Weather Center Arkansas Forecast Summary
Weather Experiment Station reports 24 hours ending 7 am Tuesday with highs 73 lows 51. Central Arkansas mostly cloudy warm humid tonight with showers and thundershowers. Wednesday partly cloudy cooler. Northwest and Southeast Arkansas expect showers thundershowers then cooler. Northeast Arkansas cooler with ending showers. Southwest cloudy with warm humid today into tonight. Southeast cooler Wednesday.
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Johnson seeks 6.1 billion for veterans benefits
President Johnson requests 6.1 billion for veterans benefits and services in fiscal 1968, with higher education allowances and more training for Vietnam era veterans. The plan cuts 1967 spending by 300 million, offset by 552 million from asset sales tied to housing loan programs, and includes a 52 million construction push for major hospital projects in San Diego Chicago Seattle and Tampa.
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Supreme Court orders hearing on rape case in Arkansas
The Supreme Court unanimously ordered the U S Circuit Court in St Louis to hear William L Maxwell a Negro sentenced to death in Garland County Arkansas in 1962 for the rape of a 35 year old white woman The move follows civil rights lawyers challenge alleging racial disparities in the death penalty administration. Lion Dr Lowell Harris led a Lions Club program on the Red Cross Blood program at Town and Country Club with Has Kell Jones KXAR manager and Bill Cross Hempstead County Memorial Hospital official. Hempstead County currently uses about three times as much blood as residents donate.
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Hempstead County Memorial Hospital
Hempstead
Groups Seek Better Roads
Delegations from Jonesboro and Logan County appear before the state Highway Commission Wednesday to seek road improvements. The Jonesboro group requests Arkansas 18 in Craighead County be upgraded, while Logan County wants a county road between Booneville and the Yell County line added to the state highway system.
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State Highway Commission
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Commission
Booneville
Yell County
Arkansas Senate Action on Tax Measures and State Plans
Hope Arkansas notes show the House defeated a Tittle Hoover commission bill, approved deaf school funding, and requested copies from the State Police on Tucker Prison Farm conditions. Senate amendments favored Central Standard Time, a penitentiary study commission, and university status for Arkansas State College. A controversial resolution by Sen. Guy Jones was temporarily set aside but remains on the calendar for future debate.
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General Assembly
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Bigger bargains today than ever before
Public notice touts the rapid expansion of telephone service in Arkansas and worldwide. It cites two hundred million telephones globally and nearly half a million in Arkansas, with fourfold city penetration compared with twenty years ago. It notes seven long distance rate cuts in eight years and claims improved call quality, asserting better service to more places at lower cost.
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Arkansas
Fate of SST Program Is in Question
Washington AP reports the presidents budget message raises the fate of the supersonic transport program SST. Johnson hints at considering a prototype civil SST while proposing a cut from 170 million to 90 million dollars in the next fiscal year. FAA has Boeing airframe and GE engine designs, with month to month contracts pending a final decision. Raleigh AP notes Bible theft is highest at local bookstores, with stores suspecting returned Bibles were stolen.
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Johnson
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Obituary for Ollie Gunn at McCaskill Church
Funeral services were held for Ollie Melissa Gunn 85 who died Sunday in a Nashville hospital at McCaskill Methodist Church conducted by Rev Bruce Bean. Burial followed in Friendship Cemetery by Herndon Funeral Home. She is survived by sister Jennie Hampton of El Dorado.
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Ollie Melissa Gunn
Nashville
McCaskill Methodist Church
Bruce Bean
Friendship Cemetery
Hernedon Funeral Home
Jennie Hampton
el Dorado
Negro girls serve as Senate pages in Arkansas
In Little Rock, two Negro girls from Pulaski and Miller counties served as pages in the Arkansas Senate on Monday. Jennye Guy, 14, of Little Rock was chosen by the Pulaski County delegation, and Mary Griggs, 17, of Texarkana, was selected by Senator Bob Douglas of Texarkana.
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Pulaski
Miller Counties
Senate
Jennye Guy
Mary Griggs
Texarkana
Guy
Pulaski County
Greggs
Bob Douglas
Tevarkana
Baker Offers to Take a Lie Test in Court Trial
In Washington AP report former Senate aide Baker neared end of cross examination in a federal court trial. He denied pocketing 80000 in campaign contributions and evading 22000 in income taxes for 1961 62. He claimed campaign funds were given to the late Senator Kerr who loaned him 25000. He said he and his wife saved 100 from each paycheck in cash at home. A lie detector test was mentioned in relation to prior testimony from Wayne Bromley.
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Washington
Bobsby Baker
Senate
Democrats
Robert S. Kerr
D-Okla
Kerr
William O. Bittman
Baker
Wayne L. Bromley
Bromley
Paul E Cobb to earn BBA at Southern State College
Paul E Cobb of Hope will complete the Bachelor of Business Administration degree at Southern State College after the fall semester per registrar James L Smyth. A 1962 Hope High School graduate, Cobb is a senior business management major and a Tri C civic and commerce club member. son of James Cobb of 4128 Fulton St Hope.
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Magnolia
Paul E. Cobb
Hope
Southern State College
James L. Smyth
Hope High School
Cobb
Southern State
Tri C
Civic and Commerce Club
James Cobb
Fulton St
Arthritis Relief Offer From Advertisement Claim
A compact advertisement promotes a free information request for relief from arthritis neuritis and rheumatism pains. It channels readers to contact for details about a possible remedy or program.
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