Eureka Springs trip notes and War Eagle Fair visit
The piece recalls a planning phone call and a stay at the Crescent hotel Eureka Springs with Johnson and editor on annual Arkansas trips. It covers elevator outage, past hotel fires, travel by road to Razorback game, and modest radio reception while watching Cattle Rock game and Texas vs Arkansas plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. Carter Johnson
Eureka Springs
War Eagle
Eureka
Crescent Hotel
Ozarks
Egypt
Ernie Deane
Arkansas Cazette
University News Service
Johnson
Voice of the Wire
Paul A. Tewis
Bayetteville
Tohnson
Arkansas
California
Blocida
Yeddagy Johns Son
Bowebe
Hithe Hock
Port Smith
Fayetteville
Babeka
Harrison
Udine
Texas
Convict Walks Off at Tucker Prison
Convict Clair bige, 28, escaped from Tucker prison, Arkansas, during a work detail on Thursday. He was serving a five year term for grand larceny from Craighead County and is listed as at large.
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Tucker
Fam
Ark
Clair Bige
Rice
Craighead County
Crities
Ford Union Near Settlement in Major Auto Strike
Negotiators for Ford Motor Co and the United Auto Workers pressed a marathon session for nearly 24 hours in Dearborn. An early dawn recess hinted an announcement may come, but leaders warned the contract would be tentative pending ratification meetings likely Sunday. Local agreements across the industry lag, prolonging the fourth longest strike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A.F. Mahan
Associated Press
Detroit
Ford Motor Co
Ford
Dearborn
Free Lance Bros
Lincoln Mercury
Mail Rate Increases Hit Arkansas Revenue Dept
AP report from Little Rock notes mail rate hikes set to start next year will cost the Arkansas Revenue Department more than 47000 dollars annually. Funds must be diverted from other programs as the increase was not budgeted by the General Assembly for the current blennium. First class mail volume of about 4,120,000 pieces will rise 20 percent. Third class bulk rate will climb 32 percent affecting roughly 660,600 pieces.
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Little Rock
State Revenue Department
Department
General Assembly
Revenue Department
Joseph R. Coyne
Associated Press
Washington
United States
Census Bureau
China
India
Soviet Union
Horace Greeley
Ballymore
St. Louis
Mansfield Would Slash U.S. Spending Directive
In Washington, Mansfield backs a House directive to cut expenditures by about 6 to 8 billion dollars in the 1968 budget year. Republicans doubt the measure’s feasibility while budget director Schultze notes legal questions and potential broad cuts. The plan aims to hold most spending to last year’s levels as a stopgap for agencies awaiting full appropriations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Chadwick
Associated Press
Washington (Ap
Setente
Appropriations Committee
House
Johnson
Mike Mansfield
Charles L. Schultze
Schultze
Attorney Fees Set at 88 950 in Insolvent Foods Case
Federal Judge J Smith Henley set trustees and attorneys fees at 88 950 in the Insolvent Twentieth Century Foods Corp case of Salem. The SEC recommended 70 700, but fees were 58 000 less than requested. The firm operates a cheese plant in Salem and a feed plant in Concordia Missouri, to be taken over by creditors under a plan approved in June.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock
J. Smith Henley
Twentieth Centry Foods Corp
Salem
Federal Securities and Exchange Commission
Concordia
Hen+ Tey
Bloody Clash at Brooklyn College Antiw ar Rally
In Brooklyn College a Thursday antiwar rally erupted into a bloody clash as demonstrators and police collided after more than 40 students and two faculty members were arrested. In Oakland police faced a draft protest threat at the Armed Forces Induction Center during Stop the Draft Week. University of Wisconsin faculty backed Chancellor Sewell amid a tough policy on unruly demonstrators. Defense officials in Washington airlifted troops from California to counter a renewed protest.
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Associated Press
Brooklyn College
Oakland
California
Washington
After 45 Its Hard to Find an Interesting Woman and Cigar
Hal Boyle writes a humorous column from New York noting urban stress, aging, and dating quirks. He muses that after 45 men struggle to find interesting partners and companions, while observations cover romance, marriage, fashion, and social habits with light satire.
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Hal Boyle
New York
Ty Bros Invan
Aroy
Horse Cavalry
Ian
Eustace
Wilbereforce
Herman
Typhoon Carla curtails U S air war in North Vietnam
AP dispatch from Saigon reports Typhoon Carla weakening to minimal winds but causing major disruption to U S air strikes. Navy carrier operations paused while Air Force and Marine units conducted 77 attack missions against rail lines and supply hubs in North Vietnam. Friday's results await Saturday updates as weather continues to hinder operations.
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George Esper
Associated Press
Saigon
Carla
U.S
North Vietnam
Gulf of Tonkin
U.S. Navy
Thailand
South Vietnam
Hanoi
North
South
Junior Miss Pageant Here Saturday
Seventeen contestants from towns including Prescott Horatio Foreman and Parkin will compete in the Southwest District Junior Miss Pageant at Hope High School auditorium Saturday October 2 at 7 30 p m The day features registration meetings film rehearsals interviews luncheon and a Coke party followed by the 7 30 p m show
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Hope High School
Becky Garrett
Prescott
Lincola Fox
Murfreesboro
Carlotte Tovell
Horatio
Linda Pogue
Vickie Young
Foreman
Sue Wright
Janice Floyd
Blevins
Leigh Atkinson
Susan Ayivett
Kirby
Brenda Brackmin
Bradley
Judy McKinnon
Charlotte Easterling
Virginia Mclain
Eliz Spigner
Parkin
Donna Byers
Hope
Janet Jordan
Kay Crawford
Asin
Former bank president jailed for embezzling forty thousand
Elvin J. Taylor Jr., 35, ex-president of the Merchants and Planters Bank of Clarendon, pleaded guilty to embezzling 34750. He was fined 5000 and placed on 18 months probation. Taylor resigned August 4, 1966 after irregularities noted in a routine bank examination. He now operates an insurance and small job agency in Hemphill, Texas, with the community accepting his return.
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Mittle Rock
Elvin J. Taylor Jr
Merchants and Planters Bank of
Clarendon
Taylor
Lves
Hamphill
Tex
Harry E. McDermott Jr
Little Rock
Gordon E. Young
McDermott
Hemphill
Military Construction Funds Apportioned to Arkansas
The House Appropriations Committee reported a bill allocating 2,762,000 for military construction in Arkansas. The package includes 715,000 for Pine Bluff Arsenal, 220,000 for Blytheville Air Force Base, 759,006 for Little Rock Air Force Base, and 70,000 for the Texarkana Air Force Station.
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Washington
Arkansas
House
House Appropriations Committee
Pine Bluff Arsenal
Blytheville Air Force Base
Little Rock Air Force Base
Troops Deployed to Counter Pentagon Demonstrations
AP reports defense officials shifted 15 to 20 Air Force transport planes carrying hundreds of Army MPs from Ft. Bragg Ft. Hood and the Presidio to deter planned civil disobedience at the Pentagon. Organizers seek to halt Pentagon operations with possible acts beyond the permit while police and National Guardsmen prepare to control crowds in Washington.
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Fred $. Hoffman
Washington
California
Pentagon
Air Force
Ft. Bragg
N.C
Ft. Hood
Texas
Presidio
San Francisco
National Mobilization Committee
Vietnam
Dave Dellinger
Dellinger
General Services Administration
Lincoln Memorial
District of Columbia National
Prayer Week Observance by Methodists in Hope
The First Methodist Church of Hope Arkansas will observe a Week of Prayer and Self Denial from Monday October 23 to Friday October 27 1967 with daily 9 30 a m services in the church sanctuary Special music will be by Mrs B C Hyatt and Mrs Earl O Neal The week’s leaders are Monday Mrs J W Manney and Mrs Bob Turner Tuesday Mrs Johnnie Green and Mrs John B Gardner Wednesday Mrs W R Burks and Mrs Guy Downing Friday Mrs Edwin Ward and Mrs George Wright All women are urged to attend for spiritual enrichment and mission project interpretation.
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First Methodist Church
Hope
Arkansas
B.C. Hyatt
Earl O' Neal
J.W. Manney
Bob Turner
Johnnie Green
John B. Gardner
W.R. Burks
Guy Downing
Edwin Ward
George Wright
Rattlers Bother Residents Amid Varied Local News
All Around Town reports residents like Carl C. Rogers and Willie Pondexter finding multiple rattlers near homes while others spot snakes near properties. The docket notes surgery for Mrs. Mable Russell, a November meeting on secondary school discipline, a fall travel push by Cody Evans, Evangel College enrollment by Joe Hargis, Marine Lance Corporal Robert D. Polk in Vietnam, and a Washington Antique Show featuring Early American Glass and bric a brac sales with several exhibitors and meals planned.
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Washington
R.N. Gareret
J. Glenn Cooper
Monticello
Charles Buckman
Gordon
Norene Holland
Shreveport
Convicted in Rights Slayings Meridian Trial
In Meridian Mississippi a federal court convicted seven white defendants on conspiracy charges linked to the 1964 killings of civil rights workers James Chaney Andrew Goodman and Michael Schwerner while 11 others were acquitted. Judge Harold Cox delivered a “supers charge” after a long deadlock. Names include Sheriff Lawrence Ralsney and Deputy Olen Bruges.
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Meridian
Miss
Haroldies
James Bonney
Associated Press
Migs
Allewhite
U.S. Dist
Harold Cox
Cox
Mike Watkins
Michael Schwerner
Andrew Goodman
New York
James Chaney
Meridian Negro
Neshoba County
FBI
Hop' Barnette
Lawrence Ralsney
Richard Willis
Philadelphia
Herman Tucker
Olen Buverage
Crossett Man Killed in War
Army Spec. 4 Willie V. Goree, son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Goree of Crossett, was among 31 men listed as killed in the Vietnam War after Defense Department release.
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Washington
Army
Willie V. Goree
Robert Goree
Crossett
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AP News Digest
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Britain
Shigeru Yoshida
Japan
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The
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North Hervey
Willie Pondexter
Edgewood
Shover
C. A. Knight
Mable Russell
Wadley Hospital
Texarkana
South Elm
Southwest Arkansas
Southern State College
Calhoun
Culwinthia
Herpstead
Lindfayette
Lite River
Ouachita
Miller
Nevada
Cody Evans
Grayette
Joe Hargis
A. L. Hargis
West Avenue B
Evangel College
Springfield
Robert D. Polk
Conley S. Polk
Hope, Ark
Marine Air Base Squadron
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