Death Penalty Debate Bubbles In Arkansas Letter
A column discusses traffic flow on Third Street to ease congestion and argues against left turns. It also reports Gladys Martin Oglesby proposing to abolish the death penalty in Arkansas, defending state punishment and noting fears of vigilante responses if lawmakers retreat from capital punishment.
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U. S
Third St
State 29
Gladys Martin Oglesby
Ramps
Lafayette
Columbia
Arkanas
Cliens
Picasso drawings travel guarded to Detroit exhibit
A half million dollars of Picasso drawings and graphics travel from New York to Detroit with limited protection. Capponi rented a trailer for the 16 hour trip stopping at about a dozen restaurants. The exhibit will feature works valued from 25 to 35000 dollars. Bishop Milton J Sheen leaves auxiliary post in New York archdiocese after 15 years saying goodbye on air and before a 4000 person audience at St Patricks Cathedral.
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Detroit
Capponi
New York
Milton J. Sheen
Stranglings in Cincinnati Six Victims Linked to Slayings
In Cincinnati Ohio police intensified the probe into six strangling deaths including the stabbing of Barbara Bowman 31. Suspect Posteal Laskey 29 a former cab driver is held on unrelated charges and denies involvement. Police traced a car license number and later seized items from his home and mother’s residence while examining a taxi theft linked case.
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Cincinnati, Ohio
Posteal Laskey
Laskey
Barbara Bowman
Cincinnati
Lula Kerrick
Miss Kerrick
Miss Bowman
Can Contest Aims To Fill Lion's Christmas Baskets
High School students begin a Can Contest to raise funds and canned goods for Lion's Christmas baskets running Monday the 12th through Tuesday the 20th. Hope High Student Council sponsors the drive and people are urged to contribute as a record-setting 2600 cans last year may be surpassed. Salome Jens files for divorce from Ralph Meeker in Juarez. They wed July 20, 1964 in New York.
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Hope High Student Council
Ralph Meeker
EL Paso
Tex
Salome Jens
Juarez
Mexico
New York
Budget Sought for Southwest Vocational Institute Near Camden
Arkansas Board of Education on Monday announced a tentative 1967 budget of 1.1 million for a proposed vocational technical institute near Camden. Commissioner A W Ford said the plan aims to obtain federal funds and to open the school next September offering electronics, instrumentation, industrial chemistry, drafting, data processing, aviation and fire and police training.
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Little Rock
Camden
General Assembly
State Board of Education
A. W. Ford
Ford
Southwest Vocational Technical Institute
Additional U S Money for Schools in Arkansas
Arkansas will receive about 8.2 million dollars in additional federal funds under the 1965 Elementary and Secondary Education Act. Congress expanded coverage to include children ages 5 to 17 from families earning up to 3000 dollars annually. The State Board of Education will ask the 1967 legislature to add the 8.2 million to a supplemental budget so the Education Department can distribute funds to districts as received.
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Little Huck
Arkansas
Congress
State Board of Education
Education Department
Elder Kennedy Doing Fine
Joseph P. Kennedy, 78, former ambassador, is listed in satisfactory condition at New England Baptist Hospital. He is being treated for a generalized circulatory condition and was admitted on December 5.
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Boston
Joseph P. Kennedy
New England Baptist Hospital
Dee
Salem man struck twice at same corner killed in second crash
In Salem, Samuel Davis aged 67 was hit by a car at a city intersection a month after a prior crash there left him hospitalized. He stepped from the corner Monday night and was struck by another vehicle, dying at the scene.
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Salem
Ore
Samual Davis
Davis
Maddox Sees Strong Legislative Backing For Governor
Georgia legislators survey shows Democrat Las ter G. Maddox ahead about four to one over Republican Howard Callaway among 259 lawmakers. undecided voters number 33 with 11 Negroes among them. If no choice is made, Gov. Carl Sanders could stay in office.
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Atlanta
Associated Press
Maddox
Callaway
University of Georgia
Athens
U.S. Supreme Court
Georgia
Arthur Bolton
Carl Sanders
Glasgow couple jailed for starving baby to death
In Glasgow, Edward Donnachie and his wife were sentenced to two years in prison after admitting they failed to provide adequate food, clothing, and medical care to their 7 month old son Alexander, whose death followed the alleged starvation.
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Glasgow
Scotland
Edward Donnachie
Supreme Court allows limited use of informers in crime cases
The Supreme Court upheld convictions of Teamsters President Hoffa and associates, accepting limited government use of informers and undercover agents. It affirmed Hoffa’s eight year sentence for jury tampering, Osborn’s bribery conviction, and Lewis’s narcotics conviction, while noting privacy protections but allowing official deception in certain prosecutions. The decision centers on balancing Fourth Amendment rights with investigative methods.
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Barry Schweid Wasrington
Supreme Court
Teamsters Union
James R. Hotta
Z T. Osborn Jr
Duke Lee Lewis
Hoffa
Osborn
Lewis
Boston
Justice Department
Horta
U.S
High Court
Earl Warren
Potter Stewart
Edward Grady Partin
Teamsters
Partin
Nashville
Tenn
Stewart
Rockefeller Budget Proposal Cuts for Schools and Welfare
Governor-elect Winthrop Rockefeller outlined a general revenue budget of 195.7 million for 1967-68 and 214.1 million for 1968-69, boosting teachers and welfare with a 9 million and 18 million increase respectively, including a 5 dollar monthly welfare rise. He urged reductions for public schools, the University of Arkansas, state colleges, and Welfare, warning estimates may shift after further study.
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Robert L. Shaw
Associated Press
Little Rock
Winthrop Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Arkansas Legislative Council
University of Arkansas
Welfare Department
Rockefeller on Page 5 Prisoners Can Send Yule Cards
Inmates at Chicago House of Correction will be allowed to send Christmas cards this year for the first time since the jail opened 114 years ago. About 2,000 cards will feature a wreath and a lantern with four greetings printed inside.
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Chicago
House of Correction
License Act Incorrectly on Ballot
Desha County voters repealed a 1923 act requiring both county and state hunting licenses. The attorney general said ballot wording correctly stated the act’s purpose, but the act number was listed as 687 instead of 678. Kemp of Arkansas City, vice chairman of the county game commission, was cited.
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Little Rock
Attorney General’s Office
Desha County
Atty
Lance Hanshaw
O. C. Kemp
Arkansas City
Kemp
Desha County Game Commission
Playwright's Son Critical After Jump From Window
Shane O Neill 48 son of Eugene O Neill was reported in critical condition after leaping from a second floor window at a Manhattan station house He had been brought to the police after a Sunday night arrest on drug possession charges on the lower East Side
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New York
Shane O' Neill
Eugene O'Neill
Martiattan
O'Neill
Lower East Side
Democrats fault national committee for election losses
In a broad political digest, Democratic leaders assign part of the 1086 setback to the national committee and urge a revitalization to prevent future defeats. Other items note Hoffa’s risky Supreme Court position as jur y tampering case looms, Eisenhower plans spring golf, and a Saigon Mekong Delta offensive as B52s strike near Phnom Penh.
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AP News Digest
National Committee
California
George Murphy
Barry Goldwater
Senate
Georgia
Lester Maddox
Howard Callaway
Supreme Court
James R. Hoffa
Teamsters Union
Washington
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Saigon
Mekong
U.N
Britain
Rhodesia
Cincinnati
Carl Cappolino
Milton Helpern
Dallas
Jack Ruby
Education Group Meets Thursday in Hope High Auditorium
Hempstead County Education Association will meet at 6 15 Thursday evening December 15 in the Hope High School Auditorium. Guest speaker Mrs Evalena Berry editor of the AEA Journal will discuss the proposed Teacher Professional Employment Practices Act coming before the state legislature in January. Teachers urged to attend.
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Hempstead County Education Association
Hope High School
Thurston A. Hulsey
Washington
Evalena Berry
Little Rock
AEA Journal
Base near Saigon bombed as Viet Cong strike capital
U S B52s hit a base close to Saigon with heavy bombing while Viet Cong units attacked the capital with grenade fire. In Mekong Delta searches and 8 skirmishes were reported. North Vietnam missions rose to 99 as monsoon rains eased.
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Robert Tuckman
Saigon
South Vietnam
U.S
Mekong Delta
North Vietnam
Haiphong
Sor Diay
U.S. Air Force
Dong Hoi
McCaskill RCI to View Holy Land Slides
McCaskill RCI plans a Christmas program this Friday featuring Grace Davis of Springfield presenting Holy Land slides. The meeting starts with a 7 pm potluck dinner, gift exchange with a one dollar value, Christmas carols, and a Santa appearance. Each family should bring table service. this will be the last meeting until late spring.
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Holy Land
McCaskill Rci
Grace Davis
Springfield
Orville Wortham
Santa Claus
RCI
Studio Guild Reach Agreement Averting Midnight Strike
The Screen Writers Guild of America and Los Angeles movie studios approved a new contract late Monday, averting a threatened strike. An offer by management was ratified just before the 4 p.m. deadline at a guild meeting held at the Century Plaza Hotel. Terms were not disclosed.
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Los Angeles
Screen Writers Guild of Amerii+ca
Los Angeles Movie Studios
Century Plaza
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