Inflation and tax debate overshadowing policy aims
The piece critiques inflation driven by a tax surcharge, noting Americans rush to buy before prices rise while economists predict a slow cooling. It suggests spending cuts ordered by Congress as the possible remedy, and contrasts musings on policy with relief that Muskie and Agnew campaign under their current names rather than immigrant forebears.
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Congress
Greenville
G.C
Menard
Edmund S. Muskie
Spiro T. Agnew
Marelszewski
Anagnostopoulos
Columbia
Will Ask for Election of Delegates
Texarkana Arkansas AP Richard S Arnold a Texarkana attorney says the state Democratic Convention will consider a resolution calling for popular election of delegates to the Democratic National Convention The resolution asks the convention to urge the General Assembly to change Arkansas law to provide for delegates elected by a primary with equal numbers from each congressional district The convention chairman would appoint a committee to draft the bill and seek passage Arnolds view is that a party ticket elected by the people would gain greater public respect Local gubernatorial nominee Marion Crank has been asked to endorse the resolution
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Texarkana, Ark
Richard S. Arnold
Texarkana
Arnold
Ee Assembly
Rei
General Assembly
Arkansas
Ayoolg
Marion H. Crank
Cone Sul B Ciucage
Birth Control Showdown Nears Canonical Ruling
Washington clash between Cardinal O Boyle and 51 priests over artificial birth control tightens as a Saturday deadline nears for recantation. Dissenters mix with theologians while Catholic University faces an inquiry into 18 teachers. Canonical penalties hinted as tensions rise.
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Willard Hi’ Mobley
Washington
Ont
Patrick Cardinal O'Boyle
Paul ‘VI
T. Joseph O'Donoghue
Catholic University
O’boyle
O'Donoghue
Just Think Artificial Arms Move in Boston AP
Battery powered artificial arms that move by thought were demonstrated in Boston by two amputees. The devices use muscle signals detected by skin electrodes to control elbow motors, weighing about 2 pounds with a 3 pound battery pack. Developed by MIT Harvard Medical School MGH and Wherry Mutual, the arms require no special training and could cost under 40,000 per arm in mass production.
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Boston
Rudolph Paquin
Tiverton
R.I
Parker Rand Jr
Bangor
Maine
Mann
Ml.t
Harvard Medical School
Massachusetts General Hospital
Wherry Mutual Insurance Co
Sparks trumpeter John Glenn Little injures neck in band rehearsal
Sparks resident John Glenn Little, 28, reached for a trumpet note with the Reno Municipal Band and strained his neck. Doctors found two discs out of place and he remained in traction in a Reno hospital.
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Reno
Nev
John Glenn
Little
Sparks
Reno Hospital
Rags to Riches for Poor Girl in Hawaii
Shirley Au, 18, will wed Wendell Phillips, 46, in Honolulu. The couple plans to move into Phillips’s Diamond Head apartment, a lavish bachelor quarters filled with exotic furnishings from around the world. Au, daughter of a Pearl Harbor shipyard supervisor, is a drama and language student nearing independence as Phillips’s reported wealth nears 120 million dollars.
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Honolulu
Shirley Au
Wendell Phillips
Phillips
Miss Ay
Diamond Head
Punchbowl
Lebanon
Irene Castadena
Miss Au
Ave
Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard
China
Lan
Philips
Qube Land
Calif
Haywall
River Width Fluctuations Prompt Reno Parking Proposals
In Reno the Truckee River widens from 150 to 300 feet as it runs through downtown prompting new proposals to cover sections with concrete for parking. The plan aims to use riverfront space for car storage and seeks public discussion on the project.
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Reno, Ney
Truckee
Reno
Automn
Clare Bspes
Cae
Allied raid in demilitarized zone kills hundreds
In a dawn offensive three miles north west of Gio Linh, U S and South Vietnamese forces with tanks and ships attacked entrenched North Vietnamese near the Ben Hai River. After 12 hours of fighting, allies counted about 168 enemy dead and suffered four killed and 46 wounded, most of them South Vietnamese.
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Saigon
Adja
U.S
Fone
Gio ‘Inh
U.S. Army
5Th Mecha
3Rd Marine Division
Ben Hai River
Even Preachers Have to Prove Statements About Big Hope Melons
A Tucson minister referenced a 100 pound watermelon to illustrate a point at First Presbyterian Church. After scrutiny, he sought a real example and found a 113 pound melon grown by Pat Rateliff of Patmos displayed by the Hope Chamber of Commerce to promote the year’s largest melon contest.
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Mary Annta
Laseter
Hope
Ark
Tuccson
Ariz
First Presbyterian Church of
Tucson
McGee
Arkana Say
Curares
Pat Rateliff
Patmos
Hope Chamber of Commerce
McGees
Tucs Son
Hempstead
Aubrey Goodwin
Rosston
Norman
Taylor
Rocky Mound
Lester Kent
Charles Salisbury
Arnold
Middlebrooks
H. P. Spencer
Roy Roberts
Ed Hubbard
D. L. Rogers
L. L. Morton
John C. Lloyd
Hope Waters
Hope, Ark
Czechoslovak Assembly debates censorship law amid reforms
Prague reports that the National Assembly convened to approve a censorship measure adding broadcasting and newspaper instructions as Soviet bloc sources note liberal leaders' tolerance may have influenced Moscow's Aug invasion. Dubcek's speech was reportedly edited before broadcast, with deletions reflecting pressure from party chiefs. Canada to admit Czechoslovak refugees under sped entry provisions. Trudeau announced plans to accept around 1,000 refugees following the Warsaw Pact invasion.
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Gene Kramer
Prasa
Prague
Czechoslovakia
National Assembly
Thane
Geopen
Moscow
Alexander Dubcek
Antonin Novotny
Dubcek
Gustav Husak
Slovak Communist Party
Io Prague
Canada
Ottawa
Cabhenet
Cay
Pierrese Frudeau
Trudeau
Warsaw
Hope High Band to March in Four States Fair Parade
The Hope High School Band directed by Wesley Brand stine will march in Texarkana opening parade for the Four States Fair televised on KTAL TV. They hold the 16th spot and will meet Tuesday Sept 17 at 7 30 p.m. in the band building.
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Hope High School
Wesley Brand‘stine
Texarkana
Ktal-Tv
Education Classes for Adults Here in Hope District
Hope school District approves Adult Education for 1968 69 with classes in Adult Basic Education and High School equivalency. Beginning October 7 1968, free books for grades 1-8 funded by federal government. adults 18 plus who have not finished 12th grade may enroll with no fee. Evening sessions 6:30 to 9:30 twice weekly, at Red River Vocational Technical School Yerger High Fulton or other district sites. Minimum ten enrollees required to start. call Yerger High or visit Yerger office by October 7 1968.
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Hope
Red River Vocational-Technical School
Yerger High School
Fulton
Yerger
Thomasson Responds to Charges Over Arkansas Flag Use
Republican attorney general candidate Jerry Thomasson defends using the Arkansas flag on campaign posters amid charges by State Rep. Charles Matthews that the flag was improperly used for campaign advertising. Thomasson says the law allows patriotic use and cites 1966 points, while Odell Pollard accuses the campaign of taxpayer-funded printing.
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Little Rock
Jerry Thomasson
Arkansas
Stats
Charles Matthews
North Little Rock
Joe Purcell
Odell Pollard
GOP
Purcell
Thomasson
Matthews
Pollard
State Board of Election Commissioners
Navy to Let 30,000 Reserves Out
Navy plans early discharge for 30,000 Reservists on two by six active duty tours. The move saves about 48 million dollars this fiscal year but draws sharp criticism from Rep. Richard Schweiker who calls it an injustice and cites Pueblo crisis callups as an excuse for manpower needs during Vietnam.
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Bob Horton
Military
Wester Washington
Pentagon
Congress
Army
Air Force
National Guard
North Korea
Uss Pueblo
Richard S. Schweiker
R-Pa
House Armed Services Committee
Pueblo
Schweiker
Secretary of Defense
Clark M. Clifford
Navy
Much &S
Rusk Says He Welcomes Replacement As Secretary of State
Secretary of State Dean Rusk, speaking at Yale Woolsey Hall, said he will welcome his replacement when his term ends. He defended U.S. policy amid charges of a Soviet invasion misunderstood agreements and stressed fidelity to security and Southeast Asia priorities.
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Tom Todd
Associated Press
New Haven, Conn
Dean Rusk Gard
Manufacturers Association of Connecticut
Rusk
Yale University
Woolsey Hall
United States
Soviet Union
Caechor
Slovakia
U.S
Ceechs
Asia
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