Letter to editor praises housing editorial and Social Security
A 77 year old Pine Bluff reader expresses support for a July 11 editorial on model housing and Social Security. She criticizes politicians for inaction, defends elderly claimants, and mentions four daughters and a personal setback. She signs as Mrs J H Edmondson with a note from the editor.
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Pine Bluff
Mr. Mills
Mr. Pryor
Washington
J. H. Edmondson
Pine St
Ark
Independence theme marks 1967 Arkansas House talk
Little Rock AP report says Speaker Sterling Cockrill Jr. praised the 1967 Legislature as highly independent, noting clashes with Governor, yet urging continued independence and responsible judgment. Also notes Southwest Electric Power Co seeks $518,000 transmission lines in Howard, Washington, and Benton counties from Texarkana HQ. A separate De Queen AP item reports the death of Mrs. Bobby Jim Morris, 39, in a one car crash near De Queen after a report of a vehicle crossing the road and losing control.
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Little Rock
Sterling Cockinl Jr
Cockrill
Clvic Club
Jim Johnson
Howard
Southwestern Electric Power Co
Public Service Commission
Howard County
Washington
Benton
Texarkana
DE Queen, Ark
Bobby Jim Morris
Walnut Springs
Sevier County
Here
Morris
Conrol
County limited on airport plan in Sevier County
LITTLE ROCK AP The attorney general's office ruled that Sevier County may operate a county airport but cannot levy a one mill tax to finance the project. The ruling restricts funding while allowing continued local airport operations.
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Little Rock
Attorney General’s Office
Sevier County
Ambush Art Is Perfected in Vietnam Ambush Art Is Perfected in Vietnam
In Vietnam the ambush has reached peak cunning, giving the Communists major victories over U.S. and allied forces. An example cited is an attack on a unit of the 4th Infantry Division in the central highlands where soldiers reported sudden AK assault fire and a harsh firefight. The article notes the Old Man warned against bunching as the danger spread.
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John T. Wheeler
Saigon
Vietnam
U.S
U.S. 4Th Infantry Division
Highlands
Charlie
Company
Comemander
Rap Brown Freed on Bond After Alexandria Riot
H. Rap Brown, SNCC leader, is free on $10,000 bail after about nine hours in an Alexandria jail. He faces a Virginia fugitive charge tied to a Cambridge Maryland riot that burned a school and church. FBI arrested him at National Airport. followed by an afternoon hearing that left Brown and supporters shouting Black Power.
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Tom Seppy
Alexandria
H. Rap Brown
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
Washington
Virginia
Maryland
Cambridge
Brown
SNCC
FBI
National Airport
Here
Turkey Hit by a New Earthquake
In eastern Turkey south of Erzincan a strong quake killed at least 86 people and cut communications with 70 villages. The disaster follows a quake that killed about 100 in Adapazari six days earlier, with Pulumur region hardest hit and fears of a rising death toll.
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Ankara
Turkey
Erzincan
Adapazari
Pulumur
De Gaulle Canada trip ends amid strain with Canada
Ottawa concerns flare over Charles de Gaulle departure from Montreal after rebuke to his support for separatism. Lester B. Pearson says de Gaulle's exit is understandable but notes harmful implications for France Canada relations and the Quebec separatist posture.
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Charles de Gaulle
France
Canada
Lester B. Pearson
Deaulle
Montreal
Pearson
de Gaulle
Crg
Long Live Free
Quebec
Riots spread as youths lash Fifth Avenue loot stores
In midtown Manhattan a rock concert crowd of about 100 to 150 youths surged through Fifth Avenue looting Blue's store and other outlets while police in silent radio cars responded across 17 blocks. Widespread violence in Detroit Newark Cincinnati Dayton and other cities leaves hundreds of homes and thousands of buildings damaged or burned.
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Westchester County
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Miracles
Broadway
46Th Street
Blue’s
American Oil Company
Associated Press
Ale
Detroit
Newark
N.W
Cincinnati
Dayton
Ohio
Boston
Rochester
N.Y
29000 Farm Jobs Lost in Last Four Years Arkansas
In Arkansas farm employment dropped by more than 29000 between 1962 and 1966 per a report by the state Employment Security Division. Regulations this year did not trigger as much farm unemployment in Eastern Arkansas as feared, and joblessness began falling before the wage rules. Gov. Rockefeller ordered a survey after learning about roughly 1000 Eastern Arkansas farm workers losing jobs. Eastern Arkansas has about 5250 unemployed workers per latest ESD figures.
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Little Rocknap
Arkansas
State
ESD
Winthrop Rockefeller
Detroit Deaths Rise as Vietnam War Casualties Compared
AP reports four days of Detroit violence yielding 36 deaths and 1,900 injuries, versus Vietnam War losses in the latest week: 164 dead and 1,442 wounded per U.S. Command in Saigon.
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Detroit
Vietnam
U.S
Saigon
Racial Turmoil Crashes Across Cities In 1967 Riot Scene
Detroit records the costliest riot with 36 killed and $500 million in damage. New York sees teens looting Fifth Avenue while Spanish Harlem stays quiet. National Guardsmen quell unrest in Cambridge Maryland and Notre Dame’s South Bend. Chicago reports firebombing and looting on Negro South and West sides. Similar outbreaks hit Toledo Cincinnati San Francisco Philadelphia Los Angeles and Westchester suburbs Mount Vernon and New Rochelle.
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Associated Press
Detroit
New York
Fifth Avenue
Harlem
Cambridge
Phoenix
Aziz
South Bend
Ind
Notre Dame University
Chicago
Toledo
Cincinnati
Ohio
San Francisco
Philadelphia
Los Angeles
New York City
Westchester County
Mount Vernon
New Rochelle
Grannis Man Held in Death
Polk County authorities charged Ray Ward of Grannis with assault with intent to kill in the shooting and beating of Dale Lebow, also of Grannis. Ward's father Aaron was arrested. A rifle bullet grazed Lebow's head before he was beaten and treated at Mena hospital and released.
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Mena, Ark
Polk County
Ray Ward
Grannis
Dale Lebow
Ward
Aaron
Lebow
Mena Hospital
Governor Romney ends Detroit curfew and eases gasoline ban
Gov George Romney announced curfew withdrawal for riot torn Detroit and proposed disaster area status while easing gasoline sales restrictions. Four days of violence left 36 dead, thousands injured, and about $500 million in damage as federal troops patrolled the city and snipers were being rooted out.
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Romney
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Ariz
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