Knight calls for redefining press role in democracy
John S Knight, leader of the family newspaper group, redefines the press function in a speech at Ohio University receiving the Carl Van Anda Award. He urges auditing government, exposing corruption, spotlighting high court nominees, interpreting social change, preserving accurate reporting, and defending free speech and dissent within lawful bounds. Wichita Falls Times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John S. Knight
Ohio University At Athens
Carl van Anda
Knight
Supreme Court
Harold Medina
Wichita Falls
Tex
Transportation plan for Hopewell area students this year
Sixth grade students assigned to Hopewell School will receive transportation if they reach the nearest neighborhood school by 7 45 a.m. Elementary Hopewell area students transferred to other schools will be bused if at designated stops by 7 30 a.m. Sixth graders in Hopewell area must go to Hopewell with no transportation. Shover Street transfers to Beryl Henry Garland or Paisley Schools will ride from Yerger Junior High around 8 00 a.m. No high school or junior high pickups at Garland. none at Yerger for high school. No high school riders at end of day except on regular routes. Adjustments may follow the first week of school.
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Hopewell
Shover Street
Beryl Henry
Garland
Paisley
Yerger Junior High
Little Change in Weather for Arkansas
The Associated Press reports fair and mild weather across Arkansas through Wednesday with no rainfall expected before the weekend. A high pressure area dominates much of the nation except Florida southeast coast and along the Canadian border west of the Great Lakes. Nights will be cooler than usual with sunny days. Monday highs ranged from 4 at Fort Smith to 62 at Harrison.
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Arkansas
Associated Press
Florida
Canadian
Great Lakes
Fort Smith
Harrison
Schools Open Half Day First Week Schedule Change
A notice details a four day school week from August 31 to September 4 with 6:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. sessions, lunchroom openings on September 6, and full day classes resume September 8. It lists school start and end times for elementary Verger Junior High and Hope High, lunch prices, and teachers meetings plus enrollment tasks.
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Verger Junior High
Hope High
Hope High Dept
Grave of Valentino
Inflation cools, Nixon shifts focus to foreign policy
President Nixon, buoyed by reports of cooling inflation, concentrates on foreign policy in a Western White House session with Secretary of State Rogers, National Security Advisor Kissinger, and Middle East chief Sisco. The talks target Vietnam and Middle East hotspots as the administration reassesses aims and strategy.
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Frances Lewine
Associated Press
San Clemente
Calif
Nixon
Vietnam
Middle East
William P. Rogers
Henry A. Kissinger
Joseph Sisco
White House
U.N
New York
Ronald N. Ziegler
Oceanside
California
Congress
Paul W. McCracken
Council of Economic Advisers
Korea Presses U S on Aid in Face of Troop Cuts
In Seoul Vice President Spiro Agnew met with President Park Chung Hee for nearly six hours to discuss U S troop withdrawals in Korea and Park plans to offset losses with new aid. Korea seeks a multi year program totaling about 3 billion dollars, while insisting on assurances before agreeing to withdrawals. Meanwhile Nixon shifted focus to the economy, receiving upbeat briefings from economic officials.
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Carl PF. Learsdorf
Associated Press
Seoul
Spiro T. Agnew
Chung Hee Park
United States
Korea
U.S
Park
Agnew
South Korea
Washington
North Korea
Two Tate murder victims under influence of hallucinogenic drug
Coroner's autopsy reports show Abigail Folger and Wojciech Frykowski had taken MDA before they were stabbed during the Sharon Tate killings. Folger and Frykowski showed defense wounds, reflecting a violent struggle. Folger endured 28 stab wounds and Frykowski endured multiple stabs and gun blows.
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Linda Deutsch
Associated Press
LOS Angeles
Sharon Tate
Abigail Folger
Wojiciech Frykowski
Thomas T. Noguchi
Noguchi
Miss Folger
Tate
Frykowski
Miss Tate
Sebring
Envoy to Mediate as Middle East Peace Talks Open
U N envoy Gunnar V Jarring acts as go between as Israel Jordan and Egypt begin indirect talks in New York under the U S peace plan. Ambassadors meet in sequence with Jarring while Egypt and Jordan resist face to face talks with Israel. U Thant offers cautious optimism as foreign ministers join later.
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U.S
Middle East
William N. Oatis
Associated Press
United Nations
N.Y
U.N
Gunnar V. Jarring
Israel
Jordan
Egypt
Jarrying
U Thant
Jarring
Yosef Tekoah
United States
Abdul Hamid Sharaf
Mohammed Hassan el Zayyat
Sharaf
Muhammad H. el Farra
Amman
Tekoah
Abba Eban
Tekosh
Eban
Mahmoud Riad
Anton Atalla
New York
U.N. General Assembly
Cambodians Drive Back Red Attack Near Phnom Penh
South Vietnamese and Cambodian warplanes repelled attacks by North Vietnamese and Viet Cong forces around Phnom Penh. They defended Prek Ta meak and Saang with air and naval support on the Mekong, reporting no casualties there. In Saigon area fighting continued with light Vietnamese losses. US patrols and clashes near O Reilly and Ba Chuc were noted. The Hamlet Evaluation System logged rising provincial governance stability to 92.4 percent in July.
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Dbep Sr Elams Associated Press
Phnom Penh
Cambodia
Prek Tameak
Saang
Mekong
Suang
RCA
al Skyraider
Saigon
South Vietnam
Joll Escapees Recaptured Near Mountain Home Ark
Mountain Home Ark Three prisoners escaped Baxter County Jail on Monday morning were recaptured about 330 p.m. Sheriff Don Cockrum said Leonard Naugle 21 of Gainesville Mo and Howard Estes 23 of Summit were arrested after a woman reported two men stopping at her home asking for water Ronald Sraith 17 of Midway was arrested a couple of hours earlier.
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Mountain Home
Ark
Baxter County
Don Cockrum
Leonard Naugle
Gainesville
Howard Estes
Summit
Cockrum
Ronald Sraith
Midway
Arkansas Primaries Focus On Attorney General Race
In Little Rock voters head to the polls for Arkansas primaries with heavy attention on the Democratic attorney general contest between state Senator Richard Earl Griffin and Ray H. Thornton Jr. Republicans offer no AG candidate. John Norman Warnock of the American Party awaits November. The day also features lieutenant governor and secretary of state races plus a broad slate of House and Senate primaries, including several incumbents opposed and 26 of 35 Senate seats up for election.
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James Harrell
Russellville
Kenneth C. Coffelt
Jacksonville
Paul Mah
Dumas
Odis
Wilson
North Little Rock
Bill L. Nelson
Rogers
Sterling R. Cockrill Sr
Little Rock
GOP
Gerald Williams
Hubert L. Blanton
Hughes
Jim Sheets
Siloam Springs
John Thompson
Morriston
Arkansas
House
Senate
Hope primary votes light in morning across parties
Moderate turnout marks the Hope elections with about 1000 Democratic votes and nearly 100 Republican ballots reported by noon. Officials expect activity to rise after noon and before polls close at 7 30 p.m.
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Hope
Faubus and Rockefeller Favored in Arkansas Governor Primaries
In Little Rock AP report on Arkansas governor races Orval Faubus and Gov. Winthrop Rockefeller lead their Democratic and Republican fields respectively. The contest includes Rev. R. J. Hampton, two-term Atty. Gen. Joe Purcell, and other candidates as turnout expectations range from 350,000 to 400,000 for Democrats and 50,000 to 100,000 for Republicans.
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Robert Shaw
Associated Press
Little Rock, Ark
Orval E. Faubus
Arkansas
Winthrop Rockefeller
Polla
Rockefeller
New York
Nelson A. Rockefeller
R. J. Hampton
African Methodist Episcopal Church
Faubus
Walter Carruth
Joe Purcell
Hayes McClerkin
Dale Bumpers
Charleston
National Guard
Little Rock Central High School
Hampton
Lester Gibbs
James K
Uncle Mac" MacKrell
FBI
Robert C. Compton
el Dorado
Wells
Hermitage
James M. Maloney
Lonoke
W. S. Cheek
West Memphis
Quark Mountains
Amit Wank
District Dodge
Henley
Crossover Voting Sparks Party Split On Law
State party leaders clash over crossover voting amid looming runoff dates. Republican Odell Pollard says crossing over is not forbidden, while Democratic head Charles Matthews insists it is illegal. Governor Rockefeller appears set to win GOP nomination, making a runoff unlikely, yet Democrats face a likely runoff with eight contenders.
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Little Rock
Odell Pollard
Searcy
Charles Matthews
North Little Rock
Winthrop’ Rockefeller
DeWitt Youth Electrocuted on Farm Work
DeWitt Arkansas AP reports Duke Young aged 15 was electrocuted Monday while working on a farm about two miles south of DeWitt. The accident occurred during farm chores with investigation pending by local authorities.
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DeWitt
Ark
Duke Young
Here
Community notices sweep Emmet bowling meet and local events
All Around Town reports the Emmet Bowling Association meeting at 7:30 PM at Gaslite Bowl. It also notes Hope resident Mary Sue Ashton earning a master of education from North Texas University, Arkansas primary forecasts in Hempstead County, Arkansas Tech band drills, Hope police traffic brief with several violations, Texarkana youths’ vending machine theft arrest, a Hope fire call, and Lonnie Buie Jr. receiving a Southern State College academic scholarship.
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Mary Sue Ashton
Hope
Abong
North Texas University
Denton
Texas
Ashton
Hiram J. Hatfield
Southern State College
Lonnie Buie Jr
Lonnie Buile Sr
Prescott
Prescott High
James C. Heary
Neil Barwick
All of Hope
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