Canadian press hit hard by post rate hikes
The SNPA bulletin reports Canadian papers suffer steep mail declines amid post office rate hikes. Eighteen papers lost 39 percent in circulation, with combined drops of 40,500 copies and one title cutting 8,900 copies. US rates rise 33 percent this May and 142 percent over a decade. The piece notes publishers' shift to nonmail delivery and carrier networks. A personal reminiscence recalls WF Williams, longtime railway and transit figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alex. Ws. Washburn
U.S
Phillips
Elizabeth City
N.C
SNPA
Canadien
Post Office Department
Post
Officials at AM&N College Indicted
Two AM&N College officials face charges after a Jefferson County Grand Jury indicted them over financial problems at the college. Ronald A. Davis, son of President Lawrence A. Davis, is accused of illegally borrowing public funds. J A Ramos and Sylvester Early are charged with unlawful expenditures. Richard Anderson is charged with forgery and embezzlement. Indictments stem from a report of more than 92 thousand dollars in cash shortages and 1.3 million in unpaid debts as the college prepares to merge with the University of Arkansas. Bonds set at 1 thousand dollars each. Grand Jury met Feb 1 and issued seven indictments Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pine Bluff, Ark
Arkansas Am&n College
Am&n
Lawrence A. Davis
Jefferson County
Ronald A. Davis
J. A. Ramos
AMEN
Sylvester Early
Arkansas
Richard Anderson
Ramos
Early
Anderson
Legislative
University of Arkansas
C. Williams
Cora Williams
Liberals Clash With Conservatives on Warren Court Tests
Washington AP reports Justices Black and Douglas accuse conservative colleagues on the Supreme Court of abandoning a strict construction of the Constitution in a rear guard action. The exchange centers on judicial philosophy and constitutional interpretation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren Court
Washington
Hugo L. Black
William O. Douglas
Supreme Court
FBI Becomes Political Football
The House debate erupts as Democrats accuse the FBI of tapping congressmen’s phones and spying on campuses while Attorney General Mitchell resists calls for Hoover’s resignation. The piece frames Hoover as a political football amid Nixon era tensions with the Warren Court shifts and Justice Blackmun.
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Mark Brown
Associated Press
Washington
John Edgar Hoover
FBI
Hoover
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Hale Boggs
Louisiana
Hitler
Germany
Soviet Union
Boggs
United States
J. Edgar Hoover
John N. Mitchell
Key Biscayne, Fla
Passage of Time Turns Blows Into Nostalgia
New York AP essay reflects on memory as sanctuary from today’s fears. It recalls past pains softened by time, the social norms of old towns, and everyday life details from marriages to retirement plans. The piece muses on nostalgia and the shifting view of yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WCTU
Fatal shooting brings charge in Little Rock case
Scott Leonard, 21, of Little Rock was charged with first degree murder in circuit court for the shooting of Fred Phillip Pack Sr., 49. Pack and his son Fred Pack Jr. were shot during an apparent argument March 26 at a liquor store owned by the elder Pack. He died Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock
Scott Leonard
Fred Phillip Pack Sr
Pack
Fred Pack Jr
Pleas in Hempstead Circuit Court on Burglary Cases
Judge John Goodson handed down sentences after guilty pleas in Hempstead Circuit Court. Harris Samuel Rowe of Washington received three years for burglary and grand larceny tied to the Bottle Shop crime. Texarkana area defendants Shirley Williams and others pled guilty to petty larceny and were fined. Mary Ann Jones drew a three year probated sentence for theft at a Trailways Bus Station. A jury heard the case of Herman Seals on burglary and grand larceny linked to the Sport Center break in.
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Hempstead
John Goodson
Harris Samuel Rowe
Washington
Department of Corrections
Shirley Williams
Nancy Crawford
Caroline Jones
John Wesley Gipson
Herman Earl Henderson
Texarkana
Middlebrooks
Columbus
Mary Ann Jones
Trailways
Herman Seals
Collision on Highway 67 East Damages Two Cars
Yesterday a 1965 Ford driven by Brenda D Sanders of Hope and a 1969 Volkswagen driven by Betty Florence Walker of Hope collided on Highway 67 East at Moses Street causing considerable damage. Officers say Walker was passing on the right as Sanders began a right turn. Patrolmen Purtle and Hultum charged Walker with improper passing.
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Highway 67
Moses Street
Brenda D. Sanders
Hope
Betty Florence Walker
Walker
Sanders
Purtle
Hultum
Railpax Plan to Stand Head Vows
Railpax board chairman David W. Kendall faced sharp questions from Western state senators as he defended the National Railroad Passenger Service Corp plan for intercity service. Kendall argued for a restricted basic system on high demand routes, with gradual expansion as public confidence returns.
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Carl C. Craft
Associated Press
Washington (Ap
Railpax Board
David W. Kendall
Senate Appropriations
National Railroad Passenger Service Corp
Kendall
Fight over School Aid Amendment heats up in Congress
Washington AP reports a $728.6 million amendment package by Rep. William D. Hathaway aims to boost federal aid for schools and push a vote in the House. The measure seeks $235 million above the budget across elementary, secondary, impacted districts, higher education, and vocational programs, amid long running battles with President Nixon.
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Washington
Nixon
Congress
William D. Hathaway
Maine
Office of Education
House
Democratic Study Group
Hathaway
Appropriations Committee
Holy Week Schedule at St Mark's Episcopal Church
Holy Week at St Mark's Episcopal Church continues with services and rites. Holy Communion at 6 p.m. Tuesday followed by a preaching service at 7 30. Wednesday noon Holy Communion at 12 06 Maundy Thursday Holy Communion at 8 p.m. Good Friday liturgy at 12 05. Easter Eve 6 p.m. Paschal Candle lighting and baptisms. Easter Day vigil 5 a.m. First Eucharist 9 a.m. Eucharist and sermon 10 a.m. Eye Hunt.
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St. Mark’s Episcopal Church
Nixon speeding up Vietnam pullout rate reported
AP News Digest reports President Nixon has accelerated U.S. troop withdrawals to about 18,000 a month, up from the prior 12,500. Sen. George D. Aiken says the pace could clear all troops out next year with minimal remaining. Separate items note Khe Sanh evacuation, Soviet détente signals, Railpax train service changes, Humphrey’s candidacy, Hoover criticism, Dailey seeking fifth term, Berkeley radical gains, and Bandaranaike foiling Guevara insurgents.
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Lawrence L. Knutson
Associated Press
Washington (Ap
Nixon
U.S
South Vietnam
George D. Aiken
R-Vt
Aiken
Senate Republicans
Metromedia Radio News
Senate
Democrats
Vietnam
Washington
Henry M. Jackson
Melvin Laird
Jackson
Thailand
Pleads Innocent to Murder in Barton Coliseum Slaying
Billy Ray Davis, 19, of Little Rock pleaded innocent to a first degree murder charge in the March 10 Barton Coliseum area slaying of Kenneth C. Pedersen, 26, of Cabot. Pedersen and a friend were walking between two barns when he was struck in the head after a basketball game.
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Little Rock
Billy Ray Davis
Barton Coliseum
Davis
Kenneth C. Pedersen
Cabot
Pedersen
Magnolia Wreck Fatal Claim Near Arkadelphia
Arkansas State Police report Jesse G. Waggoner aged 72 from near Arkadelphia died in a Monday single vehicle crash on Arkansas 160 near the Taylor community about 20 miles south. His car failed to negotiate the curve and overturned several times.
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Magnolia, Ark
Jesse G. Waggoner
Arkadelphia
Taylor
Here
Waggoner
Easter events and pageants highlight Westover announcements
Community notices urge donations for a fence at Westmoreland Cemetery and list Easter Singing at Corinth Baptist Church with The Langston Sisters and Burke Quartet. Also announced are the Miss Ouachita and Miss Arkansas pageants, Spanish Festival chair, Hope High students, and Scottish Rite Masons grants to teachers across Arkansas.
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Corinth Baptist Church
Near Bodcaw
Langston
Burke
Hollis Dillard
W. A. Williams
Hope High School
SCA
Conway
Hope
Debra Cox
Sandy Eakley
Kathy McRoy
Linda Harris
Toni Polk
Virginia Morgan
Hendrix
Scottish Rite Masons of
Arkansas
Norma Shaddox
Texarkana
Clifford Franks
Black Panther Commandos Raid North Vietnam Base in Laos
South Vietnam’s elite Black Panther troops, about 200 men, raided a North Vietnamese base camp in Laos south of Khe Sanh with U.S. helicopter support. Initial reports say 15 North Vietnamese killed and equipment captured. casualties for the attackers were light. The raid follows a similar two hour action last week in the same area to show Hanoi the South Vietnamese still hold the initiative.
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Saigon
Khe Sanh
South Vietnam
Laos
Michael Putzel
Associated Press
Hac Bao
Black Panther
Black Panthers
A Shau
Mai Loc
Quang Tri Province
Hue
1St Infantry
Cold snap grips Arkansas with record low in Little Rock
The Associated Press reports a cold Canadian air mass keeps Arkansas temperatures very cold through tonight with a new April 6 low of 31 in Little Rock, surpassing the 1898 record of 32. A deep upper air low over Missouri and Arkansas brings heavy snow to eastern Missouri and northern Arkansas, with snow likely in the northern counties of the state.
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Associated Press
Arkansas
Little Rock
Kansas
Missouri
Quiz on War Prelude Events on Page 4
A reader quiz invites you to test knowledge of the events leading to the war. Five questions cover people and places, with answers on the adjacent pages for self checking.
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Roy Anderson
WF. Williams
Williams
Frisco Railway
Seaboard Airline Road
Atlanta
American Train Dispatchers Association
Am&n College
Mitchell
Black
Douglas
Warren Burger
Burger
Harry A. Blackmun
Yle
Gladys Russell
LC. Fuller
Railpax
Railpax Plan
Episcopal Church
AP News Digest
Jack Miller
Iowa
White House
Hubert H. Humphrey
Minnesota
Chicago
Richard J. Daley
Berkeley
Calif
Colombo
Ceylon
Sirimavo Bandaranaike
Che Guevara
Magnolia
The
Star
Westmoreland Cemetery
C. H. Bristow
Clarence Gilbert
Buster Gilbert
Pakistan
VEC
Anderson-Frazier Insurance Agency
Hope Star
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