State Capitol Battles Shape Arkansas Desegregation Debate
The session opens with contested votes and the failure of a training school measure as rural interests back a compromise bill. Federal desegregation orders threaten schools with losing funds by July 1, while lawmakers debate grants, park development, and auto registration costs. The Arkansas Community Development Awards highlight champions in recreation. The Spring Song ends with a robin’s call signaling territory.
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Ode Maddox
Oden
Holland
Marton
Hamilton
Sterling R. Cockrill Jr
Little Rock
Russell Baxter
Arkansas Rehabilitation Service
A. J. Moss
The
House
Paul Bates
Pine Bluff
John Bethell
Des Arc
Doug Brandon
Little Hook
Senate
Hotel Marion
W. M. Shepherd
Arkansas Power & Light Company
Wallace Sawyer
Magnolia
Lester Sitzes
Hope
W.F. Ligon
Prescott
Mildred M. Gregory
Newport
Merritt Davenport
North Little Rock
Arrest in JFK assassination probe shocks New Orleans
Clay Shaw, 54, of 1313 Dausphine Street New Orleans, was arrested by the district attorney's office in the JFK assassination inquiry. He faces charges of participation in a conspiracy to murder Kennedy. Officials caution that arrests may continue at a later date. Governors stuck in elevator during Georgia Alabama legislative visit.
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New Orleans
John F. Kennedy
Clay Shaw
Dausphine St
Shaw
Kennedy
Garrison
Flamingo Stakes at Hialeah Feature Tops Friday Card
The Flamingo Stakes at Hialeah Park on Friday includes two Bold Ruler and Nashua progeny Diplomat Way and Bold Monarch among 11 starters for 100000-added prize. Probables also include Reflected Glory Reason To Halt In Reality and others as jockeys Earlie Fires Boland Velasquez Hartack eye major East stakes debut for Derby-age colts.
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Gene Plowden
Miami
Fla
Nashua
Bold Ruler
Florida
Hialeah Park
Diplomat Way
Bold Monarch
Saratoga
Needles
Firestitch
Olympia
North Country
Howard Grant
John Sellers
Reflected Glory
Jorge Velasquez
Bob
Sery
Hirsch Jacobs
Ethel
Patrice
Earlie Fires
Gentleman James
Bill Boland
Bill Hartack
Dawn Glory
Gilberto Vazquez
Kate Stan
Fernando Toro
Mr. Scipio
Ray Broussard
Freer Newsroom Hand in Speck Case Opens Access
Peoria Illinois AP report says trial judge Paschen loosened restrictions after Illinois Supreme Court order. Reporters may obtain transcripts and cover open court events. juror names remain private until excused or sworn. Panelists named include a housewife, retired contractor, divorced mother, and ex Marine. Speck faces capital punishment request for eight nurse murders last July in Chicago.
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Peoria
Richard Speck
Herbart C. Paschen
Illinois Supreme Court
Speck
Paschen
Supreme Court
Chicago
Walter V. Schaefer
The
Tribune Co
Chicago Tribune
Greater London
Harvard Names Actors of the Year by Hasty Pudding Club
Cambridge Massachusetts AP reports comedian Bob Hope and actress Lauren Bacall named man and woman of the year by Harvard's Hasty Pudding Club. Bacall to receive a scroll and pudding pot replica at Harvard clubhouse on Monday. Hope to receive his award next Wednesday.
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Cambridge, Mass
Bob Hope
Lauren Bacall
Harvard
Hasty Pudding Club
Opportunity to Declare War Passed
Washington AP Congress again passed up a formal war declaration for Vietnam as the Senate voted 89 to 2 to provide 4.5 billion dollars more for fighting. Mansfield maneuvering avoided direct war-declaration votes while supporting negotiations and Johnson's policy. Officials say a declaration would complicate a limited strategy and may hinder negotiated settlement.
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Washington
Congress
Vietnam
U.S
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Joseph S. Clark
D-Pa
North Vietnam
Mansfield
Johnson
House
South Vietnam
New Arkansas Defense Director Named in State
Everett E. Talburt of Bald Knob becomes state civil defense director, replacing Steward K. Prosser of Conway. Talburt, 34, is a Bald Knob real estate broker and was GOP regional director in Greers Ferry for last year’s campaign. Prosser, appointed by former Gov. Faubus after a fourth place finish in a Democratic gubernatorial primary, held the $8 700 a year post.
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Little Rock
Winthrop Rockefeller
Everett E. Talburt
Bald Knob
Steward K. Prosser
Conway
Talburt
Greers Ferry
GOP
Orval Faubus
Prosser
Legislature Can Draw Pay For Extended Legislative Session
Arkansas Supreme Court ruled the General Assembly may legally extend its regular session and draw $20 per diem. The decision upheld Act 85 of 1967 approving $4,000 for a two day extended session, despite Atty. Gen. Purcell's opinion that per diem in an extended session was unconstitutional.
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Little Rock
Arkansas Supreme Court
General Assembly
Pulaski
Murray Reed
Atty
Joe Purcell
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Norfolk Dan
Baxter
Revenue Department
Budget Committee
Charles Stewart
Fayetteville
Steward
Highway Department
Atlanta, Ga
Georgia
Alabama
Lurleen Wallace
George
Lester G. Maddox
Sons of Champs
Hialeah
Page Saver
New Defense
Arkansas
Ford
Hope Auto Co., Inc
Second Street Hope
Ark
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