Student protests threaten college progress and time use
A Florida editorial condemns campus disruptions as unproductive and warns that persistent protests will drive away helpers and delay solutions. It argues for orderly, time-efficient education and a shift toward broader societal work. Also cited are census reveals about single women and men, leap year quirks, and urban growth plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winter Haven
Fla
Daily News
U.S. Census Bureau
United States
Shreveport (Law) Journal
Outdoor Easter Sunrise Service at Bell's Chapel
Sunrise Easter services will be held outdoors at 6 a.m. on Sunday on the lawn of Bell's Chapel Nazarene Church two miles east of Blevins on Highway 24. The community program includes Bell's Chapel Marlbrooke Baptist Blevins Methodist and Sweet Home Church.
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Bell's Chapel Nazarene Church
Blevins
Highway 24
Bell’s Chapel
Marlbrooke Baptist
Blevins Methodist
Sweet Home Church
Colleges to Suspend in Tribute to Dr King Burial
At least five Arkansas colleges suspend classes in memory of Dr Martin Luther King Jr with Little Rock University Phi lander Smith College and Shorts er College dismissing for the day. University of Arkansas planned noon start. Arkansas Baptist College in Little Rock delays until 130 pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock
Arkansas’ Colleges
Martin Luther King Jr
Little Rock University
Philander Smith College
Shortser College
David W. Mullins
University of Arekansas
Mullins
King
Arkansas Baptist College At
Cities Under Protection of Troops
Some 61,000 National Guardsmen and Army troops were deployed nationwide to curb violence after Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. death. An additional 1,900 federal troops helped Baltimore. Rioting and looting eased but sniping rose. Ohio sent 1,800 guards to Cincinnati and Youngstown as clashes spread. One white college teacher was killed in Cincinnati rioting. Death toll reached 28 across five days, with 1,600+ injured and 10,000+ arrested. fatalities in Chicago and Washington among others.
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Bob Monroe
Associated Press
Martin Luther King Jr
Baltimore
Ohio
James A. Rhodes
Cincinnati
Youngstown
Chicago
Washington
Clerk Gets Ruling on Registration in Arkansas
In Arkansas, residents working outside the state with the U S Civil Service must register in their home counties to be eligible to vote. Deputy Atty Gen Thomas A Glaze notes armed forces and spouses are the only exempted group under the Voter Registration law.
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Little Rock
Attorney General’s Office
Hempstead
Pat McCain
Arkansas
U.S. Civil Service
Thomas A. Glaze
Glaze
Attorney General's Office
Engineering Blunder Denied Amid Malvern I-30 Delays
Arkansas highway officials and the U S Bureau of Public Roads rejected claims of a monumental engineering blunder on I 30 near Malvern while confirming a landslide south of Malvern caused a delay in grading. Officials noted road bed was prepared and paving awaited the slide repair.
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ED Shearer
Prays
Little Rock
Arkansas Highway Department
U.S. Bureau of Public Roads
Interstate 30
Malvern
Alex Washburn
The
Hope Star
Daily Bread
Ouachita River
Washburn
Malvern-Arkadelphia
Rex Lauthers
State Office
Bureau of Public Roads
John Pendergrass
State Highway Department
Leathers
Leather
Hope Sanitation Fees Needing Review by City Board
Sanitarian Mr. May completes a study across Arkansas cities on trash disposal costs. Hope faces losses under current charges, with commercial weekly pickup and fly control costs rising. The board weighs new rates to cover actual costs, noting residential fees and landfill disposal changes. State Health Department commends Hope’s sanitation program as among the best for its size.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hope Sanitarian
Vowel May
Arkansas
Hope
May
City of Hope
Sanitation Department
State Health Department
Fay
Funeral wagon carries Dr King through Atlanta streets
Dr Martin Luther King Jr is laid in a farm wagon drawn by two Georgia mules as his funeral processions begin in Atlanta. Dignitaries including Vice President Hubert H Humphrey attend the Ebenezer Baptist Church service followed by a city march. The SCLC leader is to be interred after a brief 10:30 a.m. ceremony.
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Don McKee
Associated Press
Atlanta, Ga
Georgia
Martin Luther King Jr
Atlanta
King
Washington
William Rutherford
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Hubert H. Humphrey
Lyndon Johnson
Ebenezer Baptist Church
John F. Kennedy
SCLC
Ralph Abernathy
William Holmes Borders
Memphis
AP News
House
Senate
Johnson
Mansfield
Vietnam
Miniskirt Arrival Turns Office Watching Into Art
HAL BOYLE notes how miniskirts reshape office dynamics as a playful art. He catalogues types from the Glutton to the Hamlet and the Connoisseur, all defined by their reaction to passing women and the shifting office culture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hal Boyle
New York
Lassie
Hamlet
Ritchie Files for Re election in Arkansas House race
B M Ritchie 67 of Hampton filed for the Arkansas House on the Democratic ticket. A former Calhoun County Sheriff, he seeks Pas 34 District currently held by Rep. Robert L Good win. The district covers Union and Calhoun counties.
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Little Rock
M. Ritchie
Hampton
Arkansas House
Ritchie
Calhoun County
Robert L. Goodwin
Union
Calhoun
Officials Discuss Peace Plans
President Johnson said the United States is in touch with North Vietnam about alternative sites for preliminary peace talks. He noted Hanoi had replied to U.S. efforts and indicated initial interest in a halt to bombing and other war actions as a condition for talks. Elsworth Bunker, Dean Rusk, Clark Clifford, and Gen. Wheeler joined the briefing at Camp David to map a time and place for discussions.
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Frank Cormier
Associated Press
Thurmont
Johnson
United States
North Vietnam
Orailies
Elsworth Bunker
U.S
South Vietnam
Bunker
Andrews Air Force Base
Dean Rusk
Clark M. Clifford
Earle G. Wheeler
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Hanoi
Supt Jones Secures New Hope School Contract
The Hope School District 1-A board renewed Superintendent James H. Jones's contract for an eight year term effective July 1 1968 at its April 8 meeting. Jones has served Hope Schools thirty five years, twenty six as superintendent.
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Board of Education of Hope School District 1-A
James H. Jones
Jones
Hope Schools
Hopes All Leaders Work Together in Arkansas Bishop Says
In Little Rock Episcopal Bishop Robert Brown urged Arkansas white leaders to collaborate with Negro leaders after memorial services for Martin Luther King Jr. rather than act for or on behalf of the Negro community. He emphasized cooperation to advance King's goals and improved moral cooperation.
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Little Rock
Robert Brown
Episcopal
Arkansas
Brown
Martin Anther King Jr
King
Ftirther King Jr
U S Cong at Cross Purposes in Talks on Vietnam
U S and North Vietnam speak past each other regarding talks. Washington presses for a halt to bombing only after North Vietnam shows reduced infiltration. Harriman to lead preliminary discussions, with Geneva Phnom Penh Rangoon as possible venues. Responses hinge on timing and meeting site.
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U. S
Jonesboro gains 26 580 population in special census
Jonesboro Arkansas officials announced a special census counted 26 580 residents. The disclosure follows memorial coverage of Dr Martin Luther King Jr and ongoing civil rights unrest across Baltimore Cincinnati Youngstown and Wilmington. Vietnam diplomacy and a major combat operation near Saigon are also noted. International survivors pay tribute to a pilot who landed a flaming British airliner.
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Johnson
Camp David Mountain
Vietnam
U.S
North Vietnam
Saigon
Sunrise Easter Service at Hammons Stadium
The Thirty-Second Annual Sunrise Easter Service organized by the laymen and ministers will be held at Hammons Stadium Sunday April 14 at 6 30 a m If weather is bad the service moves to Unity Baptist Church at Sth and Hervey Streets Tune in to KXAR at 6 a m for a definite announcement LaGrone Williams is General Chairman Reverend Gerald Trussell of First Baptist Church will deliver the Easter message Participation by other laymen and ministers Attendees urged to come
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Hammons Stadium
Unity Baptist Church
Sth & Hervey Streets
KXAR
LaGrone Williams
Gerald Trussell
First Baptist Church
Attanea
Local students excel in science and music across state colleges
Linda Arnold of Washington joined 10 classmates on a field trip with Southern State College to Saratoga and Lake Greeson. They found Cretaceous fossils for the college collection. Otto B. Potter from Hope judged farm mechanics contests in Southwest District FFA, while Monticello College Choir member Marjorie Royston performed a Maundy Thursday cantata. Bill Aldridge and spouse teach in Hot Springs, Rosalie Arnett, formerly of Hope, recovers in Los Angeles after a back injury. Major John Amos of the Army Chemical Corps relocates to Washington with his family.
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Linda Arnold
Washington
Ava Lee Cox
Southern State College
Saratoga
Lake Greeson
Colege
Arnold
T. A. Hussey
Hope
Southern State
NEA
Michael L. Arnold
Texarkana
Marjorie Royston
John Amos
Army Chemical Corps
Amos
End of Five Allied SaigonOps. 183 Americans Die
U S Command said five allied operations around Saigon ended with 183 Americans killed and 1 358 wounded. Some 2 658 enemy killed and 994 weapons captured as Quyet Thang sought to prevent Tet renewal. Viet Cong and North Vietnamese commanders may regroup despite de facto pause.
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Robert Tuckman
Associated Press
Saigon
U.S
Washington
Hanoi
Quyet Thang
Parents Asked to Yerger Meet at Yerger High School
Parents of Junior and Senior high school students are asked to attend a meeting Wednesday night at 7 p.m. at Yerger High School. A representative from AGN College Pine Bluff Philander Smith College Little Rock will explain types of student financial aid including loans grants scholarships and work scholarships available to students. Principal Will V. Rutherford urged parents to attend.
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Yerger High School
A.m.gn, College
Pine Bluff
Philander Smith College
Little Rock
Will V. Rutherford
Dentists Declare $1 Million For Plan Inadequate
Dr F Carl Ostrander of Ann Arbor Michigan president of the American Dental Association told the Kansas Dental Association meeting that President Johnsons request of 1 million dollars for a national dental health program for children is woefully inadequate. He said the sum would aid about 10 000 of the nations indigent and medically indigent children.
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Hot Springs
Ark
F. Carl Ostrander
Ann Arbor
Mich
American Dental Association
Johnson
Ostrander
Apekansas Dental Association
APGL Plans a Substation Near Conuubla
APGL outlines site plans for a new substation about five miles from Conuubla. The project aims to enhance regional power reliability and support growing demand in nearby communities during the upcoming construction phase.
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Cambodia
Rangoon
Burma
White House
Harriman
Jonesboro
Jonesboro, Ark
Star
Otto B. Potter
Future Farmers of America
Liberal and
Fine Arts College For Women
St. Louis
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Bill Aldridge
Helen Aldridge
Central High School
Rosalie Arnett
Los Angeles
Calif
Memorial Hospital
Frankie Arnett
Yerger
APGL
Conuubla
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