Press shifts and blame for a negative tradition
A Charleston editorial notes the Sunday Times delivery drift from Saturday to Friday and compares the eroding schedule to a space mission. It argues American journalism is less partisan than in the past, yet remains conditioned by reader expectations and past party affiliations in shaping coverage.
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New York Times
Sunday Times
Charleston
W.va
Daily Mail
Howard K. Smith
J 'Affaire Agnew
America
France
K. Smith
England
Little Rock
Ark
Kansas Gazette
Warming trend anticipated in Arkansas Thursday
A warming trend is scheduled as a high pressure center moves east into the Carolinas, allowing warm southerly winds to drift across Arkansas Thursday. The trend will be short lived, with a cold front expected Friday. No rain forecast for the state Thursday. no rain in the prior 24 hours ending 6:30 a.m.
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Arkansas
Weather Bureau
Carolinas
Indictments for Gambling Reach 55
Federal grand jury indicts Mays of Hugh J. Addonizio in Newark. charge unknown. De Cavalcante, 58, nicknamed Sam the Plumber, is the only big name among 55 indicted in a $20 million gambling ring. FBI says 51 of 55 have been arrested. four face extortion charges. De Cavalcante lives in Princeton. previously charged with conspiring to extort gamblers.
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Richard L. Stern
Associated Press
Newark, NJ
Mays
Hugh J. Addonizio
Robert Shaw
Uls
Atty
Frederick B. Lacey
Simone ‘Sam
de Cavalcante
Internal Revenue Service
Newark
New Jersey
Ruggerio “Ritchie
Princeton
Brooklyn, N.Y
Arkansas firms seek merger to form Allied name company
Allied Telephone Co of Arkansas Inc and Green Forest Telephone Co asked the Public Service Commission for permission to merge. The surviving entity would carry the Allied name.
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Little Rock
Allied Telephone Co
of Arkansas Inc
Green Forest Telephone Co
State Public Service Commission
Allied
Man Charged With Transporting Stolen Bus Across State Line
Raymond Neirs, 20, of Chicago was arraigned before U.S. Commissioner Charles Goldberger on a charge of transporting a stolen Greyhound semicruiser bus across a state line. He was ordered held on $2,500 bond. The complaint says the bus was moved from Chicago to Pine Bluff last weekend.
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Associated Press
Pine Bluff, Ark
Raymond Neirs
Chicago
U.S
Charles 8. Goldberger
Neirs
Greyhound
Pine Bluff
Senate narrows desegregation funding ban showdown
The Senate, by 52-37, watered down an appropriations amendment blocking federal funds from forcing school shutdowns or busing against parents wishes. Republican Hugh Scott proposed adding "except as required by the Constitution" after consultation with HEW Secretary Finch, drawing Southern condemnation as weakening the measure despite Nixon admin backing.
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John Chadwick
Associated Press
Washington
Senate
Hugh Scott
Pennsylvania
Scott
Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare
Robert H. Finch
Nixon
Finch
Health, Education and Welfare
Sens
Christmas Astrology Gimmick Bows in Retail Shows
New York reports a department store offers a $40 one year astrology dial service as a Christmas gimmick. Customers provide recipient birth details for personalized horoscope readings plus a $50 plan for unlimited calls and a 10 page personality profile. Astrology traces to ancient Mesopotamia with a 12 house system linked to birth.
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New York
Aquarius
Life
Partners
Tax Reform Differences Shrink in Conference Talks
House and Senate conferees report about half the differences in tax reform versions settled while sticky issues remain such as the oil depletion allowance and the personal income tax exemption. Rep Wilbur Mills said decisions could come by Thursday night with a final House vote possible, and Senate action expected soon so lawmakers can go home for Christmas. The long session Tuesday included 11 hours of talks and secrecy pacts, with progress focused on minor and technical items and a notable deal limiting farm deductions for nonfarm income.
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Edmond Lebreton
Associated Press
Washington (Ap
House
Senate
Wilbur D, Mills
D-Ark
Mills
Thompson shaping Vietnam policy as anti Communism domino theory
Sir Robert Ker Thompson, British guerrilla veteran, advised Nixon on Vietnam policy and argued that a Communist victory in South Vietnam would trigger wider Asian communist expansion. His views influenced Nixon to withdraw 60,000 more troops, highlighting Thompson's role in shaping U.S. strategy.
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Rooney Pinder
Associated Press
London
Robert Grainger Ker Thompson
Nixon
America
South Vietnam
South Asia
Tunku Abdul Rahman
Kuala Lumpur
Lee Kuan Yew
Singapore
United States
Vietnam
Asia
Thompson
Somerset
White House
Malaya
Church of England
Marlborough
Cambridge
Sentences Handed Down in Hempstead Circuit Court
Hempstead Circuit Court proceedings show Ronnie Thompson found guilty on 26 counts of forgery and uttering and given a five year term. Anthony Elledge similarly convicted on forgery counts and received five years. Grover R. Cole jailed five years for forgery and uttering. Mitchell A. Henderson charged with grand larceny and given five years. Michael Rosson convicted of burglary and grand larceny with two years for burglary and one year for grand larceny, to run concurrently. James L. Smith charged with burglary and grand larceny placed on five years probation. James McMorris appealed a municipal court conviction over intoxicants with fine affirmed. Leonard Sanders charged with driving while intoxicated fined $250 and costs. circuit court upheld the fine.
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Hempstead
Ronnie Thompson
Anthony Elledge
Grover R. Cole
Mitchell A. Henderson
Michael Rosson
James L. Smith
James McMorris
Leonard Sanders
Arkansas reduces traffic deaths more than any other state
Arkansas State Police say traffic fatalities fell sharply this year with a 16 percent reduction led by State Police Director Jim Wooten. Nebraska's decline ran about eight percent, while Arkansas previously ranked second to Nebraska in the early measure.
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Little Rock
Arkansas
Jim Wooten
Polie
Nebraska
Chairman to Report Changes in Democratic Party
UTTLE ROCK AP Charles Matthews Arkansas Democratic state chairman said he would issue a statement today on reported changes in the party. Reports said Rev John Collins of Pine Bluff, a Negro field representative, was no longer with the party. Collins was the party headquarters only Black employee.
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Uttle Rock
Charles Matthews
Democratic Party
John Collins
Pine Bluff
Vietnam Desertions Rise in South Vietnam Forces
AP Military Writer reports that desertions in South Vietnamese armed forces edged up from 9 to 10 per thousand from September to October. Officials warn the rate remains troubling as over one million troops are enrolled, risking about 10,000 men per month, second to the challenge of building Vietnamese military leadership in the Vietnamization effort.
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Freds. Hoffman
Washington
Extension of surtax urged by business leaders
John M. Pearce reports a group of businessmen and educators urged Congress to extend the income surtax six months beyond the planned expiration. The statement by the Committee for Economic Development calls the surtax a financial cornerstone of the inflation-fighting budget surplus amid signs inflation is moderating.
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John M. Pearce
Associated Press
Washington (Ap
Congress
Committee For Economic Development
Washington
Two Key Foreign Aid Items Shape Senate Action
Two unbudgeted aid items totaling 54.5 million for Formosa aircraft and 50 million for South Korea drive final congressional action on foreign aid. Conflicts loom between Senate and House over authorization and appropriation. In Vietnam, Marines reported 27 enemy killed and 28 suspected Viet Cong rounded up near Da Nang, with five Americans wounded and two helicopters shot down near Cambodia and in the Mekong Delta.
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Carl P. Leabsdori
Associated Press
Washington
Formosa
South Korea
Congress
Senate
House
Senate House
Korea
Senate Appropriations Committee
U.S
5Th Regiment
da Nang
Saigon
Mekong Delta
Vietnam War Deaths Double As U S Casualties Rise
AP News Digest reports Vietnam's government records seven months show total dead more than doubling the Americans killed, reflecting President Nguyen Van Thieu's claim of rising US share of the war effort. Desertions from South Vietnamese forces rise as the war worsens. Anarchists in Italy charged in bombings that killed 14 and injured 100. A Nixon plan to aid poorer oil substitutes and tariffs aims to lower US oil prices. The administration funds school lunch programs to reach needy children by year end. A southern bill seeks to block federal shutdowns and forced busing in schools. The Committee for Economic Development urges extending the income surtax to curb inflation. In Georgia, a military judge schedules the Calley trial and investigates two former GIs and five outlets over My Lai coverage.
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Detence Saigon
Neuyert van Thieuw
South Vietnam
George Esper
Associated Press
Saigon
Safi
Nguyen van Thieu
U.S
Mekong
Van Buren Voters Approve Bonds
Van Buren Arkansas voters approved a 942600 Act 9 bond issue for municipal improvements with detailed margins for city hall library fire facilities and equipment. The vote totals show strong approval across the measures, reflecting local support for public infrastructure upgrades.
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van Buren
van Buren, Ark
South Vietnam Casualties Outpace U S For Weeks
South Vietnamese casualties have exceeded American losses for 30 straight weeks, with 11,450 government soldiers and 4,907 Americans killed over seven months. Early in the year, casualties were near parity, as U S withdrawals began. A Viet Cong rocket attack on Saigon wounded civilians and damaged homes, while Viet Cong casualties were fewer in the week.
Local plant accident injures worker at Texarkana hospital
Maxfield Witherspoon about 50 of Wynnewood Products sustained a leg injury in an accident at the plant about 1 p m Wednesday His leg was broken but not believed critical He was taken to a Texarkana hospital for treatment Plant Manager Crit Stewart Jr said Witherspoon slipped and a car mover ran over his leg
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Maxfield Witherspoon
Wynnewood Products
Texarkana
Crit Stewart Jr
Witherspoon
Treatment of Massacre Is Condemned
Saigon based National Salvation Front led by Sen. Tran Van Don denounced the My Lai massacre as a cruel killing of civilians. It cited a two week inquiry finding mass killings of mostly women and children at a coastal village on March 16 1968 and urged joint U.S.-South Vietnamese command to prevent future incidents while condemning Saigon for its handling and requesting accountability.
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South Vietnam
My Lai
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