Daylight Saving Law Sparks Farmer vs City Dissent
Our Daily Bread columnist argues against compulsory daylight saving by law. He cites a 75 to 15 vote in the General Assembly, noting farmers oppose the shift and suggesting voluntary local adjustments as a practical alternative. He recalls a Cleveland plant experiment supporting earlier summer hours. He critiques federal mandates and police-minded propagandists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Assembly
Cleveland _Tractoc, 0
Cletrac
Cleveland
Ohio
Arkansas
Contract for 1 222 374 Shoes Awarded in Wynne
The Defense Personnel Support Center in Philadelphia announced a 1 222 374 dollar contract to Addison Shoe Corp in Wynne for 120 000 pairs of safety shoes.
Legislature Ends Week of Session in Arkansas
The Arkansas legislature adjourned for the weekend after approving extensions to the 60 day session if needed. Both chambers sent extensions to the governor, with optimism to stay on the job. Senate and House discussed criticisms of Governor Rockefeller, confirmed Blackwell to the Highway Commission, and amended a penitentiary study bill. House bills included tax withholding exemption for agricultural labor and a personal property tax proof repeal for public funds. A vehicle license fee cut and a Capitol restoration parking project were also advanced, along with a $2,790,000 surplus teacher fund distribution and a proposed two four year term tenure for governor and county officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock
Arkansas
House
Senate
James Sheets
Siloam Springs
Winthrop Rockefeller
Bill Wells
Hermitage
Morrell Gathright
Pine Bluff
Guy Jones
Conway
Rockefeller
Orval Faubus
Jones
Lawrence Blackwell
State Highway Commission
Blackwell
Mack- Blackwell
Knox Nelson
Penitentiary Study Commission
Nelson
Chadd Durrett
Strong
House Revenue and Taxation Committee
State Territorial
Paul Books
Jonesboro
Teachers Seek University Status in Arkansas
Conway Log Cabin Democrat reports that State College of Arkansas plans to seek university status in the 1969 legislative session after a name change from Arkansas State Teachers College. Enrollment at State College is 3,504. Arkansas Supreme Court recessed until Monday with no ruling on O E Pendergrass vs Vada Sheid election appeal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Conway
Ark
Conway Log Cabin Democrat
State College of Arkansas
Arkansas State Teachers College
State College
Little Rock
Arkansas Supreme Court
O. E. Pendergrass
Vada Sheid
Mountain Home
Sheid
Pendergrass
Fulton County Circuit Court
House of Representatives
High Court
Mills Criticized by NAACP in Arkansas News Conference
Alfred B. Lewis NAACP national treasurer accused Rep. Wilbur Mills of duplicity on poverty issues after Mills voted against Office of Economic Opportunity funding yet praised trainee programs in Arkansas. Lewis also cited Powell seat removal as racial discrimination and weeks long NAACP tour in the old Confederacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uttle Rock
Wilbur Mills
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
NAACP
Alfred B. Lewis
Greenwich
Conn
Mills
Office of Economic Opportunity
Congress
Arkansas Ceo Training Center
Lewis
Adam Clayton Powell
D-N.y
Old Confederacy
Baptists to Hear Buddy Sutton at Sunday Service
Attorney Buddy Sutton of Little Rock will speak at 6:30 p.m. Sunday in observance of Baptist Laymen's Day at First Baptist Church. Sutton, a Hope native and former Razorback halfback, now serves at Smith Williams Friday and Bowen. The event is part of Laymen's Day across Southern Baptists with special programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buddy Sutton
Little Rock
First Baptist Church
Gerald W. Trussell
Pasof
Southern Baptist Convention
Sutton
Hope
Claud Sutton
University of Arkansas
Otis Douglas
University of Arkansas Law School
Little Rock Law Rm
Smith, Williams, Friday and
Bowen
Reagan Clashes With School Leaders
In Berkeley California Governor Ronald Reagan and Assembly leader Jesse Unruh clash over tuition in California higher education. Reagan defers his plan for study by UC Regents as a budget deficit looms. Unruh opposes tuition and plans a vote, fueling statewide controversy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berkeley
Calif
APA
Ronald Reagan
Democratic Assembly
Jesse M. Unruh
California
University of California Board of Regents
Reagan
Regents
Unruh
Jesse Unruh
University of California Regents
Man Held in Bank Robbery Near Kingston
The Associated Press reports 18 year old Bobby Gene Thompson of Kingston was charged with bank robbery after the Thursday afternoon hold up of the Bank of Kingston. Police say a cashier was threatened with a 12 gauge shotgun and money was demanded. Thompson was arrested in woods northeast of Kingston by the Madison County Sheriff’s Department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Kingston, Ark
Bobby Gene Thompson
Kingston
Bank of Kingston
Madison County Sheriff's Department
Thompson
Calls for More Effort to End War
Senate Republican Leader Dirksen urged renewed U S determination and a vigorous effort on land sea and air to end the Vietnam War. House GOP Leader Ford pledged opposition to wartime tax increases until the president makes a convincing case. They spoke to about 250 Republicans in the Capitol. Ford said November wins gave GOP a mandate for a new direction for America with a program of sensible solutions for the seventies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter R. Mears
Washington
Senate
Everett M. Dirksen
U.S
Vietnam
House
Gerald R. Ford
Johnson
Supreme Court Chamber
Ford
GOP
America
The Liberals Impulse Looks Puff ed Out
In the 90th Congress liberal momentum fades after gains in 1966 elections. Republicans allied with Southern Democrats limit liberal bills and hinder House Rules action. Dirksen leads a conservative, outside South majority, while Democrats in the South remain strong.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Harlem
Adam Clayton Powell
House Rules Committee
Senate
Congress
South
China Purge Reports Personal Crises From Beijing
Tokyo correspondent John Roderick notes a wall newspaper in Peking by the 4th Red Army unit says purge targets Lo Jui-ching and Po I-po died by their own hand. The extra from the 235th army detachment cites Teng Hsiao-ping and Yang Hsiu-feng attempting suicide amid Mao Zedong purge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Roderick Tokyo
Peking
Red
China
Lo Jui-ching
Po I-po
235Th
Communist Party
Teng Hsiao-ping
Mao Tsetung
Yang Hsiufeng
Supreme People's Court
Measures Introduced in Arkansas Thursday Legislature
Little Rock AP measures introduced in the Arkansas legislature Thursday include a proposed constitutional amendment to allow submitting five amendments, a law to protect archeological funds, a two year driver license fee of five dollars, a two cent gasoline tax for taxis, creation of a vice mayor in first class cities, making wire tapping a felony, mandatory periodic motor vehicle inspections under State Police, interstate watershed project agreements, changes to voting machine law to bar straight party voting, repeal of a five dollar vehicle license fee, authority for revenue bonds in counties with two districts, inclusion of Boys Training School teachers in the Teacher Retirement System, and limits on truck lengths on state highways.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arkansas
Boys Training School
Pine Bluff
Dirksen calls for tougher push to end Vietnam war
Sen. Everett M Dirksen urges a vigorous effort to end the Vietnam conflict as national and international developments unfold. Rep. Ford opposes a tax increase without a convincing justification, while Linowitz and Vaughn discuss State Department replacement prospects for Lincoln Gordon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Everett M. Dirksen
Gerald R. Ford
Sol M. Linowitz
Peace Corps
Jack Hood Vaughn
State Department
Lincoln Gordon
Milton S. Eisenhower
Johns Hopkins University
Convicts Refuse Extradition After Arkansas Escape
Four escapees from Tucker Prison Farm in Arkansas refuse to waive extradition and are held in Baker County jail. The men captured Tuesday after escaping Sunday are Jimmy Pike III, Richard Emerick, Don Smith, and James Stephens. Pike is serving a life term for murder. the others were convicted of forgery and uttering. Extradition proceedings will proceed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baker, Ore
Tucker
Arkansas
Jimmy Pike
Richard Emerick
Don Smith
James Stephens
Pike
Baker County
Six Year Old Refuses Goose Pimples Dinner
Syracuse parents Donald and Mrs Virginia tell AP their six year old son Mark refuses to eat the goose his father shot and his mother planned to cook. The child explains I dont want to get goose pimples in response to the dinner question.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Syracuse
N.Y
Mark Virginia
Donald P. Virginia
All Around Town Highlights And Local Honors
Campaign push continues for the Christmas Seal Drive as Hempstead reports 1794 dollars raised and a Radiothon for the March of Dimes set for Saturday January 21. Army Captain William D. Thomason, son of Mr and Mrs Carl Dayton Thomason, is assigned to Advisory Team 70 in Lac Thien Vietnam since January 10. He graduated Hope High in 1954 and earned a BSE from Henderson State College in 1959. His wife Mary resides in Parsons Kansas. Conifer Girls Scout Board approves a 61000 budget with two-year terms for Frances Thrasher Prescott and Fred McElroy Hope named to the board. Verger High School selects Betty Crocker Homemaker of Tomorrow after a December 6 exam. Hope Jaycees to host Awards Banquet at Town Country at 7:30 PM.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William D. Thomason
Carl Dayton Thomason
Main
Hope
Ark
Lac Thien
Vietnam
Thomason
Hope High School
Reserve Officers’ Training Corps
Conifer Girls Scout Board of Directors
Texarkanago
Frances Thrasher
Prescott
Fred McElroy
Wilms Lee Ross
Verger High School
Betty Crocker
Rails in North Vietnam Bombed By US Planes
American bombers pounded North Vietnamese rail yards and lines for the fourth straight day. Two planes and four fliers failed to return. Strikes targeted the northeast line along the Red River Delta MIG Valley. Ground fighting occurred across South Vietnam with several Viet Cong and government troops killed in scattered clashes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Tuckman
Saigon
South Vietnam
U.S
Red River
An Xuyen
Thhi
Mao
Red Flag
Bartlett Plans to Preserve Bellmon Policies in Oklahoma
Oklahoma Governor Dewey Bartlett says he will keep several Bellmon policies in place while changing one. Bellmon, a farmer, used to arrive at the Capitol before dawn. Bartlett, described as city-bred, typically starts work at 8 a.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Okla
Oklahoma
Dewey Bartlett
Henry Bellmon
Bellmon
Capitol
Bartlett
Kerr's Name Prominent in Baker Case
Defense argues Robert Kerr received about $100,000 in 1962 campaign funds from California savings and loan executives designated for Democratic senators. Prosecutors contend Bobby Baker kept $80,000 and spent it on Carousel Motel. Baker returns to testify as the trial enters its sixth day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Robert S. Kerr
Oklahoma
Bobby Baker
Edward Bennett Williams
U.S. District Court
Baker
Kerr
Senate Democrats
Carousel
Ocean City
Une
California Savings and Logan
Williams
Willaims
California Savings and Loan
Bersheeington Sale
Also Mentioned on This Page
Our
Alan. H. Washburn
Airlines
Nashville, Tenn
American Airlines
Memphis
Nashville
New York
American
United Korea
Seoul
South Korea
Chung Hee Park
Park
National Assembly
Lima
Errick
Baptists
AP News Digest
Thailand
North Vietnam
Harry
Ashmore
Hanoi
Nguyen Cao Ky
West Germany
Willy Brandt
Pacific Northwest
The
Star Staff
Wyne
Dee Turnage
Hempstead
KXAR
Henderson State College
Mary
N. Central
Parson
Kansas
Hope Jaycees
Peking People’s Daily
Shanghai Red Guard
Baker Case
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!