Interstate 30 opens Fulton to Texarkana in historic upgrade
The piece notes Kansas City Southern limits passenger service and links the opening of Interstate 30 from Fulton to Texarkana with shifting transport dynamics. It reflects on highway networks expanding like rail into modern, nationwide mobility, comparing past streetcars to today’s super highways and the decline of rail passenger routes.
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Kansas City Southern
Elifion
Fulton
Texarkana
Anne
Cairo & Fulton
Missouri
City of
Hope
Allertea
Wilkes-Barre
Bar
Everoent
Virginia
Shenanedeat Valley
Washington
Baltmore
Philadelphia
New York
Raffie
Betwood Fulton
Heck Vet
Dalton
Board Won't Object to Search Audit
State penitentiary discussion centers on audit authority and compliance. Officials report Cabot and Arch districts involved, with no formal Board objection to the ongoing inquiry. Details remain unsettled as the audit timeline and scope are reviewed by the administration.
Bank Burglary Charges Filed In Marshall Federal Court
Charges of bank burglary were filed Thursday in Federal Court at Marshall Texas against Jitties Hedtves, 39, an escapee, listed as being connected to Arkansas. The case details remain incomplete in the report.
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Waskom
Tex
Marshall
Jitties Hedtves
Arkansas
A and M Seeks Name Change Proposal
A M College weighs changing its name to reflect Arkansas state status. The board approved a proposal Thursday to inform Gov Winthrop Rockefeller and seek legislative support. The move aims to align the school's name with its mission and location in Monticello Arkansas.
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Montica Gto
Ark
Arkansas Akam College
Tugth Ackreds State College
Istitutian’s
Winthrop Rockefeller
No Tax Hike Before 1968 Says Mills
AP report from Washington quotes Wilbur Mills of the House Ways and Means Committee saying no income tax hike this year but possible in 1968 if Johnson spending cuts are not sufficient He notes hearings on the 10 percent surcharge and spending cut plan will pause until more for action. expects Budget Director Schultze to discuss with the Appropriations Committee The administration argues urgency for prompt action but Mills questions completion before January 1 and calls for larger cuts to support tax relief or a future increase.
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Edmond Lebreton
Associated Press
Washington (Ap
Johnson
Wilbur D. Mills
House
Ways and Means Committee
Mills
Congress
Arkansas Democrat
Charles L. Schultze
House Appropriations Committee
Church Plans Youth Night at First United Pentecostal
The public is invited to a Youth Service at First United Pentecostal Church Friday night at 7:30. Rev Lane, the pastor, says the program will include music songs and skits for attendees.
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First United Pentecostal Church
Lane
Many Areas Digging Out of Show
Residents from Washington to New York cleared snow after the first heavy storm of the season. Up to 12 inches fell across Virginia Maryland Pennsylvania New Jersey and New York as schools closed and stores cut hours. Flights were disrupted at Washington National and Baltimore area airports while Dulles remained operational.
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Washington
New York
Seaboard
Virginia
Maryland
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Washington National Airport
Friendship International Airport
Baltimore
Dulles International Airport
Chantilly
Laurel Race Course
Laurel
Astronaut Lousma to Speak at Youth Council Meeting
Martine May Jack Robert Lousma an astronaut will keynote a Saturday gathering of Gov Winsthrop Rockefeller's Youth Council. The event at Winrock Farms on Petit Jean Mountain is expected to draw about 250 youths.
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Little Rock
Martine May
Jack Robert Lousma
Winsthrop Rockefeller
Youth Council
Winrock Farms
Petit Jean Mountain
Conspiracy to Dump Santa Claus Brings Plea to Save Him
New York AP columnist HAL BOYLE makes a spirited defense of Santa Claus against a modern anti Christmas conspiracy. He argues the myth remains a global, endearing symbol, despite overcommercialization and critics who call Christmas a business ploy.
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Santa Claus
Hal Boyle
New York
Christmay
Christiastide
Daeheon Club
Greillties
McNamara Faces World Bank Move Amid Johnson Support
President Johnson defends Defense Secretary McNamara amid criticism and confirms his resignation to become head of the World Bank. Johnson says McNamara is satisfied with the handling and will part with warm feelings.
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Frank Cormier
Associated Press
Washington
Johnson
Robert
McNamara
Pentagon
107-Nation Bank
Lafayette Man Farmer of Year
Joyce Endstey of Lafayette County and his family were named Arkansas Farm Family of the Year at a Little Rock banquet. Endlsey runs a 4,000 acre farm near Bradley with cotton, soybeans, alfalfa and a 275 head beef herd. he started farming in 1951 as a laborer earning 25 cents hourly.
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Little Rock
Joyce Endstey
Lafayette County
Arkansas Farm
Erdisey
Bradley
Endlsey
Endsley
Beuu Carol
Dorothea
Becky
Pat
Beth
Federal judge urged delay on desegregation of Arkansas boys schools
Arkansas Attorney General's office asked Judge Oren Harris to await a special legislative session before ordering desegregation of Pine Bluff and Wrightsville boys' training schools. Assistant AG Robert D. Smith said a bill to consolidate boys and girls schools under one board is likely for the session called by Governor Rockefeller between January and February. The bill would classify each school by offender type and aims to meet court orders without legislative interference.
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Oren Harris
Torney General’s Office
Pine Bluff
Wrightsville
Aly
Robert D. Smith
Winthrop Rockefeller
Smith
Arkansas Legislative Council
See McNaMARA On Page 2 See McNaMARA
Thalia Geist of Hempstead County Revenue Office urges 1968 license holders to visit the nearest Revenue Office to obtain a validation stamp before use. Mailed to 950,000 with fees set by birth year, mail renewal planned, and new sticker colors red blue green for odd even birth years and chauffeurs.
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Thalia Geist
Hempstead
Arkansas
The
Revenue Department
Arkansas State Revenue
County Revenue Office
Fighting Erupts On Two Fronts In Vietnam War News
U S Marines drive North Vietnamese from bunkers near Con Thien after a four hour close quarter battle that left 26 enemy and 15 Americans dead and 54 wounded. A U S infantry battalion near Bu Dop on the Cambodian border fights off a large Communist force with air strikes and napalm after repelling an initial assault. Lieutenant Colonel James Cochran III commands the reinforced 1st Division unit with claims of at least 100 enemy KIA.
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Saigon
Con Thien
U.S
Demilitarized Zone
Bu Dop
South Vietnam
Cambodia
U.S. 1St Infantry
Associated Press
John T. Wheeler
Bo Dop
Bo Due
1St Division
James F. Cochran
Tallahassee
Fla
Vietnam politics and military updates amid 1968 tensions
Two Democratic senators oppose U S Vietnam policy and consider McCarthy’s campaign impact. A Marine front incursion near the DMZ resurfaces as an Army battalion at Bu Dop is reported entailed. Two thirds of South Vietnam’s population now lives in secure areas per a computer report. Draft Director Hershey notes fewer draft cards than expected from antiwar demonstrators. The Pentagon taps commercial airliners to speed ammunition to Vietnam. Johnson cites McNamara’s World Bank move as reflecting his aims, while possible higher 1968 taxes loom. International moves include Canada’s tax hikes, U Thant’s Cyprus appeal. domestically GM UAW council meets on a strike, and Cuba refugees begin third year of airlift.
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U.S. Vietnam
Eugene J. McCarthy
U.S. Marine Front
Demilitarized Zone
Bu Dop
South Vietnam
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Hershey
Pentagon
Washington
Johnson
Defense
McNamara
World Bank
Wilbur D. Mills
House
Ways and Means
International
U Thant
Greece
Turkey
Cyprus
GP Workers Vote on Firm Offer in Crossett
GP workers union Local 5475 in Crossett Arkansas set a 6 pm vote on ratifying a Georgia-Pacific plywood firm offer to end a five week strike at two Crossett plants. If approved, operations would restart Monday. details of Thursday’s proposal remained unreleased pending the vote.
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Crossett, Ark
International Woodworkers of America
Georgia - Pacific Corp
Crossett
Jim Nichols
Georgia- Pacific
Hope High Junior Class car wash and bake sale notices
The Hope High School Junior Class sponsors a car wash Saturday December 2 at the Fire Department building starting 5 am and a bake sale at 10 am the same day in front of Penney's on Second Street downtown. Also included are local notices on forestry seedling orders, a field trip by University of Arkansas students to study urban growth, a theater production by Southern State College, a promotion for T Sgt Franklin Beaty, and activities for a fitness program at Jones Field House plus a Hope Flying Club meeting and FAA film show at the Chamber of Commerce office.
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Hope High School
Fire Department
Penney's
Second Street
Jones Field House
Higgins
Hope Flying Club
Chamber of Commerce
Possible Peace Meet Thwarted in Saigon report
Sources said a proposed meeting between U.S. officials and Viet Cong National Liberation Front representatives in Saigon was thwarted when South Vietnamese police arrested the VC envoy. The U.S. embassy denied any planned talks without Saigon’s knowledge and cautioned that reports of such meetings were false.
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Welfale
U.S. Ambassis
der Ellsworth
Bunker
Viet Cong
National Liberation Front
U.S
Vc-Nlf
Associated Press
GVN
South Vietnam
Central Intelligence Agency
South Vietnamese
House of Representatives
CIA
Creighton W.W. Abrams
Vietnam
Eugene
United States
Interstate 30 from Fulton to Texarkana opens today
TEXARKANA Ark AP Interstate 30 from Texarkana east to the Red River will be completed today when the Arkansas Highway Department opens 6.06 miles of the highway between Homan in Miller and Fulton in Hempstead County This will bring the total miles of interstate highways open in Arkansas to 30441 miles and raise the completed length to 83 22 miles
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Texarkana
Red River
Arkansas Highway Department
Homan
Miller
Owrsty
Fulton
Hempstead County
Arkansas
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South Arkansas Optometric Society
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University of Ar
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Larry Moore
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Southern State College Theater
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