Citywide car-free Saturdays brim with city life
New York City residents welcomed 9 to 6 traffic cuts on nine blocks of Sth Avenue for several Saturdays. Pedestrians enjoyed cleaner air and fewer collisions while strings of strangers exchanged pleasantries on Fifth Avenue. Merchants weighed impact on shopping traffic as the experiment could continue if positive. An 18 year old observed people scarcely noticing the absence of cars.
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New York City
Lindsay
Sth Avenue
5Th Avenue
Roanoke
McClerkin Claims Poll Shows He Can Beat Rockefeller
Hayes C. McClerkin a Democratic governor candidate says a poll by Penetration Research shows he could defeat Gov. Winthrop Rockefeller 53 to 47 in November. The poll ranks Faubus ahead of him in the Democratic primary with Purcell two points behind. McClerkin pledges no tax hike in year one, supports black appointments and a 500 salary raise for teachers with 10 percent for college instructors, and opposes busing for racial balance.
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Little Rock
Hayes C. McClerkin
Winthrop Rockefeller
McClerkin
Orval E. Faubun
Rockefeller
Penetration Research
Oliver Quayle and Co
John F. Kennedy
Lyndon B
Faubus
U.S
J. Smith Henley
Henley
Camp High Point Brings Hope Girl Scouts Together
In June and July Conifer Council Girl Scouts visited Camp High Point near Mena with 50-plus Hope girls across three sessions. Activities included hiking archery arts crafts campcraft and overnight trips under counselors led by Miss Jennifer Tolleson. A Model Cities day camp at Camp Karlton Kemp near Texarkana serves those unable to attend.
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High Point
Conifer Council
Girl Scouts
Camp High Point
Mena
Jennifer Tolleson
U of A
Hope
Peggy Lehman
Mary Overturf
Bonnie Roy
Julie Graves
Debbie
Donna Petre
Jolyn Herndon
Debra Bennett
Shirley Lingard
Donna Cox
Dana Flowers
Donna Pendergraft
Kathy McCain
Kim Hairr
Angela
Chris Kellam
Raelaine Jordan
Camp Karlton Kemp
Texarkana
Hope Girl Scouts
Long-hair fad trims Chicago barbers union ranks
Chicago barbers are shrinking as the long-hair fad spreads. Local S48 secretary treasurer Thomas Siracusa says about 400 barbers left in two years, with membership dropping to 2,500 from around 3,000. He urges barbers to avoid long-haired customers, arguing the trend costs jobs nationwide.
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Chicago
Thomas Siracusa
S48
Journeyman Barbers Union
Afl-Cio
Siracusa
Leven
Purcell Gains Endorsements From Local Negro Groups
Atty. Gen. Joe Purcell’s campaign said Helena-West Helena Voters League and Augusta Civic League, both African American organizations, joined the Arkansas Democratic Voters Association in endorsing Purcell for governor.
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Little Rock
Joe Purcell
Helena - West Helena
Protection for Foreigners Is Reduced in New York
Police protection for foreign governments in New York will be cut nearly in half starting at midnight. 50 of 106 patrolmen assigned to diplomatic posts will be withdrawn and protection at 37 of 37 locations housing foreign interests will end. Outside UN missions and consulates, patrols remain at current levels after discussions with the State Department and U S mission to the UN.
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New York
Howard R. Leary
United Nations
Leary
State Department
U.S
Police Department
Commission to Consider Campus Peace
Washington AP The Presidents Commission on Campus Unrest begins preliminary work drafting recommendations to keep peace at colleges this fall after hearings at Kent State Ohio and in Washington and Jackson Mississippi. The FBI findings show only Ohio Guards fired during May 4 at Kent State with 11 wounded and four students killed.
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Washington
William W. Scranton
Nixon
Kent State University
Ohio
Warren
FBI
Lansing, Mich
James C. Woodring Jr
Cuyahoga Falls
National Guard
SST praised as most productive transport in history
FAA chief John H. Shaffer declared the supersonic transport an essential innovation not a luxury and argued flyers will demand faster air travel. Speaking at a ceremony marking 50 years since flight service stations began, he framed the SST as a natural step in aviation evolution, not a frill.
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Washington
Federal Aviation
John H. Shaffer
Shaffer
FAA
Two Newspapers Endorse McClerkin for Governor
C McClerkin of Texarkana, a Democratic gubernatorial hopeful, won endorsements from two papers the Lincoln Leader and the Osceola Times. The Times praised his decade in the legislature as giving him government knowledge, while the Leader called him knowledgeable and experienced and urged reforms.
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Little Rock
Hayes C. McClerkin
Texarkana
Lincoln Leader
Osceola Times
The
Times
McClerkin
Leader
Faubus Delivers Plotting on Prisons and Busing
Former Arkansas governor Orval Faubus spoke to about 3000 in Pine Bluff on two favored topics prisons and busing to balance public school racial integration. He asserted prison mismanagement and called busing “idiotic and insane” while also discussing voter eligibility across party primaries. Bill Wells spoke on education with claims of raising teacher salaries by 11 million dollars to reach regional averages.
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Pine Bluff
Ark
Orval E. Faubus
Faubus
Jefferson County Young People
Little Rock
R. J. Hampton
Mac MacKrell
Hampton
James
Mac” MacKrell
Winthrop Rockefeller
Jaycees
Thomas Glaze
Election Laws Institute
George Wallace
Glaze
Bill G. Wells
Jaycee
Arkansas
Texarkana gubernatorial rally draws crowd and clashes over issues
In Texarkana Arkansas seven of thirteen candidates attended two rallies drawing about 1,000 at the Miller County courthouse lawn and about 60 at a Tri-State Citizens Council event. Faubus pressed busing worries as McClerkin pledged victory in August and promised Texarkana would have its first governor. Candidates aligned on law and order, education, and tax use while accusing rivals of influence peddling and party fault.
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Texarkana, Ark
Orval - Fauldis
Hayes McClerkin
Robert Compton
R. J. Hampton
Lester Gibbs
James MacKrell
American Party
Walter Carruth
Miller County
Tri-State Citizens Council
Huntsville
McClerkin
Texarkana
Compton
Lawlessleas
Law and Order
Bob Compton
Mackrell
Gibbs
Winthrop Rockefeller
Hampton
Texas researchers unveil water degradable polymers for pollution aid
A team from Austin Science Associates Inc. reports in Science that water degradable polymers could boost herbicides and insecticides efficiency while reducing environmental pollution. The polymers, resembling traditional polymers but with different properties, may also find use in pharmaceutical aids and packaging.
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Washington
Texas
M. L. Beasley
R. L. Collins
Austin Science Associates Inc
Science
Sileby Veila
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Washburn
Scout
91 of Hope
Lions Club
Olen Overturf
James Luck
Preston Hunt
Frank Roy
Mike Worthy
Mike Middlebrooks
Allen Foster
Mike Hartsfield
Robin Lee
Teddy Price
Lester Sit
Tel 1
Robin Cox
Ricky Price
Steve Cox
Britt Monts
Dean Butler
Grub Joyce
Rodney Rise
Helena
Purcell
Commission To Consider
Carruth
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