Hope City Streets Erode Reader Faith in City
A Hope reader laments decades-old streets deteriorating into mud and holes. He cites unsafe roads, car damage, and slow municipal action, comparing Hope unfavorably to Eureka Springs and urging taxpayers to fund street repairs without draining the water and light funds. The Star notes two failed federal aid street bills and predicts eventual, costlier fixes.
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City of Hope
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Economics Chief Plugs Tax Increase
Washington AP report on economist Okun chosen as chair of the Council of Economic Advisers. He argues tax hikes are needed to avert higher interest rates, price-wage pressures, and balance of payments strain while Johnson pushes a dollar-strengthening plan. Okun stresses cooperation between labor and management and notes no wage-price controls planned. He would be the youngest CEA chair and follows Gardnier Ackley, with policy stance aligned to tax and spending manipulation for growth. Pittsburgh AP note on Frank Finley filing his 1967 tax form first in 9 of 10 years.
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Europe
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Newsman
Group Pushes Need for New Marion Courthouse
The Crittersten County Bar Association of Marion Arkansas votes to recommend building a new courthouse. Spokesman Herman Spears of West Memphis says the current building houses deteriorating records stored in the basement and in Spanish.
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Crittersten County Bar Associaion
Bar Association
Herman Spears
West Memphis
Courte House
Johnson signs Social Security bill with increases and tax rises
Washington AB reports President Johnson signed a new Social Security bill Tuesday. Benefits rise: current recipients get at least 13 percent more, monthly checks grow from 44 to 55 dollars, top individual benefits to 160.50, and survivor benefits to 434.40. Taxes rise: wage base to 7800 in 1968, rates from 4.4 to 4.8 in 1968 and to 5.9 by 1987, self employed rate to 7.9 by 1987. Medicare and Medicaid changes, retirement earnings limits, and public welfare work incentives outlined with July 1 effective dates.
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Johnson
Mills Sees Dollar Program Lifting US Trade Position
SEARCY Ark AP Rep Wilbur Mills D Ark says President Johnsons five point plan to strengthen the dollar could boost the U S trade balance by about 4 5 billion annually. He backs drastic action and says spending cuts are required before any surcharge moves. The Ways and Means Committee, chaired by Mills, will hear proposals on reduced spending later this month.
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Nine old coins bought for ten dollars may be valuable
In Walnut Ridge Arkansas two Hoxie brothers paid ten dollars for nine old coins. A Yale burglary link and expert appraisals suggest the coins include a rare 1787 Brasher doubloon and other scarce pieces. The total could exceed two hundred thousand dollars with FBI involvement.
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Walnut Ridge
Ark
Lawrence County
Shere
Kenneth Guthrie
Guthrie
Yale University
Brasher
Yale
George Washington
Transplant patient doing well in South Africa
Cape Town AP report on Dr. Philip Blasburg the world’s third heart transplant patient who was doing very well after the five hour operation at Groote Schuur Hospital. The 58 year old retiree regained consciousness and spoke as the first heart lung support was removed. The donor, Clive Haupt, a 24 year old mulatto, died after a brain hemorrhage from a rugby accident. Prime Minister Vorster praised the success and Dr Barnard said the case went as well or better than the first transplant.
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Cape ‘Town
South Africa
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Clive Haupt
Balthazar J. Vorster
Christian Barnard
Louis Washkansky
Fish Hook Beach
Arkansans Favor Rockefeller for Second Term
Reports from the Governors News Log say Gov. Winthrop Rockefeller is heavily favored for reelection in November. The piece notes bipartisan support, cites his reform efforts in insurance regulation and prison reform, and contrasts him with former Gov. Orval Faubus amid ongoing scandals.
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Winthrop Rockefeller
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Novemeber
Rockefeller
Arkansas
Orval Faubus
Subzero Front Stretches Across United States
A vast Arctic chill extends from the Rockies to New England with sleet freezing rain and snow stranding motorists from Texas to New York. The Weather Bureau warned zero or below readings in 23 states as ice and freezing rain closed many schools and sparked accidents across Arkansas Kentucky Tennessee and Maryland. Meanwhile the South saw rain and the Midwest plains enjoyed unseasonably warm temperatures with Florida rising into the 70s and 80s and Fort Lauderdale at 12 degrees in the pre-dawn hours.
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Weather Bureau
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Fort Lauderdale
Letters in Murder Case Alla Hoax
Ashley County Sheriff said J Doyle Higgins who wrote letters claiming new evidence in the Tommy Rodgers Hamburg murder was held in Kilby Prison from 1962 to 1963. Rodgers, 20, was killed March 1 1963. Higgins is serving a burglary sentence at Cummins Prison Farm. Talley and Smith are serving life terms as Cummins for the slaying.
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Tommy Rodgers
Alabama
Ashley County
B. A. Courson
Corson
J. Doyle Higgins
Kilby
Rodgers
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Cummins
Courson
M. C. Talley
Monroe
Curtis Smith
Brevard
N.C
Cuminns
Talley
Walther Seeks PSC Seat in Arkansas Supreme Court Hearing
Former state Representative Glenn F Walther of Little Rock asks the Arkansas Supreme Court to grant him the Public Service Commission seat. He contends Governor Rockefeller wrongly appointed Robert C. Downie after the Senate claimed Walther’s deadline was missed. Chancellor Read had barred Walther, deeming Downie entitled to the post.
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Arkansas Supreme Court
Glenn F Walther
State Public Service Commission
Robert C. Downe
Guv
Winthrop Rockefeller
Downie
State Senate
Walther
Senate
Rockefeller
Pulaski
Murray Q. Read
Twelve Workers Saved When Roof Collapses at UNC
A roof under construction at the University of North Carolina collapsed Tuesday and fell 24 feet, but wire mesh saved 12 workers from injury.
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Chapel Hll
University of North Carolina
I 30 North Edge of Hope Bridge Work Bid Won
Construction of Interstate 30 along the north edge of Hope from State Highway 4 eastward across State Highway 29 begins soon. Texarkana firm Clear T Watts and F P Construction Co Inc won the $741 220.99 bid at the Arkansas Highway Commission meeting. Completion set in 280 working days with emphasis on minimizing disruption and ensuring safety as work includes drainage bridges curbs gutters base work and asphalt paving.
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Tabor
Governer Won’t Confirm Police Alert Report
Gov Winthrop Rockefeller declined to answer yes or no when asked if he put the State Police and National Guards on alert. He said his policy is to relay public safety concerns to the adjutant general and the police director. No incidents were reported at Cummins Prison.
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Winthrop Rockefeller
Thomas O. Murton
Cummins
Arkansas National Guard
Construction Permit Granted For KGUS-FM Station
Washington AP report states Radio Hot Springs Co Inc of Hot Springs Arkansas has been granted a construction permit by the Federal Communications Commission to operate radio station KGUS FM. The announcement came Tuesday and marks a key step in launching the new station.
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Radio Hot Springs Co., Inc
Hot Springs, Ark
Kgus-Fm
Federal Communications Commission
New Provision Made by Low Kansas City Hospital Board
In Clarksville Kansas law has no provision for appointing a board to control a hospital owned jointly by a city and a county. Clarksville Mayor Charles R. Callahan said an attorney general’s opinion was issued Tuesday clarifying the situation regarding the jointly owned hospital by the city of Clarksville and Johnson County.
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Clarksville
Charles R. Callahan
Johnson County
Bryant Sets Jan 30 Bid Deadline for State Printing
LITTLE ROCK AP Secretary of State Kelly Bryant resumes bidding for legislative and general state printing stationery and office supplies with a January 30 deadline. He rejected open bids from October, a move not yet explained. House Speaker Sterling Cockrill Jr said he did not know why Bryant threw out the bids and sought an explanation as the legislative contracts were not involved in the ongoing suit over other contracts before the state Supreme Court.
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Kelly Bryant
Bryant
House
Sterling R. Cockrill Jr
Hos
State Supreme Court
First baby of 1968 born in Hempstead County
The newborn girl weighing 7 pounds arrives at Hempstead County Memorial Hospital around 12 47 with parents Mr and Mrs Barto of McCaskill. Lillian Briant to undergo surgery at St Michael's Texarkana. C L Cross notes a February 1 1968 rate rise from 22 to 26 dollars for daily services due to the Arkansas State Retirement program and wage acts.
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Sunshine Ha, Jr
McCaskill
Lillian Briant
St. Michael's Hospital
Texarkana
C. L. Cross
Hempstead County Memorial Hospital
Attacks by Communist Forces Shake Da Nang Area
Communist ground and rocket attacks struck northern South Vietnam centers near Da Nang and Hue as U S Marines and South Vietnamese troops faced heavy fighting. At Da Nang base 45 rockets hit, destroying a Phantom jet and damaging several aircraft. 11 cavalrymen were reported killed and 70 wounded in the Que Non Valley action. Numerous districts and outposts were hit within 15 miles of Da Nang. Casualties were reported light in several posts, with Marines and allied troops sustaining losses near Hue and in the surrounding region.
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