Fulton photographs sought for early town feature
Editor seeks public help to locate and loan Fulton images dating to 1900 or earlier for a Hope Star Arkansas Centennial feature. Photos of riverfronts docks buildings and the Red River port are requested, with copies made and originals returned after scanning.
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Red River
Fulton
Hempstead
Star
Arkansas
Brooks Shults
Claude Wilson
Shults
Axl
Wilson
Red River Service
Southwest Arkansas
Rivers Front
Hope Star
Ruling in Ambulance Case Reversed by Arkansas Court
Arkansas Supreme Court ruled a law unconstitutional that let a police chief designate ambulances as emergency vehicles. The ruling overturned a Washington County Circuit decision over a Fayetteville intersection crash involving Harold Rayfart driving an ambulance with a patient from Weatvilly to a Payetteville hospital.
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Little Rock
Arkansas Supreme Court
High Court
Washington County
Fayetteville
Harold Rayfart
Clyde Maldn
Campbell Belline
Hart
Payettevidle
Payettevide
Weatvilly
Oki
Payetteville Hospital
Fred Od
Ted
Flash
U S Official Warns of World Hate Impact
Doyle Best of the Health Education and Welfare Department says the United States faces a threat of world hate while stressing the nation's safety is not in danger. He notes 8 million Americans rely on weekly welfare and 32 states have inadequate health and welfare standards. He spoke to Arkistsids Association of Public Welfare Workers.
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Lipyle
Doyle Best
Health, Education and Welfare Department
Dallas
Gait
United States
Maton
de Teley
Arkitsids
License Errors Anticipated in Driver License Division
Wile lkun B Brady director of the state Revenue Department said unanticipated errors on new driver licenses should be corrected by the Revenue Department. He noted the errors likely stem from new procedures and will be addressed as soon as possible, with authorities urging patience from the public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wile
Lkun
B. Brady
State Revenue Department
Brady
Busing Ban Slows School Aid Debate in Senate
In Washington the Senate debates Dirksen proposed ban on federal funds for busing to achieve desegregation. The measure faces repeated votes and shifts as Griffin and Morse back amendments seek to modify or block funds for busing. Latest votes split 38 38 and 40 38, delaying passage of the $14.2 billion education bill.
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Joe Hall
Associated Press
Washington
Senate
Everett M. Dirksen
Robert P. Griffin
D-Mich
Dirksen
Health, Education and Welfare Department
Congress
Sen
Wayne Morse
Dee
Morse
Giffin
HRW
Griffin
Robert F. Kennedy
Kendaly
Discussion of Vietnam Issues May Curb Violent Protests
Senator Edward M Kennedy argues that discussing Vietnam in primaries could ease violence by shifting debate toward policy rather than force. He expects Johnson's renomination and plans to continue speaking on Vietnam, while avoiding a Massachusetts primary role for the President. The piece covers nationwide antiwar protests, including a New York march led by Dr. Benjamin Spock and poet Allen Ginsberg, with arrests and police actions.
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Vietnam
Associated Press
Whitehall Street
Cent ‘Er
New York City
Dor
Benjamin Spock
Battery Park
Lower Manhattan
Alan Ginsberg
Jack Bell
Washington
Edward M. Kenedy
Sen
Eugene J. McCarthy
D-Minn
Kennedy
Massachusetts
Johnson
McsCarthy
McCarthy
Butennedy
Robert
Dn.y
Areas Eligible for SBA Loans in 24 Arkansas Counties
The SBA regional director said business owners in 24 Arkansas counties may obtain loans if they show they suffered concrete setback this year from a business slowdown or high accounts receivable. The August disaster declaration covered adverse weather, affecting crops in these counties.
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Business Loan
Little Rock
Chris W. Ferguson
The
Small Business Administration
Arkansas
SBA
Agriculture Department
Chilcot
Clay
Cradghead
Crittenden
Crass
Wesha
Drew
Greene
Independence
Jackson
Lawrence
Little River
Lonake
Miler
Mississippi
Monroe
Phillips
Painsett
Prairie
Pulaski
Randalph
St. Francois
White and
Yell
Efficiency Group to Meet in Little Rock to Start Report
The Governmental Efficiency Study Commission plans a meeting in Little Rock to begin work on trimming 600 pages of recommendations to a final report of about 50 pages. The recommendations relate to efficiencies in state government.
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Little Rock
State Governmental Efficiency Study Commission
Reco
Treasury Says No Plan to Force France On Debt
Treasury officials say there is no plan to compel France to repay 6.8 billion dollars tied to World War I debts. They note France owes a share of wartime debt among 17 nations, with UK also owing about 9.76 billion. Officials discuss possible actions like selling gold but emphasize enforcement remains uncertain.
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Treasury
France
Washington
APY
Branee
Balan Wold Watt
Lester Wolff
USS
United States
Bhp
Ant
United
Annual Lions Auction Starts Tonight at KXAR
The 18th annual Lions Club auction opens tonight on KXAR with proceeds rising from 600 to about 3000 over three nights. The event features a Lion Hunt with a random caller winning gifts after a shooting sequence, plus canned food baskets for 100 to 125 recipients and $2500 in merchandise contributions.
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KXAR
Lion Express
U S Admits to Loss of 2956 Planes
AP Military Writer reports Vietnam War losses total 2,956 U S aircraft as of Nov 30 including 1,401 destroyed by enemy action in Vietnam and Southeast Asia and 1,555 lost to hostilities, accidents, or attrition with over $3 billion in losses and bombs dropped surpassing World War II tonnage.
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Bum Horton
Washington
U.S
North
South Vietnam
Defense Department
South
Vietnam
Southeast Asia
Laos
Thailand
Johnson reliance on words over action on steel price rise
President Johnson urged restraint on wages and prices after steel price boosts by U S Steel and Bethlehem Steel. Economic adviser Ackley called for taxes and responsible wage behavior while Johnson rejected emergency controls or tax measures at the press briefing.
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Douglas B. Cornell
Associated Press
Washington AP
Johnson
Gardner Ackley
Fils
U.S. Steel Corp
Ackley
Labor Am
Bethlehem Steel Corp
U.S. Steel
Jolson
Congress
Colelay
Hempstead County Farm Bureau Board Meeting Set
Hempstead County Farm Bureau Board of Directors will meet Thursday night December 7 at 7 00 pm at the Farm Bureau office. Lester Kent, president, urges all members to attend and notes plans for the coming year.
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Hempstead County
Fue Bureau Board of Directors
Lester Kent
Fie
Farm Bureau
Olfivuis SH
Kent
Mieubers
Mitel Etek Pdisalistyation
Wilson Johnson Talks May Bring Vietnam Peace Moves
AP report notes potential early Johnson Wilson talks may discuss an open-end truce and bombing pause to spark Vietnam peace negotiations during Tet. Coverage cites UK participation, UN Security Council options, and Viet Cong NLf representation debates amid ongoing war events.
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Vietnam
AP News Digest
John M. Hightower
Washington
ABC
Johnson
Harold Wilson
Britain
Wilson
North Vietnam
Alexei N. Kosygin
London
U.S
U.N. Security Council
United States
Security Council
National Liberation Front
United Nations
State Department
U.N
U.N. General Assembly
Viet Cong raid devastates Dak Song village in South Vietnam
Reports from the U S Mission say about 26 people were killed and 30 wounded in a Viet Cong raid on Dak Song, a village near the Cambodian border. An official said initial tallies were revised downward to about 20 dead and 30 wounded as 30 to 40 homes burned and an estimated 400 guerrillas were involved. The attack, in a area long active with North Vietnamese and Viet Cong forces, followed two major battles nearby and tested South Vietnamese government protection efforts.
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George Esper
Braga
Saigon
U.S
Dak Song
Sone
Wilbur Wilson
Wilson
Loc Ninh Am Bu Dop
Qftati
Homemakers Plan Yule Program in Hempstead County
The Hempstead County Extension Homemaker Council invites members to a Christmas meeting on December 7, 1967, from 1 30 to 3 30 p m at W O W Hall. The program includes The Meaning of Devotion by several members, a home brightening ideas show, individual club contributions, carols by a singing group, group singing, and installation of 1968 69 County E H Council officers by Southwest District Director Mrs Ernest Graham.
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Hempstead County Extension Homemaker Council
W.O.W. Hall
Walter White
J. E. Adams
Inez Cannon
G. W. Hooten
All Around Town Marine unit aids South Vietnam action
In Vietnam, John D. Samuels of Hope Ark serves with the Second Battalion Sixth Marines First Marine Division as it conducts four large scale search and destroy operations and civic aid projects like wells culverts and school building. Staff Sgt William D Erwin completes a home visit and returns to duty. Also serving: Yeoman Third Class Robert Almand aboard USS Kearsarge in the Gulf of Tonkin. Hempstead County Education Assn sets Dec 7 meeting at Hope Junior High Auditorium to discuss Arkansas Teacher Retirement changes. Local Draft Board 29 seeks William Conway and Eddie Muldrew. contact the Federal Building. Four Hempstead County students join 160 voice choral society performance of Handel Messiah on Dec 10.
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Hempstead County Education Association
Hope Junior High
Arkansas
Thurston Hulsey
Selective Service Local Board 29
Hempstead
Willie Charles Conway
Eddie Gene Muldrew
Draft Board
Federal Building
Hempstead County
Voice
Southern State College Choral Society
Field House
Gayle Willams
Lucy Mc Williams
Hervey
Hope
Laura Beck
Marshall Beck
Branda Evans
Carl Evans
Brenda White
Cecil B, White
Bloying
Pilkinton backs Rebsamen in Arkansas governor bid
HOPE Arkansas James H Pilkinton a former Democratic gubernatorial hopeful urged Raymond Rebsamen of Little Rock to run for governor in 1968 He warned Governor Rockefeller’s administration is a joke and urged a Democratic draft movement to offer Arkansans a better government Pilkinton praised Rebsamen as highly qualified and urged him to enter the race despite last year’s seven man primary showing for Rebsamen
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hope, Ark
James H. Pilkinton
Hope
Little Rock
Raymond Rebsamen
Rebsamen
Pilkinton
Arkansas
New York
Raymond
Winthrop Rockefeller
Democrats
Respectad
Naptite Faubus
Soni
Uae
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Alex HW. Washourn
LBJ
Farm Bureau Board
Nas Tion
Edward M. Kennedy
Lkely
Mekong
Leonard F. Chapman Jr
International
Makarios
Cyprus
William D. Erwin
Vie Vietiam
Joe Erwin
Almnnl
USN
Rovert &, Almand
Prescott Ky
Rearsarge
Gulf of Tonkin
Oat Log Beach
Clit
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