Jacques Cousteau TV special sparks oceanic nostalgia
Our Daily Bread notes how Jacques Cousteau, creator of the aqua lung, has become TV’s new Disney. It reviews his Calypso expeditions, focus on deep sea life, and the dramatic rescue of baby turtles from frigate birds, framed as an unforgettable wildlife adventure.
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Hollywood
Disney
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National Geographic
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ABC
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Jacques
Channel 7
Man found fatally stabbed in Arkansas county
AUGUSTA Ark AP The Woodruff County Sheriff's Office says John H Britt 49 of Tupelo Jackson County was found stabbed to death Thursday near Overcup Woodruff County Authorities report a 61 held in the county jail in connection with the stabbing Britt was stabbed in the left chest by police authorities say
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Ark
Woodruff County
Disruption Slight in Phone Strike Nationwide Walkout Signals Limited Impact
AP reports 165000 union members walked off the job in the biggest telephone strike in 21 years. Beirne urges 500000 Bell System workers to honor picket lines while supervisors keep most calls going. Installations curtailed. long distance and operator-dependent services most affected. The 1947 strike was longer at 44 days.
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Washington
Joseph A. Beirne
Afl-Cio Communications Workers of America
Bell Telephone System
CWA
Ben Gilmer
American Telephone & Telegraph Co
Bell System
Union
Bell
Western Electric Co
District of Columbia
New England
Alaska
Hawaii
Beirne
1.7 Million Grant to L.A. University Park Renewal
The Little Rock Housing Authority said the Department of Housing and Urban Development approved an additional 1,725,950 grant for the University Park Renewal project. Executive director George Miller Jr. noted the project was amended to require more land, with 2,798,471 already approved for its first phase.
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Little Rock Housing Authority
Department of Housing and Urban Development
University Park
George Miller Jr
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LBJ Cancels Congress Speech After King Death
President Johnson scrapped plans for a joint session address after Congress passed a strong open housing civil rights bill. He cited no need for a special speech, noting ongoing discussions on spending cuts and his 10 percent income tax surcharge. Johnson, resting at the LBJ Ranch, said talks with South Korea’s Park were helpful.
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Associated Press
Austin
Tex
Johnson
Congress
Big City
California
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King
Lby Ranch
North Vietnam
Chung Hee Park
South Korea
So-Called Efficiency Experts Overlook Key Factor
HAL BOYLE reports that many firms spend on efficiency consultants while ignoring the human element. A veteran worker mocked methods, proposing moving talkers away from doers and trimming wasted time at start and end of day. He suggests starting coffee breaks at 9 a.m. with free coffee.
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Hal Boyle
New York
Jim Dodder
Jim
Sam
Aon
King Slayer Intensified Search Intensified
MEMPHIS TENN AP Nation police agencies widened a nationwide hunt for Eric Starvo Galt, the fugitive in Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. s assassination. Posters circulated as the FBI labeled him 36 and questioned real name amid aliases John Willard and Harvey Lowmyer tied to a Birmingham conspiracy warrant and a Birmingham murder warrant filed Wednesday.
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Associated Press
Memphis, Tenn
Jay
Eric Starvo Galt
Martin Luther King
John Willard
Harvey Lowmyer
Galt
Birmingham
Ala
King
Cus
Martin Luther King Jr
Report denies Ky opium smuggling firing by CIA
U S Embassy and Vice President Nguyen Cao Ky denied a Senate subcommittee report that Ky was fired by the CIA for opium smuggling in 1963. The embassy said there is no truth, while Ky’s spokesman called the allegation groundless. The report linked Ky to Operation Haylift and flights to North Vietnam using sabotaged routes to Laos.
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Associated Press
Saigon
U.S
Nguyen Cao Ky
Senate
CIA
Senate Foreign Expenditures
North Vietnam
Laos
Joseph Lippman
Washington
Lippman
Ernest Gruening
Alaska
Vietnam
CLA
Tan Son Nhut
Nguyen Ky
South Vietnam
Colby
Formosa
Sai
United States
Hanoi
U.S. Senate
Johnson
Congress
Arkansas man cleared on vagrancy charge in Missouri
Magistrate E A Barbour dismissed a vagrancy charge against Jesse E Gonce 31 of Harrison Arkansas. He recalled being financially hard up and quipped you cant arrest a man just for being broke. He noted hitchhiking to Lebanon when a state senator in Jefferson City once.
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Springfield
E. A. Barbour
Jesse Eisgene Gonce
Harrison
Ark
Barbour
Jefferson City
Lebanon
Bombers fly 145 missions in heaviest raid of year
US warplanes conducted 145 missions over North Vietnam in the largest raid of the year, using clearing weather to hit southern panhandle targets. The tally surpasses earlier high marks and reflects President Johnson's curtailment order amid ongoing air campaigns against supply routes, convoys and gun positions.
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George Esper
Associated Press
Saigon
North Vietnam
Panhandle
Johnson
U.S
Rate hike likely to curb loans and raise mortgage costs
The Federal Reserve raised its discount rate to 5.5 percent for three banks, signaling higher rates across the economy. An AP survey shows mortgage rates nearing eight percent in some areas as the cost of an average home climbs about 2500 dollars since 1966, amid inflation concerns and tax surcharges.
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Joseph R. Coyne
Associated Press
Washington
Federal Reserve Board
New York
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Minneapolis
Johnson
Regional Meet to Be Held Here
The Cotillion, Charmetts and Anna P Strong Clubs host the Southwest Regional meeting of the Arkansas Association of Federated Clubs at Yerger High School on Saturday April 20. Board session 9 to 10 a.m. General assembly 10 a.m. then departmental meetings. Afternoon 1 30 p.m. features a girls talent program with Ruth Rabb in charge and Estelle Spearman as regional president.
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Charmetts
Anna P. Strong
Arkansas Association of Federated Clubs
Yerger High School
General Assembly
Ruth Rabb
Estelle Spearman
Bois d Arc Lake Road reconstruction set in Hempstead County
Work will start soon on 3.66 miles of grading drainage gravel base and double bituminous surface on Spring Hill Southwest Road from Bois d Arc Creek Game Management Area toward Spring Hill. Deep South Construction Co. of Hamburg won with 116976.70 dollars bid. Will use local labor materials. 100 working days. John W. Shaw resident engineer R H Mattox district engineer William L Moore assistant chief engineer.
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Bois d’Arc Creek
Spring Hill
Little Rock
Deep South Construction Company, Inc
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S. J. Clark
George E. Lockes
Arkansas General Contractors
Southwest
John W. Shaw
R. H. Mattox
William L. Moore
Hope High Sadie Hawkins Dance at Youth Center
Millwood Corps of Engineers reports 29439 visitors to the reservoir in a week. Hope High’s Sadie Hawkins Dance, April date, at the Youth Center with music by Post Mortem Express of Pine Bluff. Admission $1.50. Hillbilly dress required for lower price. Airfield runway caution prompts drivers to stay off. Hempstead Audubon Society meets April 22 at 7:30 p.m. at Fair Park Boy Scout Hut with guest George Purvis. Birds and wildlife enthusiasts invited. Bream fishing reported on Clear Lake below Spring Till. Beauty pageant at Southern State crowned Margaret Lee Territt of Waldo first runner-up Gayle Williams of Hope, second runner-up Judith Nash of El Dorado. Women’s Invitational Golf at Long Hills Golf Club. Mrs. Pruden wins Low Gross in the 4th flight. Arkansas Game and Fish’s George Purvis to speak at Hempstead Audubon Society. Providence Baptist Church dedicates new building April 24 at 2:30 p.m. Church ten miles south of Hope on Highway 29. Rev. Chaster Daniels pastor. Arkansas Downers of Retail Merchants names new officers. Mike Kelly of Hope elected to board.
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Hope High
Post Mortem Express
Pine Bluff
Hempstead Audubo Society
Fair Park
George Purvis
Educational Division of Arkansas Game and Fish Commission
Arkansas Game and Fish Commission
Hempstead County Audubon Society
Providence Baptist Church
Hope
Chaister Daniels
North Vietnam Rejects US Vietnam Talks Site List
Hanoi denounces Dean Rusk backed plan of ten proposed sites for preliminary peace talks as “absurd” and “insolent.” Vietnam News Agency quotes a Foreign Ministry spokesman accusing the United States of delaying contacts and demanding a neutral site, while many proposed locations are US allies or embassies.
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Dean Rusk
United States
U.S
Vietnam
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VN. Ier
Thunderstorms disrupt Arkansas power. hail and flooding reported
The Associated Press reports storms sweeping northern Arkansas cause flash flooding on smaller streams and power outages in West Arkansas. A stationary front north of Van Buren triggered hail and wind damage near Alma and Cedarville. Golf ball sized hail was seen near Cadiz arville Crawford County. A cold front and cool air followed as a low pressure system from New Mexico moves in.
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Associated Press
Arkansas
van Buren
Alma
Cadsdarville
Crawford County
Sheriff's Office
Nomination of Shriver Confirmed as Ambassador to France
Senate confirmed President Johnson's pick R Sargent Shriver Jr as U S ambassador to France, replacing Charles E Bohlen. Also approved Henry Cabot Lodge as ambassador to West Germany succeeding George C McGhee, with Edward Clark noted as former ambassador to Australia and Inter American Development Bank official.
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Senate
Johnson
R. Sargent Shriver Jr
U.S
France
Shriver
Office of Economics Ortunity
Charles E. Bohlen
Henry Cabot Lodge
West Germany
George C. McGhee
Edward Clark
Australia
Inter-America
Development Bank
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