Jamestown Colorado Faces New Post Office Fight
Editorial laments a planned $14,000 Jamestown post office, arguing locals prefer the corner store post office while warning of rising federal costs. The piece cites Hope Arkansas as a past example and predicts national tax increases tied to federal spending.
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Post Office Department
Jamestown
Colorado
Post Office
Colo
U.S.A
Hope
Star
Hope Post Office
U.S
Hope, Ark
Decorative Concrete Demonstration in Hope Coliseum
A finishing demonstration on color decorative design and exposed aggregate in concrete flat work will be held Tuesday June 11 from 6 30 to 9 p m in the Hope Coliseum Building Co sponsors are Hope Builders Supply and the Arkansas Ready Mixed Concrete Association Caro Peterson Kansas City Mo West Central Region construction superintendent of the Portland Cement Association will conduct the demonstration The program covers proper placing of ready mixed concrete finishing air entrainment procedures and cold and hot weather concrete placement Cement masons finishers engineers architects and home builders are invited to attend.
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Hope Coliseum
Hope Builders Supply
Arkansas Ready Mixed Concrete Association
Caro. Peterson
Kansas City
West Central Region
Portland Cement Association
Murton disputes Cummins Prison skeletons report as fraud
Arkansas Board of Corrections chair says former prison superintendent Thomas O Murton is mistaken in claiming a police report on skeletons unearthed at Cummins Prison Farm is a fraud The statement followed over the weekend remarks by Murton defending the report and rejecting the police conclusion
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Little Rock
Arkansas Board of Corrections
Thomas O. Murton
Cummins Prison Farm
Murton
Criminal Investigation Division
State Police
Candidates Are Off and Running
The Associated Press reports governors race contenders launched campaigns after a delayed start from a special session and Kennedy�s assassination. Gov. Winthrop Rockefeller attends two conferences. Virginia Johnson becomes the first woman to seek the governorship, announcing a statewide telecast.
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Associated Press
Sen
Robert Kennedy
Winthrop Rockefeller
Sidney Roberts
North Little Rock
Frank Whitbeck
Little Rock
Rep
Marion Crank
Foreman
Whitbeck
Tennessee
Frank
Arkansas
Little River
Virginia Johnson
Taxi Driver Slaying Probed in Little Rock
Investigators seek to link the murder of Edward Lynn Brown, 53, and the disappearance of Ronald Edward Lovelace, 21, both taxi drivers in Little Rock. Brown was found beaten in College Station area. his taxi abandoned elsewhere. Lovelace’s taxi was found near Fairfield. blood stains noted in Brown’s taxi. Rewards totaling 2000 dollars offered by Dixie Cab and Black and White Checker Cab for information leading to the slayer.
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Little Rock
M. N. Politis
Edward Lynn Brown
College Station
Little Rou
Ronald Edward Lovelace
Lovelace
Redfield
Brown
Po- Hee
Dixie Cab Co
Black and White Checker Cab Co
Dixie Cab
Man Held in Slaying in Malvern Arkansas
Malvern police held a man in connection with the shotgun slaying of J. C. Cook, 34, of Malvern on Saturday night. The suspect, not named, is about 35 and also from Malvern.
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Malvern, Ark
Malvern
J. C. Cook
Reason Bus Seats Are Smaller Is Because the People Are Now Bigger
HAL BOYLE notes cost limits on heart transplants and argues bus seats shrink as people grow heavier. He cites an average weight gain of 15 pounds, energy costs of stair climbing, and large54 aircraft cargo spaces. The piece blends trivia with urban observation and a page 9 tease.
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Hal Boyle
New York
New York City
Grand Central Sta
Sirhan Sirhan Slaying Case Faces Unanswered Questions
Prosecution teams in Los Angeles County review Case No. A233421 seeking closure on the Kennedy assassination. Sirhan Bishara Sirhan, 24, is to enter a plea June 28. Witnesses identify him as Kennedy's attacker amid lingering conspiracy questions.
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Los Angeles
Sirhan Bishara Sirhan
Los Angeles County
Robert F. Kennedy
Sirhan
New York
Sandy Searanu
Kennedy
Ambassador Hotel
Miss Serrano
Kathy Fulmer
Pasadena
Chicago
Supreme Court Upholds Police Right to Frisk Suspects
The Supreme Court ruled 8 to 1 that police may stop and frisk suspicious pedestrians for weapons. Chief Justice Warren stated a carefully limited search of outer clothing is allowed when officers observe unusual conduct and fear for safety, and identify themselves during investigation.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Earl Warren
Warren
No Bond for Ray in London Extradition Hearing
James Earl Ray appeared briefly at Bow Street Court seeking a fight against extradition to the United States for the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. Judge ordered him held without bail for June 18 as authorities pursue extradition. Ray asked for court-appointed counsel, signaling a defense strategy. Ray, 40, was arraigned under an alias on charges of carrying a false passport and possessing a loaded revolver. A heavy police escort concealed his arrival amid a 300-strong crowd outside the court.
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London (Ap
James Earl Ray
Bow Street Court
U.S
Martin Luther Kiig Jt
London
Ray
America
United States
Memphis
Tenn
Ramon George Sneyd
Turn in Your Gun Move Sweeps Nation After Kennedy Death
In the wake of Senator Robert F. Kennedy's assassination a guns turn-in movement spreads across the United States. Public officials, groups, and individuals push for stronger gun control at federal, state, and local levels. Gun owners in Lancaster PA and store chains in Columbus OH, Indiana, and Dallas discontinue sales of guns or ammunition, citing public safety and the aim to curb violence.
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Louise Cook
Associated Press
NEW York
Robert F. Kennedy
Alan E. Schoening
Lancaster
Columbus
Ohio
J-Mart
Marty Rosen
Wonderland Stores
Sanford Friedman
Dallas
E. O. Crawford
Robert Kennedy
Jon E. Fletcher
Denver
Will Edward Kennedy Persist in Politics
Edward M. Kennedy, at 36, stands as the last Kennedy brother, inheriting leadership amid a rapid, trail of triumphs and tragedies within a storied political family. The AP dispatch notes his youth, grief, and the enduring Kennedy political quest as it unfolds in Washington.
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Kennedy
Edward
Donald M. Rothberg
Associated Press
Washington (Ap
Edward M. Kennedy
Kennedy Brothers
Kennedy's Grave Draws 60,000 to Arlington Cemetery
Nearly 60,000 mourners flocked to Arlington National Cemetery to view Robert F Kennedy's grave as Ethel Kennedy and Mrs John F Kennedy joined hands in prayer. The crowd, amid heat and rain, followed a path to the grave beside John F Kennedy's memorial, marked by a small white cross and an eternal flame. The brothers lie within fifty feet of each other, both felled by gunfire during their political careers.
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Walter R. Mears
Associated Press
Washington (Ap
Robert JF. Kennedy
Arlington National Cemetery
Ethel Kennedy
John F. Kennedy
Cemetery Hill
New York
Los Angeles
California
Robert
John Kennedy
Dallas
Tempo
Crippled Children's Clinic Slated in June 1968
The Crippled Children's Division of the Department of Public Welfare will hold a diagnostic and check up clinic on Thursday June 13 1968 in the Health Unit. Invitees may register from 8 30 a.m. to 11 a.m. in the Armory with examining clinicians Dr Charles G Smith orthopedic surgeon and Dr Batty Lowe pediatrician from Texarkana and volunteers listed from Prescott Lewisville Hope Red River Vocational School CEO and local community names.
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Department of Public Welfare
Armory
Charles G. Smith
Batty Lowe
Texarkana
Max G. Kitchen
PHN
Prescott
Delphine Lester
Lewisville
Bob Turner
Hope
Red River Vocational School
Jennie Formby
Jo Ann Ward
Sue Whitley
Sue Kidd
Micki Nix
Shirley May
Sylvia Lessig
Louise Walker
Bernice Bain
Martha Thompson
Charley Miller
Arch Wylie
Walter White
All Around Town Highlights from Fort Sill to Evangel College
ROTC cadets from the University of Texas at Arlington to report for a six week summer camp at Fort Sill Oklahoma beginning June 12. Don C Faith awardees Lyndaje Thomas and Maurice DuBoise Gregory Jr. honored at Fort Benning Georgia. Archie Smith and family elected to Americas Angus Association in St Joseph Missouri. 564 Aberdeen Angus breeder memberships issued nationwide. Joe Hargis among Evangel College graduates at Springdale Missouri. Little Missouri trout stocking at Narrows near Greeson Lake yields over 142 thousand fish. Most fish 7 to 9 inches. one third 10 to 12 inches.
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University of Texas At Arlington Army Rotc
Fort Sill
Oklo
Albert G. Weisenberger
Royce Weisenberger
Hope
Arkansas
Fort Benning
Don C. Faith
Lyndaje Thomas
Lunder F. Thomas
Fulton, Ark
Maurice du. Boris Gregory Jr
Cap
Maurice DuBoise Gregory
Clarksville
Archie Smith
Hope, Ark
St. Joseph, Mo
Little Missouri
Greeson Lake
Narrows
Red Rockets Taking Toll in Saigon
Saigon reports a Viet Cong rocket and mortar barrage killing 10 civilians and wounding 35, with 15 100 pound rockets landing in the capital. The death toll since early hostilities tops 100, as attacks aim to undermine Thieu’s government. Elsewhere U.S. Marines clash near Khe Sanh, with 12 Marines and 12 Viet Cong killed in 90 minutes.
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Associated Press
Saigon
Paris
U.S
Nguyen van Thieu
Khe Banh
Demilitarized Zone
Khe
Sanh
Mekong Delta
North
Dmz
Negro Group Appeals Case To Federal Court
The NAACP asks a federal appeals court to uphold a ruling that Arkansas failure to provide free legal aid to an indigent Black man charged with a misdemeanor violates constitutional rights. Robert Winters, 24, convicted of immorality in Little Rock, received further jail time for inability to pay fines.
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St, Louis
Federtl
NAACP
Arkansas
Robert Winters
Lith Rock
Ltd. Rock
Pulaski County
Little Rock
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