College drug concerns and PhD production trends
On college campuses educators are blamed for not cracking down on marijuana and other drugs, a Treasury narcotics chief told a House panel. He warned that major universities face a disturbing trend as students experiment with amphetamines and tranquilizers. Also cited are PhD production rates, noting the South trails in science doctorates, with Southern universities producing about 12 percent of U.S. science doctorates. A lighter item warns wives that golf is safer than mowing, a statistic linked to lawn mower injuries.
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Treasury Department
Narcotics Bureau
Henry L. Giordano
House
Wheeling
W.vs
Scientific America
South
Middle West
Middle Atlantic States
New England
Middle Atlantic
Florence
8. C
Laurel
Way Cleared for Kidney Transplant in Arkansas
Tests clear the way for the University of Arkansas Medical Center to perform its first kidney transplant from a living non relative. Lindell Hitchcock 4 of Tulsa will donate a kidney to Mrs. Inez Merrill 27 of Tulsa. Operation expected in early June. center has completed 10 prior transplants, five from relatives and five from non relative cadavers.
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Little Rock
University of Arkansas Medical Center
Lindell Hitchcock
Tulsa
Inez Merrill
Medical Center
Bennett Rules ALC Highway Probe Illegal
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Bennett
ALC
Artificial heart begins functioning after implantation in Houston
An artificial heart implanted in a man started to function at 11 18 a m today in Houston. The milestone marks a major step in transplant technology and follows the operation performed to place the device. Doctors report the patient is stable as the device supports circulation.
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Houston, Tex
To Implant Artificial Heart in Man
Methodist Hospital in Houston announces that an artificial heart may be implanted in a patient today for the first time. Dr. Michael E. DeBakey leads the trial backed by a 4.5 million dollar program to support a plastic heart designed to assist or replace the natural heart until recovery. The procedure is expected to take two to three hours, with earlier plans indicating decisions may be made during the operation.
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Houston
Tex
Methodist Hospital
Michael E. DeBakey
DeBakey
Easter Seal Campaign Totals $82.37 Raised
Easter Seal Fund Drive chairman Haskell Jones announced the school campaign collected 82.37 dollars with Brookwood leading at 47.48 and other units including Fulton 2.75 Garland 13.85 Hopewell 11.91 Hope Jr High 4.95 and Hope Sr High 0.00. The 9th Grade girls raised 928.72 in Lily Sales and tie events totaled 111.87. A first report shows 231 dollars from the initial group sent to Little Rock.
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Haskell Jones
Brookwood
Fulton
Garland
Hopewell
Hope Jr. High
Hope Sr
Paisley
Shoyer St
Yerger TS
Jewell Moore, Jr
Lily
Little Rock
Ao Fine
Urged to Complete School Choice Form
James H. Jones, superintendent of schools, urges all parents to fill and return Choice Forms to the superintendent or their attended school. April 30 is the last day to register for next fall. Parents with children starting school next fall must register by April 30 at their chosen school.
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James H. Jones
Detroit Students Plan Free School Amid School Board Rift
About 1,500 demonstrators rallied outside Northern High School as 1,500 of 2,300 students stayed home while protests over principal Arthur Carty and alleged educational gaps continued. Superintendent Samuel Brownell defended administration and said an ongoing Board of Education inquiry would proceed.
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Arthur Carty
Detroit
Samual Brownell
Carty
Brownell
Board of Education
Four-County Development Aid Grants $25,642
The Office of Economic Opportunity announces a community action program grant of $25,642 approved for four counties. Marion H Crank announces openings for director associate director and secretary bookkeeper with college degree or equivalent experience. Applications in writing to Foreman Arkansas through April 30.
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Office of Economic Opportunity
Marion H. Crank
Foreman
SW Developer Council, Inc
Orie Byers
Hempstead
Ray Sikes
Little River
J. Martin Tackett
Lafayette
Curtis Robertson
Miller County
Economic Opportunity Office
Crank Said
Foreman, Ark
Heuston Joins Local TV Station
A former travel writer for the state Publicity and Parks Commission has joined a Little Rock radio and television station as news editor. Heuston resigned last month after opposing a sanctioned study group and a planned private appeal related to the Buffalo River issue.
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Little Rock
State Publicity and Parks Commission
Staton
John Heuston
Appovivate i
Marshall
Buffalo River
Hyvusten
Fir Stale Warn
Mixed May Maps Reflect Weather Bureau Forecast
Weather bureau maps show an estimated outlook through May 16 with expected average temperatures and precipitation levels. The outlook highlights regional variations and notes lingering uncertainty as the period approaches mid month.
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Weather Bureaut
Class of 1922 Plans Reunion at Hope High April 30
Plans were made at a recent meet at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Lyle Moore for a reunion of the Hope High School graduating class of 1922. The event is set for April 30 at the Country Club from 3 to 6 p.m. Open house invites the public to visit with graduates. All former teachers will be present and classmates from Florida to Washington have indicated they will attend. There were 54 members in the class and more than 40 are expected to attend.
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Lyle Moore
Hope High School
Country Club
Worida
Washington
Will Explain Guidelines for Desegregation of Schools
Thurston Hulsey will explain new desegregation guidelines at meetings at Clow Macedonia and Lincoln Schools. He will speak at Clow Friday April 22 and Lincoln Monday April 24 and Macedonia Tuesday April 26 at 7 30 p m. He will answer questions about other school activities. Patrons invited and parents urged to attend.
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Thurston Hulsey
Clow
Macedonia
Lincoln
Wind Upset Wall Kills Man at Dumas Construction Site
A high wind toppled a brick wall at a Sunbeam Corp plant under construction near Dumas killing Cornell Davis of McGehee and injuring a fellow worker Jesse Steen Jr also of McGehee. A later wall collapse halted by rain occurred with no workers present. A tornado near Eureka Springs caused minor damage and no injuries.
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Associated Press
Dumas
Cornell Davis
McGehee
Davis
Sunbeam Corp
Jesse Steen Jr
Eureka Springs
Evangelist to Run for Lieutenant Governor in Arkansas
Paragould Arkansas AP Rev Thomas Glen Thompson 47 a radio evangelist and founder of The Health Word Tabernacle Inc said Wednesday he would run as a Democrat for lieutenant governor. Thompson plans to file early next week noting he has desired the post for 20 years but believed Lt Gov Nathan Gordon too nice to oppose Gordon has said he will not seek re election.
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Paragould
Ark
Thomas Glen Thompson
Healthg Word Tabernacle, Inc
Thompson
Nathan Gordon
Gordon
Six Pacifists Kicked Out of Viet Nam
Six American pacifists ended a peace visit in Saigon after police blocked their embassy vigil and forced them onto a Pan Am jet to Hong Kong. At Tan Son Nhut Airport they scattered antiwar pamphlets as officers hauled them away, with reporters briefly detained amid the exit scene.
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Robert D. Ohman
Saigon
South Viet Nam
Hong Kong
U.S
Tan Son Nhut
A. J. Muste
New York
U.S. Committee For Non-Violent Action
Bonds Approved at Marked Tree
Voters approved two bond issues totaling 754,900 to buy E Ritter Water Co for about 383,000 and to expand Marked Tree sewer and disposal facilities. The City Council will use the remaining funds to improve collection sewers and disposal facilities.
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Marked Tree, Ark
Marked Tree
E. Ritter Water Co
Vietnam War era U S aims amid domestic politics
AP News Digest covers Sen Richard Russell urging broader bombing of North Vietnam, Vietnamese police expelling six protesters at the U S Embassy, Defense Department considering buying back bombs sold to West Germany, Johnson awarding a Medal of Honor posthumously, Supreme Court reexamining congressional powers over subversion, and political shifts in the House. Also reports on Moors murder trial security, disasters in India, Gromyko’s Rome trip, Detroit homicides, Arkansas voting bloc talks, and steps toward a new constitution.
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Richard
Russell
United States
U.S
Defense Department
West Germany
Johnson
Pfc
Milton L. Oliveri
Washington
Supreme Court
House
Everett M. Dirksen
Roger Wilkins
Department of Justice
Blevins Senior Class Play Set for April 29
The Blevins Senior Class presents the three act farce Wedding Spells on Friday at 8 p.m. in the Bleving Gym. Cast includes Katie Spicer Tommy Harden Thurk Hinton Randy Ross Sue Wright Judy Gorham Judy Samuels Dixie Clendenen Nita Sue Flaherty James Cox Bill Yarberry Carolyn Acery. Roles by Gene Walters Bob Crosby Sound Effects Donnie Fulton Master of Ceremonies George Hill Director Mrs Jess Tinsley.
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Blevins
Bleving
Katie Spicer
Tommy Harden
Thurk Hinton
Randy Ross
Sue Wright
Judy Gorham
Judy Samuels
Dixie Clendenen
Nita Sue Flaherty
James Cox
Bill Yarberry
Carolyn Acery
Gene Walters
Bob Crosby
Donnie Fulton
George Hill
Jess Tinsley
Marines Kill 173 Cong in Heavy Ground Fighting
U S Marines and South Vietnamese troops battled Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces near Quang Ngai, killing at least 173 enemies as heavy fighting followed a lull. Marine helicopters shifted troops onto the positions 10 miles west of Quang Ngai after VC detection signals. Air strikes against routes to Mu Gia Pass continued as U S forces reported large caches of Communist weapons found nearby. Casualties among Americans and South Vietnamese were described as light.
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A. Thomas A. Reedy
Saigon
South Viet Nam
Lap
U.S
Quang Nagi
Viet Nam
U. S
Mu Gla Pass
Ho Chi Mint
Hanoi
Strategic Air Command
Lewis J. Fields
Salisbury
U.S. 1St Marine Division
Quang Ngai
Cold Returns to Arkansas Amid Frost and Rain
The U S Weather Bureau reports a prolonged cold air intrusion across Arkansas from Wednesday through Friday morning with scattered frost in Northeast Arkansas and temperatures dipping below freezing in the north. Fayetteville logged 29 degrees, Har rison 33, El Dorado 47, while 1.60 and 1.81 inches of rain were recorded at Texarkana and El Dorado respectively. A warming trend and more showers are expected Friday. Maximum temperatures Wednesday ranged from 68 in Fort Smith and Fayetteville to 83 in Memphis.
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U. S. Weather Bureau
Arkansas
Fayetteville
Harrison
el Dorado
Texarkana
Fort Smith
Memphis
Iran Executes Communist Leaders for Plot Against Shah
Tehran reports two Iranian Communist leaders Parviz Hekmatjou and Ali Khayarian were sentenced to death by an army tribunal for plotting against the Shah. Khayarian, once an announcer for Iran’s Persian service on Peking radio, was seized at the border while trying to cross into the Soviet Union with six other party members. The six others received prison terms.
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Tehran
Iran
Parviz Hekmatjou
Ali Khayarian
Said Khayarian
Peking Radio
Soviet Union
Hope Mayors Dr James W Branch Attends Arkansas Medical Society
Dr James W Branch of Hope will serve as official delegate of Hempstead County to the Arkansas Medical Society annual convention in Holt Springs May 1 to May 4. Rose Ann Williams of Hope earns scholarship honors at Texas Woman's University in a mathematics sophomore year. Reedas Angus Farms Hope sells Aberdeen Angus bulls to Prescott residents John Morrison McLelland and Samuel Jones. Newly elected Hope Junior High cheerleaders for 1966 67 are announced. Talbot Feild Jr files fee and pledge with Secretary of State in Little Rock. Whitfield Masonic Lodge No 239 to confer two Fellowcraft Degrees Friday at 7 30 pm. Foster family returns from Dallas after attending Southwest Shoe Show. Elementary leadership training sponsored by Arkansas Baptist State Convention plans four workshops at First Baptist Church, H ar (text cut)
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James W. Branch
Hope
Arkansas Medical Society
Hempstead
Whitfield Masonic Lodge No
Wall
U.S. Plan to Cut Surplus of Cotton
Washington AP report says a federal farm program to reduce a record cotton surplus will trigger a large production cut. Farmers will plant about two thirds of 15.4 million allotted acres. payments urge underplanting by at least 12 percent. By April 8, about 4.95 million acres had been diverted, leaving roughly 10.41 million acres for cotton. Texas leads in retirements with 1,996,000 acres. Mississippi, Arkansas, Alabama, Georgia, and Oklahoma also reported retirements.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Texas
Mississippi
Arkansas
Alabama
Georgia
Oklahoma
Injuries Fatal to Hatfield Youth in Polk County Crash
Gary Patterson aged 15 of Hatfield Polk County died from injuries after a bicycle collision with a pickup on old U S 9 north of Hatfield Tuesday night. The accident occurred Wednesday, authorities said, with the youth later pronounced dead.
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MMA
Ark
Gary Patterson
Hatfield
Polk County
Old
Arab unity urged by Iraqi president in Lebanon
BEIRUT Lebanon AP Iraq's new president Maj. Gen. Abdel Rahman Aref urged Monday night for brotherhood between all Arab people and the two million Kurdish rebels seeking self rule, aiming to reduce regional tensions and unite diverse groups.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Iraq
Abdel Rahman Aref
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