Welfare clash over Arkansas spending in Rockefeller era
Arkansas welfare officials spar over a budget crisis as Blaylock cites rising costs and expanded programs since Faubus left office. He notes a 1968-67 surge of 14.7 million with nursing home payments driving expenses to over 100 million annually while eligibility broadened and board activity waned.
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Liptle Rock
Jock
Welsfire
Goarses
Jey
Orval Faney
Fautus
Arakafisas
Ffice
Blaylock
Rockefeller
Faubus
State Welfare Board
General Assembly
Welfare Board
Eagle Street
Cave City
Street
Moss Claims There Was Enough Cash
Former Welfare Commissioner A J Red Moss testified that funds remained sufficient to support a $5 monthly welfare raise for 1967 68 and 1968 69. He disputed Gov Rockefeller’s charges of fiscal mismanagement and said he warned the budget would be short, offering to advise the governor again. The article also notes a Hempstead County group meeting with Elizabeth Alstadt as guest speaker at City Hall.
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Little Rock
A. J. ‘Red’ Moss
Winthrop Rockefeller
State Welfare Board
Orval Faubus
General Assembly
Rockefeller
Faubus
Moss
Gary Rockefeller
Marilyn) Bledsoe
Roger Line
Peat, Marwick, Mitchell and Associates
Hempstead County
City Hall
Elizabeth Alstadt
Arkansas State Department of Health
Hunsville
Ark
Otval Fantag
Winthrop Roakes Feller
Red Moss
A. J. Moss
State Revenue Department
Earier
Gayle Winsder
Frank Cantrell
Associated Industries of Arkansas
Fulbright urges limits on president after Tonkin vote
James Marlow reports that amid calls to curb presidential power in foreign affairs, Senator Fulbright reflects on the 1964 Tonkin Gulf resolution which authorized force in Southeast Asia. He notes the president may still need congressional approval for war and discusses executive agreements versus treaties contrasted with past military deployments.
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James Marlow
Washington
Tonkin Gulf
Southeast Asia
Vietnam
Johnson
United States
Sen. J. W. Fulbright
D-Ark
Fulbright
Senate
U.S
Oreten
Congress
Dominican Republic
Tonkin
Senate Foreign Relations Comme
Faubus Deflects Welfare Blowback and Tax Law Losses
Arkansas figures clash over welfare funding and Act 113 tax reform. Faubus accuses Rockefeller of draining funds, while Rockefeller critics argue state management worsened the gap. Debate centers on federal matching funds, merit hiring limits, and possible $5 million losses.
Students protest and political debate at universities nationwide
A UT Arlington student body opposed to immediate Vietnam War withdrawal shows in a campus vote with 1724 for halting the war and 2916 against, while 387 are uncertain. At Central State University in Wilberforce Ohio 200 students trap President Groves in his office to support nonteaching employees in a labor dispute. Grambling College students criticize athletics over academics in a scholars rebellion. Other campuses protest CIA and Dow Chemical recruiters. In a New York press conference President Johnson blames Congress for tax and spending inaction, warns of revenue shortfalls and market uncertainty, and condemns large cuts to programs including model cues and rent subsidies.
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Vietnam
Eden Weinmann
University of Texas
U.S
Central State University
Wilberforce
Ohio
Harry Groves
Grambling College
Louisiana
CIA
Navy
Dow Chemeal Co
Johnson
Congress
Conegrass
Tam
Johson
Office of Economic Opportunity
GEG
Obituary and Vietnam War News Blends In One Item
Mrs. Fay Crostoe Russell, 68, longtime Hope resident, dies. Services set for Friday at Herndon Chapel with burial in Memory Gardens. Also reports U S air strikes north of the DMZ destroy a SAM site and destroy barges, trucks, and fortifications. American and allied casualties rise and fall in recent weeks.
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Fay Russell
Fay Crostoe Russell
Hope
B&w Club
First Baptist Church
Frank Russell
Thomas Crostoe
San Fernando
Calif
Herndon Chapel
Gerald Trussell
Everett Vinson
Memory Gardens
Herndon Funeral Home
Panhandle
Hanoi
Demilitarized Zone
U.S
Dmz
Militant Hiring Helped Halt Texas Riots
A Houston antipoverty worker said hiring militants under a federally funded program helped avert a racial crisis after a Houston riot at Texas Southern University. The Senate subcommittee scrutinized the Project Go effort, paying 691 people wages from $1.40 to $2 an hour, to involve dissenters in constructive work.
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Jon Chadwick
Associated Press
Wester Washington
Houston
Texas
Senate
U.S
Senate Investigations
Samuel L. Price
Harris County Community Action Association
Texas Southern University
Texas Southern
Price
Neagro
Eity
Jacob K. Javits
John Li
McClellan
Weather report for 24 hours ending Thursday morning
The Associated Press reports heavy frost across many cities with a 24 hour period ending at 7 a.m. Thursday. Temperatures ranged from lows near 24 to highs near 89 with rain in Albany and New York and clear or cloudy conditions in several western and midwestern locales. The entry notes Charles Curtis, a former vice president, as an Indian descent figure in a truncated line.
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Albuquerque
Atlanta
Boise
Boston
Buffalo
Chicago
Cincinnatii
Cleveland
Denver
Des Moines
Detroit
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Fort Worth
Helena
Honolulu
Indianapolis
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Mit
Milwaukee
New Orleans
New York
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Hla. City
Omaha
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Phoenix
Pittsburgh
Rapid City
Sal Lk. City
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Seaite
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Colin
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Winnipeg
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Clifford P. Case
Ronj. Case
Tonkis
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Timmy Faas
Whittler
Timmy
LBJ
Arkansas
Charles Curtis
See
Kxar Kolumn
Barry’s Grocery & Met
Yerger
Burkett
Xpect Advertising
Horkell Jones Monage
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