Mexico freeze recollections and winter travel note
A columnist recalls Mexico's record freeze of February 1940 seen from Mexico City and northern towns, noting frost in Monterrey and palm trees killed in Houston, with altitude cited. The writer advocates deep Mexico travel and autumn through March as best for a winter visit.
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Mexico
Mexico City
Hope
Houston
Monterrey
Cuba
Denver
Florida
Sarasota
Homestead
Miami
Orange Bowl
Filibuster Change Hits a Setback
Washington AP reports a 61 to 37 vote halted a bipartisan drive for a stronger Senate filibuster rule. The plan to end debate required a two thirds majority. Dirksen opposed it while Mansfield kept options open. McGovern's majority-vote motion to end debate failed as the tabling motion was sustained.
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Washington
Senate
Everett M. Dirksen
Mike Mansfield
George McGovern
D-S.c
Dirksen
Hubert H. Humphrey
McGovern
Humphrey
Ford Says Budget Cuts Could Avoid Tax Hike
Washington AP Gerald R. Ford forecast that Congress can trim the President's budget to avert a 46 percent surcharge on corporate and many individual taxes but cautioned specifics depend on the budget. He spoke before the GOP response to Johnson's State of the Union as Dirksen prepared to outline a domestic program and foreign policy critique.
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Washington
House
Gerald R. Ford
Congress
Associated Press
Ford
Johnson
Michigan
Senate
Everett M. Dirksen
Dirksen
Opponents of Mao Gain Some Steam
In Tokyo AP dispatches report Mao opponents have extended their counteroffensive from cities to the countryside to win over Red China s 500 million peasants. The report cites clashes in Manchuria and central China with casualties and the use of posters. It notes Liu Shao ch i supporters courting peasants with larger produce shares and wages promised by opponents, while state outlets label this as economism.
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Eugene Levin
Tokyo
Mao Tse-tung
Red China
Mao
Liu Shao-chi
Peking
Liu
Shenyang
Harbin
Dairen
Manchuria
Chengchow
China
Hong Kong
Canton
New China News Agency
Peking Radio
Communist China
New Economic Reform Boosts Soviet Enterprise Profits
Moscow reports that Soviet enterprises on the new economic reform system posted a 24 percent profit increase last year. Deputy Chairman S. Bachurin of the State Planning Agency told Trud that in the reform's first full year, 700 industrial enterprises exceeded production targets by 1 percent and raised labor productivity by 8 percent, versus 9 percent for the rest of industry.
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Moscow
S. Bachurin
Iabor
Trudt
Surplus USDA Food to Reach Arkansas Schools
Arkansas school districts will receive large USDA surplus supplies including 320000 pounds of dry beans 324000 pounds of frozen beef 145000 pounds of butter and 100800 pounds of cheese distributed in January and February.
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Little Rock
U.S. Agriculture Department
Arkansas
Arkansas Wednesday measures in legislature listed
Measures introduced in the Arkansas legislature include exemptions for prescription drug sales from state gross receipts tax, designating the state as a bird sanctuary, cease and desist powers for banks, posting bonds for campaign posters, a $42,875 budget system upgrade, biennial drivers licenses by birth month, and bank service corporations. Senate and House plans seek kindergarten and adult education funding if federal money appears. bills increase widows' benefits for police killed in the line of duty, curb vandalism of archeological sites, reduce taxi registration fees, refund motor fuel tax for taxis, offer optional employee insurance, name quartz crystals state gemstone and bauxite state mineral, plus $330,000 for penitentiary upkeep.
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State Comptroller’s Office
Senate
House
Arkansas
Pink Tomato Festival schedule set for June in Warren
WARREN Ark AP festival chairman Curtis Blank announced on Tuesday that the 1967 Pink Tomato Festival will be held June 90 in Warren.
Extension of Session Favorable
The Arkansas House and Senate approved duplicate resolutions to extend the 60 day session. The House passed 805 to 0 and the Senate 26 to 4 after a lengthy debate. The length would be set later. Senator Morrell Gathright said the extension is needed due to heavy work still ahead.
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Little Rock
House
Senate
General Assembly
Morrell Gathright
Pine Bluff
67Th General Assembly
Gathright
Winthrop Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Sterling R. Cockrill Jr
Cockrill
Machinists and Rails Set for Wage Showdown
Washington AP The Machinists Union plans a showdown with railroads after a major airline strike. President Slemiller rejects 6 percent patterns and demands more than 5 percent, noting railroad machinists earn about 3.05 per hour versus 4 plus in other industries. The 43,000 railroad machinists face wage gaps like the airline workers last summer.
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Washington
Machinists’ Union
P.L. (Roy) Stemiller
AFL+CIO International Association of Machinists
Slemiller
Suummer
Stemley
Rockefeller Targeted by Arkansas Legislators Again
An Arkansas legislator alleges Gov. Winthrop Rockefeller told southeast lawmakers his priority was a two party system and warned of well funded GOP opposition in 1968 if they resisted. Rockefeller denies the charge, which two delegation members support. Other lawmakers dispute specifics but acknowledge Rockefeller favored two parties.
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George F. Bartsch
Associated Press
Little Rock
Arkansas
Winthrop Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Southeast Arkansas
Knox Nelson
Pine Bluff
John F. (Mutt) Gibson
Dermott
Rocky
Arkansan Dies in Vietnam Helicopter Crash
El Dorado's R H Strange learns from the Defense Department that his son C W O Robert S Strange 32 died in Vietnam. He was killed when his helicopter crashed during a recovery operation on Sunday according to the military notice.
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EL Dorado, Ark
Defense Department
R. H. Strange
EL Dorado
C.W.O
Robert S. Strange
Vietnam
Department
Strange
House GOP says budget cuts avoid tax hike
AP News Digest reports House Republican Leader Gerald Ford says Congress can trim the federal budget enough to prevent a tax increase. The Pentagon outlines consolidation plans affecting 33 U.S. bases and six overseas facilities.
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Washington House
Gerald R. Ford
Congress
The
Pentagon
United States
Senators With the Majority Defeat Antifilibuster Change Bid
Washington AP report notes that Senators from Kansas, J William Fulbright, and John L McClellan aligned with the majority as the Senate, voting 61 to 37, refused to table a point of order that would have opened the door to revising its antifilibuster rule by majority vote.
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Washington
Arkansas
J. William Fulbright
John L. McClellan
Senate
Soybean Growers Plan Assessment in Arkansas
Stuttgart Ark AP A national growers assessment movement is planned by the Arkansas soybean growers to fund research on production utilization and marketing. Jake Harte Jr secretary of the Arkansas Soybean Association says the group will seek a statewide grower referendum via General Assembly action.
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Stuttgart
Ark
Arkansas Soybean Growers
Jake Harte Jr
Arkansas Soybean Association
General Assembly
Ouachita Band to Represent Louisiana at Four States Meet
The Ouachita Parish High School Band Monroe under Jack White will represent Louisiana at the Four States Bandmasters Association annual convention on Saturday January 21 at Texarkana College Auditorium. The band and director have earned notable honors including leadership in the Louisiana All-State Band and participation in the Presidential Inaugural Parade and Cotton Bowl Parade.
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Ouachita Parish
Monroe
Jack W. White
Ouachita
Louisiana
Washington, D. C
Jack White
Moneroe Junior Chamber of Commerce
Casualties Highest in Single Week War Report
General Westmoreland's command said American forces in Vietnam suffered about 1,200 casualties in the week ending Saturday midnight, including 144 killed and 1,044 wounded. The Iron Triangle Cedar Falls operation produced most losses with heavy aerial and ground activity, while North Vietnam raids and other engagements added to the toll.
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Robert Tuckman
Saigon
South Vietnam
William C. Westmoreland
Vietnam
U.S
Cedar Falls
Iron
Iron Triangle
North Vietnam
Hanoi
Row Triangle
Ta Drang Valley
Arkansas Episcopal Church solidifies death penalty stance
Episcopal bishop of Arkansas issued a statement Wednesday opposing capital punishment amid an Arkansas House bill to abolish the death penalty. The Rt. Rev. Robert R. Brown cited church regulations approved in May 1985 at the Episcopal Church’s Arkansas Diocese meeting endorsing abolition.
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Little Rock
Episcopal Bishop of
Arkansas
Arkansas House
Rt. Son
Robert R. Brown
Diocensa
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