Prize raffles and ancient tricks cited in old editorials
The piece notes a British employer raffle offering $500 in prizes for perfect attendance, likening it to earlier paychecks. It then recalls Southern newspaper mill growth from 60,000 to 1,000,000 tons yearly since 1940, aiding postwar supply. It references New York criminal procedure code on forbidding “forecasting the future” and political critiques in the South.
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Britain
Comepany
Dallas
Texas
Morning News
SNPA
New York
Charlotte
N.C
Hempstead County Farm Bureau Directors Meet Thursday
The Hempstead County Farm Bureau Board of Directors will hold its regular monthly meeting Thursday night January 5 at 7 00 p m at the Farm Bureau Office 806 West 4th Street. Mr and Mrs Lester Kent will report on their trip to the National Farm Bureau Convention in Las Vegas Nevada held in early December.
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Hempstead County Farm Bureau Board of Directors
Farm Bureau
West 4Th Street
Lester Kent
National Farm Bureau Convention
Las Vegas
Nevada
Jack Ruby dies of cancer in Dallas report
AP bulletin reports Dallas KRLD says Jack Ruby died today from cancer. An earlier bulletin mentions injuries fatal near Lake Village Arkansas with Henry Thomas and Joe Spratt involved in a two-vehicle crash on Arkansas 82 west of Lake Village.
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Dallas, Tex
Jack Ruby
KRLD
Lake Village
Ark
Henry Thomas
Montyrose
Ashley County
Mons
Arkansas
Thomas
Joe Spratt
Montrose
Pollice
British to Sell Plant to Castro despite U S pressure
The British government reportedly plans to guarantee a $28 million fertilizer plant sale to Cuba, despite U S efforts to block it by denying five year credits. Castro hailed the deal, while U S officials warn of repercussions for sanctions and trade with Cuba.
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Ronald Thomson
London
Cuba
Washington
U. S
Fidel Castro
Britain
Rhodesia
Foreign Office
United States
Simon Carves
Cheshire
Export Credit Guarantee Department
Castro
Havana
Fulgencio Batista
Aged Assistance Doubled in Faubus Era Arkansas
Liming ACK AP Wel are Commissioner A J Red Moss says old age assistance in Arkansas almost doubled during Gov Orval Faubus administration. He notes the elderly received 33.18 a month in 1955-56 rising to 64.92 in 1965-66. Aid to dependent children increased from 55.60 to 71.89, aid to the blind from 39.75 to 72.51, and aid to the disabled from 31.46 to 64.74.
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Liming Ack
Welare
A. J
Red) Moss
Arkansas
Orval Faubus
Moss
Faubus
Car Plows Into Truck, Driver Dies Near Bake Village
Willy A. O'Briant, 39, of Greenville Mississippi, died early today when his car rear ended a tractor-trailer at a construction bridge on U S 65, about one mile north of Bake Village. The trailer was stopped for a light. the crash happened Monday night.
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BAKE
O'Briant
British Peace Talks Proposal Rejected by Hanoi
North Vietnam's official newspaper Nhan Dan denounced Britains bid for talks with the United States and South Vietnam as an attempt to impose unacceptable terms. Pravda said London faced public pressure to distance itself from US actions in Vietnam. Hanoi urged inclusion of a Viet Cong representative and questioned the USs role in a settlement.
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Robert Lieu
Tokyo
Britain
Vietnam
Soviet Union
Pravda
Harold Wilson
United States
Brown
South Vietnam
Hanoi
South Vietnam National Front For Liberation
U. S. Air Force
Johnson
Congress
North Vietnam
Nashville hosts three day labor registration drive
A massive labor registration program runs January 5 to 7 in Nashville to recruit 400 to 500 workers for a major industry. Open 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. daily at the Howard County Courthouse with Arkansas Industrial Development Commission and Employment and Security Division assistance. The effort aims to attract a blue chip industry and place workers within a 25 mile radius. Information available at the Nashville Chamber of Commerce offices.
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Arkansas
Arkansas Industrial Development Commission
Employment and Security Division
Ralph Wilson
Industrial Committee
The
Nashville Chamber of Commerce
Howard County
Chamber of Commerce
Haiti Exile Invasion Try Halted In Florida Keys
In Key West area a raid stopped a planned Haiti invasion by Cuban and Haitian exiles. Rolando Masferrer said a ship with about 50 men slipped away, while 21 were arrested along with Father Georges. A dynamite cache and three ships were part of the operation, but federal agents broke up the plan at Cocoa Plum Beach.
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Key West
Fla
Florida Keys
Haiti
Rolando Masferrer
Fidel Castro
Masferrer
Frances Duvalier
Jean Baptiste Georges
Duvalier
Masterrer
Cuba
U.S
Cocoa Plum Beach
Key Vaca
Marathon
Miami
New York
Georges
U.S. Army
Keys
IRS Introduces Drive-In Tax Window in Tucson
In Tucson the Internal Revenue Service will open a drive-in window this week. District director George D. Patterson of Phoenix said motorists can obtain federal income tax forms and pay their taxes without leaving their cars.
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Tucson
Ariz
Internal Revenue Service
George D. Patterson
Phoenix
IRS
Record Viet Cong defections top twenty thousand in 1966
U S officials announced a 1966 total of 20 242 Viet Cong defections with the final two months seeing the biggest surge. December set a record with 2 816 defectors as the four year Chieu Hoi program surpassed 48 000, while combat air actions included B 52 strikes and MIG 21 dogfights near Hanoi.
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Robert Tuckman
Saigon
South Vietnam
U.S
North Vietnam
Demilitarized Zone
Hanoi
Air Force
Robin Olds
Washington, D.C
Etla Rainse
Olds
Phuc Yen
William W. Momyer
7Th Air Force
Five Soviet Seamen Missing In Unimak Sea Sinking
U S Coast Guard said a day long search of the Bering Sea near Unimak island found no trace of five Soviet seamen from a refrigerator ship that sank after reporting a hole in the engine room. Initial reports varied with counts of men lost and saved. the Soviet fleet commander later stated 84 aboard and 79 saved.
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Juneau
Alaska
U.S. Coast Guard
Bering Sea
Aleutian
Unimak
Coast Guard
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