Surprising $3.1 Billion Federal Surplus Revealed
The Nixon administration disclosed a $3.1 billion federal budget surplus for 1969, driven by higher income and lower outlays. Preliminary Treasury figures show receipts of $187.8 billion and outlays of $184.8 billion, challenging forecasts and prompting debate among lawmakers about tax policy changes.
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John M. Pearce
Associated Press
Washington
Nixon
Treasury Department
Bureau of the Budget
Senate
John J. Williams
R-Del
the Treasury
Charls E. Walker
Budget Bureau
Robert P. Mayo
Johnson
Eisenhower
Girl Whizz, College Graduate at 16, Now Studying Computers
Edith Stern, 16, graduated college a year early and now studies computers while teaching math at Michigan State University and pursuing a master's degree. The teen describes initial fear turning into confidence as she continues work in space technology and computer logic.
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Girl Whizz
Stratton
Douthat
Associated Press
MIAMI
Edith Stern
Mather
Edith
Michigan State University
Fair and Warm for Arkansas Weather Update
The Associated Press notes Arkansas will stay fair and warm through Wednesday per the U.S. Weather Bureau. Monday highs reached the upper 80s to low 90s across the state, Texarkana hitting 94, with no rainfall in the 24 hours ending 7 a.m. Overnight lows ranged from 56 in Fayetteville to 69 in Texarkana.
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Associated Press
Arkansas
U.S. Weather Bureau
Texarkana
Little Rock
Fayetteville
Fort Smith and
Harrison
Jonesboro
el Dorado
Memphis
Pine Bluff
Speedup urged in military command review after Pueblo EC121 losses
The House Armed Services Committee calls for an urgent presidential review of high level military communications and civilian-military command in light of the Pueblo capture and EC121 downing. It cites sluggish responses and lack of emergency plans, urging a civilian-military study group be appointed.
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G. C. Thelen Jr
Associated Press
Washington
House Armed Services Committee
U.S
Pentagon
Pueblo
Sea of Japan
Navy
Vietnam flight officer Roach on duty at Nha Trang AB
Major Abel D. Roach of Hope Arkansas serves as a C 130 Hercules pilot with U S combat air forces in Vietnam. He is in a Pacific Air Forces unit at Nha Trang AB after previously serving with the 64th Tactical Airlift Wing at Sewart AFB Tennessee. He was commissioned in 1955 through the aviation cadet program. His wife Patricia is the daughter of Elmer F. Betts of Patmos Arkansas. He is a Hope High School graduate.
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U.S
Vietnam
U.S. Air Force
Abel D. Roach
Alice Roach
Hope
Ark
Nha Trang AB
Roach
Pacific Air Forces
64Th Tactical Airlift Wing
Sewart Afb
Tenn
Patricia
Elmer F. Betts
Rt. 1
Patmos
Major Roach
Hope High School
Weather Station Report and Forecast for Arkansas
Weather Station report for 24 hours ending 7 a.m. Tuesday records a high of 91 and a low of 65. Forecast calls for fair warm conditions today and Wednesday with clear cool nights. Daytime highs in the upper 80s to low 90s and nighttime lows in the 60s to low 70s.
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Weather Experiment Station
Arkansas
Half of U S Households Own a Gun
AP reports from the National Commission on Violence labeled gun ownership by households, noting 60 million homes with at least one firearm and a rise of 5.3 million guns in 1968. Firearm related homicides and usage patterns across 1964 1967 are cited, contrasting data with years prior. Victoria Woodhull, first woman nominated for US president by the Equal Rights party in 1872, is mentioned.
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Washington
National Commission On the Causes and Prevention
U.S
United States
Victoria Claflin Woodhull
Equal Rights Party
Humphrey Says Soviets Worry Most About Offensive Missiles
Former vice president Hubert H. Humphrey after a 13 day visit to the Soviet Union says Moscow is more concerned with American offensive weapons than with deployment of the Safeguard ABM system. He favors research on the ABM but opposes deployment. He noted Russians seek better relations with the United States and are wary of China as well as economic needs. He hinted at a possible Senate bid in Minnesota and discussed space cooperation, the Middle East, Vietnam and arms control with Kosygin.
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Jack Bell
Washington
Hubbert H. Humphrey
Soviet Union
Senate
China
United States
Russia
Humphrey
Minnesota
Middle East
Vietnam
Alexei Kosygin
U S Concedes On Middle East And Okinawa Issues
The article notes U S concessions during a three day conference with Japan and Soviet interests discussed includes Brezhnev’s surprise comment about Asian collective security and Okinawa’s return. It cites Rogers’ cautious stance on Vietnam and North Vietnam’s stance on a coalition government amid peace overtures. It also mentions Okinawa as a key U S base and Sato’s view on Ryukyu reintegration. Thomas Wildey founded the first regular Odd Fellows lodge in Baltimore in 1819.
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Japan
Middle East
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Rogers
United States
North Vietnam
Nixon
Nguyen van Thieu
U.S
Maurice Stans
Clifford Hardin
Paul McCracken
Council of Economic Advisers
Carl Gilbert
Treasury, Interior, Transportation and Labor Departments
Eisaku Sato
Okinawa
Ryukyu Islands
America
Far East
Vietnam
Sato
Thomas Wildey
Odd Fellows Lodge
Baltimore
Hope Lions Club hears Roy Chatham on juvenile problems
Roy Chatham minister of music at First Baptist spoke at the Hope Lions Club noon meeting. He discussed a series titled Where We Went Wrong and key ideas on youth versus adults including rules, communication, and effective youth agencies. Program chairman Cecil O'Steen introduced him. Guests Jim Crippen and Per-Erik Brolin attended. Brolin, a Gothenburg history teacher, travels under the American Host program visiting several cities.
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Hope Lions Club
Roy Chatham
First Baptist Church
Chatham
Cecil O'Steen
Jim Crippen
Camden
Per-Erik Brolin
Gothenburg
Sweden
New York
Goshen
Ind
Concord
Calif
Paul Rawson
May Hold Up Transport Purchases Amid C5A Revisions
Air Force may delay buying the remaining 39 of a 120 model C5A transport as talks with Lockheed-Georgia Corp. over a multibillion dollar contract proceed. Secretary Robert Seamans and Philip Whittaker cited rising costs from 3.369 to 5.125 billion, study findings of ambiguities in the deal, and a repricing clause seen as a limited safety measure rather than profit pursuit.
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Bob Horton
Washington
Air Force
CSA
Robert C. Seamans Jr
Lockheed-Georgia Corp
Seamans
Philip Whittaker
Defense
Melvin R. Laird
Congress
Whittaker
Seaman
Lockheed
Charter Body Expands County Tax Power in Convention
The state Constitutional Convention voted to boost county taxing ability from 10 to 22 mills by adding one more mill for libraries and hospitals, two more for road work, five more for general operations, and three for other uses. It also approved term limits allowing a governor two consecutive four year terms, and set legislators’ salaries at 3000 dollars, with earlier moves to let lawmakers set pay being rejected.
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Little Rock
OAS Moves to Sanction El Salvador Over Honduran Troops
The Organization of American States plans sanctions in response to Salvadoran troops in western Honduras. A proposed resolution accuses El Salvador of aggression for refusing withdrawal over a two week period and calls for suspending oil, coffee, cotton, and sugar trade unless troops are withdrawn promptly.
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Washington
Organization of American States
el Salvador
Honduran
OAS
Honduras
E W Allen Becomes Life Member Of Hereford Association
E W Allen Route 1 Emmet Ark has become a life member of the American Polled Hereford Association. Kansas City announced the milestone noting the association added about 5 000 cattlemen in the past year. The Polled Hereford breed originated in the United States from 11 head in 1901 and now has over 35 000 owners and breeders in the country.
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Kansas City
E.W. Allen
Route 1
Emmet
Ark
American Polled Hereford Association
U.S
United States
Obituaries and gun control debate surface in 1959 notices
Obituary notices for Dillard Breeding of Nashville and Tucker of Gordon report funeral details and survivors. A separate item cites the commission's push for a nonlethal weapon, noting mass handgun sales, private gun ownership, and varied views from lawmakers and groups like the American Rifle Association. Eisenhower urged nondeadly weapon development.
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Commission
Congress
American Rifle Association
Eisenhower
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