HR 8282 push would federalize unemployment benefits
Miami Herald warns HR 8282 would federalize unemployment compensation, set uniform standards, and expand federal oversight. It notes Florida would face higher costs, states differ in weekly benefits, and the plan would draw millions of workers into federal programs while reducing state tax incentives.
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United States
Johnson
Congressional Quarterly
Senate
Everett McKinley Dirksen
Congress
Florida
Wisconsin
Department of Labor
Washington
Miami
Fla
Money and Corruption Go Together in Saigon
AP report from Saigon details how large funds, lax controls, and local norms enable corruption in the Vietnamese economy. It notes Premier Ky’s pledges to clean up graft, elusive results, and U.S. aid being diverted or tainted, with a booming black market in U.S. currency and goods feeding GI shortages and rationing.
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John T. Wheeler
Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
Lakag
Nguyen Cao Ky
Vue Nam
Race Balance Bill Aims at Northern Cities, Powell Says
Associated Press report outlines a federal bill by Rep. Adam Clayton Powell to withhold funds from districts not racially balancing schools. It would cap variance of Negro students within each district and may force busing beyond neighborhoods. Cleveland and San Francisco would be heavily affected. Philadelphia and Boston also face substantial impact. Cleveland superintendent Paul Briggs warns it could affect nearly all 135 schools.
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Jerry Buck
Associated Press
Adam Clayton Powell
D-N.y
Cleveland
San Francisco
Boston
Congress
Powell
New York City
U.S. Supreme Court
Philadelphia
Richardson C. Dilworth
Board of Education
Dilworth
Paul Briggs
Briggs
Washington
House Committee On UN- American Activities
Alabama
George Wallace
Snow Blankets Eastern Nation Disrupts Travel
A severe snowstorm swept the Eastern United States from the Arkansas area to New England, disrupting air and highway travel. Four to six inches fell around New York City, more than five inches in Washington, and about a half foot in parts of Philadelphia and Harrisburg. Totals ranged from 5 to 9 inches along the Appalachian foothills from western North Carolina to Maryland and southern Pennsylvania.
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Arkansas
Appalachians
New England
New York City
Washington
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Harrisburg
North Carolina
Virginias
Maryland
One Negro on Hamburg Jury in First Degree Murder Case
In Hamburg Arkansas an all male jury was selected for the first degree murder trial of Md Vail and his brother James Vail in the death of 14 year old Lee Edward Clabreath. The shooting occurred December 5 1965 in front of a Portland case. The state has asked for the death penalty for Md Vail.
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Hamburg
Act
Id Vail
Vail
James Vail
Lee Edward Clabreath
Portland
B.A. Courson
MD Vail
Stales
Ashley County
Ir Et
U of A Schola Cantorum to Perform Here
The University of Arkansas Schola Cantorum, founded in 1957 by Richard Brothers, will perform at Hope High School Auditorium on Thursday March 3, 1966 at 9 30 am. The ensemble, praised as one of the world’s finest choirs, has won top prizes in Arezzo and toured Europe and the United States including a White House appearance.
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Jean Abel
Schola Cantorum
University of Arkansas
Aix - En - Provence
France
Hope High School
Schola Canfory
Richard Brothers
Brothers
University Department of Music
Abel
Arezzo
Italy
United States
White House
Kennedy
Fulbright
Arkansas
Senate
Congress
Diplomatic Corps
Sehala Cantorum
Germany
Austria
Switizerland
Spain
Aix-en-Provence
Europe
Aixen-Provence
Switzerland
Yugoslavia
England
General Westmoreland Breaks Wrist Playing Tennis
U S commander in Viet Nam General William Westmoreland sustained a wrist fracture while playing tennis with an aide in Saigon. The incident occurred on Tuesday, leaving the general with a broken bone in his left wrist.
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Associated Press
Saigon
South Viet Nam
William GC
Westmoreland
U.S
Viet Nam
Toll in Viet Nam Deaths Reach 2,205 This Week
The Defense Department says 2,205 U.S. servicemen have been killed in Viet Nam since Jan 1, 1961, with 10,725 wounded. In the week ended last Monday night, 97 deaths and 435 injuries were reported, with 160 missing.
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Washington
Defense Department
U.S
Viet Nam
Department
ALC to Visit Capitol in Washington
Senator Olen Hendrix and Representative Talbot Feild Jr. invited the Legislative Council to meet in the Old State House Confederate Capitol in Washington Arkansas in June and the Joint Auditing Committee to meet there or another date. The 24 member Legislative Council and 20 member Joint Auditing Committee unanimously accepted.
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Olen Hendrix
Prescott
Talbot Feild, Jr
Hope
Legislative Council
Little Rock
Old State House
Confederate Capitol
Washington
Arkansas
Legislative Joint Auditing Committee
Hendrix
Feild
Faubus
Washington Capitol
Arkansas Genral Assembly
House
Senate
Hempstead Pike Singing Convention at Blevais Sunday
Hempstead Pike County Singing Convention will be held at Blevais on Sunday February 2 beginning at 10 oclock in the morning. The event will include sessions with refreshments and an emphasis on cordial attendance and orderly conduct.
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Hempstead-Pike
Hempstead
Pike County
Blevais
Neott
War Authority Backing Asked by Johnson
Johnson administration seeks a vote of confidence in Viet Nam policy as Sen Morse plans to attach his amendment to the $4.8 billion war funds bill. Morse argues Congress should rescind the 1964 blank-check resolution, while Sen Russell counters with a substitute reaffirming that resolution. Humphrey campaigns for administration policy with a nine nation Asian trip report.
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Harry Kelly Washington
Johnson
Hanoi
Hubert H. Humphrey
Senate
Wayne Morse
D-Ore
Congress
Morse
Reichard B. Russell
Senate Armed Services Committee
Oregonian
Viet Nam
Georgia
Whirlpool to Acquire Borg-Warner Norge Plant at Fort Smith
Whirlpool Corp will take over the lease of Borg-Warner Norge Division’s Fort Smith Arkansas plant with 1.6 thousand employees. Production will continue through early summer while machinery is moved, and operations will shift to other Norge facilities or manufacturers. Norge has plants in Herrin and Effingham Illinois and Whirlpool operates ice cube makers and dairy equipment in seven cities.
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Fort Smith, Ark
Whirlpool Corp
Benton Harbor
Mich
Borg - Warner Corp
Norge Division
Borg-Warner
Norge
Fort Smith
Whirlpool
Illinois
Herrin
Effingham
Producion
Thompson bets Dirksen on GOP seat gains
Representative Frank Thompson Jr. predicts Republicans won’t gain more than 50 seats in the House in the upcoming November elections. He accepted a $100 bet with Senate GOP leader Everett Dirksen, offering 2-1 odds and sending $200 in cash by letter. Others tried to cover the wager but were late.
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Washington
Frank Thompson Jr
D-N.j
House of Representatives
Thompson
Everett M. Dirksen
Senate
Dirksen
Study Monkeys to Learn of People
Seattle AP report: University of Washington scientists will study monkeys via a one way viewing glass to observe friendships social status and ostracism. They hope to gain insight into human social relationships and successes and failures. Dr Gordon Jensen notes they cannot and would not control humans in this manner.
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Seattle
University of Washington
Gordon Jensen
Wed
Arnold Seeks Prosecuting Attorney Post in Eighth District
W H Arnold known as Dub Arnold announces candidacy for Prosecuting Attorney of the Eighth Judicial District comprising Clark Nevada Hempstead and Miller Counties in Arkansas. The 31 year old Arkadelphia attorney, deputy prosecutor since 1965, discusses community involvement and support from district citizens.
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W. H. Arnold
W. H
Dub” Arnold
Arkadelphia
Eighth Judicial District
Clark
Nevada
Hempstead
Miller
Arnold
Clark County
Arkansas
Henderson State Teachers College
Arkansas Law School
Arkansas Bar
Arkansas, American and Southwest Bar Associations
Clark County Fair Association
Red Cross Chapter
Paint Teacher Association
Viet Nam war quarrel deepens as Senate edges in
AP News Digest notes tensions over President Johnson's Viet Nam war authority. AFL-CIO backs Johnson policy while George Meany criticizes Sen Kennedy. Fighting in Quang Tri pits Viet Cong against government troops near the North Viet Nam border. International items: Ghana overthrows Nkrumah for rights abuses. Red China hints Mao's limited direction. Britain may call a national election. Domestic: rights of suspects debated. Powell bill targets segregated Northern schools. Alabama AG eyes governor race amid Wallace standoff.
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Viet Nam
Senate
Johnson
Afl-Cio
President Johnson
George Meany
Robert F. Kennedy
Quang Tri
North
International Ghana
Kwame Nkrumah
Red China
Mao Tze-tung
Communist Party
Peking
Harold Wilson
Britain
One killed in Benton Train Derailment
A Missouri Pacific mail train derailed near Benton Arkansas late Thursday night. One fireman M EB Daniels of Scott was killed and engineer J EB Lewis of Little Rock was injured though not seriously. Several passengers were checked and released. A temporary track around the wreckage was built to restore traffic. The train was traveling from St Louis to Texarkana and the cause was not yet determined.
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Benton
Ark
Missouri Pacific Mail
Arkansas
M. EB. Daniels
Scott
J. EB. Lewis
Little Rock
Janes Anderson
Benton City
Missouri Pacific
St. Louis
Texarkana
Local notices and university honors in Hope Arkansas
A series of short items from Hope Arkansas reports include MH Om Helmer Weliver, a graduate student at the University of Iowa School of Music, presenting a French horn program February 25 in North Music Hall with Barbara Golden accompanying on piano. Also noted are Lt. Billy F. Walters of Hope, a Nike defense training graduate, and local education updates from Henderson State Teachers College and Southern State College. Other items mention 3,192 University of Oklahoma students on fall honor roll including Bill J. Schooley of Hope, a Republican Women’s Club meeting March 1, and an Iran accident at Benton resulting in a fatality nearby Hope relatives. The text weaves several local people, institutions, and events into a collage of 1960s Hope area news.
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Helmer Weliver
Hope
Ark
University of Iowa School of Music
North Music Hall
U of
Barbara Golden
Spencer
Earl A. Weliver
Hope Rt 4
Billy F. Walters
Frank Walters
Hope, Ark
Army Air Defense School
Ft. Bliss
Texas
Walters
Henderson State Teachers College
Arkadelphia
Phi Lambda Chi Traterni
Westmoreland salutes 2500 infantry in Viet Nam battle
General Westmoreland on a jeep tour north of Saigon praised 2500 American infantrymen for repelling a predawn Viet Cong assault. The clash left at least 135 enemy dead with 15 Communists captured. U.S. and allied forces reported sporadic contacts elsewhere as rains limited air strikes around Vinh.
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Thomas A. Reedy
Saigon
South Viet Nam
William C. Westmoreland
U.S
Viet Nam
U.S. 1St Infantry Division
Westmoreland
North Viet Nam
Vinh
Hanoi
7Th Fleet
SBA Makes Loan So That's It
In Little Rock, an SBA spokesman said a Crossett drive in received a federal construction loan of 78,400 under Act 404 of 1955, with AIDC approval and industry classification discussed. The SBA notes two other Arkansas laws allow a community development corporation to obtain an SBA loan without AIDC approval or industry status.
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Little Rock
Crossett
Small Business Administration
SBA
Arkansas Industrial Development Commission
AIDC
Bruce Bennett
Developmnt Corporation
Suit Filed in YDC Fight for Leadership
Jack Coleman files in Pulaski Chancery Court alleging Lea Pritchard YDC secretary and Charley Owen YLC treasurer refused to show YDC records. Coleman, 22, University of Arkansas senior, seeks mandatory injunction ordering access to the organization records. Thorpe stated Coleman approached him after discussing the matter with his attorney Joey bytheadens.
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Little Rock
Young Democratic
YDC
Pulaski Chancery Court
Lea Peitehard
Charley Owen
YLC
Jack Coleman
Lonoke
Coleman
University of Arkansas
Thorpe
Thomas
Little Reck
Tus
Joey
Theadens
Thonyis
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Oklahoma
Bill J. Schooley
Hempstead County
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