Trades Made in Ranks of Pro Football
Trades ripple through the NFL as St Louis acquires return specialist Clitone Childs from the Giants while other moves shift veterans like Hillebrand to Pittsburgh for a 1969 pick and Silas to the Giants for 1970 choice. Saints deal Simons to Dallas for disclosed picks and send Wood back to the Giants for two choices, with further roster churn including Snipes and Head placed on waivers as Jets and AFL clubs trim players.
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Ben Olan
St. Louis Canis
Childs
New York Giants
Cards
Jerry Hillebrand
Pittsburgh Steelers
Sam Silas
Giants
New Orleans Saints
Tnebacker
Dave Simons
Dallas Cowboys
Gary Wood
NFL
Hill
Willie Williams
New Orleans
St. Louis
Saints
Wood
New York
Bnt Kilmer
Guary Cuozzo
Orrleans
Karl Sweetan
Detroit
Gene Snipes
Atlanta Falcons
Jack Head
Floyd Hudson
Snipes
Falcons
New York Jets
Henry Owens
John Dockery
Wayne Richardson
Boston
John Magnum
Houston
Bob Longo
Johnny Brunson
Ed Mitchell
Three Arkansas Razorbacks to SWE Meet in Fort Worth
Pat May Kim Jordan and Bae vid Cor will represent Arkansas at the annual Southwest Conference football rally in Fort Worth Texas tonight. Honored guests include three players and the coach from each conference, with Arkane sas listed among attendees.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Py Arkateis Razorback
Pat May
Kim Jordan
Baevid Cor
Arkanesas
S¢Eftol
State High Schools Open Grid Work
Thousands of Arkansas football players report for two a day workouts as the Arkansas Activities Association sanctions the first day of practice for 1968. Class AAA realigns into East and West divisions with a playoff between division winners, while teams prepare for September 6 opening night. North Little Rock Northside, the 1967 state champions, highlight a tough, balanced AAA slate as coaches stress blocking and tackling ahead of contact drills.
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Tommy Yates
Associated Press
Little Rock
Arkansas
Arkansas Athletic Association
Little Rock Central
North Little Rock
Little Rock Hall
Horace Mann
el Dorado
Pine Bluff
Fort Smith Northside
Fort Smith Southside
Springdale
Texarkana
Fayetteville
Hot Springs
Jacksonville
Little Rock McClellan
West Memphis
Helena
Jonesboro
Blytheville
Will
Chicago Gang Leader Gets Prison Term
Eugene Hairston, 24, leader of Chicago's Blackstone Rangers, was sentenced to three concurrent 5 to 15 year terms for solicitation of murder in Circuit Court. He was convicted May 29 for paying six teenagers to shoot three men in a Sept 12, 1967 incident that killed Leo McClure and wounded two others. Hairston had been free on $20,000 bond. the Rangers faced a Senate subcommittee probe into nearly $1 million in Office of Economic Opportunity funds.
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Chicago
Blackstone Rangers
Eugene Hairston
Louis A. Wexler
South Side
Hairston
Cyline
Wexler
Leo McClure
Rangers
Senate
Office of Economic Opportunity
Pine Bluff to Desegregate Completely
Pine Bluff School Board plans full desegregation of all elements including elementary and high schools at the start of the 1969 fall term. President Harvey McGeorge said details would follow after HEW rejection in July. The district will continue a freedom-of-choice plan this year with federal funds not being withdrawn.
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Ienefire Ark
Harvey McGeorge
Bite Bluff
McGeorge
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
HEW
Pine Bluff
Campaign Trail Runs Through Nation's Turbulent Year
Law and order rhetoric and civil rights sparring color the 1972 campaign trail as Agnew defends record and Nixon plans start of public appearances. McGovern contemplates VP offer while McCarthy pushes housing for minorities. Democrats seek unity and reform conventions, with Southern leaders weighing ticket options and Wallace resuming campaign stops in Indiana and Fort Wayne.
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America
Spiro T. Agnew
Maryland
Agnew
Richard M. Nixon
New York City
San Diego
GOP
Nixon
Springfield
Lansing
Mich
Harrisburg
Otter
George Romney
Michigan
Raymond P. Shafer
Pennsylvania
George S. McGovern
Cherry Hil
N.J
South Dakota
Sen
Ugene J. McCarthy
McCarthy
Washington
Humphrey
Allard Lowenstein
Mon Govern
Chicago
Pho
John Mer Kelthen
Louisiana
Robert McNair
South Carolina
Foremer
Carl Sanders
Georgia
Terry Sanford
North Carolina
George Smathers
Florida
George ¢. Wallace
Hammond
Ini
Fort Wayne
Tests Cause LBJ No Public Concern
President Johnson faces questions over diverticulosis after medical tests while signaling softening concerns. He spoke at the National Medical Association convention and stressed achievements and reform, promising priorities like Kiddycare and equal laws.
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Frank Cormier
Associated Press
Austin, Tex
Johnson
Wasa Lhshis
San Antonio
Brooke Army Medical Center
White House
Houston
Shamrock Hilton Hotel
Week of Vietnam War Casualties Report
Saigon AP report shows U S and Vietnamese forces tally week of war casualties. 173 Americans killed in action, 188 wounded, 1,642 enemy killed, 178 South Vietnamese troops killed, 839 wounded, with totals since 1961 and notes on adjustments.
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Saigon
U.S
Itching Sweaty Feet Cure Advertised at Gibson Drug Store
An old style ad touts a germ killer for itchy sweaty feet with promises of quick relief. It claims ordinary antiseptics fail and urges readers to buy a product at Gibson Drug Store to cure foot odor and irritation.
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Gibson Drug Store
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