Truckers Strike Hits Chicago Area Industries Hard
Chicago area truckers strike drags on five days, idling 1200 Hammond Organ Co. workers and about 750 at Honeywell plants. Electrical machine sector faces risk for 168000 jobs as parts shortages ripple to Zenit h Motorola Admiral TV makers and rail embargoes. Some deliveries still occur but chain stores report reduced shipments and limited drug supplies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Hammond Organ Co
Honeywell Inc
Thomas H. Coulter
Chicago Association of Commerce
Zenith
Motorola
Admiral
Arkansas Young Democrats near split over Fulbright Mills
Eu gene Hale Jr. a former Faubus aide accused Sen J William Fulbright and Rep Wilbur Mills of trying to control the Young Democrats through their employees as the state convention kicked off. Hale and Roy Lee Hight, Mills aide, lead the race for YDC president with six other officers to be elected Sunday. Hight rejected claims of outside manipulation and said he seeks votes from organized Young Democrats. The convention also featured Miss YDC 1968 contest and a Pryor address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock
Eugene Hale Jr
Orval Faubus
Arkansas Young Democrats
Arkansas
Hale
Roy Lee Hight
Mills
Hight
YDC
Jack Files
Fulbright
Washington
Sen
Rep
Young Democrat Club
Files
Sam Boyce
Newport
David Pryor
D-Ark
Johnson Sees Pleased Return From Latin America Summit
President Johnson returned from the hemispheric summit in Uruguay reportedly pleased with the results amid cautious notes. The 20 nation conference produced a Declaration of Presidents of America aiming for a Latin American common market by 1985, increased trade, higher living standards, education, health programs, and reduced military spending, with success depending on future implementation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William L. Ryan
Punta del Este
Uruguay
Johnson
U.S
Latin America
Hemisphere
United States
Leaders Seek Formula to Seat Powell
In Washington the House created a permanent Ethics Committee while leaders seek a winning formula to seat Adam Clayton Powell. Powell’s case divides lawmakers as they draft a standards code and weigh punishment options. Powell, at a Bahamian retreat, faces possible censure or more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl P. Leabsdorf
Washington
House
Adam Clayton Powell
Powell
Bimini
Richard Bolling
D-Mo
Justice Department
Arkansas Page Chosen for National Republican Women’s Convention
Mrs. Nolan Troxell announced Miss Candy Harris of Hope is Arkansas Page for the National Convention in Washington May 4 to 6 at Sheraton Park. Harris will carry Arkansas flag and escort speakers. 50 state pages will wear red white and blue. Eighty seven Arkansas women travel by bus from Little Rock, tour Monticello and Williamsburg, with a Capitol luncheon planned by Rep. Hammers schmitt. A closing note mentions the pope opening and closing a church door in Jubilee years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nolan Troxell
Arkansas Federation of Republican Women
Candy Harris
Lynn Harris
Hope
Arkansas
The
Federation of Republican Women
Sheraton Park Hotel
Washington, D. C
Mildred Rogers
Edith Garranflo
Little Rock
Monticello
Williamsburg
Washington
John Paul Hammersschmitt
Capitol
Arakasas Group
Weather Elsewhere and Public Notices Mingle in Local Briefs
Weather Elsewhere reports Truman vetoed 251 bills during his presidency per Encyclopaedia Britannica. A Women’s club meeting at the Diamond Cafe featured Bennett Wood of the U.S. Department of Labor speaking on Status of Women and Equal Pay Legislation. Club officers and members, including Velora Bright and Norma Jean Delaney, discussed Student Loan Fund guidelines and upcoming Career Club Girls Group events. In Hot Springs, Allen F. Davis, 39, was indicted for first degree murder in the June death of Catherine Ann War. he also faces prior murder charges, with his wife Sharon Davis shot earlier. Davis pleads innocent by reason of insanity and is under mental examination at the State Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hope
Bennett Wood
U. S. Department of Labor
Diamond Cafe
Velora Bright
Delaney
Clube
Career Club Girls
Man
Hot Springs
Ark
Allen F. Davis
Garland County
Davis
Catherine Ann War
Sharon
Pauline Knight
State Hospital
State Green Thumb Deal Expands Rural Beautification
The Labor Department signed a 334,430 contract with Green Thumb Inc to employ about 400 elderly men across Arkansas Oregon New Jersey Indiana and Minnesota for rural beautification. The pact signed by Wirtz and Green Thumb president Anthony Dechant funds 278 380 from the bureau of work programs and 56 250 from Green Thumb. Also notes Mysterious Billy Smith as the first welterweight champion on December 14 1892 after knocking out Danny Needham.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Labor Department
Green Thumb, Inc
Secretary of
W. Willard Wirtz
Anthony Dechant
Green Thumb
National Farmers Union
Arkansas
Oregon
New Jersey
Indiana
Minnesota
Bureau of Work Programs
Billy Smith
Danny Needham
Experiment Station 24 Hour Weather Report
The report covers 24 hours ending 7 a.m. Friday with a high of 73 and a low of 56. Precipitation totaled 1.21 inches.
Negro Named to Committee on Civil Rights
Uttle Rock AP George Howard Jr a Pine Bluff Negro lawyer was named chairman of the Arkansas State Advisory Committee to the U S Commission on Civil Rights succeeding Ted Lamb Little Rock whose term expired Dec 31 4CASE FOR NOISE Tucson AP Don’t make kids turn off the radio while studying to improve grades two sixth graders asked teachers for 20 spelling words and showed 305 errors in silent classes vs 282 in noisy rooms at a University of Arizona science fair
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Immanual Baptist
Paragould
Stuttgart
Lou Donath
Farmers Aerial Seeders
Crossett
Crossett High School
Ap&l
Monticello
Warren
KAGH
Banks
Mountain Home
Weather Bureau
Uttle Rock
George Howard Jr
Pine Bluff
Arkansas State Advisory Committee
U. S
Howard
Ted Lamb
Little Rock
Dee
Tucson
Ariz
Patrick Spellman
Robert Dinius
University of Arizona
Ellen Harrison 74 Hempstead County resident dies
Friday April 14 1967 obituary notes Ellen Harrison aged 74 longtime Hempstead County resident died Thursday in a local hospital. Survived by husband Connie W Harrison of Washington four children Dorothy Byers Evelyn Hicks Pauline Hicks and four brothers. Services set for 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Herndon Chapel with Rev Carlton Roberts. burial in Memory Gardens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellen Harrison
Hempstead Couny
Connie W. Harrison
Washington
Dorothy Byers
Lancaster
Texas
Evelyn Hicks
Pauline Hicks
Columbus
J. F. Goodman
Braxston
R. P. Goodman
Meridan
J. L. Goodman
Decater
C. W. Goodeman
Burbank
Calif
Herndon Chapel
Carlton Roberts
Bursial
Memory Gardens
Rights violation claims cloud Cappolino murder trial
In Naples Florida AP report defense attorney F Lee Bailey contends the prosecution violated the defendant Dr Carl Cappolino's constitutional rights. He questions the actions of NY toxicologist Dr Charles Joseph Umberger and notes a federal court injunction on silence but Umberger refused to discuss the case prior to trial. Umberger cites concerns over a NYC ordinance shielding the medical examiner's office from public records.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don North
Cappolino
Bailey
Umberger
New York City
Also Mentioned on This Page
Old Guard
National Library
Harris
Drs. C. Lynn
Lowell D. Harris
820 South Main
Miss Candy Harris
B&pw Club
Cora Evans
Delores McBride
Star
Harry S. Truman
Encyclopaedia Britannica
Associated Press
Albany
Albuquerque
Atlanta
Bismarck
Boise
Boston
Buffalo
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Denver
Des Moines
Detroit
Fairbanks
Fort Wort
Helena
Honolulu
Jacksonville
Juneau
Kansas City
Los Angeles
Louisville
Memphis
Miami
Milwaukee
St.p
New Orleans
New York
Okla
City
Philadelphia
Phoenix
Pittsburgh
Ptind
Ore
Rapid City
Richmond
Louis
Salt Sk
San Diego
San Fran
Seattle
Tampa
Winnipeg
McMissing
Mrs
Durban
South Africa
Frank Rattray
la Lucia
Savings Club
Idelle Lowe
Humble
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!