Weebbern Aims to Destroy Right to Petition
A Senate ally warns the Arkansas Supreme Court against political interference in petition validity. The piece recalls the 1955 sales tax exemption petition and the 1956 election impact, urging upholding the right to petition amid controversy over the Dairy Commission ballot. It cites 67,392 signatures and threats tied to Governor Faubus era politics.
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Arkansas
Virgil T. Fletcher
Benton
Ional
Arkansas Supreme Ourt
Permail
Supreme Court
General Assembly
Tom Gentry
O. K
Arkansas Supreme Court
Oral Faubus
Dairy Commission
Arkansas Turnpike Plan Faces Commission Setback
In Little Rock the Arkansas Highway Commission rejected the Turnpike Authority’s Western corridor feasibility study request while accusing Gov. Rockefeller of political maneuvering. The panel barred signing funds for the study and directed the highway director to withhold approval on the 3,200 mile proposal amid funding and policy tensions.
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ED Shearer
Associated Press
Little Rock
Arkansas Highway Commission
Turnpike Authority
Winthrop Rockefeller
Authority For Studies & Western Corridor
Rocketoe Play Bluffs Corri
Aye
Goodman
Oes
Habs Ag
Hussein to Seek Aid From Johnson for Jordan Crisis
King Hussein of Jordan plans to ask President Johnson at the White House for help amid the Arab Israeli war. U.S. officials say sympathy is likely but action is uncertain due to Israeli occupation of key Jordanian territory. The refugee burden remains international and largely handled by UNRWA with U.S. funding. Hussein aims to address the Arab dispute while maintaining alignment with Arab policy lines.
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Endre Marton
Washington
Hussein
Jordan
Johnson
White House
U.S
United States
I. King
U.N. Relief and Work Agency
U.N. General Assembly
Rusk
Gromyko
Kosygin
Cuba
Paris
Charles de Gaulle
Maxwell Shot Dead by Little Rock Police After Knife Attack
Earnest Maxwell, 56, of Little Rock, was shot by officers after slashing one officer with a butcher knife and injuring Sgt. R. D. Ball during a disturbance near a residence. Police say Maxwell refused orders to drop weapons. a plastic toy mistaken for a gun was found later.
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Little Rock
Earnest Maxwell
Edna Ewing
Maxwell
Miss Ewing
R. D. Ball
Ball
Local Man Wounded in Vietnam
Captain Benjamin P. Owen of Hope was wounded in action June 17 during Operation Billings about 50 miles from Saigon. He was flown to a Japanese hospital and arrived at Brook Hospital in San Antonio. A family member said machinegun fire shattered his jaw on the right side but he is otherwise fine. His wife and three children live in Monroe, Louisiana.
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Benjamin P. Owen
Hope
Billings
Saigon
Ben Owen
Camden
Japan
Brook Hospital
San Antonio
Owen
Monroe
Joins Children's Colony Staff In Arkansas
Dr Milton C Bessiere of Madison Mississippi has joined the staff at the Arkansas Children's Colony. The new duties begin next week at the McRae unit with a new Arkadelphia unit to follow. A $24991 grant was approved to continue the in service training program through June 1968. Paul Raley spoke to Hope Kiwanis on chinchilla raising with about 100 animals and a grand champion sold for 810 dollars, noting the species is raised in seven foreign countries and eats vegetables. Guests included Tom England and son of Wichita Kansas and Don Rockwell of re.
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Paul Raley
Hope Kiwanis Club
United States
Raley
Fort Worth
Texas
Bob Moers
Tom England
Wichita
Kansas
Don Rockwell
Governor Rockefeller criticizes G F Commission and highway dept
Governor Winthrop Rockefeller denounces the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission and the Arkansas Highway Department as insulated from administration and the people. He vows action and fireworks, urging public backing as he tours the state. He cites delays in turnpike plans and questions lack of legislative authorization for agency surveys, blaming Fau- b’s administration and urging accountability.
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Texarkana
Ark
Winthrop Rockefeller
State Game and Fish Commission
Arkansas Highway Department
Rockefeller
Arkansas
Miller County
Earler
Washington
Hempstead County
Highway Commission
City Board Advances Routine Matters At Meeting
City Board of Directors handled routine items last night approving contracts for painting airport steel doors windows and tower totaling 3362 and a 500 bid to remove an airport building. E L Villereal Co Inc bonding firm was accepted for the proposed street bond issue. West Avenue B businessmen asked aid for street work improvements while a truck overturned nearby. The board delayed an ordinance to close an unused street portion in the Frisco Addition.
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City Board of Directors
Waller & Waller
Municipal Airport
Joe Porterfield
E.L. Villereal Co., Inc
West Avenue B
Frisco
Two Killed in Collision Near Tyrrell Arkansas
Two people died and another was injured in a head on collision on U S 63 about three miles north of Tyrrell in Crittenden County. Victims were Jerry Dean Killion 32 of Harrisburg driver of the car and Angelle Low Lynch 42 of Memphis. Otto Chapman 43 of Memphis driver of the gas line truck was reported in satisfactory condition.
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West Memphis
Ark
U.S
Tyrrell
Crittenden County
Jerry Dean Killion
Harerisburg
Angele Low Lynch
Meme Pats
Otto Chapman
Memphis
Arkansan Insane in Double Bus Shooting Case
Silas Pugsley 66 of Grindylew Ark charged with first degree murder in a Greys hound bus shooting. Declared not triable by reason of insanity. Dr William Kern at Evanston state hospital reports to Laramie District Court. Victims: Clovis Frawley 72 Huntington WV and Charles Craig 28 San Francisco.
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Laramie
Why
Silas Pugsley
Grindylew
Ark
William Kern
Evanston
Laramie District Court
Pugsley
Clovis Frawley
Huntington
W.va
Charles Craig
San Francisco
Texarkanian Choice for State Police Director Contested
FBI agent Lynn A. Davis, 33, said Tuesday he is under consideration to succeed Col. Herman Lindsey as Arkansas State Police director. Atty. Gen. Joe Purcell expects to rule by week’s end on whether Davis meets the 10 year Arkansas residence requirement. Davis owns property in Texarkana and calls it his hometown.
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Little Rock
Col
Herman Lindsey
Lynn A. Davis
FBI
Los Angeles
Tuese
Lindsey
Joe Purcell
Associated Press
Davis
Arkansas
Texarkana
Faubus Seeks Funds for Personal Library Project
Former Arkansas governor Orval Faubus asked Tuesday for contributions to build a library near his new home in Huntsville to house his scrap books, photos, state documents, military records, and six-term office correspondence. The Orval Faubus Foundation would manage the funds and preserve materials for future study.
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Huntsville
Ark
Orvald. Faubus
Greasy Creek
Madison County
Faubus
Oryal E
Arkansan Named by Baptists Executive Secretary
Kendall Berry of Blytheville Ark banker and layman named executive secretary of the Southern Baptist Foundation replacing J W Storer who retires in August Foundation oversees wills trusts endowments and reserves for the Baptist denomination Funds totaled 6 6 million last year Berry a University of Mississippi and Missouri journalism graduate heads three banks serves on Arkansas Missouri Power Co and Blytheville Warehouse Co He previously chaired the convention executive committee and was finances chair for Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary Trust 885 He has been a weekly newspaper editor and publisher
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Nashville, Tenn
Kendall Berry
Blytheville
Ark
Southern Baptist Foundation
Berry
J. W. Storer
Southern Baptist Convention
University of Mississippi At Oxford
University of Missouri
Arkansas,Missouri Power Co
Blytheville Warehouse Co
Southwestern Bap+ no Theological Seminary Trust
Tax Hike Legislation Seems Unlikely Before Late in the Summer
Washington AP report notes top officials urge a surcharge but Congress shows little chance of hearings before August. Johnson has not sent proposed tax changes yet. House Ways and Means debates Social Security reforms, with July recess looming.
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Edmond Lebreton Washington
Proddig
Congress
Johnson
William McChesney Martin Jr
Federal
Reeserve Board
Gardner Ackley
Council of Economic Advisers
Capitol Hill
House Ways and Means Committee
House
Senate
Wilbur D. Mills
D-Ark
Washington
Capitol HI
Edith Green
Gen eral Security Corp faces Stock Act violation probe
State Securities Commissioner Donald S. Smith said the Little Rock firm and two associates may have violated the state Securities Act by issuing a misleading stock prospectus. A cease and desist order was issued against the corporation and Ritter and Lowe were named. A formal investigation was set for Thursday morning with the firm and Ritter to appear.
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Little Rock
Apr
Donald S. Smith
General Security Corp
Smith
Wilbur Max Ritter
Fred R. Lowe
Ritter
Street improvement vote to repair paving and curbs townwide
A $765000 street program will replace worn pavement and all broken curbs with new concrete on all streets in the project. Voters may ask questions about the proposal. Also notes include a July 1 car wash at the Fire Station and Hempstead County activities and student enrollments at Southern State College and Upsward Bound programs.
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South Elm
Etty
Methodist Youth Fellowship
Hempstead County
Southern State College
Arkansas
Colombia
Guatemala
Iran
Korea
Kuwait
Venezuela
Hope
Linda Arnold
James Fouse
Sharon Stephens
Bob Stewart
Edith Tallaferro
Michael Turner
Gayle Williams
Dick Willis
Marsha Garner
James Griffin
Jerry Willams
Hope Rt
Laura Beck
Thomas Bright
Brenda
Lillian Elaine Elledge
Patmos
Patsy Diane Hatfeld
Debra Lynn Hucknebee
Montie Dean Garner
Cynthia Lou McCormack
Aid of Hope Rt
Kenneth Wayne Mchdlan
Hope Rt. 2
Wanda Willams
Bombs Rain on Troop Buildup Area
Aerial strikes by B52 bombers hit Red infil tral routes in Quang Tri and highlands of Kontum as U.S. ground forces engage in DMZ fighting. In Kontum clashes leave six enemy killed and one prisoner taken, while 2 Americans die and 8 are wounded. Khe Sanh patrols and Mekong Delta battles add to mounting casualties. A mine attack near Saigon raises civilian deaths to 40 with 17 more bodies found at dawn.
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Saigon
U.S
Quang Tri
Kontum
Dmz
Highland
173Rd Airborne Brigade
Provence
Khe Sanh
Mekong
Kosygin Castro Disagree On Talks In Havana
Soviet Premier Kosygin and Cuban leader Castro clashed in talks as Tass reported a frank exchange on mutual questions. Tass noted friendly tone but not full accord, with Cuban military leaders present including Raul Castro Juan Almeida Sergio Del Valle and Guillermo Garcia among nine top delegates.
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Havana
Alexei N. Kosygin
Fidel Castro
Tass
Kosygin
Raul Castro
Fidel
Juan Almeida
Sergio del Valle
Guillermo Garcia
Garland County Junior College petitions seek Aug. 8 vote
Petitions totaling 3216 signatures were filed with the Arkansas Secretary of State by the Garland County Junior College and Vocational School Committee. They urge a special election on August 8 to approve a five million dollar tax to finance construction and operation of the proposed school, with Violet Burton of Homes as committee chair remaining neutral on the ballot.
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Uttle Rock
Kelly Bryant
Garland County Junior College and Vocational School Committee
Violet Burton
Hotmes
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Bulletin
LA Policsé
Henry Haynes
Star
Vietnam
Children’s Colony
Raps
Sors Ty
Orval E. Fau- UB
City Board
Arkansan
U. S
North Vietnam
Middle East
Old
Jerusalem
National New York
Rison School
Little Ruck
Rison School Board
Oren Harris
Bison
Allo Negro Lawwood
the Star Staff
Hempstead County Wildlife Association
Hope Floral and Gift Has
Florists’ Transworld Delivery Association
Flowers-By-Wire
Orgenie
E.W. Davis
Castro
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