Johnson to propose 51 billion defense budget for next year
President Johnson plans a defense budget of about 51 billion dollars for the coming year, a reduction from the current 52 billion plus. McNamara says the savings will not weaken defenses and may yield superior peacetime military strength. Joint Chiefs will address appropriations committees later after Monday briefing.
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Douglas B. Cornell
Associated Press
Johnson City, Tex
Johnson
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Roswell L. Gilpatric
McNamara
White House
Congress
Congressional Appropriations Committees
Joint Chiefs
Pyonday
Defense Department
Weather Report Returns From Arkansas Forecast
Weather Experiment Station reports 24 hours ending 7 a.m. Tuesday with areas across Arkansas showing fair skies and rising temperatures. Central Arkansas expects low 17 to 23 and high around 40s through Wednesday. Northwest and Southwest regions remain fair and warmer with varied low 15 to 25 and high 38 to 45. Southeast and Northeast Arkansas similarly fair, warmer, with highs about 42 to 48 and lows 12 to 25 in most zones.
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Arkansas
Associated Press
Central Arkansas
Northwest Arkansas
Southwest Arkansas
Southeast
Northeast
Albany
Albuquerque
Atlanta
Bismarck
Boise
Boston
Buffalo
Chicago
Cincinnati
Cleveland
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Des Moines
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Honolulu
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Pund
Puund
Ore
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Salt Sk. City
San Diego
San Fran
Seattle
Tampa
Washington
Winnipeg
Arkansas Weather Forecast Brief
Fair through Wednesday with a slow warm trend and light winds. A brief notice of unsettled air may bring a chance of light showers later in the week. Temperatures stay mild with no appreciable extremes.
Five Arkansans Contracted Tetanus This Year
Jamestown housewife, 23, is the onlyArkansas resident among five cases this year. Bunch Jr of the Health Department says she contracted tetanus last month after puncturing her hand with a toothpick while crushing a plastic bag in her yard. She was hospitalized for 10 days but is expected to survive.
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Little Rock
Jamestown
Bob Hope Surprises Family After 16,000 Mile Troop Tour
Hollywood funnyman Bob Hope ends a nine day Mediterranean tour entertaining about 50,000 servicemen and dependents. He arrives home with Delores and three children as Tony stayed on the trip. Hope delayed departure due to an eye ailment and wore dark glasses en route.
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Hollywood
Bob Hope
Mediterranean
Hope
Delores
Linda
Nora
Kelly
Tony
Turkey
Greece
Italy
Libya
Tuesday Weld
Peter Leeds
Phil Crosby
Jerry “Colorina
Man Charged in Armed Robbery at Trumann
A warrant charges Tommy Martin Edwards, 47, of Springfield, Missouri, with armed robbery in a Trumann fish fry holdup. Edwards was arrested near Kennett, Missouri, after four men hid in a cabin to rob arriving victims, with about 4000 dollars seized. Extradition proceedings would follow the filing of Arkansas charges.
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Trumann
Ark
Tommy Martin Edwards
Springfield
Missouri
Henry Wilson
Edwards
Kennett
Ray Holmes
Wilson
Arkansas
Mrs LeCount Is Buried Tuesday Newspaper Obit
Isvalena Appieman Le Count 70 died Sunday at her Rosston area home. She was a Methodist Church member. Survivors: sons Waller Heading Rosston Charles Heading Belflower California Leo Heading Norwalk California brother George Applem an Sidney Ohio sisters Mrs Henry Wirtze California Mrs Tom Beesley Bellflower. Services held 2 p.m. Tuesday at Oakcrest Chapel by Rev Joe Jones with burial in Mt Olive Cemetery.
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Isvalena Appieman LeCount
Rosston
Methodist Church
Waller Heading
Charles Heading
Belflower
Calif
Leo
Norwalk
George Appleman
Sidney
Ohio
Henry Wirtze
California
Tom Beesley
Bellflower
Oakcrest Chapel
Joe Jones
Mt. Olive Cemetery
Oakcrest
Engineer Dies in Hot Springs at 74
George Pettit Hot Springs city engineer since 1962 died after a week illness in Hot Springs Arkansas He was 74.
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Hot Springs, Ark
George Pettit
Hot Springs
New Year Holiday Traffic Death Toll Report
The count shows four fatalities by 11 a.m. on New Year’s holiday, with losses expected to rise after sundown as revelers travel. National Safety Council did not estimate total, but warned 140 to 180 highway deaths may occur from 6 p.m. today to midnight Wednesday. An Associated Press survey for a non-holiday 48 hours reported 170 deaths.
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Natonal Safety Council
Associated Press
Lafayette County Fund Supports Iron Oxide Study
The Area Redevelopment Administration approved 56000 in funds to assist the Lafayette County Industrial Corporation. The study will determine if iron oxide deposits in Lafayette County can be used in pigment and paint production and the plant profits would repay the grant.
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Washington
Lafayette County Industrial Corporation
Rockefellers Expecting Child in June 1964
Gov. and Mrs. Nelson A. Rockefeller announced they are expecting a child in early June 1964. The statement was issued through the governor’s office as he campaigns for the Republican presidential nomination.
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New York
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Methodist Jr. Choir Presents Holiday Musical at Nursing Homes
The Wesley Choir of the Methodist Church hosted a musical program Monday December 30 for Hempstead and Hope Nursing Homes. Accompanist Mrs. E.2. Brown and soloists Douglas Byrd Gail Forrester Mary Lou Huckabee and Peggy McIver led performances of Infant Holy The Friendly Beasts and In Bethlehem Neath Star Wit Skies. Paul Young Beth Gilbert and Gail Forrester delivered a Luke 2 8 16 choral reading before the group returned to the Children's Building for cakes and cookies served by Mrs. Julian Feild Mrs. A W McIver Mrs. Wade Gilbert and Miss Kathleen Broach.
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Wesley Choir
The
Methodist: Church
Hempstead and
Hope Nursing Homes
E. 2. Brown
Douglas Byrd
Gail Forrester
Mary Lou Huckabee
Peggy McIver
Kevin Guerin
Ruth Alice Edwards
Connie Hendrix
Ralph Routon
Beth Gilbert
Mary Young
Peter Guerin
Steve Routon
Jack Turner
Paul Young
Kathy Smith
Friendly Beasts
Bethlehem
Julian Feild
A. W. McIver
Wade Gilbert
Kathleen Broach
Hit and Run Victim Better In Dublin Playwright Brendan Behan
Dublin reports Brendan Behan, 40, is fairly comfortable but still ill after being found unconscious in a street early Monday. Authorities investigate whether he fell or was injured in a hit and run.
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Dublin
Ireland
Brendan Behan
Po- Nee
Focus 1963 cover features Dolphus Whitten Jr as OC U president
The Fall 1963 issue of Focus celebrates Dolphus Whitten Jr. as acting president of Oklahoma City University with a portrait. It notes his roles since 1958 as administrative dean and VP, his BA from Ouachita College, and MA and PhD from the University of Texas, plus prior posts in extension and place mentoring. The page also covers Salvation Army donation drives, a Fort Polk training update for Pvt. Carroll W. Messer, KXAR broadcasts of 1963 business topics, and Eva Jane McCorkle’s hospital admission in Little Rock.
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Oklahoma City University
Dolphus Whitten Jr
OCU
Whitten
Ouachita College
University of Texas
Henderson
Farm Prices Fall to 76 Percent of Parity for Year
Farm product prices end 1963 at 76 percent of parity the lowest since August 1939 as meat prices slide. Agriculture Department notes 1963 average 78 percent of parity, down from 79 percent in 1962 while production costs rise nearly 2 percent for the year.
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Ovid A. Martin Washington
Agriculture Department
Auxiliary of Band to Buy New Uniforms
Hope High Band Auxiliary launches a fund drive to cover new uniforms and travel costs after the school system agrees to assume band obligations. A $4,000 shortfall remains for 55 uniforms with each pin costing at least 100. Committee members Bob Lewis Harold Brents Frank King and Jim Lowder seek pledges from local firms organizations and individuals under the banner Give the Band a Hand.
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Hope High Band
Haskell Jones
Bob Lewis
Harold Brents
Frank King
Jim Lowder
New Push on for Cotton Legislation in January Meeting
Washington AP A new push for cotton legislation by the agriculture department advisory committee on cotton is set for January 6 and 7. The 30 member panel may choose between the Cooley Cotton Bill authorizing subsidies to mills to buy cotton competitively and the Talmadge Humphrey Bill allowing prices to fall to world levels as Congress opens for 1964.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Advisory Committee
Congress
Secretary of Agriculture
Orville L. Freeman
House
Talmadge-Humphrey
New Year Celebrations Across Nations and Cities Begin Tonight
World leaders voiced hopes for peace in 1964 as New Year festivities start. From Tokyo to Oslo, varied observances mix prayer and revelry. In New York Times Square crowds await the midnight drop of a 70 foot Allied Chemical beacon, filmed for television.
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Haly
New York
Times Square
Allied Chemical
Times
Japan
Hay— Jnto Ikdea
Khrushchev
Ikeda
Far East
West Geman
Ludwig Erhard
Johnson
Enar Gerhardsen
Norway
United States
First Tissue Produced at Crossett Plant Arkansas
Crossett Ark AP The first tissue ever produced in Arkansas was being converted into tissue products and packaged Monday at the Crossett plant of Georgia Pacific Corp A machine rolled off the first tissue Sunday morning with officials pleased about its quality A second machine will soon be in operation capable of converting 85 to 90 tons daily The completed tissue plant will involve about 9 million in investment and employ roughly 17 workers.
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Crossett, Ark
Arkansas
Crossett
Georgia Pacific Corp
Cold War tensions may ease in 1964 says AP report
Washington AP reports 1964 could see declining East West tensions though conflicts with Russia China may reshape world affairs. President Johnson aides foresee progress in disarmament talks and possible Johnson Khrushchev talks, with a summit view including France’s de Gaulle. Domestic focus includes civil rights legislation tax cuts aid reform and Alliance for Progress reorganization amid wider strains in NATO and France’s independent stance.
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Washington
Russia
West
China
Johnson
Khrushchev
Johson
Charles de Gaulle
U.S
Alliance For Progress In
Latin America
Congress
Moscow
Atlantic Alliance
France
Europe
European
Romney to Speak on GOP Goals in National Landspeech
Gov. George Romney announced plans to address the National Press Club in Washington on January 7 to outline Republican national goals and the party's right programs. He denied seeking the presidential nomination while noting his rising schedule of national talks and invitations. Romney also said he will attend a Salt Lake City dinner January 17 and a January 21 fundraising event in Washington.
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Lansing
Mich
George Romney
National Press Club
Washington
Romney
Salt Lake City
Washington D.C
Park Jungle Invades Central Park Bird Sanctuary
New York AP report says domestic cats, evicted from mid-Manhattan apartments, roam Central Park bird sanctuary turning it into a private jungle. A park worker cited four cats trapped this year and 26 last year amid songbirds and migratory ducks.
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New York
Cenval Park
mid-Manhattan
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