Hickel Sees City Flood Damage From Alaska Disaster
Governor Hickel toured Fairbanks as floodwaters rose, flooding the downtown and threatening Ure. Hospitals evacuated, 62 patients moved to Ft Wainwright. 80 percent of businesses damaged, losses in the millions. Police cars and fire engines flooded. airport road inundated. Federal aid planned with food, clothing for Fairbanks and Nenana.
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Earl of Stanhope Dies at 66 in England
SEVENOAKS England AP the Earl of Stanhope a House of Lords member died at his ancestral home near here He was 66 A senior Knight of the Garter a former Grenadier Guards officer he earned the Distinguished Service Order and Military Cross in the Boer War and World War I In 1959 he donated Chevening a 17th century 50 room mansion and 3500 acre estate to the nation and provided 250000 pounds to maintain it He urged use as a country home for the prime minister or royal family and sought access for Prince Charles He left no family Lady Stanhope died in 1940.
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Tax plans and economic signals in early reform debates
The article outlines Byrnes and others debating a 0 percent extra tax and possible different rates for individuals and corporations. It notes a Commerce Department revision of gross national product to $8.8 billion in Q2, signaling slower growth than prior inflation fears. It also details state per capita tax burdens in 1965 and record state and local tax collections totaling $56.7 billion, led by New York at $7.485 billion.
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Couple Ousted From New House in Pine Bluff Urban Renewal
Judge Lawrence Dawson ruled Monday that Mr and Mrs Aaron Cash must move within 10 days from their home in an urban renewal area. A Sept 1 hearing was set to fix the property price after the Pine Bluff Urban Renewal Agency filed a condemnation suit for the Cash residence within a 72 acre tract that includes the civic center. The agency offered 8893 dollars, which the Cash couple rejected as inadequate.
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Alabama teachers reluctant to transfer amid desegregation orders
Alabama school superintendents report reluctance from both white and Negro teachers to transfer to desegregated schools. In Lowndes County most white teachers resigned, leaving Fort Deposit with mostly white pupils and no Negro teachers, while Selma sees more white teachers volunteering than expected. Officials cite fears of reprisals and hostile climates as hindering compliance with federal court orders.
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Fort Deposit
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Editorial Critical of U S Policy in Vietnam
In an Arkansas Baptist magazine editorial Rev Erwin L McDonald argues the United States should withdraw from Vietnam and leave the North and South Vietnamese differences to the United Nations. He says U S commitments have been met and questions how a country can save its soul by staying involved.
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Arkansas Baptist Newsmagazine
United States
Vietnam
Erwin L. McDonald
United Nations
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Divers seek oil leak from sunken Atlantic tankers
Divers descend to 90 feet in the Atlantic to probe 25 year old mystery of sunken tankers leaking cargoes. Coast Guard reports no clear oil trace near Gulf Trader and R P Resor sites off New Jersey. Officials may siphon any found oil. the project covers 103 sunken ships with potential coastal pollution effects discussed by Donald G. Agger and the Transportation Department.
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British
Drafted Man Has to Stay, Hershey Says
Representative Schweiker accuses Selective Service head Hershey of denying discharge for Leslie E. Brown a Pennsylvania Guardsman drafted after a unit error. Brown sent to Ft Bragg. two administrative foulups delayed his appeal. Guard commander Brantley notes his unit failed to pass along Brown’s second appeal.
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Lewis B. Hershey
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Cites Value of Human Power in Southern Progress
Dr. Lawrence A. Davis president of Arkansas AM&N College at Pine Bluff told the state Conference for Vocational Education Teachers and Coordinators that human power, not black or white power, holds the solution to Southern problems. He urged realism in addressing issues and said Arkansas offers broad vocational training while pushing for higher quality of people and living.
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Arkansas Am&n College
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State Conference For Vocational Education
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Actress Jane Darwell Dies at 87
KOLLYWOOD AP reports actress Jane Darwell died at 87 at the Motion Picture Country home after a heart attack and stroke. She won an Oscar in 1939 for Ma Joad in The Grapes of Wrath and appeared in about 200 films, stage and TV. Born Patti Woodard, she spoke of a new role in Seven from San Antonio and valued her long career.
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San Antonio
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W.R. Woods
Louisville Southern Railroad
Chinese Leaders Defend Peace Talks While Vowing Fight
Duan and Dust argued for tactical negotiations with the United States as a path to peace, while insisting the party will continue fighting if needed. Duan cited a Soviet hint via A N Shelepin suggesting discussions, but Hanoi asserted U S aggressors must be opposed with support from the Soviet Union in any outcome.
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U.S
MOP Claims Louisiana Line Costly
Missouri Pacific Lines seeks to discontinue two passenger trains between Little Rock and Alexandria. Officials testified at an Interstate Commerce Commission hearing that competition from airlines buses and cars makes the routes increasingly costly to operate. The line provides only southern Arkansas service on the north-south path with trains 31 and 32 serving multiple towns. ICC Examiner Hyman Blond oversees the hearing with sessions in Little Rock Monroe and Alexandria. Four unions and conductors oppose the discontinuance.
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Monroe
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Flint Negro mayor resigns over open occupancy dispute
Floyd J. McCree, the nation's only Black mayor of a city with 200000 people, quits after Flint's city commission votes down an open occupancy housing law. He will resign Monday and seek reelection as third ward commissioner, citing failure to represent all citizens. The ordinance aimed to ban housing and lending discrimination and set up procedures to handle complaints, facing opposition over constitutionality and potential referendums.
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Detroit
Alton C. Smith
HUD approves 556,795 grant for North Little Rock center
The Department of Housing and Urban Development announced a 556,795 grant to North Little Rock to finance a Military Heights neighborhood center. The funding supports community facilities and local development efforts in 1950s era urban renewal fashion.
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Department of Housing and Urban Development
North Little Rock
Military Heights
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