Tree farms celebrate 25th anniversary in AFPI notes
The 1966 silver anniversary of the American Tree Farm System highlighted by Savannah Morning News and Memphis Commercial Appeal pieces. AFPI cites world wood demand growth to 1975 and benefits of tree farms including watershed protection and jobs. Also notes rail freight cost reductions offset inflation, per Daniel Loomis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Tree Farm System
American Forest Products Industries, Inc
Food and Agricultural Organization of the
U.N
AFPI
Ployer
Savannah
Nis
Daniel P. Loomis
Association Ofmerican Railroads
Memphis
Tenn
Kosygin Reappointed Soviet Premier in Brezhnev Era
Kosygin was unanimously reappointed prime minister by the Supreme Soviet on Brezhnev's recommendation. Following the new parliament's start, all ministers submitted resignations as Osygin prepared a fresh cabinet list for later approval. Indications suggested major shifts in the government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Alexei Nosygin
Supreme Soviet
Secrrary Leonid I. Brezhnev
Soviet Communist Party
Council of Ministers
Osygin
Ching Rice to Go to Pakistan
Rawalpindi reports that Communist China signed an agreement to supply 100,000 tons of rice to Pakistan with immediate delivery to East Pakistan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ching Rice
Pakistan
Rawalpindi
China
East Pakistan
Sniper blasts sharpen push for federal gun control bill
AP News Analyst James Marlow reports the Austin Texas sniper attack involving Charles Whitman renews calls for federal gun curb laws. Despite past opposition, President Johnson and aides press for tougher limits on firearm sales, while lawmakers warn against rushing amid public shock and partisan skepticism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Marlow
Washington
Congress
Austin
Tex
Charles Joseph Whitman
John F. Kennedy
Lee Harvey Oswald
Kennedy
Johnson
Senate
Judiciary Committee
Bil D. Moyers
Waite House
Cone Press
Roman L. Hruska
Re-Neb
Thomas J. Dodd
D-Conn
Subcommittee
Fogleman Endorsed for Arkansas Supreme Court
The Hempstead County Bar Association endorsed John A. Fogleman for the Arkansas Supreme Court in its regular session on Tuesday August 2. The endorsement cites his qualifications and notes Eastern Arkansas has long lacked a Supreme Court judge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hempstead County Bar Association
John A. Fogleman
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Supreme Court
Eastern
Arkansas
Farm income hits record height in Arkansas in 1965 66
Arkansas farmers report cash income through June 1966 totaling 216 028 000 from crops and livestock, up from 203 506 000 last year as 1965 set a state record with about 915 507 000 in cash sales. Drought may reduce later yields while 1966 government payments likely rise about a third from 1965.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gordon Brown
Associated Press
Washington (Ap
Arkansas
Agriculture Department
Department
Rockefeller-Britt campaign opens regional HQ Friday
The Southwest Arkansas Regional Headquarters of the Rockefeller-Britt campaign will open Friday at 5 p.m. at 116 East Third St in Hope. Alfred E. Cross of Texarkana is named Southwest Arkansas Regional Director, with receptionists Mrs. Cross and Mrs. Esther White. Attending will be candidate Rockefeller, Maurice Britt, Jerry Thomasson, and supporters. The Southwest region covers Hempstead Howard Sevier Little River Miller Nevada and LaFayette Counties and regional offices will serve each area with additional HQs in some counties. Cross, 70, a former insurance salesman, is active in the American Legion Lions Club and Beech Street Baptist Church, with a long service record in local civic roles.
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Southwest Arkansas
Rockefeller-Britt
East Third St
Hope
Alfred E. Cross
Locust Street
Texarkana
Cross
Esther White
Park Drive
Win Rockefeller
Maurice “Footsie” Britt
Jerry Thomasson
American Legion
Arkansas General Assembly
Lions Club
Beech Street
Senate units punt strike issue to LBJ amid talks
The Senate refused to order compulsory arbitration if the 27 day airline strike ends by bargaining within a proposed six month back to work period. A Lausche plan for a five man board to settle the dispute was rejected, as Congress and Johnson consider a compromise sharing responsibility for any back to work order affecting 35 000 machinists across five airlines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter R. Meats
Washington
Senate
Congress
Frank J. Lausche
Ohio
Afl-Cio Machinists
Lausche
Johnson
Walter R. Mears
Eversett M. Dirksen
Afl-Cio International Association of Machinists
Eastern
National
Northwest
Trans World
United
White House
Gunman Toll in Texas Now Is 16
Governor Connally met with Texas law officials to discuss the Charles Whitman mass shooting that left 16 dead and 31 wounded. Bodies of Whitman and his mother to be buried in Lake Worth Florida. Autopsy reports mention a brain tumor possibly causing pain. A UT psychiatrist described Whitman as self centered and egocentric.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Vex
John B. Connady
Texas
Charles Joseph Whitman
Whitman
Lake Worth
Fla
Connally
Rio de Janeiro
Dallas
John F. Kennedy
Col
Homer Garrison
Texas Department of Public Safety
Washington
Johnson
Senate
University of Texas
Maurice Dean Heatly
Whit Man
Heatly
Charlie
Walking to Work Tops Hal Boyle List of Notions
Hal Boyle lists everyday items he believes deserve underrating. Walking to work improves mood and health, while some items like horseshoe pitching and carbon paper he notes as quietly valuable. The column mixes humor with reflection on modern life and enduring habits.
U.S. Helos Reinforce Amid Cambodian Border Battles
Helicopters ferried heavy U.S. troop reinforcements into the central plateau near Cambodia as three days of fighting intensified. The 1st Cavalry Division joined the 25th to push back North Vietnamese forces, while Haiphong depot strikes and air battles marked the broader air war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Tuckman
Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
Cambodia
U.S. 1St Cavalry
North Viet Nam
Haiphong
Hanoi
Navy
1St Cavalry
Bi2s
Chu Phong
25Th Division
Plei Me
Paul Revere
Pleiku City
Phyliss
Gulf of Tonkin
Communist China
Demilitarized Zone
North
Corinth Baptist Revival Opens August 7 Near Bodcaw
Revival services begin Sunday August 7 at Corinth Missionary Baptist Church near Bodcaw with morning and night worship through the next week. Elder W. E. Thomason of Prescott will preach. Pastor Elder Hollis Dillard leads the church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corinth Missionary Baptist Church
Bodcaw
W. E. Thomason
Prescott
Hollis Dillard
Howard Co. is Low on Assessments
LITTLE ROCK AP The state Assessment Co-ordination Department said seven Arkansas counties are below the required 18 per cent level of property tax assessment. Counties had until December 31 to reach the target to continue receiving full turnback funds. Cleveland 14 per cent Dallas 15 per cent Prairie 15 per cent Crittenden Howard St Francis 16 per cent Lee 17 per cent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock
State Assessment Co-ordination Department
Arkansas
Cleveland
Dallas
Prairie
Crittenden
Howard and St. Francis
Lee
Medicare approves Hempstead County Memorial Hospital
Joe D. Harrison on behalf of Texarkana Social Security Office notified Charles W. Wilson that Hempstead County Memorial Hospital has been approved for participation in the Medicare program retroactive to July 1, 1966. Eligible patients since that date will have most hospital bills paid by Medicare. the hospital began as a 60 bed facility in 1955 with a 30 bed nursing home added in 1961 and currently operates at about 75 percent capacity with 105 employees, expected to rise as Medicare participation continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe D. Harrison
Otis A. Blackwood
Texarkana Social Security Office
Chareles W. Wilson
Hempstead County Memorial Hospital
Memorial Hospital
Wilson
Hempstead County
July Rainfall and Heat Record at Fruit & Truck Branch
The month recorded an official 4.83 inches of rainfall and a high of 100 degrees on the 16th. Data from the Fruit & Truck Branch Experiment Station notes the totals and weather conditions, with accompanying transcript details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fruit & Truck Branch
Psychology for Young Politicos
The American University is opening an educational center to train graduate students in political psychology and mass persuasion to counter Communist propaganda. Sponsored by Arthur Meyerhuff Associates of Chicago, the center will serve students entering government or foreign service and be headed by Dr. Stephen H. Chowe of McLean, Virginia, a former military intelligence officer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
The
American University
Arthur Meyerhuff Associates, Inc
Chicago
Stephen H. Chowe
McLean
Military Intelligence Service
Racial unrest rattles Omaha and other cities
An explosion wrecked an Omaha filling station amid racial tension. Police seek a six white men seen fleeing. Across Chicago Providence Perth Amboy and Atlanta separate disturbances left hundreds involved and numerous injuries. Police boosted patrols as authorities planned investigations and arrests, including a pending traffic case against Lemuel Schultz.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Omaha
Neb
Chicago
Providence
Perth Amboy
N.J
Atlanta
Near North Side
Frank Morrison
A. V. Sorensen
Sorensen
Northwest Side
Southwest Side
B. C. Basham
Lemuel
B. Schultz
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
Deficit Drops in Foreign Exchange
Secretary of the Treasury Henry H. Fowler reports preliminary figures indicate a substantial drop in the U S balance of payments deficit during the second quarter this year. He declined to cite exact figures but said we are holding our own despite Viet Nam war outlays. Last year’s deficit was 1.35 billion dollars, about half of 1964.
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Foreign Exchange Washington
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Kosygin
Fogleman
LBJ
Hal Boyle
New York
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Mars
Corinth
Howard Co
Medicare
Psychology For Young Politicos
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