No Accounting for CIA Money Spent Revealed
Washington AP report shows CIA budgets and subsidies hidden from public view. Only a few insiders know exact figures and purposes. CIA funds NSA and education grants through intermediaries, blending with regular defense and federal payments. Security remains extreme, with hearings sometimes held at Langley and officials isolating CIA finances from public scrutiny.
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Sterling F. Green
Washington
Central Intelligence Agency
CIA
CAA
Defense Department
National Student Association
United States Treasury
NSA
Congress
Budget Bureau
Senate
House
Langley
Way
Bootlegger in Magnolia Wore Denim Bloomers for Liquor
A Magnolia area bootlegger was arrested after police found a full dress plus coat on a suspect. The outfit included blue denim overalls with 16 pockets sewn around the outside, able to hold about 20 bottles, described as a Prohibition era style. She faces charges of possession of an illegal amount of intoxicants in a dry county and possession for sale.
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Harry King
Associated Press
Magnolia
Glen Hickman
Magnolia Banner News
J. W. Cleaver
Cleaver
Dry
View of the Welding Shop Bond Notice Sparks Postcard Shortage
A Little Rock station’s postcard giveaway drains supplies in Arkansas towns. Postmaster Roger Klie of Grady cites emergency requisitions to replenish stocks while Alvin Bridewell of Dumas notes postmasters trading between towns. Allegedly prison convicts are sending in contest entries.
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Little Rock
Arkansas
Roger Klie
Grady
Alvin Bridewell
Dumas
Winter Double Talk and Witty Patches of Humor
New York AP columnist HAL BOYLE notes winter as prime for double talk to ease conversation monotony. The piece surveys examples of double entendre, including magician’s pigeons and a pajama party auto wreck, plus a list of literal meanings behind common phrases and its practical jokes in daily life Brennan.
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Hal Boyle
New York
Beg
Fragmentary Dialogue on February Wedding Postponement
A misquoted exchange centers on delaying a marriage from February to a June date. The speaker jokes about postponing into a non-current century, reflecting whimsical uncertainty about the ceremony.
Tech School on Sixty Acres Near Hope Arkansas
The Red River Vocational Technical School sits on a wooded sixty acre tract near Hope's south city limits on Highway 29. It has three modern buildings with shop courses in welding diesel and heavy truck mechanics machine shop and plant maintenance in the south building and forestry office practices nursing student center and administration in the north building. The forestry space totals about 1,400 square feet, nursing about 2,400 square feet, and three office practice rooms around 2,100 square feet. Heavy equipment operations occupy the west building at 3,500 square feet with a classroom storage and covered enclosure. All buildings feature modern design with functional driveways and entrances.
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Red River Vocational + Technical School
Hope
Arkansas
Dutch coalition talks widen as Queen meets leaders
Page Eleven reports Prime Minister Jelle Zijlstra’s Catholic anti revolutionary cabinet faces end as Queen Juliana begins talks with party leaders to appoint a successor. Catholic People's party drops to 42 seats while Labor slides to 37. 11 of 23 parties win deputies in the 150 member lower house. Democrats 1966 gains seven seats in first election.
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Juliana
Jelle Zijlstra
Catholic People’s Party
Holland
Labor Party
Democrats 1966 Party
Election to Complicate Dutch Rule
The Associated Press reports in Amsterdam that nationwide parliamentary elections bring losses for the two largest political parties and gains for smaller groups, signaling a fragmented outcome that could complicate Dutch political rule.
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Associated Press
Amsterdam
Netherlands
Fire destroys Alaska's famed Palace Saloon
Fire destroyed the Palace Saloon and Cafe in Fairbanks with firemen limiting spread to other exposition buildings. The historic establishment, rebuilt for Alaska's 67th centennial, housed a bar brought from Flat Alaska after previously being at Idatarod, the 1908 gold rush site.
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Falkbanks, Alaska
Palace
Fairbanks
Flat
Alaska
Idatarod
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