Democracy or Doctrine of One Man One Vote Debate
A critical editorial attacks Senator Everett Dirksen for backing a constitutional amendment to permit state legislatures to preserve unequal representation. It denounces district manipulation as anti democratic, supports equal voting power regardless of residence, and urges adherence to the one person one vote principle as essential to representative democracy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Supreme Court
Everett Dirksen
Beill
Idirksen
America
Supreme Court
Peas
Dirksen
New York State
Upstate
New York City
Rural Poverty Plan Seeks 5 Million to Start Village Districts
Washington AP reports a new federal attack on rural poverty. The Rural Community Development Service would fund planning districts up to 50 miles across in states, with Johnson asking Congress for 5 million dollars to start operations nationwide. The aim is to empower local planning and cooperative action to improve housing, water access, education, and health in rural areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seymour M. Hersh
Washington
America
Rural Community Development Service
Johnson
Congress
Robert G. Lewis
U S Dollar Outflow Lowest in Eight Years
The 1965 U S balance of payments deficit fell to 1.3 billion, the smallest in eight years, aided by a voluntary program. Officials expect possible further outflows due to Vietnam, forecasting 1966 net outflows up to 450 million and a near zero overall balance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph R. Coyne
Washington
Johnson Administration
Secretary of the Treasury
Henry H. Fowler
U.S
Fowler
John T. Connor
Connor
Southeast Asia
Viet Nam
Dr. Wheat to Speak at Meet Here
Dr. Ed Wheat of Springdale Arkansas agreed to address the Union Meeting at the First Baptist Church in Hope Monday night. The program includes a men’s breakfast Tuesday morning and calls for Bible participation, with Dr Wheat noting his life as a child of God since 1963 and urging attendees to bring Bibles.
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Ed Wheat
Springdale
Arkansas
Hope Ministerial Alliance
First Baptist Eries
Wheat
Dr. Wheat
Nashvill
William Gibson
Navy
University of Arkansas Scool
Flying Physicians Association
National Council On Alcoholism
Arkansas Commission On Alcoholism
Te Springdale Memorial Hospial
Youth For Christ
United Forces of Hope
First Baptist Church
Senior Citizens Day Proclaimed in Hope by Mayor Gardner
Hope marks Senior Citizens Day on February 25 1966 with events at Hope City Hall from 1 to 8 pm. The Social Security Administration hosts the program for residents 65 and older detailing Medicare hospital and medical insurance benefits and assisting with applications. Organizers include Mayor Gardner Hope Junior Chamber of Commerce and Edward Corona. The deadline for enrolling in the Medicare portion is March 31.
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John Gardner
Hope
Social Security Administration
Hope City Hall
Social Security
Gardner
Hope Junior Chamber of Commerce
Edward Corona
Beef Bull Test Open House at Hope Station
Beef bull test open house at the Southwest Branch Experiment Station in Hope on February 16 at 1 00 p m. County Agent Calvin Caldwell notes no auction sale. bulls may be purchased directly from owners. Program features Dr C J Brown on herd improvement, Cecil Bittle on test results, Robert Hallmark on care and feed, and Dr Carl E Lueker on grading.
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Southwest Branch
Hope
Calvin Caldwe
C. J. Brown
Cecil Bittle
Robert Hallmark
Carl E. Lueker
Dene Rolfe
Parkin
Ned Puble
Son
E. E. Franks
Waldo
Harrison Grace
Arch Smith
Texarkana
R. B. Stimson
R. A. Pickens
Dumas
Winrock Farms
Holthoff Brothers
Gould
Box R Ranch
Ash Flat
Kenneth Jones
Little Rock
Highland View Ranch
Harrison
Southwest Branch Experiment Station
Calvin Caldwell
Texas Lawmaker Albert Thomas Dies at 67
Washington AP reports Rep. Albert Thomas a 67 year old Democratic congressman from Texas died today in his Washington home. A Nacogdoches native and Houston resident, Thomas served 15 two year terms since 1937, was a Rice University graduate, UT law degree holder, and World War I veteran. Cancer caused his death after long illness.
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Washington
Albert Thomas
Texas
Nacogdoches
Tex
Houston
Thomas
House of Representatives
Tie
Washingens
Rice University
University of Texas
Murphy Files as Candidate for Congress
Little Rock AP Secretary of State Kelly Bryant postpones further filings for a special Democratic primary in the 4th District until a new election date is set. Dean Murphy of Texarkana filed as the first candidate. three others must refile after court questions about the election are resolved. The court halted the March 15 special primary in the 28-county district and must rule on whether a successor to Oren Harris will be chosen statewide or in the 20-county district. Murphy paid a $750 filing fee and signed pledges. other filers Pryor Arnold and Jones must refile. Adam West of Hollywood beat illness after leaving Bel-Air Memorial Hospital.
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Little Rock
Kelly Bryant
Democratic Party
Bryant
Dean Murphy
Texarkana
Pulaski
Murphy
Harris
Arthur Stretch
Hope
Murphy Friends
Hempstead
Urphy
Sry
David Pryor
Camden
Richard
Arnold
Jimmie
Red) Jones
Magnalia
Vice President Humphrey Forms Career Girls Club Aid Drive
Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey arrived in Pakistan pledging more U.S. aid to Thailand and promising to help modernize its military. He met Pakistani and Indian leaders to discuss food relief amid drought, praised Ayub Khan for the Tashkent truce with India, and outlined plans to send wheat and bolster Southeast Asian security alongside ongoing development projects in Thailand and Laos.
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Fred S. Hoffmann
Karachi
Pakistan
Hubert H. Humphrey
U.S
Thailand
Warachi
Humphrey
Thanom Kittikathorn
United States
New Delhi
Mohamed Ayub Khan
Lal Bahadur Shastri
India
Ayub Khan
Tashkent
Souvanna Phouma
Hopeful Rent Subsidy Cash Forthcoming
Washington AP reports federal rent subsidies supporters see new guidelines as a path to funding. President Johnson urged Congress to include the full 30 million dollars in a supplemental bill for the first year of the program, after prior authorizations were not funded.
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Washington
T Hat
Johnson
Congress
New Housing and Urban Development Department
America
U S to Try a 3 Hour Space Walk
NASA plans a near three hour space walk for Gemini eight with David Scott and Neil Armstrong, planning to uncouple and dock with a target satellite. Aircraft and technical delays push decision on Agena versus Alternate Target Docking Adapter. Atlas rocket to lift from Cape Kennedy pad 6,000 feet from Gemini launch complex 19. launch hoped for March 15.
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M Strothman
Cape Kennedy
Fila
America
David FR. Scott
Neil A. Armstrong
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Space Agency
NASA
ATCA
Atlas
Gemini
Air Force Maj
Scott
Armstrong
Texarkana Man Files for Congress in 4th District
Lynn Lowe a 30 year old Texarkana resident is certified by the Republican Party as the GOP nominee for Congress in Arkansas 4th District. State director Trump Altenbaumer says Lowe is ready for election. A $2 filing fee was paid and certification filed with the secretary of state. The GOP primary deadline passed Feb 5 and no other GOP candidates filed. the primary is canceled. Democratic primary set for March 15 with three candidates already filed.
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Little Rock
Republican Party Today
Lynn Lowe
Texarkana
Congress
Truman Altenbaumer
GOP
Altenbaumer
Lowe
Conviction for Murder Upheld by Arkansas Court
Arkansas Supreme Court today upheld the second-degree murder conviction of Elmo Rayburn, 50, near Texarkana. Rayburn was sentenced to five years in prison for the Nov 9, 1964, fatal shooting of neighbor Frankie Shipp. The court said the circumstantial evidence sufficed to sustain the verdict despite his claim of finding Shipp shot. John Shipp testified Rayburn threatened his father over a $15 debt days before the shooting.
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Little Rock
Arkansas Supreme Court
Elmo Rayburn
Texarkana
Rayburn
Frankie Shipp
Supreme Court
Shipp
John Shipp
All Around Town Includes Promotions and Local Moves
Nat Impson, in the Supply and Maintenance Agency, earns Master Sergeant E eight after a long Army career with time in Korea Germany and a four year tour in France. He and Barbara Ross live in Verdun with three children Deborah Gregory and Karen Diane. Nearby, James Lockhart and family relocate from Forrest City to 821 West 6th Street Hope and join Split Hickory. The Golden Age Club meets Thursday at the Hope Youth Center at 1 30 pm. Ronnie Ingram trails McMahon of Fairview for district scoring lead with 201 points while Dennis Ramsey sits third with 183. Bob Lewis State Farm moves to 420 East Third Street across from Town and County. Joe Keesey makes Dean’s List at Southwestern in Memphis with a 4 88 GPA. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Joe Keesey and grandson of Clyde Toland. Sandra Gaines Arnold tops Henderson State Teachers College dean’s list with a 3 50 GPA. she is daughter of Mr and Mrs James Gaines of Hope.
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Nat Impson
Supply and Maintainance Agency
Korea
Germany
France
Msgt
Impson
Barbara Ross
Burl Ross
Hope
Deborah
Gregory
Karen Diane
Verdun
James Lockhart
Forrest City
West 6
Methodist Church
Lockhart
Lyla Brown
Joe Keesey
Southwestern
Memphis
Clyde Toland
Henderson State Teachers College
Sandra Gaines Arnold
Alpha Sigma Tau and
Panhellenic Council
Mrs
James Gains
U S Drive in Viet Nam Kills Additional 316
U S and South Vietnamese forces reported 316 more Viet Cong killed around Bong Son and the An Lao Valley, bringing total enemy deaths in the operation to 1,611 since mid January. U S and South Vietnamese troops also battled in the Mekong Delta killing 110 Viet Cong and capturing six, while the Navy lost its first Swift patrol boat to a mine off the Gulf of Thailand.
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Thomas A. Reedy
Saigon
South Viet Nam
Bong Son
An Lao
U.S
U.S. 1St Cavalry
U.S. Aib
Mekong
U.S. Navy
Gulf of Thailand
U.S. Air Force
Navy
Viet Nam
Laos
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Marvell students boycott all Negro Turner Elementary
SNCC reports 60 of 301 pupils in class as 80 percent stay home at Turner Elementary in Phillips County Arkansas. Pickets from Turner Action Committee protest unsafe health conditions and inadequate educational facilities. school superintendent declined comment.
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Marvell, Ark
Turner
Phillips County
Marvell
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Shreveport
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Hielcher
Lester Silaes
Hope Station
Batman
Hollywood
Adam West
20Th Century - Fox
Brippe
West
Bel-Air Memorial Hospital
Los Angeles
Career Girl’s Club
Cecil Delaney
Hope B&pw Club
Betty Gordon
B&pw
Gordon
Cecilia Delaney
Kathy Guerrit
Ann E. Williams
Golden Age
Hope Youth Center
Ronnie Ingram
Hall
McMahon
Fairview
Ingram
Dennis Ramsey
Bob Lewis
State Farm Insurance Co
East Third Street
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