In the Middle We Stand: Press and Radio Umpires
The piece argues newspapers and radio stations are public stages for debate and must be edited and monitored, staying impartial. It notes a New Orleans preacher’s broadcast interruption on KOTN for slurring officials, and recalls a prior local option dispute over citations and records to prove statements.
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Ace Crisis
Press
Oll
National
Washington
Oas
Radio
Tus Mulious Times
Dine Bluff
Bob ‘Harrington
New Orleans
Beatehom Street
KOTN
K.c
KXAR
Guy Wilcox
KOT
Pbs 1
Rockefeller
Clement
Verdict of Death Upheld on Maxwell
The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the conviction of William Maxwell, a Black man, on charges including rape and assault in Hot Springs. Maxwell argued racial disparities in death penalties across Arkansas and the South. Judge Henley previously denied his habeas corpus plea. The defense cited a criminologist’s survey showing higher death rates for Black defendants in rapes of white victims versus similar cases.
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T. Louis
8Th
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
William AL. Maxwell
Arkansas
Maxwell
Hot Springs
J. Smith Henley
Tucker Prison Farm
Six Year Old Lone Survivor Of Plane Crash In Mountains
WHEATRIDGE Colo AP Six year old Rae Anne Wood the lone survivor of a single engine plane crash in a Colorado mountain area faces return home with casts on both legs and crushed ankles. She received money from an unknown admirer and asked for presents for her brothers as she cheerfuly talks about going home.
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Wheatridge
Colo
Rae Anne Wood
Smichaeline Sheridan
Sacrament
Rae Anne
Jamie
Stephen
Gered
Roger Wood
Colorado Mountain
Denver
Rae
Anne
Miss Sheridan
Barbara Streisand denies rumor she is difficult
HAL BOYLE reports Barbara Streisand rejects claims of being temperamental and uncooperative. She says such rumors stem from hearsay and public misperception while filming Hello Dolly in Garrsion New York. She defends her character and notes fame brings scrutiny and unfair judgments.
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Hal Boyle Garrison
N.Y
Barbara Streiss
Brooklyn
Dolly
State's 63 Votes to Go to Humphrey
Arkansas delegates are instructed to vote as a bloc for the candidate with 63 votes at the Democratic National Convention. An Associated Press poll shows 17 for Humphrey, 4 for other options, 1 for McCarthy lean, 33 unresponded, signaling strong intent to back Humphrey unless the bloc breaks.
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Bill Simmons
Little Rock
Hubert H. Humphrey
Arkansas
Associated Press
Sen
Eugene J, MeeCarthy
Minnesota
McCarthy
Humphrey
Chicago
Homecoming at Shover Springs Church Sermon and Revival Planned
The Shover Springs Baptist Church hosts Homecoming Sunday July 14 with Elder Wesley Thomason of Prescott delivering the 11 oclock sermon. Luncheon is at noon followed by afternoon singing. Elder Charles Jones of Spring Hill conducts revival July 14 to 20 with services twice daily at 10:30 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. The chapel is air conditioned. Public invited. J. W. McAdams pastop.
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Shover Springs Baptist Church
Wesley Thomason
Prescott
Charles Jones
Spring Hil
J. W. McAdams
Posse Ordered to Court in Bergen County Grand Jury
A foodjayld citizen street patrol led by Ernest T. Bradow, 26, head of PRESARM, said he received a subpoena from Bergen County Prosecutor Guy W. Calissi ordering him to appear before the Bergen County grand jury on Monday. The patrol has suspended operations.
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North Bergen
Ernest T. Bradow
Bergen County
Guy W. Calissi
Grand Jury
Memphis Readies James Earl Ray Trial Security Plan
Memphis officials prepare for what may be Tennessee’s biggest trial since 1926. A taped record of attendees, photo IDs for press, and underground court access aim to prevent outside presence. Ray, jailed in London, faces extradition appeal as security tightens around Shelby County Criminal Court.
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Bill Johnson
Associated Press
Memphis
Tent
Tennessee
James Earl Ray
Martin Luther King Jr
Charles Holmes
William N. Morris
Shelby County Criminal Court
Ray
Criminal Courts
London
Sheriff Morris
Morris
Didt
Phil M. Canale
Warren Cargill
King
Revival at Mt Nebo Baptist Church Begins July 14
Revival services start Sunday July 14 at Mt Nebo Missionary Baptist Church FE. Evangelist will be Gordon Renshaw pastor of Unity Missionary Baptist Church Hope. Services nightly at 7 90. Pastor Harold Marcum.
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Mt Nebo Missionary Baptist Church
Gordon Renshaw
Unity Missionary Baptist Church of Hope
Harold Marcum
Terrorist attack unsettles Saigon amid RC threat
In Saigon, a terrorist wounded a U.S. soldier near the presidential palace as Viet Cong death squads reportedly threaten raids on the capital. Extra guards were posted at the U.S. Embassy and key sites, with police on high alert and troops at readiness as authorities warned of possible attacks during a tense period of the Viet Cong offensive.
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George Esper
Associated Press
Saigon
U.S
U S
Blonde Dancer Says Club Managers More Threatening
AP reports hundreds of entertainers crisscrossing South Vietnam bases face dangers from Viet Cong attacks and dangerous roads. About 500 clubs book pop groups across Vietnam with top prices up to 425 dollars per hour. After ambushes that killed Brandt Perry and Bubble Machine members, U S military authorities warned booking agents to improve safety and arrange armed escorts, while entertainers complain of long waits, harsh conditions, and bureaucratic delays to extend stays.
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Baigon
Vietnam
Brandt Perry
Los Angeles
Acteemi
Ope Eee
Perry
The
Bubble Machine
Saigon
Vung Tau
U.S
Filipis Na Singer
Qui Nhon
Army
Special Services Division
Bronx gunman hunt after three killed and one wounded
In New York City a Bronx gunman, Bobby Rogers alias Bobby Pugh, is sought after a mass shooting that killed Manuel Angel Figueroa 19 Erain Castro 21 and Jose Rivera 18 and wounded a fourth. Police describe Rogers as a 31 year old light skinned man discharged from the Army in 1962. Officers swarmed a five story East 138th Street tenement but he escaped through a basement connecting three buildings.
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Bronx
Bob Monrll
Associated Press
NEW York
Manuel Angel Figueroa
Efrain Castro
Jose Rivera
Roberts
Figueroa
Lincoln Hospital
Castro
Rivera
Rogers
Pata Laperes
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