History repeats itself in Vietnam war blackmail claim
Our Daily Bread editor cites a Paris dispatch noting Senator Kennedy and Charles de Gaulle use history to press for peace in Vietnam. It argues France undercuts the United States, hints de Gaulle seeks prestige through a Vietnam accord, and recalls wartime aid and debts while warning America stands alone in Vietnam.
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Robert F. Kennedy
Dem
N. Y
Charles de Gaulle
Upin
Paris
General de Gaulle
deGaulle
Russia
de Gaulle
France
America
Southeast Asia
United States
Insurance License Revoked in Arkansas
Insurance Commissioner John Harkey revoked the Missouri man David Cohn of Kennett license to sell life insurance in Arkansas. Former Commissioner Harvey G. Combs had revoked the license last December after a complaint that Cohn violated insurance laws in life sales and stock dealings.
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Little Rock
John Harkey
Missouri
Arkansas
Harvey G. Combs
David Cohn
Kennett
Moa
Harkey
Cohn
Combs
Howard County Reapraises to Meet 18 Percent State Aid Rule
Howard County Arkansas will start immediately a reappraisal program to raise assessments to 18 percent of valuation to secure state aid. Current assessments sit at 16 percent. Officials will hire appraisers to revaluate all county real estate, aiming to finish in three to five months and have funds released by August 1 if completed.
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Nashville, Ark
Howard County
Chamber of Commerce Speaker LB) to Address Dinner
Charles W. White division vice president of the Arkansas Division of The Kroger Co will be the principal speaker at the annual Chamber of Commerce dinner in the Third District Livestock Show Coliseum Thursday at 7 o clock. White, a North Little Rock resident, joined Kroger in 1943 and rose from meat cutter to his current post after Navy service in World War II. He is active in civic affairs and church work. Meanwhile the AP reports President Johnson may reply today to North Vietnam peace talk hints via a midafternoon news conference.
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Third District
Charles W. White
Arkansas
Kroger Co
White
Kroger
Columbus, Ohio
North Little Rock
First Baptist Church
John M. Hightower
Washington
Johnson
North Vietnam
United States
Hanoi
State Department
Dean Rusk
Haenel
U.S
Maoists claim Heilungkiang seizure reinforces balance of power
Peking Radio reported Mao Tse tung seized Heilungkiang Province in a bloody January 31 operation aided by a defector from Liu Shao-chi. The claim cites a Maoist revolutionary committee and Sung Jenechiang, who denounced past errors and pledged continued fight for ultimate victory.
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John Roderick Tokyo
Peking Radio
Mao Tsetung
Manchuria
Heilungkiang
China
Shanghai
Peking
Kweiyang
Taiyuan
Tsingtao
Shansi
Kwei
Peking People’s Daily
Sung Jenechiang
Northeast China Bureau
Liu
Maos
Sung
Tax Take Is 13.6 Millions
January general revenue receipts totaled 15,660,646 with 11,227,610 in special revenues and a record 7.27 million in sales tax, beating the prior monthly high. The Revenue Department reported these figures as part of a state financial update.
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Revenue Department
Faubus Denies Receiving Penal Report
Former Arkansas governor Orval Faubus says he did not get a copy of the State Police Tucker Prison Farm investigation until the day before leaving office. He claims Gov. Winthrop Rockefeller received it weeks earlier and calls the report one sided, while asserting his administration acted promptly upon its arrival.
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Jonesboro, Ark
Orval Faubus
Jonesboro
Winthrop Rockefeller
Faubus
Rockefeller
Tucker Prison Farm
Tucker
Tax Code Bill Signed by Rockefeller in Arkansas
Gov Winthrop Rockefeller signed into law bills to align state income tax charitable deductions with the federal code and to repeal a 1969 act requiring proof of payment of the state income tax for public employment.
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Associated Press
Little Rock
Winthrop Rockefeller
Johnson may reply at news conference on Vietnam talks
AP News Digest notes President Johnson could answer North Vietnam hints at peace talks at a press event. گزارش highlights Viet Cong casualties to U.S. 1st Infantry Division in Tron Triangle and other national items.
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U. S. 1St Infantry Division
Tron Triangle
Massachusetts
Funeral for War Victim Saturday
Funeral services for Naval Hospitalman Cecil Franklin Fincher Jr the first Hope Hempstead County casualty in Southeast Asia will be held Saturday February 4 at 2 p m at the Fifth and Grady Church of Christ Burial will be in Washington Cemetery with military honors Herndon Funeral Home in charge Born March 1 1945 in Lake Village Fincher graduated Hope High School in May 1963 He joined the U S Navy August 5 1964 and served with MM Company 2nd PLT 3rd Battalion 26th Marines He was killed January 24 near Thua Thien Province South Vietnam during Operation Chinook Survivors include his parents a brother a sister and grandmothers
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Cecil Fincher JR
Naval
American History Club
U. S. Navy
26Th Marines
PLT
Thua Thien Province
South Vietnam
Cecil F. Fincher
Hope
Route 1
Jon
Susan
Daphne
Roy Fincher
Washington
David Moore
Lake Village
Last T33 jet trainer wings awarded at Craig AFB
SELMA Ala AP The final Air Force pilots to win their Wings in the T33 jet trainer will graduate at Craig Air Force Base near Selma on February 8.
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Selma
Ala
Air Force
Craig Air Force Base
Here
Senate Blocks Tight State Employee Campaign Restriction
Arkansas Senate debates a bill to bar unpaid state commission members from politics, calls it overreaching, then passes a revised measure limiting penalties and scope to paid state workers. The chamber also advances a separate merit-system bill for roughly 6,000 more state employees, creating a Civil Service Commission with hiring by competitive exams and just cause firings.
Rockefeller Vetos Bonus Bill to Fund Teacher Raises
Gov. Winthrop Rockefeller vetoed a bill that would use 2.79 million dollars in public school funds for teacher bonuses, saying the money should instead back a promised average $500 raise for teachers over two years. He argued long term salary gains benefit teachers more than one time bonuses, while officials from the Arkansas Education Association criticized the veto. Senate and House leaders consider alternative measures, with some push to override the veto. Separately Yale Club and Vassar Young Democrats merge, with talks of Vassar joining Yale as a coordinate college in New Haven.
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William F. Arrogast
Washington
John Bell Williams
Williams
House
House Commerce Committee
Barry Goldwater
New York
Jacob H. Gilbert
Ways and Means Committee
Omar Burle
Democratic Study Group
Little Rock
Winthrop Rockefeller
Arkansas Education Association
Arkansas Rural Education Association
Rockefeller
Sherman Williams
Senate
State Education Department
Morrell Gathright
Pine Bluff
Yale
Vassar
Blood drive fills Hope facility. 329 pints collected
Red Cross Bloodmobile spent two days in Hope, leaving with 329 pints. About 50 donors were turned away for various reasons, keeping the county on track toward the 400 pint goal. Also note: Larry Alford, 11th grade, omitted from the Principal's honor roll. VFW Auxiliary to meet Thursday at the Hut on Highway 67.
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Ine Red Cross
Hope
VFW
Highway 67
Marines Kill 68 in New Drive in Vietnam
In South Vietnam the Marines report 68 Communist troops killed in two new drives in the northern region. Across the country Amer ican, Korean and South Vietnamese units claim about 150 enemy dead. U. S. and allied casualties and troop figures rise, with 131 Americans killed and 822 wounded last week. The drives include Operation Independ ence southwest of Da Nang and De Sota southeast of Quang Ngai City. Air raids are limited by fog and clouds, with 57 missions flown mainly in the south.
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Robert Tuckman
Saigon
South Vietnam
U. S
al- Med
Iron Triangle
North Vietnam
U.S
Demilitarized Zone
Arkansas Highway Dept Opposes Diversion Of Funds
The Arkansas Highway Department said it agrees with forming a Turnpike Authority but cannot support diverting user tax funds from the department. The Arkansas Automobile Club joined in opposing diverting about 3 million dollars from motor fuel taxes to the authority. The Senate has passed a measure. a House version has been introduced. Western Arkansas interests seek a modern intercity link toward Kansas City and New Orleans.
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State Highway Department
Arkansas
Arkansas Automobile Club
Senate
House
Western Arkansas
Kepsas City
New Orleans
Iby
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