager
State Supreme Court Justice Lyle Brown returned from New York City after two weeks of legal research and lectures as part of a NYU scholarship program. Donal J. Phillips announces Charles Hays as assistant manager of the Hope Safeway Store, with ten years in Little Rock Hot Springs and Malvern. Local VFW and fire news follow with meeting notices and a grass fire report. Senator McClellan and Senator Fulbright offices note an $88,000 federal advance for neighborhood renewal, HUD grant totals $1,117,000. Edmonds Gulf Station manager Bevis Edmonds wins Service Station of the Year in Hempstead County, with semifinals ahead and a seven day paid vacation for the winner.
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State Supreme Court
Lyle Brown
New York City
Brown
Supreme Court
United States
Canada
New York University
Donal J. Phillips
Safeway, Inc
Charles Hays
Hope Safeway
Hays
Little Rock
Hot Springs
Malvern
Eva Jean
Billy
Methodist Church
John McClellan
Star Yestersday
Hope
Fulbright
Edmond
Gulf Station
Bevis Edmonds
Hempstead County
EJ. Whiteman
Hempstead County Petroleum Council
Arkansas Petroleum Council
Arkansas
District of Columbia Riots Near White House
Rioting gangs of youths smashed shop windows and pelted police in a mainly African American district near the White House. About 30 arrests, little looting, and several minor injuries reported as fires and vandalism disrupted Washington. Police used riot gear and dogs to disperse crowds along 14th Street and surrounding blocks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gaylord Shaw
Washington
White House
R. N. Hough
Hon Ky-Tonk
14Th Street
M.C. Reed
U Street
3Rd Street
M Street
Capitol
Pine Bluff Bank Robbed of 22000 Dollars
A man armed with a pistol robbed the Broadmoore Branch of the National Bank of Commerce in Pine Bluff Arkansas of 22000 dollars. He fled south on U S 65 in a taxicab, then left the cab and drove off in a pickup after roadblocks were set up. Bank officials say the teller was surprised to see the gun after she looked up while changing a paper bag with the money.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pine Bluff, Ark
Broadmoore
National Bank of Commerce
U.S. 65
Burma Blocks China Envoy
In Rangoon Burma a Red Chinese diplomat was stopped by officials on Monday amid a tense exchange that blocked his entry or contact with local authorities. The incident underscores strains between Burma and China and the diplomat's failed outreach as officials refused to engage.
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Rangoon
Burma
Gzat
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Hammerschmidt and
Gettysburg
Congresseman
John Paul Hammerschmidt
Dwight Eisenhower
Tysburg
Ist Assembly
Baptists
F?. Smith
Blevince
Arkansan
Sheridan
Star
Fred McElroy
VFW
W. R. Lockwood
FVW
Pine Bluff Bank
China
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