Explanation of Committee of 100 at Chamber of Commerce
The Chamber of Commerce forms a nine member Executive Committee from Hemphstead County business leaders who pledge $100 each to fund industrial development. Funds support travel and entertainment for industrial prospects. no salaries are paid. The Hope Water and Light Commission will match up to $5,000, doubling each $100 gift to $200.
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Chamber of Commerce
Hempestead County
Hope Water & Light Commission
Rail Strike Issue Will Be Stormy
House Commerce Committee chair Rep Harley Staggers predicts a stormy session as hearings open on President Johnsons plan to block a threatened nationwide rail strike. The plan creates a five member board to mediate the dispute and imposes compulsory settlement after 90 days if needed. Union leaders oppose compulsory arbitration while railroads favor broader federal law changes. Senate critics urge swift action and caution on limits of government intervention.
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Carl P. Leubsdorf
Washington
House Commerce Committee
Johnson
Harley C. Stage Gers
Congress
Staggers
West Virginia
Senate Labor Committee
Wayne Morse
Oregon
Jennings Randolph
Randolph
Senate
Jacob K. Javits
New York
GOP
Taday
Toureday
Miss Hope Pageant Contenders Named for May Show
Two contestants, Miss Janice Lloyd and Miss Dora Ann King, compete in the annual Miss Hope Pageant at the Hope High School Auditorium on Saturday night May 13. Lloyd, 21, daughter of Mr and Mrs John C. Lloyd, is a Hope High School and Worth Business College alumna with extensive scholastic and service awards. King, 21, daughter of Mr and Mrs Frank King, is a Hope High School graduate and Quadista Baptist University senior with musical training and honors, including Sweetheart of the Ouachita Singers and Who's Who listing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hope High School
Janice Lloyd
John c. Lloyd of Hope
The
Hope Jaycees
Janice
Worth Business College
Fayetteville
N.C
FTA
FHA
Dora Ann King
Frank King
Hope
Dora Ann
Quadista Baptist University
Ouachita Singers
Madrigal Singers
Kappa Delta A
Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia
Ouachita
Wills Fight Stalls House Committee Seats
Washington AP A tense power struggle between Rep Wilebur Mills head of Ways and Means and Rep Harley Dyvers chair of Commerce delays filling Democratic vacancies on a key panel handling gas communications and transportation. Rep Waggonner from Plain Dealing Louisiana pressures for a seat as party lines harden with Staggers opposing enlarging the panel.
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Carl P. Leubsdorf
Washington
House
Wilebur D. Mills
Ways and Means
Harley Dyers
Commerce Committee
Rep
Se Waggoner
Plain Dealing
Ways and Means Committee
Hope pageant at Hope High set for May 13
Miss Gayle Williams, 19, will represent Hope at Saturday pageant in Hope High School Auditorium. A 1966 Hope High graduate and current Southern State College freshman in Magnolia, she has training in modern dancing, fencing, voice, and music. Gayle, 5'4" and 115 pounds, is active in choir, Madrigal Singers, synchronized swimming, and Women Students Association, and was senior beauty, homecoming queen, NHS president, and 1966 Southwest Arkansas Junior Miss.
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Hope High School
Gayle Williams
Lucy Mae Williams
Hope
Gayle
Southern State College
Magnolia
Orette
Association of Women Students At
Southern State
NHS
Southwest Arkansas
Dodd Plea Leaves Senate Unmoved On Censure Charge
Senate ethics members remained unmoved by Sen. Thomas J. Dodd’s opening defense as they weigh a censure if found guilty of double billing travel expenses and misusing campaign funds. Dodd argued no deliberate double billing, citing a series of letters from 1961 to 1964. committee members stood by the facts and potential “course of conduct” forming the basis for censure.
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John Chadwick Washington
Senate
Thomas J. Dodd
Connecticut Democrat
Bipartisan
Dodd
Lan
Eugene J. McCarthy
Dee Ming
Ethics Committee
Wallace F. Bennett
Rutah
George
Rose Sell B. Long
DeLa
Ethice Committee
Long
Qlyline
Michael V. O'Hare
Churchill complains politics are degrading in England
London AP reports Randolph Churchill, son of Sir Winston, says English politics humiliate candidates and their families by scrutinizing wives and appearances. He notes his own repeated election defeats as a Conservative MP during and after wartime while Byrnes marks his 88th birthday and 61st wedding anniversary in Columbia, South Carolina.
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London
England
Randolph Churchill
Winston Churchill
Churchill
House of Commons
Columbia
S.C
James F. Byrnes
Byrnes
U.S. Supreme Court
South Carolina
The Negro Community Highlights and Birth Announcements
Ester Hicks notes weekend travel of JoAnn Lagrone to Tulsa visiting family. Lurie Morton and G L Cox announce a 7 pound baby girl born May 2 1967 at Branch General Hospital with grandparents from Arkansas and Kansas. Union Mission met at New Bethel Baptist Church with three churches present. monthly financial report 913.60. Rev. Shep Jackson spoke. next service set for July at Hayses Chapel Baptist Church. Reporters Callie Ward Mozell Frierson and others noted. Williamss illness mentioned.
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Lurie Morton
Branch General Hospital
G. L. Cox
Hope
Arkansas
Jurie Morton
Kansas City
Kansas
Union Mission
New Bethel Baptist Church
Shep Jackson
Hayses Chapel Baptist Church
Callie Ward
Mozell Frierson
Rockefeller Praises Romney at Michigan Dinner
Arkansas Governor Winthrop Rockefeller praised Governor Romney during a $500-a-plate Governor's Day dinner in Saginaw Michigan. He lauded Romney's record of public service transformations and criticized Creative Federalism and a proposed Cabinet level Department of Consumers, warning of loss of free enterprise and increased federalism. Rockefeller urged states to exercise responsibilities and support a tax sharing plan.
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Saginaw
Mish
Arkansas
Winthrop Rockefelfeller
George Romney
Michigan
Rockefeller
Romney
Little Rock
Lyndon Johnson
Washington
LBJ
Aransas
Win Rockefeller
Department of Consumers
Arkansas Republican
Rockefeller Proposes Bloc Grants and Constitutional Reform
Rockefeller discusses federal revenue sharing through bloc grants based on population and fiscal need with a bonus for initiative. He says New York's greatest need is constitutional revision, noting it won't solve all problems but could advance his broader government vision while avoiding exposing all details to avoid political backlash.
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Rockesfeller
Rockefeller
Rockefatler
Troops Could Return in Big Hurry
Two U S Army brigades kept in the United States could be flown back to Europe and ready for combat within about two weeks after an emergency summons. Four Air Force squadrons would be back and prepared in 10 days or less. Defense officials cited rapid airlift and future C5 transports as key to maintaining Western Europe defenses while homeward-bound troops depart.
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Fred
Hoffman
Military Winter
Washington
U.S. Army
West Germany
Europe
U.S
United States
Germany
Defense Department
Associated Press
Western Europe
24Th Infantry Division
Elmwood Oakwood Savings Bank closes after 15 weeks
In Paragould a student run bank with Elmwood and Oakwood pupils deposits $1,140.80 over 15 weeks, averaging $76 weekly, and closes with only a 29-cent error. The event inspires local praise and a forecast that young savers can fund college books someday. In Russellville officials plan to clear highway strip pit mounds by funding $5,000 for fuel for a Morris ton technical school training project.
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Arkansas
Tommy Yates
Associated Press
Alan
Paragould
Elmwood Oakswood Savings Bank
Elmwood
Cecil
Robert Mitchell
Russellville
Morriston
Readiness to Deploy Aimed forU S Exercises
The Pentagon stated readiness to deploy while in the United States. Annual exercises will let the Army and Air Force refine techniques and procedures. Two stateside brigades will reunite with a West Germany unit, with annual transatlantic movements. Four squadrons totaling nearly 100 planes will fly to West Germany each year for maneuvers with five European squadrons.
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United States
Pentagon
Army
Air Force
West Germany
Europe
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Hempstead County
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Shreveport
Shipley Studio Photo
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Waggonner
Kyros
Stuckey
Ester Hicks
JoAnn Lagrone
Tulsa
Oklahoma
Arris Perry
Perry
Lonelle Williams
Freq Tatum
Nick Hal
Lois Swale
Grand Rapids
Michie
Pine Ee
Lonnie Williams
Dodge Boys
Monaco
Sea Monaco
Nunn-Pen
Bard Street
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