Pine Bluff voters weigh housing debt amid editorial clashes
A Pine Bluff election centers on a public housing proposal while the Pine Bluff Commercial endorses it, arguing taxes fund government benefits. The editor counters, denouncing federal debt and Social Security robbing, urging payback over further borrowing. A Phoenix report notes seniors face drive license revocations but adapt by using garden tractors.
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Arkansas
Pine Bluff Commercial
Federals
IOU
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Mad Bird Still After Miami Soreheads
In Miami Beach a protected mockingbird continues its sneaky attacks on residents as nesting season peaks. The incident pattern prompts residents to cover heads while officials urge patience and note removal requires Fish and Wildlife Service authorization.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Florida
Kenneth McGovern
Hue Mane Society
Fish and Wildlife Service
U.S. Department of the Interior
Surveyor 4 to Carry Safeguards for Moon Landing
In Pasadena, scientists said Surveyor 4 will include electronic safeguards to prevent a repeat of Surveyor 3's near miss on April 19. Surveyor 3's radar system failed to cut descent properly amid rocks, leaving the craft 30 feet from a crater and 20 to 35 feet above the surface before engines shut down.
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Pasadena
Calif
Earth
Enormous Viet Nam firefight leaves 116 North killed
A large Viet Cong regular force attacked a South Vietnamese base near Viete am, suffering at least 116 killed with many wounded or captured. An American paratrooper force in the central highlands reported 26 dead and 49 wounded, while Defense Secretary McNamara weighed troop needs amid a vast Allied force.
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Saigon
Central Highlands
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Vieteam
U.S
William C. Westmoreland
Washington
McNamara
International
Vietnam
National United Auto Workers
Ford Motor Co
Stephens Gi Missing in Vietnam Nonhostile Action
Washington AP report says Pfc. Evra A. Tatum, son of Mr. and Mrs. Talmage Tatum of Stephens, Ark., is missing or dead as a result of nonhostile action in Vietnam, announced by the Defense Department on Monday.
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Washington
Pfc
Evra A. Tatum
Talmage Tatum
Stephens, Ark
Vietnam
Defense Department
Middle-aged Americans protest lack of rights and support
HALBOYLE argues for the overworked 40 to 65 age group missing organized avenues to vent frustration. He blasts government neglect, noting middle-aged citizens bear taxes, support churches and universities, and care for grandchildren but receive little aid or recognition, urging a mass Washington march before age limits tighten.
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Halboyle
NEW York
Curbstone
America
Sam
Washington
Union County GOP elects new committee president
In Dorado Arkansas AP report Fred Wiedower 43 manager of the F S Pre-Stress Plant at Hampton was named president of the Union County Republican Committee succeeding I C Johnson who was appointed to a post in the state Welfare Department announced here Monday.
City funds 47140 to hire 100 youths in Miami
Miami officials approved a 47140 program to employ 100 youths from slum and hard core unemployment areas. The goal is to curb idleness and prevent potential civil disorders while addressing urban poverty. Miss Hope Dora Ann King visiting Hot Springs for Miss Arkansas Pageant with her mother. Dora Annis, 21, 5'5", 123 lbs, measurements 36-24-37, plans piano and singing.
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Miami, Fla
Hope
Dora Ann King
Hot Springs
Frank King
Dora Annis
Majestic
Channel 7
Little Rock
Miss Hope
Arkansas
Atlantic City
Petition of Prisoner Rejected
Federal Judge J. Smith Henley rejected a handwritten Tucker Prison inmate Delmer E. Simmons petition alleging denied medical attention and forced hard work. He said there is no evidence to support the claims and warned inmates cannot use the court as a forum for every complaint about prison conditions or work and medical treatment.
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Little Rock
J. Smith Henley
Tucker Prison
Tucker
Delmer E. Simmons
Henley
Arkansas State Penitentiary
Typhoon Clara Slams Formosa Coast Near Taipei and Hualien
Typhoon Clara struck the northeast Formosa coast this afternoon with 105 mph winds. It hit between Taipei and Hualien and unleashed torrential rain across the capital and other regions as it moved northwest toward the Formosa Strait and China.
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Formosa
Taipei
Clara
Hualien
Pacific
Formosg Strait
China
U S Refuses Military Aid to Nigeria
Washington reports that the Johnson administration rejected Nigeria's request for military aid amid congressional fears of Congo intervention. The Congo action drew protests as Biafra's independence claim complicates the African crisis, with Senate committees seeking explanations from State.
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Johnson
Nigeria
U.S
Congo
Africa
Capitol Hill
State Department
Robert S. McNamara
Vietnam
McNamara
Asia
Senate Armed Services and Foreign Relations Committees
Dean Rusk
J. W. Fulbright
de Ark
Foreign Relations Committee
United States
Fulbright
Biafra
Methodists Plan Bible School At Local Church
The Methodist Church hosts a week long Bible school from 9 to 11 each morning Monday through Friday in the Children’s Building. Courses cover Life of Paul Bible Lands and Times Our Family in the Community and Friends Around Me and Kindergarten groups. Teachers include many church members and senior youths assist with recreation music and teaching aids. A Sunday night sharing program at 6 will award perfect attendance certificates to elementary students.
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Methodist Church
Paul
Bruce Duke
Robert Parham
E. H. Stewart
Kathleen Broach
al Graves
Johnny Graves
Earl Whitaker
Matt McCauley
Calvin Smith
TILIV
Steven Bader
H. ©. Kyler, Jr
Dale Flowers
Millie Leggett
Tell
Mitchell LaGrone
Jim Lockhart
W. C. Bruner, Jr
Bill Hairr
Evelyn Briant
Kinard Young
Austin Hutson
Donal Parker
Buddy Melver
Cindy Reese
Susie Vinson
Twila Hunt
Penny Burke
Peggy McIver
Sandra McFarland
Beth Gilbert
Charlotte Williams
U.S. to Send More Troops But Not as Many as Requested
McNamara will not back full troop increase requested by Vietnam command and orders to trim the Saigon army buildup. He signals limited integration of Vietnamese troops with American units and notes possible troop increases after his report to President Johnson. Westmoreland sought 100,000 to 140,000 more troops to speed the war.
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John T. Wheeler
Saigon
Robert S. McNamara
U.S
Vietnam
McNamara
William C. Westmoreland
Washington
United States
Nguyen van Thieu
Nguyen Cao Ky
Cao van Vien
North Vietnam
Israel and World Powers Move on Suez Cease Fire
Jerusalem reports Israel agrees to U N observers along the Suez cease fire on mutual basis while Egypt accepts the Security Council plan. Malik arrives in Cairo for talks as Soviet naval forces reach Port Said amid a push for Arab unity against Western influence.
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Nsukka
Nige Rian
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Congress
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Egypt
U.N
Suez Canal
Jerusalem
Tarael
J Thant
Security Council
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Calero
Malik
Cairo
Nikolai Podgorny
Adm
Igor Molochov
Soviet Union
Port Said
Moscow
Israel
Kremlin
U.N. Security Council
Suez
Abba Eban
New York
U.N. Truce Supervision Organization
Thompson
U.N. General Assembly
Jordan
United Nations
General Assembly
Midsle East
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Houar
Boumedienne
Hussein
Nasser
Husesen
Girl Killed in Accident Near Perryville Arkansas
State Police said Wilda Vaught 19 daughter of Mr and Mrs James Vaught of Houston Perry County died Monday when her car crossed the center line on Arkansas 10 about a mile north of Perryville and crashed into a cement truck driven by Robert Irwin Moore 49 of Morrilton who was not injured.
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Wilda Vaught
James Vaught
Houston
Perry County
Arkansas 10
Here
Robert Irwin Moore
Morrilton
Oil Rig Worker Killed Near Magnolia
Dozier, 45, an employee of Gulisr Well Services of Magnolia, died Monday after a fall from a drilling rig near the community about 45 miles west of Berg.
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Ieee
Dozier
Gulisr Well Services
Magnolia
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Berg
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