Longest Day of the Year Delayed Press Run
The Star newsroom faced a 4 hour delay due to a sudden failure of the press controller, caused by a faulty Cutler-Hammer unit. An emergency repair by Dean Browning and a forthcoming visit by a factory engineer restored operations, with plans for permanent fix.
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Municipal Water & Light Plant
Cutler-Hammer
Milwaukee
Wisc
United States
Canada
Star
Dean Browning
Browning
Memphis
Oki Natched Press
Lke
Little Rock
Shreveport
GOPs Plan Fight to Cut Budget
Rep. John W. Byrnes leads GOP questioning of Johnsons budget cuts tied to a proposed 10 percent income tax hike. Hearings focus on civilian spending cuts, possible pay raises, and the administration's deficit projections as Schultze, Fowler, and Ackley defend the plan to raise $7.4 billion.
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Edmond Lebreton
Washington
Johnson
Congress
House
Ways and Means Committee
John W. Byrnes
Wisconsin
Wilbur D. Mills, DeArk
Charles L. Schultze
Schultze
Vietnam
Schunze
Treasury
Henry H. Fowler
Gardner Ackley
President’s Council of Economic Advisers
Byrnes
See GOPs PLAN On Page Two Men Like Red Dresses
A mosaic of quips and vignettes surveys public mood and cultural quirks. Hal Boyle riffs on politics consumer habits and social norms from New York while noting Kennedy half dollars circulation and the blend of humor and critique in everyday life.
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Hal Boyle
New York
Nehgborhood
Tax Burden Per Capita Rises Across States in 1966
State local taxes averaged 290 per person in 1966, a 25 rise from 1965, with New York leading at 410 and California 495. Hawaii 365 and South Carolina 188 mark wide regional differences while median per capita tax rose to 287. The study tracks five year trends since 1962.
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Chicago
Commerce Hearing House
Hawaii
New York
South
Texas
South Carolina
California
Alabama
Mississippi
Arkansas
Kentucky
Tennessee
Georgia
North Carolina
CCH
Census Bureau
Commerce Clearing House
District of Columbia
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
Iowa
Kansas
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Nevada
Washington
Wisconsin
Yamine
New Civil Rights Measures Move Through House
In Washington the House backs a civil rights measure as part of the rights bill, with bipartisan support and a late expected passage. A states rights amendment by Basil Whitener would keep state laws in effect if not conflicting with federal law. The package includes federal penalties up to life for interfering with rights actions and follows prior antiriot provisions already approved this year.
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Carl P. Leubsdorf
Washington
House
Senate
Pase Sage
Basil Whitener
D-N
Johnson
Tax reform debate favors decentralized federal power
Rep. David Pryor says the United States needs less rigid Washington control and more state authority. He notes Congress support for decentralizing federal programs and cites a House crime control bill limiting Justice Department funding powers and handing most spending control to states.
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United States
Washington
David Pryor
D-Ark
Pryor
Congress
House
Justice Department
Injuries Fatal to Youth in Lonoke Collision
Seven year old Ronald Roy Restir, son of Ronald L. and Mrs. Hestir of Lonoke, died after his bicycle was struck by a car driven by Ede die Cook of McRae seven miles north of Lonoke on Arkansas Route 3. Police reported the fatal crash occurred Sunday as the boy rode along the road.
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Lonoke
Ark
Ronald Roy Restir
Ronald L. Hestir
Ededie Cook
McRae
Arkansas 3
Loenoke
Spa to Host Natl Meet on Education for Dise advantaged
HOT SPRINGS Ark AP a two day national conference on education for culturally disadvantaged children will be held here Sept 7 8 the South Central Region Educational Laboratory announced Monday.
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Hot Springs
Ark
South Central Region Educational Laboratory
Vietnam Soldiers May Vote Twice For Thieu Ky
Saigon AP report quotes Tran Van Huong alleging soldiers can vote twice once at bases and once at home amid claims of voters cards issued for both districts. He accuses the regime of intimidation and cites use of government transport and even American helicopters for campaigning. Huong plans to campaign with nine civilian candidates near Bien Hoa for the Sept. 3 vote.
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Barry Kramekk
Saigon
Tran van Huong
Presiden
South Vietnam
Forever
Bien Hoa
Nguyen van Thieu
Nguyen Cao Ky
Huong
Friends of Friends
Thieu
Huang
U.S
Program Will Determine Skill for Prairie Grove Students
The South Central Region Education laboratory has chosen the first four grades of Prairie Grove School District for its Test Innovation program in Arkansas. SCREL aims to assess basic skills in about 180 students and gauge their views on parents siblings school and education. Results will be reviewed to develop new teaching methods and strategies to keep children in school.
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Little Rock
South Central Region Education Laboratory
Prairie Grove
Arkansas
Gwen Nelson
SCREL
Document claims U.S. sought Soviet aid in Vietnam coalition
A captured North Vietnamese document dated April 10 1966 alleges the United States planned to ask the Soviet Union to help form a coalition government in South Vietnam including Communists. The draft notes a U.S. aim to install a prime minister named by France and vice premiers named by the United States and a Viet Cong spokesperson Tho. State Department officials disputed the portrayal of official U.S. policy and no evidence of direct contact is provided. The report by Le Duan is cited as originating from Hanoi’s reunification department.
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Bob Horton
Washington
North Vietnam
Merarchy
United States
U.S
National Liberation Front
Viet Cong
South Vietnam
State Department
Famo Ar
le Duan
Workers Party of North Vietenam
Nguyen van Vinh
Hanoi
Duan
Soviet Union
Tho
Nguyen Tho
Accu
Areta
Vietnam
Panhandle
Red China
Everett M. Dirksen
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Johnson
China
Tran van Huong
Bude
Congress
Fletcher Is Sentenced to Life FAYETTEVILLE ARK
Fletcher, 32, of Lincoln, was sentenced to life for first degree murder and 21 years for a related intent to kill after pleading guilty. Circuit Court accepted recommendations to avoid the death penalty. victims Deputy Sheriff Castro Robertson and Chief Deputy Maurice Southern were shot after arrests for rifle thefts. Fletcher was captured by state police hours later.
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Fayetteville, Ark
Herb Fletcher
Lincoln
Washington County
Lfe
Circuit
Atty
Ted Coxsey
Bere Tyville
Fletcher
Castro Robertson
Fayetteville
Maurice Southern
van Bureen
Alma
Thomas Butts
Maupin Cummins
Robertson
Rails Again Hit Near China Border
The U S Command said North Vietnamese forces shot down a U S Navy reconnaissance plane near the Chinese border while photographing damage from a prior raid. The two man crew was listed as 49 missing. The warplane was the 642nd lost in the conflict. B52 bombers attacked the DMZ and southern North Vietnam, while Navy and Air Force units conducted raids on Lang Son rail and highway bridges and other targets. Ground fighting near Saigon was minimal with no significant contacts in allied battalion operations.
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George Esper
Saigon
U.S
Red China
RASC
North
Lang Son
Demilitarized Zone
Con Thien
Dong Ha
North Vietnam
Hanoi
Haiphong
South Vietnam
Portland
U.S. Army
Dmz
Petition Seeks New Hearing in Walker Murder Case
Attorneys for James Dean Walker of Reno have asked federal Judge J Smith Henley to take jurisdiction and grant a petition for a new hearing in the 1969 fatal shooting of North Little Rock Patrolman Jerrell Vaughan. The motion cites unresolved remedies and notes prior orders by Judge Henley, with defense counsel asserting key witnesses' availability issues and requests for consideration under exhausted procedures.
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Little Rock
James Dean Waleer
Reno
New
North Little Rock
Jerrell P. Vaughan
J. Smith Henley
Grant Walker
Henley
Walker
J. Kirby
Mareeat
Shamer Jackson
Avalibie
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