First Black Legislators Sit In Arkansas Assembly Since 1893
Four African Americans Townsend Wilkins Mays and Jewell became the first black lawmakers in the Arkansas Legislature since 1893. They described a courteous reception and a goal to push a progressive program including a state civil rights commission and minority participation in government.
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Robert Shaw
Associated Press
Little Rock
W.H. Townsend
Arkansas House
Henry Wilkins II
Pine Bluff
Richard L. Mays
Townsend
Wilkins
Mays
House
Jerry Jewell
Senate
Arkansas
G.W
Buddy” Turner Jr
Jewell
Sor
University of Arkansas At
General Assembly
Robert Johnson
Johnston
University of Arkansas At Little Rock
Television industry urges self regulation over bans on kids’ ads
Donald Sanders reports that the television industry asked the FCC to let self regulation continue rather than prohibit all commercials on children’s programs. Stockton Helffrich of the NAB code authority argued the code should move slowly, stressing fact gathering and due process before policy changes. He also questioned adding a minority of public members to the code review board.
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Donald Sanders
Associated Press
Washington
Stockton Helffrich
National Association of Broadcasters’ Code Authority
Federal Communications Commission
Helffrich
Commission
Code Review Board
Rock star Jagger denied visa for Tokyo tour
In Tokyo the Justice Ministry refused Mick Jagger a visa for a Rolling Stones tour beginning January 28 citing a past British drug conviction. The band’s 60,000 tickets are sold. The music office will decide if the concerts proceed without Jagger after the denial. Other items note Eugene McCarthy’s appointment at the New School, Michael Caine’s Las Vegas wedding, and Solzhenitsyn denied divorce.
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Tokyo
Mick Jagger
Justice Ministry
Rolling Stones
Jagger
Music Office
Britain
Las Vegas
New
Michael Caine
Shakira Baksh
Caine
Miss Baksh
Dennis Selinger
London
Maurice Joseph Micklewhite
Los Angeles
Sleuth
Television Logs Schedule Entry
Television grid lists programs and times including Americans From Africa Truth Or Consequences News To Tell The Truth I Dream Of Jeannie Dragnet Governor's Inauguration Police Surgeon Amazing World Of Kre skin Educational Profiles Let's Make A Deal Bonanza Maude Bill Moyers Journal Movie The Devil's Daughter Airing details and channel cues for the evening lineup.
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Africa
Jeannie
Amazing World of
Kre
Bonanza
Maude
Bill Moyers’ Journal
Poultry price ceiling relief urged by Arkansas Farm Bureau
Arkansas Farm Bureau chief Morris L. Bowman urged higher poultry prices and marketing push to ease the industry crisis. He told U S Secretary of Agriculture Earl L Butz that producers face rising feed costs and falling prices, with grow-out payments cut in half. He proposed raising dressed broiler ceilings, boosting marketing for domestic and export use, and reducing production to match demand.
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Arkansas Farm Bureau
Farm Organization
Morris L. Bowman
Newport
U.S
Secretary of Agriculture
Earl L. Butz
Bowman
The
Price Commission
USDA
Wednesday TV Schedule Highlights for Arkansas Listings
The schedule lists shows across day parts with titles such as Lust for God New Zoo Revue Captain Kangaroo Dinah Shore Dream Girl Sesame Street Concentration Price Is Right Lucille Rivers Split Second Secret Storm Love American Style and times from 8:30 to 3:00 with channel numbers and dates. Key programs include afternoon game shows news and soap operas across multiple segments including 9:30 Concentration 4 6 and 10:00 Split Second.
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Arkansas
Lucille Rivers
NBC News
CBS News
All My Children
Little Rock Today
Eye On Arkansas
Guiding Light
General Hospital
Peyton Place
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Texarkana
Hope
Ark
Gene Allen
St. Michael’s Hospital
NEW York
Eugene McCarthy
Adlai E. Stevenson
New School For Social Research
Peston John R. Everett
New School
Minnesotan
America
Moscow
Alexander Solzhenitsyn
Lapland
Minnesota
Iowa
Theodore Roosevelt
Athens
Pericles
Omaha
Hunter
Marcus Welby
M.D
Jack Paar Tonite
Johnny Carson
Bunny O’hare
God
Texarkana College
Arkansas A.M
Merv Griffin
Dr. T
Paul Lynde
Medical Center
Julie Andrews
Paul Tonite
Darby
Rangers
Rephan’s
Dacron Blends
Aileen
Hugh Bath
Cannon
Bankamericard
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