Are They Achievements If Not Paid For
Our Daily Bread criticizes President Johnson's Florida AFLCIO speech. The piece credits him on foreign policy while condemning the home-front promises as unpaid, noting a looming $19 billion shortfall and a $300 billion national debt. It argues the Labor appeal clashes with fiscal reality.
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Christmas Tree Upside Down Sparks Public Quarrel at Rockefeller Center
A chaotic scene unfolded at Rockefeller Center as workers erected a 65-foot Christmas tree that crowds and media mistook for being upside down. Some people demanded the inverted look, while others urged normalization. Hog Rockefeller Center president Gus Rockefeller promised to correct the error, sending crews to right the tree, but by evening spectators remained divided over the display.
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Little Rock
Jerry Wayne Olson
Pocahontas
Johnson
Def. Yali's Witnesses
U.S
Gee
New York
Rockefeller Center
Joey
Sally
Mana
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Gus Fyyowll
Hogkefeller Counter, Inc
Walt
U.S. Expands Vietnam Troop Buildup With 101st Airborne
The United States pushed total American troop strength in South Vietnam to about 475,000 as two more brigades of the 101st Airborne Division arrived. Maj. Gen. Olinto Barsanti reported the unit is present for combat, though initial arrivals will train before front-line action. The airlift, the longest of its kind, carried 10,350 troops and 5,118 tons of vehicles and cargo in 373 flights. Counterinsurgency and search operations continued around Saigon as air and airlift missions test new capabilities.
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Italy Denies Passport Case Sentences in Arkansas
In Hot Springs Arkansas an Associated Press report notes Pasquale Mass of Cherry Hill New Jersey faced sodomy and related charges. District Judge John E adiner weighed the case as details emerged on Tuesday.
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Melbourne Auto Tax Disorder In Arkansas Town
Melbourne resident faces a disrupted vehicle tax issue as city officials in Melbourne Arkansas contend with unclear levy procedures creating confusion for motorists in town. Local authorities promise review and prompt clarification for taxpayers.
Congress OKs pay raises and poverty programs
Congress cleared major spending measures approving a $5.4 billion three step pay raise for 5.5 million federal workers and servicemen. The package also feathers in a 6 cent postal rate hike and a $1.61 billion OEO appropriation, with a $4.1 billion spending cut mandate for most agencies. A Social Security boost to at least 13 percent and higher taxes is anticipated. President Johnson expected to sign.
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Associated Press
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Office of Economic Opportunity
Education Revenues Battle Threatens State Education
UTTLE ROCK AP Darby chair of the state Commission on Coordination of Higher Educational Finance argued Tuesday that a fight over funding between public schools and higher education would hinder progress. He warned the state Board of Education against forcing a confrontation and urged coordinated growth across institutions.
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Ouachita Gets Cash for Project
LAY YEE ROCK state director of the Office of Federal Opportunity said Tuesday that anti poverty efforts in Quadrat County would continue since the office has been funded by the federal government. Jeriistad noted last month the project might close if the $25,000 program were cut off.
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Femonile Opportunity
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Long Battle to Ban Nepotism in Federal Government Gains
Rep Neal Smith wins six year fight to pass nepotism ban covering all federal employees from small post offices to Congress and the White House ending favoritism in hiring and promotion across the government.
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William Moran
Associated Press
Washington
Congress
White House
Neal Smith
Unemployment Rate Drops Sharply in November
Washington AP reports the national jobless rate fell to 3.9 percent in November, the largest decline in over six years, with 2.9 million unemployed. The data show a return to the longstanding rate range since 1965, and last November’s rate stood at 3.5 percent. The piece also covers Rep. Smith’s antinepotism rider tied to a postal pay bill, aiming to curb hiring relatives in federal agencies.
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Labor Department
New York Detectives Charged in Narcotics Case
Three New York City narcotics bureau detectives along with a federal agent and two Nassau County investigators were indicted on charges of selling narcotics. Charles W. Kelly Raymond R. Imp and Marvin M. Moskowicz face counts of concealing selling and facilitating transportation of cocaine. Incidents cited include locations near the Supreme Court in Mineola Bronx Harlem and a Long Island motel.
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Raymond RK. Imp
Staten Island
Marvin M. Moskowicz
Brooklyn
Coacaine
Soviet pilots said to fly for Yemen in Civil War
U S officials privately believe Soviet military pilots flew combat missions for Yemen's Republican government against Royalist forces threatening Sana a The claim ties Moscow to Middle East influence and notes a downed Soviet pilot with Russian papers fueling the charge Yemen's strategic location beside the Red Sea Suez Canal and Aden port add to the context but no definitive confirmation is reported.
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Pioneer 8 Slated for Two Orbits
AP dispatch reports Pioneer 8 prepared for a sun circling path after launch from Cape Kennedy, with TTS relay satellite to test Earth space communication for the Apollo network. Pioneer 6 and 7 positions aid radiation studies as scientists pursue solar wind monitoring to forecast dangerous solar storms for manned spaceflight.
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Escapee Buys Car From Prison Warden in Arkansas
An escapee who left Cummins Prison Farm last week reportedly drove away in a used car bought from prison warden Roy Deam. Governor’s prison aide Bob Scott identified Paul Anderson as the buyer. The escapees, Carl W. Corder and Merwin R. Huffman, were recaptured near Malvern within hours after departure. The car, a Stolen Cay, was parked near Warden Wille Colesta’s residence, with transfer notarized by CR. Witoserly, Cummins’ assistant business manager, stating the deal occurred weeks earlier.
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Bob Scott
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Paul Anderson
Roy Deam
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Huffman
Malvern
Trousty
CR. Witoserly
Wille Colesta
Wil Anderson
Americans tally Vietnam War deaths by state counts
A Pentagon tabulation shows California leads with 1,289 deaths, followed by New York 988 and Pennsylvania 814, with ten states accounting for more than half of U.S. battle deaths after 81 months of conflict. The total deaths reach 15,265 as of last Saturday.
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Arkansan Is War Victim in Vietnam Action
Army Spec. 5 Teddy G. Whitton of Lake City Arkansas husband of Mrs Sher ri A Whitton was killed in action in Vietnam during the war The Defense Department announced the death this Tuesday confirming his service and status as a war victim.
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Lake City
Ark
All Around Town and Military Honors in Lafayette County
Potluck supper at Ogan Methodist Church Thursday at 7 where the Odom Quartet will perform, per Rev. Joe Jones. William Green of Hope,Ark., has earned the Army Commendation Medal for heroism in Vietnam while serving as a machine gunner in the 6th Infantry in Pleiku Province. He manned an M60 and helped repel a hostile assault amid heavy odds. Broadcasts include the Hope Lady Cats game versus England from Ouachita Baptist Invitational Tourney. The Lafayette County Extension Homemakers council officers will be installed December 14 at Lewinville, with emphasis on keys of leadership and integrity.
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