Our Daily Bread Sliced Thin on Aid Debate
The piece critiques U S foreign aid levels noting the United States ranks seventh in share of national income spent on aid, with OECD tables showing a continued dominant role amid Western donors. It argues the critique is about practice and the U S exclusive lead, not the underlying principle.
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Agency For International Development (Aid
U.S
United States
Organization For Economic Cooperation and Development
OECD
Switzerland
France
Washington
Miami
Fla
Guyana Faces Brazil Backed Separatist Tensions
In Guyana, two planetyands of troops landed near the Brazilian border and moved toward Lathem in a bid to quell unrest amid rumors of Amerindian secession with Brazil backing. authorities doubt such backing but report police casualties and a seized radio transmitter as airstrip obstructions blocked flights.
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Georgetown
Guyana
Latheem
Georges Town
Brazil
Rupur Pung
Spd
Inmates Fatally Stabbed at Cummins Prison Farm
Arkansas correction commissioner Robert Sarver says two inmates were stabbed at Cummins Prison Farm in the early hours. George Brimhall, 32, died from wounds sustained about 2 am while Jessie William Moore, 36, was stabbed in the neck 30 minutes later and survived at Dum as hospital. Brimhall was serving five years for armed robbery from Mississippi County. Moore for burglary and grand larceny from Polk County. Authorities investigated the incident.
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Little Rock
Commissioner of Correction
Robert Sarver
Cummins
Sarver
George Brimhall
Jessie William Moore
Moore
Dumas
Lincoln County
Brimhall
Mississippi County
Polk County
Flu Masks Have Their Drawbacks
Gainesville AP summary notes UF researchers test antifa masks for protection against campus coughers. Student volunteers must decide if masking is worth potential discomfort and social downsides as part of a winter virus study.
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Gainesville
Fla
University of Florida
Hong Kong
College of Medicine
Sirhorne
Ng Kong
Arkansas Tax Puts Per Capita Below Neighbors in 1967
Arkansas per capita state and local tax receipts in 1967 totaled 199 dollars, lower than all neighboring states except Mississippi, according to Commerce Clearing House. The rise from 1966 was 12 dollars per person, driven by higher income and taxed purchases, with scattered rate boosts at counties cities and schools.
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Chicago
Arkansas
Mississippi
Commerce Clearing House
U.S
CCH
Arkansans
Tennessee
Texas
Oklahoma
Missouri
Louisiana
Misissippi
South Carolina
Alabama
Utah
Rhode Island
Ohio
Idaho
North Dakota
New York
E. York
Wyoming
First Edition Declaration Found in Philadelphia Bookstore
A rare first edition printing of the Declaration of Independence dated July 4 1776 was discovered in a Philadelphia bookstore. The item was found in a scrapbook at Leary's downtown shop which recently closed. Employees plan to catalog and move its remaining stock.
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Philadelphia
John Dyaslap
Leary’s
Gunman Robs Bank of $34,000 in Helena Arkansas
Police pursued a masked gunman who robbed the Helena National Bank of 34300 after forcing bank official John Moye to gather cash. The suspect claimed Moye's wife was hostage for 35000, a claim denied by officials as officers set up roadblocks with little update by nightfall.
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Helena
Ark
Aiguriman
Helena National
Philips
Bank
J.J. White
John Moye
Kite
Moye
Hmne
White
Lis
Board’ of Directors
Johnson Anderson
Tee
Integration Resistance Increases in Arkansas Schools
Earl Willis of the state Education Department notes rising resistance to desegregation during the 1968 presidential campaign, mainly in about 50 Arkansas districts with predominantly Black students. He suggests boards hoped Nixon’s election would soften desegregation guidelines. Willis cites HEW deadlines as administrative rather than court driven and notes expected Supreme Court action on freedom of choice plans.
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Little Rock
Earl Willis
State Education Department
Arkansas
Willis
Richard M. Nixon
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Supreme Court
Wilis
Southern Belle to Keep Running Between KC and New Orleans
The Southern Belle passenger service between Kansas City and New Orleans will continue after the Interstate Commerce Commission Friday approved the withdrawal of the joint discontinuance petition by Kansas City Southern Railway and Louisiana and Arkansas Railway. An investigation had begun November 4 with hearings set to start Monday. the railroads had sought to end service March 14 and gave no reason for withdrawing.
New Year Self-Improvement vs Pretension
A 1960s column argues that changing for self betterment is good but not mere pretentious posturing. It cautions against sanctimonious behavior around authority figures and urges genuine effort to become who we are, citing Hamlet and Stevenson on authenticity and potential.
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Don Quixote
Cervantes’ Hovel
Hamlet
Stakespear
Robert Louis Stevenson
Flu and Pneumonia Cases Rise in Nationwide Epidemic
The National Communicable Disease Center reports the fourth straight weekly increase in deaths from influenza and pneumonia amid the Hong Kong flu epidemic. In the week ending Dec 28, 1,168 deaths were recorded from 122 crises, above an expected 516. The outbreak spreads across 23 states with regional and isolated outbreaks in multiple regions and states.
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Atlanta
National
Communicable Disease Center
NCDC
NCDA
East South Central
West South Central
Hawaii
Louisiana
Mississippi
Return of Fugitive Delayed
Springfield, Missouri. Magistrate Orville Kerry postponed until January 16 the extradition case of Guthrie Edward Jones, 31, sought by Arkansas to transfer him to Cummins Prison Farm. A deputy sheriff testified about tracing a warrant. Jones claims a furlough for a funeral and challenges the waiver of extradition as unconstitutional. The governor’s office reported a return paper mixup and a mail delay affecting the affidavit and judge's signature. Willis details indicate Arkansas aims to recover Jones from Oklahoma where he allegedly was.
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Springfield
Orville Kerry
Arkansas
Guthrie Edward Jones
Jones
Cummins
Baltimore
Mid
Oklahoma
Roy Overturf
Jefferson City
Overtur
Richard J. Munch
Nixon Found to Be in Good Health
President elect Nixon, judged in full good health to assume office, prepares to fill top posts in his new administration. Plans to announce Eliot L. Richardson as undersecretary of state and A Alexis Johnson as undersecretary for political affairs, with formal disclosure by Nixon and Rog ers. Six to ten Californians seen in upcoming assistant and undersecretary slots to balance geography. Nixon underwent a 90 minute physical, Langren labeling his health excellent and all tests within normal limits.
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Los Angeles
Nixon
Eiliot L. Richardson
Massachusetts
A. Alexis Johnson
U.S
Japan
Washington
William P. Rogers
Agriculture Department
Pentagon
State Department
Robert H. Finch
Health, Education and Welfare
Finch
Richardson
New York
New England
Washington, D.C
Midwest
Far West
Long Beach
Joy C Langren
Langren
Wits
Area Lifted for Captives
Allied forces intensified sweeps in the Minh Forest to free U S prisoners and rescue South Vietnamese captives. Seven prisoners have been freed, with caches of arms found in multiple Viet Cong camps. A late ambush yielded 25 enemy dead and 19 weapons captured as operations continue along the Mekong Delta.
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George McArthur
Associated Press
Saigon
Minh Forest
U.S
Florida
Wereglades
Tamboo
James Rowe
U Minh Forest
Vietnam
Mekong
Gulf of Siam
Everglades
Delta
U Minh
Enape
North Vietnam
7Th Parallel Demilitarized Zone
Arsenic Found In Remains Of Gangland Victim Louis Saperstein
Newark AP reports arsenic amounts enough to kill a mule were found in the exhumed remains of Louis Saperstein, a former insurance broker shot in 1956. Autopsy followed a court ordered exhumation by state medical examiner Dr Edwin Albano after earlier autopsy notes and lingering questions about the case.
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Newark
Louis Saperstein
Atate
Edwin Albano
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HST
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Spiro Agnew
Sournal
Paris
Mary Anita Laseter
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