Insurance rate hike hits Arkansas drivers again
The Arkansas public endures a 21.2 percent increase in automobile liability insurance after state official Harvey G. Combs approved the rise citing years of higher payouts. Governor Faubus advocated rescinding the decision, while experts warn legal limits prevent overriding the commissioner. The dispute highlights a broader debate over premiums versus company losses and potential insurer withdrawal.
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Tkansas
Harvey G. Combs
Faubus
Arkansas
Faubus seeks auto insurance rate withdrawal in Arkansas
Gov Orval Faubus sent telegraphs to major insurers urging withdrawal of a 21.2 cent rate increase on automobile liability. He said halting the requests would end the raise for now and avoid a full public hearing, while confirming Insurance Commissioner Harv ey Combs might favor one.
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Little Rock
Orval Faubus
Faubus
State Insurance Department
Harvey Combs
National Automotic Underwriters Association
Travelers Indemnity Co
National Bureau of Casualty Underwriters
Plans to Stay in Cave Six Months in France
NICE France AP Jean Pierre Mairetet 25 a restaurant operator went 250 feet down into a cave Wednesday with plans to stay for six months. He will maintain contact with a surface team using electronic devices to monitor his biological reactions solitude and lack of natural light. Mairetet took 200 books to read and plans to paint to pass the time.
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Nice
France
Jean- Pierre Mairetet
Mairetet
Mairele
Johnson proposes blanket Social Security tax rise
President Johnson outlined a plan to raise Social Security benefits for current and future beneficiaries. He directed John Gardner to prepare a program for higher benefits for the next Congress and pledged it would receive high priority. Speaking to National Council of Senior Citizens delegates, he noted past gains totaling over 1.5 billion annually but said many seniors still face hardship on low incomes.
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Washington
Johnson
John Gardner
Congress
White House
National Council of Senior Citizens
U S Seeks Clarification on Chinese Pact Interests
Bulletin from Washington reports the United States seeking clarification of Red China's expressed interest in a weapons ban agreement and any possible Chinese interest in a test ban treaty, according to a State Department release.
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Washington
United States
Red China
State Department
Waves of U S Planes Pound North Vietnam
Waves of American war planes pounded North Vietnam for the fourth straight day. An F105 Thunderchief was shot down over Fort Viet Nam. Capt. Robert B. Pielin, 34, of Chicago, rescued by a patrolling Albatross under heavy fire and taken to Da Nang with only bruises. Downed count reached 260 since attacks began north of the 17th Parallel 16 months earlier. Ground action in South Vietnam remained light.
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Robert Tuckman
Saigon
South Viet Nam
North Viet Nam
Navy
Air Force
U.S
Fort Viet Nam
Robert B. Pielin
Chicago
Dong Hoi
Albatross
Pielin
da Nang
Viet Nam
17Th Parallel
Lemley Named Deputy Chief of Staff in Washington
Major General Harry J. Lemley Jr., a Hope native, will become deputy chief of staff for military operations at the Army headquarters in Washington D C effective September 1. He has commanded the Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth and the Combat Development Command Combined Arms Group and is nominated for lieutenant general by President Johnson. He succeeds Lt. Gen. Vernon Mack, who moves to Korea.
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Harry J. Lemley Jr
Hope
Department of Army
Washington, D. C
Lemley
U.S. Army Command and General Staff College
Fort Leavenworth
Kan
Caroline Lemley
U. S
Harry J. Lemley
Senate
Johnson
Vernon
Vernon Mack
Fighth U. S. Army
Korea
Army
U. S. Military Academy
West Point
Nun Burned Self to Death Protests Viet Nam Policies
A 26-year-old Buddhist nun, Thich Dieu Dinh, burned herself in a Buddhist village courtyard, the sixth such act since Sunday amid anti government sentiment. Monks say she left a letter to President Johnson accusing Vietnamese Buddhists of annihilation by U.S. policies, underscoring extremism opposing a Ky regime truce.
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Andrew Borowiec
Saigon
South Viet Nam
Thich Dieu Dinh
Johnson
Viet Nam
Nguyen Cao Ky
Surveyor 1 Sends Back More Moon Photos in Flight
AP reports Surveyor 1, the U S spacecraft on the moon, radioed a second long stream of photos showing itself and lunar terrain near the Sea of Storms. Some shots were out of focus but others revealed details as small as one eighth inch. Scientists will revisit the full circle sweep and later study highlights of the 63 hour, quarter million mile voyage and the $725 million program.
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Ralph Dighton
Pasadena
Calif
U. S
Moon
Communist China Purge Shrinks Peking Leadership Post
AP reports Peng Chen long time mayor of Peking, a top CCP member, stripped of his party post as a broad purge of dissidents intensifies. Li Hsueh feng named first secretary of Peking party committee. Peng has not appeared publicly for over two months amid rumors of his targeting. Feng Chen, 67, once a potential Mao successor, is linked to anti party activity hints.
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JSN
Tokyo
Peng Chen
Peking
Chinese Communist Party
Peking Radio
Li Hsueh-feng
Peking People’s Daily
Feng Chen
Red China
Mao Tzetung
Unity Baptist Bible School Dates Announced
Unity Baptist Church will host Vacation Bible School June 6 to June 10 with the theme Gods Word For My Life. The program is for children from age three through 10th grade, running daily 1 30 to 4 30 p m, with a closing program Sunday at 7 00 p m in the church sanctuary.
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Unity Baptist Church
Great Days Ahead Rep Mills Sees Bright Future
Rep Wilbur D Mills told 206 Harding College graduates that the United States is a rising sun with great days ahead for men and women of will. He called a college education a bridge from the past to the future and a channel to transmit American cultural heritage.
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Associated Press
Searcy, Ark
Wilbur D. Mills
D-Ark
Harding College
United States
Mills
Gemini 9 aims for rendezvous and space walk
Space program notes report Gemini 9 astronauts retrying an orbital rendezvous and space walk while Surveyor 1 sends a stream of lunar photographs. Dominican election triggers crackdown on extremist troublemakers after Balaguer victory. International news flags a Buddhist institute leadership change and South Vietnam political tension as China’s purge intensifies and opposition is described as powerful. National reports note wheat freezes affecting U.S. crops and Seventh-day Adventists prepare for military service. Washington briefs cite 1968 election prospects for Republicans and Labor Department data forecasting Negroes’ need for skilled jobs to gain ground.
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Serida
Dominican Republic
Joaquin Balaguer
Buddhist Institute
South Vietnam
Red China
U.S
Boys State Group Leaves Saturday for Camp Robinson
A group of 13 boys will attend Boys State at Camp Robinson in Little Rock starting this weekend. The delegation includes Fred C. Ellis Jr, Larry D Wright, John B. Lowe Jr, Stan Parris, Johnny Gardner, John King, Mike Westbrook, Dennis Turner, Robert Bresler Jr, Jerry Monroe, Dennis Payne, Bill Etter, and Swayne Arrington, funded by local clubs and churches. The program aims to educate youths in leadership, character, fitness, scholarship, cooperation, courage, and honesty through delegates.
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American Legion
Camp Robinson
Little Rock
Fred C. Ellis, Jr
Larry Don ‘Iright
John B. Lowe, Jr
Stan Parris
Johnny Gardner
John King
Mike Westbrook
Dennis Turner
Robert Bresler, Jr
Jerry Monroe
Dennis Payne
Bill Etter
Swayne Arrington
Kiwanians
V F W
Harold Hendrix
Men's Brotherhood
Dominican Vote Slaps at Leftists Victory for Balaguer in Dominican election
WILLIAM L. RYAN reports from Santo Domingo that Joaquin Balaguer won the Dominican presidential race amid a public call for strong security against revolutionary violence. The vote, praised by observers as fair, dealt a major setback to moderate leftists and pro-Communist factions, while U.S. officials welcomed a peaceful result and Balaguer’s reformist conservatism over Juan Bosch.
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Juan Bosch
Dominician
Pan
Bosch
Joaquin Balaguer
Santo Domingo
Latin America
William L. Ryan
U.S
Johnson Down
Washington
Balaguer
Frison Wall Hidden in Springfield Courthouse Cells
Springfield Mass AP reports a secret wall in the courthouse detention area. A heavy cardboard wall was painted to resemble solid walls, discovered by a curious police officer during the ongoing construction of a new station. Work began to secure the fake barrier.
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Springfield
Mass
Gemini 9 Aims for Docking On Three Day Space Flight
Cape Kennedy reports Gemini 9 mission underway with Thomas Stafford and Eugene Cernan aboard Titan 2. They chase the ATDA satellite over the western Pacific at 17500 mph planning nine dockings and a spacewalk, as shroud status remains uncertain.
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Eugene Cernan
Jeff
Thomas Stafford
Thomas P.tafford
Eugene A. Cernan
U.S
Cernan
Space Twins
ATDA
Pacific Ocean
North American Air Defense Command
Certan
First National Bank of Hope marks Sid McMath 50 years
Community notes show Sid McMath completing five decades with First National Bank of Hope. Other items mention a Masonic district meeting in Murfreesboro and local summer program reminders, plus graduates from Harding College and Malverne Dallas with post high school plans and campus news.
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Sid McMath
First National Bank of Hope
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