Our Daily Bread Sliced Thin by The Editor
A local editorial criticizes Hope Education Association for sending a press release to Sunday papers only, noting poor news impact in a local salary dispute. The editor recalls buying Minolta cameras for public event use and warns against over cranking film leading to lost pictures, advising double shooting and stopping short.
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Alex. H. Washburn
Hope
Hope Education Association
Arkansas Gazette
Star
Friends of Education
The
Several Hurt in Monticello School Fight
Monticello Arkansas AP report says several pupils were injured including an eye injury. Classes were dismissed for the day. A gunshot was heard and a gun seized by police. Superintendent Clyde Ross cited a fight between black and white students as the cause.
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Monticello, Ark
Monticello High School
Clyde Ross
High Court to Hear Suit on Patronage
The Supreme Court cleared the way for a lawsuit against alleged patronage abuses by Chicago Mayor Richard J. Daley and his political organization. The case, brought by Michael L. Shakman over forced contributions and work by public employees, resumes after lower court reversals and Daley’s appeal to block a hearing.
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High Court
Washington
Supreme Court
Chicago
Richard J. Daley
Cook County
Michael L. Shakman
United Mine Workers of America
Central Intelligence Agency
Nancy Sinatra
Shakman
Daley
Cook County Organization
Federal District Court
U.S. Circuit Court
Miss Batesville Crown Goes To Becky Hutchison
Becky Hutchison a 19 year old Arkansas College student was named Miss Batesville during Saturday night events in Batesville Arkansas AP coverage notes the selection of Hutchison as the pageant winner with local recognition and return to college life
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Batesville, Ark
Becky Hutchison
Arkansas College
Batesville
FBI Director Hoover Targeted in Political Football Row
Senator George S. McGovern charged J Edgar Hoover faced a new attack as he accused the FBI director of trying to derail the career of a pilots union official. The remarks came as Republicans invoked Joe McCarthy to counter the criticism.
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FBI
Hoover
Washington
Sen. Georges. McGovern
J. Edgar Hoover
An Airlines
South Dakota
GOP
Joe McCarthy
Desegregation Bill Debated in Senate
In Washington the administration backed 1.5 billion dollars for school integration moves to the Senate, where Southerners plan to attack federal desegregation. Senate leaders expect several days of debate with a possible month on the floor.
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Joe Hall
Associated Press
Washington
Senate
Nixon
John Stennis
D-Miss
Senate House
Sam J. Ervin Jr
Dn.c
Rep McLarty Reflects on 68th Legislature’s Success
Arkansas lawmaker Mack McLarty analyzes the 68th General Assembly, arguing major reforms passed with surprising ease after Faubus era secrecy. He credits both shifts in legislature and Dale Bumpers for new openness, noting tax hikes, minimum wage law, and the Freedom of Information Act as highlights.
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Mack McLarty
Hempstead County
68Th General Assembly
Orval Faubus
Dale Bumpers
Sid McMath
Arkansas
Faubus
We Mouse
Senate
Central High School
Rockefeller
Old Guard
Department of Administration
Rep. McLarty
Willisville Junior Class to stage Calling All Girls play
Willisville High School Auditorium hosts the Willisville Junior Class annual farce Calling All Girls in three acts on Friday April 23 at 7 30 p m. Cast includes Wyndell Bailey Roy Dale Elliott Howard Bailey Nelwyn Pipkin Connie Owen Sherry House Jan Phillips and others. Director is Mr Winston Waters with assistant James R Staggs. Admission 25c students 50c adults. Public invited. A separate item notes a two vehicle collision at Third and Main injuring vehicles. Adams charged with improper turning.
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Willisville
Willisville High School
Wyndell Bailey
Roy Dale Elliott
Howard Bailey
Nelwyn Pipkin
Connie Owen
Sherry House
Jan Phillips
Loyce Burns
Johnnie Lou Goodwin
Lynelle Herring
Carol Gillespie
Jana Evans
Winston Waters
Surprise Washington visit by Israeli official sparks talks on partial settlement
Israeli Deputy Premier Yigal Allon left for a two week Canada trip but cut it short to spend hours in Washington. Officials say the visit aims to discuss a partial settlement with Egypt and possible reopening of the Suez Canal. Dayan warned against despair over the Egyptian Libyan Syrian federation.
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Associated Press
Yigal Allon
Washington
Egypt
Allon
Canada
Golda Meier
Nixon
Suez Canal
Allen
Moshe Dayan
Man Surrounded by Garbage At Atlanta Zoo
Earth Week events across the nation highlight pollution dangers. A live man sits among trash in a primate building at Atlanta Zoo to dramatize risks from garbage. Des Moines students collect tons of waste paper as Hartford hosts a charity rally raising funds for Connecticut Earth Action Group.
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James Philliks
Associated Press
Atlanta, Ga
New York
Madison Avenue
Des Moines
Iowa
Hartford
Conn
Connecticut Earth Action Group
Atlanta
Vernon Kisling
Legislature Adjourns Sine Die in Arkansas
LITTLE ROCK AP The 68th Arkansas General Assembly formally adjourned sine die at 12 15 p m today. The adjournment followed Senate approval of a resolution and House consent minutes earlier. House Speaker Ray 3 Smith Jr. reset the clock to 12 15 p m as 17 members in each house attended the two week recess for the adjournment.
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Little Rock
68Th
Arkansas General Assembly
Senate
House
Ray 3. Smith Jr
Hot Springs
Spacecraft launch marks step toward orbital station
MOSCOW reports another Soviet spacecraft launch believed manned and targeting an orbital station. Saigon notes U S bombing of North Vietnamese positions in the A Shau Valley for a second day to aid an offensive that seems stalled. Washington covers Hoover FBI criticism and Dole countercharges. Congress planned mid June action on a sweeping national health insurance plan. Saigon cites two congressmen claiming heroin addiction among GIs is rampant. An AP undated brief mentions Israel regret over a new coalition formation with Dayan downplaying radical change in the Arab world.
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Edmund S. Muskie
GOP
Robert J. Dole
Williamsburg
Muskie
FBI
Dole
Maine
Gestapo
McGovern
Lockport
Hoover
Trans World Airlines
TWA
Donald J. Cook
Rome
Cook
Air Force
Nixon
Moscow
Soviet Union
Washington
Congress
Saigon
U.S
Vietnam
Nixon Attacks Welfare System For Working People
President Nixon denounced the welfare system as a monumental failure and urged support for his family assistance plan. He said working people can be penalized for honest work while others are rewarded for doing nothing, urging Congress to act after last year’s defeat. He defended the dignity of all work including menial jobs.
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Nixon
Walter R. Mears
AP News
Williamsburg
United States
Congress
Arkansas Mother of 1971 Kilpatrick named
The Arkansas Chapter of American Mothers Committee Inc. selects Mrs. Vera McCoy Kilpatrick of Texarkana as Mother of 1971. A retired educator with 30 years of teaching, she is mother to two daughters. Governor Bumpers will proclaim the honor Friday and a Texarkana dinner is set for April 26. Kilpatrick will vie for national honors later this year.
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Magnolia, Ark
Arkansas Chapter
American Mothers Committee Inc
Vera McCoy Kilpatrick
Texarkana
Arkansas
Dale Bumpers
Kilpatrick
Showers Expected Across Arkansas Tonight and Tuesday
Showers and thundershowers are forecast to develop in Western Arkansas tonight and move across the state Tuesday as a slow eastward cold front brings precipitation. Temperatures should stay pleasant with highs in the 70s, while Sunday highs ranged from 64 in Fayetteville to 81 in Jonesboro and lows tonight are expected in the 50s and low 60s.
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Associated Press
Arkansas
Fayetteville
Jonesboro
Lions Club sale to aid the blind and local events notes
All Around Town reports a Lions Club broom and mop sale from 5 to 9 p.m. Monday, with brooms at 2 dollars and mops at 1.50, proceeds benefiting the blind. It also notes Dr C Lynn Harris attending the Arkansas Medical Society session in Hot Springs, Bill Hightower’s Optimist Oratorial contest placing fourth, police reports with seven traffic violations and other city crime stats, a teaching milestone for Mrs James Pilkinton Jr, a court-name clarification, university awards in agriculture and home economics, and A club awards for Steve Featherston and Doyle Morrow.
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Lions Club
C. Lynn Harris
Hope
Council of the
Arkansas Medical Society
Hot Springs
Harris
Hempstead
Howard
Lafayette
Little River
Miller
Nevada
Pike
Polk
Sevier
University of Arkansas College of Agriculture
Steve Featherston
Lewisville
Doyle Morrow
Prescott
U S Bombers Hit Enemy Positions In A Shau Valley
U S fighter bombers targeted North Vietnamese positions in the A Shau valley for a second day in support of a joint operation announced by President Thieu and General Abrams. Field reports indicate only reconnaissance troops are inside the valley this week with major forces to follow, amid questions over the operation’s scope and timing.
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George Esper
Thieu
Abrams
U.S
Robert W. Leonard
le Trung Hien
101St Airborne Division
Quang Tri City
101St
America
Laos
1St Infantry Division
FFA Getting Ready for Annual Rodeo
The 12th annual Future Farmers Rodeo at the coliseum unfolds Friday and Saturday April 23 and 24 with eight committees driving tickets at 1 dollar for adults and 50 cents for students. Committee heads oversee arena and livestock, refreshment, cleanup, junior rodeo queen contest, parade, and the event features Bull Riding Bareback Riding Wild Cow Milking Little Britches and possibly Goat Sacking.
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Future Farmers
Jerry Stroud
Mike May
Burdell Smith
Ken McMahon
Mike Davis
Larry Byers
Winston Franks
Randy Byers
William Dillon
Randy Hatch
Scott Gunter
Parker Powell
Escapees Recaptured Near Jasper Arkansas
Newton County Sheriff Ray Wagoner reported four men and a woman who escaped from Newton County Jail in Jasper Friday night were apprehended by noon Saturday. Identified suspects include Anthony J. Forgetta, 29, and his wife Sandra, 18, arrested about two miles south of Jasper.
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Jasper, Ark
Newton County
Ray Wagoner
Jasper
Wagoner
Anthony J. Forgetta
Sandra
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el Dorado
Clark
Haltom
Adams
A Shau
Bureau
Joseph McCarthy
Muhammed Ali
Israel
Bill Hightower
Harold Hightower
Channel 11
Pulaski Junior High
Bill
Jesse A. Brown
James H. Pilkinton Jr
Twila Hunt
Chester Hunt
Meadowcliff Elementary
Wylie G. Chambers
Eddie Chambers
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