First use of new 20 page rotary press in full color
The Star reports its new 20 page rotary offset press operated at full capacity printing 16 colorless pages plus color on four pages. The duotone color at feeders, a wide attention getter, couldn’t fit all color pages today as the edition reached its maximum size. An old employe, Clinton Taylor, recalls printing era shifts from hot metal to air conditioned machines. A Lions Club portrait incident and camera troubles are noted, with plans to reprint the officers’ photo. Malaysia appoints a new constitutional sultan of Trengganu with a sword enthronement ceremony.
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the Star
Fiatchild News King
Clinton Taylor
E. Redstone
el Monte
Calif
Mary
Deborah
Stephen
Taylor
Hom
Bill Cross
Lions Club
Bill
O.K
Eastman
Malaysia
Kuala Lur
Trengganu
Youth Hurt When Horse Rears At Fair Park
Kevin Ward one year old son of Mr and Mrs Wayne Ward was injured yesterday at fair park when a horse he rode reared and flipped over backwards. He underwent surgery for internal injuries this morning with the seriousness of the injuries not yet determined.
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Kevin Ward
Wayne Ward
Fair Park
Hhim
Phone Hike to Cost Public 11100 Year
At its regular meeting the City Board of Directors approved a franchise and rate increase for Southwestern Bell in Hope. The ordinance raises the Bell payment by 1 cent per customer monthly, while company rates rise about 25 cents monthly, yielding an estimated 1776 yearly city gain but an 11100 yearly burden on residents. Urban renewal plan approved. federal funding application to follow. City Manager authorized to certify non relocation for federal loan applications. Local residents seek a second two way radio system for emergency police support. police radio purchase authorized.
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Southwestern Bell
Hope
Bell
Telphone
City of Hope
Bob Manes
Garland Medders
Battered Michelangelo Sails After Storm Toll
In a fierce Atlantic storm the Italian liner Michelangelo neared New York with one American and one German dead and 11 injured. A British freighter lost five men 600 miles off Newfoundland. Master Capt. Giuseppe Saletti said a 33 foot wave struck the ship as 70 knot winds lashed the vessel. Dead were J. Steinbach of Chicago and Werner Berndt of Hamburg. Berndt’s wife was among the injured.
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New York
Michelangelo
Newfoundland
Giuseppe Saletti
J. Steinbach
Chicago
Werner Berndt
Hamburg
Germany
Berndt
$130,000 Sought for Mineral Study in Arkansas
Gov. Faubus announced Arkansas plans to request a $130,000 federal grant to finance an aero magnetic minerals survey of parts of the Ozark and Ouachita ranges. A Missouri survey revealed deposits of iron, lead and copper, prompting belief that Arkansas may have similar resources. The state Geological Commission has $70,000 to match any approved federal funds, aiming to spur exploration by mining firms and boost economic development.
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Little Rock
Arkansas
Ozark and Quachita Mountain Ranges
Orval Faubus
Faubus
Missouri
Missouri Ozarks
Ozarks
Quachita Mountains
State Geological Commission
Liberal bank chartering blamed for increased risk
A Senate investigations subcommittee charged that the liberal granting of bank charters by the Currency Comptroller James J Saxon has raised banking risk and attracted people of questionable character The report urged stricter bank laws with criminal penalties and warned more questionable individuals could be drawn to the field if Saxon's policies continue The findings reference 1965 hearings into federally insured banks failures
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Washington
Senate
Comptroller of Currency
John S. McClellan
James J. Saxon
Congress
Saxon
McClellan
Coal Miners Angry Still Won't Work
PITTSBURGH AP Some striking coal miners are described as angry and belligerent as about 58 000 miners continue a walkout defying union orders. Joseph Yablonski says they are belligerent and disappointed they lack a contract. Harvey Yonker notes some locals may comply but others remain angry and unwilling to work without a contract.
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Pittsburgh
Joseph Yablonski
United Mineworkers
Uniontown
Harvey Yonker
UMW
Johnstown
Yonker
Changes in Phone Service Numbers in Hope Area
Southwestern Bell Arkansas plans new dialing codes 411 for unlisted numbers and 4102 for Telephone Repair Service starting Friday. Manager Frank Meeks cites groundwork for direct distance dialing and national standardization. New equipment additions aim to prepare Hope for direct dialing this summer.
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Hope
Southwestern Bell — Arkansas
Frank Meeks
Meeks
Arnold Files as Candidate for Congress
Arnold of Texarkana joins Charles Honey and Dean Murphy as Democratic candidates in the regular primary for the 4th District. A special congressional primary is delayed by court disputes over district boundaries. Arnold, 29, supports a prompt special primary and favors a majority rule to ensure a decisive winner.
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Little Rock
Richard Arnold
Texarkana
Charles Honey
Dean Murphy
David Pryor
Camden
Arnold
Oren Harris
Migrant Worker Day Care Grant Approved in Arkansas
The Office of Economic Opportunity approved a 68479 grant to start a day care center for children of migrant farm workers in Northeast Arkansas near Springdale. The Northeast Arkansas Areas Migrant Association in Springdale will operate the facility six days a week for about 200 preschool children whose parents work seasonally on nearby farms.
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Associated Press
Washington
Office of Economic Opportunity
Arkansas
John L. McClellan
D-Ark
Springdale
Northeast Arkansas
Ares Migrant Association
McClellan
Hamilton Deferred Until He's Too Old
Washington AP reports actor George Hamilton has held a draft deferment since 1961 due to hardship on dependents. At 26 he remains classified 3A with a dependency deferment renewed three times, under Local Draft Board No. 8 in New York City, though he now resides in California.
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Washington
George Hamilton
Lynda Bird Johnson
Selective Service System
National Headquarters
Paul V. Akst
New York City
Hamilton
California
Selective Service Act
Tornado touches down north of Sheridan Arkansas
State Police reported a tornado landed six miles north of Sheridan damaging seven homes and a barn with no major injuries. Hail as large as golf balls fell at Floral and Sheridan while radar tracked a twister near Noble Lake. Warnings were issued for east areas as storms swept the state and an unconfirmed report arose at Swan Lake.
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Associated Press
Sheridan
Weather Bureau
Pine Bluff
Floral
Batesville
Noble Lake
Burreau
Swan Lake
Jerry Coon
Arkansas
Memphis
Soldiers Drowned at Fort Gordon Sec tor Area
Private Ronald P. Meeks 19 of Benoni Arkansas drowned Monday while swimming at Fort Gordon sector area the Army said He guarded at Clark Hill Reservoir and drowned while swimming toward a raft He had been stationed at Fort Gordon less than two weeks
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Ronald P. Meeks
Benoni
Ark
Ft. Gordon Sec Tor
Meeks
Clark Hill Reservoir
Ft. Gordon
Van Dalsem Defends Arkansas 155 Road Plan to Perry County
Van Dalsem said Arkansas 155 links to a Perry County road leading to the De Berree community where eight or 10 families live. He outlined a plan by the South Fourche River Watershed Association to survey land west of a bridge for a recreational development with five lakes of 30 to 40 acres, aiming for completion by summer 1967. He defended state highway funding and a $140,000 bridge replacement, noting the road should be paved. Republicans accused the project of political influence. Hampton declined comment. CarlisIe voters approved a $25,000 bond for a city park and playground.
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Little Rock
Perry Pala
Paul van Dalsem
Gald
Republican Party
Ouachita National Forest
GOP
The
Arkansas Outlook
van Dalsem
Perry County
South Fourche River
Arkansas 155
Fourche la Fave River
van Dalsern
Pulaski County
Pulaski
Republican
Wayne Hamton
State Highway Commission
Hampton
Viet Cong attack on Saigon air base raises alarm
AP reports a Viet Cong mortar strike on the Saigon air base killed seven Americans and injured at least 156 including Americans and Vietnamese, with four planes and a fuel dump destroyed. Congress monitors South Vietnam turmoil as elections loom. U S B52s dropped a heavy war load on North Vietnam's Ma Gia Pass.
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Viet Nam
Saigon
Congress
South Viet Nam
Senate
House
Washington
North Viet Nam
Ma Gia Pass
Humphrey
Johns Hopkins
Local events outline and census figures in Hempstead and Lafayette
Girl Scout leaders meet at the Little House in Fair Park on Thursday to plan the pageant Dawn's Early Lights for April 30 at the Texarkana Four State Fair Rodeo arena, with a rehearsal after school for Brownies. Census data show 1,410 bales of cotton ginned in Hempstead, 14,524 in Lafayette, 7,082 in Miller last year to 5,204 this year, Willie Harris family arrives in Hope from Washington, D. C. and Mr. Harris helped Congressman Oren Harris. Future Farmers of America Rodeo begins Friday at Fair Park Coliseum with tickets $1 adults, 5 cents students. Also noting discussion on local history in Lewisville and bond election funds available at the Clerk's office.
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Little House
Fair Park
Es Dawn
Texarkana Four State Fair Rodeo Arena
Richard Keyton
U.S. Department of Commerce
Bureau of Census
Hempstead
Lafayette County
Miller County
Farmers of America
Fair Park Coliseum
B52 raid targets Mu Gia Pass amid Saigon airport attack
U.S. Air Force reports the first B52 strike on North Vietnam caused landslides at Mu Gia Pass used by the Ho Chi Minh Trail. Earlier Viet Cong mortar hit Saigon’s airport killing seven Americans and a civilian, wounding 108 Americans, one American civilian, and 19 Vietnamese. Four planes were destroyed and a 400000 gallon fuel tank burned. The B52s dropped about 1.4 million pounds of explosives on the path from the Laotian border south of Hanoi.
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Thomas A. Reedy
Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S. Air Force
North Viet Nam
Mu Gia
U.S
Will
Guam
Hanoi
Fists Fly in Berkeley Viet Nam Demonstration Riot
A Viet Nam Day Committee demonstration in Berkeley, near the UC campus, erupted into a melee as police clashed with about 3,000 protesters. Police reported injuries and six arrests on charges including assault on police, with officers seizing an amplified device and removing loudspeakers from the building used for the rally.
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Jack Schreibman
Berkeley
Calif
Viet Nam Day Committee
U.S
Southeast Asia
Bruce Baker
Telegraph Avenue
University of California
VDC
South Viet Nam
Johnson
Trimble Says Hempstead Omission Was Mistake
Rep. J. W. Trimble of Arkansas argues two counties Little River and Hempstead were left out of the Ozarka redevelopment plan he supports bringing industry to Arkansas. He reiterates support for a Buffalo River dam, notes opposition wants a national river, and says U S forces should stay until a good civilian government asks for departure.
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Ark
J. W. Trimble
D-Ark
Ozarka
Little River
Hempstead
Trimble
Arkansas
Buffalo River
Viet Nam
United States
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