Rain-Maker Grief-Stricken Property Rights Critique
The editor defends personal liberty and private rights against urban renewal and federal power, opposing rent control and civil rights rhetoric while warning that expanded federal authority harms individuals. Washington reports Farmers Home Administration loans totaling over 430000 for Arkansas water systems in Alicia Cushman Franklin Hattiesville Ogden Shannon with multiple grant amounts.
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Fentral
Washington
Farmers Home Administration
Arkansas
John L. McClellan
D-Ark
Alicia
Lawrence County
Cushman
Independence County
Franklin
Tzard
Hattiesville
Conway County
Ogden
Little River County
Shannon
Ranwandolph
Arnold Says Red Tape Must Be Cut
Arnold Richard Arnold of Texarkana, a Democratic candidate for 4th District congressman, told Magnolia residents Wednesday that cities and counties face excessive federal funding red tape for roads. He urged simplified procedures and noted some officials avoid applying despite urgent needs.
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Arnold
Magnolia, Ark
Richard Arnold
Texarkana
Reduction in Alert Bombing Flights Made By McNamara
Secretary of Defense Robert S McNamara ordered a reduction in continuous airborne alert of B52 bombers. He said radar warning systems can launch fighters quickly and missiles lessen bomber importance. Some alert will remain but at reduced scale with about 50 percent of the fleet on 15 minute readiness.
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Fred
Hoffman
Washington (Ap
Robert 5S
McNamara
House Appropriations Committee
U.S
Defense Secretary
Defense Department
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Pentagon
Defense
United States
Russia
Red China
Rice Coeds Approve Alcohol in Rooms Trial Plan
Rice University's Brown College coeds approved by a two thirds majority a referendum to permit alcoholic beverages in their rooms on a trial basis next fall. Men at the university already enjoy the privilege while the other women's college and the anti liquor rule remain unchanged.
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Houston, Tex
Rice University
Brown College
University College
Goat gets cheaper by using goats to mow city land
LOVELL Wyoming residents report a city plan to hire six goats for grass cutting at 20 dollars, replacing a 1000 dollar annual mowing cost. In another note, Fer rell Mangus finds about 1000 dollars in old silver coins behind a wall while remodeling a rental property.
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Christopher, i
Lovell, Wyo
Ferrell Mangus
Mangus
Champion of Rights Would Slow Plan
Baltimore leaders react to attorney Leonard Kerpleman who opposes further civil rights advances. In a letter to the Baltimore Evening Sun he said the Watts riots disgust him and that Negro leaders have used the riots for pride or glory. Kerpleman, famed for banning compulsory prayers in public schools and long associated with the NAACP, has represented many civil rights demonstrators.
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John Woodfield
Baltimore, Md
Baltimore
Leonard Kerpleman
Baltimore Evening Sun
Los Angeles
Watts
Kerpleman
Supreme Court
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
NAACP
Two Britons convicted in Moors murder case
In Chester England AP reports Tan Brady convicted of triple murder in the bodies on the moors case. Brady 21, a stock clerk, guilty of slaying Lesley Downey 10 John Kilbride 12 and Edward Kivans 17. Myra Hindley 23 also jailed for life for two murders and accessory in Kilbride case. Judge Atkinson denounced the crimes as calculated and cruel.
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Chester
England
Tan Brady
Britain
Brady
Myra Hindley
Lesley Ann Downey
John Kilbride
Edward Kivans
Miss Hindley
Evans
Downey
Kilbride
Fenton Atkinson
Australian teen rewarded for saving American couple
Paul Templeman, 19, saved Ashley Farrar and his wife Alive when their car plunged into the Brisbane River in Rochester, NLA. The couple offered $2,000 and invited him to visit their home in the United States, with his trip planned before November due to love and visa details.
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Hrisbane
Australia
United States
Paul Templeman
Rochester
Nla
Brisane
Ashley Farrar
Eiretts
America
Congress Weighs $3 Billion Budget Boost Amid Spending Surges
President Johnson faces a Congress veering toward larger outlays as weeklong actions push total proposed and approved spending well beyond his budget. House and Senate committees advance billions more for education, defense and health programs, with military procurement and pay hikes fueling the rise. Johnson's figures may prove conservative given the rapid pace of approvals.
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William F. Arbogast
Washington
Johnson
Congress
Capitol
Certai
Ig Soree
Senate
House
Labor Department
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Meet Os
House Armed Services Committee
Camp Helton Named in Honor of Sgt James Helton
Mr and Mrs Jim Helton of Fulton are informed that a Viet Nam base camp in Phouvine will be named for their son Platoon Sgt James E Helton, killed Jan 15 on a combat mission. He served 14 years. his wife Virginia lives in Fort Smith Ark. A sign will mark Camp Helton with a resume of his service in Lions of Catigny.
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Jim Helton
Fulton
Viet Nam
James E. Helton
Virginia Helton
Rt. 1
Fort Smith
Ark
Helton
Army
Phouvine
Jones
Camp
The
Lions of
Catigny
GM Cutback Idles Hundreds of Workers
GM idled hundreds of auto production workers and furloughed more as the company cuts back production for the first time in five years. GM aims to align output with stock levels, while Ford runs 19 plants on overtime and Chrysler and American Motors stay on five-day weeks.
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Charles C. Cain
AP Business News
Detroit
General Motors Corp
Ford
Chrysler
American Motors
Abraham Ribicoff
Connecticut
Senate
U.S
No Bloc Vote by Negroes in Arkansas Predicted
Governor Orval Faubus said he sees no bloc Negro vote in Arkansas this year. He noted conversations with Negro leaders and desk reports indicating the vote is not united. Faubus estimated about 126,000 Negroes will be registered to vote by July.
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Little Rock
Orval Faubus
Arkansas
Faubus
Associated Press
Orval Fu
Children's Colony
State Hospital
Booneville
U.S. District Court
Mcae
Overseas service members can vote in Arkansas elections
Two Little Rock attorneys James E. Youngdahl and Henry Woods said overseas servicemen can vote this year, correcting an impression from Atty. Gen. Bruce Bennett that absentee registration was lacking. They argued the permanent voter registration amendment enables overseas voters to cast ballots.
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Little Rock
Arkansas
James E. Youngdahl
Henry Woods
Bruce Bennett
Fierce Fighting Leaves 141 Cong Dead In Viet Nam
AP reports fierce fighting in central Viet Nam as American air cavalrymen close on a trapped Viet Cong battalion. Officials say 141 Viet Cong killed in 24 hours, 30 captured, 307 detainees. Operation Davy Crockett continues near Bong Son. Two Navy planes lost. one Air Force plane earlier. Pilot rescue details noted. Total Viet Nam air losses reach 231 planes.
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Robert Tuckman
Saigon
South Viet Nam
Centtral Viet Nam
U.S
1St Air Cavalry
Bong Son
China Sea
Gulf of Tonkin
Candy drive by kid baseball players supports Little League
Conway Arkansas AP reports three counties Benton Madison and Washington will receive a 16235 contract to develop a community fallout shelter plan. The candy sale involves about 350 young players selling a famous brand to raise funds for Little League and Babe Ruth programs with prizes for top sellers.
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Conway, Ark
University of Arkansas
Arkansas
State Civil Defense Agency
Benton
Madison
Washington
Viet Nam and U.S. policy tensions widen in digest
Vietnamese leader says South Viet Nam elections lack meaning without two thirds voting rights. Fulbright slams Sal as an American brothel and calls for Goldwater to resign as Senate Foreign Relations chair. U.S. forces add four artillery battalions in Viet Nam. McNamara orders B52 alert reduction as Johnson budget debate grows. Government poverty push to educate 70 million slum children eyed. U.S. rebuilt foreign aid gear sends discarded military equipment worldwide. Taxicab drivers seen as crime fighters. Baltimore Negro leaders contest opposition to civil rights extensions.
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Viet Nam
Red China
South
JW. Fulbright
Salon
Barry Goldwater
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
U.S
Washington
Robert S. McNamara
Johnson
Congress
Pentagon
Sational
Associated Press
Baltimore
Heavy Damage in Accident Here
An auto driven by A P Powell of Hope pulled onto the highway in front of a car driven by Leo Treat of Fort Little Rock yesterday causing very heavy damage to the Powell vehicle. City Officers Clark and Lingard charged Powell with failure to yield the right of way.
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A. P. Powell
Hope
Leo Treat
Fort Little Rock
Clark
Lingard
Powell
Local events highlight May activities in Hope and region
Meyer's Bakers sends five staff to Chicago seminar for baking comptrollers. Hope High hosts Inspiration Point Scholarship tryouts May 10 at 10 am for Arkansas students with a $275 six week Fine Arts Colony scholarship near Eureka Springs. Hempstead Republican Women attend DC meeting. Six Flags auditions select 85 finalists for 35 show department openings in Dallas. Delgine Bonds of Blevins among finalists. Leon Taylor to speak at First Christian Church May 8. Tommye Power attends foreign policy conference in Little Rock. bowling association to elect officers at Chuck Wagon Emmet May 7.
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Hope High School
Arkansas
Eureka Springs
Tom Ed Hays, Jr
Dallas
Executive Inn
Sovereign Ballroom
Delgine Bonds of
Blevins
Tommye Power
Hope
McArthur Auisitorium
Little Rock
Southern State College
Prentice C. Power
Phi Teta Kappa
Emmet
Fulbright Calls Saigon An American Brothel In Speech
Sen J W Fulbright attacked Barry Goldwater by calling Saigon an American brothel during lectures at Johns Hopkins. He said American influence and money harmed Vietnamese society, noting bar girls and pimps rising in status, evictions and rent hikes, and couples forced into economic vulnerability as Saigon became dominated by American interests.
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Washington
Barry Goldwater
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Sen
J. W. Fulbright
Saigon
Arkansas
South
Viet Nam
Fulbright
Johns Hopkins University
School of Advanced International Studies
Surplus Sales Under Fire Over Army Equipment
Washington AP United States foreign aid agency officials say surplus gear donated to allies later returns as usable military equipment. A Senate subcommittee probes the discard of cranes tractors and bulldozers by Defense Department, with Gruening accusing inflated repair costs and possible fraud. Pentagon defends waste allegations as unsafe for soldiers in Vietnam. AID says it has repurposed about 30 million dollars worth of gear over six years.
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Walter R. Mears
Washington
Pentagon
Foreign Aid Agency
Agency For International Pen (Aid
Ader Pentagon
Senate
Gruening
Viet Nam
AID
Congress
Medical Society Names Officers In Arkansas
Dr. Joseph Norton of Little Rock was named president elect of the Arkansas Medical Society at its 90th annual meeting in Hot Springs. Other officers elected include Art Martin of Fort Smith as first vice president, Breryn Moore Jr. of El Dorado as second vice president, and David Pontius of West Memphis as third vice president.
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Hot Springs
Ark
Joseph 4. Norton
Little Rock
Arkansas Medical Society
Art Martin
Fort Smith
Breryn Moore Jr
el Dorado
Dayvid
Pontius
West Memphs
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Joe
North Viet Nam
Col
Robinson Risner
Hanoi
Risner
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China
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Laos
Cambodia
WAR Tome
Miles
NEA
Vinh
Than Hoa
Guam
AP News Digest
Star
Meyer
Chicago
Charles T. Meyer Jr
Jim Wheeler
Hope Plant
Lynn Harris
Hempstead County
National Federation of Republican Women's Clubs
Washington, D. C
Sandy Harmon
Hope Rt. 4
Marlene Jones
Hope Rt. 2
Evangel College
Springfield, Mo
Central Baptist College
Conway
Myrle Cox
Merlin Cox
Central
Leon Taylor
Camden
First Christian Church
Lanores Barry
Joseph Lippman
Medical Society
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