Congress backs higher federal salaries amid inflation fears
Charleston Daily Mail notes with alarm the Senate and House approval of a 41 percent pay hike for public servants, raising salaries from 30 000 to 42 500 after deductions. The piece argues it undermines inflation controls and signals Congress will grab gains during a rising economy. It questions tax relief timing as tax forms arrive.
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Ahout
Senate
House
Congress
Charleston
W. Va
Daily Mail
Army halts reservists from custodial duties nationwide
The Army orders commanders to stop using reservists as janitors after custodial work drew funds from civilian contracts and affected unit readiness. Budget cuts and cost saving led to reports of reservists training in trucks to reduce bus costs, with the Army claiming the move provides convoy training and saves money.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Freds. Hoffman
Washington
Army
Army Reserve
Nevada mustangs saved by helicopter haylift operation
A helicopter haylift targets Nevada’s stranded wild horses on a wind carved Pine Nut ridge east of Lake Tahoe. Pilot Byron Clark says 35 horses fed on first run as sheriff’s posse and local sportsmen mobilize $170 per hour service to reach 40 to 50 mustangs trapped by snow. The effort aims to prevent starvation while plans to create a safe descent route are pursued.
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Minden
Nev
Nevada
Lake Tahoe
Byron Clark
Sheriff's Posse
Sportsmen’s Club
Ed Counts
Counts
Pine Nut
Clark
Local Option Bill Planned for Monday in Arkansas
Rep. David R. Kane of Little Rock plans to introduce the Arkansas Local Option liquor bill Monday. The measure would allow options including off premise beer sales, on premise beer sales, and mixed drinks, and would modify existing local option and election laws. Kane initially aimed for Thursday introduction but postponed to avoid muddling the administration’s local option and mixed drink bill as Gov. Rockefeller’s measure passes the House and proceeds in the Senate.
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Little Rock
David R. Kane
Aute Rock Jaycees
Kane
Winthrop Rockefeller
House
Senate
J R Heard 83 Dies at Home in Hope
Joseph R Heard 83 longtime Hope resident and retired businessman died at his home. He was born in 1886 on Shiloh plantation, son of Lorraine Shearer and John R Heard, nephew of former Louisiana Governor William Wright Heard. Survivors include widow Daisy Huffman Heard two daughters Mrs James G Williams Jr of Boswell Oklahoma and Montego Bay Jamaica and Mrs L W Bower of Shreveport. Burial planned in Huffman plot Winfield by Herndon Funeral Home.
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Joseph R. Heard
Hope
Winnfield
Shiloh
Lorraine Shearer
Johi R. Heard
Louisiana
William Wright Heard
Daisy Huffman Heard
James G. Williams Jr
Boswell
Oklo
Montego Bay
Jamaica
L.W. Bower
Shreveport
Huffman
Winfield
Herndon Funeral Home
Shaw Cleared by Jury in Kennedy Conspiracy Case
A 12 member jury in New Orleans found Clay L. Shaw not guilty of conspiring to assassinate President Kennedy. The unanimous verdict came after a 34 day trial, triggering bedlam and a shriek from spectators as the court adjourned.
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Bill Crider
Associated Press
New Orleans
Clay L. Shaw
John F. Kennedy
Atty
Jim Garrison
Garrison
David S. Powe
Stan
Edward A. Haggerty
Asst
Dist
James L. Alcock
Powe
Shaw
Lee Harvey Oswald
Kennedy
Dallas
Warren Commission
Oswald
Carrison
Oratory
Bill Would Set Up the Medicaid Plan in Arkansas
The Arkansas House Public Welfare Committee voted to draft a bill to join the federal Medicaid program. Rep. Bill Beaumont proposed a committee bill and a joint session with the Senate to hear HEW experts. The plan would require about 7.3 million dollars in the first year and 9.8 million in the second year of the biennium.
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Little Rock
Arkansas House Public Welfare Committee
Welfare Department
Still Hasn't Read Letter in Joplin
Linda Pearce, Joplin city court clerk, received a letter from her brother Gary, a government employee in Korea, in a small box. The outside warned of a jig saw puzzle inside with a note saying the letter was written on the back for fun. She still hasn't read the letter.
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Joplin
Linda Pearce
Gary
Korea
Mixed Drinks Bill Signed by Governor
Senate passed the mixed drink bill 19 to 6 and Governor Rockefeller signed it two hours after a Washington conference. Opponents failed four amend attempts and the emergency clause secured 24 votes on first try. Without it the law would delay 90 days, affecting a 1970 election referred vote. House actions followed with 52 to 46 and later 74 to 16 on emergency clause.
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Little Rock
Senate
Rockefeller
Washington
House of Representatives
L Carter Johnson Dies at 75 in Hope
L Carter Johnson 75 longtime Hope freight traffic consultant died of a heart attack Friday at Hempstead Memorial Hospital. A Hope native, he lived most of his life there after early years in Texas. A WWI veteran and ex councilman he served with the American Legion and Rotary. He had no close kin, his wife Rose having died years ago. Funeral arrangements are incomplete.
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L. Carter Johnson
Hope
E. Second St
Hempstead Memorial Hospital
Mr. Johnson
Hempstead County
Texas
Plunkett & McRae Wholesale Grocer
Rose Johnson
Organ transplants debate over dead donors and next of kin consent
A Virginia pathologist said it may be necessary to authorize organ transplants from dead persons over survivors objections to save lives, while other symposium participants urged consent of next of kin. At Pearl Harbor the Navy announced the nuclear powered carrier Enterprise, heavily damaged by fire, will return to the Pacific Fleet next Tuesday.
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Chicago
Virginia
American Academy of Forensic Sciences
Pearl Harbor
Enterprise
East Germans Block Road Into Berlin
East German soldiers armed with submachine guns blocked the main autobahn between West Germany and West Berlin for two hours, later reopening it after a Soviet backed note accused Western air links of illegal activity. The move signals Warsaw Pact maneuvers timed with West Germany’s March 5 presidential election, aimed at hindering access to West Berlin. Travelers faced six hour delays, and officials noted fencing and troop movements near Marienborn.
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East Berlin
Walter Ulbricht
Marienborn
Helstedt
Helmstedt
East Germany
West Berlin
Nixon visits Paris memories of past shows
AP report recalls Richard Nixon's Paris visit in 1967 with guide Michael Pochna. The piece contrasts quiet scenes at Ritz Bar, La Mediterranee, and New Jimmy's in Montparnasse with a future, changed city. Pochna notes the secretary misnaming Nixon and recounts social spots and people the group met.
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John Vinocur
Associated Press
PARIS
Richard Nixon
Nixon
Ritz
Michael Pocina
Raymond Lowey
Pochna
John Pochna
St. Tropez
Pechna
Dixon
Podinas
la Mediterranee
New Jimmy’s
Montparnasse
Regine
France
Reegine
New Jimmy's
Perhna
Marie-France
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Elmer Smith
Lacy Walters
Phillip Manus
Ted Price
Jake Haddix
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Jeanette Walters
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