All-America: Its Name Is Automobile
The piece reviews 1967 auto industry data from the Digest of Automobile Facts & Figures. It notes widespread car ownership in 1968 America, with 85 percent of 1967 cars having automatics V-8s and radios, 75 percent with power steering, 38 percent with factory air, and a 43 percent share for two-door hardtops. It discusses U.S. auto market share 52.6 percent of world total, aging cars average 5.63 years, and that trucks, though 16 percent, pay 32 percent of vehicle taxes. It also highlights the auto industry’s broad economic impact and the role of auto-related businesses.
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America
Automobile Manufacturers Association
United States
House Sought to Condemn Newspaper
The Arkansas House debated a resolution condemning the Arkansas Democrat for an editorial and cartoon about hypocrisy surrounding the mixed drink issue. The measure, proposed by Hays and Bethell, would have condemned free speech. it failed. Also, James V. Spence Sp., 80, of El Dorado, former state Board of Education member, died Wednesday.
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Little Rock
Arkansas House Today
Arkansas Democrat
Arkansas
Methodist Church
Albert Hays
Stuttgart
John Bethell
Des Arc
Cal Ladbetter
Bethell
Hot Springs
Marion Hotel
Bethel
Sterling R. Cockrill Jr
EL Dorado, Ark
James V. Spence Sp
el Dorado
State Board of Education
Spence
Victoria OW Co
Strong Light Plant
Board of Education
House Votes to Transfer State Funds
In Little Rock Arkansas the Senate failed to advance a $4 750 000 tobacco tax bill by six votes and a fee motion kept it alive. The House amended a Senate bill to move 1 5 million from the revolving fund to the Welfare Department to boost elderly monthly benefits by 5. The measure passed 61 20 and 71 1 and returns to the Senate. Also cleared was a Senate bill authorizing transfer of unencumbered general budget balances at year end. The House concurred 89 0 in a Revenue Stabilization Act transfer and sent it to Gov Rockefeller for signature as the special session approaches adjournment. The governor faced a doomed riot control bill and a defeated mixed drink bill.
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Senate
Arkansas House
Welfare Department
House
State Administration Department
Winthrop Rockefeller
Arkansas
Memphis
Rockefeller
Q. Byrum Hurst
Hot Springs
Hurst
Earth Is But a Vast Tomb Memorial Day Thought
HAL BOYLE reflects on Memorial Day as a resurrection when flowers cover graves of fallen loved ones. He ponders memory, grief, and the enduring bonds between the living and the dead, citing diverse poets and thinkers about consolation and the solace of remembrance.
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Hal Boyle
New York
Navy Seeks Source of Scorpion Signal Amid Widespread Search
Norfolk area reports a lone coded radio signal possibly from the missing submarine Scorpion. Navy ships and a patrol plane scoured 110 to 300 miles east of Norfolk, but no further transmissions were detected. Officials said the code name appeared repeatedly in contact among search units, maintaining hope of a find.
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Scorpion
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Weta
Atlantic
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T. L. Ingraham
Force
Ingraham
AP News
Washington
Amage
Atelantic
Resurrection City
Washington, D.C
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Teamsters Union
International Paris
de Gaulle
Robert F. Kennedy
California
Eugene J. McCarthy
Nation Honors War Dead On Memorial Day Centennial
Americans marked Memorial Day centennial with speeches by President Johnson and observances nationwide. Taps, flowers, and martial music accompanied readings as casualty lists grew from Vietnam. The obituary-like tomb of the unknown soldier at Arlington honors three unknowns from World War I World War II and the Korean War.
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Vietnam
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Grand Army of the Republic
Clark Clifford
Arlington National Cemetery
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U.S
Louisville
West End
Two Rioters Killed in Louisville
In Louisville West End riots two youths were killed during violence that began Monday night. Matthias Browder, 18, was killed by a liquor store guard and James Groves, 14, by a police shotgun blast as crowds looted and clashed with officers and National Guardsmen. Government and city leaders pressed for calm with curfews lifted and talks to reform security in the area.
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Associated Press
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Hiquor
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Bert Hawkins
Louie B. Nunn
Kenneth Schmied
City Hall
William Colson
Pace Court
Drowned Youth Near De Queen Identified as Pettigrew
Alonzo Pettigrew, 15, of near De Queen, Ark, drowned Wednesday afternoon while swimming in the Rolling Fork River near De Queen. He was a Hora tio student and the son of Mrs. Shul Young. He disappeared in about 10 feet of water while swimming with his brother. his body was recovered about 45 minutes later.
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DE Queen, Ark
Alonzo Pettigrew
de Queen
Rolling Fork
Pettigrew
Horatio
Shul Young
Near de Queen
Ouachita U President to Preach at Hope church
Dr. Ralph Phelps president of Ouachita Baptist University will preach both services at First Baptist Church Hope Arkansas Sunday June with sermons at 9 45 am and 7 00 pm. He has just completed his 15th year as president and recently served as Southwest Region Director of the Office of Economic Opportunity. The notice invites the community to hear him in worship.
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Ouachita Baptist University
First Baptist Church
Hope
Arkansas
Phelps
Ouchita Baptist University
Southwest Region
Office of Economic Opportunity
Demend
DeGaulle Refuses to Quit Amid Communist Threats Warned
The report outlines DeGaulle’s stance against resigning as dangers of a Communist takeover loom. It covers allied combat in Saigon area and high intensity fighting along the DMZ with U S Marines and North Vietnamese forces. It notes multiple casualties, air strikes, and ongoing efforts to disrupt North Vietnamese concentrations in the highlands.
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Associated Press
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North Vietnam
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Navy
Marine
North
Vietnam
Panhandle
Whitfield Lodge to confer Entered Apprentice degree
All Around Town notes Whitfield Masonic Lodge No. 239 will confer an Entered Apprentice degree Friday May 31 at 7 30 p m. Also from Hope area news: federal disaster relief funds totaling about 125000 allocated to Arkansas with Sevier Howard Little River Hempstead Nevada Pike and Clark Counties in the disaster area.
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Whitfield Masonic Lodge No. 239
Arkansas
Sevier
Howard
Little River
Hempstead
Nevada
Pike and Clark
De Gaulle Talks Tough as Strike Threatens France
President Charles de Gaulle said France faces totalitarian Communist threats as a strike wave paralyzes the country. He dissolved the National Assembly while keeping Georges Pompidou as premier, postponing the June referendum and signaling possible elections within the constitutional window. He warned against intimidation and tyranny and vowed not to yield.
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Rooney Angove
Associated Press
Paris
Charles Dé Gaulle
France
Georges Pompidou
de Gaulle
Emg le
Wind Shift Brings State Rain With Thunderstorms Expected
A wind shift is expected to bring more moisture into Arkansas tonight and Friday. Showers and thunderstorms will become more numerous as moisture accumulates. A cold front is expected to enter the state Saturday morning and push rain and storms across the area.
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Arkansas
Bre Sane
Two Killed in Collision Near Rock City
A collision killed two people near Rock City as rescue crews arrived eight miles away. Police identified the victims as local residents Teo Os and Kilo Bones in the early, unfolding report.
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LE Rock
Little Rock
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