Metropolitan Opera House at Lincoln Center Highlighted in Weakened Letter
A fragmentary reminiscence from Viet Nam era notes the Metropolitan Opera House at Lincoln Center as a cultural jewel. It describes its vast scale, eight stories above ground with extensive underground space, and mixed feelings about missing performances and future visits.
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New York City
Billy Dan Jones
Bill
Fairchild Press
Long Island
Dr. Jones
Lorie cd
Editorium
United States
Treat Horseshow
Arger
New York
Weekend Toll Rises as Arkansas Records Five Deaths
An Associated Press report states five deaths on Arkansas roads during the Thanksgiving weekend. Two teenagers died Saturday night in separate accidents: John Larry Thomas, 18, of Stuttgart, killed when his car left Arkansas 11 near Hazen and overturned. James Gateley, 18, of Little Rock, killed in a two car collision in Little Rock.
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Sy Phe
Associated Press
Arkansas
John Larry Thomas
Lester Thomas Stuttgart
Hazen
James Gateley
Little Nock
Star First in Arkansas Buys World’s Newest Color Machine
Hope Star will become southwest Arkansas’ first paper to print four color pictures using the Berkey Direct Screen System. The purchase, arranged for December delivery, marks the region’s entry into automated offset four color work with expert support from Berkey and Eastman Kodak.
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Star
Arkansas
Hope Star
Southwest Arkansas
Berkey
Graphic Arts
Berkey Technical Corp
New York
The
Berekey
Man Kodak
Dallas
Ray Turner Heads 3d Dist. Stock Show
Ray Turner, local automobile dealer, elected president of the Third District Livestock Show. He has served as vice-president and helped secure grants for grounds improvements including a $10,000 state grant to remodel the coliseum. The 17 county board also named Travis Ward first vice-president Ray Goodson second vice-president and Frank Douglas secretary treasurer.
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Ray Turner
Third District
Organsization
Turner
Election Explained Committee Reforms Set For County ASC Elections
Changes approved at last year’s county convention aim to stabilize ASC farm program administration. Regular community committee members will elect county committeemen for three year terms, with annual alternates and annual chair and vice chair elections. Eligibility requires residency and voting eligibility in county community elections.
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ASC
ASCA
Lization and
Conservation County Committee
Federal Post Office
Hope
Eligibil
Bombers Hit Viet Cong Main Holgs
U S Air Force B52 bombers attacked the suspected central Viet Cong headquarters northwest of Saigon while North Vietnamese troops shelled U S forces in the central highlands. Navy ships fired over 1,300 shells at targets in South Viet Nam as monsoon weather limited air raids.
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Saigon
U.S
Ple Djereig
Nguyen Cao Ky
Plei Djereng
Arthur S. Collins
David O. Byars
U.S. Navy
7Th Fleet
South Viet Nam
North Viet Nam
Guam
Tay Ninh
101St Airborne Division
Tuy Hoa
U.S. 25Th Infantry Division
U.S. Army
Piet Djereng
Johnson Busy at Texas Desk
President Johnson plans to work today on correspondence and reports from Austin Texas. He is pleased with the progress after his November 16 operation to remove a throat polyp and repair an inguinal hernia.
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Austin, Tex
Johnson
Record Thanksgiving highway toll ties all time high
Associated Press reports 728 traffic deaths over a four day Thanksgiving weekend, with 125 under 18. The toll surpasses last year’s 615 and matches the era’s peak. Sunday was the deadliest day with nearly 250 fatalities as mild weather drew more travelers and conditions worsened inland.
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Associated Press
Dryden
N.Y
Romney Tops Nixon in Gallup Poll for 1968 Bid
A Gallup poll after the November elections shows Michigan Governor George Romney leading Richard Nixon as the top Republican presidential candidate for 1968. Romney attracts 39 percent of Republicans and 34 percent of independents, while Nixon has 31 percent of Republicans and 22 percent of independents.
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Princeton
Michigan
George Romney
Richard M. Nixon
Romney
Nixon
All Around Town Notes and Local Sports Highlights
Sgt James W Smith of Hope promoted to Technical Sergeant effective December 1 and set to deploy to Thailand in January with family remaining in Tacoma Washington. Arkansas opens 1966 67 basketball season vs Kansas under new coach Duddy Waller with only three lettermen returning. Arkansas All-Americans Loyd Phillips and Martine Bercher in New York for Coaches and UPI All America events. Annual Christmas tree display opens December 3 at Arkansas Arts Center through December 27. Prescott incident update from state pathologist report to Hope later this week. Ricky Butler renamed Ricky Burke in local accident report. Hope Fire Department responded to two car fires on East and West Third streets. causes traced to carburetors.
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James W. Smith
A. A. Smith
Hope
Sgt Smith
Thaisland
Tacoma
Washington
Morning Mails
University of Arkansas
Kansas
Duddy
Wailer
Buddy
Glen Rose
Sugg
McConnell
Rousseau
Talkington
Cook
Waller
Arkansas
Loyd Phillips
Martine Bercher
New York
Phillips
Look
Tax Hike Predicted by Party Leader in House
Rep Hale Boggs the third ranking Democrat says Johnson may seek a 10 to 15 billion dollar income tax hike. He cites projected 125 billion spending with a deficit over revenues and urges both parties to face up to the issue. Walter Heller backs a 5 percent across the board tax rise tied to higher rates easing.
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Washington
Hale Boggs
House
Johnson
Congress
Johneson
Boggs
Texas
CBS
Revenes
Walter W. Heller
President's Council of Economic Advisers
John F. Kennedy
NBC
Heller
University of Minnesota
50 50 Break on Foreign Policy Asked
Republicans seek parity on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee after gains in November as 64 to 36 party split and Fulbright chairmanship may constrain seats. Potential move could elevate Sen. John Sherman Cooper linking seniority with committee assignments amid Viet Nam policy debate.
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Jack Bell Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Johnson
Congress
Senate
JW. Fulbright
DeArk
Mike Mansfield
Everett M. Dirksen
John Shereman Cooper
R-Ky
India
GOP
Cooper
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