Belt Tightening Push: Mills Urges Spending Cuts
Arkansas Democrat Wilbur D. Mills, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, urged that if a 10 percent income tax surcharge is needed, definite spending reductions must be enacted before reporting the bill. The piece soberly notes public distrust of Washington mismanagement and warns that higher taxes may not curb debt, as deficits persist across administrations and inflation erodes buying power, touching on postal wage adjustments and upcoming cost-of-living concerns.
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Mills
House
Ways & Means Committee
Little Rock
Washington
Democratic Party
Dwight Esenhower
Post Office Department
Wilbur D. Mills
Arkansas
Wilbur D
Doctor Sees Close Bond Between Patient and TV
Dr. F Raymond Keating Jr of Mayo Clinic proposes a plan where patients sit before a TV to answer scripted questions on tape for detailed illness descriptions. The approach aims to deepen doctor patient communication and was tested in studies with reported success.
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Santa Monica
Calif
F. Raymond Keating Jr
Mayo Graduate School
Keating
Auto Strike Likely to Be By KIT KINCADE DETROIT
UAW strike may halt Ford auto production for a long time as 160,000 members walk out. Ford, GM, Chrysler companies keep current contracts. no progress in talks since July 11. Subcommittee meets to schedule bargaining, government intervention unlikely. Reuther leads walkout as Chrysler and GM operate without contracts awaiting Ford pattern.
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Kit Kincade
Detroit
United Auto Workers
Ford Auto
Auto Workers Union
Ford
General Motors
Chrysler
Highland Park, Mich
Walter P. Reuther
UAW
Failed to File at Right Time in Dollarway Race
Elijah Coleman, executive director of the Arkansas Council on Human Relations, did not file in time to be a candidate for the Dollarway School Board seat held by President Lee Parrham. The attorney general's office announced the status Thursday. Coleman, a Negro, had filed Wednesday afternoon for the position.
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Pine Bluff
Ark
Elijah Coleman
Arkansas Council On Human Relations
Dollarway
Coleman
Lee Parham
U S Trade With North Vietnam Debate Shapes Bank Bill
Witness Harold F. Linder of the Export-Import Bank told a House subcommittee that cutting off nations trading with North Vietnam would leave the United States with few export customers. The Senate added stiff restrictions to a bank charter bill, while House action stalled as leaders consider compromises and presidential determinations on trade with such countries.
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Washington
Export-Import Bank
Congress
United States
North Vietnam
House Appropriations Subcommittee
Senate
House
Harold F. Linder
Government Bank
U.S
Linder
Canada
China
House Banking Committee
Nothing Is Found on State Bases Nothing Is Found on State Bases
Washington AP report says local base commanders screened for housing discrimination near bases found scant evidence in Arkansas where the Defense Department rated 72 percent on rental housing policy coverage. Some states showed no discrimination. Louisiana 34, Mississippi 49, Missouri 71, Oklahoma 68, Tennessee 64, Texas 72.
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Washington
Arkansas
Defense Department
Deepartment
Connecticut
New Hampshire
South Dakota
Oregon
Wisconsin
Louisiana
Mississippi
Missouri
Oklahoma
Tennessee
Texas
Military aid sparks questions over tiny nations resource use
Washington reports reveal House investigators scrutinized 22 shotguns shipped to Iran as riot control and an Ethiopian training ship, amid claims the Navy vessel doubles as a yacht. Officials defend commodity allotments while lawmakers quip about clay pigeons and quail.
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Washington
Iran
U.S
Ethiopia
United States
Emperor Haile Selassie
House Appropriations
Adm
L. C. Heinz
Silvio O. Conte
Mass
$306 000 Damage Suit Is Filed
Fathers of three of the six youths killed in the News ark auto train crash sue Missouri Pacific Lines and train crew for 306000 in circuit court at Batesville Arkansas Independence County The suits accuse lack of signal lights at Arkansas 122 crossing at Newark negligent whistle or bell and viewing obstructions from freight car strings The plaintiffs include Billy Koontz Kenneth Hackworth and Charles McClain of Newark as well as other named families The deceased were Ann Koontz Kelly Hackworth Charles McClain Paul Milligan Jack Lindsey and Terry Self.
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Batesville
Ark
Newsark
Independence County
Billy Koontz
Kenneth Hackworth
Charles McClain
Newark
Missouri Pacific Lines
Wayne Robertson
Memphis
B. D. Cleveland
Fayetteville
Jake Schuchardt
Wynne
Arkansas 122
Here
Schuchardt
Jack Milligan
Ann Koontz
Kelly Mitchell Hackworth
Paul Dale Milligan
Jack Lindsey
Lewis Lindsey
Terry Self
Jim Self
Orange, Tex
Draft a New State Constitution Would Draft a New State Constitution
Arkansas state representative Virgil Butler urged drafting a new constitution to benefit future generations. He spoke at the 93rd anniversary ceremony of the 1874 constitution, saying revision lags due to public apathy and current administration resistance.
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Little Rock
Virgil Butler
State
Constitutional Revision Study Commission
Arkansans
Butler
Arkansas
Purcell Plans Seminars In Salem Arkansas
Atty. Gen. Joe Purcell said the first of a series of seminars by his office would be held in Salem today. The sessions in September and October will focus on law enforcement issues including legitimate causes for arrest and for search and seizure.
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Salem, Ark
Joe Purcell
Just Call Him a Freshman at Arkansas State University
William Andrew Freshman of Ravenden Springs registered as a freshman this week at Arkansas State University. He will major in business administration.
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Jonesborg
Ark
William Andrew
Ravenden Springs
Arkansas State University
Rusk urges UN to pursue peace in Southeast Asia
Secretary of State Dean Rusk said the United States believes the United Nations has the responsibility under its charter to try to bring peace to Vietnam. He added that Washington would welcome any contribution the UN can make and said the U.S. has been sounding out other countries on UN action.
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Washington
Dean Rusk
United States
United Nations
Vietnam
U.N
Southeast Asia
Rusk
Stolen Goods Recovered in Arkansas
Stolen merchandise worth about 75,000 dollars from Springfield firms was recovered near Harrison. Lawmen seized over 400 men s suits, topcoats, and sport coats, with other items including 11 of 22 television sets, fishing lures, cigarettes, and large truck tires found in a vacant farm house and a Harrison warehouse. No charges filed yet.
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Harrison, Ark
Springfield
Harrison
Boone County
Decrease in Cotton Forecast for Government Plan
Agriculture Department estimates this year’s cotton crop at 8,185,000 bales of 500 pounds gross weight, down 1,390,000 from last year. Forecast last month was 8,332,000 bales, the smallest since 1921, with last year’s production at 9,575,000 and the 1961-65 average at 14,935,000. The crop is grown under a government program paying growers to divert part of their allotments to free up market surplus. Only about 9,724,000 of 16 million allotted acres were planted to cotton this year.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Cotton Crops Get a Boost in Arkansas
Heavy rains in central Arkansas boosted cotton growth while the northeast faced cooler weather hindering development. Blytheville reports crops three to five weeks late as rains arrived at a critical soybean stage. A Weather Bureau foresees possible rainfall from an overhead disturbance, potentially delaying harvests later in the month.
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Little Rock
Arkansas
Blytheville
Roy Bass
The
Crop Reporting Service
U.S. Weather Bureau
Chemical Soil-Killers to Be Used for First Time in Vietnam War
The Pentagon plans a barrier in South Vietnam using earth poisoning agents to prevent jungle regrowth and deter infiltrating North Vietnamese troops. McNamara released details including new troop movements, a sixteenth Infantry division creation, and open housing measures to end discrimination against Negro servicemen.
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Washington
South Vietnam
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Robert S. McNamara
McNamara
Michigan
George Romney
Johnson
101St Airborne Division
6Th Infantry
United States
U.S
AP News
Vietnam
U. S
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Nguyen Cao Ky
Thieu
Demilitarized Zone
United Auto Workers
Ford
General Motors
Chrysler
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Detroit
New York City
Milwaukee
Watts
James Perrone
Louis Prima
Marines presses in Vietnam after ambush killed 92 enemy
U S Marines bombed jungles and fields in the northern war zone after an ambush left 92 Communist troops dead. In the Mekong delta South Vietnamese forces said they killed 54 Viet Cong in the Tay Do battalion. American casualties this week total 115 dead and 382 wounded. Strategic Air Command continued two daily B52 raids to aid Marine operations. Exploratory strikes hit infiltration routes near A Shau Valley and Con Thien. The week ended a two month lull with renewed fighting and signs of a new Communist offensive.
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George McArthur
Saigon
U.S
South Vietnam
Kong
Tam Ky
U.S. Command
Strategic Air Command
A Shau
Quang Nam
Quang Tin
Con Thien
North Vietnam
da Nang
Bearden Plant Dedication for New Lumber Mill
Bearden Ark AP reports a 2 30 PM dedication ceremony for Bearden Lumber Co. new 500000 dollar all electric saw mill. Speakers include Rep David Pryor and Lt Gov Maurice Britt. Mill to employ about 200 workers producing about 30 million board feet annually.
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Bearden, Ark
Bearden Lumber Co
David Pryor
D-Ark
Maurice Britt
Missing dog at City Pound prompts return appeal
A small long haired black and white dog was taken or let out from the City Pound at Fair Park last night while awaiting rabies check. City officials urge the dog’s return without questions to spare trouble, promising safe return.
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Fair Park
Hempstead County Mental Health Group Sets Goals and Drive
The Hempstead County Mental Health Association met at Town and Country Restaurant on September 6 with Robert Edwards of Arkansas as guest speaker outlining local and state goals. Board president Freeda Greenan presided as the budget was adopted and a membership drive scheduled from September 10 to October 10 with dues three dollars per person or five dollars per family.
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Hempstead County Mental Health Association
Town & Country
Robert Edwards
Arkansas
State Association of Mental Health
Freeda Greenan
Ruston Firm Low Bidder for Arkansas River Dredging
T L James & Co of Ruston La submitted an apparent low bid of 1 573 331 Thursday for dredging 30 million cubic yards of sand from the Arkansas River bed downstream from Lock and Dam No 8 near Conaway Col Frank P Bane Little Rock District Army Engineer said 12 bids were submitted on the project which also includes removal of a sunken boat blocking the navigation channel about 4 miles and 9 half downstream from the lock and dam The government estimate was 2 038 280
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Little Rock
T.L. James & Co
Ruston
Arkansas River
Lock and
Conaway
Frank P. Bane
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