Literacy test for driver's licenses proposed in Forsyth bill
The Greensboro Daily News endorses Senator Wood and Forsyth Senate bill requiring under 18s to complete ninth grade before a license. It argues literacy should be mandatory and notes the plan could reduce dropouts while improving highway safety as roads grow more complex. It supports a minimum literacy standard and possible overlapping make-up year.
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Assembly
Forsyth
Bill Wood
Senator Wood
Wood
Greensboro Daily News
Description of Typical American by E. Y. Berry
Congressman Berry defines a typical American as a consumer of global goods and services, mixing Italian cinema, German cars, Danish furniture, Brazilian coffee, English china, Canadian paper, and a Japanese pen while writing to his congressman about gold leaving the country. The quote appears in The Columbia Record.
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E. Y. Berry
South Dakota
Columbia
S.C
Color TV boosts share of color programs in homes
The Advertising Age study notes a new math in home viewing as color TV rises. It reports 14 of the 15 top programs watched in color, underscoring color shows’ dominance in color set homes.
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Advertising Age
Dallas
Tex
Times Herald
Arkansas group to visit Bolivia for two week aid program
Four members of the Arkansas Partners of the Alliance for Progress will start a two week trip June 12 in Santa Cruz Bolivia to assist the local people in aid self help. The Arkansans are James S. Binder Russell H. Matson Jr. Fred Dierks and Marvin Melton.
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Little Rock
Arkansas Partners
Alliance For Progress
Santa Carz
Bolivia
Arkansans
James S. Binder
Russell H. Matson Jr
Fred Dierks
Hot Springs
Marvin Melton
Jonesboro
DECA Scholarships Awarded to Arkansas Members
Glenn William Roseberry of Little Rock and Grover Harrison Rivenbark of Sweet Home were among 19 DECA members receiving scholarships at the Chicago meeting. Roseberry won a $1000 college study grant and Rivenbark a $500 grant. DECA totals 50 000 members across 47 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico.
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Chicago
Glenn William Roseberry
Little Rock
Grover Harrison Rivenbark
Sweet Home
Distributive Education Clubs of America
DECA
Rosenberry
Rivenbark
District of Columbia
Puerto Rico
Weather Update: Fair and Warm From Day Through Night
The forecast calls for fair skies and warm temperatures today and tonight. Light winds prevail as highs reach comfortable levels and lows stay mild.
Fighting Goes on as Marine Is Killed in Dominican Conflict
In Santo Domingo heavy fighting persisted after a cease-fire in the Dominican civil war. A U.S. Marine was killed near the U.S. Embassy as 14 Marines and 4 paratroopers were wounded in clashes with rebels allied to exiled President Juan Bosch. The Soviet Tass agency urged a UN Security Council emergency meeting, while U.S. officials noted foreign elements may steer the rebels. President Johnson cited outside training of some rebels as a concern.
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Robert Berrellez
Santo Domingo
Dominican Republic
Juan D. Bosch
U.S
U. S. Defense Department
Washington
Tass
Soviet Union
U.N. Security Council
U.S. State Department
W. Tapley Bennett
Johnson
Computer reveals scale of betting ring via IRS computer
A Honeywell 200 computer used by the IRS to process gambling data identified 86 alleged bookmakers and a yearly turnover of 300 to 400 million dollars. Indicted for tax registration and stamp laws, the figures stem from patterns traced after arrests two years ago of 11 bookmaking suspects. The system highlighted 14,000 bettors in the metropolitan area, with 8,000 confirmed.
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New York
Internal Revenue Service
Brooklyn
U.S. Atty
Joseph P. Hoey
Philadelphia
Hoey
Mexico’s Drive to Cut Illiteracy by 1970
Mexico backs a nationwide education revolution to erase illiteracy, spending heavily on schools, teachers, and media. The program targets all ages, aided by public and private groups, with a 5 year plan aiming to educate all by 1970 though rapid population growth poses lasting challenges.
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Mexico City
Mexico
Ramon Bonfil
Goverment
Alvaro Obregon
Jose Vasconcelos
Vasconcelos
Obregon
National University
GM Delivers Historic First Quarter Profit
General Motors reports a record $636 million first quarter profit, the highest for any firm in the period, surpassing Ford and Chrysler gains. Net income per share hits $2.22, while sales total $5.5 billion, with 737,963 employees on payroll and inventories below year-ago levels.
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Detroit
General Motors
Ford
Chrysler
U.S
Ford Motor Co
Frederic G. Donner
John F. Gordon
United States
Donner-Gordon
Stevenson to Speak at Arkansas Bar Meeting in Hot Springs
Adlai E. Stevenson United Nations ambassador will address the Arkansas Bar Association meeting in Hot Springs on June 3 and 4. Stevenson, a two time Democratic presidential nominee, was announced as the principal speaker by the ABA.
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Little Rock
Adlai E. Stevenson
United States
United Nations
Arkansas Bar Association
Hot Springs
ABA
Stevenson
Democratic Party
Weapons Found on Job Corps Youths at Ouachita Center
Four youths discharged from the Ouachita Job Corps Center after pleading guilty to carrying concealed weapons. Each received a suspended $100 fine following an altercation at a drive-in cafe. Arrested individuals include Clyde Houston 18 of San Antonio. Leroy Smith 18 of Little Rock. Douglas Harris 21 of McAlester. Joe Hix of Murfreesboro.
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Hot Springs. Ark
Ouachita
Few Changes Expected in Abel Regime
In Pittsburgh AP report the United Steelworkers elects I W Abel president defeating David J McDonald 38910 to 298768. Abel takes office June 1 as automation rises and pension benefits stay a focus, with possible changes in the Human Relations Committee dominated by McDonald allies.
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Pittsburgh
United Steelworkers of America
I.W. Abel
Abel
David J. McDonald
McDonald
Mariposa Represents the Old Way
NEW LONDON Conn AP Its 180 foot Coast Guard cutter the Mariposa with a crew of 50 sails daily from the old whaling port. The buoy tender fleet maintains more than 30 000 navigational buoys and aids while crews favor sea life over glamor. Cmdr Archibald How describes sea duty as a game against elements and hazards. The Mariposa has had no serious injuries in recent years and How notes the crew’s fortunate record.
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New London
Manila
U. S. Coast Guard
Coast Guard
Cmdr. Archibald
B. How
Mariposa
How
Coast Guard Academy
Music and Flowers Unite for Hope Annual Show
Gals from the Friday Music Club and Rose Garden Club join forces for a musical flower show at First Assembly of God Church on May 7 with rose themed arrangements and songs. The event caps Hope’s Festival of the Arts and National Music Week activities highlighted by local clubs and church programs. Miss Kay Bell will play the organ at evening recital.
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First Assembly of God
Friday Music Club
Rose Garden Club
Our Town
Rose Club
Garrett Story
Douglas Drake
J. Carlton
Carlton
Music Club
National Federation of Music Clubs
Arkansas
Talbot Feild, Jr
Hope
Churches of Hope
First Presbyterian Church
Hempstead - Nevada County
KXAR
Syracuse
First Assembly of God Church
Kay Bell
Greer Bell
Henderson State Teachers College
Miss Bell
Amish Volunteers Devote Barn Repairs After Palm Sunday Tornadoes
Barn raising teams from Amish and Mennonite communities converge on Indiana to rebuild homes and a two story barn in LaGrange, Elkhart and St Joseph counties. A goal of restoring one barn a day guides groups from several states and Canada with weekly shifts of about 50 workers.
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Shipshewana
Ind
Indiana
Lancaster
Lagrange
Ikhart
St. Joseph
Illinoi
Iowa
Ohio
Michigan
Virginia
Marylan
Canada
Cache of Viet Cong Weapons Captured Near Saigon
A large Viet Cong weapons cache was seized in mangrove swamps 60 miles south of Saigon during a three day operation. The seizure included precision lightweight flamethrowers and East German heavy machine guns. The government reported 152 Viet Cong killed, 35 captured, 42 suspects rounded up, and three South Vietnamese dead with eleven wounded. Civilians moved to government areas as air strikes continued. Police separated rival labor groups during May Day rallies in Saigon with no injuries reported.
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Saigon
Vietnamese Christian Confederation If Labor
Airplane study links pollen rise to hay fever trends
Dr Herman A Heise of Milwaukee says warm and cool air currents move pollen grains and mold spores up to 20 000 feet, enabling pollen counts to be forecast like weather. He notes fallout behavior resembles pollen movement and can be predicted to aid hay fever victims. warming city air reduces exposure.
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New York
Herman A. Heise
Milwaukee
Wis
Aerospace Medical Association
Heise and Associates
Hesse
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Taiwan University
Virginia Ankin
Taiwan
Cereey
Taipei
Mary Anita Laseter
J. C. Carlton
B. N. Holt
South Viet Nam
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