Death of a magazine marks shift from print to TV era
The Saturday Evening Post folds with its February 8 issue after years of losses. Causes include national ad drift to television and competition from Life Look Time and Newsweek. Local papers thrive as ads stay regional. Arkansas press group notes six Palmer men linked to local papers.
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Saturday Evening Post
Fae
America
Curtis Publishing Co
Post
Life and Look
Time
Newsweek
U.S. News & World Report
Little Hope for Peace Talks Start
AP report from Paris says North Vietnam rejected U S proposals to start Vietnam peace talks. The United States offered speaking and seating concessions including removing the talking order by lot and narrowing the demarcation to a simple table line. North Vietnam and Viet Cong show little sign of acceptance.
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William L. Ryan
Paris
North Vietnam
United States
U.S
Viet Cong
National Liberation Front
South Vietnam
Liberation Front
Ha van Lau
U. S
Cyrus R. Vance
Secret of Successful Marriage Fifty Years On
A mass wedding at St Patrick's Cathedral united 333 couples who wed in 1919, echoing a half century lesson in marriage from Mr and Mrs James J Gibney. They said you must give in and keep to home, while he should arrive home for meals on time. Other couples celebrated golden anniversaries in Indianapolis Bedford and Rio TN, with varied tributes. This weekend also saw several famous individuals marry.
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Maryschure
Associated Press
New York
Bob Hope
James J. Gibney
St. Patrick’s Cathedral
Gibneys
Mrs. Gibeny
Gibney
Clarence A. Vaught
Bedford
Ind
Indiana Soldiers’ and Sailors
Indianapolis
Vaught
E. Graves Pate
Rio
Tenn
New Orleans
San Diego
Field to Be Speaker Pro Tempore in 1969 Arkansas House
Texarkana Rep Hayes C McClerkin named Talbot Field Jr of Hope as speaker pro tempore for the 1969 Arkansas House. Field, long-time deputy presiding officer and former Legislative Council chair, will preside over House pro ceedings and budget sessions. He is a Hope resident and attorney, married to Mae Greer, with daughter Cathy a university student.
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Hayes C. McClerkin
Texarkana
General Assembly
Rep
Talbot Field, Jr
Hope
House of Representatives
House
Field
Rope
Hempstead
McClerkin
Arkansas Legislative Council
Legislative Council
Marlon H. Crank
Goverrnor
Aie Greer
Cathy
University of Arkansas
Fire razes home of Strong man. resident dead
STRONG Ark AP James R Overbee 75 resident of near Strong was killed when a four room frame house burned Saturday night about six miles north of here. The fire was believed to have started from a butane gas leak.
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Strong, Ark
James R. Overbee
Near
Strong
Here
Apparently Women Don’t Like Working for a Woman
AP report on American women rejecting the idea of working for a female boss. Quotes from Diana Frankland and Joyce Forgette show frustration with women bosses, while Rita Stren and Joyce Cogin echo preference for male bosses. Included are British and American survey comparisons and views on leadership.
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Louise Cook
Associated Press
NEW York
Diana Frankland
Boston
Joyce Forgette
Albuquerque
Ocean
Rita Stren
Burlingame
Callf
Ike
Joyce Cogin
Texas Industries Inc
Dallas
New Orleans
Sandra Mes
Chioe
Tatters Seg
Johnson to give final State of the Union in weeks ahead
President Johnson opens his final week in office with plans to address a budget of 195 billion for the upcoming fiscal year and report on the state of the union. He faces inflation, crime, urban decay, pollution, and poverty at home while noting Vietnam peace talks and Middle East tensions as global concerns. He hopes Nixon will state a position on extending the 10 percent income surtax before departing the White House.
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Jack Bell
Washington
Johnson
Congress
Paris
Vietnam
Middle East
Richard M. Nixon
U.N. Security Council
White House
Nixon
Capitol Hill
Senate
Walter J. Hickel
Fred Harris
Oklahoma
Lady Bird Johnson
Mekong Delta
North Vietnam
Czechoslovakia
Commonwealth
Five Die in Arkansas Weekend Traffic Accidents
Five persons were killed in Arkansas over the weekend in traffic crashes, AP reports. The count covers 6 p.m. Friday to midnight Sunday, with two deaths Saturday and none Sunday. Victims include Gilime Adair 65 of near Camden, and John Norman Van Meter 4 of Charleston. Adair drowned after a car left a county road and overturned near Locust Bayou in Quachita County. Van Meter died when his pickup and a car collided on Arkansas 2 about 14 miles west of Charleston. Also killed were Walter David Sharp 22 of To renza, Marsha Moore 18 of Black Rock, and Nona Ruth Mize 18 of Powhattan.
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Associated Press
Arkansas
Gilime Adair
Camden
John Norman van Meter
Charleston
Adair
Locts Bayou
Quachita
van Meter
Walter David Sharp
Toronza
Marsha Moore
Black Rock
Nona Ruth Mize
Powhattan
Warming Trend for Arkansas Forecast Continues Tuesday
A warming trend should push Arkansas temperatures into the 50s and 60s Tuesday as southerly winds wrap behind a high pressure ridge. Overnight lows ranged from the upper 20s to low 30s with no rainfall reported in the past 24 hours.
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Associated Press
Arkansas
Fayette
Walnut Ridge
General Assembly to Meet at Noon in Arkansas Tax Debate
The Arkansas General Assembly opened at noon to consider Gov. Rockefeller’s broad tax package including a one percent sales tax hike, higher personal and corporate income taxes, a five cent cigarette tax raise, new taxes on cigars and snuff, and a three percent parimutuel betting levy. Key doors opened with joint committees hearing from city county officials and educational leaders. Texarkana will surge to House speakership, Morrell Gathright to Senate presidency pro tempore as Rockefeller’s second term swearing in and inaugural address loom Tuesday afternoon.
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ED. Shearer
Associated Press
Little Rock
Arkansas General Assembly
Winethrop Rockefeller
Senate House
House
Robinson Auditorium
Alcoa Hikes Prices Across Aluminum Line
Alcoa the largest aluminum producer raised prices on most products, matching a one cent ingot increase from Kaiser and Reynolds and adding a five percent rise on nearly all fabricated goods. An Alcoa spokesman called it an across the board move.
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Pittsburgh
Ap) Aluminum Co. of America
Alcoa
Kaiser and Reynolds
Burglars Hit at Texarkana Armory
Burglars broke into the Arkansas National Guard Armory in Texarkana Saturday night and took a large cache of weapons. Reported losses include 27 .45 caliber pistols, two automatic rifles, two 40 millimeter grenade launchers, and six gas masks. The burglary was discovered Sunday.
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Texarkana, Ark
Arkansas National Guard
All Around Town includes Beverley homecoming and local notices
All Around Town reports Al Charles Beverley son of Mr and Mrs Homer Beverley will return January 16 after a three month Korea tour as security policeman. City police note weekend traffic violations including drunken driving and accidents. Redlands R C L plans a Jan 18 dance at McCaski with Dale Goodner and Country Boys. Joe Keesey Jr returns to Cornell after holidays. Barbera Jo Robinson honors helpers who towed her car. Shyster with Watchtower attends Malvern meeting planning a Paris Arkansas convention February 14-16. William McClendon of Aetna Life Insurance leads in new Arkansas cases attended by Magnolia Life Underwriters.
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al Charles Beverley
Homer Bevereley
Korea
Blytheville Air Force Base
Copters Destroyed by Enemy at Can Tho Airfield
Viet Cong blasted into Can Tho in the Mekong Delta destroying 15 helicopters valued at about 5 million dollars and damaging six more in a mortar barrage at Dong Tam and Can Tho headquarters. U S casualties stood at eight killed and ten wounded.
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George Esper
Saigon
U.S
Mekong
U.S. 9Th Infantry Division
Ting
Salih
Can Tho
U.S. Army
164Th Aviation Group
U. S
Se Ta Agenella
Se Ta Agenella Meh A Arimyen Buosh
Adi
U.S. “Air Force
Sth
Dong Tam
Julian Ewell
Fires Deliberately Set Across Camden Area
Camden Fire Chief J D Mahan reported ten deliberate fires over the weekend in the Camden area eight grassfires and two in wooded land caused little damage The city offers a 2500 reward for information leading to arrests and conviction of those responsible Additional fires and cooperative group actions were noted in Springs Arkansas as part of a separate report from the same day
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Camden, Ark
Camden
J. D. Mahan
Mahan
Pere Sons
Alexander
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Watchtower Bible
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