Government spends more on children than private taxpayers
An examination of government benefits shows Aid to Dependent Children and Cuba Refugee programs funding ranges from 900 to 7000 dollars per year, versus private taxpayers bearing about 600 dollars for child upkeep. The piece argues Congress bears responsibility for this disparity and questions sovereignty over business.
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Harold Collier
Congress
Charleston
W. Va
Daily Mail
Hempstead County Library Adds New Space Dedication
Sunday's dedication marked the Hempstead County Library addition with Bill Jones photos featuring Mrs Frances Neal state librarian executive secretary as principal speaker. Dignitaries from Little Rock Hope Jonesboro Benton and Hot Springs attended including Teddy Jones Hope trustee and Dr E T Lawrence who led the dedicatory prayer.
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Bill Jones
Comery
Frances Neal
Hempstead County Library
Neal
Jackie Poe
State Library
Freddie Schrader
Elizabeth Brame
Tommy Dailey
Little Rock
Mary Faught
Jonesboro
Ray Turner
Hope
State Library Commission
Ella Daugherty
Benton
Flat Lachman
Hot Springs
Lachman
Teddy Jones
Hempstead
T. Lawrence
Earl O'Neal
Buddhists Rebuff Ky Forces Amid Vietnam Turmoil
Buddhist leaders demanded the pullback of Premier Nguyen Cao Ky's troops from Da Nang as insurgents push toward Hue and Da Nang centers. Five dead in Da Nang attack. U S warns further turmoil may aid Communists while Saigon faces strikes slowing military cargo.
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Andrew Borowiec
Saigon
South Viet Nam
Nguyen Cao Ky
da Lang
Hue
da Nang
United States
Buddhist Institute
da ‘Nang
Rules Firm Can't Keep Subsidiaries
The Supreme Court ruled New England Electric System may not keep its gas utility subsidiaries. In a 7-2 decision, Justice Douglas announced the ruling reversing a Boston circuit Court. The case traces to 1964 when the SEC ordered divestiture of eight gas utilities in Massachusetts.
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Washington
Supreme Court
New England Electric System
William ©. Douglas
U.S. Circuit Court
Boston
John M. Harlan
Potter Stewart
Securities and Exchange Commission
New England Electric
Chusetts
Circuit Court
Commission
Justice Department
Viet Nam briefing tubes and airfield clash near Tay Ninh
AP digest reports South Vietnamese commander in the northern area, airfield near the Cambodian border partially seized by three regiments. Viet Cong mortar attack on Tay Ninh air field. U.S. Officials urged to help South Vietnamese resolve differences. Also notes Mansfield proposal to withdraw most U.S. troops from Europe and a $4.2 billion education research funding drive. Gemini 9 prep and PTA critique of youth power.
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Stneyey
Viet Nam
Tay Ninh
Cambodian
Astronauts Eager for Bold Gemini 9 Launch
Gemini 9 astronauts Lt. Col. Thomas Stafford and Lt. Cmdr. Eugene Cernan expressed health and readiness for the high stakes mission. Officials called the assignment the toughest ever given astronauts as preparations for Tuesday’s 12:39 p.m. EDT liftoff continued amid weather doubts and a planned final flight plan review.
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Ronald Thompson
Cape Kennedy
Fla
Gemini
Air Force
Thomas P. Stafford
Navy
Eugene A. Cernan
Ita
Stafford
Cernan
Whitfield Lodge to Meet. Local News Roundup
A Whitfield Masonic Lodge No. 239 regular meeting is set for Tuesday May 17 at 730 p.m. in the Masonic Hall. Vernon Huckabee Jr of Hope enlists in the U S Army on May 13 through Texarkana Recruiting Station and will begin basic training at Fort Polk Louisiana. Royce Weisenberger and family visited relatives in Fort Worth while seeing TCU beat Texas A&M 40 for the SWC baseball title and the Horned Frogs practice football 17 to 10. East Texas State University reports 446 spring degree candidates, including Richard Charles Greenhaw from Hope Arkansas in Arts and Sciences. Prescott Kiwanis and Band Mothers sponsor the Kiwanis Minstrel and Variety show May 17 at 8 p.m. featuring Nevada County acts to benefit the Prescott band. City police logs show 23 assaults, eight burglaries, 10 larcenies, seven autos stolen, 222 traffic and 268 other arrests including liquor violations from January through April 30.
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Whitfield Masonic Lodge No
Masonic Hall
Vernon Huckabee Jr
Vernon Huckabee
Hope Rt. 1
U. S. Army
Texarkana
Fort Polk
Army
Royce Weisenberger
TCU
Fort Worth
Texas A & M
TCU Horned Frogs
First Methodist
Gaston Foote
East Texas State University
Hope, Ark
School of Arts and Sciences
Richard Charles Greenhaw
Hope Kiwanis
Prescott High Auditorium
Prescott Band Mothers Club
Prescott Kiwanis Club
Nevada County
Johnson meet as Ky crackdown unsettles Vietnam
Washington officials scrambled after Premier Nguyen Cao Ky ordered a Buddhist dissident crackdown sparking alarm in Da Nang. The State Department said no American units or advisers were involved though some U S personnel may have been pulled from 1st Corps units. President Johnson summoned top aides to Camp David for a crisis briefing, while military leaders moved to harden Da Nang perimeters amid fears of a broader civil war and Viet Cong gains.
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Washington
Johnson
Nguyen Cao Ky
U.S
South Viet Nam
State Department
Marshall Wright
1St Corps
da Nang
Administration
Dean Rusk
Robert S. McNamara
Saigon
Henry Cabot Lodge
Camp David
United States
da Jang
Wright
U. S
1St Corp
Storms lash wide areas of nation across midsection
Thunderstorms stretched from Southern Illinois to Arkansas with tornadoes damaging hail and lightning. Kansas City Kansas reported injuries and significant damage as tornadoes hit Oklahoma Arkansas and Missouri amid violent winds.
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Associated Press
Illinois
Arkansas
Kansas
North Carolina
Kansas City
Kan
Oklahoma
Missouri
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