Berkey color machine linked with ancient teletypesetter
A Burlington Free Press exchange with The Star recalls 25 years of newspaper automation from the Southwest Teletypesetter Circuit to four color Berkey technology. The letter traces progress from Linotypes to Just-O-Writers and Teletypesetter to offset printing, highlighting cost cuts and faster production.
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Vermont
Arkansas
Berkey
Hope Star
New York
National Newspaper Trade Journal
Burlington
Burlington Free Press
Clyde E. Palmer
Texarkana
Ray Kimball
DeQueen
Stuttgart
America
Free Press
Cole
Fairchild Graphic Equipment
Star
Fairchild Electronic
Arkansas House OKs three teachers salary funding plans
Arkansas House Education Committee gave do pass recommendations to three distinct teacher pay plans. One offers a flat 500 dollar raise per teacher each year of the biennium. Another uses a formula by the Education Department. The third combines a 500 dollar first year raise with a formula based raise in the second year. The committee crafted the compromise option.
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Little Rock
Arkansas House
House Education Committee
State Education Department
Highway Audit Bill Introduced in Arkansas House
Rep. Herbert Rule of Little Rock filed a resolution calling for an independent audit of the state Highway Department to be completed and made public. Gov. Rockefeller has urged such an audit. The commission opposes paying off Helena bridge bonds and approved funding for junkyard screening, scenic highway strips, and a larger tug for the White River ferry. Deputy Coroner ruled the death of Gerald Wayne Stewart accidental asphyxiation.
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Little Rock
Herbert Rule
Arkansas House
State Highway Commission
State Highway Department
Rule
Commission
Armil Taylor
Highway Department
Taylor
General Assembly
Winthrop Rockefeller
Mississippi River
Helena
St. Charles Ferry
White River
Arkansas
Mansfield Plant Key to GM Recovery Amid UAW Strike
Ohio union leaders face orders from UAW president Walter Reuther to end the seven day wildcat walkout at Mansfield Local 549. Reuther warned he could seize control of the local as 133,500 workers nationwide remained idled in 57 GM plants. Production would hinge on Mansfield’s return to full speed, with Fisher Body components in high demand for 90 percent of GM cars.
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Mansfield
Ohio
United Auto Workers
General Motors
UAW
Walter P. Reuther
Detroit
Robert Hall
Hall
Fisher
Reuther
Silent Protest Planned by Students at Arkansas Colleges
Little Rock AP reports students from Little Rock University and St John’s Seminary along with religious leaders plan a one hour silent protest against the Vietnam War on Friday. The Arkansas Senate moved on political activity by state employees, veto overrides, firemen work week limits, free textbooks, and primary date changes amid a busy session.
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Little Rock
Little Rock University
St. John’s Seminary
Hints That Pilot Took JFK Assassination Secrets to His Grave
Dist Atty Jim Garrison hinted free lance pilot Davis Ferrie carried secrets about President Kennedy's assassination. Ferrie 48 described as psychologist private detective and flyer was found dead in his bed. Garrison said the death was an apparent self inflicted brain hemorrhage with an unsigned note stating death as a sweet prospect.
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Bernard Gavzer
New Orleans
Jim Garrison
Davis W. Ferrie
John F. Kennedy
Ferrie
Garrison
Nicholas Chetta
Fersie
Gerrison
Warren Commission
China Army Units Turn on Mao Faces Mutiny in Henan
Wall posters in Peking report army units defying Mao Tse-tung in Henan, arresting nearly 1,000 Maoists in Chengchow City. Similar signals reach Inner Mongolia Sinkiang and Tibet as Liu Shao-chi allies push for self criticism. Posts allege white terror and peasant opposition to Mao in the bread basket province.
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Vy John Roderick
Tokyo
Peking
Mao Tse-tung
Henan
China
Mao
Chengchow
Inner Mongolia
Sinkiang
Tibet
Liu Shao-chi
Communist Party
Teng Hsiao
Chou En-la
Chou
Honan
Vietnam
Senate
Johnson
U.S
University of Wisconsin
Berkeley
Washington House Committee
Adam Clayton Powell
Associated Press
Supreme Court
Edwin A. Walker
International Indonesia
Suharto
Sukarno
Peking Wall
Graves Family Donates 10000 to Hendrix College
The O A Graves family of Hope gave 10000 to Hendrix College to found the O A Graves scholarship. Income will fund a yearly award to a Hope High School graduate. Albert and Al Graves, relatives of O A Graves, attended Hendrix and Harvard and are partners in the Graves law firm. Members are leaders in the Methodist Church and Hope community.
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O. A. Graves
Hope
Hendrix College
Marshall T. Steel
Hope High School
Albert
al Graves
O.A. Graves
Hendrix
Harvard
Graves Law Firm
Graves
Methodist Church
Albert Grayas
Hendrix College Board of
Thinks WRs Budget Will Hit Crisis
AP reports Arkansas Education Association secretary Rozzell warned a fiscal crisis by 1969 under Gov Winthrop Rockefeller's budget. Projections exceed general revenue by 33 million with a 16 million cushion, prompting questions about finding 17 million. He said teacher raises may not be fully funded.
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Little Huck
Forrest Rorgzel
Arkansas Education Association
Arkansas
Winthrop Rockefeller
AEA
Sald
Rockefeller
Rogell
Rowell
Rozzell
U S Forces Unleash Berkeley Readiness at Wisconsin
University of Wisconsin vows to persevere through a Berkeley like clash as 17 protesters are arrested during Dow Chemical napalm interview protests. Chancellor Fleming posts bail for demonstrators and rejects evictions while police clear sit ins and the campus braces for more action.
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John Keefe
Madison
Wis
University of Wisconsin
Berkeley
Vietnam
Robben W. Fleming
Dow Chemical Corp
Fleming
Camspus
University of California At Berkeley
Dow
James Marks
Arkansas Veto Bills Signed by Governor Rockefeller
Gov. Winthrop Rockefeller signed seven bills, bringing total acts to 130. He also enacted laws designating diamond as state gem quartz as state mineral and bauxite as state rock, while noting existing laws cover part time teachers in multiple districts. In Vietnam, U.S. forces launched a major ground-air assault in War Zone C near Saigon, paratroop drops precede a wide encirclement, with B52 bombardment and large enemy casualties reported as battles continued nearby.
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Associated Press
Little Rock
Winthrop Rockefeller
Senate
Rockefeller
General Assembly
Vietnam
U.S
Saigon
Cambodia
Tay Ninh
Thong
South Vietnam
Zone C
Mekong
la Drang
Five Hope students named to Southern State Dean’s List
All Around Town notes that five Hempstead County students were among 112 named to Southern State College fall Dean’s List for 3.50 GPA or higher. Hope residents David Barwick Tomye Power Susan D. Rogers and Midge Turner are highlighted with families listed. Also mentioned are Stan Parris in district scoring, Boy Scout Open House, and Hope Garden Clubs speakers at Camden meet.
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Hempstead County
Southern State College
Hope
David Barwick
G. E. Barswick
Tomye Power
P. C. Pawser
Susan D. Rogers
Herbert Rogers
Midge Turner
Carl R. Turner
Greg A
Earl Martin
Hope Ht
Southwest District
Garsden
Camden
Charles Stone
The
Hope Council of Garden Clubs
Don Evens
Ned Ray Purtle
Jimmy Arnold
Roy Teylor
J. S. Gibson
Jim Voss
Fulton
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Augusta
Sid Me Math
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Sen
J. Lee Anderson
Dan T. Sprick
University of Arkansas
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Clarence Bell
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Morriss Henry
Fayette
Dee
Kennedy
Dallas
Tex
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Lee Harevey Oswald
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Opleans
Cusstody
U. S
Wisconsin
AP News Digest
David W. Ferrie
National
M. M. McCloy
St. Michael's Hospital
M. E. McCloughan
Memphis
Chris Olney
Frank Olney Jr
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Motorola
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