Clobbering stamp space prompts postal reform push
Our Daily Bread editor recounts a campaign against the printed "Place Stamp Here" on return envelopes. He cites Arkansas Revenue, Southwestern Bell, and the IRS, detailing letters to the Post Office and plans for congressional inquiry if unsatisfied with results.
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Post Office Department
Star
Washington
John Paul Hammerschmidt
Washington, D. C
Stirs
Tam
Iam
Post Office
Spies Alert Nuclear Arms Sites Move Hiding Places
Washington reports the United States weighs relocating nuclear warheads from Western Europe after spy risks. analysts cite a top German officer's murder and a Turkish diplomat's arrest as triggering fear the Soviets may hold sensitive weapon data and NATO plans. Interrogations of Turkish official Nihat Imre unfold at Allied HQ.
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Washington
United States
Europe
Soviet Union
Russia
Nihat Imre
Saturation police plan for high accident areas in southwest Arkansas
The Arkansas State Police announced an all out saturation program for high accident areas in southwest Arkansas. Captain Milton Mosier said the effort will run Friday through early Sunday morning in Hempstead and Miller counties chosen for high traffic volumes and fatalities. Hempstead has 15 fatalities in 1968 compared with 1967, while Miller county shows six fewer fatalities in 1968.
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Arkansas
Police Today
Milton Mosier
Hope District
Mosier
Hempstead County
Axd Miller County
Miller County
$40 Million to Be Spent Teaching Folks How to Control Rats
State Police report the $40 million rat control fund approved by Congress a year ago remains unspent. The Public Health Service seeks Budget Bureau approval to begin with about $15 million for 47 local government applicants. Plans favor neighborhood groups and city health departments, with emphasis on garbage storage and rat harborages rather than direct eradication. The effort aims to educate residents and implement targeted projects in slum areas. Balt imore and Philadelphia have signaled optimism about receiving funds. The program stems from a contentious 1967 debate over eradicating rats in urban areas.
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Dick Barnes
Associated Press
Washington
Congress
Public Health Service
Bureau of the Budget
Gatoid
Whale County
Baltimora
Philadelphia
House
French fear De Gaulle plan not enough
Paris AP dispatch reports French businessmen deem the austerity plan insufficient while Communist leader Ballanger voices worker opposition to a roughly 400 million dollar rise in indirect sales taxes. Premier Couve de Murville defends a budget cut from 2.94 billion to 1.27 billion as measures to stabilize the franc and spur production.
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John Vinocur
Associated Press
Paris
Charles de Gaulle
National Assembly
Maurice Couge de Murville
Robert Ballanger
Courge de Murville
Humphrey to hunt pheasant for Thanksgiving in Rochester
Vice President Hubert Humphrey and his two sons arrived in Rochester to hunt pheasant on James P. Wilmot’s private game preserve near Mendon, replacing the traditional turkey. After the hunt they will return to Waverly, Minnesota for Thanksgiving.
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Rochester
N.Y
Hubert H. Humphrey
Humphreys
James P. Wilmot
Wilmot
Mendon
Humephreys
Waverly
Minn
85 Enemy Workers Arrested in Saigon Roundup
Saigon police report arresting 85 Viet Cong political workers over a two week sweep begun November 11 to crush a nascent Communist political apparatus. Fifteen were women. most had prior Communist records. The roundup followed the capture of a senior lieutenant who flagged 16 Viet Cong cells in the city. Nearby, ground fighting remained limited with Marines in the DMZ and a clash near Gio Linh leaving three enemy soldiers killed.
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George Esper
Associated Press
Saigon
South Vetsnamese
Leutenant
North Vietnam
Communist Party
South Vietnam
U.S
South Kvietnam
Tha
Dmz
Gio Linh
Bank Card Program Expanded In Arkansas
Charles Sharpe Jr of First National Bank announced that the Arkansas Motor Hotel Association and the Arkansas Restaurant Assn began honoring BankAmericard this week. The two groups represent over 800 businesses. Three Arkansas banks helped set up the plan: Arkansas First National Bank of Hot Springs, City National Bank of Fort Smith, and Simmons First National Bank of Pine Bluff. Other Arkansas banks in BankAmericard will join the system.
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Charles Sharpe, Jr
First National Bank
BankAmericard Proram
Therkansas Motor Hotel Association
Arkansas Restaurant Assn
BankAmericard
Sharpe
Arkansas
Arkansas First National Bank of Hot
Westmoreland Receives Union League Gold Medal
Philadelphia AP Gen. William C. Westmoreland former allied commander in Vietnam is the 21st American to receive the Union League gold medal. The Army chief of staff said the enemy in South Vietnam could use tough talk tactics at the Paris peace talks but added the U. S. is in an undeniable strength on the battlefield.
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Philadelphia
William C. Westmoreland
Vietnam
Union League
U.S. Army
South Vietnam
Paris
Serious Peace Talks Expected to Be At Least a Month Away
Saigon leader Nguyen Van Thieu said peace talks would begin in Paris in a few days but warned that this does not guarantee quick peace. U S officials expect talks to start in late next month after Saigon agreed to end its boycott in exchange for influence over South Vietnamese internal matters. The Saigon delegation, likely led by Vice President Nguyen Cao Ky, is due to depart for Paris soon.
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Saigon
Neuyen van Thieu
Paris
Spencer Davis
Associated Press
Washington
U.S
Nguyen van Thied
Nguyen Cao Ky
Farm Group Backs Tax Increases At Arkansas Convention
Arkansas Farm Bureau Federation delegates at their 34th annual convention in Hop Springs vote to back tax hikes on alcoholic beverages cigarettes and soft drinks and a one cent sales tax increase. They oppose gun control a state agriculture department and price support payment limits. They back merger of Little Rock University with the University of Arkansas and prefer election of leaders by popular vote. They also support single member legislative districts and 60 day sessions every two years.
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Hop .Springs
Ark
Arkansas Farm . Bureau Federation
Winthrop Rockefeller
Commissioner of Agriculture
State Agriculture Department
Little Rock University
University of Arkansas
Vietnam peace talks to start in December says US officials
US officials report expanded peace talks should begin in December after the Saigon government agreed to end its boycott. South Vietnamese police arrest 85 Viet Cong political workers in a drive to crush a Communist network. Smugglers bring rice from Cambodia to Viet Cong and Saigon markets. Santa to visit Hope on Friday November 29 with letters read on KXAR in December.
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Vietnam
Sagon
Cambodia
Saigon
Washington
Congress
Santa Claus
Santa
KXAR
All Around Town Matches and Community Events Summary
Henderson student Stan Parris, a 185 pound sophomore halfback, earns All AIC defensive back post. Hope High junior class plans a December 7 paper drive to fund the annual can contest. Susan Rogers, Southern State College psychology major and Hope High graduate, joins Sigma Tau Delta. Ellen Turner to tour with Hendrix College Choir for 1958 Candler light Carol service. Jo Anne Cookie Jones injured in Little Rock apartment incident. Marine Cpl. Charles Arnold returns on leave after Vietnam tour. next assignment Camp Lejeune. Hope High Junior class schedules yard clean-up November 30. contact Mary Beth Millican or Dan Stuart. Cadette Girl Scout event by Conifer Council held at Texarkana College with Hope attendees. Mrs. Somers honored for 11 years service.
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Susan Rogers
Southern State College
Epsilon Theta
Sigma Tau Delta English
Herbert Rogers
Hope
Hope High
Association of Women Students
The
Baptist Student Union
Mary Beth Millican
Dan Stuart
Conifer Girl Scout Council
Texarkana College
Rebecca Stuart
Janet McCain
Mary Young
Vickie May
Hilda Roy
Anita McCauley
Kim Geist
Mary Somers
Revelle Wilson
Conifer
Frank Somers
NLF Pushes Four-Party Vietnam Peace Parley
Paris dispatch reports the Viet Cong National Liberation Front demanding a four party peace conference with the NLF as an independent participant on equal footing with the United States North Vietnam and the Saigon government. Duong Dinh Thao rejects two sided talks and insists an enlarged four party format include Saigon while warning the Saigon administration represents no one. Thieu plans to send a mission, but the talks remain suspended since November 6.
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Paris
Viet Cong
National Liberation Front
Vietnam
NLP
United States
North Vietnam
NLF
Duong Dine Thao
Washington
Safegon
Thae
Saison
Nguyen van Thieu
U.S
Thieu
Living Costs Jump in October the Biggest Rise in Eight Years
AP report from Washington notes October living costs rose six-tenths of a percent, the largest monthly increase in eight years, with clothing and transportation up nine-tenths each and food and housing up four-tenths. Bureau estimates show 1968 annual inflation could reach about 4.5 percent, while wage controls loom as a potential measure.
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Neil Gilbride
Associated Press
Washington (Ap
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Asst
Arnold Chase
Bureau
Chase
Sipe Gle
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Wallace Martin
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AP News Digest
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Richard M. Nixon
Nelson A. Rockefeller
J. Strom Thurmond
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Mike Mansfield
Nixon
International
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Japan
Okinawa
Juanita Mayle
National San Francisco State College
Long Island Rail Road
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Sophos
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AIC
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Ellen Turner
McDowell Turner
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