Unemployment Bills Draw Fire From States Rights Faction
The editor discusses HR 8282 and HR 15119 risking federal control of unemployment compensation, warning Florida would face higher costs and inflation risks. The piece argues against wage subsidies and suggests state-based standards. Also notes Nebraska’s tourism litter survey blaming locals over visitors.
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House
Dirksen
Florida
Washington
Miami
Fla
Herald
Fire damages electrical firm at 204 Mocking Bird Lane
Barwick Electric Co. suffered heavy fire damage late yesterday. The blaze began in the baking unit and spread to a wall partition and nearby solvent vats. The front suffered water and fire damage with no immediate loss estimate available. Leads point to extensive damage across the tack room area.
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Barwick Electric Co
Mocking Bird Lane
Showdown on Reserve Callup Near Viet Nam War Debate
Washington report on a Senate clash over authorizing Johnson to call up hundreds of thousands of ready reservists for potential Viet Nam combat duty. McNamara opposes active duty while Russell and Saltonstall push an 18 month reserve callup plan to aid the defense bill. Some GOP senators resist. 500000 could be affected under the proposal amid a still unresolved policy.
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Johnson
Viet Nam
Senate
Richard B. Russell
D-Ga
Leverett Saltonstall
R-Mass
Southeast Asia
Robert
McNamara
White House
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Everett M. Dirksen
GOP
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Lending Rate Hike Brings Plea From Johnson to Banks
Johnson administration urged banks to curb credit expansion as prime lending rates rose to 6 percent. Banks nationwide followed in applying higher rates, likely lifting consumer loan costs while keeping money for personal loans constrained.
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Johnson
Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
Henry H. Fowler
First National City Bank of New York
Senate Will Reopen Bitter TFX Hearing
Senate subcommittee plans to reopen the bitter debate over buying the TFX to save about 1 billion dollars. Sen John L McClellan says the hearing will occur before Navy decides if its F111B variant is useful, with a March or April verdict anticipated. An amendment may be proposed to block Pentagon purchases using unused defense funds.
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Bem Price
Navy
McClellan
Pentagon
Protesters disrupt HUAC hearing in Washington
Antiwar demonstrators disrupt a HUAC session in the old House Office Building as police and marshals guard the room. Seventeen arrests are reported for disorderly conduct amid speeches by Phillip A. Luce and Jeffery Gordon challenging the committee’s stance on Viet Nam and alleged Communist influence.
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United States
Viet Nam
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U.S. Dist. Judge Howard F. Corcorean
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Progressive Labor Movement
Progressive Labor Party
Phillip A. Luce
Communist Party
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Cuba
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Jeffery Gordon
New York
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Final Official Tally Is Made
The Democratic Party released the final official tally of the Aug. 9 runoff primary, naming Jim Johnson the gubernatorial nominee. Totals list Kim Johnson 210,543. Frank Holt 195,442. James Pilkinson 222,311. Claude Carpenter 161,152. Joe Purcell 211,204. Bruce Bennett 184,753. Poeition 228, 250.
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Democratic Party
Jim Johnson
Ne of
State
Kim Johnson
Frank Holt
James Pilkinson
Claude Carpenter
Joe Purcell
Bruce Bennett
Sudreate Cort Poeition
Dob Perghennere
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Work Starts Thursday on 140 Housing Units Costing 1.6 Million
Work begins Thursday on a federal housing project of 140 low cost units costing more than 1.6 million dollars. Jack Bracy North Little Rock contractor plans to start work on four sites with completion expected in about 15 months. Two tracts serve the elderly and two general public near Basket Factory Fair Park Hopewell school and Old Highway 67 areas. Project overseen by the Federal Housing Authority. Mike Kelly heads the City Housing Commission.
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North Little Rock
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Hopewell School
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City Housing Commission
Plane Crash Kills 26 In Vietnamese Village
A U S Marine jet heavily laden with bombs crashed after takeoff from Da Nang, killing at least 26 villagers. The pilot 1st Lt Walter J Doherty survived after his ejection missing a parachute opening, while the wreck ignited homes as U S forces pushed inland in Deckhouse 3 and Toledo operations amid monsoon weather.
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Saigon
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Walter J. Doherty
Gold Hill
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Free
U.S. Marine
South China Sea
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Iwo Dima
South
Viet Nam
Rockefeller Opens His Campaign in Arkansas Town
Winthrop Rockefeller, Republican candidate for governor, toured Winthrop Arkansas, promising remarkable improvements if elected. He opened his general election campaign against Democrat Jim Johnson and invoked what could be done for the people of Arkansas with an elected role in the state.
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Arkansas
Winthrop Rockefeller
Winthrop, Ark
Rockefeller
Jim Johnson
Fayetteville Youth Killed in Train Collision
Fayetteville Arkansas Donald E Poe 17 died Tuesday night when the car he rode in with William Dean 16 collided with a freight train at a railroad crossing Poe son of Mr and Mrs Troy H Poe was riding in Dean who was driving was listed in critical condition at a Fayetteville hospital Another passenger Eugene Cox 17 also of Fayetteville was treated and released from a local hospital.
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Eugene Cox
Fulbright Opens Probe Into U S Viet Nam Propaganda
Senator J W Fulbright chairs a Senate Foreign Relations Committee inquiry into how the United States conducts wartime propaganda. He questions Leonard H Marks on USIA efforts to shape foreign opinion including paying overseas journalists' travel to Viet Nam. The hearing follows Fulbright's long running clash with the Johnson administration.
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Tarry Kelly Washington
Sen
J. W. Fulbright
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
United States
Leonard H. Marks
U.S. Information Agency
Viet Nam
Fulbright
USIA
Johnson
Hubert H. Humphrey
Town Notes and Personnel Movements Amid Local Rumors
Miss Wanda Baker of Emmett underwent surgery August 16 in Houston at The Methodist Hospital. Sgt. William H. Vines left Oakland August 15 for a three year tour in Japan. his wife Martha Stroud and children will remain in Hope. Rumors swirl of independents challenging long-time incumbents in county offices, but no definite filings have occurred. Fireman Apprentice Robert F. Armand of Prescott, Arkansas has joined the U S Seventh Fleet aboard USS Kearsarge in the Viet Nam area, with planned visits to Hawaii Yokosuka Sasula Japan Hong Kong Subic Bay. LSU graduated about 790 students in August commencement on August 12.
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Emmett
Houston
Texas Medical Center
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Houseton
William H. Vines
Oakland
California
Japan
Robert F. Armand
USN
Robert E. Armand
Prescott, Ark
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Kearsarge
Viet Nam
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Sasula
Hong Kong
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Subic Bay
Philippines
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King Daley to Meet on Open Housing in Chicago
AP reports Dr. Martin Luther King Jr and Mayor Richard J. Daley will confer on open housing today with other civil rights leaders. The session, first since July, aims to address alleged discrimination by Chicago firms while not stopping protests. Led by CCRR chair Bishop James Montgomery, the meeting seeks housing justice without urging a halt to marches.
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Martin Luther King Jr
Richard J. Daley
King
Daley
West Side
Chicago Conference On Ice and
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Rt. Wey
James W. Montegomery
Episcopal Diocese of
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