Census Takers Advance Agents of Police State
A distorted tirade denounces the Census as an unwanted intrusion into private life. It contrasts sworn Census confidentiality with a Supreme Court ruling that private company files may be seizure targets, calling government privacy promises hollow and warning readers about answering census questions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alex. H. Washburn
Bureau of the Census
United Press International
A. Ross Eckler
United States Supreme Court
Department of Justice
Johnson seeks higher GI home loan guarantees and aid
President Johnson urged Congress to revise the GI home loan program to allow veterans to buy larger and better homes. He proposed increasing the maximum guarantee to 10 000 from 7 500, plus a 50 million plan to subsidize training for teaching police fire hospital and poverty program work, starting in July.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Johnson
Congress
Grant to Paris Ark for water system expansion
The Economic Development Administration approved a $217,800 grant for Paris Arkansas to aid expansion of its water system and a $44,270 grant for the Northeast Economic Development District of Arkansas Inc in Wynne Arkansas on Monday.
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Washington
Patis
Ark
The
Economic Development Administration
Northeast Economic Development District of Arkansas, Inc
T Wynne
Skeletons Found in Unmarked Graves at Prison Farm
Associated Press reports three unmarked graves uncovered at Came mus Prison Farm in Arkansas, with prison physician Dr. Edwin Barron Jr. saying as many as 100 bodies could exist. Prison Superintendent Morton ordered search after inmate Reuben Johnson led investigators to the site, noting a decapitated skull and crushed head among the skeletons and suggesting killings possibly beyond old age.
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Associated Press
Cummins Prison Farm
Ark
Came Mus
Thomas C. Morton
Edwin Barron Jr
Little Rock
Phsycian
Morton
Criminal Investigation Division
State Police
Reuben Johnson
Barron
Johnson
Jake
Murton
Tucker Prison Farm
Cumming
Arkansas
Colorado
Washington
United States
Supreme Court
Sharp Congressional Split Over Pueblo Crisis Deepens
Senate Democratic Leader Mike Mansfield and Republican Everett Dirksen clashed over how to handle the USS Pueblo incident. Mansfield urged avoiding bloodshed, while Dirksen warned against inaction. White House diplomacy continued, with UN talks stalling as private efforts failed to secure ship and crew release.
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United States
Pueblo
North Korat
Vietnam
Mansfield
Dirksen
Congress
Navy
Security Council
White House
George Christian
Christian
U.S
United Nations
Senate
Manserfield
San
Prison Needs 1.7 Million for Budget Gap
LITTLE ROCK AP John H Haley chairman of Arkansas Penitentiary Board told the Legislative Council the penitentiary may be $1.7 million short of farm income for the biennium ending June 30 1969 and could be broke by April 1. He proposed borrowing 2 million from the state treasury and repaying with farm income plus 3 percent interest. Haley blamed 1967 losses a hiring surge and improved diets for the shortfall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock
John H. Haley
State Penitentiary Board
Arkansas Legislative Council
Haley
Legislative Council
Security Council debates Korea crisis over Pueblo invite
United Nations members met privately as a U S Soviet deadlock blocked inviting North Korea to participate in council debate. The United States insisted on Pueblo crew release before any North Korea invitation while Seoul warned against bilateral talks with Pyongyang and South Korea prepared for an observer role.
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Korea
William N. Oatis
Associated Press
United Nations
Pueblo
U.S
Arthur J. Goldberg
Platon D. Morozov
United States
Pyongyang
Seoul
North Korea
South Korea
Morozov
Council
Vietnam
Meantaing
Khe = Sanh
da Nang
Thien
Senate
Officials Fear Firearms Ruling Hinders Crime Fight
Federal law enforcement leaders warn Supreme Court rulings restricting gun and gambling laws will hamper criminal prosecutions and thwart enforcement. Justice officials say bans on registering weapons and tax proof impede investigations and tracking of offenders. An IRS official notes a large share of tax fraud cases tied to gambling tax or registration requirements.
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Stephen M
Associated Press
Washington
Supreme Court
Henry E. Petersen
Justice Department
Justice
Treasury Departments
Petersen
Nepal
Peftersen
Internal Revenue Service
Federal grant to health department boosts lab training
Dr Herron state health officer announced a $263,690 federal grant for state health departments under the Comprehensive Health Planning Act of 1966. The five year program funds lab improvements and training of new personnel with more than $97,000 allocated for year one in Arkansas.
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Little Rock
Herron
State Health Department
Governor asked to appoint judge’s widow in Sharp County
Gov Winthrop Rockefeller faces a request to appoint Mrs Fey Kirk Arnon as county judge of Sharp County succeeding her late husband Lloyd Arna. Arna, elected in 1962, died Sunday, prompting the nomination.
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Little Rock
Winthrop Rockefeller
Fey Kirk Arnon
Lloyd Arna
Sharp County
Aran
Congress Warns of Budget Cuts
Washington AP reports President Johnson sought a 186.1 billion target and urged spending reductions before a 10 percent income tax surcharge. Lawmakers opposed rapid trimming yet warned of higher deficits if the tax hike fails, with a budget plan calling for 10.4 billion in spending and an 8 billion built in deficit amid political pressure to curb expenses.
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Washington
Johnson
Senate
House
Congress
Body of Heir Found in Texas Field
In San Angelo Texas a rabbit hunter found the body of wealthy heir Michael Robineau in a cotton field after a two day search. An AWOL soldier from Odessa Miguel Galligas Ybarra 21 was charged with murder with malice. Ybarra had been absent from Ft Sam Houston and was escorted to the police from Odessa.
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San Angelo
Tex
Michael Robbeau
Odessa
Miguel Galligas Ybarra
Ft. Sam Houston
Robineau
Ybarra
Korea
Here
Yoarra
Eldorado Wowie
Saldhé
Texas Ranger
A. Y. Allee Jr
Not Surprised at Sum for River Project
Jeta Taylor of Ozark said he was not surprised by President Johnson's proposed next year expenditures totaling 136 million dollars for the Arkansas River navigation project. He noted the Corps of Engineers has had funding to use, with about 103 million allocated to Arkansas and the rest to Oklahoma to keep construction on schedule.
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Little Rock
Jeta Taylor
Ozark
Johnson
Arkansas River
Taylor
Arkansas Basin Association
Corps of Engineers
Army Engineers
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Man Hit and Killed by Car in West Memphis
E B Akin a 57 year old from Het Saint Franc is County died on arrival after being struck by a car while crossing Arkansas 71. The driver Myles Weare 22 of Forrest City struck him about 18 miles east of Forrest City authorities said the victim was dead on arrival at a hospital.
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West Memphis
Ark
E. B. Akin
Het
St, Francis County
Arkansas 71
Akin
Myles Weare
Forrest City
Marines in N Korea Know Reds Have Some 60 000 Men Along DMZ
Marines at Khe Sanh in Vietnam report North Vietnamese forces possibly 30 000 to 50 000 nearby plus 10 000 to 20 000 along the DMZ. Marines expect shelling and ground assaults as Tet ends, with air drops and tank road reopenings anticipated. Lt Col Heath says avoid unnecessary casualties, relying on air and artillery rather than direct infantry clashes.
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N. Korea
DMZ
Peter Arnett
Associated Press
Khe Sanh
Vietnam
U.S
Demilita
Frank Heath
Detroit
26Th Regiment
Heath
28Th Marine Regt
Vietnam and Pueblo Crisis Dominate News Spotlight
The article notes intensified fighting around Khe Sanh and Da Nang as Vietnam War tensions rise, the Pueblo crisis stirring Senate divisions on recovery efforts, and a prison grave discovery in Arkansas. Also covers budget debates, anti crime and weapons policy, and a proposal for Polaris submarine transfers.
Arkansas highway commission awards two resurfacing contracts
The Arkansas Highway Commission issued contracts totaling an estimated 2600 dollars from routine maintenance funds to resurface parking areas at Red River Vocational School and Hope Highway District headquarters. The item also notes new officers for local medical and auxiliary groups and various civic events and travel details.
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Arkansas
Commission
Red River Vocational School
Hope Highway District
Six Die in Fires in Brooklyn and Lower East Side
An AP report states six people died and seven were injured in overnight fires. The blaze tore through a lower East Side tenement and a Park Slope brick row house in New York, with a teenage boy among the dead after leaping between windows to escape a wall of flames.
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New York
Lower East Side
Park Slope
Ion
Brooklyn
Manhattan
Freman
Viet Cong Launches Major Tet Attack Across Vietnam
The Viet Cong mounted its largest coordinated assault at the start of Tet, striking Da Nang and five other provinces. U.S. and South Vietnamese forces countered with air strikes and a shortened truce, while officials described the attacks as diversionary but serious. Da Nang and Nha Trang faced ongoing clashes as Hanoi broadcasts defended the action as targeting U.S. aggressors.
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George Esper
Smgon
Red
da Nang
South Vietnam
Willan C. Westmoreland
Vietnam
Coun
Thafr Wan
U.S
III Corps
Quing Tri
Thun Thien
al van Pass
Nha Trang
Anly
Plotky
Hol An
Saigon
Konto
Ban Me Thuot
Tuy Hoa
Qu Nhon
Robert C. Onman
Nguyen van Thien
North Vietnamese Panhandle
Demilitarized Zone
Purcell Heads to Washington for Attorneys General Meet
Arkansas Attorney General Joe Purcell travels to Washington for about a week to attend the annual National Association of Attorneys General winter meeting. He departed Little Rock Monday.
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Little Rock
Joe Purcell
Washington
National Attorneys General Association
Purcell
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Jim McKenzie
Forney Holt
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Hope
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