Prison Head Is Greeted Warmly in Pine Bluff Panel
In Pine Bluff Arkansas prison system discussion night, Supt Thomas O Martez Murton faced questions on rehabilitation and communications amid a chamber setting hosted by the Pine Bluff Chamber of Commerce. Attendees included Lewis Ramsay Pine Bluff attorney State Sen Knox Nelson and Prosecutor Lloyd Hetty. Murton defended the prison dances as part of the institution while noting rehabilitation is a shared goal. The program also touched on budget talks with national lawmakers discussing tax and spending measures. The event drew about 160 spectators with applause and some boos over statements on state prison conditions.
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iMate Prigoh
Thomas
Tmarteh
Arkansas Prison System
Alii
Pine “Bluff
Quéese
Mirton
Murton
Tucker Prison Farm
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Cummins
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Roscoe Barnes 78 Dies in Shreveport Hospital
Roscoe Barnes a retired railroad man and war veteran died in a Shreveport hospital. Survived by wife Mattie and daughter Nelda Banning. Services planned 2 p.m. Wednesday at Oakcrest Chapel, burial Sardis Cemetery.
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Shreveport
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Nelda Banning
Oakcrest Chapel
Sardis Cemetery
Oakcrest Funeral Home
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Willie Allen
Stewmake
Lucy Huckabee
Hope
Minnie Martin
Ruth Turner
Texarkana
John Shewmake
Buckner
Kit Shewmake
Pine Bluff
Connie Robins
Bethany Cemetery
Arkansas Weather Summary for 24 Hours Ending Tuesday
Report shows 24 hour period ending 7 am Tuesday with high 59 and low 55 and 0.32 inches of precipitation. Forecast calls for mostly cloudy skies with occasional rain across north and central Arkansas tonight and Wednesday, chance of a few thunderstorms in the extreme south tonight, cooler temperatures overnight and Wednesday, with lows ranging from the upper 30s in the extreme north to the low 60s in the extreme south.
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Gambling to Be Harder to Control
AP reports in Little Rock that the US Supreme Court ruling against forced gambler registration is seen as a minor obstacle by former State Police Director Lynn A. Davis and colleagues. Miller and Brians say enforcement will adapt with extra effort, not hampered, as they pursue state gaming laws.
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Lynn A. Davis
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Carl Miller
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Miller
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Alcohol and Tobacco Tax Unit
91 U S servicemen killed in Vietnam action list released
Washington AP reports Defense Department released a Monday list naming 91 servicemen killed in action in Vietnam including an Arkansan Marine Lance Cpl. James C. McHenry of Camden. The article describes ongoing U S bombing suspensions, Tet battlefield strikes, and heavy Viet Cong attacks across Da Nang and central northern South Vietnam with substantial allied casualties and equipment losses.
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Defense Department
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Vietnam
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Louis Mr. Henry
Camden
U.S
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Thieu
North Vietnam
Ines
Lower
Panhandle
da Nang
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Cam Ranh Bay
Johnson
Dong Ba Thin
Camp May Get Research Center Site
Dr. David W. Mullins said a committee was instructed to inspect a 4310 acre tract at Camp Robins in North Little Rock as a possible site for a research extension center. The 1965 General Assembly approved the center but funds were not authorized. A three member committee, led by Rep. Charles Matthews, said the land could be planned at no cost to the university. Dominican Ship Goes Aground. A Dominican freighter Abaco Wampler went off course and grounded near the southwest coast of Coon but freed itself and proceeded toward Fort Pierce after delivering fertilizer. Cuban authorities did not approach during the eight hours.
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Wilbur D. Mills
Ways and Means Committee
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George H. Mahon
D-Tex
House Appropriations Committee
Frank T. Bow
Ohio
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Office of Ecolonomic Opportunity
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Coon
Fort Pierce
Belize
Honduras
Coast Guard
Lawmaker criticizes spending procedures in government committees
Washington AP reports Rep Charles Joelson says House Appropriations panels, led by George Milton, operate undemocratically and hide CIA funding. He urges open hearings and premeeting bill reports. A separate Rochester man, Herman Suhr, died after a match caused a shopping-bag fire from a discarded cigar lighter.
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U.S
George A. Dondero
R-Mich
St. Lawrence Seaway
Dondero
Congress
Great Lakes
Carl. S. Learsdorf
Associated Press Welter Washington
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CIA
Reb
Charles
Joelson
R-N.j
George H. Milton
D-Tex
Mahon
Rochester
N.Y
Herman Suhr
Suhr
Strong Memorial Hospital
Marines Debate Preservation and Strategy at Khe Sanh
In St Louis remarks Sen Stuart Symington and others weighed rescue options for imprisoned crewmen near Khe Sanh. Lowndes described Montagnard villages and cautioned destroying them would endanger prisoners. Symington warned against a broader Asia conflict while pondering tactical nuclear questions and invasion feasibility.
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Flay
Alsundry
Khe Sanh
Lownds
Vietnam
Stuart Symington
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Frank J. Lausche
Ohio
Asia
Robert P. Griffin
Michigan
Mundt
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North Korea
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