The Phantom Strikes Again at Columbia University
Recounted in a editorial voice the violence and disruption at Columbia University as trespassing demonstrators seize buildings and halt classes. The piece condemns academic freedom used to justify vandalism and calls for quick restoration of law and order with decisive action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Columbia University
Morningside Heights
116Th
Broadway
New York City
Harlem
Hoodums
Legion Group Sponsors Poppy Poster Contest
The Leslie Hud deston Unit 12 American Legion Auxiliary sponsors a poppy poster contest with a cash prize for the top three posters. Entries are due May 10, with local winners forwarded to Little Rock for the state convention in June. Interested participants can contact Mrs Joe Jones, Unit Poppy Chairman, for rules and information. The contest is open to all, especially art students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leslie Huddeston
American Legion Auxiliary
Little Rock
Joe Jones
Unit Poppy
Monette Girl Wins Buffalo Island Beauty Contest
Jen nifer Morgan daughter of Mr and Mrs J D Morgan of Monette won the Buffalo Island beauty contest in Lake City Arkansas Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monette
Lake City, Ark
Jennifer Morgan
J. D. Morgan
Buffalo Island
Child Drowns in Helena Pool During Visit
In Helena Arkansas a four year old visiting his grandparents drowned Friday in a swimming pool at an apartment complex. The child Michael M. Snow was the son of Mr and Mrs Bill Snow of Lyons Mississippi.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena, Ark
Michael M. Snow
Bill Show
Lyons
Miss
Hail Rains Crops Over Arkansas
Severe weather battered Arkansas for three days with golf ball size hail and high winds. Damage hit the Nashville peach crop and Bradley County tomatoes, with federal aid sought for growers. power outages reported in Little Rock and Center Point, and a tornado damage to buildings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Arkansas
U.S. Weather Bureau
Little Rock
Center Point
Howard County
Benton
Wahbaseka
Jefferson County
Civil Defense
Nashville
Bradley County
Peachmen’s Association
Hail Ruins Hit Blevins Area Over Weekend
A Blevins report details severe hail damage across a five mile path. Lester Wade notes many homes including Sweet Home Church and Dock Fulter suffered shattered roofs and windows. Charles Floyd residence also heavily damaged. Gardens and crops were flattened by golf ball sized hail.
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Blevins
Lester Wade
Sweet Home
Dock
Charles Floyd
Mr. Wade
Congress Not in Mood to Enact New Programs to Aid Poor
Congress shows little appetite for broad new measures to assist the poor as a 1969 session wears on. Housing subsidies gain support, but job and income initiatives face budget strains from the Vietnam War and dollar troubles. The Senate backs a generous housing plan. the House prospects are uncertain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Jo& Hall
Associated Press
Washington
John C. Stennis
Dmiss
Senate
Johnson
Senate Banking Committee
House
Joseph S. Clark
D-Pay
Humphrey Enters Presidential Race Amid Party Hesitation
Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey announced his candidacy for the Democratic presidential nomination. He gained new endorsements as he faced a field with senators Kennedy and McCarthy, while party leaders in key states remained neutral awaiting convention votes. In Michigan, Senator Hart said delegate loyalties are split among Kennedy McCarthy and Humphrey. AFL CIO head Meany backs Humphrey as Reuther wavers on his position. In South Dakota, Senator McGovern welcomed Humphrey into the race.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Bell
Washington
Hubert H. Humphrey
Humphrey
Robert F. Kennedy
D-N.y
Eugene J. McCarthy
D-Minn
Johnson
Michigan
Philip A. Hart
Kennedy
McCarthy
Hart
Organized Labor
Aflcio
George Meany
Walter Reuther
United Auto Workers
Reuther
South Dakota
George McGovern
Death Is the Chief Price Paid by Dope Addicts
HAL BOYLE reports from New York on narcotics harm with the death rate among addicts about twenty times higher than nonaddicts of the same age. Drug stress, overdoses, and infections from dirty needles drive the toll. Also notes on words, college football origins, corporate stock ownership, trees’ water use, and other trivia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hal Boyle
New York
Weekend Series of Auto Accidents Reported
A string of Saturday and Sunday crashes were investigated by City Police. Incidents included a head on collision on North Washington involving Rudy Schooley and James A. House, a destruction of a fire plug after Leroy W. Thornton lost control on North Hazel, and multiple collisions on Third and Main and South Main with drivers charged for reckless driving intoxication or leaving the scene. Officers named include Long Atterbury Neal Shirley Rowe Brown Milam Johnson and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Washington
Rudy Schooley
James A. House
Long
Atterbury
Leroy W. Thornton
North Hazel
Neal and
Shirley
Thornton
John Marshall
McNab
L. K. Gadberry
North Little Rock
Rowe, Rowe
Brown
Marhall
Mayrena Muldrow
H. L Wright
Rowe
Malcolme
Sawyer
Tenn
Clem Hy
Beavers
Hope
South Main
Milam
North Hamilton
J. H. Talley
J. Miller
Johnson
Miller
Talley
March on Washington Kicked Off by Poor People Campaign
The Poor People's Campaign opened late with demands for the Agriculture Department. Rev. Ralph Abernathy and the Committee of 100 outlined policies including ending large-farm subsidies, farm workers’ rights to collective bargaining, and free food stamps for the very poor. They aim for a large Washington presence, with talks planned through Wednesday with federal officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
Department of Agriculture
Ralph Abernathy
Orville L. Freeman
Department
Treasury Department
Capfin Hill
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Martin Luther King Jr
Dean Rusk
Emmet High Honors Announced for 1967-88
Emmet High School named Libby Warren valedictorian and Rita Hickey salutatorian for the 1967-88 year. Warren, daughter of E V Warren and Edith Warren, held FHA roles, student council, class offices, yearbook editor, Glee Club, and sports staff duties. Hickey, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Hickey, active in FHA and student council, Echo staff, Girls State, Eagle Staff, librarian roles, and library clubs. Graduation events include Baccalaureate May 19 at 2:30 p.m. with speakers Rev Ronald Munn and Rev Calvin Miller, and Commencement May 24 at 8 p.m. with speaker H Z Snell.
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Emmet High School
Libby Warren
Rita Hickey
E. V. Warren
Ashedown
Edith Warren
Emmet
Echo
Rita
Albert Hickey
FHA
Eagle
Ronald Munn
Emmet Baptist Church
Calvin Miller
Emmet Methodist Church
H. Z. Snell
State Department of Education
Johnson shifts toward exit from Vietnam via negotiations or disengagement
AP Special Correspondent notes a month after Johnson reversed course in Vietnam that he pursues two paths for U.S. withdrawal. One seeks a peace settlement with North Vietnam, while a March 31 bombing halt and talks aim to set terms, though venue selection proves slow and negotiations may falter. The other path threads toward gradual disengagement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John M. Hightower
Washington
Johnson
Vietnam
U.S
Vounsen
Johnson Signals Plan to Cut Vietnam Involvement
AP summary notes President Johnson aims to reduce U.S. role in Vietnam quickly after reversing course. Mention of Shan Valley operations, personnel, and strategic shifts. Also covers Humphrey's campaign task, Kennedy and McCarthy campaigns, Poor People's Campaign efforts, and defense shield notes. International brief cites West Germany ultra right party gains.
Columbia Closed by Students Amid Sit In Blockade
New York AP reports an impatient Columbia University faction formed a Majority Coalition to end the weeklong sit in by blocking Low Memorial Library and tightening a food and medical supplies siege on about 100 protesters. About 200 guarded the blockade as dawn broke on the seventh morning.
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New York
Columbia University
Columbia
Majority Coalition
Low Memorial Library
Seniors at Blevins Stage Rest Assured Comedy
The seniors of Blevins High School plan a three act comedy Rest Assured by Donald Payton. The play is Friday May 3 at 8 p.m. in the high school gym with a roster of named students and faculty including director Mrs. Jess Tinsley and MC Rebecca Fulton.
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Blevins High School
Donald Payton
Ricky Paul
Lana Cox
Janice Floyd
Dorothy Steed
Nell Jean Ogburn
Wendell Hoover
Michael Robertson
Rebecca Fulton
Sue Montgomery
Norma Gail White
Charles Morrison
Virginia McLain
David Sweat
James
Hail Damage, TV Prize, and Local-Service Updates
Heavy hail Weekend damages homes and trees in northern areas while Ble vis and McCaskill areas report severe destruction. From Nashville word arrives of peach crop destruction. Little Rock contest awards Lucy Mae Williams a 20 inch Admiral TV via proxy. Army sergeant Arthur L. Newton, son of Mrs. Mary Newton, promoted in Germany with 1 Corps 75th Artillery. Sgt. Newton’s wife Betty lives in Hope Rt. 3. Sgt. George Conway Jr. of Hope serves at Bien Hoa Vietnam as a paving specialist in the Air Force, wife Eddie of Midland, Texas. Airman First Class Robert A. McCormack of Hope Rt. 1 earns recognition for helping his unit win the U S Air Force Outstanding Unit Award at Eielson AFB Alaska. The unit was cited for exceptional flood relief in August 1967. The airman, a Spring Hill High School graduate, is married to Harriet Butler of Hope.
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Hone
Blevins and
McCaskill
Nashville
Arthur L. Newton
Mary Newton
Little Rock
1 Corps
Germany
Newton
Corps
75Th Artillery
Army
Fort Chaffee
Betty
Rt. 3
Hope
Minnie Brown
Hope, Ark
Bien Hoa AB
Vietnam
U.S. Air Force
Charleston, Afb. 5
Eddie
Oscar Jackson
Midland
Texas
Robert A. McCormack
Paul W. McCormack
Hope Rt. 1
U. S. Air Force
McCormack
Eielson Afb
Alaska
Spring Hill High School
Harriet
Gordon Butler
Delaware offensive in A Sahu Valley clashes with enemy
US forces, 1st Air Cavalry, carried in by helicopter into a North Vietnamese stronghold in the A Sahu Valley. The operation Delaware, a reconnaissance in force, aimed to crush staging areas and supply lines then withdraw. Casualties were light in three days with under 50 N Vietnamese and 20 Americans killed. Sixteen helicopter crewmen wounded.
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Robert Tuckman
Associated Press
Saigon
A Sahu
U.S. 1St Air Cavalry Division
John J. Tolson
Flying Horses Men
U.S
Delaware
Hue
U. S
Day Camp Planned for Children in Hempstead County
A Hempstead County association plans a Day Camp for children in mid June. A May 2 meeting at 7:30 p.m. at the Hempstead County Health Unit will feature out of town speakers Kitty Dozhier and Mrs. Ann Wood discussing health programs and camping. Parents and interested persons are urged to attend to learn participation details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hempstead County
Hempstead
Pulaski County
Ann Wood
Child Development Center
Arkansas State Health Department
Inez Turner
Armory
Freeman to Speak at Blytheville
Secretary of Agriculture Orville L. Freeman will speak in Blytheville on Tuesday for a $25 plate Democratic fundraising dinner and a cotton industry discussion with Mississippi County agriculture leaders. Funds raised will aid Democratic candidates facing opposition in the November election. W. J. Wunderlich chairs the county committee and says attendees from Blytheville and surrounding areas are expected.
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Blytheville
Ark
Abbe
Orville L. Freeman
Blytherville
Mississippi County
W. J. “Bil Wunderlich
Democratic Committee
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LBJ
AP News Digest
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Shan Valley
Robert White
Indiana
Pentagon
National Columbia University
International West Germany
New Ultrarightest Party
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Lucy Mae Williams
Alvin Easterling
Sgt
George Conway, Jr
Freeman
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