Panama Canal Control Dilemma Faces United States
The piece argues the Panama Canal should remain under U S sovereignty to safeguard trade and military security. It compares to Suez, warns that an international joint commission risks mismanagement, mob influence in Panama, and potential future conflict. It urges standing on sovereignty to avoid lasting trouble.
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Pama Canal
United States
Panama Canal
Panama Canal Zone
Republic of Panama
U.S
Theodore Roosevelt
Republic of Colombia
Panama
Colombia
Isthmus
Canal Zone
Woodrow Wilson
Canal
International Commission
Suez Canal
Suez
France
Egypt
Great Britain
Turnpike Study Is Underway In Arkansas
LITTLE ROCK Arkansas state officials said Wilbur Smith and Associates of New Haven has begun a 1200 mile turnpike feasibility study in Arkansas. The firm under contract since August 24 has 10 days to start preparations as state Highway Commission confirmed.
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Little Rock
New Haven, Conn
Wilbur Smith & Associates
Arkansas
Ward Goodman
State Highway Commission
Catholics Ahead in Vietnam Vote
In Saigon, Catholic candidates led in South Vietnam senatorial returns, signaling strong Catholic representation in the 60 member upper house. Ky supporters faded from top six as tickets mix Catholics, natives, and northern refugees. final outcomes remain uncertain ahead of the Oct. 22 House vote.
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Barry Kramer
Saigon
South Vietnam
Nguyen Cao Ky
Tran van Don
Defense
North Vietnam
Nguyen van Huyen
Senate
Thieu
House of Representatives
Father of WR Secretary Dies in Little Rock
Melvin B. Burton Sr., about 65, father of Marion Burton, executive secretary to Gov. Winthrop Rockefeller, died Tuesday likely from a heart attack suffered earlier while delivering furniture from his store.
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Little Rock
Melvin B. Burton
Marion Burton
Winthrop Rockefeller
Auto Strike Nears As Ford Set To Be Hit
Detroit reports Chrysler and General Motors will keep plants staffed by UAW workers without a new contract, ensuring production if Ford strikes at midnight. About 159,000 UAW members could walk out at Ford in 25 states as talks resume hours before the three-year pact ends. Reuther predicts talks are only academic while Ford’s Denise calls the mood extremely dim.
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Detroit
Chrysler Corp
General Motors
United Auto Workers
Ford Motor Co
UAW
Chrysler
Walter P. Reuther
Malcolm L. Denise
Ford
Day Before Hippies Only Children Went Barefoot in Streets
Hal Boyle recalls a bygone era in which youths roamed barefoot through cities and watermelons were guarded by shotgun-tarmed farmers. The essay contrasts past comforts with present memory, noting shifts in plumbing, transportation, and everyday beliefs, while invoking nostalgia for a simpler America.
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Hal Boyle
New York
Ile
New Troops Soon to Be Sent to Vietnam to Be Trigger Pullers
Washington reports August total employment at a record 76.1 million with the unemployment rate easing to 3.8 percent. Labor officials say the economy is resuming expansion in an orderly manner, noting gains across most sectors and potential avoidance of prior bottlenecks.
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Vietnam
Washington
Labor Department
Arthur M. Ross
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Ross
New U.S. Troops in Vietnam to Be More Combat Focused
AP dispatch by George Esper reports 45,000 to 50,000 new U.S. troops scheduled for duty in South Vietnam by early next spring will include a higher share of trigger pullers, with at least 75 percent in front line roles. The move follows a large logistics buildup and suggests a smaller proportional increase in support forces. Intelligence also questions the 297,000 enemy strength figure, noting cadres and administrative personnel inflate totals.
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George Esper
Saigon
U.S
South Vietnam
United States
U.S. Props Off $51 Million for Food Ore It Didn’t Need
In a costly 1960s barter deal, the U.S. swapped surplus foods for $24 million in uranium and $27 million in diamond purchases, claiming to ease the dollar drain while critics say it was unnecessary. Comptroller Elmer Staats questioned the arrangement's effectiveness amid broader diplomacy and defense concerns.
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U.S
Robert Gray Washington
Congress
Elmer B. Staats
Congo
Atomic Energy Commission
Agriculture, State, Treasury, Justice and Defense Departments
Comptroller General
South Africa
Commodity Credit Corporation
United States
Jusetice Department
Defense Department
Europe
U.S. Poops
Warrant in Shooting Not Served Yet
Sevier County Sheriff Louie Hilton said he may serve a warrant today on Mary Dickinson of De Queen, charged with assault with intent to kill in Sunday's shooting of Mary Jones in Nashville Arkansas. Jones, shot in the left leg, was in good condition at a Nashville hospital. Dickinson is wife of Dr. Roger Dickinson, part owner of Dickinson Hospital and a State Welfare Board member.
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DE Queen
Ark
Sevier County
Louie Hilton
Mary Dickinson
Pardon Board Plans Meet With Prison Officials
The state Board of Pardons and Paroles, also the Penitentiary Commission, will meet today with Prison Superintendent O. E. Bishop and Assistant Superintendent Thomas O. Murton. They will hear 114 parole applications and 13 petitions for executive clemency.
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Little Ruck
State Board of Pardons and Paroles
State Penitentiary Commission
O. E. Bishop
Thomas O. Murton
Strikes by Teachers Spread Across Major Cities
The Associated Press reports widespread teacher strikes as New York City and Detroit moved toward mass walkouts over pay and policy. Budgets lagging, schools in Chicago suburbs and other states faced closures as boards and teachers failed to reach agreements, with potential effects on hundreds of thousands of students.
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Associated Press
New York City
Detroit
United Federation of Teachers
John V. Lindsay
Board of Education
Federation of Teachers
William Milliken
Michigan
Milliken
East St. Louis
Broward County School Board
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Classroom Teachers Association
Claude R. Kirk Jr
Newport
Groton
Access Road Study Planned for I 30 Corridor
The Planning and Zoning Committee discussed an access road into Hopa from Interstate 30. They will study routes and submit a preliminary blank for consideration, including a bypass along 23rd street for Highway 4 and 29, and call in Engineer John Hawkins. The group also closed an alley in Block 17 of the Gun ter Addition.
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Hopa
23Rd Street
John Hawkins
Gunter Addition
Nuclear arms work and tax shifts in brief digest
AP News Digest summarizes U S actions on new nuclear arms types alongside stockpile improvements. Johnson administration nears tax form package. oil depletion allowance unlikely to change. Vietnam notes dispute over Ronald Reagan style claims with nine governors backing the trip. U A W strike at Ford looms as teacher salary disputes affect classrooms. NBC and broadcast unions reach agreement. votes planned on ABC proposal.
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Washington
United
Vietnam
George Romney
U.S
National
United Auto Workers
Ford Motor Co
New York City
de- Nbc
Broadcast
ABC
Dairymen Seek Federal Subsidy to Halt Milk Costs
Little Rock dairy executive H. B. Coleman urges a 50 cent per hundredweight direct subsidy to U S dairy farmers. He says rising costs and shrinking herds threaten milk availability and prompt price hikes for consumers. Associated Dairymen, Inc. notes a 2.5 cent per half gallon raise for bottling.
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Little Rock
Coleman
Coleman Dairy
Orville Freeman
Johnson
Arkansas
Associated Dairymen, Inc
United States
All Around Town notices mix events and meetings
All Around Town lists multiple local meetings and social items. Mr and Mrs Joe Watkins plan to attend a Methodist coaching conference in Little Rock on new Youth Literature. Hempstead County Mental Health Association lunches featured Arkane sas executive director Robert Edwards. A stock pond fishing report notes bass catches by Winston Erwin using minnows and a spinning rig. James Biddle underwent surgery at St Michael s Hospital in Texarkana. Wildlife and Recreation Association meeting is set for September 7 at the courthouse. Members urged to submit sales cards to President James A Puryear. District No 11 Arkansas Pharmaceutical Association meets September 13 at the Coffee Cup in Texarkana. G R Formby of Patmos bought an Aberdeen Angus bull from Angus Farm in Lewisville. American Angus Association in St Joseph Mo provided the notice.
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Joe Watkins
Little Rock
Hempstead County Wildlife and Recreation Association
James A. Puryear
The
Arkansas Pharmaceutical Association
Texarkana
Hempstead
Howard
Lafayette
Little River
Miller
Nevada
Sey+ jer Counties
Guerrillas Fail at Tam Ky. 219 Reported Killed in Siege
U S and South Vietnamese forces repelled a large Viet Cong assault on Tam Ky, killing 219 guerrillas including three company commanders. The fighting, aided by mortars and rockets, saw houses burned and attempts to overrun the provincial capital, as U S air and artillery support pressed the defense.
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George McArthur
Saigon
Tam Ky
Uns
de Nang
Quang Tin
U.S
South Vietnam
North Vietnam
Hanoi-Haiphong
Quang Ngai
da Nang
North
De Gaulle Arrives in Poland for Six Day State Visit
Warsaw winds greet Charles de Gaulle as he begins a six day state visit amid banners accusing American aggression in Vietnam and calls for no frontier concessions to Germany. police and crowd scrutiny focus on whether he will meet Poland's Roman Catholic leaders and comment on the German Polish border.
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Warsaw
United States
West Germany
Charles de Gaulle
Vietnam
de Gaulle
Bonn
Victory Square
Poland
Germany
Cigis
Stefan Can Wyszynski
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Nancy J. Hall
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Star
Hempstead County Mental Health Association
Robert Edwards
Arkanesas
Winston Erwin
James Biddle
G.R. Formby
Patmos
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