Florida Intracoastal voyage ends with oyster bar rescue
A two and a half week Florida trip on the Intracoastal Waterway ends when the 16 foot boat runs aground on an oyster bar near Venice. With a one ton boat stuck in a foot of water, a nearby marina tow boat frees them after a $50 effort. The party includes Purvis of Hope and Dr. Clark H. Yeager, recounting a Gulf coast cruise from Sarasota to Venice and back amid weather, markers, and bridge changes due to federal dredging.
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Sarasota
Gulf
Florida
Purvis
Clark H. Yeager
Hope
Ying Keys
Sarae
Sota
Aeea
Casey Key
Venice
Jr. Yeager
Turracoastal
Gap
Aid Program Gets a Pat Gentle Rap
The House Appropriations Committee approved more than 3 billion dollars for foreign aid for the coming fiscal year, cutting President Johnson’s request by 293.2 million and falling about 1.1 billion short of last year’s total. The aid covers military assistance to about 52 nations and economic aid to roughly 72 countries, with programs for development, technical cooperation, and support for Latin America, other regions, and international organizations. The panel included criticism of administration waste and missteps while stressing foreign aid as one tool among others in defending the free world.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Johnson
Congress
South Viet Nam
Defense Department
Otto E. Passman
D-la
Free World
Rivers Suggests Withdrawing U S Troops From France
Washington reports quote House Armed Services Chair Mendel Rivers urging possible removal of 60 501 American soldiers buried in France amid French demands for U S withdrawal costs. He cautions France should cover facility removal and replacement costs and even proposes reinterring bodies on American soil if needed.
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Washington
House Armed Services Committee
U.S
France
Mendel Rivers
D S.C
Charles de Gaulle
Belgium
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Treasury
Henry H. Fowler
United States
Europe
Soviet Union
Rivers
de Gaulle
Fowler
Senate
Democratic Policy Committee
Cape Kennedy
Britain
Adam Clayton Powell
House Education and Labor Committee
Congress
L. Mendel Rivers
Johnson
Grenada
Miss
International Hope
Arizona
Mills Urges Democrats to Forgive Unity Rally
Rep. Wilbur Mills named permanent chairman at Arkansas Democratic state convention and urged unity. Gov. Orval Faubus dismissed talk of a split from the primary battle while David Pryor delivered a keynote. The report notes the party aims to unite for November against Republicans.
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Little Rock
Wilbur Mills
D-Ark
Orval Faubus
Jim Johnson
Mills
David Pryor
Lui
Caco
Unker
Brazil Trip All in Vain
Mrs. Sam Sexton of Fort Smith Arkansas left Rio de Janeiro after a two week effort to meet Brazilian officials about clemency for her husband jailed on smuggl ing charges. She sought a meeting with Justice Minister Carlos Medeiros to discuss an executive clemency appeal. Two other American wives with pleaded appeals stayed in Rio, while Mrs. Josh McCutchen and Mrs. Joe Truhill also failed to see the minister.
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RIG DE Janeiro
Sam Sexton
Fort Smith
Ark
Sexton
Justice
Carlos Medeiros
Rio de Janeiro
Josh McCutchen
Joe Truhill
Addison
Tex
Youth Convicted on Rape Count in Pulaski Court
Percy Jones, 17, of Little Rock was convicted of rape in Pulaski Circuit Court and sentenced to life in prison for raping an 81 year-old Little Rock woman named Aur. The case was heard Thursday in Little Rock, and the defendant faced severe penalties reflecting the gravity of the assault.
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Lipile Kulnk
Percy Jones
Little Rock
Pulaski
Jones
Grenada opens schools after judge orders end to violence
Public schools in Grenada Mississippi reopen after U S District Judge Claude Clayton ordered town officials to court following attacks on Negro students by white residents. A security detail of about 200 state officers remained on duty as testimony described assaults and threats during desegregation battles.
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Grenada
Miss
U.S
Claude Clayton
Clayton
Oxford
Justice Department
Grennada
Bellflower Church
Hosea Williams
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Martin Luther King Jr
Williams
Freedom
Mississippi
Tommy Roberts
Roberts
Batesville Plans Dog Leash Law on November Ballot
Batesville officials moved to place a four ordinance dog leash law on the November ballot. The city council held the first reading this week to require dog owners to keep pets on a leash or in an enclosed area. Three readings are planned before final passage.
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Batesville
Ark
APS
Effy Comcil
Shovity Council
Time Running Out on Civil Rights Bill
Washington AP reports the Senate faces a second vote to halt debate on the civil rights bill and its open housing section as time runs out. Democratic leader Mike Mansfield filed a new cloture petition after an earlier failed attempt and Sen. Hart cautioned the effort may fall short again. The chamber planned a 2 pm Monday vote on ending debate and advancing the measure addressing housing discrimination impacting many apartments and homes.
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Washington
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Mansfield
Philip A. Hart
D-Mich
Hart
Bombers Hit DMZ as MarinesTie North Vietnamese
U S B52 bombers struck the demilitarized zone just north of a Marine sweep against North Vietnamese units. Marines landed inland three miles south of the zone and clashed briefly with camouflaged troops, suffering moderate Marine casualties.
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Robert Tuckman
Saigon
South Viet Nam
Demilitarized Zone
Guam
North
U.S
Ashdown mill project kicks off in Arkansas
Construction starts on a 46 million kraft pulp and paper mill in Ashdown Arkansas for Nekoosa Edwards. Brown Root of Houston handles engineering and contracting with completion set for May 1968. Capacity 400 tons daily pulp and 200 tons daily fine paper.
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Ashdown
Arkansas
Nekoosa-Edwards Paper Company
Brown & Root, Inc
Houston
Brown&Root
Nixon cites Democratic civil war as main concern in 1968 race
AP reports Nixon, viewed by Republicans as likely 1968 nominee, highlights a Democratic civil war among Johnson Humphrey and Kennedy supporters. Georgia runoff pits Ellis Arnall against Lester Maddox, testing the state’s progressive trend. Vietnam, Gemini 11, Powell revolt, and other items appear in digest.
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Richard M. Nixon
Johnson
Humphrey
Robert Kennedy
Ellis Arnall
Lester Maddox
Georgia
Vietnam
Asia
U.S
China
United Nations
Demilitarized Zone
Dumas to Vote on Machines
A voting machine proposal will appear on the November 8 ballot in Desha County. A petition with 312 signatures, 12 over the requirement, was filed with the county clerk. The plan would require machines only in precincts where more than 300 votes were cast in the last general election, affecting McGehee and Dumas precincts.
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Dumas
ATK
Desha County
McGehee and
All Around Town Three-ly Kiwanis District convention attendees
A brief town note lists attendees Dean Murphy Guy Grigg Dr C Lynn Harris and K G Hamilton at a Missouri Arkansas Kiwanis convention starting Sunday in Hope. It mentions a harvested Hope watermelon and local radio charity radiathon for the Schroader family damaged by a trailer fire. It also notes Henderson State Teachers College student Jerry Verhaten leaving for senior year and local police statistics showing vehicle wrecks with injuries and fatalities.
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Missouri -Arkansas Kiwanis
Dean Murphy
Guy Grigg
C. Lynn Harris
K. G. Hamilton
Murphy
Jerry Verhaten
Henderson State Teachers College
Arkaedelphia
Hope Church of the Nazarene
KXAR
James Schroader
Spain
George Prentiss
Sehroaders
Justice Jim Opens Arms to Democrats
Jim Johnson the Democratic nominee for Arkansas governor told the state convention that the party is united and denounced Republican opponent Winthrop Rockefeller. He attacked Rockefeller’s record, accused him of using confidential information for land deals, and urged Democrats to back him while promising cleanups in state agencies and reforms to end influence peddling and political manipulation of welfare funds.
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Bill Simmons
Associated Press
Little Rock
Jim Johnson
Ake
America
Democratic Party of
Pha
Johnson
Rockefeller
Arkansas
Winthrop
Prissy
Sissy
Santa Gertrudis
New York
Madison Avenue
Orval Faubus
Faubus
Highway Department
Fayetteville Plant Contract Awarded for Fuel Pellets
General Electric Co. has a contract exceeding $1 million for producing plutonium bearing fuel pellets for the Southwest Experimental Fast Oxide Reactor project. Nuclear Fuel Services Co. will deliver the pellets by next August to certify calculations supporting large central station power generation using fast oxide reactors.
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Algead Vite
Tes
General Electric Co
Southwest
Nuuclear Fuel Services Co
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