Federal beautification clash over private property
In Georgia a highway official says federal law requires actions on Will Hicks’s junkyard to screen it from drivers, provoking debate over private property rights and federal overreach. The reader notes cite a tension between federal funding and local discretion, urging wiser use of tax money and respect for private ownership.
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CIA
North Georgia
Willie Hicks
Mr. Hicks
Georgia
Hick
Washington
Georgia State Highway Department
Hicks
Charlotte
N. C
New York Braced for Historic Transit Strike
New York City faced a crippling subway and bus strike on January 1 1966 as contract talks collapsed five minutes into the new year. Mayor Lindsay and Transport Workers Union President Michael J Quill faced a court injunction while urging workers to respect the dispute. The 236 mile subway system and 533 miles of bus routes would halt as 15 million people prepared for a workday without public transport.
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New York
Peppery
Michael J. Quill
Transport Worker’s Union
News
John V. Lindsay
Lindsay
Quill
Hotel Americana
Will
Union
Transit Authority
Joseph O'Grady
Man of the Pubs Brings Religion to London Parish
London AP report profiles Rev John Knight vicar of St John with St Simon Bethnal Green who hunts parishioners in pubs. He uses earnings from singing to fund church upgrades and organizes clergy led theatricals for prisoners at Wormwood Scrubs. He says Fridays Saturdays Sundays yield his best take and aims to meet people unseen in church.
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London
John Knight
St. John
St. Simon
Bethnal Green
Father Knight
Wormwood Scrubs
Siphney
Walter Knight
Royal Standard
Father Wright
Pedestra Killed by Auto In Hope Incident
Turie Nelson a 70 year old Hope woman died from injuries after being struck by a car driven by Linda Sue Coats of Hope in the 00 block of South Walnut. Police say she walked into the gate area. the driver lacks a license. Coats is wife of KXAR announcer Paul Coats.
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Turie Nelson
Hope
Linda Sue Coats
South Walnut
Coats
Ward, Singard
Richard Rowe
Mrs. Coals
KXAR
Paul Coals
Faubus Names Head of Arts and Humanities Program
Arkansas Governor Orval E Faubus announced Ellis Doyle Herron will become director of a federally funded Arts and Humanities program under the state Planning Commission. Herron, longtime director of the Little Rock Museum of Science and Natural History, will assume the agency Saturday and prepare the plan and work program as outlined in the federal act.
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Litle Rockap
Orval E. Faubus
Ellis Doyle Herron
State Planing Commission
Hertn
Little Rock Musem of Science and Natar History
Faulis
Herren
Syphilis in State Has Increased
The Public Health Service said reports of infectious syphilis continued to rise in the United States during the fiscal year ending June 30. Arkansas reported 12.7 cases per 100000 population in 1965, up from 10.2 in 1964. Highest rates were District of Columbia 69.4, Florida 38.7, Alabama 38.6.
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Atlanta
The
Public Health Service
United States
Arkansas
District ‘of Columbia
Florida
Alabama
Grady Welcomes Its New Teller Window Bank
Grady Arkansas opens a teller’s window branch of First State Bank of Gould, the area’s first since 1931. The Grady branch serves about 700 residents, with Robert B. McCool as branch manager. Local directors Woodland and Wifling led the effort after a feasibility survey.
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Grady, Ark
Grady
First
State Bank of
Gould
Jesse TR. Rich
First State Bank of Gould
Rich
Roy Wood l
Don Wifling
First State Bank of
Pine , Bluff
Star City
Arkansas
FDIC
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Robert
B. McCool
Sind
Adteeetnes
New Year customs vary across the world and history
The article surveys how New Year is celebrated differently by nations and eras, noting March 25 as a historic English start to the year, Hebrew, Moslem, Italian, Spanish and Japanese practices, and regional customs such as Iran gifts, India rice, and U.S. regional foods, closing with a reflective poem about happiness and resilience.
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Russia
Italy
Spain
Iran
India
U. S
Japan
Accent On
Beliefs and Traditions Mark New Year Year
Washington AP reports a mix of customs tied to New Year’s Day including the first footer belief and luck tied to the first visitor crossing a threshold. traditions note window money, timing with a calendar, random Bible verse selection, and old English chimney cleaning linked to later resolutions.
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Washington
Library of Congress
World Book Encyclopedia
Rome
Janus
National Geographic
Soriely
Texarkana Man Fatally Shot by Wife in Arkansas
Texarkana Arkansas police say James I Crow, 33, was fatally shot Thursday at his home with a .22 caliber pistol. Joyce Elaine Crow, 22, was held in connection with the death and was taken into custody at a Texarkana Texas hospital where her husband lay. Extradi tion papers were signed to return her to Arkansas.
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Texarkana, Ark
James I
Crow
Joyce Elaine Crow
Texarkana, Tex
Arkansas
Gunpowder Plant Strike Near Settlement in Illinois
After four days of bargaining 4200 workers at the Olin Mathieson gunpowder plant in East Alton Illinois reached a tentative settlement mediated by the Federal Mediation Service The agreement aims to restore stock for ammunition used in rifles tracer bullets and 20mm shells with votes by the three unions over the New Year weekend The Pentagon and White House welcomed the step while Army plans to restart a Badger plant in Baraboo Wisconsin would take six months gunpowder production remains focused in Illinois
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Neil Gilbride
Washington
Viet Nam
Olin Mathieson
East Alton
Ill
Federal Mediation Service
William E. Simkin
White House
Pentagon
Ilinois
APL- Cio International Association of Machinists
Simkin
Afl-Cio International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Western Employes’ Trade Council
Army
Badger
Baraboo
Wis
O! Vic Wisconsin
No Charge in Man's Death in Arkansas Shooting
Hot Springs Ark AP prosecutor David Whitlington said no charge would be filed in the death of Edgar Doyle Hickson, 32, shot Wednesday night in an attempted robbery of a service station. An employee, George Lambert, 42, told police he fired after Hickson pulled a gun.
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Hot Springs
Ark
David Whitlington
Edgar Doyle
Hickson
George Lambert
Bethlehem Steel Price Increase Sparks Government Review
Bethlehem Steel Corp raised prices on structural steel shapes and piling by five dollars per ton, drawing a government response from President Johnson and economic adviser Gardner Ackley. Ackley called the move inflationary and not in the public interest, while Bethlehem cited demand for lighter, higher strength steels and longer mill times. Armco reacted with surprise and others studied the situation. Bethlehem also cut prices on jumbo sections.
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Washington
Bethlehem Steel Corp
Johnson
Council of Economic Advisers
Bethlehem
Gardner Ackley
Ackley
Bethlehem Action
Texas
John S. Kennedy
Edward D. Bickford
Armco Steel Corp
Arkansas Junior Miss named in state competition
Donna Davidson of Little Rock was named Arkansas Junior Miss and will represent the state in the national Junior Miss competition. First runnerup was Marge Gibson of Conway, followed by Jo Ella Todd of Dell, Diane Rive of Watsurt, and Christmas Catrall of El Dorado in finish order.
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Little Rock
Donna Davidson
Arkansas Junio
Marge Gibson
Conway
Jo Ella Todd
Dell
Diane Rive
Watsurt
Christmas Catrall
el Dorado
Phoenix Flood Cuts Phoenix in Half by Salt River Deluge
The Salt River flood overwhelmed Phoenix and central Arizona as the river rose after reservoir releases. About 8,000 residents were evacuated to shelters. 1,700 remained away by Friday night. Interstate 10 suffered major damage while power and gas lines tripped. The flood crested after 20 hours and the Gila River also swelled in eastern Arizona with no evacuations reported.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Salt
Arizona
National Guard
Salt River Valley
Salt River
Salt Rivera
Hood
Gila
Safford-Clifton
New Mexico
Newsman Might Write Own Law
Arkansas officials invite press input on a proposed law clarifying reporters access to public meetings. Chief assistant attorney general Richard Adkisson criticizes current wording as vague on what counts as privileged discussions. Sigma Delta Chi proposes a model law. committee led by Richard Allin will study options for the Legislature.
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Little Rock
Arkansas Press
Richard B. Adkisson
Ar- Anttsas Gazette
Allin
Sigma Delta Chi
Legislative Council
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