Right to bear arms and law enforcement critique
A reader denounces The Arkansas Gazette and Thomas J. Dodd for opposing gun rights while arguing the Constitution protects the right to keep and bear arms. The piece asserts enforcement, policing, and funding as the true remedies for crime rather than more laws, urging stronger police, prosecutors, and courts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Paul Hammerschmidt
Arkansas Gazette
Mixmaster Gazette
Hammerschmidt
Gazette
Thomas J. Dodd
Connecticu
Senate
United States
Congress
Supreme Court
America
Showers in Arkansas Expected Across State
The Associated Press reports dry air aloft kept thunder showers from forming in Arkansas Monday. Shower activity is expected mainly in the northwest tonight and move into South Arkansas Wednesday. Cooler temperatures are forecast in the north Wednesday while the rest of the state remains warm and humid. Monday highs reached the 90s with Blytheville the warmest at 96 and Fayetteville the coolest at 87. Overnight lows ranged 68 to 75. no rainfall was recorded in the 24 hours ending 7 a.m.
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Associated Press
Arkansas
Albany
Blytheville
Ayetteville
Mallons
Harrison
Texarkana
Education Budget Wipes Out Reserves in Arkansas
The State Board of Education approved a record 104 million dollar budget that would almost exhaust the Public School Fund, with HB 25 adding 2 million this year and 4 million next year to soften the blow. Estimated end-of-year fund balance drops from 5.05 million to 2.46 million, likely empty by June 1969, as teacher raises cost about 9.38 million.
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Little Rock
State Board of Education
Aps
Winthrop Rockefeller
Joe I. Hudson
Education Department
Hudson
Board of Education
Commission May Set Up Rules Governing Action of Candidates
Washington AP report says a presidential commission begins a study of violence in America. President Johnson seeks rules limiting physical contact by campaigning candidates with voters. He met the 10 member panel at the White House, signed the executive order creating it for one year, and asked Congress for action.
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Washington
America
Johnson
Vosters
White House
Congress
New Moves Possible in Peace Talks
AP dispatch from Paris notes renewed US and North Vietnamese maneuvering at the Paris talks after a six day recess. Harriman returns from the U S to meet with Thuy as Le Duc Tho joins as special counselor. No breakthrough expected soon. emphasis on long term peace prospects and tactical shifts.
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John M. Hightowe
Paris
United States
North Vietnam
U.S
W. Averell Harriman
Xuan Thuy
Hanoi
Washington
Harriman
Robert F. Kennedy
Johnson
Communist Party
le Duc Tho
Fred
Tougher gun bills considered in Congress
Washington AP reports Congress debates two tougher gun measures after a weakly rated bill. Sen. Dodd sponsors federal gun registration and ban on mail order rifles and shotguns while Johnson pushes broader controls after Kennedy s assassination. public action and store gun sales decline noted.
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Washington
Congress
Johnson
Thomas J. Dodd
D-Conn
Robert F. Kennedy
Kennedy
Dodd
New Jersey
Hawaii
Edward M. Kennedy
D. Mass
Senate
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Retiring Bad Enough Without All of Those Remarks
On the eve of retirement a New York AP item recalls the jokes and jibes colleagues trade about a longtime worker. Friends tease Ned with fantasies of cash, partnerships, and sunlit leisure while debating gifts and his company.
U S Trying to Get Ray Back Quickly
U S legal experts work on plans to bring James Earl Ray to the United States for trial while authorities examine if he had help in his four nation flight. A provisional British warrant charges Ray with murder. He appeared in Bow Street Court and is held without bail as extradition questions loom.
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Colin Froot
Associated Press
London
U.S
James Earl Ray
United States
Atlantic
Ray
Martin Tother King Jr
High Court
House of Lords
King
Memphis
Tenn
Canada
Lisbon
Toronto
Ramon George Sneyd
Paul Bridgman
Toronto Board of Education
Eric Starvo Galt
Eric St. Vincent Galt
Arkansan Receives 21 Air Medals for Vietnam Service
Capt. Elton M. Huddleston Jr., 24, of West Memphis, Arkansas, earned 21 Air Medals for aerial support of U.S. troops in Vietnam. He received six medals at Ft. Rucker, Alabama. Assigned to the 9th Infantry Division and 1st Cavalry Division, Huddleston is the son of Mrs. Matilda M. Houston of West Memphis. His citations cover actions from March 1967 to August 1967.
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West Memphis
Ark
Elton M. Huddleston Jr
U.S
Vietnam
Ft. Rucker
Ala
9Th Infantry Division
1St Cavalry Division
Huddleston
Matilda M. Houston
More Honors for Ex Miss America Buckley
Donna Axum Buckley, former Miss America 1964 and University of Arkansas graduate student, is named Arkansas Outstanding Young Woman of the Year by the Outstanding Americans Foundation. She represented El Dorado at the time of her Miss America win.
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Associated Press Chicago
University of Arkansas
Donna Axum Buckley
Arkansas
Outstanding Americans Foundation
United States
Buckley
el Dorado
Ark
Handcuffed by Court for Years Police Finally Get a Break
In a sweeping news digest, Vietnam reports Viet Cong daylight bombardment in Safe Gon killing 19 and wounding 106 during morning rush. Paris talks loom amid possible new U S or North Vietnamese moves. Dr Benjamin Spock testifies war is illegal. In Washington Johnson pushes gun control and studies on limiting candidate contact. Eva Bolin-Culin refuses to sign a complaint after being found injured beneath Jimmy Brown's window.
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Vietnam
Safegon
U.S
Paris
Benjamin Spock
Eva Merie
Bolin-Culn
Jimmy Brown
Group Says Sirhan to Hire Lawyer
Sirhan Bishara Sirhan, 24, accused of killing Senator Robert F. Kennedy, will choose a lawyer soon, says the American Civil Liberties Union. An ACLU lawyer met with Sirhan as investigators press the murder probe while he remains in Los Angeles County jail under tight security. Superior Court Judge Richard Schauer will consult county bar officials to select from more than a dozen volunteering lawyers who will take the case without pay. The local bar association president-elect said no official request has been made yet but they will act quickly if asked. Sirhan has previously been represented by a deputy public defender, Wilbur Littlefield.
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Los Angeles
Robert F. Kennedy
American Civil Liberties Union
Sirhan Bishara Sirhan
ACLU
Sirhan
Ed Cray
Southern California
Superior Court
Richard Schauer
County Bar Association
Laweyers
Leonard S. Janofsky
The
Bar Association
Jordan
United States
Wilbur Littlefield
Kennedy
All Across Town Highlights From Hope Area Notices
Hope Junior Auxiliary to prepare and serve sandwiches for a day camp at the fair park while 28,000 albino channel catfish are moved from Lonoke to a Lake Greeson nursery pond for future stocking. Arkansas Forestry seeks public help with a revised tree book, and local ward announcements list residents. Access to Okay Cement Plant levee is limited to authorized service vehicles. public foot traffic allowed. Southwest Arkansas Poultry Festival remains financially healthy with a pending carryover. A diamond hunter from Mississippi finds a $5,000 gem weighing 4.79 carats near Murfreesboro.
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Lonoke
Lake Greeson
Greeson
Commission
Ashery
Otis Higginbotham
Millwood Reservoir
Longest-heart transplant patient Blaiberg suffers setback
In Cape Town, Dr. Philip Blaiberg, 59, the world’s longest surviving heart transplant recipient, experienced a relapse. He returned to Groote Schuur Hospital for routine tests on June 4, five months after the operation, and was moved Monday to a special sterilized suite. Details of the setback were not released.
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Cape Town
South Africa
Philip Blaiberg
Groote Schuur Hospital
Blaiberg
Viet Cong Attacks Saigon During Morning Rush Hour
Viet Cong forces launched a daytime barrage on Saigon killing civilians and wounding many as rockets hit government buildings and communications hubs. The assault, the heaviest so far, began about 6:15 a.m. just before Westmoreland left Vietnam. US units countered with artillery and patrols as rockets came from multiple directions.
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Siebardmant
Saigon
U.S. 11Th Armored Cavalry Regiment
U.S
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