Church drive to aid Brownsville hurricane victims ends soon
On Monday September 25 the elders of the Fifth and Grady Church of Christ began a drive to raise goods for Browns ville Texas residents affected by the hurricane. By Thursday September 28 the effort was nearly complete with deliveries remaining. Expressions of gratitude honored KXAR Radio The Hope Star and Myers Baking Co plus many others for time and goods. Goods from Prescott Fulton Evening Shade and many Hope area towns filled a 20 foot van a 12 foot U Haul trailer and J L Lavender’s pickup. Cash totaling 929.04 will be sent.
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Brownsville
Texas
Kxar Radio
Hope Star
Myers Baking Company
Prescott
Fulton
Evening Shade
Central
Lewisville
Stamps
Falcon
Patmos
Plesant Hill
Willisville
Waldo
Magnolia
Spring Hill
Emmet
Ami
City of Hope
J. L. Lavender
U.S. Holds Key Strongpoints in DMZ Front Lines
Pentagon sources say North Vietnamese troops cannot cross the border while U.S. Marines defend Con Thien and Gio Linh. Officials cite strategic, political and psychological reasons to stay, warning withdrawal could threaten supply routes, South Vietnamese morale, and regional resolve. In Baltimore a Viet Cong bamboo grenade was found in a service member’s package and defused by bomb squads.
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Hoffman
Washington
South Vietnam
U.S
Pentagon
Con Thien
Gio Anh
Gio Linh
Asia
United States
Baltimore
Vietnam
Edward D. Cussick
U.S. Customs Office
Hoover advises ex agents on writing and weight jokes
FBI Director J Edgar Hoover mocked myths about the bureau at a Society of Former Special Agents meeting noting he does not require agents wiping hands before talking and quipped about Dillinger figures. He praised the 50th anniversary of his Justice Department service and saluted attending congressmen and former colleagues.
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Hoover
Washington
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
John Dillinger
Society
Special Agents
Bureau
Bu- Spe Aing
Dane
Association
Justice Department
Woman's Year in Election Predicted at GOP Conference
Mary Brooks of the Republican National Committee predicted a strong female turnout for 1968, saying the next election would be a woman's year. About 800 women from 13 states arrived in Little Rock for the 15th annual Republican women’s conference in the Southern region. Guests include Sen. Charles Percy Gov. Claude Kirk and GOP chairman Ray Bliff. Governor Winthrop Rockefeller and wife hosted a barbecue at the Arkansas governor’s farm, with delegates including Oklahoma Gov. Dewey Bartlett and former Gov. Henry Bellmon touring the farm.
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Little Rock
Mary Brooks
Republican National Committee
Charles Percy
R-Nl
Claude Kirk
Florida
Ray Bliff
GOP
Winthrop Rockefeller
Arkansas
Here
Oklahoma
Dewey Bartlett
Henry Bellman
Thompson resigns from state Highway Commission
John Thompson aged 65, general counsel for the state Highway Commission, resigns effective November 1 to enter private practice with his son in Little Rock. He has long served as assistant attorney general, welfare commissioner and PSC attorney, after starting with the state in 1934.
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Little Rock
John Thompson
State Highway Commission
Thompson
Edgar
Public Service Commission
Computer Says 10 States to Lose Seats
A Census Bureau computer forecast for the 1970 census predicts ten states will lose seats in the U S House, with California gaining to 44 from 38 and New York potentially dropping to about 40 seats. Florida, New Jersey, Texas and Arizona are expected to gain one seat each. losses concentrate in the Midwest and East, with Pennsylvania down two, West Virginia one, and Ohio, Michigan, Wisconsin, Oklahoma, Iowa and North Dakota each losing one. Ohio's figures remain uncertain. Overall national population share is projected to rise about 26 percent from 179 million in 1960 to 206 million in 1970.
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House of Representatives
California
New York
Census Bureau
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New Jersey
Texas
Arizona
Congress
House
Midwest
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Hanois
Ohio
Michigan
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Oklahoma
Iowa
North Dakkota
Arkansas Weather Station Report For Friday
24 hour period ending 7 am Friday reports high 66 and low 35 degrees. Forecast notes a change of state with east portion clearing tonight and not as cold west, continuing clear and mild. Saturday expected as fair and warmer with tonight’s low in the upper 30s to 40s.
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Arkansas
Morton Will Give Support to Dirksen
Washington AP Len Thruston B Morton backs Senate Republican Leader Everett Dirksen for chair of the 1968 platform committee despite war policy rifts. Morton seeks a GOP plank offering a workable alternative to Johnson on Vietnam, while praising Dirksen as a historic legislative leader and predicting discussions before the August convention. Australia was the last of the inhabited continents to be discovered.
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Len Thruston
B. Morton
Senate
Everett M. Dirksen
Republican Platform Committee
Vietnam
Morton
Dirksen
Johnson
Kentucky
GOP
State Department
Dwight D. Eisenhower
United States
North Vietnam
South Vietnam
Hanoi
U.S
Johneson
Clifford P. Case
New Jersey
Jacob K. Javits
New York
Charles H. Percy
Mlinois
Edward W. Brooke
Massachusetts
Sen. Dirksen
Fulbright Says Senate Duty Is To Speak On Policy
Sen J William Fulbright told a state NA R Federal Employes convention in Little Rock that he did not enjoy criticizing the Johnson administration but believed it a senator s duty to oppose policies he disagreed with He argued the Senate was not a rubber stamp and should not merely say amen to the president s actions
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Little Rock
J. William Fulbright
D-Ark
Johnson
Senate
Fulbright
National Association of
Mrs. Marie Paddie Dies at 44 in Hope
Marie Paddie 44 of Hope died Thursday in a local hospital. Survived by two sons Dennis and Kenneth Clayton Paddie both of Hope, two sisters Lana Ratcliff Hope and Mrs. Joe Harold Wren Prescott, two brothers William Milton Crews Texarkana and Jesse Roy Crews Texarkana, parents Mr. and Mrs. Sethew Crews Hope. Services 10 a.m. Saturday First Methodist Church by Rev. Everett Vinson. Burial Macedonia Cemetery by Herndon Funeral Home.
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Marie Paddie
Hope
First Methodist Church
Dennis
Kenneth Clayton Paddie
Lana Ratcliff
Joe Harold Wren
Prescott
William Milton
William Milton Crews
Texarkana
Jesse Roy Crews
Sethew, Crews
Everett Vinson
Macedonia Cemetery
Herndon Funeral
Pulaski Bar Backing Constitutional Change for Salaries
Atty. Gen. Joe Purcell praised the Pulaski County Bar Association for backing a constitutional amendment to raise judiciary salaries and urged an amendment to increase the attorney general’s salary. He argued the office should be fulltime and should not allow private practice. Purcell cited New York’s $48,000 annual AG pay and noted many states pay at least $20,000.
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Little Rock
Joe Purcell
Pulaski County Bar Association
Judiciary Branch
Purcell
State of
New York
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