Arkansas Tax Opinion Labels Lowest Tax Title Insulting
An Associated Press dispatch argues the Arkansas claim of having the lowest per capita state and local tax in fiscal 1965 misleads. It critiques sales tax reliance, exemptions, and under-assessed property rights, calling the title insulting and unjust amid tax structure flaws. It cites personal effort to reform taxes and warns the public that nominal lows mask broader inequities.
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Arkansans
Commerce Clearing House of Chicago
Arkansas
Associated Press
Foreign Aid Bill Advances Despite Opposition Efforts
Washington AP The 3.3 billion multiyear foreign aid authorization cleared its first House test as opponents vow to press for cuts in time and money. A 22 to 86 vote rejected an amendment to shorten the authorization to one year. Rep Williams Mailliard Calif said more efforts would follow. A final vote was expected later today amid continued debate on aid program reviews.
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Wilbur Martin Washington
House
Hep. Williams
Mailliard
R-Calif
Alford Says Road Steel Overpriced
Arkansas news brief reports Dale Alford alleging overpricing in structural steel used for bridges, with state investigations into asphalt costs cited. Other items: senatorial race comments, hospital administrator retirement, a drowning in Mississippi River, and a deer incident in New Mexico.
Pay Raises for Highway Employes
The Arkansas Highway Commission approved merit raises totaling 100 620 dollars per year for about 90 percent of 3906 highway employees. About 1750 salaried and 1750 hourly workers received increases, excluding monthly salaried district maintenance staff. If funds aren’t allocated next session, some programs may be curtailed. Previous illegal raises over 2 million were rescinded in April.
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Little Rock
State Highway Commission
Highway Department
Walter Hicks
Hicks
The
Highway Commission
Heat Wave Death Toll Tops 106 Across U.S.
Heat tied to at least 106 deaths as a three week old scorching wave grips the eastern two thirds of the country. Hospitals treat many for heat exhaustion. St. Louis and Illinois counties report heavy losses, while New York records a July 13 high and Philadelphia reaches 97.
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Associated Press
St. Louis
Ilinois
Mississippi River
New York City
Philadelpha
Americans Down Two MIGs in Three Minutes Over North Viet Nam
AP dispatch from Saigon reports U.S. jet fighters destroying two MIG21s within three minutes, completing a count of 17 MIGs downed by American pilots in North Viet Nam. Captains Snender Buttell Martin Kriepa and others credited for the kills amid a broader air and ground operation near Hanoi.
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Robert Tuckman
Saigon
South Viet Nam
North Viet Nam
U.S
17Th Parallel
Red River Valley
Hanoi
William J. Snender
Alamogordo
N.M
Duane A. Buttell
Chillicothe
Buttell
Ronald G. Martin
Lake Villa
Richard N. Kriepa
Chesterton
Ind
Constellation
Navy
People entitled to Elect Choice in Fourth District speech
In El Dorado the fourth district race is marked by talks on campaign methods and money. John Harris Jones criticizes election advertising and urges voters to choose representatives rather than be swayed by ads and backers. He notes a campaign budget under $10,000 and urges consideration of all district residents. In De Queen Phyllis Mangsco, 14, drowned after falling from a floating board into the Cossatot River near Umpire.
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EL Gorado
Ark
4Th Congressional District
John Harris Jones
Jones
el Dorado
4Th District
Dorada League of Women Voters
DE Queen, Ark
Phyllis Mangsco
Wingo Mahesey
Umpire
Cossatot
Mus Mesea
Fomby Jackson
Dy Queen
Chicago Riots Rage Across West Side Mobs and Firebombs
Mobs of Negro youths roamed Chicago's West Side for a second night, throwing fire bombs and bricks. Twenty were arrested on charges of arson or disorderly conduct, dozens detained then released, while police sustained injuries and residents were hit by stray bullets. Fire hydrants and looting marked the violence as temperatures rose into the 80s.
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Lawrence L. Knutson
Chicago
West Side
Roosevelt Road
Loop
Plains of
Kansas
New Jersey
Maureen O'Sullivan
Mia Farrow
Frank Sinatra
Church of Christ
Michael Collins
Horror Murder of Eight Nurses Shocks Chicago
In a terror spree at a South Side dormitory eight student nurses were killed during a three hour massacre. A blond man entered 2319 E 100th St promising money for New Orleans then opened fire with a pistol knife and strangling several victims while one Filipino survivor hid. Coroner calls it the crime of the century as police identify victims and recount the brutal, methodical killings.
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Chicago
Andrew Toman
E. 100Th St
South Chicago Hospital
New Orleans
Thomas Bingham
South Chicago Police District
Francis Flanagan
Detective Bureau
Pye
Toman
Marlita Gargullo
Pamela Wilkening
Gloria Davy
Susan Farris
Patricia Matesucki
Marianne Nordan
Valicentia Passon
Nina Schmale
All Around Town Broadcasts and Local Notes
In recent weeks many persons sold Medicare policies via reps claiming Social Security affiliation. Texarkana SSA District Manager Otis A. Blackwood warns no SSA rep sells insurance or approaches individuals for it and asks pages to report any approaches to the Texarkana SSA office. Hope area endures 99 degree heat per Experiment Station, hotter downtown Hope. Grover fromn of Hot Springs failed to negotiate a curve on Highway 29 near County Line, overturning his truck. taken to local hospital, minor injuries. State Health Dept reports 37 births in the county last month, boys 21 girls 16. Army Cadet James L. R. Allison Jr., 1966 Davidson College graduate, trains six weeks at Fort Bragg in ROTC. aims to qualify as Army Reserve officer. son of Mrs Martha B. Allison, 1319 South Elm St, Hope. Natural Gas Pipeline Co of America builds a 33 mile line. a 36 inch loop runs through Miller Nemystud, White, Lonoke, Pulaski and Jackson counties.
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Social Security Administration
Otis A. Blackwood
Social Security District
Texarkana
Texas
Social Security
James L. R. Allison Jr
Davidson
N.C.) College
Fort Bragg
N. C
Reserve Officers Training Corps
Army Reserve
Allison
Martha B. Allison
South Elm St
Hope. Ark
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Alex. H. Washburn
Wilson
Alford
Dale Alford
Bentonville
State Highway Department
Clint Jones
Frank Holt
Holt
Hays
Sulcer
Charles W. Wilson
Hempstead Memorial Hospital
Hempstead
Memorial
Julia Chester Hospital
Hempstead Memorial
Oklahoma
Clark County Memorial Hospital
Arkadelphia
Mississippi
Joiner
Memphis
Mississippi County Sheriff’s
Robert White
Gregory, Mich
Clifford Howlett
Las Cruces
Shouii
Rudy
Gonzales
Hope
Killer Butchers
Pocahontas, Ark
Jimmy A. Davis
Black River
Here
Bill Rupert
Randolph County
Davis
Ft. Leonard Wood
Rupert
AP News Digest
Washington
Anhéuser-Busch Co
Central Intelligence Agency
Senate
State Department
Vietnam
U.S. Navy
Atlantic
Fenit
Ireland
William Verity
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Verity
County Kerry
FBI
Amarao Cronzona
Harold McCoy
Grover Fromn
Hot Springs
Highway 29
County Ine
Herndon-Cornelius
State Health Department
Natural Gas Pipeline Company of
Amerva
Miller
Nemystud
White, Lonoke
Pulaski
Jackson Counties
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