FCC ruling on cigarette ads sparks free time controversy
The editor argues the FCC's demand for equal time for anti smoking messages in cigarette advertisements intrudes into content and funding. He questions applying fairness to ads and raises broader issues about government control of broadcasting and paid advertising. The column cites a Charlotte Observer note and includes local items on boat capacity math and crop reports.
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Federal Communications Commission
FCC
Charlotte
N.C
Hope Girl Leads First Day Camp For Handicapped Children
Mrs Pat Oates and Miss Jan Reinhardt direct a pilot day camp for physically handicapped children in Little Rock funded by United Cerebral Palsy of Arkansas. with Red Cross volunteers and Neighborhood Youth Corps aiding. sessions run June to August for ages 5-16 at Cloverdale Park. aims include future residential camps serving the state.
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Little Rock
Pat Oates
Jan Reinhardt
W. M. Reinhardt
Hope
Hendrix College
Children’s Colony
Conway
United Cerebral Palsy of
Arkansas
Red Cross
Parks and Recreation Department of
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Volkswagen
Arkansas Arts Center
State Capitol
Senate Turmoil Delays Dodd Censure Verdict
In Washington the Senate’s chaotic debate over Thomas J. Dodd’s censure charges ended in anger and postponement after eight days of contention. Dodd, watching from the chamber’s rear, wondered if the body sought a gallows or a courtroom as lawmakers argued procedure and demanded votes. The session closed without a decision, leaving a new day likely. Earlier in Rome American writer John Dos Passos won the Feltrinelli Prize worth $32,000 for narrative work, with a fall ceremony planned for the 71-year-old author.
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Thomas J. Dodd
Connecticut
Dodd
Mike Mansfield
Nol Nol
Sen
John Tower
R-Tex
Hubert H. Humphrey
John Stennis
D-Miss
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John Dos Passos
Arkansan Named Antiwar Group by Press Group Plans to Meet Johnson
Los Angeles police anticipate up to 20000 antiwar demonstrators around the Century Plaza Hotel where President Johnson will appear at a Democratic fundraiser. About 1000 officers guard the event, a White House aide says the president will travel to Los Angeles after meeting Soviet premier Kosygin. A reception at 730 p.m. precedes a dinner dance for 1000 guests at 1000 dollars per couple. Johnson and family reportedly plan a trip to their Texas ranch Saturday.
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Johnson
Century Plaza
White House
Alexei N. Kosy
Lynda Bird
Texas
West Memphis director elected atPress Women meet
Margaret Woolfolk of West Memphis Arkansas was elected a regional director of the National Federation of Press Women at the closing session of the organization's 30th annual convention in Sun Valley Idaho. Gov Winthrop Rockefeller spoke of Arkansas fiscal prospects and budget plans outlining progress on Me Rae Tuberculosis Sanitorium conversion and air conditioning funds for the Benton unit of the state hospital. He defended Northeast Arkansas tour as work and announced a Monday meeting on the 1967 68 budget and a forthcoming news conference.
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West Memphis
Ark
National Federation of Press Women
Little Rock
Winthrop Rockefeller
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Arkansas
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Faubus
Arkansas Children’s Colony
Conway
Benton
State Hospital
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Foreman
Crank
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Two Counts of Assault Filed in Pine Bluff
Neddie L. Cooper, 37, of Pine Bluff faced two counts of assault with intent to kill tied to a fatal June 15 shooting of Earnestine Robinson in Quinols Tool Works cafeteria. Coopers planned wounding of Branscomb and Haynes as victims. Cooper held without bond. The item also notes Tokyo reports the Soviet Union freed 15 Japanese fishermen detained for trespassing in northern Pacific waters.
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Neddie L. Cooper
Earnestine Robinson
Quinols Tool Works
Atty
Joe Holmes
Joseph 8
Branscomb
Ronald Haynes
Jacksonville
Tool Company
Cooper
Jefferson County
Tokyo
Soviet Union
Northern
Pacific
Maritime Safety Agency
Apparent low bid for Arkansas administration building
Fayetteville firm Brannon-Boyd Co. submitted a bid of 1.284 million dollars for the University of Arkansas administration building project to house the registrar's office business office and the graduate dean's office.
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Fayetteville, Ark
Brannon-Boyd Co
Fayetteville
University of Arkansas
Spanish Group Arraigned on Raid Charges
In Santa Fe four members of a Spanish American group were arraigned in connection with an armed raid on a rural courthouse and held without bond. Reies Lopez Tijerina, 40, led the organization claiming thousands of acres under ancient land grants. Tobias Leyba Juan Valdez and Baltazar Apodaca were charged with first degree kidnapping and other felonies. Thirteen more defendants faced District Court, guarded by armed officers, and were held on $2,500 bond.
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Santa FE
N.M
Reies Lopez Tijerina
New Mexico
Tobias Leyba
Juan Valdez
Baltazar Apodaca
Joe Angel
Las Vegas
UN Members Eye Private Talks Amid Middle East Tensions
Diplomats at the United Nations pursued intensive private discussions on the Arab-Israeli crisis with an eye on Johnson Kosygin talks. Delegates foresee a long bargaining process for an emergency session resolution, while Romania's Ion Maurer pushes a compromise backed by the Soviet bloc.
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Charles Storer
United Nations
N.Y
Middle East
Johnson
Alexei N. Kosygin
Glassboro
Ion Gheorge Maurer
Romania
Soviet Union
76 Americans Killed by Viet Cong Fire Near Dak To
An American infantry unit on a search mission endured a seven hour battle in the central highlands near Dak To, 270 miles north of Saigon. The 75 confirmed dead and 24 wounded reflect a surprise North Vietnamese assault on two lead platoons of about 80 men from the 1st Airborne Brigade. Reinforcements followed as the action ended.
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George Esper
Saigon
U.S
Dak To
3Rd Airborne
Vietnam
South Vietnam
Air Board proposes changes to Arkansas routes
The Civil Aeronautics Board Bureau of Operating Rights recommends extending Central Airline service from Little Rock to Memphis while denying Blytheville and Sikeston on the Memphis to St. Louis route. It urges Braniff to continue Hot Springs service and denies authority for Ozark, Central, or Delta Air Lines on several Kansas City to Little Rock and St. Louis routes.
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Civil Aeronautics Board
Bureau of Operating Rights
Central Airline
Little Rock
Ark
Memphis
Blytheville
Sikeston
Memphis- St. Louis
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Shrevesport
Houston
New Orleans
Braniff Airways
Hot Springs
War Claims Arkansan Dies in Vietnam Action
Washington AP reports Defense Department confirms Marine 2nd Lt. Walter Lyons of Jacksonville Arkansas was killed in action in Vietnam. Lyons, son of Mrs Ella Lyons, was identified by officials as among the military casualties from the conflict. The confirmation follows earlier casualty listings from the theater.
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Defense Department
Usted Marine
Walter d. Lyons
Ella Eb, Lyons
Jacksonville
Arkas
Vietnam
Sabotage Suspected in Blossburg Air Crash
Mohawk Airways president asked FBI Director Hoover to probe a strong suggestion of sabotage after a BACI L IS Flight 40 jetliner from Syracuse to Washington plunged into Blossburg Mountain in central Pennsylvania killing 34. FBI and NTSB investigators worked at the scene. a flight recorder was found intact amid reports of a possible bomb but no evidence yet.
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Vince Cargcci
Steve Marcus
Syracuse
N.Y
Washington, D.C
Blossburg Mountain
Pennsylvania
Elmira
Raymond Smith
Peach
FBI
National Transportation Safety Board
Department of Transportation
Maine
John d. Reed
Washington
Tno
Johnson Kosygin talks extend to Sunday in Glassboro
American diplomats cautious but hopeful after a five hour first meeting between President Johnson and Soviet Premier Kosygin at Hollybush Glassboro State College. They discussed Middle East and Vietnam issues and agreed a Sunday session should follow.
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N.J
Johnson
Alexei N. Kosygin
Hollybush
Glassboro State College
Kosygin
Middle East
Vietnam
George Christian
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