Western Union pulls back from public message service
The FCC notes Western Union plans to exit the public message business as profits wane and costs rise. Russ McFall says the public avoids telegrams, favoring bulk commercial clients. The era of nostalgic public messaging fades, hinting at broader industry changes. Al Capp teases a run for Senate, targeting Edward M. Kennedy amid Copland Lincoln Portrait on TV.
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Sam Goldwyn
Western Union
Federal Communications Commission
Edna
Russ McFall
Yesteryear
Sam
al Capp
Senate
Edward M. Kennedy
Massachusetts
Capp
Senator Kennedy
Boston Pops Orchestra
Aaron Copland
Lincoln
Boston Pops
Columbia
S.C
Will Brief School on Getting Aid
State Education Commissioner A. W. Ford said a Friday briefing for administrators of biracial districts on obtaining federal aid for desegregation will be held at 10 a.m. The memo notes expected Senate override of Nixon veto and House override last week. Arkansas would receive about $4 million under the bill.
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Little Rock
A. W. Ford
Ford
U.S. Senate
Nixon
House of Representatives
Arkansas
Would Bar Money for Busing by Nelson
Bar money for busing of students to achieve racial balance, says Rogers Democrat Bill Nelson. He criticizes federal judge J Smith Henley for ordering the Little Rock School Board to cover transport costs as Horace Mann High School would close under a desegregation plan.
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Little Rock
Bill Nelson
Rogers
Nelson
J. Smith Henley
Horace Mann High School
Henley
Hope Public Schools Opening Schedule Summary
The pre-school and early fall schedule for Hope Public Schools lists August 24 to August 28 events for principals teachers and staff, with multiple sessions at the Adm Building High Auditorium and assigned schools. A half day runs August 31 to September 4, full days begin September 8, and lunchrooms open September 8 with no school September 7 for Labor Day.
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Hope Public Schools
Adm
Hope High
Hope Dept
Elem
Compton proposes travel deduction rules for teachers
Bob Compton, Democrat for governor, said in Fort Smith that if elected he would establish guidelines allowing teachers to deduct travel expenses related to similar activities from their state income tax.
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Fort Smith, Ark
Bob Compton
el Dorado
Southern State College to build nursing facility
Rep. David Pryor announced a 901,908 grant to Southern State College Magnolia for a new nursing school building enabling 60 first year students in an associate degree program. Senate race looms as Edward Brooke seeks to curb Safeguard with votes and timing set for a final Wednesday tally.
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Southern State Washington
David Pryor
D+ Ark
Southern State College At
Magnolia
Lawrence L. Knutson
Associated Press
Washington (Ap
Edward Brooke
Senate
Massachusetts
Safeguard
John Sherman Cooper
R-Ky
Philip A. Hart
D-Mich
Nixon
Soviet Union
Brooke
Thomas J. McIntyre
D-N.h
Marlow Cook
Rky
Success Adds Years to Your Life as Well as Life to Your Years
A collection of aphorisms and quick facts on longevity, health, and social trends. Notable items cite Who's Who in America mortality, air pollution, infant birth weight, polio virus size, labor distribution in the US and USSR, pin money origin, Chanel quote, longshoremen heart death rates, disability totals, and Thoreau on self-forgetting.
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Hal Boys
New York
Who's Who
America
Russia
U.S
Henry David Thoreau
Diptheria Epidemic in San Antonio Expands
Health officials report 10 new suspected diphtheria cases in San Antonio as 5,000 plus residents receive shots amid an ongoing epidemic. If confirmed, cases rise to 28 since Aug 1 with two deaths. Officials urge boosters every five years and push for school immunization requirements while volunteers staff clinics and the city moves to the air conditioned auditorium for shot lines.
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Richard Beene
Associated Press
San Antonio, Tex
William Ross
Ross
Marthalyn Green
Health District
Burglary Case Heard in Hempstead Court
Pretrial sessions in Hempstead Circuit Court with Judge W H Arnold III heard cases including Jimmy Lee Lindsey charged with burglary and grand larceny for breaking into Hempstead Farmers Store and stealing a safe with 383 dollars. Others face forgery, uttering, and burglary charges with Oct 20 jury trial set for Country Club No 2 burglary. Floyd Hieronymous fined 100 dollars for firing into a pickup truck on a rural Red River road.
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Hempstead
W. H. Arnold III
Jimmy Lee Lindsey
Donald Denham
Owen Noble Jr
Earl Muldrew
William Muldrew
Charles Clark
Charles Rodney Johnson
Washington Plans School Opening
The Washington Schools will start Thursday, August 27 with half day sessions through September 4. Thurston Hulsey announced a holiday on Monday, September 7. From September 8 the district will operate full days. lunchrooms will be open and bus routes remain unchanged. Beginning students must be six by October 1 and have a birth certificate.
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Washington
Thurston Hulsey
Newspapers Endorse Purcell for Arkansas Governor
Four more newspapers back Democrat Joe Purcell for governor. Helena World, Crossett News Observer, Pocahontas Star Herald, and Van Buren County Democrat endorse his candidacy.
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Little Rock
Joe Purcell
Helena
Nixon Muzzle Press Claim Sparks McGovern Outcry
Sen. George McGovern charged the Nixon administration seeks to silence critics and fear media access to TV could forge one man rule. He cited Agnew attacks on reporters and cited Justice Department subpoenas as threats to free society. He warned democracy must endure beyond Election Day and against press intimidation.
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Lawrence L. Knutson
Associated Press
Washington (Ap
George McGovern
Nixon
McGovern
Spiro
Agnew
John N. Mitchell
Justice Department
Tricia Nixon
Thornton protests ballot position in Pulaski County
Ray Thornton of Sheridan, a Democratic candidate for attorney general, said his name was placed in the wrong position on voting machines for the Aug. 25 primary in Pulaski County. He drew the first ballot position but appeared second on the machines, he told the Pulaski County Democratic Committee in a letter.
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Little Rock
Ray Thornton
Sheridan
Pulaski County
Democratic Committee
Thornton
Israel Dismayed by U S Action Over Egypt Cease Fire
Israeli papers express dismay at deteriorating U S Israel ties over Washington’s refusal to back charges that Egypt breached the cease fire near the Suez Canal. They urge U S to press Egypt to keep the 30 mile area free of missiles and to maintain transparency and balance in the Middle East.
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Marcus Eliason
Associated Press
TEL Aviv
Washington
Egypt
United States
Suez Canal
Jerusalem Post
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Israel
Hatsofeh
Hamodia
Haaretz
Defense
Melvin R. Laird
Middle East
Eisele Sworn In as Eastern District Judge
Thomas Eisele was sworn in Monday as federal district judge for the Eastern District of Arkansas. He becomes a key figure in the federal judiciary within the state and assumes duties in Little Rock.
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Little Rock
Thomas Eisele
Eastern District of
Arkansas
Constitution Vote a Test in Arkansas
Robert Meriwether, executive director of Arkansas for the Constitution of 1970, said in Blytheville that the proposed new constitution will test whether Arkansans want effective state and local government. He noted that 98 of 100 delegates agreed it is superior to the 1874 Constitution.
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Blytheville, Ark
Robert Meriwether
Arkansas
Arkansans
Vietnamese Repel Attack by Enemy
More than 100 North Vietnamese attacked a South Vietnamese night camp in northern South Vietnam. South Vietnamese forces drove them off, claiming 38 enemy killed and one prisoner captured, with 300 blocks of TNT and three heavy weapons seized. One South Vietnamese wounded. no gateway damage. Cambodian events followed with a large rice convoy ambush near Phnom Penh and Premier Lon Nol’s first visit to a battlefield front.
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George Esper
Associated Press
Saigon
South Vietnam
O'Reilly
Cambodia
Phnom Penh
Lon Nol
Kompong Thon
All Around Town highlights from Hope Arkansas items
The Consortium for graduate study in Business for Blacks accepts three students for fall at the University of Rochester Graduate School of Management including Minnie P. Johnson of Hope who was valedictorian and plans CPA exams. The Uniques play a Youth Center dance August 20, admission two fifty. Debbie Connelly heads to Toronto for Alpha Sigma Tau convention as Upsilon Chapter president at State College of Arkansas. Yearbook photos at Clyde Davis Studio with Sept 12 deadline. Mrs. Albert Patton named campaign chair in Hope to fight lung diseases for the Arkansas Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. Norma Ruth Magness toured Europe with Shreveport teachers, formerly of Emmet. Majorette tryouts set for Aug 19 in Hammons Stadium at 1:30 pm with judges Patti Peters and Phylisa Dedman.
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Consortium For
University of Rochester Graduate School of Management
Minnie P. Johnson
Hope, Ark
Bennett College
North Carolina
Antioch College
Columbia University
Johnson
Albert Patton
Charles Bernard
Arkansas
National
Hammons Stadium
Patti Peters
Arkadelphia
Phylisa Dedman
Malvern
Senate expected to override Nixon veto on education bill
Washington AP report says leaders foresee a Senate vote to override Nixon's veto and enact a 4.4 billion education money bill for fiscal 1971. House already rejected the veto. if passed, the measure becomes law despite the President's objections.
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Joe Hall
Associated Press
Washington
Senate
Nixon
House
Hugh Scott
R-Pa
GOP
Congress
Four Arrested Here for Auto Theft
Houston police arrested four men and one woman, ranging from 16 to 19 years old, on a Little Rock car theft charge. Investigators probe break ins between Hope and Little Rock as rifles pistols and shotguns were seized with the auto.
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Houston
Texas
Little Rock
Alvin Willis
Hope
Albritton, 67, Sales Manager Dies
Aubrey A. Albritton, 67, longtime sales manager and Bruner-Ivory Handle a. employee, died Monday night. He was a Mason and member of First Baptist Church. Survived by his wife Gladys and son Lawrence of Capron. Services planned at 2 PM Wednesday at Herndon Chapel with memory Gardens by Rev. Hor.
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Aubrey A. Albritton
Bruner-Ivory
First Baptist Church
Gladys Albritton
Lawrence Albritton
Capron
Herndon
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