Union leaders and political aims clash over tax policy
In Arkansas a statewide AFL-CIO stance opposes a bill to deduct federal income taxes, arguing union chiefs push political agendas at the expense of rank and file. The piece recalls a 1957 sales tax petition and notes Jack Ruby’s cancer treatment in Dallas as separate local items.
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J. B. Becker
Afl-Cio
Chadd Durrett
Union County
General Assembly
Ark
Tiisas
Becker
Durrett
Bae
Jay
Arkansas
Hitor
WAFL
Odell Smith
Msters
Jack Ruby
Russia Hands Arkansan 3 Yr. Sentence in Soviet Court
In Leningrad a Soviet court jailed Buel Ray Wortham Jr. for three years in a restricted labor camp and fined Craddock M. Gilmour Jr. 1000 rubles after finding them guilty of currency violations. Wortham also drew two years for stealing a bear statue, to run concurrently with the currency term.
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Leningrad
Us.s.s.r
Buel Ray Wortham Jr
Craddock M. Gilmour Jr
Wortham
Ford Sees Education Focus From Rockefeller Administration
Education Commissioner A W Ford said Gov elect Rockefeller’s emphasis on education is promising for Arkansas. He noted Rockefeller will keep Ford in his cabinet and that education will be a top priority. Ford warned that high accreditation ratings do not guarantee school quality, criticizing the reliance on A ratings and North Central accreditors as sole measures.
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Little Rock
A. W. Ford
Winthrop Rockefeller
Ford
Arkansas Council On Public
Rockefeller
Arkansas
North Central
Seventeen Years Separation Ends with Homecoming
After 22 years apart, Horst Gedicks reunites with his East German family in Seattle. Horst, taken to Siberia in 1944, returned with wife Angelica and son Wolfgang, ages seven. The Gedicks had sought news from Bremerton and later Khrushchev failed appeals, finally aided by improved U.S.-Soviet ties to secure exit visas.
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Seattle
Heinrich Gedicks
Gedicks Lved
East Germany
Horst
East Prussia
Siberia
Bremyexton
Wash
Quer Saviourts
New Pastor for Hope's First Baptist Church
The Rev. Gerald W. Trussell of Shreveport will become pastor of First Baptist Church of Hope on January 1, announced by pulpit committee chairman Perry Moses. Trussell succeeds Dr. George W. Balentine who left for Northwood Baptist Church in West Palm Beach Fla. Interim pastor Dr. Maurice Hurley of Ouachita Baptist University notes the church has grown with a new sanctuary and education buildings and over a thousand members added by baptism or letter during Trussell's seven years at Southside Baptist Shreveport.
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Gerald W. Trussell
Shreveport
First Baptist Church of
Southside Baptist Church of
Trussell
First Baptist Church
Warren
Homer
Hot Springs
Howard Payne College
Brownwood
Texas
Ouachita College
Arkadelphia
Southwestern Seminary
Fort Worth
Clifton
U. S. Navy
Johnson Governors to Talk at Johnson City Ranch
President Johnson meets with a group of Democratic governors at his Texas ranch near Johnson City. Led by Harold Hughes of Iowa, the delegation includes critics of the Great Society pace amid pressure over 1966 election strategy. Warren Hearnes of Missouri warned Republicans might back a new 1968 candidate if Johnson does not change course.
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Frank Cormier
Austin
Tex
Johnson
Texas Ranch
Texas White House
Gov
Harold £. Hughes
Iowa
White Sulphur Springs
W.va
Here
Johnson City
Warren &. Hearnes
Missouri
Hearnes
Controversial Water Projects Shelved in Arkansas
Two long debated Arkansas water schemes, the Water Valley Dam on the Eleven Point River and Gilbert Dam on the Buffalo River, appear shelved. Gilbert faced strong opposition and Trimble's defeat, while Water Valley may be redirected into a Buffalo River wild park proposal supported by Udall.
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Gordon Brown
Washington
Arkansas
Water Valley
Eleven Point River
Gilbert
Buffalo River
Gilbert Dam
James W. Trimble
Secretary of the Army
Congress
Secretary of the Interior
Stewart L. Udall
Buffalo
Trimble
Army Engineers
Orval Faubus
Trimbie
Winthrop Rockefeller
John
Paul Hammerschmidt
Udall
John L. McClellan
J. William Fulbright
Eleven Point
Arkansan
Grenade Removed From Marine Throat In Da Nang
Navy surgeon pulls an M79 grenade from a U S Marine private’s throat during a five hour operation at Da Nang Charlie hospital. The 20 year old patient, who suffered a compound leg fracture, is reported doing fine. The surgeon recounts the tense removal and the room’s reaction as the weapon was exposed. The patient’s name is being withheld pending notification of relatives.
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John Lengel
DA Nang
Vietnam
U.S
Cmdr
James Chandler
San Francisco
Chandler
Charlie” Medical Hospital
Direct Line to Old Santa Santa Receives Toys in Kansas City Offices
In Kansas City AP reports a dance company president Jimel McDonald received many calls from children asking for Santa Claus. About 75 to 100 youngsters phoned the office over a few hours, prompting McDonald to pause business to attend to Santa. He did not know how the mixup in numbers happened.
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Kansas City, Mo
Santa Claus
Jimel Donald
McDonald
Plan to Unseat Powell Unopposed Says Plan to Unseat Powell Unopposed
Rep. Lionel Van Deerlin claims House leaders won t block his bid to challenge Adam Clayton Powell s seating in the 90th Congress. Powell faces jail terms over a New Yorklibel judgment and related payroll travel questions surface as a House panel finishes its probe of the Education and Labor Committee.
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John Beckler
Washington
Lionel van Deerlin
House
Adam Clayton Powell
California
Democrat
New York
Powell
John McCormack
Carl Albert
McCormack
Albert
van Deerlin
Congress
House Administration
Education and Labor Committee
Wayne L. Hays
Ohio
Bimini
Hays
United States
Miami
Administration Committee
Vietnam War Tensions Shape U.N. Delegation Visit
AP News Digest reports Sen Frank Church says US bombing of North Vietnam dims prospects for negotiated peace. Viet Cong steps up war bond drives and taxes to fund the war, five years after the first American death in Vietnam. President Johnson meets governors, Rep Van Deerlin signals Powell seating fight. Federal probes involve Bobby Baker tor torveys recording. Mrs Kennedy eyes agreement over Look book recall. UN delegates call the 21st General Assembly session productive with notable gains.
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Vietnam
Frank Church
U.S
United Nations
North Vietnam
South Vietnam
James Clarence Davis
Washington
Johnson
Tenday
Lionel van Deerlin
House
Adam Clayton Powell
Bobby Baker
Santa Claus
Christmas Gifts Drop For Grand Canyon Indians
In Grand Canyon Arizona 125 Havasupai tribe members received three tons of gifts parachuted into the gorge from a C47 flown by a volunteer pilot. Boxes contained clothing housewares tools toys and food. Project Hayacare began 22 years ago led by Mrs Sophie Burden of Wickenburg Arizona with gifts collected from Wickenburg and Phoenix areas.
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Grand Canyon
Ariz
Sophie Burden
Wickenburg
Phoenix
Four Men Nabbed After Ceiling Drop In Burglarized Home
In Indianapolis four men tumbled through a ceiling during a burglary investigation. A police canine team traced the burglars from the shop to the residence where they surrendered. All four face preliminary burglary charges.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Truman image as fiery must be wrong say daughter
The New York AP report says former president Harry S. Truman was not the fiery tempered man often pictured. His daughter describes him as shy with genuine appreciation for women and respect for their capabilities.
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New York
Harry S. Truman
Monrovia Art Scene Highlights Pat Helmuth Perspec tive Shop
A December Monrovia page spotlights Pat Helmu th of Monrovia and her Perspective Shop, hosting works by local craftspeople. The feature notes her art background, marriage to James Helmuth of Chadwick Helmuth Co., and their daughter. Also mentions local residents and a January Social Security office appearance, plus Hempstead cotton gin decline and shift to soybeans and livestock.
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Monrovia
Cal
Pat Helmuth
Chicago Art Institute
Walt Disney Studios
Helmuth
James Helemuth
Monroyia Frm
Chadwick Helmuth Co
Hope
W. T. Spraching
Hope Rt. 4
Missiles fire at enemy planes near Thanh Hoa
AP report from Saigon describes U S Navy action as two F4B Phantom jets fired air missiles at two slow moving enemy planes approaching the Long Beach in the Gulf of Tonkin. The planes vanished from radar and were not confirmed down. The encounter occurred near Thanh Hoa, 80 miles south of Hanoi, with no identification of the enemy craft. The Long Beach supported by Kitty Hawk, Yankee Station, and the broader Tonkin operations were noted amid ongoing bombing and ground actions. Gen Westmoreland sent a Christmas message urging peace and declared orders to resume normal operations after the truce ends.
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Robert Tuckman
Saigon
South Vietnam
U.S
Long Beach
Thanh Hoa
Hanoi
Gulf of Tonkin
Kitty Hawk
United States
Navy
Yankee Station
Demilitarized Zone
William C. Westmoresland
Vietnam
Westmoreland
Emperor Haile Selassie
Ethiopia
Abdul Rahman Fpazhwak
Afghanistan
U.N. General Assembly
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