Tax Source Sparks Debate On Local Government Power
The piece argues that expanding federal aid erodes local self-government and shifts power to distant Washington. It cites the Arkansas Gazette, reviews the sales tax plan, and explains the 20 percent assessment rule under Governor Faubus. The author contends local problems are better solved locally and criticizes reliance on centralized bureaucracy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arkansas Gazette
Washington
United States
The
Trajar
Jand
Hadrian
Roosevelt
Cherry
Orval Faubus
Faubus
Arkansas
Electrical Range Class for Women
Mrs. Hamilton Hanegan of Hope High School will lead an adult class for women on electric ranges and small electrical equipment. The workshop, June 30 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Home Economics Cottage, includes lunch and a session by Melba Doyle of Arkansas Power & Light. Call Prospect 7 3237 by noon June 24 to reserve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamilton Hanegan
Hope High
Melba Doyle
Arkansas Power & Light Company
L A Pools Integrated as Desegregation Continues
In Little Rock twenty two Negroes joined about 200 entrants at the city’s reopened pool formerly all white with no incidents reported. The Negro pool had reopened a week earlier and some whites used it. Both facilities were closed last June after Negroes attempted desegregation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ador
Little Rock
El Dorado School Plan Is Attacked
Attorney George Howard of Pine Bluff appealed a federal judge J Smith Henleys May 1 ruling approving El Dorado Schools freedom of choice desegregation plan to the 8th Circuit. Howard represents Negroes in the El Dorado case. Some opponents favor non racial attendance areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock
George Howard
Pine Bluff
el Dorado
Howard
U.S
J. Smith Henley
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
St. Louis
Henley
Arkansas
Weather and tax dispute notes from Arkansas report
Weather Experiment Station reports 24 hours ending 7 a.m. Tuesday with a high of 90 and a low of 61. Arkansas cites state-wide assessment averages of 18 to 20 percent of market value, while federal authorities say the real level is about half that. Expect forthcoming federal objections to aiding unwilling states as others meet their obligations.
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Arkansas
Wildlife Group Plans a Supper at Bois D Arc Lake
The Hempstead County Wildlife Association schedules a pot luck supper with its monthly meeting on Thursday at 7 30 p m at the Bois D Arc Lake site of a building under construction for public use. Members are urged to bring families and a box lunch.
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Hempstead County Wildlife Association
Bois D’arc Lake
Children’s Clinic Set for June 24 Near Health Unit
The Crippled Children’s Division of the Department of Public Welfare will hold a diagnostic clinic on June 24 at the Health Unit. Invited children may register from 8:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. Examining clinicians include Dr Charles Gil Srtnn and Dr Betty Lee from Texarkana. Orthopedic Nursing consultant is Mrs Lu Elliott from Little Rock. Volunteers include Max Kitchen Mary Spigner Elizabeth Rogers Bob Turner Bryan Camp Leon Davis Lloyd Spencer Pod Rogers.
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Department of Public Welfare
Charles Gil Srtnn
Betty Lee
Texarkana
Lu Elliott
Little Rock
Arkansas
Max G. Kitchen
Prescott
Mary Spigner
Nashville
Elizabeth Rogers
Hope
Bob Turner
Bryan Camp
Leon Davis
Lloyd Spencer
Pod Rogers
Geological Survey Names New Arkansas Water Chief
Richard T. Sniegocki of Little Rock is promoted to state district chief of the U.S. Geological Survey Water Resources Division. He will oversee informing local areas about water availability and quality, operating under the Midcontinent area hydrologist in St. Louis.
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Little Rock
Richard T. Sniegocki
U.S. Geological Survey
Water Resources Division
Sniegocki
Midcontinent
St. Louis
Teachers for Methodist Bible School
The Methodist Vacation School lists Nursery Two through Elementary Five Six teachers by name, with a partial youth list serving as resources. The school runs 9 to 11 each morning from Monday June 28 through Friday July 2.
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Methodist
R. M. LaGrone
Don Jones
Kathleen Broach
Austin Hutson
Don Parker
Jimmy Alexander
Evelyn Briant
Robert Dillard
H. G. Dillard
Twila Hunt
Dick Lauterbach
Wayne Russell
Oris Thornton
George Frazier
James McLarty
Janice Russell
Sue Russell
Peggy Franks
Sherri Dickinson
Tractor Accident Fatal Near Mount Ida Ark
Edgar Black age 74 died when a tractor he operated overturned pinning him beneath it near Mount Ida Arkansas. He was for Montgomery County judge William Black’s father and was working alone raking hay when the accident happened authorities said.
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Mount Ida, Ark
Edgar Black
Black
Montgomery County
William Black
Two Men Who Boasted of Killing 7 Repent Before Gallows
George Ronald York and James Douglas Latham, two youths who had boasted of seven murders, expressed repentance as they faced execution at the Kansas Prison after four years on death row. They were hanged for the killing of Otto Ziegler near Wallace, Kansas. They had confessed to four men and three women killed across multiple states. Both men donated their eyes to the University of Kansas Medical Center.
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Lansing
Kan. AP
George Ronald York
Jacksonville
Fla
James Douglas Latham
Mauriceville
Tex
Kansas
York
Heaven
Latham
Edgar Meissner
Ft. Hood
Florida
Tennessee
Illinois
Colorado
Utah
Otto Ziegler
Wallace
Kan
U.S. Supreme Court
William H. Avery
Sherman Crouse
University of Kansas Medical Center
Miss Arkansas Pool and Beach crowned in Conway
Sally Jo Jean of El Dorado won the Miss Arkansas Pool and Beach title over 13 contestants in Conway. She earned a $500 scholarship and plans to attend Arkansas State Teachers College. The Arkansas Pool and Beach Association sponsored the event during its annual workshop and conference.
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Conway
Ark
Sally Jo Jean
el Dorado
Jean
Grady Jean
Arkansas State Teachers College
Arkansas Pool and Beach Association
Lone Business Finds Government Aid for Expansion
AP reports that big government is aiding a lone entrepreneur by providing access to production methods and research. Government standards in Navy projects like Polaris guide private firms, offering advisory and financial help to start new ventures and reduce costly errors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Dawson
AP Business News
New York
Sylvan Gollin
Walter Darwin Teague
Navy
Polaris
Gollin
Highway Dept Seeks Consultants for Big Projects
State highway director Mack Sturgis said the department seeks consultants to assist on larger projects. The road and bridge design section will be freed for other work by using outside consultants.
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Little Rock
Mack Sturgis
State Highway Department
Retirement Group Elects Officers in Arkansas
L A Mashburn state comptroller was elected chairman of the Employes Retirement System Monday succeeding state Auditor Jimmie Red Jones. R S Bob Peters Pulaski County clerk was elected vice chairman of the system.
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Little Rock
L.A. Mashburn
Jimmie
Red) Jones
R.S
Bob) Peters
Pulaski County
Johnson signs $4.7 billion tax cut easing excise taxes nationwide
President Johnson signs a tax bill removing nuisance federal excise taxes on jewelry lipstick handbags suitcases and more. Stage one cuts on cars and air conditioners retroactive to May 15 1964 promise refunds to buyers and a second stage follows next January with further reductions.
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Johnson
White House
Congress
Charges Against Negro Number 19
Police charged 19 year old Little Rock man Frank Earl McCoy with two rapes three attempted rapes eight burglaries four attempted burglaries two assaults and grand larceny. Police Chief R E Brians said he thought McCoy had caused much concern in a southern part of the city in recent weeks.
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Little Rock
R. E. Brians
Frank Earl McCoy
Kansas Flood Forces Mass Evacuations Across State
Arkansas River floods sweep across Kansas forcing thousands to flee homes from Larned to Great Bend and Dodge City. Rainfall bursts over Colorado and Kansas magnify damage as towns sandbag streets and governors seek relief measures.
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Arkansas
Kansas
Larned
Great Bend
Colorado
Jetmore
Dodge City
Rozel
Garden City
John A. Love
Evolution of Guns and Rifles book released at $1.50
All Around Town Pioneer Washington Restora tion Foundation issued a new book Evolution of Guns and Rifles derived from a 1913 London work by Hon. T. F. Fremantle. It was printed by Etter Printing Co. of Washington and sells for $1.50.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pioneer
Washington Restoration Foundation
T. F. Fremantle
London
England
Etter Printing Co
Washington
Deep North Viet Nam raid by U S fighter bombers
U S fighter bombers penetrated north of Hanoi for the first time pouring bombs and rockets on Son La army barracks and Van Nuvoc Chien ammunition depot. Eight Thunderchiefs with 20 escorts attacked each target earning 30 minutes of overflight. No enemy planes observed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin Q. White
Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
North Viet Nam
Hanoi
Son la
Dien Bien Phu
Indochina
van Nuvoc Chien
New Regime Holds Algiers in Firm Grip
Algiers remained under military control after Boumedi ene forces crushed protests by Ben Bella supporters. Thousands of troops and riot police dispersed demonstrators with water cannons amid reports of casualties in Bone. Demonstrations also reported in Philippeville Constantine and Oran as the army patrolled key sites.
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Algiers
Houari
Be Bella
Bone
Ben Bella
Philippeville
Constantine
Oran
Judge to Drop Charges of Pollution in Arkansas Bayou
Chan cellor Murray O Reed said he would dismiss the suit by commercial fisherman Kel sey Carson seeking an injunction against Hercules Powder Co Jacksonville to stop dumping chemical waste in Bayou Meto The Pollution Control Commission testified contamination had been 99.9 percent eliminated The Hercules plant built facilities to halt pollution on commission orders Carson’s lawyer asked for delay to file a brief on $5 000 claimed income loss in 1963 and 1964.
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Little Rock
Murray O. Reed
Hercules Powder Co
Jacksonville
Bayou Meta
Kelsey Carson
Reed
Arkansas Pollution Control Commission
Hercules
Pollution Commission
William M. Moorhead
Stuttgart
Carson
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Associated Press
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Hope, Ark
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Malcolm E. Hinton
ARTU
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Calif
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Miss
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E. J. Whitman
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L. H. Jackson
McCaskill
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