Sliced Thin by The Editor s and Congressional Unemployment Bill
Our Daily Bread critiques Washington in a broadside against the unemployment compensation bill. It argues the plan centralizes control, raises wage bases, shifts costs to consumers, and would tempt idle workers with extended benefits, risking burden on employers and workers alike. The piece laments loss of safeguards and calls for closer, humane oversight at home in Arkansas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam
Legislative Mill
Washington
D. C
Arkansas
Uncle Sam
U S Bonds Boost Yields in Competition for Savings
U S savings bonds raise yields to 4.15 percent, narrowing the gap with Treasury and bank products. Banks, mutuals, and savings institutions respond with higher dividends and new certificates to attract funds. The Treasury and other issuers pay up to 6 percent on large securities, while favored bonds offer tax-deferred income.
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Sam Dawson
AP Business News
NEW York
U.S
Treasury
Mutual Savings Banks
Savings and Loan Associations
Bombers Hit Cong Targets Twice in Row
U S B 52 bombers using a new two strike method hit three Viet Cong sites in western Tay Ninh Province near the Cambodian border. The raids targeted an infiltration point central headquarters storage sector and a suspected training ground. Ground intelligence says about three Viet Cong regiments were in the area.
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Thomas A. Reedy
Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
Tay Ninh
Air Force
Bsas
Johnson study outlines 4 front Vietnam war plan
AP reports President Johnson expects 12 to 18 months of sustained pressure to push Communists toward peace talks, with a four front strategy: military buildup and offensives, Saigon political authority, village rehabilitation, and a persistent diplomatic push for negotiations. Officials foresee varied timelines and possible long Southeast Asia conflict.
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John M. Hightower
Washington
Johnson
Viet Nam
Southeast Asia
U.S
Saigon
United States
Contributions of Southern States to Revolutionary War
The John Cain Chapter D.A.R. held a luncheon at Heritage House on Feb 16 with Miss Martha Allison as speaker. Theme focused on Southern contributions to the American Revolution including notable leaders, battles, and documents, highlighting George Washington, Virginia’s Richard Henry Lee, and Thomas Jefferson.
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John Cain
D.A.R
Heritage House
Charles Taylor
Frank McLarty
Roy Stephenson
Richards Howard
George Frazier
Martha Allison
Fathers of Republic
United States
Valley Forge
Boston
Paul Revere
South
Britain
Lexington
Concord
Savannah
Continental Congress
Philadelphia
George Washington
Washington
Bunker Hill
Thomas Paine
England
North Carolina
Virginia
Richard Henry Lee
Congress
Thomas Jefferson
Jefferson
Benjamin Franklin
John Adams
Paris
France
Union
Howard
Abraham Lincoln
Susan S. Anthony
Gordon Tyer
Mary Beth Millican
John R. Spraggins
Hope
Little Rock
Susan Turner
Margie Royston
Washington, D. C
J. A. Wilson
Calvin Parker
Bobcats Steady in Win Over Crossest Five
The Hope Bobcats edged Arkadelphia 76-74 with ten seconds left in a District 4AA thriller at Jones Field House. Charles Ashley led Arkadelphia with 35 points while Hope’s Ronnie Ingram, Dennis Ramsey, and Bobby McGill fueled a late rally and the Bobcats secured a seventh win. The junior varsity also won 52-47 as Hope greens the Crossett game tonight.
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Larry Don Wright Hope
Hope Bobcats
Arkadelphia Badgers
Jones Field House
Cats
Arkadelphia
Badgers
Ronnie Ingram
Ingram
Ron Williams
Williams
Hope
Stan Parris
Bobby McGill
Bobcats
Dennis Ramsey
Ramsey
McGill
Little Rock
Charles Ashley
Larry May
Parris
Eddie Aslin
David Griffin
Hope Jr
Mike Westbrook
Dwight Galloway
Fred O. Ellis
Stan Reyenga
John Henley
Don Middlebrooks
Hope Boys
Crossett
Eagles
Cros
Hope Rotary Club marks 48th birthday and Rotary history
The Hope Rotary Club, between its 48th birthday on February 10 and Rotary’s founding on February 23, 1905, in Chicago, reflects on its local beginnings, long tradition, and international reach. It notes first president Jess N. Riley, early secretary Lee Giles, and 43 charter members. The club hosts Ladies Night and lunch meets while supporting the Society for Academic Achievement at Hope High School and district Rotary activities. It is part of District 417 led by Silas Snow, who also heads Arkansas State Teachers College.
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Hope Rotary Club
Mary Anita Laseter
Chicago
Hope Club
Barlow
Jess N. Riley
Lee Giles
Hot Springs Club
New Hope
John Barlow
David Finley
Forrest Shape
Talbot Field, Sr
Ed McCorkle
McCorkle
Hope Rotary al
Rotary
Rotary Organization
Silas Snow
Snow
Arkansas State Teachers College
Conway
Aristotle
Society For
Hope High School
Phi Beta Kappa
SAA
NHS
The
Tax hikes eyed as state budgets grow in 1904 drive
State legislatures consider over 1.1 billion dollars in new or increased taxes this year on top of last year’s near record 1.3 billion. Tax Foundation figures show large states like California Illinois Massachusetts Michigan New Jersey Virginia among those proposing new income or sales taxes. In New Jersey Democratic Governor Hughes pushes for an income tax while many prefer a sales tax. In Nashville officials seek a bird-loving old lady who feeds pigeons to foil a pigeon-control trap at Memorial Park.
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Sterling F. Green
Washington
The
Tax Foundation, Inc
New York
National Taxpayers Conference
Everal
California
Illinois
Massachusetts
Michigan
New Jersey
Vienia
Nebraska
New Hampshire
Richard J. Hughes
Soria
Cor
Nashville, Tenn
Nashville
Metropolitan Beautiful Commission
Commission
Mary Poag
Memorial Park
Litter Strikes Rome Amid City Workers' Walkout
Rome faces litter buildup as municipal employees stage a three day strike for higher wages, yet traffic is only modestly disrupted. In sports, Crosse suffers a season loss while Eagles aim to tighten the 4AA race with a win at Crossett, and the fur seal commission meets Feb 21 25 in Ottawa with Canada Japan the United States and USSR represented.
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Rome
Hope
Crosse
Eagles
Crossett
Ottawa
U.S
Bering Sea
North Pacific Fur Seal Commission
Canada
Japan
United States
Six men sentenced for synagogue arson in London
AP reports six men received prison terms from six months to five years after they set fire to two north London synagogues last summer. Hugh Hughes, 27, received five years for setting fires at Clapton and Ilford synagogues. One defendant admitted attending Nazi party meetings but claimed no extremist views.
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London
Noton
Hugh Hughes
Clapton
Ilford
Britain
Rusk Defends Policy and Challenges Congress
Secretary of State Dean Rusk urged Congress to vote again on Vietnam policy, promising an overwhelming vote like 1964. Senator Morse aims to rescind the Gulf of Tonkin resolution by amending the defense bill, while Fulbright ends hearings and weighs closed sessions with McNamara and Humphrey.
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Harry Kelly Washington
Dean Rusk
Congress
Rusk
Johnson
Southeast Asia
Wayne Morse
D-Ore
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Morse
Senate
U.S
Viet Nam
Gulf of Tokin
Ernest Gruening
Alaska
House
Te Foreign Relations
J. W. Fulbright
D-Ark
Eace
Fulbright
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Hubert H. Humphrey
Baltimore
Wmar-Tv
Washington
Station to Broadcast Cage Games Week on KXAR
KXAR plans a basketball week February 21 to 26 with 17 games. Broadcasts begin Monday at 5:00 p.m. from Emmet for four area 13 senior boys tourney games, then continue with Emmet, Fayetteville Texas Christian University, and multiple quarterfinals and finals across Emmet Jones Field House and other sites.
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KXAR
Emmet
Fayetteville
Texas Christian University
Pam
Jones Field House
Hope Hi — Warren
Electrical Plants Converting to Atom
LAS VEGAS Nev AP by 1980 about 20 per cent of the nation's electrical power will be supplied by atomic generation plants according to F Stew Brown of the Federal Power Commission.
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Las Vegas, Nev
F. Stew. Brown
Federal Power Commission
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