Editorial Letter Endorses Rocketeer and Hammer Schmidt for Office
A reader declares support for Winthrop Rocketeer for Governor and John Paul Hammer Schmidt for Congress, plans to vote Democratic otherwise, and criticizes Jim Johnson of Arkansas Supreme Court as a partisan figure. The piece argues for Rockefeller or Johnson based on state needs, blasts federal spending, and urges passage of Initiative No. 1 to consolidate school districts for efficiency and better education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Johnson
Johnson
Arkansas Supreme Court
C. E. Johnson
Ashdown
Sato Reaffirms Japan Reliance on U S Security
Tokyo AP report quotes Prime Minister Eisaku Sato saying Japan will rely on the United States for nuclear security despite China's missile test. He notes Japan has the capacity for nuclear weapons but follows nonproliferation and depends on U S protection. Sato also praises Johnson's Far East trip for peace efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Eisaka Sato
China
Japan
United States
Sato
Associated Press
Johnson
Far East
Viet Nam
United States-Asia
Eisaku Sato
ABC Network Uses Hope Ward Results In Election Forecast
ABC network plans to use Hope ward voting data for its election night forecast with help from Magnolia League of Women Voters reporters. Mrs. E D Carmichael says analysts will gather results from Hope and relay figures from selected wards and precincts to New York studios for gubernatorial and congressional races.
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Hope
American Broadcasting Company
John Kraft
ABC
E.d.carmicheal
Magnolia League of Women Voters
Magnolia League
Frank Irwin
Magnolia
New York
Irwin
Southern State College
League
ABC News
Carmichael
Hape
Stamps
Texarkana
Delaware accuses Supreme Court of constitutional violation
Delaware Attorney General David Buckson lashed out at the Supreme Court for refusing to hear a suit challenging the winner take all electoral system. He argued the court violated the Constitution by denying due process, noting the case sought to challenge how states award electoral votes and that Delaware and several others claim the system discriminates against voters in smaller states. Buckson later petitioned for reconsideration.
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Barry Schweid
Washington
Delaware
Supreme Court
David P. Buckson
U.S
District of Columbia
New York
Buckson
Faubus Donates to Education Television Study
Gov. Orval Faubus used $5,000 from his emergency fund to support the Southern Regional Education Board regional education television study. Arkansas is among 15 SREB members but the 1965 legislature did not appropriate funds for the project.
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Little Rock
Orval Faubus
Southern Regional Education Board
Arkansas
SREB
Disputes Rise Over Tax Records in Governor Race
Republicans charged that Democratic candidate Jim Johnson was late in assessing household contents for property tax in three counties. Campaign staff alleged Johnson’s records show $600 underreporting in 1965 66, with other vehicle assessments disputed in Ashley Faulkner and Pulaski. Rockefeller defended his assets saying no stock bond assessment was missed. Johnson toured eastern Arkansas as Rockefeller pressed for face to face talks. A nursing home owner claimed Johnson sought welfare donor favor with letters promising raises. Johnson’s Conway area home valued about 65 000 to 75 000 dollars.
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Robert Shaw
Associated Press
Jim Johnson
Marlon Burton
Winthrop Rockefeller
Johnson
John Cooper
Joe Basore
Brinkley
Clay
Burton
Richard Yates
Pulaski
Faulkner
Ashley
Yates
Ashley County
Faulkner County
James D. Johnson
Lake Beaverfork
Conway
Body of Man Identified in Arkansas River Tragedy
In Judsonia Arkansas police identified Allen B Moody 64 of Bald Knob as the man found in the Little Red River near Judsonia. Moody disappeared October 20 from a local nursing home and apparently fell into the river.
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Jusdonia
Ark
Allen B. Moody
Bald Knob
Little Red River
Judsonia
Moody
Titan Rocket on Flying Circus Flight
The United States fired the opening shot in a space program by launching an unmanned modified Gemini capsule on a 33 minute ballistic suborbital flight. Four satellites were orbited, one carrying decoys, as part of the Manned Orbiting Laboratory program with a first manned mission planned for 1969. The Titan 3, 16 stories tall, lifted off at 8 51 a.m. EST from Cape Kennedy.
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Howard Benedict
Aearspace
Cape Kennedy
Fla
United States Today
Air Force
Manned Orbiting Laboratory
U.S
Flight Control Center
Atlantic Ocean
Yerger FHA Officers Installed 1966 67
Yerger High School hosted the Future Homemakers of America installation in the gym last Friday. Officers were installed as Carolyn Hickles Parliamentarian Mary Washington Vice President Joyce Haney Historian Brenda Mills Long Leader Loretta Williams Assistant Secretary Mesedes Smith Treasurer Mary Martine Secretary Bobbie Millus President with Sara Jones Linda Mitchell reporters Justene Dudley song leader Mecedes Smith named 2nd Vice President. On Saturday October 29 members attended the FH A Federation meeting at Henderson State College Arkadelphia Theme 21 Years Foundation for Progress. Doris Brown served as Club Mother.
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Yerger F. H. A
Carolyn Hickles
Mary Washington
Joyce Haney
Brenda Mills
Loretta Williams
Mesedes Smith
Mary Martine
Bobbie Millus
Sara Jones
Linda Mitchell
Justene Dudley
Homemakers of America
Yerger High School
F.H.A. Federation
Henderson State College
Arkadelphia
Foundation For Progress
Mecedes Smith
Bobbie Mills
Doris Brown
Lawyers to Watch Election Watch Arkansas Helpers
The Election Research Council announced 26 lawyers will assist during the upcoming Arkansas general election. Council chairman John H. Haley said the lawyers will help voters and election officials, maintaining close contact with the election scene on Tuesday. He noted the council did not expect 1964 levels of issues but a vigil is prudent in some areas.
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Little Rock
Election Research Council
Arkansas
John H. Haley
Council
Haley
Arkansas History Book Copyright Sale Approved
Attorney General Bruce Bennett ruled that the Arkansas History Commission and the state Board of Education may copyright and sell the state history book. The manuscript became state property when funded by the 1963 legislature with a $20,000 appropriation for the History Commission to prepare the work.
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Little Rock
Bruce Bennett
Arkansas History Commission
State Board of Education
Bennett
Arkansas
The
History Commission
Winter Storm Wrecks Havoc Across U S Deep South
The storm fueled by Lake Erie dumped heavy snow across six states from Tennessee to Michigan and brought severe cold to the Deep South. Reported deaths exceeded a dozen, traffic accidents spiked, and schools closed from Kentucky to Tennessee. Snow totals reached 8 inches in Louisville and Huntsville saw four inches with Florida near freezing temperatures. Airline flights canceled in Detroit and major highways shut in Tennessee. Gale warnings covered the Great Lakes and North Atlantic coast.
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Associated Press
Lake Erie
Tennessee
Michigan
Great Lakes
Kentucky
Ohio
Upper Peninsula
Midwest
Deep South
Huntsville
Ala
Birmingham
Minnesota
Southland
Florida
Jackson
Miss
Atlanta
Middle Tennessee
Louisville
Tannnch's
Monteagle Mountain
Detroit
Utgoing
Hibbing
Minn
Watertown
N.Y
Key West
Fla
Westward View on Viet Nam and Nuclear Defense
AP News Digest covers Eisaku Sato reaffirming reliance on the United States for nuclear defense, Johnson urging unity in policy, Republican strategizing for 1968, Romney’s Republican bid, a military man in space program milestone, Sheppard trial testimony, missing piano tuner Gerald Henke, and shifts in DOD contracting. International notes include Erhard's uncertain future and Canadian power system reforms reducing blackout risk.
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National
Air Force
J. Spencer Houk
Samuel H. Sheppard
Marilyn Sheppard
Gerald Henke
FBI
Detroit
Defense Department
Ludwig Erhard
Soldier from Jasper Texas dies in Viet Nam action
Mrs. Earnest Cobb reports PFC Judd Kennedy was killed in action on November 1 when his 8th Infantry 4th Division unit was wiped out except for one man. Kennedy’s home was in Jasper Texas. Burial will be at Salem Cemetery near Bloomingburg. Texas.
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Earnest Cobb
Judd Kennedy
Viet Nam
8Th Infantry
Jasper
Texas
Ruth Story Bardwell
J. W
Garrett Story
Hope
Salem Cemetery
Bloom
Sateburg
Southwestern Bell
South Main
First Baptist Church
Hope Exchange
Frank Meeks
Southswestern Bell
Meeks
Nursing Homes Seek Welfare Rate Increase in Arkansas
The Arkansas Nursing Home Association was reported to seek a 25 dollar per month rise in welfare client rates. Welfare commissioner A J Red Moss said he met with members and sympathizes with their problems as homes face rising costs stricter standards and mandatory pay scale hikes. The Welfare Department currently pays 115 to 175 dollars per month per client depending on care type.
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Uttle Rock
Arkansas Nursing Home Association
A. J
Red) Moss
Welfare Department
Whitfield lodge to confer Fellowcraft degree Friday
All Around Town reports Whitfield Masonic Lodge No. 239 will confer a Fellowcraft Degree at 7 30 p m Friday November 4. Also a Jaycee sponsored Turkey Shoot is set for Sunday November 6 at 2 p m at Fair Park with participants urged to bring rifles and funs. The piece also lists Hempstead students active in the Young Arkansans for Rockefeller Club and notes graduates and yearbook staff moves at Southern State College and Hope High School observers.
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Whitfield Masonic Lodge No. 239
Fair Park
Southern State College
Patmos
Hope High
Southern State
Sharon Frith
Hope
Kansas City
Miss Frith
Hope High School
B&upw
Lions, Kiwanis
Rotary
Arkansas University
Johnson Opens Final Campaign Push After Manila Trip
President Johnson, back from the Far East, appeals for unity and renewed Viet Nam policy. He urges voter support for Democrats in upcoming state and congressional elections, says Asia understands the need to defeat Communist aggression, and stresses continuing U.S. effort. Senator Mansfield and Nixon critique Viet Nam strategy, while Fulbright greets the president in rain at the airport.
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Walter R. Mears
Washington
Johnson
Far East
Viet Nam
Ralny Dulles International
White House
America
United States
Manila
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Shelby, Mont
Mansfeld
Richard M. Nixon
Charleston
W.va
Asia
Nixon
China
Sen. J
W. Fulbright
D-Ark
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Republic
Trimble
NEA
First Cavalry
Phu Cat
South Viet Nam
ABC Network
Hope Ward
Bob Gassaway
Saigon
North Viet Nam
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Marine
Dong Hoi
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Titan
Flying
Yerger Fha
AP News Digest
George Romney
Star
LBJ
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