Uniform Type Finally Police Triumph
Our Daily Sliced Thin notes a breakthrough in photo typesetting achieving uniform text across machines after receiving a 9-point strip from Boston. The editorial observes potential open house to showcase speed and silence of computerized typesetting while praising police for breaking up a burglary gang linked to 36 local robberies.
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Alex. W. Washburn
Police Triumph
Airmail
Boston
Hope City
Wholesale Prices Jump in July as Food Costs Rise
Washington AP reports the Labor Department preliminary July Wholesale Price Index up 0.5 percent, 3.8 percent higher than a year ago, the largest monthly gain this year since January. George P. Shultz at the Western White House in San Clemente notes July food price seasonal rise and supports anti inflation efforts.
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Labor Department
White House
San Clemente
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George P. Shultz
Ofice of Management and Budget
Big Judgment on British Drugs
London AP reports Britain's High Court awarded 1.16 million dollars in damages to 28 children described as deformed at birth by thalidomide. Distillers Co Ltd owes the sum, covering 40 percent of the total as full liability. settlements total 2.27 million across 48 cases. Eleven more original claims will be disposed of this fall, with 250 pending. Desmond Ackner, counsel for the children, notes negotiations with Distillers to establish a trust fund for pending claims to speed court action.
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London
Distillers Co. Ltd
Britain
Germany
Desmond Ackner
New Trial for Huey P Newton
California Supreme Court orders a new manslaughter trial for Huey P Newton cofounder of the Black Panthers Newton 24 has been jailed since the killing of Oakland officer John Frey on October 2 1967 He continues to direct Panther policy through visitors at California Men’s Colony San Luis Obispo.
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Ihe
California Supreme Court
Huey P. Newton
Black Panther Party
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John Frey
Oakland
California Men's Colony
San Luis Obispo
Census reveals urban shift as population counts advance
The 1970 Census reports 181,369,297 counted with 42 states complete. Central cities lose residents while suburbs gain, affecting congressional apportionment and federal aid. New York City struggles to contact people, Newark's mayor canvasses door to door. Large cities like St. Louis show declines in central areas but suburb growth continues.
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Associated Press
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Census Bureau
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Kenneth Gibson
Mississippi
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Murder Charged in Tavern Death
Police in Little Rock filed murder charges against Cecil O. Woolsey in connection with the early morning shooting death of 22 year old Wallace King of Little Rock at a tavern. King was found dead after a dispute turned violent, with Woolsey identified as the suspect.
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Cecil O. Woolsey
Lite Rock
Wallace King
May Send Postal Reform Bill to Nixon
Congressional conferees near approval of a sweeping postal reform bill sent to President Nixon. The measure would create an independent, self supporting postal service with an 8 percent pay raise for mail workers and reduce Congress control over rate increases. Formal approval expected soon, final passage within a week. Postmaster General Blount urged caution awaiting financial impact and targeted benefits.
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Jim Alan
Associated Press
Washington
Congress
Nixon
House
Senate
White House
Winton M. Blount
Status From the Shell to the Mint in a Status World
HAL BOYLE notes in New York that prestige defines Americans daily life. A high status shows in personal relations, portraits hung in boards, secretaries and paid servants, and even a coin profile. Low status appears as frayed shirts, unused credit cards, shrinking respect, and a dog that bites the hand that feeds it.
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Hal Boyle
New York
America
U.S. Mint
U.S. Post Office
New York City Enacts First Stage Pollution Plan Amid Smog
Rain reduces smog threat across New York Philadelphia Baltimore and Washington but stagnation remains. Mayor Lindsay declares crisis level air pollution and activates the first stage of a four step plan restricting garbage burning and urging limited driving while incinerators and private landlords await further steps. The Weather Bureau did not issue a prior warning.
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Associated Press
New York City
Seaboard
New York
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Washington
Georgia
John V. Lindsay
Lindsay
Weather Bureau
No Relief From Heat In Sight In Arkansas
Arkansas faces more typical July heat with temperatures near 100 degrees and little relief ahead. A slight chance of scattered thundershowers exists for Saturday while highs Wednesday ranged from 92 at Harrison to 102 at Fort Smith. Overnight lows varied from 71 to 76 across several cities including Fayetteville Pine Bluff Texarkana and Little Rock.
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Arkansas
Fort Smith
Harrison
Fayetteville
Jonesboro
Pine Bluff
Texarkana
el Dorado
Memphis
Little Rock
State Moves to Enforce Vote Rights
Gov. Rockefeller calls special Board of Election Commissioners meeting to plan implementing the 1970 Voting Rights Act extension. They will review needed state legislation, register18-year-olds after this year's general election, and seek county boards to accept 18-year voting pending constitutional rulings. The act lowers voting age to 18, but Arkansas requires 21.
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State Board of Election Commissioners
Winthrop Rockefeller
County Boards of Election Commissioners
Rockefeller
Atty
Joe Purcell
Purcell
U.S. Atty
John N. Mitchell
Arkansas
Mitchell
Trade Quotas Blocked by Veto Threat
Washington AP report says the House Ways and Means Committee extended sessions to craft an import limiting bill acceptable to the Nixon administration but major protectionist quotas on textiles and footwear likely remain. The ASP tariff rule repealing demands by the President and its effect on concessions are central. Closed sessions resume with uncertain prospects for Republican support and about standby quota setting authority.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means
Nixon
Secretary of Commerce
Maurice H. Stans
U.S
Guerrillas Assault Mideast Pact Efforts Escalate
Tel Aviv sources report Palestinian guerrillas plan heavy strikes from Jordan and Lebanon to provoke Israeli responses and undermine peace hopes. The flare up includes a Lebanese border strike on a northern Galilee dormitory, a clash near the Jordan River, and intensified Suez Canal exchanges. Iraq pledged troops in Jordan to aid guerrillas, seen as largely symbolic by Israeli officials.
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Lebanon
Egypt
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Suez Canal
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All Around Town notes and college news from Hope area
All Around Town reports A Gus Hogan of Greening Ellis attends Arkansas Insurance Assn district meeting in Texarkana. Mike Russell of Hope recuperates at home in Dallas after Montgomery injury. he thanks friends for cards. David Ward of Hope earns a Future Farmers of America scholarship to Southern State College. Southern State enrolls 26 Hempstead County residents among 719 total for summer session. Three Henderson Reddies and one returning senior named to the All AIC Team of the Sixties in Dave Campbell’s Arkansas Football. Stan Paris of Hope named a Reddie captain and acclaimed defensive back with pro prospects.
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Greening-Ellis Company
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Texarkana
Mike Russell
Bert Cornelius
Hope
Dallas
Montgomery
Ala
Mike
David Wayne Ward
S. Fulton St. In
Future Farmers of America
Southern State College
David
Wayne Ward
Hope High
Ffas
National Honor Society
Hempstead County
Lanette Arrington
Larry Bradford
Berenda G. Cross
Poleda Glanton
Gary Golden
Benny Gorz
Deane Hatfield
Mary High
Sandra May
Helen McCorkle
Janes Pride
Susan Pride
Gerald Purifoy
Randall
Henderson Reddies
Dave Campbell
Arkansas
Stan Paris
Reddie
Parris
AIC
Stan
Clyde Berry
Berry
Reddies
Olen Parris
40 Die as Tehran Quake Strikes Border Region
AP reports at least 40 villagers killed and more than 70 injured when a strong earthquake rattled 20 000 square miles near the Soviet border. Bridges and telephone lines damaged. toll may rise. Red Lion and Sun cautions against inflated early death tolls amid dome huts and dawn tremors.
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Tehran
Red Lion
Sun
Iran
Red Cross
Red Lion and
Tehran Geophysics Institute
Car Fire on Shover Street Causes Minor Vehicle Damage
Hope Fire Department responded to a car fire on Shover Street at 7:55 p.m. Wednesday. The blaze caused minor damage to the vehicle owned by Odie O'Dell.
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Hope Fire Department
Shover Street
Odie O'Dell
Manson sought more victims after Tate killings says Kasabian
Linda Kasabian testifies during Charles Manson trial that he, displeased by the Tate murders, led the group on a nightlong Los Angeles area chase for more victims. She details stops at six locations, including a church, and notes Manson directed the plan before the LaBianca killings.
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Los Angeles
Charles Manson
Sharon Tate
Linda Kasabian
Manson
Leno
Rosemary LaBianca
Kasabian
Spahn Movie Ranch
Pasadena
Charlie
Hollywood Hills
Ocean
United Protest on Prisoners Urged by Byrd
Washington AP Sen Robert Byrd urges all Americans to condemn Hanoi for prisoner treatment. He says unity on prisoners could press North Vietnam to honor rules and aid progress toward prisoner exchange. Byrd prepared remarks in the Senate stress bipartisanship on prisoners of war.
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U.S
Robert C. Byrd
D-W.va
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Byrd
Senate
Bergen
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