Our Daily Steed Scooped On 1970 Census Figures
Editor laments competitive reporting after The Star and Nashville News both ran the preliminary 1970 Census for Southwest Arkansas towns. The Arkansas Democrat, June 18, provided complete statewide data, prompting questions about access and possible one-paper releases. Hope, Nashville, and Prescott show gains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Graves
Nashville News
Star
Hirza
Arkansas
Nashville
Arkansas Democrat
Democrat
Louis
Arkansas Gazette
UPI
Hope
Prescott
Agnew Visits Arkansas Amid Warm Reception in Hot Springs
Vice President Spiro Agnew greeted by 100 plus supporters at Hot Springs airport before a downtown speaking engagement. Governor Winthrop Rockefeller and Agnew mingled along a fence line shaking hands as reporters questioned potential help for Rockefeller's third-term bid. Agnew said he would assist Rockefeller if possible, noting their shared history as governors.
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Hot Springs
Ark
Spire T. Agnew
Tie
Agnew
Winthrop Rockefeller
Richard Nixon
Fulbright
Sen
J. W. Fulbright
D-Ark
Nixon-Agnew
Rockefeller
Secret Service
Arkansas
Miasyland
Burns hospitalized inmate after prison incident
Agelt Walker, 26, an inmate at Cummins Prison Farm, remained at a Little Rock hospital Monday for treatment of second degree burns suffered in an incident at the prison on Saturday. His condition was reported as good.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pene Bluff, Ark
Agelt Walker
Cummins
Little Rock
Revenue official Hervey takes Arkansas post amid reshuffle
A B Hervey, 42, sworn in as state Revenue Commissioner succeeding Bob Scott who resigned. Hervey, formerly director of the accounting division in the Administration Department, previously served as hospital controller. Police say a Canadian grader operator drove a vehicle into a police car and fled across the border after dispute over payment, with no charges filed due to nonextraditability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Roberts
Wash
Burnaby
B C
Ernest R. Asterls
Philip Sopow
Vancouver
Sopow
Chad Caswell
Caswell
Canada
Tsawassen
B.C
Astells
Little Rock
A. B
Hervey
Bob Scott
State Administration Department
State Hospital
Clue to Cure for Muscular Dystrophy Found by Milhorat
Dr Ade Milhorat reported to the White House that vegetable oil derived chemicals reversed muscle disintegration in chickens, a first for any living creature. He cautioned against premature hopes but said human trials could be envisioned if safety tests pass. More than 200,000 Americans, mostly boys, suffer from muscular dystrophy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Carey
Washington
Ade T. Milhorat
New York
White House
Milhorat
Richard Nixon
Institute For Muscle Disease, Inc
Complaints Pour In on Census By John M Pearce AP Writer
Washington is abuzz as distraught towns flood the Census Bureau with complaints claiming the official headcount is biased. Officials say shifting populations and economic change explain off figures, while booster groups push higher numbers for promo. The Census notes preliminaries in some areas and warns funding ties can distort local finances.
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John M. Pearce
Associated Press
Washington (Ap
Census Bureau
Paul A. Squires
What to Say Also What Not to Say in a Thank You Note
HAL Boyle offers guidance on thanking hosts after country weekend stays. He suggests a balanced tone, avoiding flattery or overt insincerity, and proposes sample lines such as Lingering Longer and hopes for a future invitation. He also suggests light mockery and alternatives like a phone check to acknowledge the note.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hal Boyle
New York
America
Africa
Timbuktu
Bitter Debate on Abortion at AMA Convention
At the 119th annual AMA convention a sharp policy shift is debated to place abortion decisions between a woman and her doctor. Opponents warn of infanticide and Nazi Germany echoes, while proponents frame abortion as a constitutional right and medical issue.
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Brian Sullivan
Chicago
Supreme Court
Germany
American Medical Association
AMA’ Board of Trustees
Association
House of Delegates
AMA
Vincent J. Collins
Department of Anesthesia
Cook County Hospital
Gloria Heffernan
Wilmette, Ill
Allan C. Barnes
Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
National Federation of Catholic Physicians’ Guilds
Tion
Nazi Germany
Alan F. Guttmacher
Planned Parenthood— World Population
North Vietnamese press on toward Phnom Penh amid village clashes
Vietnamese forces drive Cambodian battalion from two Mekong villages near Phnom Penh and seize a Soviet rocket. Cambodian planes napalm villages as Mekong fighting expands. Casualties include four Cambodian, 37 Viet Cong and North Vietnamese killed in border clashes. U.S. reports three Americans killed and 15 wounded.
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Richard Pyle
Associated Press
Saigon
Mekong
Phnom Penh
Ros Preurig
Monk Khampoul
Preung
Cambodia
Tonle Bet
Kompong Cham
Prey Veng
Takeo
U.S
MacKrell Tries Cross-Party Appeal in GOP Bid
James K. Uncle Mac Krell told KLRA listeners he will target 100000 Democratic voters to cross party lines in the August 25 Republican primary for governor. He accused Rockefeller and Sterling Cockrill Jr. of having no place in the statehouse and said he would seek a federal injunction to block federal civil rights funding cuts to noncompliant public schools.
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Little Rock
James K
Mac
MacKrell
MacKrrell
KLRA
Goy
Winethrop Rockefeller
Sterling R. Cockrill Jr
Rockefeller
U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Child Killed by Playmate's Shot in Mayflower Home
Authorities report Kevin O Bar, two, son of Mr and Mrs Jimmy O Bar of near Mayflower, fatally wounded Monday at home. Mayflower Marshal Sonny York said a .22 caliber pistol discharged accidentally while the 3 year old brother played with it.
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Conway, Ark
Kevin O'Bar
Jimmy O’bar
Mayflower
Sonny York
Authority Over U.S. Owned Land Would be Given to New Agency
A government study panel urged creating a Department of Natural Resources to govern all federal land, arguing current law is fragmented. The Public Land Law Review Commission called for Congress to reclaim authority from the White House and rewrite land law to ensure each area serves its highest use.
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U.S
Stan Benjamin
Associated Press
Washington
Department of Natural Resources
House of Congress
Igméthber Public Land Law Review Commission
Congress
Commission
Cambodia
Goldberg Favored in New York Democratic Primary
In New York Arthur J. Goldberg leads the Democratic gubernatorial primary with backing from the regular party organization. Opponent Howard Samuels, a Canandaigua industrialist, predicts an upset citing campaign gains and anti-boss sentiment. Polls show light voter turnout as about a million of 3.5 million Democrats were not expected to vote.
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New York
Arthur J. Goldberg
Howard Samuels
Goldberg
Supreme Court
U.N
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Samuels
W Rockefeller
Canandaigua, WY
Democratic * Party
Rockefeller
Goldberg- Samuels
Charles E. Goodell
James Buckley
Theodore C. Sorensen
John F. Kennedy
Sorensen
John Kennedy
Richard L. Ottinger
Westchester County
Paul O'Dwyer
New York City
Richard Max McCarthy
Hope and Ozan youths among Arkansas Tech summer registrants
All Around Town reports 856 students from 93 counties enrolled for Arkansas Tech summer term at Russellville. Lanette Arrington earned a $300 academic scholarship to Southern State College for 1970-71, based on ACT SCAT scores and high school record. Bill Jackson elected freshman class president at State College of Arkansas. About 600 youth leaders and 200 faculty advisers attend NASC conference in Indianapolis June 21-25 with Arkansas delegates Barbara Fuller Steve Harris and Mrs. W A Williams. Whitfield Masonic Lodge to install officers June 23 with post-ceremony ice cream.
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Frederick Foster
Harold Foster
Hope
Patti Bradford
Norman Bradford
Ozan
Arkansas Tech
Russellville
Tech
Lanette Arrington
Truman Arrington
Rt. 2
Southern State College
Bernard Polk
Southern State
Miss Arrington
Hope High
Bill Jackson
Bob Jackson
State College of Arkansas
National Association of Student Councils
Arlington High School
Indianapolis
Inu
Barbara Fuller
Steve Harris
W. A. Williams
Arkansas
Steve
NASC
Washington, D. C
Barbara
Coleader
Williams
High Court Intrigue Marks Supreme Court Arguments
Washington AP report details a tense Supreme Court term with Justices White Harlan Black and Marshall clashing over the 14th Amendment and the Bill of Rights. Stewart and Burger rebut dissenters, highlighting fierce debates on jury trials and indigent defense.
McClellan Criticizes Court Rule At Sheriffs Conference
Sen John L McClellan told the National Sheriffs Association in Hot Springs Arkansas that court devi sions have altered the law of the land and fueled permissiveness civil disobedience and lawlessness He urged adherence to two centuries of legal precedent to stem rising activism and liberalism in court decisions.
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Hot Springs
Ark
John L. McClellan
DeArk
McClellan
National Sheriffs Association
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