presidential campaign volleys raise tax and civil rights issues
In the first major 1964 campaign skirmish, Johnson attacked Goldwater on nuclear weapons control in a Detroit Labor Day speech while Miller and Humphrey spoke on taxes and civil rights in Indiana and Ohio. Goldwater planned to unveil a five year five percent tax cut. Miller urged protection of American jobs and warned against tariff and immigration policies that could harm workers.
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Washington
Johnson
Barry Goldwater
Detroit
Indiana
Ohio
Qeeathens
William E. Miller
York
Hubert H. Humphrey
Minnesota
Goldwater
Arizona
Phoenix
San Diego
Calif
Humphrey
Miller
Cadillac Square
Plug
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
United States
Labor Day
South Bend
Weather report from Arkansas stations shows warm trend
The 24 hour period ending at 7 a.m. Tuesday brings highs around 89 in central Arkansas with a low near 68 and 14 percent precipitation. Central Arkansas remains clear to partly cloudy with little change. scattered thundershowers possible in the south around 20 percent. Highs Wednesday range 86 to 94, lows 68 to 74. Northeast and Northwest Arkansas stay clear to partly cloudy with steady temperatures through Wednesday.
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Central
Arkansas
Bee Sting on Wrist Fatal in Albany
Vincent D. Foley, 48, of Albany, died after a bee sting to the wrist caused anaphylactic shock. Foley, a deputy chief weigh master at the Port of Albany, was allergic and died Monday night while closing a summer camp in the Helderberg Mountains. He arrived dead at an Albany hospital.
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Albany
N.Y
Vincent D. Foley
Elmer Parker
Foley
Helderberg
Labor Day Death Toll Surpasses 500 Nationwide
The Associated Press reports Labor Day weekend traffic fatalities rose to 523 nationwide with 18 boating deaths and 57 drownings. The National Safety Council cites cautious driving for keeping deaths below last year’s 557 record as motorists headed home during the 78 hour period.
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Associated Press
National Safety Council
United States
Highteen
Howard Pyle
The
Safety Council
Candidate Plans His Itinerary
SPRINGDALE ARK AP Jerry Hinshaw of Springdale Republican candidate for Congress in the 3rd district announced his itinerary for the coming week. He will address the Sebastian County Medical Society at Fort Smith tonight. He will speak at Mountain Home Wednesday. He will attend county fairs at Berryville Thursday Mountain Home Friday Greenwood Saturday and a horse show at Huntsville Saturday.
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Springdale
Ark
Jerry Hinshaw
Hinshaw
Sebastian Countty Medical Society
Fort Smith
Mountain Home
Berryville
Greenwood
Huntsville
Goldwater Presses Domestic and Foreign Policy
AZ Senator Barry Goldwater launches his presidential campaign from Phoenix, criticizing the Johnson administration for regimentation at home and weakening alliances abroad while promoting a five percent annual tax cut and big-picture reform. Johnson counters on nuclear policy, insisting no president can abdicate control, while warning of nuclear war’s devastation and urging unity in prosperity, justice, and peace.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Barry Goldwater
San Diego
Los Angeles
Goldwater
Arizona
Johnson
Detroit
Newport Names City Manager
Newport Ark AP reports Gale W. Lawley 35 of Fort Worth Texas was named Newport city manager replacing Don Brown who resigned effective Sept 20 to join the U S Agency for International Development in Vietnam. Lawley is a member of Fort Worths Research and Budget Department and will assume duties soon.
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Newport, Ark
Newport
Gale W. Lawley
Lawley
Fort Worth
Tex
Research and Budget Department
Don Brown
U.S. Agency For International Development
Viet Nam
Return to Work After a Three Day Holiday
Hal Boyle, writing from New York for AP, notes the mixed feelings of resuming work after a three day weekend. He cites sages and proverbs praising labor while acknowledging the drag of the daily routine and the lure of freedom, offering anyone dragged back to the job a mix of witty and pointed maxims.
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Hal Boyle
New York
Tertullian
Thomas A. Edison
Voltaire
Gus Ltave Flaubert
Theodore Roosevelt
Hippocrates
Jack
James Howell
Jerome K. Jerome
Miller statement disputed over Soviet talks cue
Washington AP Democratic leaders disputed a Labor Day remark by Republican vice presidential candidate William Miller claiming the administration swore not to act against Castro after a pact with the Soviet Union. Humphrey Mansfield McCormack rejected the assertion as false or ignorant and pressed to move a vote on elderly medical care under Social Security.
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Washington
William E. Miller
Soviet Union
Castro
Miller
South Bend
Ind
Johnson
Hubert H. Humphrey
Humphrey
U.S
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Montana
House
John W. McCormack
McCormack
Jonesboro Woman Dies of Injuries
Mrs. Billy G. Farley, 35, of Jonesboro, died in a Memphis hospital from injuries suffered when a car driven by her husband collided with another at an intersection of two county roads near Jonesboro.
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Memphis
Billy ,G. Farley
Jonesboro
Campaign skirmishes and policy clashes headline early year
AP reports Goldwater opens campaign with an attack on Johnsons domestic and foreign policy while Johnson questions Goldwaters stance on nuclear weapons NATO control. Primary elections loom with seats up in six states. Traffic toll rises over Labor Day and a hurricane watch covers coastal areas.
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Barry Goldwater
Johnson
NATO
Senate
House
Tepay
Arkansas Cotton Crop Revised Upward to 1.5 Million Bales
The Agriculture Department raised Arkansas cotton production to 1.5 million bales with a yield of 585 pounds per acre, up from 1.475 million and 576 pounds. The national forecast also increased by 166,000 bales to 14.945 million, with a projected yield of 511 pounds per acre. Last year Arkansas produced 1,496,000 bales. the five year average stands at about 1,342,000.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Arkansas
Department
Color Bar Falls in Montgomery Schools Desegregate
In Montgomery Alabama three schools desegregate with minimal protest. Negro students enter Lanier Lee high schools and Harrison Elementary as police guard intersections and a small picket line observes from across the street. Three students arrive at Lanier with parents admitted after ID checks. two girls and one boy among the first entrants.
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Montgomery
Ala
Lanier and Lee
Harrison
Robert E. High School
Lanier
Senate Uses Anti-Filibuster Move On Reapportionment Fight
Washington AP report notes 17 senators filed a petition to cut off debate in the Senate on the Supreme Court reapportionment ruling. Republican Leader Everett Dirksen of Illinois acts as chief sponsor of the rider targeting a one-year delay, aiming to seek a constitutional amendment on state apportionment.
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John Chadwick Washington
Sev Tenteen
De‘bate
Senate
Supreme Court
Congress
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
Dirksen
TV Refuses AMA Spots on Health Plan
New York AP report says NBC CBS and ABC refused about 750000 revenue offered by the American Medical Association for one minute commercials denouncing the Johnson administration health care plan. Networks cite policy against controversial issues. AMA plans local TV placement in 20 to 30 cities via Fuller Smith Ross.
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New York
American Medical Association
AMA
National Broadcasting Co
Columbia Broadcasting System
American Broadcasting Co
Fuller &Smith & Ross, Inc
Arthur E. Duram
Duram
Mrs Rockefeller to Visit Hope in Gubernatorial Campaign
Mrs Wintixop Rockefeller begins a campaign swing in Little Rock area for her husband the Republican candidate. She will tour the Curtis Mathis plant in Benton then attend neighborhood coffees today and Wednesday. Friday she campaigns at Hope and Saturday at Stuttgart.
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Associated Press
Little Rock
Wintixop Rockefeller
Curtis Mathis
Benton
Hope
Stuttgart
Faubus and Rockefeller Trade Barbs at Labor Day Rally
Republican Winthrop Rockefeller and Governor Orval Faubus addressed about 8,000 at a Labor Day gathering in Rector Arkansas. Rockefeller challenged Faubus on roads taxes and pay promises, defended his move to Arkansas, and promoted election integrity with poll watchers in every precinct.
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Araknsas
Faubus
Winthrop Rockefeller
Donna Axum
Arkansas
Rockefeller
State Highway Department
North Little Rock
Paragould
Greene County
Dorsey Collins Named for 1965 Young Men of America
Hope resident Dorsey A. Collins is selected for inclusion in the 1965 Young Men of America biographical compilation by the Junior Chamber of Commerce. The item notes his North Platte, Nebraska residence and family background. Also mentioned are Texas A and M senior Jim Gunter leading the Great Issues Committee and a Palestine leadership conference, Russellville High School senior Bill Hale named senior boy of the month, J O Kyler Jr returning home to Emmet after Arkla Gas training, a new public trap range at Fair Park opening to shooters, and Bob Stuart planning to reside in Magnolia while starting his junior year at Southern State College with a speech and drama major and a minor in French.
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Dorsey Collins
Hope
Young Men of America
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Dorsey A. Collins
North Platte
Neb
Jim Gunter
Texas A & M College
Lakeview Methodist Lodge
Palestine
Texas
J. H. Gunter
Bill Hale
Robert Hale
Russellville High School
Boys State
Bill
Ralph Hale
Emmet
Bob Stuart
LTD
Dallas
Magnolia
Southern State College
Menor
Hurricane Dora Advances Toward Florida Coast
Hurricane Dora, a 125 mph storm, moves toward Florida with life-threatening tides and waves. Evacuations urged along 28 miles of coast in Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina as tides reach up to 10 feet. hurricane winds extend 160 miles north and 150 south. Cape Kennedy readiness includes Saturn 7 launch protections. watch and warnings span from Palm Beach to Myrtle Beach. Dora, the second major hurricane of the season, is larger than the first and follows a deadly Caribbean strike that left over 130 dead and $115 million in damage.
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Miami
Fla
Florida
Atlantic
Georgia
South Carolina
Weather Bureau
Melbourne
Pam Beach
Myrtle Beach
S.C
Cape Kennedy
Dora
Cape ‘Kennedy
Seaon
Caribbean
Florl
DAR to Take Washington Color Shots
The Diamond Jubilee observance spurs a 35 mm color slide series taken at historic Washington. John Cain Chapter Regent Mrs Otis Blackwood leads the project which will be shared with DAR Chapters nationwide. Constitution Week from September 17 to 24 is chaired by Mrs C M Agee after a September 7 Heritage House meeting.
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DAR
United States
John Cain
Otis Blackwood
Historic Washington
Heritage House
C. M. Agee
McCaskill RCI to See Film of Alaska
McCaskill RCI will view Alaska motion pictures at the community center Friday night. Norma Cohen will present the program after a 7 p.m. potluck, with a 8 p.m. program. Mr. and Mrs. Marshall Scott host.
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McCaskill
RCI
Alaska
McCaskill Rct
Norma Cohen
Population of Forrest City rises in special census
Forrest City Arkansas reports a preliminary 12,890 resident total in a special census, up 1,346 from 1960. Officials say the figure may be revised upward slightly and the city has until September 31 to count missed residents. The increase triggers about seven dollars more annual state aid per additional resident.
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Forrest City
Ark
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