Beebe Memorial CME Church Vacation Bible School 1968
Beebe Memorial CME Church held a May 27 to 31 Vacation Bible School under Rev. Tollette with theme The Church in the Community and focus on Jesus and You. Enrollment reached 46 students, 5 adults, 18 workers, 8 teachers, and 5 instructors. closing program May 31 featured art exhibit and certificates for many students and staff. 1968 graduating seniors honored with tokens of appreciation.
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Beebe Memorial C.M.E
Tollette
Jesus
You
Brenda Cooper
Odessa Bradley
Kindergarden
Seascia L
Muldrew
Alice Straughter
Ruby Whitley & Simmons Sv Smith
Ierermpeiais
W, Bryant
Smith
Icescia L
Muldres
A. B. Yerger
Terri Whiteley
Janice Thorns
Selma Smith
Barbara Cooper
Carol Williams
Barbara Bradley
Sharyn Smith
Jackie Hamilton
Mdris
Onza M.loudermilk
Carolyn Grays
Ruby Whitley
Ophelia Williams
U.S
Calvin
Keith Alexander
Brenda
Dorothy
Doris
Barbara
Karen Cooper
Luscious Cooper
Annette Harris
Jennifer
Rhonda Jones
Shayon
Donald Odgen
Junita Phillips
Mra
J. A. Hill
Onza Joudermill
Rey
Bryant
Hester Witherspoon
Ella Cheatham
A.berger
Laulce Thorns
Qay Church
Death Penalty Overturned by Court
Washington AP reports the Supreme Court ruled 5 to 4 that a death sentence cannot be imposed by a jury from which jurors with conscientious or religious scruples against capital punishment were automatically excluded. Justice Stewart stated no defendant can be put to death by such a tribunal, noting the court found the state stacked the deck against William C. Witherspoon. Dissenting Justice Black warned the decision could broaden limitations on capital punishment.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Potter Stewart
William C. Witherspoon
Veniremen
Hugo L. Black
Negotiations Open for Steelworkers Contracts Amid Turbulence
New York AP United Steelworkers begin talks with the Coordinating Committee of Steel Companies covering about 480000 workers at 11 major producers after weekend aluminum plant walkouts. The talks follow a string of settlements and mark a pivotal pattern for nonparticipating locals. President J W Abel’s leadership tops a strategic meeting as the industry braces for possible broader effects.
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New York
Afl-Cio
United Steelworkers of America
Coordinating Committee of Steel Companies
33Eman
JW. Abel
Suneday
Andalde
Abel
Ing
Basic
White House
Johnson
United Steelworkers
Alcoa
Reynolds
Humphrey touts youth bill of rights at Arkansas commencement
Vice President Hubert Humphrey addressed about 1500 graduates at the University of Arkansas Fayetteville ceremony praising youth involvement in voting and education while warning against violence and intolerance. He noted signs backing McCarthy, met with Sen Fulbright and Sen McClellan, and avoided Vietnam war references during the event. A picket for Vietnam opposition did not materialize.
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Fayetteville
Ark9
Hubert H. Humphrey
Sens
Eugene McCarthy
Robert Kennedy
University of Arkansas
Humphrey
Mc+Carthy
Kennedy
Lfe
Law of the
School of Law
McCarthy
Arkansans
Minnesota
Sen. J. William Fulbright
Sen. L. McClellan
Fulbright
Concerned Citizens Against Vietnam
Jeffrey G. Shapiro
University Sealy
FCC members fault local news coverage nationwide
Two FCC members say most of the nation s 7500 radio and TV stations inadequately explain local events and accuse the other five commissioners of not working to improve the situation. Kenneth A. is noted in the report.
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Washington
Federal Communications Commission
FCC
Kenneth A
Local service myth sparked by FCC critics Cox and Johnson
Cox and Johnson argued in a weekend report that growing local UHF stations and regulated cable cannot prevent a drift away from true local service. They said big radio power limits and current policy fail to tailor programming to individual communities and warned America’s future hinges on local media.
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Cox
Nicholas Johnson
FCC
Cox and Johnson
Governor urged to appoint judge's wife to Lincoln County post
In Star City Arkansas AP Gov Winthrop Rockefeller is asked to appoint Mrs Grover Brockman Sr as Lincoln County judge to fill in while husband incapacitated by illness. Circuit Judge Henry W Smith Pine Bluff says Brockman was declared incapacitated per a physician's report and is a patient at Jefferson Hospital. About 500 petition signers and six of nine Republican Screening Committee members advocate naming the judge's wife as successor.
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Star City
Ark
Winthrop Rockefeller
Grover Brockman Sr
Lincoln County
Henry W. Smith
Pine Bluff
Brockman
Jefferson Hospital
Smith
Republican Screening Committee
Rockefeller
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Shirley Cooper
Otis Duffie
John Boatner
James Jackson
Bobby Tate
Jo Anne Wright
Aswan High
Nile
Egypt
Louisville
Defferson County
Libery Street
Aflcio Aluminum Workers Union
the Aluminum Co. of America
Hope (Ark
The
Ap&l
Arkansas
Middle South Utilities System
Arkansas Power 4 Light
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