Travel memories span flights and vacations across decades
A traveler recalls meeting Dr. Clifford Croome in Chicago and sharing offset printing nostalgia from the 1930s. The tale notes how printing evolved from zinc plates to aluminum on rotary presses and how airline stewardesses view vacation travel—by car rather than air—on a Delta DC-9 trip.
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Cardinals
Holiday Int-O'Hare
Chicago
Rochester
N.Y
Calif
Trails Cross
Shreveport
Girl 12 Dies Water Skiing Near Hot Springs
Connie Theriot of Centerville Louisiana died after collapsing while water skiing on Lake Ouachita near Camp Yorktown Bay in Garland County. The coroner planned a post mortem, and witnesses said tow boat driver Alvin Catania of Plaquemine found her unconscious.
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Hot Springs
Ark
Connie Theriot
Roy Theriot
Centerville
Lake Outchita
Camp Yorktown Bay
Garland County
W.A
Robert Ball
Alvin Catania
Plaquemine
Truck Decals Arrive Ahead of Plate Sales in Arkansas
The Arkansas Revenue Department reports 251,700 pickup truck decals are arriving this weekend, required before selling license plates starting July 10. Earlier due by June 15, the decals were ordered under state printing contracts with Parskan Printing and Stationery Co. of Little Rock.
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Little Rock
Stole Revenue Department
Oy Jimmie
Red” Jones
Pars Kan Printing and Stetionery Co
Senate on Trial as Dodd Censure Debate Stalls
Sen. Dirksen says the Senate debate over Sen. Dodd's censure could drag on all week. Long pushes to vote first on the double-billing charge while the ethics panel seeks a vote on the personal use of funds. Mansfield courts a path to end the impasse.
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John Chadwick Washington
Sete
Sen. Rippers
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Russell B. Long
Dod
Connecticut
Senate Ethics Committee
Dodd
Long
D-Law
Mansfield
Everett M. Dirksen
John Stennis
D-Miss
Ethics Committee
Sen
Dirksen
Bill to make flag desecration a federal crime likely by July 4
Congress moves toward a federal law banning flag desecration with penalties up to $1000 fine and one year in prison. The House set to act amid displays of flag imagery. Senate to follow after debate on Sen. Dodd censure. Critics say it infringes on dissent and constitutional rights.
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Washington
Johnson
Congress
House
Senate
Thomas J. Dodd
D-Conn
New York
Central Park
Iowa Jima
House Judiciary Committee
Edward G. Blester Jr
R-Pa
U.S
Vietnam
Whooping Cough Immunization Clause Declared Void
Atty. Gen. Purcell voided the 1967 act section requiring all public and private school students to be immunized against whooping cough. The opinion held the whooping cough shot for older children could be detrimental to health, beyond state police power. The ruling preserves other vaccines while excluding those with religious objections or medical disabilities.
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North Little Rock
Sterling Cockrill Jr
Little Rock
Gladys Martin Oglesby
Stamps
Purcell
J. T. Herron
A. W. Ford
American Academy of Pedieatrics
Matthews
Herron
U.S. Paid for Repairs on Vietnam Equipment But It Wasn't Done
Senate investigator reports U S funded repairs on Vietnam issued equipment left undone and rusting across Asia and Europe. The probe targets AD funded projects in Vietnam and multiple depots from Yokohama to Rota, with claims of substandard or missing repairs and wasteful expenditures.
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U.S
Vietnam
Walter A. Mea
Washington
Senate
United States
Subcommittee On
Agency For International Development
Asia
Europe
Joseph Lippman
Subcommittee
Lippman
Ernest Gruening
Alaska
Forternational Development
Yokohama
Japan
Inchon
Korea
Okinawa
Amsterdam
Netherlands
Rota
Spain
Saigon
Lipmann
Thailand
Frankfurt
Germany
Tye
Missouri PSC okays gas lines for two firms
The Missouri Public Service Commission granted authority to two companies to lay natural gas mains. Arkansas-Missouri Power Co. can build about 19 miles of four and three inch lines to Piedmont in Wayne County. Associated Natural Gas Co. may construct 14 miles of two inch line to serve Osage Ridge in Cape Girardeau County.
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Jefferson City
Missouri Public Service Commission
Arkansas-Missouri Power Co
Blytheville
Ark
Piedmont
Wayne County
Associated Natural Gas Co
Sikeston
Servic Osk Ridge
Cape Girardeau County
Wage Hour Service Expanded at Hope Field Station
The Hope Field Station of the U S Labor Department expands operations with a recording device to capture outside hours inquiries about the Fair Labor Standards Act The Hope office at Room 217 Federal Building Hope Arkansas 71801 now provides a telephone contact PRT 6793 for employers and employees in the area to receive wage and hour information and guidance.
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Hope Field Station
U.S. Labor Department
Wage and
WHPC
Bill D. Guse
WRPC
Hope
Hope Area
Federal Building
Arkansas
Fappstead
Nevada
Ork
Pies
Do . Howard
Devier
Little River
Miller
Lafayette
State to Pay Part of Cost in Food Stamp Plan
Arkansas Welfare Commissioner Len Baylock said a Senate amendment would force states to cover 20 percent of federal food stamp costs. Defeat of the amendment, which passed the House amid Pryor opposition, saved Arkansas about $1.5 million. Baylock praised the Arkansas delegation and singled out Rep. Pryor for praise.
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Little Rock
U. S. Senate
Arkansis
Len Baylock
Moteday
House
U. S
David Pryor
DeArk
Ateee
Blaylock
Arkansas
Pryor
Atlanta
Lawmaker's Assistant to Visit Hope for Public Meetings
Clarkeville district aide Archie Lantz will set up a one day office at the Hope Social Security office on Friday June 30 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. for residents to raise issues with Congressman John Paul Hammer Schmidt. Santa will be available to discuss federal concerns and disability claims.
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John Paul Hammerschmidt
Archie L. Lantz
Clarkeville
Hope
Social Security
Post Office
Santa
Lantz
Clarksville
Fort Smith
River
United States pleads for peace at UN on Middle East
In a U N General Assembly address Ambassador Goldberg urged defusing hostility and pursuing a durable peace in the Middle East. He framed President Johnson’s policy as a basis to seek unity with the Soviet Union, stressing action over abstract unity and a stable settlement. A Kosygin critique was noted as part of the regional tension. Grant to Help Center at SpaHOT SPRINGS Ark AP A125685 grant approved to fund a neighborhood center for the elderly in Hot Springs and Garland County by the Office of Economic Opportunity.
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William L. Ryan
United Nations
N.Y
United States
Middle East
U.S
Arthur J. Goldberg
General Assembly
Israel
Alexei N. Kosyagin
Goldberg
Johnson
Assembly
Soviet Union
Kosygin
Andrei A. Gromyko
Grant
Spa
Hot Springs, Ark
Hot Springs
Gateland County
Office of Economic Opportunity
Prospects fade for U S Soviet summit as Kosygin declines
AP digest reports Premier Kosygin turning down Johnson invite while Goldsberg expands on a Middle East plan in a U N speech. Vietnam notes a Senate investigator cites rotted repair work as cause of equipment failure during heavy combat near Saigon. Haitian refugees surge to Bahamas amid Duvalier regime troubles. Senate Dodd censure debate stalls. a DC public school policy ruling orders major changes. Young Republicans hesitate on presidential loyalties amid GOP dynamics. Descent in Kenedy estate battle draws 100 descendants to court. Police quell Atlanta Negro disturbances with gunfire. Detroit cops protest for higher pay. Little Rock appoints Stover deputy labor commissioner and Norman Brooks mediator.
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Middle East
Kosygin
Johnson
Arthur J. Goldsberg
U.N. General Assembly
Bahamas
Francois Duvalier
Washington
Senate
Sen
Thomas J. Dodd
District of Columbia
Mifflin Kenedy
Texas
Atlanta
Detroit
Little Rock
Thomas R. Stover
National Labor Relations Board
Dotson Collins
Stover
Ogdensburg
N. Y
Howard Pierce
Collins
Norman Brooks
Brooks
the Brotherhood of Railway Clerks
William Patterson
NLRB
Memphis
State University of New York
Cornell University
Marine Corps
Korea
All Around Town Highlights and School Moves
Local items include Billy Bob Herndon Jr.hurt in a lawn mower accident at his Dublin home leaving a fractured foot and three toes lost. Martha Allison transfers to William and Mary summer school after completing her freshman year at Agnes Scott in Decatur. Rhett Smith, son of Willis G. Smith, tours Europe with Youth Conference Corps as a high school senior. Mr and Mrs Graves observe their 60th wedding anniversary at 420 N Washington home for 55 years. An important meeting for Little League managers and auxiliary members is set at the Youth Center on June 21 at 4 45 p m. Otto Gammill Jr. is commissioned as second lieutenant in the U S Air Force after graduating from Officer Training School at Lackland AFB.
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Billy Bob Herndon, Jr
Estrella Court
Dublin
Calif
Howard Waddle
Hope
Martha Allison
Roy Allison
William and Mary
Agnes Scott
Deccatur
Williamsburg
Rhett Smith
Eastland
Tex
Willis G. Smith
Grande
Doc Smith
Europe
Youth Conference Corps
Washington
Graves
Little Lorie and
Doctor's League
Little League Auxiliary
Otto G. Gammill, Jr
C.G. Gammill
el Dorado
U.S. Air Force
Lackland
Afb
San Antonio
el Dorado High School
Louisiana Polytechnic Institute
Kapre Sigma
Anna
Lend Ami
EJ. Whitman
Viet Cong killed near Saigon in large river battle
An American task force south of Saigon reported 169 Viet Cong killed in a night battle along the Rach Hau River as American infantry and river monitors pressed a floodplain sweep. 28 U.S. infantrymen were killed, 126 wounded, and all helicopters were shot down amid heavy air and artillery strikes.
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George Rigin shIaon
Ato
Mekong Delta
Saigon
Pert Ag Ae
U.S
Rach Hul
U.S. 9Th Infantry Division
1St Corps
Binh
Hope
Cecil Bittle
University of Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station
Southwest Branch
Bittle
L. D. Andrews
J.N. Beasley
T. L. Goodwin
N. R. Gyles
GC. Harris
D.H. McWade
Arkansas
E.H. Petersson
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Sen. Dirksen
Missouri
Ray Bell
Atlanta, Ga
Dixie Hills
Stokely Carmichael
John Casserly
American Broadcasting Co
Eros
Carmichaél
Helena, Ark
Preston Wilkinson
Barton
Civil Defense
White River
Mello
Wilkinson
Stance Hs
Willis Pogue
AP News Digest
The
Star
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