Whom Would You Have Pick News If Not Editors
Alex H Washburn argues in Our Daily Bread that attacks on student journalists at San Francisco State College show the danger of suppressing unpleasant news. He warns against public censorship, defending editors as essential to a free press and noting news value depends on perspective and impact.
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Alex H. Washburn
Trenh
San Francisco State College
Big City
America
Hohe
Qeble
Hal Boyle
New York
Cowen
Vince Lombardi
Green Bay Packers
Diedicus Otpeles
Supreme Court strikes down red ban in defense jobs
The Supreme Court, in a 6-2 decision, invalidated a provision of the Subversive Activities Control Act of 1950 that barred members of Communist groups from defense plants. Chief Justice Farr Warren held the measure unconstitutional for abridging First Amendment rights by guilt of association.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Farr Warren
Warren
Elvar
John Hays Killed in Plane Crash Near Jonesboro Ark
John Heys of Jonestoro, president of the Leadershy Sales Training Institute, died Saturday when his single engine plane crashed about two miles southeast of Black Wak in Craighead County. The craft struck cotton land during heavy rain and dense fog, overturned, exploded, and burned. Hays was trapped inside the Apache plane which left a two foot deep crater.
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Jonesborg
Ark
APY
John Heys
Jonestoro
Leadershy Sales Training Institute
Black Wak
Craighead County
Hays
Enforcement of Draft Is Spelled Out
The Justice Department will speed up draft law prosecutions and has created a coordinating unit to assist U S attorneys. Lt Gen Hershey earlier urged deferments to top the induction list with college students a point of contention. A Sunday interview said once a case goes to court, it proceeds quickly under DOJ direction. The Senior Citizen Club held its Christmas dinner at the Youth Center with 19 members, dinner served, flowers on the table, and decorations by Charles Gough and Slit Smith.
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Stan Benjamin
Associated Press
Washington (Ap
Justice Department
Lewis B. Hershey
Hershey
Atty
Ramsey Clark
U.S
Department of Justice
Daniel Go Omer
Selective Service System
Justicey Department
Senior Citizen Club
Charles Gough
Slit Smith
Enforcements on Paael and Grownups Crying
Collage of nonsensical clipping notes mentions crying babies averaging two hours daily and adults dreading Mondays. References to sports figures Vince Lombardi and transplant medicine appear in garbled form. Ends with directive to see GROWNUPS On Page 2.
Tornadoes strike Florida towns injuring hundreds
Panama City Florida/AP reports violent tornadoes hit 10 Panhandle cities ripping apart homes and buildings. More than 200 injured, many at Tyndall Air Force Base and Fort Walton Beach area. Damages exceed 37 million dollars. National Guard patrolled areas. governor seeks federal aid.
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Panama City
Fla
Florida Panhandl
Alabama
Florida
Tyndall Air Force Base
Fort Walton Wah
Panoama City
Claude Kirk
Kirk
Fort Sation
Jahy
Tate
Senior Citizens Club Christmas Party Echoes of Gift Exchange
After dinner the Senior Citizens Club Christmas party featured an exchange of gifts led by Santa Claus Mr. Melvin Thrash. Mrs. Georgie Cearley won the dour prize as attendees from Mrs. Coleman to Mrs. Bush gathered for the January 4, 1968 gathering.
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Melvin Thrash
Santa Claus
Georgie Cearley
Senior Citizens Club
Coleman
Myrtle Vaughn
Minnie West
Georgia Dearley
T. L. Smith
Dee Roberts
J. W. Graham
B. H. LaCount
Maud le Allen
Slim
Smith
Dora Wortham
Mel Thrash
Alice Burris
Della Downs
Mrs. Bush
Government Pay Increase Due by Xmas
Washington AP reports final congressional action on a postal rate rise and federal pay increases, set to boost government workers with a Christmas bonus. The postal rate hike to 6 cents per first class letter takes effect January 7, while pay boosts, retroactive to August 1, aim to be included in next paychecks.
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Washington
Senate
Ios
Johnson
House Bost Office
Three Killed in State Auto Accidents
State Police identified victims as Charles Lane, 23, of Kirnett Starkey, AG, and Maggie Taylor, 62, of Donakdson Hot Spring County. The week ending Sunday saw multiple highway crashes with fatalities.
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Hy the Associates
Tiites
Peetoo
Athans
Tid
Finis
Kirnett
Tortie Starkey
Donakdson Hot Spring County
Maggie Taylor
Ase Sellbilly
Atom Blast Opens New Gas Reserves
Farmington New Mexico AP describes the first underground nuclear blast Project Gasbuggy 4240 feet below the crust. Officials report a buried chamber suitable for natural gas recovery may have formed, with no detected radioactivity and drilling to begin amid cautious optimism about the stimulations potential.
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Atom
Jake Booher JR
Associated Press
Farmington
N.M
Robert H. Thalgott
Atomic Energy Commis Sion
Harry Reynolds
Gasbuggy
AEC
ATOM BLAST: Klan Flayed by House Probers
Washington reports the House Un-American Activities Committee 301 page inquiry finds the Ku Klux Klan remains a tool of white supremacy and fear. The investigation traces the Klan’s rise and activities across states, noting kidnappings beatings and murders linked to Klan units and leaders.
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House
Washington
APL
House Committee On Un-American Activites
Klaas
Rivas
Nansuich
Statin
Alithes
Atetita
Robert Shelth
Tuseilumod
Ald
Viet Cong attack on Saigon area post leaves 7 Americans dead
Viet Cong troops mauled in a major assault near Saigon as 400 fighters charged a U.S. artillery post 60 miles north. U.S. and South Vietnamese counts cite over 1,200 enemy dead in the week. Seven Americans killed and 46 wounded in two-hour battle. one Viet Cong killed in bunker as prisoners taken. Airmen rescued after two crew parachuted into firefight. heroin found on some enemy bodies.
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George McArthur
Associated Press
Saigon
U.S
U.S. 9Th Infantry Division
Nhut Tan
U. S. Air Force
South Vietnam
James D. Denbrink
Palm Beach
Fla
Johnson
Lynda
Indiaw
Pera
Virgin Island
Florida
Alabama
International
Suiclde
Americcan
Rusk
NATO
Heart Transplant Gives Washkansky Hopeful Outlook
AP News Digest reports Dr Christan Barnard’s team shows increasing confidence Louis Washkansky will survive after a successful transplant. The story notes his doctors enter the second week with the new heart as uncertainties linger about long term outcome.
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AP News Digest
Christan Barnard
Ade Cou
Louis Washkansky
Preacher Calls for End to Gambling in Arkansas
Dr. Dale Cowling pastor of Second Baptist Church in Little Rock urged elimination of all gambling in Arkansas including pari mutuel betting in Hot Springs and West Memphis. He warned legalization would attract the underworld and corrupt public officials citing intimidation and assassination plots as risks.
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Little Rock
Dale Cowling
Second Baptist Church of
Hot Springs
West Memphis
Cowling
State of
Arkansas
Surgeon Describes First Transplant of Heart for Mankind
This report outlines Dr Christian Barnard and Groote Schuur Hospital Cape Town teams early steps toward a heart transplant beginning with November preparations and donor matching for a patient in fatal brain injury, Denise Darvall. The account notes two surgeries and the ethical, medical, and logistical context for the world s first human heart transplant as of December in Cape Town.
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Dreele
Associated Press
Christian Warnard
Groste Schum Hospital
Cape Town
Deseribes
Christian No
Barnard Cape
Town
South Africa
Louis Washkansky
Otter Chan
Suicable
Atmost
Denise Ann Darvall
Groote Schuur Hospital
Curos
Fraternity Fire Kills Three at University of Pennsylvania
A pre Christmas Delta Tau Delta party at the University of Pennsylvania ended in a deadly blaze. Twelve injured, including nine who jumped from windows as flames enveloped the second floor stairwell. Victims named include Lance Kollmar, Joseph Growchowski, Kent Smith, and Susan Sagemdorph. Fire officials suspect a cigarette ignite decorations. partygoers say the snow themed setup trapped guests.
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PrHinape
Lance Kollmar
Deerfiald
Delta ‘Tas Delta
University of Pennsylvania
Kollmer
Joseph J. Growchowski
Penn
Franklinville
Kent
D. Smith
Wilmington
Del
Susan’ Sagemdorph
Philadelphia
Earthquake Kills 65 in Western India Near Koyna
A severe quake struck western India before dawn killing 65 in the Koyna area 200 miles south of Bombay. Government says 1,000 injured and 5,000 homeless as tremors spread from Sura to Goa. Khopali plant damaged power outages hit Mumbai, evacuation patterns unfold.
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Bombay
India
Maharashtra
Koyna
Koynanagar
Khopali
Poona
Sura
Goa
Poos Tid
Bombay Observatory Sak
All-India Radio
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