Security siege planned for Democratic National Convention
Reports detail a massive armed security operation for the Chicago Democratic National Convention August 25 30. Thousands of police guards and National Guardsmen, federal agents, and local officials will patrol at the Amphitheatre and hotels with checkpoints, air surveillance, and a sealed precinct. Demonstrations by antiwar and Civil Rights groups are expected, including a 50 000 strong hippie encampment plan and marches through the Loop.
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Stuart
Associated Press
Chicago
Johnson
Chicago International Amphit Theatre
Fiot
National
Cook County Sheriff's Office
State Poice
Coast Guard
FBI
Secret Service
Air Force
Union
Democratic National Committee
National Mobilization Committee
Pentagon
Free City Survival Committee
Country Music Singer to Host Show
Gene Williams, a West Memphis country personality, signed a seven year contract Monday to host and produce a daily TV show featuring top country acts. Stations across Arkansas to Louisiana are to carry the program, which starts September 28, with Al Gannaway as executive producer of Consolidated Color Corp. and president of the International Producers Center.
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LTE Krug
Gene Williams
West Memphis
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Missouri
Kentucky
Tennessee
Alabama
Mississippi
Louisiana
al Gannaway
Consolidated Color Corp
Williams
International Producers Center
Gannnaway
Gary Riots: Police Quell Disorder and Curfew
NOPE ARK STAN reports United Fund Chairmen say 180 riot trained Indiana state police helped quell disorders in Gary. Mayor reimposed 9 pm curfew as snipers fired on a patrol car. Police responses broad, noting many calls answered by multiple units. Arrests include 42 for curfew violations and 22 for narcotics or concealed weapons charges.
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Indiana
Gary
Hilton
Central District
Terrytown
Editorial Seeks Democratic Crossover to Block Rockefeller Nomination
The Searcy Citizen urges a Democratic crossover into the Republican primary to block Gov. Winthrop Rockefeller. It argues party unity may deny Rockefeller the nomination and force his supporters to vote in the GOP primary. The piece stresses Arkansas needs leadership change and cites past election dynamics.
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Searcy, Ark
Searcy
Winthrop Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Arkansas
Wince Rockefeller
Jim Johnson
No Fat Left to Trim From Foreign Aid, Johnson Program
Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Sparkman stated there is no fat left to trim from Johnson's foreign aid requests, now about 1.0 billion under the original level. The measure aims to a 90 percent domestic purchase requirement and faces adjournment for party conventions.
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Kubert
Associated Press
Washington
Senate
Johnson
John Sparkman
D-Ala
Foreign Relations Committee
House Foreign Affairs Committee
House
Senate Foreign Relations Committees
Sparksman
Congress
Sparkman
U.S
Viet Credit Cards Fight Profiteering
U S Command in South Vietnam introduces credit card like controls on Military Payment Certificates to monitor scrip to cash conversions and post exchange purchases. Currency plates feed computers tracking every serviceman’s transactions to curb black market profiteering and illicit use of scrip for luxury PX items.
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Bob Horton
Washington
U.S. Command
South Vietnam
Pentagon
Vietnam
Saigon
U.S
Postal Cut Exemption Discussed
Washington AP reports a House Senate conference panel must act by Friday to shield the Post Office from 10 percent tax bill driven manpower cuts. House okayed the bill as Senate adds exemptions for FBI and assistant U.S. attorneys amid talks on security needs.
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Johnson
Yankees Go Home Protest at Manila Embassy Gate
About 100 youths shouted Yankees go home and killers at the U S Embassy in Manila after the fatal shooting of Filipino teenager Rogelio Gonzales by a Marine guard at Langley Point. The crowd breached the gate briefly, then retreated, while calls for the guard Lance Cpl Kenneth Smith of Astoria New Jersey to face Philippine authorities grew.
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Manila
U.S
Rogelio Gonzales
U.S. Naval Station
Langley Point
Lance Cpl
Kenneth Smith
Astoria
N.J
Episcopal Favors Birth Control At Lambeth Conference
The Rt Rev John E Hines presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church reaffirmed support for birth control by medical means. He said the church backs measures for birth control by husband and wife in Christian conscience as an aid to healthy marriage and to fighting poverty and hunger. The Lambeth Conference steering committee met to discuss the Pope's action while bishops formed 32 subcommittees to debate renewal of faith and ministry.
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Godfrey Anderson
Associated Press
London
John E. Hines
Episcopal Church
United States
Paul Paul
Hines
Presbyterian Church of Scotland
Steel Strike Fades as New Offer Appears Near Deal
The steel strike threat ebbs as industry presents a three year package with wage boosts of 45 cents and raises in pensions to 195 dollars monthly for long service. Local presidents hold ratification power and may approve or reject a contract or call a strike as talks continue. The package could lift total pay by about 8 to 8.8 cents an hour with potential extra incentives, while union leaders weigh the offer amid democracy reforms and rank and file votes.
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Doug Bailey
Biptsburgh
Anthony Tomko
Mes Keesport
Ono
Basic Steel Industry Conference
Joseph P. Molony
I. W. Abel
Altheimer to Desegregate All Schools Plan by 1969
Federal Judge Henley ruled Altheimer School Board must implement a desegregation plan by November 1 to create a unitary school system. The plan would start in 1969-70, with freedom of choice only as a transition and not a lasting method.
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Little Rock
Altheimer
J. Smith Henley
Freedom of Chame
Convict in Arkansas Burglary Case Faces Weekend Leave
In Crittenden County Arkansas Cohen a 33 year old Cummins Prison inmate is charged with burglary and attempted murder after an early Saturday break in at a woman's home. He had been granted weekend leave and was arrested six miles west of West Memphis at a house on U S 70 while serving an eight year robbery sentence. Urban noted prior similar leaves had caused no problems and that Cohen had been assigned to the State Police Training Academy. The incident follows the intruder assault that woke the woman whose husband was in the hospital. The report cites details from Page 1. Also covered is University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture 4 H program history and a 30 minute film to be telecast on KARK TV and KETS Channel 2.
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Winthrop Rocketakier
Firat Gop
Atkins
Reconstruction
Aes
Sidney Robarts
Johnson
Damouratie
Fortier
Atty
Get
Bruce Barrett
Ted Boswell
Bryant
Clyde Byrd
Little Rock
Marison Crank
Foreman and
Iesurance Company
Frank Whitbeck
Fulbright
GOP
Barry Goldwater
Alabama
George C. Wallace
Rockefeller
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Bobby K. Hayes
Calico Rock
Foster Johnson
North Vietnam
Hayes
U.S
Jim Johnson
Arkansas
Hanoi
America
Akins
Lee Ward
Jonesboro
Bill Alexander
Osceola
Jack Files
Brinkley
Clyde Andrews
Marianna
Ralph R. Ratton
Paragould
Carroll ‘Bull
Durham
Wynne
Eugene T. Ridgeway
Newport
State Supreme Court
Bill Wells
Hermitage
Julian James
Kenneth Coffelt
Bill Herndon
North Little Rock
Gilbert Leigh
Larry Benslee
Nancy Hall
PRION
Seine Paisaie
Fearnet
Cocet Jr
Cummins Prigson Farm Trusty
Crittenden County J Oh
Urban
Cohen
Crittenden County
State Poice Training Academy
West Memphis
U.S. 70
University of Arkansas’ Division of Agriculture
Kark-Tv
KETS
Channel 2
Conway
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Joe Barrenstine
Clifford Franks
J. W. Rowe
James Morrow
Garland Medders
Forrest Singleton
Harry Hawthorne
Jim Pruden
Calvin Smith
Hempstead County United Fund
Pat McCain
Lester Stzes
B.N. Holt
Chamber of Commerce
Eugene White
United Fund
Lester Sitzes
Dr. Sitzes
B. N. Holt
Charmen
Hope
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Red China
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New Orleans
Houston
Buddy Friedrichs
Southern Yacht Club
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M High Kennel Club
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