Evil System That Permits Murderers to Go Unpunished
Our Daily Bread Sheets criticizes Arkansas state prison practices revealing unrecorded deaths and suspected murders within the penitentiary system. Editor H Washburn urges abolition of the system, argues prisoners have died under state care, and condemns record-keeping failures that hide executions on prison grounds. The piece portrays a legacy of neglect and calls for reform.
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Alten
H. Washburn
Arkansas
Onone
State Penitentiary
Split Session Not Justified Says Faubus
Former Arkansas governor Orval Faubus says a split legislative session is not justified by Gov. Rockefeller not being ready. He recalls Rockefeller studied his homework before 1964 and notes Rockefeller has been in office a year. The remark questions the rationale for a split session.
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Huntsville
Ark
Orvald
Faubus
Winthrop Rockfeller
Rockefeller
Fausbus
Federal minimum wage rises to 1.60 for 33 million workers
The federal minimum wage increases to 1.60 an hour for 33 million workers and 1.15 for 8.5 million more, with about 7.3 million people seeing raises totaling roughly 2.3 billion dollars annually. AFL-CIO President George Meany calls the rise a step for the working poor while noting ongoing aims for a 2 dollar minimum. Hotels, hospitals, and restaurants react variably, with potential price changes and debates over layoffs or overtime cuts.
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Neil Gilbride
Washington
Millon
George Meany
Afl-Cio
Meany
Labor Movement
America
Nixon II Officially Announces Presidential Run in NH
Richard M. Nixon declares in an open letter to New Hampshire citizens that he will seek the Republican nomination. He says peace and freedom depend on the next president and outlines a six day campaign tour through New Hampshire Wisconsin and Oklahoma with primaries in March and April.
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New York
Richard M. Nixon
New Hampshire
Nixon
United States
America
Wisconsin
Oklahoma
Skeletons at Cummins Farm update looms in Arkansas
Public opinion suggests the Skeletons found at Cummins Farm implicate the Democratic party in Arkansas. The Legislative Council voted to form a five member committee to draft a resolution urging proper legal authorities to investigate the exhumation and report findings to the legislature. Debate questioned whether graves should have been opened without a court order.
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Little Rock
Cummins Farm
Arkansas Legislative Council
Thomas O. Morton
Marion Crank
Foreman
Democratic Party
G. W
Buddy” Turner
Pine Bluff
Charles C. Smithers
Malvern
Sterling R. Cockril Jr
900 Persons Expected at DC Chamber Banquet
The Washington Chamber of Commerce hosts its annual banquet at 7 p.m. in the Third District Livestock Coliseum with Dr. Kenneth McFarland as guest speaker. Dr. Lester Sitzes will be master of ceremonies, and Dr. Lowell Harris will sing with organ accompaniment by Luther Holloman.
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Chamber of Comm Merce
Third District Livestock Coliseum
Kenneth McFarland
America
Lester Sitzes
Chamber of Commerce
Lowell Harris
Luther Holloman
Guy Grigg
Hope Fair
Johnson urges tax hike and end to strikes to avert crisis
President Johnson called for a temporary no strike policy and a 10 percent tax surcharge to curb wage and price instability. He proposed a Cabinet Committee on Price Stability and voluntary restraint guidelines, aiming to maintain export strength and avoid a possible recession amid rising production. The plan includes talks with labor leaders and a study of wake-price benchmarks. See LBJ Seeking on page six.
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Sterling
Washington
Johnson
Sotinson
Congress
Comiser
John F. Kennedy
Murphy Attacks Governor Over State Finances
Hamburg Arkansas AP State Rep N B Murphy criticizes Governor Winthrop Rockefeller for handling of finances. Cites 198000 paid to Peat Marwick Mitchell accounting firm and argues federal matching funds could net over 2 million for taxpayers. Murphy backs many bills only if no state employee pay raises are included, warning of deficit spending, bond issues, or tax hikes.
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Hamburg
Ark
N. B
Murphy
Winthrop Rockefeller
Legislative Joint Audit Committee
Peat, Marwick, Mitchell & Co
Korean Reds Hint at Solution Thinks LBJ to Seek More Money
Senate Majority Leader Mike Mansfield indicated the United States may need to test troop commitments in Vietnam and seek more funds to bolster forces in the region. He cited Viet Cong raids, the Pueblo crisis, and North Korea’s hint at talks as factors. Mansfield warned Washington that the Viet Cong aren’t decimated and could rebound, potentially forcing a reassessment of U.S. deployments.
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LBJ
Jack Bell
Agendelstad
Washington (Ap
Johnson
U.S
Vietnam
Senate
Mike Mansefield
Mansfield
South Vieteam
Pueblo
Navy
Pyongyang
North Korea
Kim Kwang Hywp
Central Committee
The
North Korean Workers (Communist) Party
Korean Military Armistice Commission
Panmunjom
Korea
Kim
United Nations
Washington
State Department
Pansmunjom
Department
South Vietnam
Beluide
Saigon
Rockefeller calls for exhumations at Cummins prison farm
Gov. Winthrop Rockefeller announced plans to exhume all bodies at the Cummins prison farm to aid a widening probe. Reports from Houston and Fresno claim guards killed 10 convicts buried in depressions on the site. The Arkansas NAACP has asked the U.S. attorney general to intervene while the Lincoln County grand jury weighs investigations. Bones already exhumed were sent to the FBI lab for analysis.
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Cummins
Ramsey Clark
Justice Department
Arkansas Legislative Council
Lincoln County Grand Jury
Rockefeller
FBI Laboratory
Washington
Arkansas
All Around Town notes graduates and local notices
John Scott Andrews of Oak Haven earns all A's at Ouachita Baptist University in his third year of chemistry. Fulton residents invite attendance at a cemetery restoration meeting at Fulton Library on Tuesday Feb 6 at 7 p.m. Write Cecil Cox or call 896-2434 if unable to attend. Orval Taylor receives the Salesman of the Year award at Orr Chevrolet Cadillac in Texarkana, with trophy plaque and a diamond tie pin. Central Arkansas Milk Producers Association schedules area meetings Feb 13 at the Cattleman Steak House in Texarkana covering Miller Hempstead Lafayette and Bowie counties. State deer kill reaches 22 768 with Drew County leading at 1 113 and Ashley 1 027. Hempstead 328 Howard 285 Nevada 779 Lafayette 274 Miller 74 in the region. Staff Sergeant Archie Elliott of Hope Ark is on duty at Bien Hoa Vietnam as a 4 inventory specialist with Pacific Air Forces. his wife Della is Regie of Samoa Deffie. James L Fant of Hope Ark promoted to Army Specialist Five in Vietnam with 58th Transportation Battalion near Tan Son Nhut. wife Carolyn resides in Hope.
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Fulton
Fulton Library
Cecil Cox
Rt. 1
Central Arkansas Milk Producers Association
Cattleman Steak House
Texarkana
Miller
Hempstead
Lafayette
Bowie
Arkansas Game and FishComs Mission
Drew County
Ashley
Howard
Nevada County
Miller County
Archie B. Elyiott
Galdte Elliott
East 6Th St
Hope, Ark
Bien Hog AB
Vietnam
Elliott
Pacific Air Forces
Bolling Afb
Washington, D. C
Della
Regie of
Samoa
Deffie
Hope
James L. Fant
James Y. Fant
Hamilton St
58Th Transportation Battalion
Tan Son Nhut
Carolyn
Hamilton
KOREAN REDS AND DULL MOMENTS OF 1964 DRAFT
AP News Digest reports on Saigon battle intensifying as U S tanks move in and Communist losses near 5000 mark the biggest Red offensive of the year. Mansfield signals potential reassessment of troop commitments while Nixon pursues presidential bid. Johnson eyes 10 percent income tax surcharge and wage policy including no strike truce. Federal minimum wage climbs to 1 60 for 33 million and 1 15 for 8 5 million workers. Sullivan pushes disclosure rules. Williams tips tax hike bid may pass. Rockefeller aims to clear Arkansas prison farm. Ski clubs open for amputees with 20 Vietnam veterans and 16 children aboard.
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Saigon
U.S
Johnson
Vietnam
North Korea
Senate
Democratic
Mansfield
NIXON
Richard M. Raxhatadil
New Hampshire
Wisconsin
Oklahoma
Congress
Washington
Leonor K. Sullivan
House
John J. Williams
Viet Cong surge grips Saigon amid big push
Saigon endures a third day of heavy clashes as Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces press a major offensive across South Vietnam. U.S. and allied units battle hard in the capital with tanks and armored vehicles deployed, while reports describe street fighting, pockets of Viet Cong influence, and a Viet Cong revolutionary council in Saigon. Casualties rise nationwide with thousands killed or wounded, including hundreds of Americans.
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Robert Tuckman
Associated Press
Saigon
U.S
Saiegon
South Vietnam
Aschling
William C. Westmore
Land
Vietnam
Quang, Tri
Thua Thien
Westmoreland
Batgon
National Liberation Front
Viet Cong
Revolutionary Council
Ellsworth Bunker
Cucumbers to Be Discussed at Meeting in Hope City Hall
Six hundred dollars per acre can be earned growing cucumbers. Hear from Thurman Wright of Brown and Miller Pickle Co on contracts grades and prices for various cucumber sizes. The meeting at Hope City Hall Saturday February 3 at 10:00 am covers land selection fertilization disease and insect control harvesting and best practices for top yield.
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Thurman Wright
Brown and Miler Pickle Company
Brown and
Millers
Hempstead
Hope City Hall
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01St Airborne
Nial
Elther Branch
D-Mo
House Republican
Nixon II
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Andy Andrews
Oakhaven
Ouachita Baptist University
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