Parrot purchases and hijack questions in pan
A light anecdote about a man buying a parrot for 150 dollars after a bidding war, followed by reflections on airline hijackings to Cuba. The author questions why Cuba has returned no hijackers for trial, noting a rare exception of a Mexican exnational aboard an airliner and urging U S action to reclaim hijackers.
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Hawkins Kin Was Fire Says Blaylock
State Welfare Commissioner Len Blaylock fired Carl Stobaugh from Morris ton welfare director post in Cleburne County. He cited partisan politics violations, failure to meet qualifications, placing ineligible persons on welfare rolls, and repeated absences without leave after Stobaugh announced resignation to join his uncle’s staff.
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Len Blaylock
Carl Stobaugh
Morriston
Cle+burne County
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Conway County
Marlin Hawking
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First Negro joins Pine Bluff Chamber Board of Directors
Dr. Lawrence A. Davis, president of Arkansas AMGN College, became the first Black member of the Pine Bluff Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors. He will take office next month on a three year term.
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Associated Press
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Ark
Lawrence A. Davis
Pine Bluff Chamber of Commerce Board of
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Arkansas Amgn College
Agnew Sees Controversy Ahead as Vice President
Palm Springs California AP Spiro T Agnew said he will be as controversial as a vice president as he was as a presidential candidate He predicted an era of renaissance for state governments with flexible spending of federal grants and promised to call the shots as he sees them amid governor complaints about grant distribution and federal control Nixon planned to meet all GOP governors at the conference luncheon and talks with newly elected officials after his arrival in California
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Jack Bell
Palm Springs
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Maryland
Spiro T. Agnew
Richard M. Nixon
Agnew
Nixon
Washington
Richard Nixon
Junior Band Tryouts for Region 4 Concert
Junior High Band students will try out for the Region 4 concert on Saturday December 7 at 9 00 a m. About 500 bandsmen from 30 schools compete to determine school representation. Two hundred players will be chosen by instrument juries trained directors, with tryouts ending by 5 00 p m.
Sales Tax Hike Seems Inevitable for State, Research Report Says
A University of Arkansas Arkansas study released in Little Rock warns Arkansas faces an unavoidable revenue squeeze as expenditures rise. It suggests expanding the sales tax to include services could yield about 8 million dollars annually, with calls for complementary, progressive revenue sources. The report also notes potential 50 million dollars in additional state revenue from broader tax categories and higher personal income taxes.
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Little Rock
Arkansas
University of Arkansas Industrial Research and Extension Center
Charles §. Vanus
Vanus
Venus
Winthrop Rockefeller
Clark defends Walker report as fabrication claim
Atty. Gen. Ramsey Clark described as pure fabrication a publication claiming the Justice Department rewrote the Walker report on violence during the Democratic National Convention. He acknowledged advance copies and said changes were only deletions of comments on cases under investigation. The Chicago Tribune cited a source alleging Clark influenced the final draft released in Washington.
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Justice Department
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Chicago
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Arty
Chicago Tribune
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Chesly Manly
National Commission On the Causes and Prevention
Daniel Walker
Chicago Crime Commission
Mills
Identity Parlor Game Questions Selfhood and Humor
HAL BOYLE suggests identity is a popular parlor game in New York. He offers a playful test to categorize people as animal mineral vegetable or human and poses questions about self image, trust, justice, debt, and bank anxiety to reveal how people see themselves.
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Hal Boyle
New York
Luis Becme
Ciy
Father Tune
Protests Spread Across Colleges Including Brown and Wash U
Protests spread to Brown University and Washington University in St. Louis as violence struck San Francisco State College. Police used pistols and chemical spray to break a 150-strong student mob at SFSU, injuring 32 with two serious. Sixty-one arrests total since Hayakawa reopened the campus. In St. Louis about 40 of 100 Negro students blocked and locked in at the campus police station, demanding action over a Black graduate student’s treatment, while 200 white students occupied another office in support.
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Associated Press
Brown University
Washington University
St. Louis
San Francisco State College
San Francisco College
S.I. Hayakawa
Hayakawa
Joseph Alioto
Congress to Fast-Track Across-Board Pay Increases
President Johnson is expected to urge across the board raises for all federal officials including Nixon. Congress faces a 30 day window after his budget to act or the boosts become law. Proposals include $100,000 to $150,000 for the President and up to $75,000 for the Supreme Court justices. Two accidents reported with minor injuries and a wrong-way yielding citation.
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Associated Press
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Presbyterians to Install New Pastor
The Rev. James Sewell will be officially installed as pastor of First Presbyterian Church at 7 pm Sunday December 4. Ouachita Presbytery ministers and elders participate with Rev. Harry Osborne of Hot Springs First Church as chairman and Rev. Troy Jarvis of Texarkana directing. Dr. Fitzhugh Spraggins of Arkansas College will deliver the sermon with Sewell and Batesville College classmates. Other elders include A J Daniels of Prescott and Haskell Jones of Hope. Rev. John Fowler of Hot Springs also serves as the fourth minister.
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Texarkana
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Prescott
Haskell Jones
Hope
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Hot Springs
Procedure Table Dispute Could Delay Paris Peace Talks
In Paris, US and North Vietnam clash over conference table shape, square versus rectangular, a sign of broader procedural fights. Xuan Thuy notes the four-party frame. Vance and Ha Van Lau seek rules, aiming to start negotiations next week, despite NL F doubts and Viet Cong boycott slowing progress. Thuy asserts the seating format signals four-party status while the US pushes for a two-side format.
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Associated Press
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British Broadcasting Corp
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New York
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Nixon
Nixon to not send observer to Paris talks before inauguration
President-elect Nixon says he will not send an observer to the Vietnam peace talks in Paris before he takes office. An observer would be sent by Eater W. Averell Harriman. The piece notes Nixon's aims to cool inflation without triggering a recession amid early post election discussion.
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All Around Town Millwood items and local events
Millwood Reservoir reports a pool elevation of 259 and discharge of 15000 cfs with murky, falling water. Fishing is fair with minnows for bass on the Saline River. crappie and catfish good in Little River channels. bream fair on worms northwest of Saga toga landing. University of Arkansas Concert Band opens the year Friday December 6 in Concert Hall with Tony Smith of Hope on oboe. Hope High SchoolFreshman and junior classes plan yard cleanup and paper drive to benefit Lions Club Christmas baskets. A White Chapel singing is set for Sunday at 2 pm four miles east of Bodcaw. Prescott Curley Wolves place six on all district teams. Hope Bobcats likely on the ASL state team per rumors.
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Little River
Sagatoga Landing
Allied Bases Shelled by Enemy in Heavy Attacks
Viet Cong and North Vietnamese shells hit 37 allied bases and South Vietnamese towns in the heaviest barrage since the halt in bombing. 300 to 400 rounds caused 27 South Vietnamese deaths and 104 injuries. Two US helicopters were shot down near An Loc, eight crewmen killed. The action targeted 10 provincial capitals and 18 South Vietnamese bases, with 116 shellings since the bombing pause. Marine bombers and the battleship New Jersey bombarded North Vietnamese gun positions inside the DMZ.
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George Esper
Associated Press
North Vietnam
Saigon
Loc
Aes
U.S
South Vietnam
Bien Hoa
New Jersey
Demilitarized Zone
Some Snow Possible for Arkansas
The U S Weather Bureau reports a 20 percent chance of light snow in northern Arkansas as a storm center and advancing cold front move through tonight. Temperatures are expected to fall by a few degrees with a mostly cloudy and cold Saturday forecast across the state.
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