Faubus Seeks Gas Tax Hike and $150 Million Highway Bonds
Gov. Orval Faubus outlined a $150 million road program with a higher motor fuel tax and a bond issue. Bills in both chambers would raise gas tax from 6 1 2 to 7 cents and authorize a $150 million highway bond issue. Legislation includes a county city distribution formula and a 20 year bond plan with 3 percent interest. Faubus promoted the plan in a joint session and aimed for a late February popular vote, while lawmakers offered cautious support or reservations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leachville
Senate
Kenneth L. Suler
L. H. Autry
Mississippi County
House
Faubus
Prairie
John Bethell
Woodruff
Jack Oakes
Perry County
Paul van Dalsem
Arkansas
State Highway Department
Weather Station Forecast Arkansas Louisiana 24 Hours
Weather experiment report for 24 hours ending 7 am Friday shows high 54 low 30. Arkansas expects clear to partly cloudy and continued cold through Saturday with lows in the 20s north 30s south and Saturday highs in the 30s north and 44 to 54 south. Louisiana forecast partly cloudy through Saturday with a few showers in the southeast portion Saturday. Mild tonight then continues on Page Three.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arkansas
Louisiana
Farm Bureau Plans Drive for Members Kick-off Breakfast
Farm Bureau to hold membership drive with a 8:00 a.m. breakfast on Monday February 1 at the Town and Country Restaurant. President Lester Kent reports a quota of 653 members for 1965 with 450 already enrolled. He invites area residents interested in farming issues to join.
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Farm Bureau
Lester Kent
Kent
Areas Needing Change Identified in Arkansas Apportionment
A three judge federal panel found Arkansas legislative districts unconstitutionally apportioned. It lists Senate districts deemed seriously under represented and cites House disparities such as Pulaski County and Perry County as examples, with 25 free House seats spread across 12 counties and several less populous counties over represented.
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Little Rock
Arkansas
Pulaski
Sebastian
Washington
Madison
Ouachita
Columbia
Garland
Saline
Hot Spring
Clark
Union
Independence
Izard
Jackson
Monroe, Lee
Phillips
Craighead
Mississippi
Poinsett
Pulaski County
Perry County
Jefferson
Crittenden
Benton
St. Francis
Former Banker at Nettleton Dies in Jonesboro
Lyle D. Kiech 72, chairman of the Bank of Nettleton board and longtime Jonesboro civic leader, died Thursday night in a local hospital. He previously led the bank as president, later becoming chairman. also headed cotton gins at Monette and Del Fore and owned farming interests. Survivors include widow Louise and daughters Mrs. Knight Laird of Jonesboro and Mrs. Clem Whistle of Whistleville.
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Jonesboro
Ark
Lyle D. Kiech
Bank of Nettleton and
Kiech
Monette
Delfore
Louise
Knight Laird
Clem Whistle
Whistleville
U.S. backs Viet Nam’s new government without ousting Taylor
Washington signals support for the South Vietnamese civilian based leadership under Nguyen Xuan Khanh, but not at the expense of Ambassador Maxwell D. Taylor. Officials stress Johnson’s confidence in Taylor and warn that removal would hinder aid if the new regime proves determined to combat Viet Cong subversion. Rep Zablocki disputed calls to oust Taylor, noting Khanh and Taylor can work together despite leadership changes.
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U.S
Taylor
Washington
United States
South Viet Nam
Maxwell D. Taylor
White House
State Department
Johnson
Saigon
Nguyen Xuan O Anh
South Viet- Nam
Clement J. Zablocki
D-Wis
House
Far East
William P. Bundy
Far Eastern
Zablocki
Nguyen Khanh
Viet Nam
Wisconsin
Khanh
Highest Profits for General Motors
Detroit AP report states General Motors earned a record 1.735 billion dollars in 1964, 6.05 dollars per share, the highest company profit ever, despite nearly six weeks of U.S. auto strike activity that idled production.
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Detroit
General Motors Corp
United States
Rex Harrison Finds Job Ease After Early Exit From School
Rex Harrison quit school at sixteen to join a Liver pool repertory company and four decades later his work in stage and film commands large sums. At fifty six he is married to Rachel Roberts, likely to be nominated for an Academy Award for My Fair Lady. He lives simply with his wife in Portofino on the Italian Riviera, eschewing night life and fancy dress. His philosophy is to live for the moment and let tomorrow die.
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Hal Boyle
New York
Rex Harrison
Halls of Learning
Liverpool
Rachel Roberts
Rex
Harrison
Rachel
Portofino
Italian Riviera
Powers Church to Hold Singing
Powers Missionary Baptist Church in Fulton Rt. 1 hosts a Sunday singing at 2 p.m. led by the church youth with Rev. Lonnie Townsend inviting all, especially piano players, to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Powers Church
Powers Missionary Baptist Church
Fulton
Rt. 1
Lonnie Townsend
Southwest Dental Society to Meet in Hope
Dr Loyd C Templeton of the University of Tennessee College of Dentistry will headline the Fifth Annual Arkansas Traveler program before the Southwest District Dental Society in Hope at the Town and Country Restaurant on Friday February 5. The Arkansas State Dental Association backs the event with the Bureau of Dental Health and Aransas State Board of Health backing. The program covers diagnosis extractions and surgical care before during and after procedures with emphasis on pain and infection control. Larry Furlong will introduce Templeton. Southwest District leadership includes W D Cyphers as president Don Clark as vice president and Lester Sittes as secretary treasurer.
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Loyd C. Templeton
Memphis
University of Tennessee College of Dentistry
Arkansas Traveler
Southwest District Dental Society
Hope
Town & Country
Arkansas State Dental Association
Bureau of Dental Health
Aransas State Board of Health
Templeton
Memphis Dental Society
Tennessee State Dental Association
Southeastern Society of Oral Surgeons
Larry Furlong
Arkansas State Health Department
Southwest District
W. D. Cyphers
el Dorado
Don Clark
Arkadelphia
Lester Sittes
West Memphis Desegregation Suit Filed in Arkansas
A class action filed in U.S. District Court seeks admission of 12 Negro students to West Memphis Hulbert School District schools. Plaintiffs name School Supt O M Schultz and district directors as defendants and allege failure to meet Supreme Court desegregation requirements and to admit Negro students. The case marks the first desegregation suit in an East Arkansas county along the Mississippi River.
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Jonesburg
Ark
West Memphis-Hulbert
U.S. District Court
East
Arkansas
Mississippi River
West Memphis
Crittenden County
O. M. Schultz
Buddhists Are Released and Boy Executed in Saigon
In Saigon, Buddhists arrested during a week of unrest were released except those suspected of Viet Cong ties. An hour before sunrise a 20-year-old Viet Nam youth, Levan Khuyen, was executed for carrying a grenade and a 15 pound bomb. He was blindfolded and shot at the National Railroad Building market, with paratroopers guarding the procession from Chi Hoa Prison.
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Peter Arnett
Saigon
South Viet Nam
Nguyen Khanh
Levan Khuyen
National Railroad
Chi Hoa
Arkansas lawmakers react to court ordered reapportionment
Relieved and indignant Arkansas legislators respond to a U S District Court order requiring reapportionment by June 15 1nvolving the Board of Apportionment led by Gov Faubus who hopes Congress will allow a non population based system Several lawmakers express support or skepticism about legislative action while a Pulaski Chancery Court suit seeks to define the board s powers and duties and an appeal to the state Supreme Court is anticipated
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock
Arkansas
U. S. District Court
General Assembly
Merle Peterson
Dumas
Orval E. Faubus
State Board of Apportionment
Faubus
Congress
U.S
U. S. Supreme Court
St. Francis County
Clarke Kinney
Board of Apportionment
Bearden
Prairie County
John P. Bethel
Supreme Court
Lincoln County
G. D. Smith Jr
Smith
Atty
Bruce Bennett
Kelly Bryant
GOPs Offer Alternative Health Plan
Six Republican Ways and Means Committee members unveiled a sweeping plan to extend comprehensive health coverage to people 65 and older at an estimated 3.4 billion dollars annually. The plan would fund most costs from the Treasury with premiums averaging about six dollars monthly per person and no mandatory enrollment. It promises up to 1000 dollars in hospital benefits and 80 percent coverage for additional expenses with a 50 dollar deductible. The plan faces continued committee review as House Republicans seek a vote despite a Democratic majority.
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Edmond LE Breton Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Johnson
GOP
Treasury
John W. Byrnes
Wisconsin
Byrnes
Gerald R. Ford
Michigan
British Foreign Secretary Dines with Dean Rusk in London
Michael Stewart, newly appointed British foreign secretary, accepted an invitation to dine with U.S. Secretary of State Dean Rusk in London. The meeting comes as Rusk arrived with the U.S. delegation for Sir Winston Churchill's funeral.
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London
Britain
Michael Stewart
U.S
Dean Rusk
Rusk
Sir Winston Churchill
Central Americans and Vietnamese issues in early 1965 era
AP News Digest notes Vietnam tensions with Nguyen Khanh freeing Buddhist protesters and executing a terrorist, while U S signals support for the new regime but not at ambassador removal. Churchill funeral crowds, Senate vote signals, Johnson constitutional amendment push, cold wave across 27 states, and various U S political and labor developments in Arkansas Maine Texas and Ozark region.
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Air Force
Eugene M. Zuckert
Air Force Academy
W. Willard Wirtz
Arkansas
Bootleg Hearing to End Soon
Rep. Oren Harris says hearings on a bill to curb bootlegging of stimulants and depressants will conclude with a final session Tuesday. As chairman, he plans to invite FDA Commissioner George P. Larrick to revisit amendments proposed by medical professionals and the pharmaceutical industry.
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Washington
Oren Harris
D-Ark
Harris
House Interstate Commerce Committee
George P. Larrick
Food and Drug Administration
Arkansas Auto Collisions and Local Notices Highlight 1964 Data
State police reports show 9 117 wrecks in Arkansas in 1964 causing 639 deaths with Hempstead County accounting for 10 deaths in 130 wrecks. National stats note Saturdays worst driving day and speed as top crash cause. Also: local promotions, military service updates, weather quip, and two fire calls at Anthony Lumber Mill and a Hope street address with minor property damage.
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Arkansas
Hempstead
Howard County
Lafayette County
Nevada County
Anthony
Highway 29
Margaret Street
Court orders Arkansas redistricting by June 15
A three judge federal court ruled the Arkansas Legislature apportionment unconstitutional and ordered the state Board of Apportionment to redraw districts by June 15. The decision targets one man one vote inequities, notes population shifts since 1950, and supports possible self reapportionment by the legislature for the 1966 election.
German President Once Arrested
Albert Norden, East Germany's chief propagandist, charged that West German President Heinrich Luebke was arrested before World War II on embezzlement suspicions. Norden said the case was dropped under the amnesty law of November 19, 1935. Luebke's press officer dismissed the allegations as malicious lies.
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Berlin
Heinrich Luebke
Albert Norden
East Germany
Luebke
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John R. Starr
Associated Press
Nettleton
By Spencer Davis
General Motors
SW Dental Society
L. C. Templeton
W. Memphis
Gops
AP News Digest
Winston Churchill
Senate Appropriations Committee
Nasser
United Arab Republic
Frederick Rush
John L. McClellan
Ozark
Frank T. Porter
E. C. Porter
U. S. Air Force
Keesler Afb
Miss
Hope High School
Bob Jones University
Greenville
S.C
Army
Chester McMullen
Ava McMullen
Hope Rt. 4
Germany
6Th Artillery
Gelnhausen
U.S. Supreme Court
John Yancey
Apportionment Board
Nancey
Thorp Thomas
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