Public highway policy stirs debate on triple trailer trains
An editorial contrasts a proposed bill allowing triple trailer trucks on interstates with concerns over safety costs and fair access. It argues these road giants raise hazards, widen trucking advantages, and impose private enterprise costs on the driving public amid a projected 2.8 billion system upgrade bill. A second item nostalgically recalls the 1929 rumble seat era and a 1969 sports car with a rear-fender seat.
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Howse Public Works Committee
Department of Transportation
Wheeling
W, Va
Senate
Golden Times
Miami
Fla
Morrilton Liquor Permit Suspended
The Morrilton liquor store permit is suspended for one week after operator L. D. Stroud was found guilty of selling beer to minors. ABC Board director Joe Gaspar said Stroud is on a one month probation. An incident arose when agents tried to book five minors for beer purchases. Morriston police refused cooperation.
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Little Rock
Seare
Joe Gaspard
State Alcoholic Beverage Control Board
Gasphard
L. D. Stroud
ABC
Stroud
Morriston
Justice of the Peace
A. J. Walls
Rockefeller Says Democrats Are Switching
LITTLE ROCK AP Republican Gov. Winthrop Rockefeller said several Democrats called him to say they would support Richard Nixon. He criticized Chicago convention chaos and urged investigating the nominating process and considering a national presidential primary. He noted his mother would protest a weak nominee. He also derided the acclamation vote as a gimmick.
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Little Rock
Winthrop Rockefeller
Richard Nixon
Chicago
Rockefeller
Norman Thomas
Socialist Party
United States
McClellan
Massive marijuana seizure marks record year for U S Customs
New York AP report states the U S Customs Service seized over 35 tons of marijuana in the year ending June 30, the largest 12 month total on record, compared with 13 tons the previous year. The haul underscores a sharp rise in contraband interdiction during the period.
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New York
U.S. Customs Service
Plan urged to desegregate Little Rock schools in 1969
A Little Rock School Board member urged the administration to draft a plan for racially unified schools in the 1969 70 year He called for reassignment of teachers to match Negro white ratios and submission of a desegregation plan by Oct 31 The board must present a plan by Nov 15 to end the dual biracial system under federal judge Gordon E Young authority.
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Little Rock
Thursay
Winslow Drummond
Floyd W. Parsons
Drummond
Parsons
Gordon E. Young
Founder of Mey Company Dios Honored by Reagan at Funeral
LOS ANGELES AP Tom May founder of May Co was eulogized by Governor Reagan as a businessman who took department stores to the people. The funeral for May Saturday year old drew civic leaders and celebrities including comedian Jack Benny.
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Los Angeles
Tom May
California
Ronald Reagan
May
May Co
Cormedian
Jack Benny
Odd 1968 Democratic Convention Echoes National Turmoil
The 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago featured bitter battles over credentials and the Vietnam policy, while demonstrators clashed with police. Humphrey and McCarthy, both from Minnesota, faced party dissension, as Nixon and Rockefeller led the Republicans with unlikely cross‑city parallels. Both tickets shared a vice presidency link and ambitions for higher office.
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Maine
Ablican Party
Alohara ‘M. Nixon
Hubert H. Humphrey
Humphrey
New York
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Eugene J. McCarthy
Vietnam
Chicago
John F. Kenenedy
Eusgene McCarthy
Robert F. Kennedy
M.carthy
Minnesota
George Mel Govern
South Dakota
Senate
McGovern
Nixon
Rockefeller
Upper Fifth Avenue
United States
Mortar Attacks Hit Hol An Civilians in Vietnam
In Hol An province, mortars struck the provincial capital and two refugee camps early today, killing 15 civilians and wounding 22. Two days earlier raids killed 16 and injured five with 65 kidnapped, 85 houses burned. A Mekong Delta POW camp raid freed 45 government soldiers, one enemy fighter killed, officials said.
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Saigon
Hol An
South Vietnam
U.S
Mekong Delta
Perry Mason's Dist. Atty Dies at 53
Actor William Talman, longtime district attorney on Perry Mason, died at 53 in West Valley Community Hospital Encino. He had been hospitalized for lung cancer diagnosed last September amid ongoing treatment.
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Encino
Callt
William Talman
West Valley Community Hospital
Petition seeks freedom for two convicted men
In Arkansas, Joan Phillips McClard and Verlon Hershel Ussery file a joint petition in the state Supreme Court claiming denial of a speedy trial after they were arrested as burglary suspects on July 22, 1967. They say they were charged April 23 in federal court and sentenced to four years, with detainers pending when their federal terms end.
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Little Rock
Ola
Yell
State Supreme Court
Joan Phillips McClard
Verlon Hershel Ussery
Leavensworth
Kane
McClard
Ussery
Arkansas
Cattle Sheep Feud Ends at Wyoming State Fair
Douglas Wyoming AP reports the long running feud between sheepmen and cattlemen ends at the State Fair as two rival booths from the Wyoming Stock Growers Association and Wyoming Wool Growers Association are finally allowed to mingle visitors for the first time in decades.
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Douglas
Wyo
Cate Tlemen
Wyoming Stock Growers Association
Wyoming Wool Growers
Traveler Excited Over Texas Size and Hospitality
Star Feature Writer Mary Ann Tatelster recounts a Texas trip highlighting Houston's Astrodome a landmark dome stadium with the Shamrock Hotel and a vast two million dollar scoreboard. Also toured Houston planetarium and San Antonio HemisFair with Arkansas Pavilion and national pavilions noting costs and activities.
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Mary Annta Laseter
Texas
Astrodome
Houston
Rome
Shamrock
Gulf
Astros
Planetarium
NASA
Houston Planetarium
Moon
San Antonio
HemisFair
Arkansas
France
Itas
Court Order Bars Chicago Cops From Interfering With News Coverage
A federal appeals court issued an order restraining Chicago police and Supt. James B. Conlisk Jr. from interfering with news gathering by four photographers in Grant and Lincoln Parks. Judge Schnackenberg granted a temporary injunction. District Judge Campbell had ruled the photographers were not Chicago media employees and that the suit failed to name individuals or prove city participation.
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Chicago
James B. Gonlisk Jr
U.S. Court of Appeals
Elmer J. Schnackenberg
Grant
Lincoln Parks
William J. Campbell
U.S. District Court
Conlisk
Charles Finston
Finston
Thomas A. Foran
U.S
Downstown
OBrien Put in Charge by Humphrey
Vice President Humphrey designates Lawerence OBrien to run his presidential campaign and head the Democratic National Committee. He removes John Bailey as DNC chair and confirms OBrien will command both the campaign and party organization, while noting possible postcampaign industry offers.
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Joseph E. Mohbat
Associated Press
Chicago
Hubert H. Humphrey
Lawrencd O'Brien
Democratic Party
Humphrey Friday
John M. Bailey
Connecticut
Democratic National Committee
O'Brien
John F. Kennedy
Johnson
Humphrey
O Brien
Richard M. Nixon
Kennedy
Congress
Obrien
O’brien
Daley cites security threats at Democratic National Convention
Chicago mayor Richard J. Daley says extraordinary security was ordered after reports that certain people planned to assassinate the three presidential contenders and other leaders. He did not identify the sources or individuals, citing confidentiality.
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Little Rock
Jon L. McClellan
D~ Ark
Chicago
McClellan
Richard J. Daley
Daley
Tye
Associated Press
FBI
Secret Service
Hubert H. Humphrey
Eugene J. McCarthy
George McGovern
Reasonable Hemlines in Glasgow School Policy
Glasgow Mont a school board rule change skirts length from knee to meet Brard's original order prompting debate on dress codes for coeds. The policy shift centers on aligning student attire with district expectations while addressing fashion trends and school standards.
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Glasgow, Mont
Glasgow School
Brard
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