Advertising's role and limits in society debated
Walter Terry of the American Advertising Federation cited criticism and growing calls for regulation while defending advertising as a viable guide for shoppers. The Wheeling Intelligencer commentary argues ads boost commerce but fail when products are inferior. Little Rock officials said an investigation did not substantiate police brutality allegations against a 13 year old Black girl picked up by police, with a possible civil service review to follow.
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Walter Terry
American Advertising Federation
Washington
Lth
Terry
Wheeling
W. Va
Advertising World
Psychiatrist seeks $10,811 in Sirhan case
Los Angeles county supervisor said Dr Seymour Pollack billed $10,811 for services in the Sirhan Bishara Sirhan murder trial, including courtroom time conferences transcript reviews and tests. Hahn will review the bill for reasonableness before payment.
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LOS Angeles
Sirshan Bishara Sirhan
Kenneth Hahn
Seymour Pollack
Pollack
Robert F. Kennedy
Hahn
Picketing Continues as Testimony Alleges Police Slapped Girl
In Little Rock four witnesses testified at a Civil Service Commission hearing that a policeman struck 13-year-old Margaret Trimble, described as mentally retarded, as officers sought to place her in a police car. Police deny slapping her while the commission considers charges of brutality from the two-day proceeding.
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Little Rock
Civil Service Commission
Margaret Trimble
Hattie Jones
Irene Briggs
Ellis Abraham
Miss Trimble
Hope's No. 2 Country Club Gets Drink OK
The Arkansas Alcoholic Beverage Control Board granted mixed drink permits to Mrs. Miller's Chicken and Steak House Cliff's Supper Club and La Casa in Hot Springs. It also approved permits for four private clubs Grand Prairie Country Club Hazen Monticello Country Club Lakeside Club West Memphis and Country Club No 2 Hope.
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Little Rock
State Alcoholic Beverage Control Board
Mrs. Miller
Cliff's Supper
Hot Springs
Grand Prairie
Hazen
Monticello
Lakeside Club
West Memphis
Hope
Ring Committed for 30 Day Mental Exam
Jessie Ring, 31, of Batesville was ordered confined to a state hospital for a 30 day mental examination. He is charged with first degree murder in the July 27 shooting of State Police Trooper Allen Bufford in Batesville after pleading guilty at arraignment.
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Batesville, Ark
Jessie Ring
Batesville
State Hospital
Ring
Allen Bufford
Highway Deaths Blame Alcohol Not Drunk Driving
Mary Anita Laseter reports that alcohol is the major factor in fatal highway crashes, killing thousands yearly. The piece argues the problem is chronic drinkers, not social drinkers, and urges broad alcoholism programs and education to curb the road menace.
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Mary Anita Laseter
John Barleycorn
Department of Transportation
Legislators and Courts Gain Expanded Powers in Arkansas Convention
Arkansas Constitutional Convention delegates reversed prior stances to allow lawmakers to set their own salaries without constitutional limits and empowered the courts to determine voter intent in election contests. They kept the voting age at 21 after a tense two hour debate, defeating a proposal to drop to 19 by 43 to 46, a closer margin than last June.
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Little Rock
Arkansas
Bruton to Be Arraigned in Little Rock
U S District Judge J Smith Henley refused to allow Jim Bruton to be arraigned at Pine Bluff on 19 counts of brutality to prisoners. The form er Tucker Prison Farm superintendent will be arraigned in Little Rock next Tuesday. Bruton’s Pine Bluff defense witnesses prompted a request. Bruton was among 15 indicted after an investigation of the State prison system.
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Little Rock
U.S. District Court
J. Smith Henley
Jim Bruton
Pine Bluff
Tucker
Bruton
R. A. Bilbott
Henley
Mohawk Indian Chosen Head of Indian Affairs
Agwellus of the Mohawk tribe, also known as Louis R. Bruce, was selected as commissioner of Indian affairs after a six month search. He described himself as a longtime Republican and noted the diverse pool of candidates interviewed by the Nixon administration, including Sioux, Navajos, Apache, Pueblo, Chickasaw and others from across the United States.
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Washington
Indian Affairs
Nixon
New York
Agwellus
Swift
Louis R. Bruce
Greenwich
Manhattan
Bruce
Lyndon B. Johnson
Robert L. Bennett
Secretary of the Interior
Walter J. Hickel
South Dakota
Arizona
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Hickel
Alaska
Buffalo River Park Bill Advances to Senate Floor
Senate Interior Committee approved the Buffalo River National Park bill, sending it to the Senate floor. The plan envisions a 97,730 acre park spanning Newton Searcy Marion and Baxter counties with $9.2 million for site acquisition and $8.2 million for development as recommended by the Park Service.
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Washington
Senate Interior Committee
Senate
The
Park Service
Newton
Searcy
Marton
Baxter
State Police Roll Out 20 Minute Patrol Round Robin
State Police launched operation Round Robin to place patrol cars within 20 minutes of motorists on five major highways between Little Rock and Clarksville Newport Forrest City Hope and McGehee. Director Ralph D. Scott said the plan is on a trial basis.
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Little Rock
Clarksville
Newport
Forrest City
Hope
McGehee
Ralph D. Scott
Nixon Welfare Plan Seeks Federal Family Aid Reform
President Nixon proposes a new federal family assistance program with a $1600 annual income for a four person family and further supplements up to a $3920 earnings threshold. The plan shifts welfare costs to states, expands job training and day care, and aims to replace aid to dependent children with work incentives and a basic federal minimum.
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G. C. Thelen Jr
Associated Press
Washington (Ap
Nixon
Washington
Congress
Wilbur D. Mills
House
Ways and Means Committee
Gerald R. Ford
Mississippi
New Jersey
Man Killed Near Benton In Truck Crash
Benton Ark state police said Jack Cochran 69 was killed Thursday when his pickup truck ran off Salem Congo road seven miles north of Benton and struck a tree.
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Benton, Ark
Jack Cochran
Benton
Salem Congo Road
Prisoners Return Thin But Happy
Three American servicemen freed from North Vietnam arrived at Kennedy Airport pale yet smiling. Lt. Robert Frishman Navy pilot, Navy Seaman Douglas Hegdahl, and Air Force Capt. Wesley Rumble were escorted by seven war protesters. Frishman, 28, said he lost 45 pounds since Oct. 1967 and had a serious elbow injury. Hegdahl, 22, said he felt great, captured after overboard from USS Canberra. Rumble was too ill to speak and was taken to Andrews AFB.
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Brooks Jackson
Associated Press
NEW York (Ap
Robert Frishman
Navy
Douglas Hegdahl
Kennedy Airport
Air Force
Wesley Rumble
Oroville
Calif
Frishman
Santee
Hanoi
Hegdahl
Watertown
Canberra
North Vietnam
Washington
Bethesda Naval Hospital
Ruwnble
Andrews Air Force Base
Maryland
Germany
Rennard C
Rennis
Davis
U.S
Bond
Kennedy to Be Called as Witness in Inquest
Dist Atty Edmund Dinis says Senator Edward M Kennedy will be called as a witness in the inquest into the July 18 car crash that killed Mary Jo Kopechne. Dinis aims to begin within four to ten days, planning 20 or more witnesses. court attaches doubt the timing, hinting it may await Tyburn Day.
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New Bedford
Mass
Dist
Atty
Edmund Dinis
Edward M. Kennedy
Dinis
Kennedy
Chappaquiddick Island
Mary Jo Kopechne
Washington
Raids and clashes escalate as Hanoi seeks provincial gains
Washington reports heavy B52 bombing of North Vietnam and intensified shelling along the DMZ. In overnight fighting near Gio Linh and within ten miles of the DMZ, 82 North Vietnamese and 8 Americans were killed with 24 Americans wounded. The U.S. targets include the North Vietnamese 7th Division threatening An Loc and Loc Ninh as intelligence notes possible later attacks aiming to seize provincial capitals and establish revolutionary governments.
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George Esser
Associated
Saigon
Amartean
Demilitarized Zone
U.S
Gio Linh
Dmz
Siore
An Loc
Loc Ninh
Song Be
Waltles
Vote Reflects Anti-Military Spending Mood
Washington AP report notes Senators demand tighter Pentagon spending scrutiny after three votes on defense audits. Republicans Schweiker and Democrat Prost measures reflect a broader Senate mood against high military costs following attempts to block the Safes guard missile system and related defense budgets.
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Carl P. Leabsdorf
Associated Press
Washington
Pentagon
Sen
Richard S. Schweiker
Schweiker
Senate
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