Bill Would Open Gate to Higher Taxes
Arkansas voters would face a constitutional amendment to raise the property tax limit to 10 mills for city and county general purposes. The measure would lift taxes by about 2 to 7 mills per $1,000 of assessed value, depending on location, with effects concentrated in school districts and urban areas.
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Little Rock
Arkansas
Pulaski County
Washington County
Fulton County
Lite Rock
AEC
Arkansas Municipal League
Guy. Orvald. Faubus
General Assembly
Assault to Rob Charge Filed in Little Rock
In Little Rock a circuit court charged William Carlton Bramlett 24 of Fort Smith with assault to rob tied to an attempted liquor store holdup last Saturday. Store owner Clarence Fe Page 62 said Bramlett and partner 27 year old Billy Wayne Foster were involved. Foster was shot dead. Bramlett held on 7500 dollars bond. Two petrified turtles, weighing at least a ton each, found in Keener Cave near Keener Boone County.
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Little Rock
William Carlton Bramleyt
Fort Smith
Clarence Fe, Page
Bramsett
Bramlett
Billy Wayne Foster
Liew
Keener Cave
Keener
Boone County
Measure seeks annexation of 10 miles of county roads
Etheridge frames a compromise bill to require the Highway Department to annex ten miles of county roads each year within the 1963-85 period. The plan would give the Highway Commission authority to pick which roads qualify, as counties and the department clash over funding. Other bills include penalties for parents neglecting children, a study commission on state government, and education and tax measures identical to Senate plans.
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Highway Department
Etheridge
Highway ‘Commission
Stpur
Highway Commission
House
Senate
Arkansas Children’s Colony
Ren
Lacy Landers
Saline County
James W. Raney
Warren
Man Indicted in Robbery Case
Joseph Hoyt Merritt 22 of Little Rock was bound over to Sebastian Circuit Court after a preliminary hearing for the armed robbery of Fort Smith Temple Theater last week. Municipal Judge Lawson Clonset bond at 5000. Merritt escaped from the state prison farm December 4 and was arrested Saturday in the $97 heist. Police recovered 25. Merritt was serving a 15 year sentence for burglaries.
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Fort Smith, Ark
Joseph Hoyt Merritt
Little Rocks
Sebastian
Fort Smith
Lawson Cloninver
Merritt
Dee. 4
Temple Theater
Nationalists Sink Gunboat Near Matsu Island Clash
Nationalist warships attacked and likely sank a Communist gunboat in waters near Nationalist held Matsu Island. The defense ministry reported the encounter as part of ongoing clashes in the area. Carroll County was named for Charles Carroll of Maryland, signer of the Declaration of Independence.
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Taipei
Formosa
Matsu Island
Carroll County
Nurles Carrol
Maryland
Weather outlook with mixed precipitation and regional cooling
Partly cloudy and warmer today with highs near 20 northeast and mid 50s southeast. Tonight and Wednesday bring mostly cloudy skies, colder temperatures, and a chance of snow or freezing rain in the south. Louisiana stays mostly cloudy through Wednesday with scattered showers tonight and Wednesday. lows range from the 30s to 45–55 in the south, and a much colder Wednesday with highs in the 30s north and 60s south.
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Louisiana
Storms drive cold wave across central and eastern U S
Blizzard warnings stretch from North Dakota to the Great Lakes as snow dumps one to three inches in northern Plains and upper Mississippi Valley. Arctic air floods the Dakotas Nebraska and Montana while subzero readings reappear in Minnesota New York Maine and Kentucky. Temperatures plunge across the Southeast with single digits in several states and records fall from Tennessee to Florida.
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Iowa
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New York
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Mayville
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Maine
Old Town
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Tennessee
Georgia
Florida
Tallahassee
Asheville
N.C
New Orleans
Miami
Gas Trouble Eleven Fires Hit Blytheville
Eleven fires broke out in Blytheville late Monday after a broken gas line regulator allowed intermediate pressure into a low pressure main. The 11 block area saw six residences and five businesses damaged but no injuries. Ark-Mo Power Co. said a control line on a district regulator broke, causing higher flames in several furnaces. gas was shut off, pressure reduced, then restored after checks. Heaviest damage occurred at Ark-Mo and Goodman cotton sale offices and a bread warehouse.
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Blytheville
Ark
Blythe Ville
Jack Cuadra
Ark-Mo Power Co
Main Street
Ark-Mo
Goodman Cot‘lon
Not Convinced of That Friend Bit
In Richmond two 16 year old boys denied the dog’s role as man’s best friend after a bus driver caught them inside a laundromat coin box break-in. They fled through the back as the driver shut the door trapping the dog which then dragged officers to a nearby house. Police found the youths and coins hidden in a shoe.
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Richmond
E. L. Robinson
R. S. Price
Tive
Matt
Tie
Suzy
Pruitt Place
Dr Pruitt's Body Mystery Deepens In Small-Town Probe
Matt Bacon interviews Mrs. Pruitt, widow of the murdered man, as tensions surface at the plant. Suzy, Belle Pruitt, and Sarah Johnson mingle in uneasy exchanges. A shot wounds a car window while Matt escapes, prompting police involvement and a prowler alert.
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Mrs. Pruitt
Mrs. Johnson
Suzy
Sarah Johnson
Belle Pruitt
Matt
Tye
Suay
Belle
Cliff
Ant
Magnetic
Hara
Malcolm West Wall
Malcom
j“Saiel
Helie Pruitt
Meredith on Campus: Return Uncertain Amid Debate
The article notes Meredith facing charges of assaulting and impeding officers, while Walker, a 53 year old Texan, claims vindication and links Cuban and other missions of home. Kennedy suggests Meredith may quit school, yet campus sentiment favors a return next semester.
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United States
Dallas
Tex
Walker
U.S
Kennedy Plans Education Bill
President Kennedy told Democratic congressional leaders he will send Congress a special message on aid to education on January 29. House Speaker John W. McCormack said details were not discussed at the breakfast but the program is expected to be broad and possibly similar to prior proposals that stalled.
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Washington
Kennedy
Congress
House
John W. McCormack
Massachusetts
McCormack
Matt
Pruitt
Suzy
Lear
Giants Center Wietecha Retires After 10 NFL Seasons
New York Giants center Ray Wietecha, 23, announces retirement after a decade in the NFL. The Northwestern product will join the Los Angeles Rams as offensive line coach under former teammate Harland Svare.
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NEW York
Ray Wietecha
New York Giants
Northwestern
Los Angeles Rams
Harland Svare
Suits Filed Against Man's Estate In Little Rock
Eight lawsuits by wine, persons against the estate of late Police Chief Eugene Smith of Little Rock moved in district court. Plaintiffs seek 50000 each for civil rights violations stemming from a segregationist demonstration at Central High School on Aug 12, 1959. Smith led police to disperse rioters. he died March 18, 1960. Trials expected to run through next Friday.
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Little Rock
Smith
Central High School
Robert C. Downie
Bth
United States Court of Appeals
St. Louis
Sidney W. Provensal Jr
Edmond Fitemaurice
New Orleans
Amis ‘Guthridge
Litle Rock
Robert Lindsey
John M.harrison
Winslow Drummond
Joseph C. Kemp
Bass
Hot Springs
Orval EB. Faubus
Central High
Calvin Parrish
Survival supplies to back shelters under new federal standards
William A. Price, Little Rock Civil Defense director, said on Monday that survival supplies like those stocked in high standard fallout shelters will be used in buildings that qualify as shelters under the federal government's lowered standards.
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Survival Supplies
Little Rock
William A. Price
Free 26 page arthritis book mailed to readers
Public service offer describes a free 26 page illustrated book on arthritis and rheumatism. It explains causes effects and dangers of neglect and outlines a drugless treatment method. No agent will call and no cost or obligation. Send for your copy to The Ball Clinic Dept. 3-4210 JN Excelsior Springs Missouri.
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Ball Clinic
Excelsior Springs
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