Nosy census may spark Know Nothing revival
Max H. Washburn argues in Our Daily Bread that Betts, a Ohio Republican, complains the Census Bureau probes private details and could trigger a revival of the Know Nothing Party. He notes penalties for nonresponse and suggests the era’s anti Catholic, anti federal sentiment reemerges amid questions about bathrooms, marriages and babies.
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Max H. Washburn
Betts
Ohio
Republican
Census Bureau
New Haven
Weu
Ea Jackson 5
Steel Haulers Vow to Stop All Trucking
Independent steel haulers reject a labor settlement with the Teamsters and announce a plan to halt all trucking. Reported violence, vandalism, and blockades accompany the stance. Strike leader William Kus Jay of Gary Indiana rails at the Teamsters line while pledging a total work stoppage.
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Robert AL Dobkin
Pittsburgh
Teamsters Union
William Kus
Jay
Gary
Ind
Perce Pac
Teamsters Hne
Dowsble
UA Instructor Is Charged With Ticket Scalp
Robert Bruce Houston a 30 year old University of Arkansas art instructor pleaded not guilty to a charge of legally selling four football tickets. He was arrested after being accused of scalp ing tickets to the Arkansas University of Tulsa game at Razorback Stadium. Donald Coffman 33 of Del City Oklahoma was also arrested and charged with similar offenses. Both men were freed on $103,000 bonds.
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Fayetteville, Ark
Robert Bruce Houston
University of Arkansas
Houston
Arkansas University of Tulsa
Racarback Staton
Donald
Coffman
del City
Chio
Uchet Sedtping
Sentencing in Court Set 13th
The Hempstead County Circuit Court opened its October term with Judge William H. Arnold presiding. Jurors were impaneled for six months and several pleas entered on the criminal docket.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hempstead County
William H. Arnold
Bill Gunter
Bill Watson
Charles Huckabee
Coy Bobo
James M. Walker
James Burke
Lee Hicks
Ray Carter
Floyd Pharris, Sr
Jim Witherspoon
Roger Case
Clyde Fouse
Paul McLelland
Guy Griggs
Chester May
Bob Moe
Martha Delaney
Lola B. Love
City of Hope
Charles Richardson
David C. Muffins
Berry L. Wright
State of Arkansas
Robert Thomas
Homemakers to Hear State Leader in County Meeting
Hempstead County Extension Homemakers will host Mrs. Hazel Jordan state leader for Extension Home Economics at a County Council meeting on Thursday October 5 at the Southwest Branch Experiment Station Hut. Registration at 1 30 p m with refreshments served at 2 00 p m prior to the program.
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Hempstead County Extension
Hazel Jordan
Extension Home Economics
Extension Clll
Southwest Branch Experiment Station
Hopewell E. H. Club
Liberty Hill Club
Jordan
Arkansas
Texarkana
Nashville
Amd
Time Enemy of All Men Foe to Movie Actors
Time, enemy of all men, can be a bitter foe to actors whose fortunes hinge on looks. At 66, Douglas uses age as an asset, from Hollywood’s bon vivant to aging roles. He stars in Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night, playing a man in a home for the aged. He rejects sentiment about aging and stays debonair, treating aging as a natural human process.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
TAL Dot le New York
Mervyh Douglas
Douglas
Hollyswood
Hurricane Fern to Spare Texas Coast Beulah Reach Before Threat
Hurricane Fern bends toward the Mexican coast but appears to spare Texas areas still recovering from Beulah. At 5 am its center was about 200 miles east of Tampico with winds near 85 mph. forecasters warned of up to six foot tides along the Brownsville Tampico corridor as Fern could veer inland tonight between Tampico and Soto La Marina River.
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Gary Garrison
Associated Press
Brownsville, Tex
Fern
Texas
Beulah
Weather Bureau
Tampico
Soto la Marina
Gulf of Mexico
Brownsville
Atlantic
Gulf
Tamptea
Welfare Board Favored by Ruling
Atty Gen Joe Purcell ruled that the state Welfare Board lacks a statutory duty to order reinstate of employees cleared by the Merit System Council. The opinion also says the board cannot reinstate an employee discharged by the commissioner. The board may hold grievance hearings and investigate improper activities within the department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock
Joe Purcell
State Welfare Board
State Welfare
Merit System Council
Orval Faubus
Eagle Strever
Cave City
Blaylock
Tme
Winners in Third District Art Show Exhibit
Winners in the Third District Livestock Show art exhibit last week include Still Life with first Lance Lady and Helen Bittick, Portrait top honors to Lance Lady with Jack Spates and Jerry Swope, Landscape led by Jack Spates. Honorable mentions went to Helen Aldridge, Sarah Townsend, Dorris Anderson, and Jerry Jones. Patrons financing prizes were local businesses such as Diamond Cafe, Dean's Truck Stop, Coca Cola Co., Greening-Ellis Agency, Young Chevrolet, Jacks Art Supplies, Dairy Queen, and Hope Realty.
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Lance Lady
Helen Bittick
Hosa Nell Morrow
Jack Spates
Jerry Swope
Floyd
Sirs
Beatrice Askew
Helen Aldridge
Sarah Townsend
Dorris Anderson
Jerry Jones
Diamond Cafe
Dean's Truck Stop
Collier Fyrn, & Apeliance
Greening-Ellis Agency
Young Chevrolet
Coca Cola Co
Hope Auto
James Motor
Roy Anderson Agency
Barry’s Gyo
Market
Crescent Drug
Jacks Art Supplies
Dairy Queen
Hope Realty
Tractor Driver Killed In Farm Accident At Hazen
AP reports 30 year old Ray F. McMullen of Johnson Chapel community Prairie County Ark died Monday when a tractor overturned on him while he worked on his farm. Authorities said he resided in the local community.
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Associated Press
Hazen, Ark
Ray F. McMullen
Mons
McMullen
Johnson Chapel
Prairie County
Thieu Firmly in Power in Vietnam
President Nguyen Van Thieu faced a dual crisis as a Buddhist self immolation raised tensions over a government charter. Premier Ky urged restraint while militants led protests and warned of further burnings unless the charter was rescinded, with monks marching on the Independence Palace and Thieu insisting the issue remains an internal Buddhist matter.
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Barry Kramer
Associated Press
Saigon
Nguyen van Thieu
Nguyen Cao Ky
Thieu
South Vietnam
An Quang
Thieh
Tri Que
Tri Quang
Independence Palace
Thieu Ky
le Thi Cue
Can Tho
Mekong Delta
Prisoner Pleads Guilty to Escape From State Hospital
Clyde Griffin an 18 year old Tucker Prison Farm inmate who escaped from the State Hospital Aug 23 pleaded guilty in Pulaski Circuit Court to escaping from the hospital. He was arrested in Bastrop La five days after the escape and was given a one year sentence to run consecutively with a two year term for a grand larceny conviction from Washington County.
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Clyde Griffin
Tucker Prison Farm
Pulaski
Griffin
Bastrop
William J. Kireby
Washington County
Private clubs in Hot Springs can sell mixed drinks
Garland County Prosecutor Walter Wright said private clubs may sell mixed drinks as long as sales stay within the law and are limited to club members. He noted the law should not differ from other counties and spoke after inquiries from Hot Springs businessmen about operating incorporated clubs.
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Hot Springs, Ark
Garland County
Walter Wright
Wright
Hot Springs
Halt in All Military Action in Vietnam Proposal
AP News Digest reports Sen. Stuart Symington proposes a fixed-date halt in all U S military action in Vietnam, followed by possible unlimited war if peace talks fail, contingent on a Saigon offer to negotiate and amnesty for Viet Cong members. The plan aims to test de escalation and foresees debate in the Senate.
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Washington
Stuart Symington
Vietnam
Symington
Senate Armed Services Committee
Air Force
Saigon
Missouri Democrat
Senate
Laos
Thailand
Middle East
Europe
Mediterranean
United States
U.S
North Vietnam
Hanoi
Charles de Gaulle
France
Ners el Kebir
Alberta
NATO
Thomas H. Kuchel
California
United Nations
Nguyen van Thieu
South Vietnam
Robert C. Seamans Jr
Thomas McMahon
Johnson
Nursing Home Open to the Public and Open House
Washington notices announce an additional open house for the new Manor Nursing Home at 7206 Greenwood Street. Dr James W Branch said the public should visit Wednesday October 4 from 2 to 5 p.m. to tour the site after many could not attend last Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Manor Nursing Home
Greenwood Street
James W. Branch
Local civic leaders and students named for Hope area roles
All Around Town lists student officers at Southwest Missouri State Col and Hope area officials. Names include Al Saratoga Mike Caldwell president senior class, Johnny McJunkins and Vonne McJunkins in officer roles, Janice Floyd Rebecca Fulton Virginia McLain Lana Cox and more. Community notes report Cong John Paul Hammerschmidt aide visiting October countywide, with Hope visit on October 18. Also updates on H Barry Spraggins teaching in Springfield, Prescott District nurses meeting, Hope Lions door to door bulbs sale, Golden Age Club officers, a court name correction for Rev Jesse Graves, and a Hempstead Chamber joint meeting at 7:30 open to public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
al Saratoga
Mike Caldwell
Southwest Missouri State
Hone
Johnny McJunkins
Presidinx Spraggins
Hope
Dent
Vonne McJunkins
Vietnamese War Upheaval as Troops Press South Vietnam
Reports from Saigon describe North Vietnamese units infiltrating into the central highlands with new uniforms and modern weapons as U.S. forces lift reinforcements. Battles and shelling erupt across major sectors while Saigon faces a Buddhist protest turning deadly as a 20 year old nun self immolates. The U.S. commands note limited contact with enemy but rush more troops to the highlands amid ongoing fighting near Pleiku, with 35 North Vietnamese killed in one clash.
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George McArthur
Associated Press
Wes Saigon
Amartean
Vietnathega
North Vietnam
95B
South Vietnam
Highlands
State Stock Show Opens and Exposition Headlines Rodeo
Arkansas Livestock Exposition opens today with officials predicting record crowds. The fair runs through Sunday with as many as 200000 people expected over six days. The main gate operates daily from sunrise to midnight. Roy Rogers and Dale Evans headline the championship rodeo show.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock
Roy Rogers
Dale Evans
GOPs Seek Secrecy for Bank Records in Arkansas Case
In Little Rock, Arkansas, the Republican Party filed for a temporary restraining order to stop the First National Bank of Little Rock from releasing statewide bank account records. The move aims to prevent disclosure until rights are adjudicated in state Supreme Court or federal courts as part of a GOP led inquiry into a 1968 general election election funding. Federal Judge J. Smith Hensley indicated a ruling would come soon.
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Little Rock
Kansas Republican Party
First National Bank of
State Supreme Court
Jeff Mobley
Russellville
Tanone
J. Smith Hensley
Charles
Guy H. Jones
Conway
Mobley
Jones
Faulkner County
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Lee Jackson
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Little Hock
Follwatde Wits
Little Ruck Cafe
Secretary of State
Kelly Bryant Monnay
Neals
Bryant
General Assembly
Mrs
JW. Rowe
Rediver Vocational Technical School
Tle Town & Country Keshia
Pain
Jw, Rowe
Welfare Board
AP News Digest
International
Harold Wilson
Laborites
Britain
Gunnar Myrdal
The
Star
Tary
Carol “McJunkins
James McCorkle
Blevins
Ricky Paul
Janice Floyd
Rebecca Fulton
Virginia McLain
Lana Cox
At Paul
Clarence Sweat
John Paul Hammerschimidt
Social Security
Post Office
H. Barry Spraggins
Southern Methodist University
Dallas
Loge
Springfield
Prescott
Memorial Hospital
Hazel Underwood
Hope Lions Club
Vizit
Lions
Golden Age Club
Ola Smith
Ben la Count
Dora "Wortham
Jesse Graves
Rev
N. Laurel
Chamber of Commerce Board
Hempstead Industrial Foundation
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