Arkansas Lawmaker Durrett Seeks Tax Deduction Reform
Arkansas State Representative Chadd Durrett of El Dorado, reelected since 1953, sparks a 1967 session push to deduct federal income tax on state returns. He criticizes the tax system as unfair, noting withholding hides the federal portion from wages. Disney Dies at 65 in California hospital after lung surgery, ending a career shaping film history from Mickey Mouse forward.
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Chadd Durrett
el Dorado
Rep. Durrett
Arkansas
Durrett
Burbank
Calif
Walt Disney
Hollywood
St. Joseph Hospital
Mickey Mouse
Wallace Won't Attend West Memphis Chamber Dinner
West Memphis Arkansas Chamber of Commerce says Governor George Wallace of Alabama will not attend the planned dinner next month due to a heavy business schedule. Wallace had accepted the invitation last month, but a letter to Chamber President W. K. Ingram cited conflicts.
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West Memphis
Ark
George Wallace
Ala ‘Bama
West ‘Memphis
Chamber of ‘Commerce
Chamber
W. K. Ingram
Ingram
Wallace
No Cutback in River Funds
Brig. Gen. Walter P. Leber stated there will be no great cutback in funds for the Arkansas River development. He cited the President’s $5.3 billion federal project reduction and noted 13 locks and dams are under construction or contract with objectives kept. Leber said engineers have held steady and still hope to meet the goals.
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Washington
Walter P. Leber
Arekeane
Leber
Army Engineers
Arkansas
Arkansas Education Budget Battle Moves on in 1967-68
The Arkansas Legislative Council rejected Governor-elect Rockefeller's budget lines and kept Education Department funding near its request, approving 94.1 million for 1967-68 and 104.7 million for 1968-69, with several program boosts and cuts. It also endorsed raises for the state education commissioner and preserved minimum foundation aid, aiming to finish budget work by Friday.
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Little Rock
Arkansas Legislative Council
Winthrop Rockefeller
State Education Department
Rockefeller
Council
Arkansas Children’s Colony
Conway
Arkadelphia
A. W. Ford
Education Department
University of Arkansas
Health Department
New Prison Head Named by Faubus
Pink Booher, longtime Jefferson County sheriff, named assistant prison superintendent in charge of Tucker Prison Farm by Gov. Orval Faubus. Booher, 54, will assume duties Jan. 1 and remains in Jefferson County, with his appointment seen as favorable by Republicans though not altering calls for a professional penologist. He succeeds Guthrie R. Goodwin, dismissed after a state prison shakeup following a police probe.
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Little Rock
Pink Booher
Jefferson County
Tucker Prison Farm
Orval Faubus
Booher
Guthrie R. Goodwin
State Penitentiary Board
Tucker
E. E
Dorris
Pine Bluff
Democrats
Rockefeller
Goodwin
Sam Boyce
Newport
Yule Program Planned by Hope High School Bands
Five music groups from Hope High School will participate in a Sunday concert on December 18 at 3 00 p m featuring the High School Concert Band Junior High Beginning Band Junior High Choir Senior High a capella Choir and the Madrigal Singers Classical Christmas pieces mix with Wagner Reinzi excerpts Bolero in Blue and Handel Praetorius works The event charges 50 cents for adults and 25 cents for students
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Hope High School
Partiaipate
Ben-jamin Brittian
Mobile Job Training Unit may aid Arkansas
Governor elect Winthrop Rockefeller announced in principle approval of a grant to study mobile job training units for Arkansas. He and Dr. Harold Gores of the Educational Facilities Laboratory of New York will develop details, aiming to address Arkansas manpower shortages as industry grows.
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Little Rock
Educational Facilities Laboratory of
New York
Arkansas
Winthrop Rockefeller
Harold Gores
Rockefeller
Arkansas Industrial Development Commission
Bombing Ha Noi Again as U S Planes Strike
U S warplanes attacked Ha Noi for the second day running striking a truck depot south of the city and a rail yard northeast of Ha Noi though ground fire and MIGs downed several aircraft. The U S reported 446 planes lost in air battles to date with 26 MIGs shot down and pilots rescued or missing. In South Vietnam four Viet Cong attacks caused moderate to heavy casualties for defence units.
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Robert Tuckman
Saigon
South Vietnam
U.S
Hanoi
State Department
Washington
Department
Air Force
Navy
Man narrowly saved after sleeping in trash bin
John Edwards, a 47 year old transient in Phoenix, fell asleep in a large trash bin that was dumped and compressed under 45,000 pounds. Four hours later workers heard groans and spotted his head. A bulldozer was to bury the load, but he escaped unharmed. Edwards remarked that he had been drinking.
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Phoenix
Ariz
John Edwards
Edwards
Arkansas Hill-Burton Grants Fund Four Hospitals
Sen McClellan announced Hill-Burton grants for Arkansas hospitals including DeQueen 500000 for a 56 bed hospital, Siloam Springs Memorial 350000 for a 22 bed addition, DeWitt City Hospital and Nursing Home 226667 for a 40 bed unit, and Fulton County Hospital Salem 99429 for a 14 bed addition.
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Washington
John L. McClellan
D-Ark
Hill-Burton
Arkansas
DeQueen
Siloam Springs Memorial Hospital
DeWitt City Hospital
Fulton County Hospital At
Salem
Woman Killed on Icy Bridge in Arkansas
In NEWPAIKS Arkansas a car skidded on an ice covered bridge Wednesday, hitting the structure and killing Mrs. Erma Warner Prewitt 43 of Swifton A passenger Mrs Kathryn Skyrme 58 also of Swifton suffered cuts and bruises according to Trooper Max Jones
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Newpaiks
Ark
Erma Warner Prewitt
Swifton
Kathryn Skyrme
Max Jones
Teamsters Strike Over Hoffa Jail Fear Sparks Detroit Rallies
In Detroit 45,000 Teamsters faced work refusals as 24 hour stoppage supported Hoffa after a Supreme Court verdict tied to his Nashville trial. Hoffa called a 10 am rally at Cobo Arena while Mayor Cavanagh urged him to intervene to avert crippling the city.
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Bill Halls
Detroit
Midwest
James R. Hoffa
Supreme Court
Hoffa
Teamsters
Cobo Arena
Chicago
Jerome P. Cavanagh
Cavanagh
Motor City
Associated Press
al Quinn
Quinn
Teamsters Local
Chattanooga
Tenn
Nashville
Washington
Man Killed in Saw Accident Near St Clair Mill
Carl Edward Campbell, 45, of Augusta, Arkansas, was killed when a log carriage rack jam release lever sent him into a large circular saw at a mill near St Clair, Missouri, authorities said.
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St, Clair, Mo
Carl Edward Campbell
Augusta
Ark
St. Clair
Campbell
Bid Placed On Arkansas I Sternwheeler Auction
MEMPHIS AP C C Northon Jr of New Orleans bid 21 225 dollars to win the 26 year old sternwheel steamer Arkansas I used as a snag boat and channel patrol craft. The Army Engineers took 11 bids for the craft commissioned in 1940 with a cost of 208 000 dollars.
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Memphis
C. C. Northon Jr
New Orleans
Arkansas I
Army Engineers
All Around Town Highlights Local Honors and Notices
Percy L. Perking received two long service scrolls from Texas Eastern in Houston and Town & Country for recent retirements. A 50th wedding anniversary is planned for H. C. and Mrs. Whitworth with a reception at Hope Country Club. Police warn against leaving packages in cars during Christmas rush. Hope Post Office will stay open late for parcel post. C. H. Partin joins American Angus Association in St. Joseph. Tomye Power furthers Alpha Chi at Southern State College Magnolia. she is a Hope High graduate and Lambda Sigma Alpha member with Dean’s List honors.
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Percy L. Perking
Texas Eastern Transmission Corp
Houston
America Hotel
B. D. Goodrich
Texas Eastern
Mr. Perkins
Earl Humble
Robert Scott
Little Rock
Town & Country
Texarkana
Shreveport
H. C. Whitworth
Hope Country Club
Tomye Power
P. C. Power
West 4Th
Hope
Alpha Chi
Southern State Colege
Magnolia
Southern State
Hope High
Miss Peeter
Texarkana Junior College
Lambda Sigma Alpha
Phi Alpha Theta
Johnson Seeks Talks to End War
AP reports President Johnson open to Christmas truce talks and an extended cease-fire in Vietnam if the other side is responsive. Moyers confirmed readiness to discuss lengthened pauses, aiming to test willingness for broader peace talks and prevent perceived US lag in peace moves. Senate opposition voices warn that longer truces may benefit the enemy as Mekong Delta fighting could intensify. Mansfield proposed extending brief truces to nearly two months. current plans include 48-hour pauses around Dec 24-26 and Dec 31-Jan 2, with a Tet 96-hour suspension under discussion.
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John M. Hightower
Washington
Johnson
Vietnam
White House
Bill D. Moyers
United States
Milton R. Young
R.N.D
South Vietnam
William C. Westmoreland
U. S
Young
Viet Ham
Mekong
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Dryer Overheats At Local Cleaner Dispatch
Firemen were called to Sas ha Cleaners on South Main yesterday when a dryer overheated. The dryer was shut off and no fire damage occurred, according to fire officials.
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Sasha Cleaners
South Main
Arkansas Nominates Two Rhodes Scholars
The Associated Press reports James Martin Durham of Southwestern at Memphis and Paul Martin Fiser of Hendrix College were named Arkansas Rhodes Scholars nominees. Both 21-year-old seniors will interview Saturday in New Orleans as part of a six state regional pool of 12 candidates. Durham is son of Dr and Mrs T M Durham of Hot Springs, Fiser son of Mr and Mrs Paul I Fiser of Russellville.
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Associated Press Little Rock
James Martin Durham
Southweste —Ern
Memphis
Paul Martin Fiser
Hendrix College
Arkansas
New Orleans
Rhodes
Durham
T. M. Durham
Hot Springs
Fiser
Paul I, Fiser
Russellville
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ALC
Tucson
Sue Kaufman
Sue
University of Arizona
Shorty” Barnes
Spring Hill
Hope Lions Club
Lion Haskell Jones
Barnes
James D. Anderson
Lions Benevolent Fund
Hope Star
Faubus
Brinkley
Brinkley, Ark
Thomas Bunton
Fargo
Monroe County
AP News Digest
Teamsters Union
Trach
John FP. Kennedy
Breakfast At Tiffany’s
David Merrick
Generasssimo Franco
Europe
NATO
the Star Staff
Hope Post Office
C. H. Partin of
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