Expansion plans for Plywood Champion near McNab
The article notes U S Plywood Champion Papers expansion with Canadian and Texas ventures, no Arkansas plan yet, and possible reconsideration of the McNab site near McNab in our county. It cites a Quesnel mill in British Columbia and Texas timber land purchases while warning the Canadian project predates the merger. The piece argues McNab could become a large pulp and paper mill site given pine growth and water supply, with production around 1970 as a potential milestone.
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Plywood-Champion Passers
McaNab
Our
Alabama
Arkansas
Wall Street Journal
Weldwood of Canada, Ltd
Plywood Champion
Quesnel
British Columbia
Hempstead
Plywood
Champion
U. S
Price Co
Champion Papers
Consolidated Company
Price
Southern Newspaper Publishers Association
Chattanooga
McNab
McNaby
Texas
U.S
The
Star
Southland Paper Mills
Lufkin
Millwood
Mayflower youth sentenced for second degree murder
Walter Credit, 18, of Mayflower receives a 15 year state penitentiary sentence after conviction for the second degree murder of Henry Lewis Perkins, 16, of North Little Rock. Perkins was stabbed to death June 24, 1967, after a scuffle outside a North Little Rock cafe.
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Little Rock
Walter Credit
Mayflower
State
Henry Lewis Perkins
North Little Rock
Perkins
Credit
Mexican stay questionings target King case suspect
Mexican authorities questioned a U S citizen in Sonora who resembled James Earl Ray the suspected slayer of Martin Luther King Jr but released him after no charges were filed FBI and local police said there was no likeness Kennedy of Baltimore claimed no connection his mother said he could not be King slayer He was picked up in Caborca after crossing from Nogales to Mexico City authorities planned to return him to Hermosillo while FBI agents prepared to travel from Arizona.
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Charles Gkren
Associated Press
Mexico City
Martin Lathe King Jr
Daniel David Kennedy
Baltimore
Sonora
King
FBI
Mr. Smith
Kennedy
James Earl Ray
Hermosillo
Roberto Fletcher
Judicial Police
Caborca
Pearl E. Kennedy
Ray
Pletcher
Arizona
Phoenix
John Mull
Fletcher
Nogales
Ariz
Ciudad Victoria
Eric Starve Galt
Memphis
Tenn
Galt
Missouri Penitentiary
St. Lous
George D. Aiken
R-Vt
Aiken
J. Edward Roush
Martin Luther King Jr
Roush
Americ
America
Public Worried Over Issue of Law and Order Not War
Washington AP survey after Easter finds about 50 congressmen reporting urban rioting dominates public concern over Viet Nam tax and inflation. Voters seek more law enforcement and real solutions, not repression, with emphasis on city disorders and racial tensions.
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Delbert L. Latta
Ohio
Robert L. F. Sikes
D-Fla
New England
Washington
Congress
Vietnam
Air Force
Pentagon
U.S
Johnson
Clitics
You Have to Be Honest in Picture Making Now
HAL BOYLE profiles Peter Stone a screenwriter known for Charade Father Goose and The Secret War of Harry Frigg He explains how honesty in storytelling matters in film and notes his disciplined process and belief that Hollywood can pull writers away from reality.
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Hal Boyle
New York
Ft. Knox
Peter Stone
Peter
Frank Tarloff
Os‘ Ears
Stone
Tarloff
Harry Frigg
Jack Stone
Yale
France
Hollywood
Ten Committees Prepare for FFA Rodeo Event
Ten committees work behind the scenes for the annual Future Farmers Rodeo to be held Friday and Saturday night. Johny Breeding leads ticket sales while Mike Voss and Jack Dougan arrange rodeo parade prep Friday afternoon.
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Future Farmers
Johny Breeding
Mike Voss
Jack Dougan
Gary Rowe
Gary Golden
Carroll Beck
Jerry Don Still
Sidney Hollis
Montie Garner
Gary McRoy
Benton Fincher
Jack Tompkins
Dany Key
Larry East
Danny Turner
Mike Tolleson
Students Force School to Close
Uprisings spread from Columbia University to the Liu Brooklyn campus as about 15 students identifying as the Students Organization for Black Unity seized the provost’s third floor office and approximately 50 more gathered outside. CORE said the action seeks more black scholarships faculty courses and pay, and opposes the Brooklyn campus sale. Columbia reported roughly 420 participants across demonstrators blocking classrooms and occupying buildings as campuses were locked down overnight.
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New York
Columbia University
Harlem
Long Island University
Brooklyn
Students Organization For Black Unity
Liu Brooklyn
Wiliam Lai
Lai
William Love
Broklyn Congress of Racial Equality
Barry Soomon
Brooklyn Paramount
Columbia
University
Students on Page Two Would Split School Funds Equally
LITTLE ROCK AP The Arkansas Rural Education Association president James A. Martin proposed a plan to distribute state funds to equalize educational opportunities for all public school children. The Pulaski County district would receive no money until Beetleville per pupil expenditure matched the state average, a rule aimed at leveling funds across districts.
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Little Rock
Arkansas Rural Education Association
James A. Martin
Pulaski County
Beetleville
Martin
Arkansas Legislative Council
One Job for Every 10 Seeking Them
Arkansas Youth Opportunity Council estimates only one job for every ten youths seeking summer work. Marvin Taylor says low income families receive priority for most jobs. Employment Security Division reports Neighborhood Youth Corps will absorb about 4100 youths for ten weeks due to federal cutbacks, with girls from low income families a special placement challenge.
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Little Rock
Arkansas Youth Opportunity Council
Marvin Taylor
State
ESD
North Vietnam pushes drive to win Warsaw as peace talks site
AP dispatch reports high administration officials see North Vietnam mounting a campaign to secure Warsaw as the venue for preliminary peace talks. Poland’s outreach to six embassies in Warsaw is viewed as aimed at swaying negotiations. President Johnson is said ready to press hard in prolonging talks on the site. Officials predict a prolonged, difficult peace process ahead.
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John M. Hightower
Washington (Ap
High Administration
North Vietnam
United States
Warsaw
Poland
Johnson
U.S
Vietnam
A Shau
Casualties Fade in Vietnam Weekly U.S. and Viet casualties shift
In a weekly U.S. Command summary, 287 Americans were killed last week, down from 363, with 1,458 wounded and 736 hospitalized. South Vietnamese losses rose to 380 killed, 980 wounded, and 30 missing or captured. Viet Cong and North Vietnamese deaths totaled 1,899, versus 3,071 the prior week, amid scattered clashes and no sustained ground action. The report notes a broader context of political and strategic tensions in Washington and elsewhere.
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Saigon
U.S
Arkansas joins Daylight Saving Time Sunday
Arkansas moves clocks forward to daylight time at 2 a.m. Sunday alongside 46 states and the District of Columbia. DST ends October 27. Under the Uniform Time Act, states must observe daylight time unless exempted by law.
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Little Rock
Arkansas
District of Columbia
Community notices and college activity in Hope area
Local appeal seeks funds for DeAnn Cemetery care with contributors listed including Hille Clark and Devon Samuel. Southern State College activities note Brenda Williams and Gayle Williams as Young Democrats leaders, plus medical students and staff at Arkansas Medical Society meeting. Military updates include soldiers in Vietnam earning honors and local civic events such as library fine-free week and Six Flags trip for seniors.
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DeAnn Cemetery
Hille Clark
Fulton
Hope
Devon Samuel
Jimmiy Arnold
Hope Rt. 3
Jewel Burke
Emmet
Southern State College
Paratroopers Close to A Shau Valley Threaten Hue
Reports from Saigon indicate South Vietnamese paratroopers approach A Shau Valley to disrupt North Vietnamese buildup and supply routes. U.S. authorities warn of possible air assault near Hue in late April or May as B57 bombers press targets along the Ho Chi Minh trail and Highway 547.
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George Esper
Associated Press
Weiter
Saigon
South Viete
Shau
Hue
U.S. 1St Cavalry Division
National Police Directorate
Laos
U.S
A Shanes
South Vietnam
Lam Song
Mate
Inmates at Tucker Prison Farm Earn Diplomas
Seven Tucker Prison Farm inmates received high school diplomas from the Arkansas Education Department. First time in the penitentiary's history any convict prepared for and received a diploma while incarcerated. Inmates studied three months under educational supervisor Mrs. Jack Finch. average dropout age 20 to 26.
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Tucker Prison Farm
Ark
State Education Department
Nmates
Jack Finch
Explosion Rocks Plant Near Camden Arkansas
An explosion and fire at a Pace-Caribe plant near Camden Arkansas injured 13 workers, none seriously. Plant Manager John Lee declined to comment on the incident. The plant makes parts for use in Vietnam. Five workers were treated after a minor fire in a building section.
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Camden
Ark
Te Pace-Caribe
Here
John “Lee
Vietnam
Ouachita
Jake Mahan
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Goldie Elliott
Hope, Ark
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Lorener Reed
27Th Engineer
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