Lobbyists Fight to Cripple Waterways and Cabinet Powers
A column argues that Johnson era moves to create cabinet posts strengthen executive power while aiding lobbyists and pressures from railroad and trucking lobbies to tax fuel for small-draft vessels. It traces transport history and claims rail and truck lobbies aim to curb waterway development in favor of their interests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnson
Executive Branch
Legislative Branch
Congress
Transportation
Alan S. Boyd
Johnson Administration
Boyd
National Waterways Conference, Inc
Johnson Cabinet
Drew Co Man Shot and Killed near Wilmar
Leo Douglas Jr. 38 of Wilmar Drew County was shot and killed Sunday afternoon about two miles west of Wilmar. The incident occurred in rural Drew County Arkansas and officials investigated the fatal shooting. Local authorities reported the victim as Leo Douglas Jr. of Wilmar with no immediate information on a suspect or motive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticelly, Ark
Leo Douglas Jr
Wilmar
Drew County
Texas Cities Threatened by Floods
Harlingen and four other South Texas cities faced rising floodwaters from the swollen Rio Grande and the Arroyo Colorado after Hurricane Beulah. DPS urged evacuations to high ground as sandbagging and Coast Guard helicopter evacuations continued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gary Garrison
Harlingen
Tex
Rio Grande
Beulah
Texas
Texas Department of Public Safety
Arroyo Colorado
Mercedes
la Feria
Rio Hondo
Lozano
Areroyo
Coast Guard
Department of Public Safety
Arroyo
State Highway Patrol
Rio Grande Valley
Border
Here
Nueces River
Three Rivers
Nueces
Corpus Christi Toay
American Motors Raises 1968 Car Prices
Detroit AP report states American Motors will price its 1968 models about $89 higher on average, a 3.8 percent increase over 1967 equivalents. AMC becomes the fourth major U S car maker to raise 1968 prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
American Motors
AMC
U.S
Stock Show Schedule Hope Fair Week Events
Schedule of events for Monday through Saturday during the Stock Showweek. Highlights include official parade, Sonny Myers Amusement midway, youth talent and fair queen contests, livestock judging across multiple breeds, Jersey and Holstein cattle judging, Quarter Horse shows, FFA day activities, rodeo nights by Texoma Rodeo Company, school day ride discounts, and the final Texoma Rodeo prize announcements. Occasional free events noted at Coliseum and final rodeo prize awards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Downtown Hope
Sonny Myers
Coliseum
Texoma Rodeo Company
Madill
Okla
IRA
Midway
Texoma Rodeo
Sunday School Teacher Embezzler Minnie Mangum Dies at 71
Minnie Mangum a Portsmouth Sunday school teacher who embezzled nearly five million dollars from Commonswealth Savings and Loan was found dead at 71 after years of a guilty plea and parole. Her long tale included a 1965 pardon denial and restitution efforts with federal suits recovering most, though about one million remained unaccounted for. The report also notes Arkansas proposal to abolish juvenile boards and form a single five member board pending Rockefeller special session.
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Portsmouth
Minnie Mangum
Portsmouth Hospital
Lillian V Eure
Minnie
Commonswealth Savings and Loan Association
Norfolk
Virginia
State Farm For
Goochland County
State Parole Board
Miss Minnie
Little Kuuk
Arkansas Legislative Council
Winthrop Rockefeller
Washington
Cuba
Rio Grande
Mercedes
Skydivar
John Wasik
Arkansas Arkansas
Frank Broyles
Razorbacks
Strike of Teachers Spurs Antiunion Sentiment in New York
In a spoof of the teachers strike, parents express antiunion sentiment as Public School No. 44 remains open. A storied sequence follows Jeffrey and Nick, a family drama centered on a zipper mishap and a doctor’s intervention. The piece ends with a vow to sue the United Federation of Teachers for damages unless tempers cool.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
HAL Ujufer New York
United Federation of Teachers
New York
Jeffrey
Nick
Daddy
Mommy
Jeff Fray
Manhattan
Central Park West
Ex-Lawmaker Autry Dies At 71 In Arkansas
L. H. Autry of Burdette dies at Blytheville hospital at age 71. The former state representative was in his 11th term in the Arkansas House, first serving in 1939 and 1940, returning 1945 to 1955, then elected again in 1960 and serving through the recent General Assembly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blytheville, Ark
L. H. Autry
Burdette
Blytheville
Autry
Arkkansas House
General Assembly
Leadership Development Workshop in Hope Event Series
The Hope Hempstead Chamber of Commerce and Red River Vocational Tech School with the Agricultural Extension Service will host a four session Leadership Development Workshop at Red River Vocational Tech School in Hope on October 3 10 17 and 24 from 7:39 to 9:00 p.m. Led by Extension Sociologist J C Urban the program aims to boost leadership skills for people who work with groups and the public. The schedule covers How It Works Relationship of Leaders to Members Problem Solving Process and Use of Communication in Leadership Development. Urban joined the Arkansas Agricultural Extension Service in 1964 with degrees from Oklahoma State University and prior teaching at Fort Hays Kansas State College.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hope-Hempstead Chamber of Commerce
Red River Vocational Tech School
Cooperaion
Agricultural Extension Service
Hope
J. C. Urban
Urban
Arkansas Agricultural Extension Service
Oklahoma State University
Extension Service
Ft. Hays
Kansas State College
Cold Front Brings Cooler Temperatures Across State
A stationary cold front across extreme southern Arkansas lowered overnight lows into the 40s in places like Calico Rock and Batesville. Walnut Ridge recorded 49, with War ren 63 and Texarkana 63. No rain fell in 24 hours, skies stayed clear, and a warming trend is expected to start today with normal highs near 80 to 84 and lows 55 to 60.
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Associated Press
Mid-South
Arkansas
Calico Rock
Batesville
Gilbert
Brinkley
Walnut Ridge
Warren
Texarkana
Oz Park
Portland
U.S
Little Rock
Weather Bureau
Gambling devices found in trailer near Benton Arkansas
Bent on Police seized a trailer by a gravel pit containing 38 slot machines three black jack tables six dice tables and four roulette wheels bearing labels of 13 Hot Springs clubs. Patrolman Al Brumbelow obtained a search warrant from Municipal Judge John J Hughes and impounded the equipment near Belvedere Sand and Gravel Co. Officials did not determine the trailer owner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benton, Ark
Benton
al Brumbelow
John J. Hughes
Belvedere Sand and Gravel Co
Officiers
Leaflets Urge North Vietnam Villagers to Join South
Leaflets dropped by U S planes urge villagers near the northern frontier to back the South as fighting continues for a third week. Gen Westmoreland notes Allied gains while Con Thien endures heavy shelling and DMZ tensions persist with 12 million pounds of bombs dropped in support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Esper
Saigon
South Vietnam
U.S
William C. Westmoreland
Vietnam
Dmz
North Vietnam
Con Thien
Associated Press
Edwin Q. White
Con Thein
White
Schools Reopen in New York Amid Teacher Walkout
The Board of Education reopened schools with supervisors and volunteers as the teachers' walkout entered its third week, leaving about 1.1 million public school children without regular classes. The board had shut down schools last Thursday and Friday anticipating a return to normal today.
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New York
Board of Education
Reagan favorite son candidate in GOP field
The California Republican party backs Governor Ronald Reagan as a favored presidential candidate while Gov George Romney tours Watts. Rockefeller may attend the Republican National Convention as a favored son candidate. Sen Percy vows to avoid active campaign involvement.
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California
Republican Pre Sanitation
Ronald Reagan
George Romney
Watts
New York
Arkansas Girl Stabbed Fatally
Fifteen year old former Job Corps enrollee held as suspect in fatal stabbing of 18 year old Lynette Baker of Pine Bluff Arkansas in a vacant lot near an American Legion club. Miss Baker had enrolled July 26 at a Women s Job Corps Center studying to be a nurses aide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albuquerque
N.M
Flocke Lynette Baker
Pine Bluff
Ark
American Legion Club
Whitfield lodge to confer two Masters Degrees Tuesday
All Around Town notes Whitfield Masonic Lodge No 239 will confer two Masters Degrees at the Masonic Hall on Tuesday September 26 at 7 15 p m. Also reports on Kathryn Watson joining Kappa Delta at Drury College and Hope Public Schools adjusting to a short week for the Third District Livestock Show with early dismissals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitfield
Hope Public
James H. Jones
War Picture Brightens Says General Westmoreland
In Saigon General Westmoreland told South Korea trops that allied gains over two years show an increasingly clear path to military victory. Amid the DMZ fighting, U.S. and South Vietnamese forces pressed assaults with B52 strikes and ground moves near Con Thien and Tam Ky, while North Vietnamese artillery and mortar fire continued.
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Saigon
U.S
Demilitarized Zone
William C. Wests
Moreland
Free World
Vietnam
South
South Korea
South Vietnam
Con Thien
Leatherneck
Peking
New China
Giai Phong
Dmz
Armored Cavalry Regiment
Tam Ky
Quang Tin Province
North Vietnam
Panhandle
Three Die in Separate Arkansas Weekend Crashes
State Police report three people killed in separate weekend crashes across Arkansas. C E Treadway, 60, Conway, died when his car left state highway 25 north of Conway and hit a pole. Herbert Brownfield, 62, Amagnon, died in a car truck collision on US 67 near Walnut Ridge. Raymond Lamar Summersford, 18, Monticello, died after his car struck a riderless horse on Arkansas 61 within Monticello city limits.
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Arkansas
C. E. Treadway
Conway
Herbert Brownfield
Amagnon
Jackson County
Raymond Lamar Summersford
Monticello
Treadway
Oags
J. B. Henry
Allen Thomas
Brownfield
U.S. 67
Walnut Ridge
John Kelly
Camden
Dean French
Pocgehontas
Kelly
French Ward
Summerford
John Summerford
Montiicello
Monticello Hospital
Arkansas 61
Summersford
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Tom Watson
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Kappa Delta Sorority
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Melee Hamilton
Hope, Ark
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