Applause and politics mix in Arkansas capitol visit
At the Arkansas state capitol in Little Rock journalist and photographer Lewis R. Cooper toured with Jungkind Co. staff to photograph Senate and House chambers. There, U.S. Senator John McClellan spoke with Gov. Winthrop Rockefeller, sharing memories of Arkansas politics from 1938 to 1942 as the newspaper praised both leaders.
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Capitol
Bob Jones
Pine Bluff
Jonesboro Sunman
Jungs Kind Co
Little Rock
Garland Bosley
Jungkind
Berkey
Log Cabin Democrat
Conway
Jones and I
Talbot Feild, Jr
Sen
Olen Hendrix
U. S
John McClellan
General Assembly
House
Winthrop Rockefeller
Senate
McClellan
Rockefeller
Arkansas
John
Big Reward Offered in Natchez Death
A 26000 reward was offered by Natchez city for arrests and convictions in the death of a Negro man killed when a truck cab exploded. Charlest Jackson, 36, a father of six, was driving home when the blast occurred, police say a bomb under the truck caused the explosion. The FBI joined the probe as investigators reviewed possible federal law violations.
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Natchez, Miss
Charlest Jackson
J. T. Robinson
George Metcalfe
Natchez
Natonal Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Metcalfe
Armstrong Tire and Rubber Co
Jackson
Miss
Who Jackson
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Robinson
FBI
NAACP
Beulah Baptist Church
James Lambert
Daily
Natchez Democrat
Checks Lost in Robbery at Conway Safeway
Conway Arkansas police report a Safeway robbery over the weekend netting about $1,900 in cash and $8,000 in negotiable checks. Chief Rueben Goss stated the loss occurred during the incident.
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Conway
Ark
Rueben Goss
Safeway
Two Bills Are Vetoed by WR
Gov Winthrop Rockefeller vetoed two bills amid fears the state could not afford the loss of 4 million to 8 million. One measure would raise income tax credits from 17.50 to 25 for individuals 30 to 50 for heads of families and 6 to 9 for each dependent, as Rep Chadd Durrett of Strow introduced.
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Little Rock
Winthrop Rockefeller
Chadd Durrett
Strow
Train Cars In Two Accidents Near Division Street Spur Crossing
At 3 50 pm yesterday, a Division Street spur incident involved an auto driven by Mrs John Kitzman colliding with a switch engine. A later collision on S Walker between Anna Catherine Fellds and Linda Sue Parsons sent a second car into a third driven by Peasney Burke. All three vehicles carried students but no injuries reported. Officers R Rowe and J Brown charged Fellds with hazardous driving.
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John Kitzman
Division Street
S. Walker
Anna Catherine Fellds
Gacther
Linda Sue Parsons
Peasney Burke
R. Rowe
J. Brown
Ann Cathy Coe Fellds
Ethics watchdogs and Powell seat fight roil House
Washington AP report notes pressure on House Rules Committee to create a federal watchdog on ethics as Powell seeks seat. Key lawmakers split, with several Republicans backing a separate committee and Democrats unsure which path to take amid Powell fallout.
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Washington
Adam Clayton Powell
House
Powell
House Rules Committee
Senate
Thomas J. Dodd
D-Conn
William M. Colmer
D-Miss
Colmer
Chartee T. Bennett
D-Fla
Nuuse
Wayne L. Hays
Ohio
Hays
Education and Labor Committee
Administration
Republican” Rules Committee
Claude Pepper
Rules Committee
Thomas F. O'Neill
Dmass
No Evidence of Open Gambling in Pulaski County
Prosecutor Richard B. Adkisson said the State Police have no evidence of open and continuous gambling at the Westwood Club in Little Rock or the Diamond Club in North Little Rock after questioning Col. Herman E. Lindsey. Governor Rockefeller warned that raids would occur if local authorities fail to act, but no raids were reported as of Monday.
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LittLe Hock
Richard B. Adkisson
Little Rock
Pulaski
Adkisson
Col
Herman E. Lindsey
Lindsey
North Little Rock
Diamond Club
Westwood Club
Winthrop Rockefeller
Rockefeller
McClellan Urges Unity in Legislature
Arkansas Senator John L. McClellan urged full prosecution of the Vietnam War including bombing all enemy installations to shorten the conflict. He cautioned Congress on spending while praising the Safe Streets and Crime Control Act and urged bi partisan resolution of conflicts with the Republican administration.
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Robert L. Shaw
Little Rock
John L. McClellan
D-Ark
McClellan
Arkansas
United States
Johnson
Congress
Senate Judiciary Committee
Supreme Court
Theft of Saws Leads to Police Questioning
City police have arrested Robert James Thames, 31, for questioning in connection with the theft of chain saws from the Lingo Chalo Saw Co on West Third Street. Officers indicated the investigation is not complete.
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Robert James Thames
Lingo Chalo Saw Co
West Third S
Hoffa Nearer Jail as Court Refuses Rehearing
James R. Hoffa faces possible imprisonment after the Supreme Court refused to rehear his 1964 conviction for jury tampering. The decision leaves an eight year sentence and $10,000 fine in place, with Hoffa seeking last moves in district court to stay or delay surrender.
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Washington
Teamsters Union
James R. Hoffa
Supreme Court
Hoffa
Labor Chiefs
Potter Stewart
U. S. District Court
Chattanooga
Tenn
Stewart
High Court
District Court
Aleady
U.S
Thurgood Marshall
Nashville
Circuit Court
Cincinnati
Robert Vick
Vick
Polk Memorial Awards Honor Faas and Salissbury Winners
AP photographer Horst Faas and New York Times Ramparts editor Harrison Salisbury are named Polk memorial award recipients for journalism in 1966. Salisbury and Fans won for Vietnam coverage. Ramparts won in magazine reporting. No radio or television awards given as committee found no worthy entry. Faas also holds a Pulitzer and a Robert Capa award.
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NEW York
Associated Press
Horst Faas
Harrison E. Salissbury
New York Times
Ramparts Magazine
Fans
Salisbury
the Times
Ramparts
National Student Association
Columbia Broadcasting System
Long Island University
Faas
Robert Capa
Overseas Press Club
Pulitzer
House Seeks $1,000 Pay Hikes for Arkansas Teachers
Arkansas House aims to raise public school teacher salaries by 1,100 over two school years, rejecting a split compromise and backing a plan guaranteeing money for each teacher. Other actions include approving a dairy pricing commission and a library building project, with debate on tax and road funds.
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George F. Bartsch
Associated Press
Little Rock
Arkansas House
Senate
Arkansas Dairy Commission
State Library and History Commission
House
Marines Launch Ewd Landing as Junction City Advances
U S Marines reoccupied a coastal operation area then landed 16 miles farther along the central coast near Quang Ngai City. In Junction City, 89 enemy dead reported as 45 000 troops push through War Zone C while B 52s raid west of Tay Ninh and Haiphong traffic ferries are targeted along the coast.
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Robert Tuckman
Saigon
South Vietnam
Quang Ngai City
Podia
U.S
1St Infantry
Junction City
Tay Ninh
North Vietnam
Haiphong
North Vietnamese
Ot Air Force
Ben Hai
North
Lions Learn of Work for the Blind at Club Meet
At a Lions Club session at Town and Country Dr, Don Freel outlined Arkansas Enterprises for the Blind progress. The training school serves 70 trainees with 60 staff, now placing 86 full time blind operators in 70 concession stands statewide, earning about 4400 annually per worker.
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Lions Club
Town & Country
Don Freel
Arkansas Enterprises For the Blind
School For the
Internal Revenue Department
Arkansas
Farm Bureau Board to Meet in Hempstead County
The Hempstead County Farm Bureau Board of Directors will meet Thursday night March 2 at 7:30 p.m. at the Farm Bureau office. President Lester Kent urges all township captains and workers to attend as a membership drive progress report is to be given.
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Hempstead County Farm Bureau Board of Directors
Lester Kent
Farm Bureau
Kent
Wilson Named to UA Board
Governor Winthrop Rockefeller announced the appointment of Robert E. Lee Wilson III of Wilson to a 10 year term on the University of Arkansas board of trustees. Wilson, last year’s co chairman of the Democrats for Rockefeller organization, was named at a news conference in Little Rock.
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Associated Press
Little Rock
Robert E. Lee Wilson III
Wilson
Democrats For Rockefeller
Monday
University of Arkansas
Winthrop Rockefeller
All Around Town Edison Petre at St Michael's Hospital
Edison Petre is a patient at St Michael's Hospital Texarkana room 303 after brain surgery on February 27 following an auto accident at Perrytown. Girl and Brownie Scouts began cookie orders February 24 with delivery April 7 to 15 and five varieties cost 0 cents per box. Dr J Edward Bennett announces Sue Harden and Mrs W M Thompson of Emmet as delegates for the Arkansas Symposium March 9 to 11 in Little Rock. Sue, daughter of Mr and Mrs Paul Harden, is a 4 sophomore at Emmet High and honors student. Mrs Thompson teaches science and math at Emmet High with an MSE. Hervey Holt of Hamm Tire and Appliance Co learns Goodyear lists them as a winner in a four month sales contest for a Hawaiian trip in March. At the U of A College of Business, Malcolm Hinton, Thomas McLarty, Merilyn Mayfield of Lawsonville, and Bobby Steels of Nashville appear on the honor roll. Wilbur S Dearinger of Hope bought an Abe Dean Angus bull from Lacle Rowe of Hope per the American Angus Association.
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Edison Petre
St. Michael's Hospital
Texarkana
Perrytown
J. Edward Bennett
Arkansas
Sue Hareden
W. M. Thompson
Emmet
Little Rock
Sue
Paul Harden
Prescott Rt. 3
Emmet High
Thompson
Emmet High School
Henderson State College
Hervey Holt
Hamm Tire and Appliance Co
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co
Hawaiian Islands
New Rockets Force Expanded Patrols In Vietnam
In Saigon AP reports Soviet 140mm rockets were used to attack Da Nang, killing 12 Marines and 35 Vietnamese, wounding 32 Americans and 70 Vietnamese. The attack prompts a shift to longer range patrols guarding bases, as rockets outrange 81mm mortars and are easier to deploy than traditional mortars.
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Vietnam
da Nang
Joseph S. Clark
United States
North Vietnam
Lord Snowdon
Princess Margaret
London
John T. Wheeler
Saigon
U.S
U.S. Marina
Ap Do
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ED Shearer
National Automobile Insurance Ratesmaking
National Bureau of Casualty Underwriters
National Automobile Underwriters Association
NBCU
NAUA
John Norman Harkey
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AP News Digest
Mao Tse-tung
Red China
Mississippi
George Romney
U.S. Army
Farm Bureau Board
UA Board
The
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Malcolm Hinton
Thosmas Mack McLarty
Merilyn Mayfield
Lawiseville
Bobby Steel
Nasheville
Wilbur S. Dearinger
Lacle Rowe
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