Youth serve on local government panels urged
Lacey T. Smith urged Atherton High School students to push youths into government roles, citing benefits to both young people and the community. He highlighted recreation agencies and police advisory groups as likely areas for youth input, noting the potential to bridge generation gaps.
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Atherton High School
Lacey T. Smith
Kentucky Youth Conference
Smith
Louisville
Courier-Journal and Times
Charles Daly Quits Voice of America
Former television host John Charles Daly resigns as head of the Voice of America accusing executive undercutting and maladministration in a aide transfer. He cites a USIA action and the transfer occurred while he was abroad. Daly’s deputy Richard Cushing to serve as acting VOA director. Daly, 54, was appointed May 25, 1967 by President Johnson and led VOA with a $34 million budget and 101 transmitters in 36 languages.
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Ass Toui
Aled
U.S
Daly
Earl Warren
VOA
Johnson
Marks
USIA
Richard G. Cushing
Leonard Reed
Usia Press and Publications Service
Two Contracts Cited by Joe Purcell
In Arkansas Atty. Gen. Joe Purcell questioned the language of two state printing contracts as ambiguous and urged rewriting or court testing. The disputes involve Parkin Printing and Stationery Co. of Little Rock and Columbia Carbon Paper Co. of Blytheville over general stationery and carbon paper supplies. Gov. Rockefeller signed a $199,500 contingency fund bill for a meat inspection program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock
Joe Purcell
Hye
Purcell
Jimmie “Red” Jones
State Printing Specifications Review Committee
Parkin Printing and Stationery Co
Columbia Carbon Paper Co
Blytheville
Jones
Columbia
Parkin
Governor's Contingency Fund
Winthrop Rockefeller
Man Killed In Auto Accident Near Carlisle Arkansas
Carlble Arkansas AP Jes sie Whitehead Jr. 21 of Car Hsle was killed Thursday when his car left a county road three miles south of here and struck a utility pole.
Delayed Vote on Arkansas Constitution Benefits Says Leader
Hot Springs Arkansas AP The chairman of the Constitutional Revision Study Commission says delaying any new constitution vote may help. Robert Leflay, who chaired the panel, praised a May legislative session that kept the vote date. He told Arkansas Bar Association members the extra time lets the people see the proposal in full before voting. Voters decide this November whether to call a convention, with a 1970 general election for ratification if a new document is produced. Some backers seek a special election next year.
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Hot Springs
Ark
Arkansas
Robert Leflay
State Constitutional Revision Study Commission
Tam
Leslar
The
Arkansas Bar Association
Day Camp for the Handicapped Scheduled in Hope
Hope hosts its first Day Camp for the handicapped June 10 to 14 at Fair Park. The 34 hour event runs 9 p.m. to 12 30 p.m. daily and features Indian Days themes with tribes and chiefs plus activities in arts crafts music and nature. Local groups including Boy Scouts and Newcomers Club assist under director Mrs Haskell Jones with supervision by a doctor on site and lunch daily. Participants aged 5 and up will be guided by named leaders in crafts music exercise storytelling and more with awards on Friday including a tepee camp and bonfire finale.
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Mary Anita Laseter
Fair Park
Haskell’ Jones
Harry Tridle
Kansas
Boy Scouts
Hope
Newcomers Club
Charles Gough
Hope Parks and Recreation
Earl Whitaker
Helen Hatch
C. B. Graddy
E. L. Archer, Jr
W. C. Bruner, Jr
Charles Stone
Lonnie Crow
Hempstead
Fragments in Brain Cause Kennedy Death, Medical Examiner Says
AP reports from Los Angeles that Senator Robert F. Kennedy died from a gunshot wound to the brain. Coroner Dr. Thomas Noguchi said fragments of bullet and bone severely damaged the brain’s right side, making death inevitable. Additional autopsy tests will continue for days, with a full report forthcoming.
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Ralph Dighton
Los Angeles
Robert F. Kennedy
Thomas T. Noguchi
Noguchi
Kennedy
Guchi
Blytheville Must Change School Plan
Federal officials told Blytheville School Board it must adopt a new desegregation plan by July 7 or end the district's dual school system. Waite Madison of Washington and four other federal representatives found many "crossly inferior" conditions in the four Negro schools after a two day survey.
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Blytheville, Ark
Blytheville
Waite Madison
Washington
Fresh Troops Sent in by Viet Cong
Sporadic fighting flared in Saigon and Cholon as fresh Viet Cong troops appeared. The Viet Cong battalion deputy commander was reportedly killed as government forces pressured Cholon. rocket and mortar attacks again struck central Saigon and dock areas, with civilians and a policeman killed and others wounded. Gral Hospital treated casualties as leaders Loan and Cua were replaced by Tran Van Hai.
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George Espet
Associated Press
Saigon
Cholon
U.S
Ellsworth Bunker
Gral Hospital
Nguyen Ngoc Loan
National Police
van van Cua
Gran Hospital
Loan
Cua
Ioan
Tran van Hai
South Vietnam
Racing Track Stockholders End Dispute
West Memphis Arkansas AP Officers of Southland Racing Corp owners of a greyhound track say a stockholder quarrel is resolved and a June 21 season start is hoped for pending Racing Commission approval on a 102 day season from June 1 The organization overhaul elevates Richard Upton to president and GM with full authority Rasico resigns and plans Daytona Beach Jacobs becomes treasurer and High Park Corp ties noted Southland board changes include Latourette Spear and Unger moving into VP roles with new officers named
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West Memphis, Ark
Southland Racing Corp
West Memphis
State Racing Commission
Little Rock
Southland
Richard Upton
Track
Upton
J. W. Rasico
Daytona Beach
Fla
Aubrey Spear
Harry Latourette
Jones+boro
Fred Bol» Unger
Jeremy Jacobs
Willams
Bright Nominated to Eighth Circuit by Senate
Circuit Judge Myron H. Bright of North Dakota was nominated by President Johnson to be a judge on the Eighth U S Circuit Court of Appeals. He was confirmed Thursday by the Senate. The court serves Arkansas Iowa Missouri Minnesota Nebraska North Dakota and South Dakota.
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Washington
Breasdent Johnson
Myron H. Bright
North Dakota
Circuit Court of Appeal
Senate
Arkanesaa
Iowa
Missouri
Minnesota
Nebraska
South Dakota
Kennedy Family Witnesses Calm At Kennedy Funeral Return
Ethel Kennedy leads the family as Robert F. Kennedy’s coffin returns to New York from Chicago. Eldest sons Joseph and Robert Jr. assist. Joan Kennedy arrives composed. Edward Kennedy and family keep vigil at St. Patrick's Cathedral. Sargent Shriver and Jean Kennedy Smith provide quiet support as the nation mourns the fallen senator.
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Jean Heller
Associated Press
NEW York (Ap
Kennedy
Jacqueline Kennedy
Ethel Kennedy
Tin
Joseph
Robert Jr
Joan
Edward. M. Kennedy
D-Mass
la Guardia
Eunice
Sargent Shriver
U.S
France
Jean
Los Angeles
Ethel
Stephen Smith
Pat
Jacqueline
Aire
John F. Kennerdy
Man Charged With Death of Bob Kennedy
Sirhan Bishara Sirhan, 24, appears in Los Angeles Superior Court on a murder charge in the death of Robert F. Kennedy. The arraignment, held in a heavily secured chapel, included a request for psychiatric evaluation and a plea entry date set for June 28. Sirhan, escorted in a wheelchair with injured limbs, also faces an additional charge of assault with intent to commit murder.
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Bill Stall
Associated Press
Wester Los Angeles
Slite Han Bighara
Sithan
Seti
Robert .F. Kennedy
Sid Cotte
Los Angeles
Jordan
Robert Francis Kennedy
Sirhan
Jiune
Ars
Superior Court
Arthur L. Alarcon
Alarcon
Tigacraly Pereods Admng
Sheriff's Deputies
Ambassador Hotel
Kennedy
Sirhan Bishara Sirhan
Sirehan
Han
Wilbur Littlefield
A. L. Wirin
American Civil Libysties
Twins Go to War Ends in Tragic Loss in Vietnam
Greenville residents, Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Moore, mourn the death of one twin while the other fought in Vietnam. The brothers, Jimmy and Jackie Moore, reportedly enlisted following a rule about siblings serving in combat. Jackie departed in May to begin a relay, while Jimmy remained separated after seven months.
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Greenville
D.C
Jimmy
Jackie Moore
Vietnam
Clarence Moore
Jackie
Een
Bowie
Seria
Turn in Your Gun Week Declared by San Francisco Mayor
Mayor Joseph L Alloto proclaimed Turn in Your Gun Week starting July 4 and urged residents to surrender all handguns at police stations with no questions asked. He spoke before a flag draped with memorial ribbons, honoring Senator Robert F Kennedy.
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San Francisco
Joseph L. Alloto
Robert F.) Kennedy
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California
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Voice of America
Barbara Bailey
Barbara
Cypress Gardens
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Bob Kennedy
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