Boston Voters Back Louise Hicks In Mayor Bid
In Boston, Louise Day Hicks, a Boston School Committee member, dominates the primary field amid a debate on race and segregation. She opposed moving Negro students across town to attend white schools and leads a crowded field, signaling strong local support despite civil rights tensions. The piece critiques northern attitudes toward the South and notes Hicks's rise as a political statement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South
New England
Dixie
Louise Day Hicks
Boston
Emerson
Rent pledge falls short of housing program needs
The life insurance industry pledged 1 billion dollars to fund slum housing via a rent supplement program, but critics say the plan will not scale without far more private mortgage money. The 32 million annual budget could consume half the promised mortgage funds, and expansion depends on private financing. The Senate approved 40 million more, bringing annual funds to 72 million, while the House had offered none.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Miller Washington
Philip J. Maloney
Federal Housing Administration
Senate
Maloney
Congress
Senate Appropriations Committee
President to View Flood Area in Texas Valley
President Johnson prepared to fly to flood devastated Harlingen Texas as Arroyo Colorado rose and the Rio Grande edge higher. 800 homes submerged as dikes rushed up. evacuees moved from 50 to 60 homes while airlift teams stood by for refugee relief. Governor Connally ordered 900 more National Guardsmen. Red Cross and Salvation Army mobilized disaster crews to aid evacuees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Keever
Harlingen
Tex
Rio Grande Valley
Johnson
Arroyo Colorado
Rio Grande
Colorado
Air Force
Dyess Air Force Base
Abilene
Tactical Air Command
Langley Field
Forbes
Lockbourne
Pope
Edwards
Dyess
John B. Connally
Austin
Red Cross
Salvation Army
4Th Army
Texas Department of Public Safety
George Young
Young
Laredo
Mexico
No Evidence Found of Conspiracy in Racial Violence in Cities
Senate investigators report no national conspiracy behind city riots but note a loose linkage among militant Negro leaders. FBI Director Hoover told the Johnson commission there were outside agitators in some disturbances, while RAM plots surfaced in Philadelphia with arrests announced by Arlen Specter. Interim report deadline set for next Monday.
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Walter R. Mears
Washington
Senate
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Johnson
Commission On Civil Disorders
Hoover
Antiriot Commission
David Ginsburg
Commission
Philadelphia
Dist
Atty
Arlen Specter
Revolutionary Action Movement
RAM
Specter
U.S
Anonymous Boss Remarks From Office Suggestion Box
Anonymous notes to a boss reveal humor and venting about pay raises, safety, and morale. Entries include jabs at management, a flirtatious secretarial crush, a cockroach warning to the Board of Health, and petty theft accusations. The tone is sharp, witty, and resentful about office life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hal Boyle
New York
Argentia
Plce
Development grant funds training program in seven counties
The Southwest Arkansas Development Council received a 214780 grant from the U S Department of Labor Manpower Division for Operation Mainstream a Work Experience and Training Program. 65 individuals from Miller Hempstead Lafayette Howard Nevada Little River and Seyler counties will be trained screened and placed with a 40 hour week paying 1.40 per hour for 52 weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southwest Arkansas Development Council
Department of Labor
Mike Carozza
William Fullbright
David Pryor
Miller
Hempstead
Lafayette
Howard
Nevada
Little River
Seyler
Carazza
Miller County Court House
128 Killed in the War Last Week War News Update
American warplanes fought nine air battles with MIG fighters over North Vietnam while ground fighting slackened. U S casualties last week totaled 126 killed and 1 434 wounded, with Communist losses at 1 134 dead. A Marine aircraft was downed but the pilot rescued.
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George McArthur
Saigon
North Vietnam
U.S
Con Thien
U.S. Command
United States
Dmz
South Vietnam
Americcan
Demilitarized Zone
Tonkin Gulf
Hanoi
Red China
Hon Gai
Constellation
Coral Sea
Intrepid
Four Held in Lockesburg Bank Burglary
Sheriff Louie Hilton said $12 000 to $13 000 was taken in the Bank of Lockesburg robbery. Three men and the wife of one suspect remain in custody or under questioning, with two held in Polk County jail and others moved to Nashville. A lone gunman, in coveralls and a woman's stocking over his head, forced employees and customers to the floor and ordered vaults cleared. Police traced multiple stolen cars tied to the case. Louis Graves, Nashville News publisher, accompanied the sheriff and was instructed to escort a woman after Hilton handed him a pistol.
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Lockesburg
Ark
Louie Hilton
Sevier County
Bank of
Hilton
Oklahoma
Polk County
Nashville
Joe Hardagree
R. C. Norwood
Dea Queen
Paris
Tex
Dlerks
Louis Graves
The
Nashville News
Graves
Group Pushes 5 Billion Cut for No Tax Increase
The House pressures for a $5 billion federal spending cut tied to any income tax boost. The Appropriations Committee rejected a mandatory cut in a 28 to 21 vote, while the full House then voted 202 to 182 to send the bill back for reconsideration. Lawmakers remain split over securing spending cuts before endorsing Johnson's tax plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neil Gilbade
Washington
Johnson
Congress
Arthur M. Ross
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Bureau
Ross
House
Appropriations Committee
Senate
GOP
Wilbur D. Mills
Ways and
Congress Wst
George H. Maehon
D-Tex
Mahon
State Can't Sell Islands in Navigable Waters
The attorney general's office ruled that Arkansas cannot sell islands formed in navigable waters for less than one dollar per acre. The opinion was issued to Deputy State Land Commissioner Jack N. Fleming. The state seeks to preserve navigable water rights while governing island disposal. The ruling impacts state land policy and potential land sales.
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Little Rock
Attorney General
Jack N. Fleming
Warns of City Tax Increases
State Rep. Harry Hilburn of Walnut Ridge was advised by the attorney general’s office that cities may set and later raise occupation taxes. The warning comes as cities consider tax options and potential increases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock
Harry ‘Pop’ Hilburn
Walnut Ridge
Attorney General
Workers Reject Representation at Parker Cadillac Co
In Little Rock the Parker Cadillac Co Service Department workers voted 10 to 8 against representation by the International Association of Machinists in a National Labor Relations Board election held Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock
Service Department
Parker Cadillac Co
National Labor Relations Board
International Association of Machinists
All Around Town Highlights From Canyon To Hope
Senior West Texas State University music major David Chism earned 3rd chair trumpet with the Amarillo Symphony and remains 1st chair in his university band. Also noted are updates on Vicki Connell pursuing a masters in speech therapy, a Republican Women event schedule, Nevada County education funds, Bonham youth theft arrests, and local skeet shoot notices for Thursday night practice.
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David Chism
West Texas State University
Canyon, Tex
Amarillo Symphony Orchestra
Symphony
Hope High School
R. £. Chis
Vicki Connell
Henderson State College
University of New Mexico
Albuquerque
W. R. Mills
Vicki
Casualties in Vietnam Near 100000
AP dispatch from Saigon notes U.S. war deaths last week fell but total American casualties since the start near 100,000. The Pentagon said 128 killed, 1,434 wounded, 4 missing. week prior 236 killed, 1,774 wounded, 4 missing. South Vietnamese and allied losses also declined.
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Edwin Q. Whitt
Saigon
U.S
The
Asia
Pentagon
Vietnam
Jly
Local 878 seeks set aside of union vote at Rand’s Wholesale
Local 878 of the Teamsters asks the National Labor Relations Board to void a Friday election in which Rand's Wholesale Grocery of North Little Rock workers voted 33 to 30 against union representation, alleging interference with free choice. The mix of rumor and error-filled text also references a commemorative Walt Disney stamp and a 1968 death, but these appear unrelated to the Labor Board filing.
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Little Rock
Teamsters Union
Rand
North Little Rock
National Labor Relations Board
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Boston Cat
Rogers, Ark
Emerson Electric
International Union of Electrical, Radio and Machine Worker's
Board of Health
Shere
Areson
AP News Digest
Texas
Washington Senate
Ufe
Maurice Couve de Murville
France
McClellan
John L. . McClellan
D-Ark
Office of Economic Opportunity
U.S. Office of Education
the Star Staff
Winrock Farms
Emily Prescott
Margaret Harris
Belle Klipsch
Verlain Jones
Mildred Rogers
Edith Garanflo
Frank Grachek
Jennie Sue Asia
Thalia Geist
Bonnie Routon
Haskell Jones
Claud Kirk
Florida
Nevada County
W. H. Moore
State Department of Education
Bodcan
Emmet
Clark, Milam and Lingard
Bonham, Texas
Kilgore
Texarkana
Dean
Walt Disney
California
Migeuri
Ed Reinecke
R-Cart
Burbank
Cali
Disney
Edward Y
D-Mo
Marces
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