Arkansas Senate tightens unemployment benefits in bid to protect fund
The Arkansas Senate passed a bill to require workers who quit or are fired for cause to obtain a job at least six times their weekly unemployment benefit before eligibility. Labor leaders expect a veto from Gov. Faubus. The measure targets fund protection amid a $16 million dip and affects spouses who relocate for their partner’s job.
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John R. Starr
Associated Press
Little Rock
Arkansas Senate
Guy Jones
Conway
Jones
Orval E. Faubus
Faubus
Drew County
Arthur Deckerman
Bill Laney Hs
House
Senate
Arkansas
Clarence Bell
Parkin
Joe Hurley
el Dorado
Hurley
Hot Springs
Infiltration Reported From Laos Into South Vietnam Front
Authoritative military sources said North Viet Nam has infiltrated elements of a combat division via trails through Laos into South Viet Nam’s 1st Army Corps area near the 17th Parallel. The division is said to be based in Quang Ngai Province’s Do Xa area about 50 miles south of Da Nang, despite U.S. air strikes.
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DA Nang
South Viet Nam
North Viet Nam
Laos
1St Army Corps
U.S
Quang Ngai
Arkansas Weather Sketch Mild through Tonight
Arkansas forecast calls for clear to partly cloudy skies and mild conditions. Highs reach in the 60s northeast and 70s southwest, with overnight lows 45 to 55. Sunday remains partly cloudy and mild.
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Arkansas
Arkansas Vote Urges 150 Million State Bond Issue
This Hope Star editorial urges all voters in Arkansas to cast ballots before 6:30 PM in a special election on a proposed 150 million dollar state bond issue. The piece promotes get out the vote efforts with non-controversial radio spots across stations KXAR KTPA and KBHC and emphasizes citizen duty.
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Arkansas
Hope Star
KXAR
Hope
KTPA
Prescott
KBHC
Nashville
Mortons Skull Collection Prompts Academy Debate in Philadelphia
Philadelphia's Academy of Natural Sciences owns over 1,000 skulls catalogued by Samuel Morton. With limited display space, custodian Robert Grant notes they are rarely viewed, as Morton's theories linking brain size to intelligence are now disputed and the collection has sat in storage for more than a century.
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Philadelphia
Samuel G. Morton
Morton
Robert R. Grant Jr
Academy
Grant
Academy of Natural Sciences
James Moran
Dana
United States Denies Soviet Military Interference Claim
The United States rejected Soviet charges of U S military interference in South Vietnam and harassment of Soviet ships. Washington said Soviet accusations of U S violations are under investigation and blamed North Vietnam for creating regional tension, promising to inform Moscow of findings.
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Moscow
United States
South Viet Nam
U.S
Foreign Ministry
Indochina
Unite States of America
Laos
Southeast Asia
Viet Nam
Ministry of Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Labels Elaborate New Office
Rep. Jamie Whitten moved into the Rayburn Building and added hand-lettered room signs. He named the rear work room the shop with typewriters and mimeograph gear, the front as the store, the reception area the kingfish's kingdom, the secretary room the throne room, and his office what's left.
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Washington
Jamie Whitten
D-Miss
Rayburn
St’o
Accident Kills Two In Crossett Arkansas
Two Ashley County men died in a two car crash on U S 82 in North Crossett. Edgar W. Haynie 61 of North Crossett and Carlton Miles 22 of Crossett were killed when Haynie pulled onto the highway from in front of a combination grocery store and service station into Miles path.
Papers Prove Red Aggression in Viet Nam
The State Department released a 14 600 word white paper accusing North Viet Nam of a deliberate concealed aggression against South Viet Nam. It says peace would allow immediate U S troop reductions but will not abandon allies. It notes increased infiltration, weapon flow, and a Viet Cong hard core estimated at over 32 000, up from under 20 000 in 1961.
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Washington
United States
North Viet Nam
South Viet Nam
State Department
Hanoi
South
Viet Nam
North
Republic of
AP&L Advances Second Phase of 500 KV Line
Arkansas Power & Light said construction on the second phase of its 500000 volt transmission project will start next week. The 85 mile line runs from Mabelvale substation to the Logan County line and costs about 7.2 million dollars. Completion target is February 1966. Phase I from West Memphis to Mabelvale nears finish and Phase III runs to near El Dorado.
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Little Rock
Arkansas Power & Light Co
Ap&l
Mabelvale
Logan County
West Memphis
el Dorado
Mrs Oswald to Leave College at University of Michigan
Marina Oswald 23, widow of Lee Harvey Oswald, is expected to depart the University of Michigan today after eight weeks as a part time English language student in the institute. Fellow students say she was no different from others and institute director Professor John R. Catford noted little notice from the campus. She is due to return to Fort Worth Texas.
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Ann Arbor
Mich
Marina Oswald
University of Michigan
Lee Harvey Oswald
John F. Kennedy
No Landing Gear Improves Ballistic Flight of Convair 880
A Convair 880 with 130 aboard landed safely at Tokyo after circling for over 30 minutes due to landing gear trouble. The fault was corrected during the hold, and the plane touched down without a gear problem.
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Tokyo
France and Soviet Union seek international Viet Nam talks
France agrees to cooperate with the Soviet Union to press for an international conference to settle the Viet Nam conflict. President de Gaulle discussed it with Soviet Ambassador Sergei Vinogradov, who presented Moscow’s memo and called for a negotiated peace with Red China to be consulted, while France favors neutralization of Indochina.
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Paris
France
Soviet Union
Alain Peyrefitte
Sergei Vinogradov
Elysee Palace
Charles de Gaulle
Peyrefitte
Vinogradov
Southeast Asia
de Gaulle
Kremlin
U.S
Viet Nam
Indochinese
South Vietnam
Cambodia
Laos
Indochina
Red China
Geneva
Vietnam
United States
Aerialist Mary Lou Lawrence Resumes Career After Accident
Mary Lou Lawrence, 28, a Crown Point Indiana aerialist, returned to the flying trapeze at Madison Wisconsin. She performed at thirty five feet above the arena floor to a standing ovation in her first appearance since 1963. She suffered a skull fracture a broken rib and a broken collar bone in a fall at Dane County Arena two years earlier.
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Madison
Wis
Mary Lou Lawrence
Crown Point
Ind
Miss Lawrence
February Tales of Washington and His Gentlewomen
February carries many holidays and in a 1965 retrospective piece Edith Johnson chronicles George Washington's romantic past. It details his early crushes Lucy Grimes Betty Fauntleroy Mary Carey Mary Philipse and especially Sally Fairfax whom he valued highly in Virginia society and who influenced his later character and life. Washington's marriage to Martha Custis is described as practical yet bittersweet with Sally Fairfax remaining a cherished memory.
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Edith Johnson
Washington
Martha
Sally Fairfax
Lucy
Mary Philipse
George
George Fairfax
Lord William Fairfax
Lord Fairfax
Virginia
Fairfax
Johnson
Sally
Volunteers Seek Money for Space Age Experiments at Wright-Patterson
At Wright Patterson Air Force Base medical lab volunteers, mostly college students, live on experimental foods in a six week isolation called a space tank. They receive 1000 dollars pre tax, dropping to about 845 after deductions, with pay tied to completion. Four Ohio State students completed six weeks, with some citing family approval and curiosity as motives.
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Dayton
Ohio
Medical Research Laboratory
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
Ohio State University
John T. Kelley
Willoughby
Brooks L Harrop
Amlin
Gerald Paul Petersen
Euclid
Ohio State
Norman H. Gary
Delaware
Gary
West Germans in Cairo Report Missing
The West German Embassy states six West Germans vanished in Cairo under mysterious circumstances. Missing are Mr and Mrs Kiesow, Mr and Mrs Lotz, and Mr and Mrs Neumann. Neumanns are Lotz’s parents visiting Cairo. Kiesow is Cairo representative for Mannesmann Steel. Lotz owns a stable there.
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Cairo
West Germany
Kieswo
Lotz
Neumann
Neumanns
Kiesow
Mannesmann Steel & Iron Works
Duesseldorf
Soviet Party Signals Possible Pause On World Communist Conference
Moscow hints it may drop plans for a world Communist conference amid rising Mos cow Peking tensions. Tass summarized article notes desire to end public debate within the world movement. China blasts Soviet leadership as ideological attacks persist through official media.
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Moscow
Soviet Communist Party
Moscow-Peking
Communist
Communist Movement
Tass
Italy
Peking
Russia
Red China
New China
Soviet Union
China
Archbishop in Good Condition After Brain Operation
Archbishop Albert Cardinal Meyer of Chicago, 61, is reported in good condition at Mercy Hospital following a four hour twenty minute brain operation to remove abnormal tissue. Dr Harold C Voris led a nine member neurosurgical team. tissue the size of a lime or walnut was removed in pieces. Final tumor nature will require two to three days for determination.
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Chicago
Albert Cardinal Meyer
Mercy Hospital
Harold C. Voris
Voris
Salado Treasure Hunt Draws Onlookers And Rumors
In Salado Texas crowds chase legends of buried treasure as men dynamite limestone cliffs and tunnel tunnels. A local informant nicknamed Pig Red claims exclusive stories while guarding a gate and repeating varying ages and details.
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Salado, Tex
Texas
Pig Red
Pig
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