Community calendar notes church events and meetings
August 1968 society listings show guest minister Dr J Herndon McCain at First Presbyterian Sunday service and various church circles at United Methodist and First Presbyterian. Activities include senior high band practice, pot lucks, picnics, teen groups, and WOC barbecue plans plus travel updates on Dale Jones of Curacao assignment with Texas Instruments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Presbyterian Church
J. Herndon McCain
Batessville
Arkansas
Graham Memorial Presbyterian Church
Forrest City
WSCS
First United Methodist Church
Ty Branch
Cecil Weaver
Lloyd Spencer
Westinghouse buys MCA in film industry shockwave
Westinghouse Electric Corp absorbs MCA, merging control of Universal Pictures and Decca Records. Jules Stein and Lew Wasserman, who hold 41 percent of MCA, likely avoid capital gains taxes as stock is exchanged. United Artists and Paramount also fall to Transamerica and Gulf and Western respectively, reshaping financing and production in Hollywood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Thomas
Hollywood
Westinghouse
MGA
MCA
Universal Pictures
Decca Records
Jules Stein
Lew Wasserman
Universal Studios
Westinghouse Electric Corp
Stein
Wasserman
United Artists
Financial Corporation
Transamerica
Paramount
Gulf and Western
Not for Everyone Fashion Tip Says Style Is Personal
The piece urges readers that new fashion trends aren’t universally suitable and that discerning women should bravely try new looks but also know when to decline them. It emphasizes personal suitability over trend adoption.
Prescott Engagement Announced for Karen Gourley and Pete Glass
Mr Earl Gourley of Prescott announces the engagement and approaching marriage of his daughter Karen to Pete Glass son of Mr and Mrs J L Glass of Cale Karen works at Potlatch in Prescott Pete recently completed a tour of active duty in Vietnam The wedding is set for August and the couple will reside in Prescott after a short wedding trip
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Earl Gourley
Prescott
Karen
Pete Glass
J. L. Glass
Cale
Potlatch
Pete
Vietnam
Youth Asked For It Helen Help Us column excerpt
A reader question column discusses gender stereotypes and dating dynamics. An unnamed male writer reflects that women manipulate men, while a woman asks about marital strain from a hunting dog living in the home. The exchange touches on sex roles, fidelity, and advice to a reader facing a strained marriage due to an affair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen
Rone
Buster
Heleni
Agnew wife Judy Agnew keeps focus on home life
Mrs Spiro T Agnew the wife of the vice presidential nominee describes her role as staying at home for the family of four children while supporting her husband. Born Eliner Judefind in 1921 she married in 1941 after meeting at Maryland Casualty Co. She enjoys cooking and plans to help when time allows though campaign demands rise.
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John Woodfield
Associated Press
Annapolis
Spiro T. Age Few
Agtew
Judy
Spiro
TTL
Agnew
Governor’s House
Ted
W. Lee Judefind
Davidson Chemical Co
Baltimore
Pearl Harbor
Pamela
James Randy
Randy
Navy
Vietnam
Susan
Kimberley
Bookmobile Schedule with Mixed City Routes and Times
A dense slate of bookmobile stops lists times and locations across multiple days. Readable entries include Saratous Medab Prynome sursan Coleman and many others, with varied spellings and garbled city names such as La Clayton Hone and Battlefield La.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Okay
Saratous
Medab
Coleman
Williams Jon
Lafferty Home
Patmos
Hodean School
Fronkmgn Hild Gs Tay Hone
Sheeman No
Nixon picks Agnew drives TV gala at convention
AP Television Radio writer Cynthia Lowry reports Nixon’s surprise choice of Maryland Governor Spiro T. Agnew as running mate highlighted a television era twist. The Chicago convention’s drama, built long before TV, is tempered by fatigue among the candidate and analysts as networks seek televised confrontations and a climactic acceptance speech.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cynthia Lowry
AP Television
Hollywood
Whale
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
William Jennings Bryan
Oratory
Milami Beach
Chicago
Maryland
Spiro T. Agnew
Mark Hatfield
Howard Baker
New York
John Lindsay
CBS
Frank Stanton
Herb Klein
Fordyge Editor Endorses Mrs Johnson in Governor Race
Fordyge Ark AP report notes editor W R Whitehead backed Mrs Virginia Johnson in the Democratic runoff against Mara fon H Crank. He argued she would restore Arkansas political and business climate and earn public confidence, citing past campaigns and his 1968 involvement with the Democratic state headquarters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fordyge
Ark
Fordyde News-Advocate
Virginia Johnson
Mara Fon H. Crank
W. R. Whitehead
Kansas
Hattie Canway
W. F. Norrel
Whitehead
Johnson
Jim Johnson
House moves to suspend equal time rule for TV debates
The major party candidates face a pending Senate test after the House passed a resolution to suspend the section of the Federal Communications Act requiring equal TV time for all candidates. The 1960 race featured Nixon Kennedy debates, while four years ago broadcasters pushed for similar action but none passed.
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House
Senate
Nixon
John F. Kennedy
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Claud Johnson
George Hughes
Fellowship Hall
James Osborn
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Longview
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Curacao
Dale
Texas Instruments, Inc
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Elizabeth Taylor
Paul Newman
Max Frost
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Shelley ChristOptie
Delusy Mbf
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Karen Gourley
Helen Bottel
Saenger ‘Theatre
Mare
Rodok
Aerhead
Bert
Mary Tyler Moore
Hope (Ark) Star
Helen Botte
Hope Star
Inc
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Gamal Abdel Nasser
Israel
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al Ahram
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