New Expense Account Rules Less Drastic
Washington AP report outlines IRS changes to travel and entertainment deductions under Commissioner Mortimer Caplin. The 88 page rule will be reviewed after public hearings, with final version to take effect 30 days after issue. Caplin urged resolving reasonable doubts in favor of taxpayers while preserving non deductible lavish entertainment.
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Sterling F. Green
Washington
Mortimer , Caplin
Internal Revenue Service
Caplin
IRS
National Restaurant Association
Association
Thomas W. Power
Congress
Boys and Girls State Groups Announced
The Leslie Huddleston American Legion Post and Auxiliary named high school students chosen for Boys and Girls State in June. Girls listed include Carol Ann Taylor Jacque Fielding Ann Arnold Sarah Bagley Cookie Jones Diane Ellis Mary Beth Allen Rose Ann Williams. Boys named Mack McLarty Joe Purvis Johnny Honeycutt George Jones Phil McLarty Joe Keesey Al Weisenberger Charles Walker.
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Leslie
Scrap Paper Drive Set for Sunday by Band Boosters
The Band Boosters will collect scrap paper this Sunday from 2 to 5 p.m. Please reuse newspapers and magazines by bundling them or placing them in a sturdy cardboard box and leaving them on your curb or steps.
Weather Outlook Shows Partly Cloudy Skies
Partly cloudy conditions continue today and tonight with a few scattered thunderstorms possible tonight and again early Sunday. The forecast calls for unsettled weather but no major storms expected through the weekend.
Brooks Hays May Run For Governor
Speculation grows that Brooks Hays a former Arkansas congressman and current Kennedy aide will resign to run for governor of Arkansas in the next general election. Sources in Little Rock say Hays tired of the pace and is on a West Africa presidential mission not expected back until April 19.
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Little Rock
Brooks Hays
Arkansas
Kennedy
Dallas Times-Herald
Hays
West Africa
Washington
Showdown in Brazil Near as Governor Fights Federal Troops
In Rio de Janeiro unrest linked to a pro Cuba conference pushes toward a clash between Guanabara State Governor Carlos Lacerda and federal officials. President Goulart orders federal troops to occupy federal buildings as strikes and anti American sentiment rise.
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Robert Berrellez
Rio DE
Janeiro
Brazil
Juao Goulart
Rio de Janeiro
Carlos Lacerda
Guanabara
Rio
International Cuban — Solidarity Congress
Goulart
Cuba
Lacerda
Guanabara Bay
Nitaval
Albino Silva
Mrs Larena Smead Dies At 88 In Ozan Parish area
Mrs Larena Smead 88 of Ozan widow of J T Smead died Thursday in a Nashville hospital She was a Baptist Church member Survivors include seven sons Autrey and Ernest Smead Ozan Troy Smead Texarkana Richard and Lawrence Smead Los Angeles Mack Smead Santa Cruz Edd Jackson Stuttgart one daughter Mrs Luke Thompson Paxico Mo one brother Frank McMurvian Texarkana and one sister Mrs Junie Dunn Conway Funeral services 4 0 p m Sunday at St Paul Methodist Church near Oran with Dr Raymond A Coeppenger and W C Lewis officiating Burial in St Paul Cemetery by Latimer Funeral Home
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Larena Smead
Ozan
J. T. Smead
Nashville
Baptist Church of Ozan
Autrey Smead
Ernest Jackson
Troy Smead
Texarkana
Richard
Lawrence Smead
Los Angeles
Mack Smead
Santa Cruez
Calif
Edd Jackson
Stuttgart
Luke Thompson
Paxico
Frank McMurvian
Junie Dunn
Conway
St. Paul Methodist Church
Oran
Raymond A. Coeppenger
W. C. Lewis
St. Paul
Latimer Funeral Home
Black youths detained after Pine Bluff theater protest
In Pine Bluff Arkansas police arrested 32 youths and 16 adults after a theater demonstration. The group refused to leave prompting police to detain them at the city jail where 48 Black detainees, exceeding the jail’s 30-bed capacity, were held on charges of creating a disturbance in a public place.
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Pine Bluff
Ark
Pine Bluff City
al i Movie Theater
Reaest
Bruce Youn
Guernsey's Lost History and the Robin Hood of Guernsey
An Arkansas town Guernsey on the old Washington to Spring Hill road is linked to early settlers Grounds Hopsons Franks Hous tons McIvers Hays Captain Kitchens and Walkers Old Professor McIver ran the first free school. Legends tell of Uncle Davy Grounds marrying an Indian girl during Indian removal and a Robin Hood figure who allegedly robbed traders and aided locals before being acquitted at trial. Ancient stones in private cemeteries attest to long prior settlement, predating Arkansas statehood.
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Washington
Spring Hill
Dooley
Guernsey
Grounds
Hopsons
Franks
Houstons
McIvers
Hays
Captain Kitchens
Walkers
McIver
Davy Grounds
Davy
Jackson
Indian Territory
Robin Hood
Rotin Hood
Apt
Arkansas
Business Outlook Brightens Slightly, 1963 Output Seen Higher
Washington officials say a brighter business outlook nudges 1963 national output toward $578 to $580 billion, with production potentially $1 billion to $5 billion above prior estimates. unemployment remains around 6 percent, and no tax-cut stimulus is planned despite better prospects.
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Washington
Walter W. Heller
Kennedy
Congress
Pilot and survivor reunite after Yukon crash ordeal
Teresa Flores and husband Ralph, the pilot injured survived seven weeks after a crash near Whitehorse, Canada. Flores returns from San Bruno to bedside him in Whitehorse General Hospital as their family of six faces a long recovery. Fellow survivor Helen Klaben, 21, from Brooklyn, transferred to Fairbanks Alaska for rest while awaiting home plans.
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Wintroorse
Yukon Territory
API
Teresa Flores
Mrs. Mares
Neska Ohimes
Helen Klaben
Brooklyn
Plores
Fairbanks
Alaska
Boeters
Whitehorse
Miss Klaben
Columbine
Tron Paitanks
Parole Hopes Rise After Arkansas Gov Faubus Pardon
Lee Goins a 55 year old Saline County man who has spent two years in prison looks toward parole after Gov Orval Faubus pardoned him on four counts of kidnapping. The 12 year burglary and grand larceny sentence from Latine County traces his 1950s crime spree including an arkansas post office robbery and kidnappings in Texarkana area. Faubus also reduced life sentences for other inmates and restored citizenship rights for M Norwood Phillips, with several cases set for parole eligibility or sentence reductions observed.
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Little Rock
Lee Goins
Saline County
Goins
Orval BE
Faubus
Gains
Latine
Keevil
Ark
Texarkana
Arkansas State Prison
Cooter Martin
Mannie Buffstetler
Martin
Columbia County
Huffstetler
Crawford County
M. Norwood Phillips
Hot Springs
T. Puckett
Garland
Phillips
William R. Wiggins
Phillips County
Delbert, Green
Garland County
Robert L. Burns
Washington County
Willie Banes
Banes
Bennett answers Arkansas ratification of the Thirteenth Amendment
Gen Bruce Bennett gave a history lesson to a California student on Arkansas ratifying the Thirteenth Amendment on April 6, 1868. He described carpetbagger and scalawag rule, disfranchisement of loyal Southerners, and alleged illegal processes behind the amendment's adoption.
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Litle Rok
Bruce Bennett
California
Arkansas
Carla Canvle
Portola Valley
Calif
Bennett
Hi State Actio
North
South
Wease Gud Senate
Woman to Die for Slaying in Texas Death Row
Reported in a century old Texas case Carolyn Ann Lim and her female impersonating friend Leslie Douglas Ashley face execution in the state prison death chair early Saturday. Supreme Court Justices Black Brennan denied stay requests. Goldberg expected to act. Ashley, 20s, and Lim, 30s, were linked to a 1901 slaying tied to a blade murder scene.
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Hun Tovinin
Lex
Capr
Chepita Rodriguez
Texas
Carolyn Ann Lim
Lesile Douglas Ashley
Ealy
US Supreme Court
Hugo Black
Willian J. Brennan
Arthur. Goldberg
Ashley
Lum
Mise Laima
Russian Troops in Cuba Face New US Scrutiny
Washington notes tension over 3,000 Russians who left Cuba and about 14,000 remaining after Khrushchev pledge. Castro promises further explanation as US eyes troop strength. Cuban MIG attack on Floridian cools after Havana claims misfire. Diplomatic exchanges continue over refugee attacks and ship damage.
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Lewis Gulick Washington
U.S
Cuba
Havana
Fidel Castro
United States
Kennedy
Nikita 5
Khrushchev
Vick
National Security Council
Executive Committee
Washington
State Department
Castro
Soviet Union
Billy Sol Estes to Appeal Conviction
A federal jury found parts of Billy Sol Estes farm finance schemes fraudulent and could yield up to five years in prison. Judge Thomason will sentence in about two weeks, closing an 18 day trial that followed Estes's Pecos home raid and the collapse of his more than 30 firms in grain storage fertilizer and cotton farming. Estes appeared unperturbed as jurors were polled, his wife Patsy distraught.
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Finis Mothe Nohead
EL Paso
Tex
Billie Sol Estes
U. S
Estes
Pecos
Texas
Patsy
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Hope
Arkansas Chicken
Hess & Clark
Fayetteville
Paul Schantz
Mess & Clark
Linda Riggan
Arkansas Poultry Princess
Clayton Thompson
By Sterling F. Green
Jos Eshori
London
Billy Sol
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