Mail rate reform urged amid third class mail concerns
A syndicated column urges citizens to press congress on postal rates, arguing third class mail burdens taxpayers and drives mail volume. It calls for a breakdown of mail classes to show how unsolicited third class items dominate daily loads and warns against expanding advertising funded by the public. The piece cites Ken Hechler and notes crime rehabilitation trends from Dr. George Beto in Texas.
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U.S. House
Ken Hechler
West Virginia
House
Sube
Congress
Columbus (Ga
Enquirer
George Beto
Texas
Dr. Beto
Beto
Dallas
Tex
Times Herald
State Act Triggers Vaccine Shortage in Arkansas
The 1967 act requiring schoolchildren to be immunized against diphtheria tetanus smallpox polio and measles has created unprecedented demand. State Health Department clinics report vaccine shortages as manufacturers delay new shipments. Dr. Edgar J. Easley, assistant state health officer, stated the issue Thursday.
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Little Rock
Edeger J. Easley
Israel and Jordan file more charges over repatriation
Israeli and Jordanian officials traded charges as only 355 refugees reached Israeli held Jordanian crossings at Allenby Bridge and Umm As-Shurat. The Red Cross said about 1,000 would cross, while Jordan claimed 167,500 of over 200,000 Arabs want repatriation. Israel doubts more than 35,000 can return before August 31. Crossings paused for the Jewish Sabbath, risking a tighter deadline. Officials blamed timing and eligibility lists, with Red Cross awaiting faster flow to 4,000 daily next week.
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Jordan
Israel
Red Cross
Umm As-Shurat
Jordan River
Interior Ministry
Abdullah Rafee
Hearing Set for Release of Arkansan
SEARCY Ark AP Circuit Judge Elmo Taylor set a hearing for September 6 on a habeas corpus petition by Carland Hammond a Searcy motel operator accused of stealing 24000 from Morris Lucia Baton Rouge Louisiana Hammond was released on 25000 bond pending the hearing and potential appeal to the Arkansas Supreme Court if the writ is granted Gov Rockefeller has signed extradition papers though Hammond attorney Darrell Hickman alleges the extradition process and Louisiana demand papers were improper and not sufficiently charge Hammond with a crime
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Searcy
Ark
Elmo Taylor
Carland Hammond
Morris Lucia
Baton Rouge
Hammond
Arkansas Supreme Court
Taylor
Winthrop Rockefeller
Darrell Hick
Man
State Printing Contracts for a Year Only
LITTLE ROCK AP The state Printing Specifications Review Committee finished revising state printing and stationery contracts for next year. Secretary of State Kelly Bryants asked to have contracts ready for bidders by Sept 1 to allow bid opening Oct 1. The contracts will be limited to one year instead of two as in the past.
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Little Rock
State Printing Specifications Review Committee
Kelly Bryant
Senators Split Votes on Foreign Aid Bill
Washington AP report notes Arkansas Senators Fulbright and McClellan, both Democrats, split their votes on the $2.6 billion Foreign Aid bill with Fulbright supporting the approval and McClellan opposing, reflecting a political division within the delegation.
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Washington
Arkansas
R. William Fulbright
John L. McClellan
Fulbright
McClellan
Stephens Seen as Possible Governor Candidate in Arkansas
Little Rock AP reporting Sen. Guy H. Jones says former Gov. Faubus could reclaim the governorship, but the standout would be Stephens if freed from business. Jones questions Jim Johnson’s re election prospects and sees U S Rep. Pryor as potential governor in 1968. He also mentions a possible run for lieutenant governor.
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Little Rock
Guy H. ‘Mutt
Jones
Coneway
Orval Faubus
Stephens
The
Arkansas Louisiiana Gas Co
Jim Johnson
Jim
State Firm Gets Stock Exchange Seat
Arkansas investment firm Dobbs Sullivan Trulock Co Inc of Little Rock and Pine Bluff acquired a seat on the New York Stock Exchange becoming the first Arkansas based firm to hold one. Walter Trulock VII said the seat came from Robert Boltt. The move comes as Gov. Rockefeller’s representative hailed it as progress for Arkansas business. The firm will trade via a correspondent and expects savings on brokerage fees. Dobbs Sullivan Trulock with 24 registered representatives is the state’s largest securities firm.
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Little Rock
Davis Sullivan
Maurice Britt
Winthrop Rockefeller
Arkansas
Trulock
Memphis
Oklahoma
Mississippi
Indiana
Vilas and Hickey
Dobbs Sullivan Co
Truelock — Co
Exchange
Dobbs Sullivan
Woman Dies in Michigan Explosion at Marshall restaurant
In Marshall Michigan a blast ripped out the front of the Tasty Sandwich shop killing Mrs Nola Puyear wife of the proprietor William Puyear. Police said the state police crime laboratory and the FBI were informed and the injury count included three unhurt customers and the husband. An unconfirmed report suggested Mrs Puyear opened a package received by mail when the explosion occurred.
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Marshall, Mich
Marshall
Nola Puyear
William Puyear
Michigan
State Police Crime Laboratory
FBI
Thinks State Has Outgrown Constitution in Arkansas
Arkansas has outgrown its 1874 constitution and deserves a new one, said Joe Neff Basore of Cherokee Village at a civic club. Basore, a former Democratic lieutenant governor candidate, argued the current charter limits development, noting amendments added “new good” but calling the patchwork inferior and unsatisfactory.
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Harrison
Ark
Arkansas
Shoppers Wed in Boone Supermarket Ceremony
Walter Clark and Sharon K. Stewart both 18 wed Wednesday inside a Boone North Carolina supermarket at the meat counter with Justice of the Peace Dave Hodges conducting the ceremony in front of two passing shoppers. An elderly shopper queried for jar lids during the moment.
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Boone, N.C
Walter Clark
Sharon K. Stewart
Boone
Bristol
Franklin the Essex carrier lingers at Norfolk base
George W. Wilbur recalls the World War II era carrier Franklin once famed as a mighty Essex class ship. At Norfolk Naval Base she sits damaged and listing, stripped of flags, its crew long gone, while the Forrestal returns to fight again. The 1943 launch at Newport News and 724 dead, 265 wounded mark its costly war record.
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George W. Wilbur
Associated Press
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Hampton Roads
Big Ben
Forrestal
Vietnam
Norfolk
Newport News
Pacific
United States
Guam
Rota
Marianas
Iwo Jima
Douglas MacArthur
Philippines
Honshu
Kobe
North Korean Farmers Defect to South Korea
Police report two North Korean farmers crossed the heavily guarded DMZ dividing the Korean peninsula and entered South Korea Thursday. With this pair, four defectors have been confirmed from the North this week.
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Seoul
South Korea
Zong
Aurns Ber
Flying Farmers Name Officers
L Karl McDonnell of Archie Missouri was elected president of the Flying Farmers at their 22nd annual meeting in Hot Springs Arkansas succeeding James R Oliver of Stuttgart Arkansas. The appointment marks a leadership change in the international agricultural group with McDonnell set to guide the organization.
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Flying Farmers Name Officers
Hot Springs
Ark
L. Karl McDonnell
Archie, Mo
International
Flying Farmers
James Fr, Oliver
Stuttgart
Faubus Says 26 Listed for the Ax
The Madison County Record reports that 26 state government figures face dismissal as rapidly as the administration acts. The paper notes Col. Carl Hinkle Jr. and Col. Carl Miller resignations, Altenbaumer denial of 50 percent forestry job demands, and Rockefeller plans to gain control of the state Bank Board, with impatience among supporters.
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Wuntsville
Atk
Madison County
Orval Faubus
Truman Altenbaumer
Republican Party
Forestry Department
Altenbaumer
Fred Lange
Lange
Hot Springs
Col
Carl Hinkle Jr
Arkansas Industrial Development Commission
Carl Miller
State Police
Miller
Clark
Rusty” Ralston
State Police Comemission
Winthrop Rockefeller
State Forestry Commission
Rockefeller
State Bank Board
Memphis votes against liquor by the drink in first referendum
Memphis and Shelby County voters rejected a proposal to legalize liquor by the drink under Tennessee's new law. Final returns from 196 precincts: 52,240 in favor, 61,827 opposed, with about one fourth of registered voters casting ballots. A second vote is planned for Sept. 28 in Nashville.
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Memphis
Shelby County
Tennessee
Nashville
Knoxville
Chattanooga
186 Missions Flown By U S Planes
U S Command reports three additional warplane losses in North Vietnam as air raids intensify. On Friday U S pilots flew 186 missions, the second highest daily total this war, while B 52 bombers pounded targets in the A Shay Valley near Laos. Casualties cited: nine Americans dead, 99 wounded. North Vietnamese losses 135. Ground fighting continued with scattered clashes across South Vietnam.
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George McArthur
Associated Press
Saigon
North Vietnam
United States
U.S. Command
U.S
North
A Shay
South Vietnam
Laos
Hanoi
Demilitarized Zone
Red Capital
Haiphong
Ngoc Kuyat
Washington
Hero’s Son
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