Grudges Shape World Conflicts From France to Russia
The piece argues historic grudges drive wars from Arab Israel tensions to France and U S strains. It notes Russia seeks warmwater ports to counter Arctic limits and France's Suez and Vietnam roles souring ties with Washington while U S aid policy and desertation calls spark debate. It also reports six school districts losing Civil Rights Act funds and a British probe into a group urging U S troops to desert plus Soviet technicians leaving Indonesia signaling tense Cold War shifts.
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Mediterranean
Russia
Moscow
United Nations
DeGaulle
France
United States
Vietnam
America
Suez Canal
Egypt
Nasser
Britain
Suez
Washington
Lawson
Union County
Ark
U. S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Department
U.S
City Plans $765,000 Street Upgrade With Tax Proposal
Hope City directors and Planning Commission vote for a $765,000 eight-street street improvement program funded by a five-mill property tax and other revenue sources totaling about $736,000. The plan includes paving, curb and gutter on primary throughfares, with a September electors vote and a 20-year bond framework intended to mature earlier. Engineer firm Hawkins & Associates prepared estimates, and staff expect two months for detailed plans after approval.
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Hope City
City Planning Commission
Texarkana
John E. Hawkins & Associates
Hawkins
Donald Walker
Planning Commission
Luci Johnson Nugent Gives Birth To First Grandchild
Austin AP report: Luci Johnson Nugent delivered an 8 pound 10 ounce boy at Seton Hospital. Father Patrick J. Nugent announced the birth in the hospital lobby, praising the infant Lael as fine.
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Austin, Tex
Luci Johnson Nugent
Johnson
Patrick J. Nugent
Seton Hospital
Lael
Angry House Passes Legislation Against Flag Desecration
Washington AP reports the House, spurred by an anti war demo in New York, approved a bill to make desecration of the American flag a federal crime though explicit flag burning was dropped in a parliamentary wrangle over the definition.
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House
Washington
New York
Borderline between youth and middle age crossed
HAL BOok humor piece notes the so called middle age border as the most controversial. Examples describe waking to aging signs. People reveal prejudices, dislike new shoes, discuss sleep, and prefer familiar hymns. The piece playfully defines middle age through everyday habits and social shifts.
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Hal Book
New York
Natl Guard Returning From Camp at Fort Chaffee
Fort Chaffee Arkansas unit Company B First Battalion 153rd Infantry Arkansas National Guard from Hope and Texarkana wraps up a two week summer field training. 57 men from Texarkana 38 from Hope. captains McAlister and Wood Jr. command. 39th Infantry Division comprises about 8 000 soldiers from Louisiana and Arkansas.
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Fort Chaffee
Ark
153Rd Infantry
Arkansas Army National Guard
Hope and
Texarkana
Hope
Ross B. McAlister Jr
Walker E. Wood Jr
39Th Infantry Division
Louisiana
Arkansas
Belgian technician brutalized in Congo incident
The Belgian Foreign Ministry charged that M. Van der Steen was beaten and mutilated by Congo police after a bridge bombing near Mutshasa in Katanga. He was treated at Lubumbashi military hospital as Belgian consulars tried to halt technicians resignations. reports mention spontaneous strikes.
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Associated Press
Brussels
Belgium
Foreign Ministry
M. van der Steen
Congo
van der Steen
Lubumbashi
Mutshasa
Katanga
Katenga
U.S. Egypt Meet Looms as Podgorny Tours Cairo
U.N. debate on the Middle East shifts as Soviet President Podgorny visits Cairo. Johnson and Kosygin appear unlikely to meet in New York or Washington. Brown urges a U.N. mediator while Arab leaders press Israel's withdrawal and arms shipments from the Soviet Union surface amid tensions.
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William N. Oatis
United Nations
N.Y
Britain
Egypt
U.N
Middle East
Nikolai Podgorny
Cairo
Johnson
Alexei N. Kosygin
George Brown
Tofning
Israel
Mahmoud Fawel
Jens Otto Krag
Johnson and
Kosygin
Aldo Moro
Mika Spiljak
Podgorny
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Moscow
Soviet Union
Owever
al Ahram
Matyel V. Zakharov
Yugoslavia
Tito
New York
Washington
U.S
White House
George Christian
Camp David
DeGaulle Blames U S for Vietnam and Middle East Wars
AP report outlines intensified Viet Nam fighting in the central highlands and 1st Corps area south of the DMZ with 43 Communists killed in the 1st Corps area and 2 Marines dead. Syria, Egyptian air force, and Middle East tensions noted as international angles. Civil unrest in Atlanta cited amid broader national news.
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George McArthur
Saigon
U.S
Central Highlands
1St Corps
da Nang
Demilitarized Zone
Con Thien
Gio Linh
Kontum
Laos
Binh Dinh
U.S. 1St Cavalry
U.S. Command
South Vietnam
North Vietnam
Egypt
Aden
De Gaulle Blames U S Involvement for Middle East War
Paris president Charles de Gaulle condemned Israel as aggressor while linking the Middle East conflict to American actions in Vietnam. He urged U S withdrawal, warned of global chaos, and pressed for a united front of major powers to oppose arms use in the region. He noted France’s stance against foreign intervention and called for a peaceful settlement dependent on U S troop withdrawal.
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David Mason
PARIS
Charles de Gaulle
Iserael
Middle East
U.S
Vietnam
de Gaulle
France
Israel
United States
Soviet Union
Britain
America
Alexei N. Kosygin
Harold Wilson
Army Reserve unit of El Dorado earns unit award
The U S Army Reserve unit based in El Dorado, comprising officers and enlisted men from 42 south Arkansas towns, received the Superior Unit Award for the training year. Commanded by LTC Hollis G Bray of Hampton, the unit was also named among the nation’s outstanding USAR units. Major John F P Hackler of Patmos and Major Malcolm E Hinton of Hope are among area members.
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U.S. Army Reserve
el Dorado
South Arkana
Army
Hollis G. Bray
Hampton
New York City
Sunyay Point
N.C
Accident Fatal to Patmos Man
T. R. Gibson 63 lifelong Hempstead resident died after a bush hog accident on his Patmos area farm. He died at a local hospital. Survived by wife Lillie Gibson two sons Kenneth Little Rock Thomas Patmos a daughter Ruth Reppond Little Rock three brothers George Lewisville J C Dallas Arthur Gibson Hope five sisters Mrs Sam Stiles Houghton La May Evans Texarkana Mrs O S Els Jorrence Calif Mrs Lee Dodson Hope Mrs Velma Dodson Emerson Services set for 2:30 Thursday at Patmos Baptist Church burial Ney Hope Cemetery.
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T. R. Gibson
Hempstead
Patmos
Lillie Gibson
Kenneth
Little Rock
Thomas
Ruth Reppond
George
Lewisville
J. C
Dallas
Arthur Gibson
Hope
Hope Men to Be on Press Program
At the 95th annual Arkansas Press Association summer convention in Hot Springs June 22 to 24. Speakers include Alabama's George C. Wallace Mrs Elizabeth Carpenter press secretary for Mrs Lyndon Johnson and Congressmen David Pryor John Paul Hammerschmidt with a session on color printing in newspapers. Wallace will deliver a luncheon address June 24 with limited public tickets available.
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Alabama
George C. Wallace
Elizabeth Carpenter
Lyndon Johnson
Arkansas Press Assocition
Hot Springs
David Pryor
John Paul Hammerschmidt
Arkansas Constitutionsal Revision Study Commission
Wallace
APA
Little Rock
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