Government grants and private training programs debated
The Rockwell Standard Corp in Pittsburgh arranged government training for an axle plant in Winchester Kentucky, hiring 198 unemployed workers and briefly receiving a $52,987 reimbursement, which the company president rejected as wasteful. The piece argues such subsidies may aid employment and questions who benefits most. IRS guidance clarifies charitable deductions, noting payments to charities must be gifts and that ticket purchases for events are not fully deductible. outright gifts are allowed, raffles and raffled items are not.
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Rockwell Standard Corp
Pittsburgh
Winchester
W. F. Rockwell Jr
Rockwell
Knoxville
Tenn
News-Sentinel
Ujter
Internal Revenue Service
IRS Weekly Bulletin of Revenue
IRS
Jackson
Miss
Clarion-Ladger
Woman at Weiner Dies at Age 102
Mrs. Kate Sowers of Weiner died Thursday in a Jonesboro hospital. She was 102 and would have been 103 in January. Survivors include sister Nora Faltz of Wynne who will be 101 in November and three brothers led by Robert Rue of Warden, aged 96.
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Weiner
Ark
Kate Sowers
Jonesboro
Nora Faltz
Wynne
Robert Rue
Warden, I
Hawaii Visit Tales of Folklore and Hospitality
A Maui News travel feature recounts a Hawaiian storytelling mood and a storm night tale. A traveling pair halts at a small one room home where twelve children share a corner bed. The guests finally sleep on the floor as the family takes the bed, ending with the visitors waking to find themselves poho.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Anita Laseter
Maui News
Valley Isle
Maui
Hawaii
Papa
Mama
U S Protests Soviet Arctic Strait Ban
The United States protests Soviet blocking of two icebreakers Edisto and East Wind from passing through Vilkitsky Strait near Novaya Zemlya during a planned Arctic mission. Washington canceled the voyage, asserting innocent passage rights despite Soviet claims of violation. The dispute echoes Gulf of Aqaba tensions in a polar context.
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Washington
Soviet Union
United States
U.S
State Department
Arctic
Vilkitsky Straits
Carl Barteh
North Pole
Barth
Moscow
Novaeya Zemlya
Egypt
Gulf of Aqaba
Soiet
Severnaya Venlya Islands
Narerowest
No Wreaths for Statues at New York Museum
A wreath order for a Metropolitan Museum statue caused confusion as the 10 color arrangement with "Henry" on the ribbon arrived for delivery to the statue in the Great Hall. Guards blocked the delivery, as officials stated statues do not accept funeral wreaths, and the donor remained unnamed.
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New York
Henry
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Foundation forms to run Cummins Prison plasma program
Medcor Foundation, formed at Cummins Prison Farm, will take over the blood plasma operation with half profits to inmate medical care and the rest to program costs and underwritten services from the University of Arkansas Medical Center. Cutter Laboratories bid 18.50 per unit. Baxter bid lower.
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Little Rock
Cummins Prison Farm
Medcor Foundation
University of Arkansas Medical Center
Cutter Laboratories
Cutter
Baxter Laboratories
S&w, Inc
Austin R. Stough
Montgomery
Ala
Cummins
Howard Quittner
Clinical Laboratories
Medical Center Blood Bank
Foundation
John Haley
State Penitentiary Board
Missing Child Tells of Romney Grandchildren at Fair
Detroit AP reports Michigan Governor George Romney took six grandchildren to the state fair but counted five. Billy Keenan, 4, was later found wandering near the dairy barn clutching a balloon. The incident followed Romney posing with his daughters' children amid a quick search and reunion. Separately, Hempstead County voters are reminded that ASC farmer committeeman ballots must be returned by Sept 21 1967. Eligible voters are farmers in one or more farm programs. lists are posted in the ASCS county office. The county committee selects a chairman vice chairman and a regular member plus two alternates with delegates to the county convention.
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Detroit
Michigan
George Romney
Billy Keenan
Billy
Loren Keenan
Birmingham
Lynn Romney
ASC
National Farm Action
R. B. Arnold
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation County Committee
Hempstead County
Hempstead
ASCS
Secretary of Agriculture
Arnold
Lock and Dam Work Advanced in Arkansas Bid
The Carter Construction Co. of Benton appears to win the remedial drainage contract for Lock and Dam No. , with a bid of 110,262 dollars. Work includes culvert installation in a levee and enlarging 1,500 feet of channel on the Upper Plum Bayou into the Arkansas River in Jefferson County.
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Little Rock
Plum Bayou
Arkansas River
Jefferson County
Carter Construction Co
Benton
Army Engineers
Union Pushes For Ford Contract In Ongoing Talks
The United Auto Workers pressed Ford negotiations with less than five days left on the current three year pacts covering about 650 000 workers at GM Ford and Chrysler The UAW targets Ford for a pattern setting agreement with key asks including a substantial pay boost guaranteed annual income and equal pay for American and Canadian workers
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Py Armar
Associated Press
Detroit
United Auto Workers Union
Ford Motor Co
General Motors
Ford
Chrysler
Walter P. Reuther
UAW
Reuther
Sweden Moves to Right Hand Traffic Sunday
Sweden ends left-hand driving and shifts to right on Sunday. Stockholm bans traffic from 10 a.m. Saturday to 3 p.m. Sunday with emergency vehicles allowed only, as five hours ban applies elsewhere. The change, the last on the European mainland, follows four years of prep by the Right-hand Traffic Commission chaired by Lars Skiold.
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Dick Soderlund
Stockholm
Goeteborg
Sweden
Larsk Skiold
Skiold
Europe
Tax Collections Show Increase In Arkansas August
UTTLE ROCK AP August tax collections totaled 26060 418 compared to 25531 005 last year the state Revenue Department reported Thursday General revenue collections totaled 15196756 up from 14775591 Sales tax collections totaled 7059108 up from 7048514 all figures refer to August 1967 data from the Arkansas Revenue Department.
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Uttle Rock
State Revenue Department
Department
State Trooper of the Year Is Selected
James Edward Danley of Paragould was chosen as the 1967 trooper of the year by the State Police Commission for disarming a fugitive who pinned officers with a rifle and pistol during a June 26 standoff. Meter faces trial for first degree murder in the Holt Marshall case. The Arkansas Petroleum Council will present the award at the Oilmen’s Convention in Hot Springs. Three others were nominees: Freddie Roberts, Harry Troutmen, and Ross Valentine.
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Little Rock
James Edward Danley
Paragould
State Police Commission
Danley
Frank Meter
Meter
Holt Marshall
Center Hill
Arkansas Petroleum Council
Hot Springs
Prosperity Backfires on Wall Street shows strain on trading
A surge in prosperity drives heavy stock activity by affluent investors and institutions. Exchanges cut daily trading by 90 minutes for nine days to relieve clerical bottlenecks. Through the first half of this year NYSE saw 1.23 billion shares traded, vs 1.04 billion in 1966, with overall market volume rising across regional and over the counter markets. The U.S. stockholder base expanded from 6 million to 22 million since 1952, owning stakes in about 7,000 companies.
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Ay Vack Lef
New York
Wall Street
New York Stock Exchange
American Stock Exchange
New York Exchange
U.S
New Naval Research Office Opens in New Orleans
A new Naval Research Office serving Arkansas Louisiana and parts of Texas opened in New Orleans. The Eighth Naval District announced the office will administer Army Navy Air Force and NASA research contracts with regional universities.
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New Orleans
Naval Research
Arkansas
Louisiana
Texas
Eighth Naval District
Army
Navy
Air Force
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Guerrillas Hit South Vietnam Towns Ahead of Elections
Communist guerrillas launched election eve attacks across South Vietnam. An attempted raid on Tam Ky, capital of Quang Tin, failed after a terrorist carrying 20 pounds of TNT was shot down. four South Vietnamese died and six wounded. The toll rose as civilians killed reached 190 for the week, with 426 wounded and 237 kidnapped, while the regular war stayed quiet.
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George McArthyn
Associated Press
Saigon
South Vietnam
Tam Ky
U.S
Quang Tin
Tammy
Poor Folks Want to Work Spurring Civil Distances Claims
Washington AP reports Sen. Fred Harris says poor people show real desire to work after visits to Milwaukee and Cincinnati. AFL-CIO Communications Workers announce a nationwide petition drive for jobs housing and education, urging Congress to act amid riots and a riot-control bill. Harris found riot origins not mainly outside agitators or black nationalist groups.
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Washington
President
Advisory Commission On Civil Disorders
Fred R. Harris
D-Okla
Milwaukee
Cincinnati
Afl-Cio Communications Workers of America
Congress
Joseph A. Blerne
House
Bierne
Harris
Confusion at Expo 67 disrupts trains and crowds
At Expo 67 in Montreal the Expo Express system failed for about 25 minutes triggering anger and pushing among large crowds at four stations. A bystander woman panicked after boarding a train leaving her child on the platform. The child was retrieved after an emergency cord was pulled. Three youths who pulled the cord upon restart were arrested.
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Montreal
Expo
Minutemen Leader to Speak at Patriotic Party Meet
Robert DePugh, head of the right wing Minutemen, will be the principal speaker at a regional Patriotic Party gathering in Hot Springs Arkansas on Sunday AP reports the event.
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Hot Springs, Ark
Robert DePugh
Minutemen
The
Patriotic Party
Sundlay
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