Hope seniors earn Hendrix diplomas by June 5
Hope students Nancy Scott Brown Joyce Ann Meggerson James H Pilkinton Jr Rhonda Kay Tallant Susan Turther Suzanne Vinson and Keenan C Williams are among 173 Hendrix College seniors who received degrees June 5. Profiles note majors activities family addresses and later career paths. The piece also references gubernatorial campaign activity with James MacKrell and R J Hampton filing and party strategy details.
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Nancy Scott Brown
Joyce Ann Meggerson
James H. Pilkinton, Jr
Rhonda Kay Tallant
Susan Turther
Suzanne Vinson
Keenan C. Williams
Hope
Hendrix College
Nancy
Student National Education Association
Booster Club
Fred Scott
South Hazel
Joyce
Women's Recreation Association
Hendrix Christian Movement
Nathaniel Meggerson
Box 11
Jim Pilkinton, Jr
Young Democrats
James H. Pilkinton
E. 15Th Street
Rhonda Kay
Alpha Psi Omega
John Tallant
First Street
Susan Turner
Cardinal Key
Alpha Psi
Galloway
Everett Vinson
Little Rock
Keenan Williams
Couch
Hope High School
la Grone Williams
South Pine Street
Woman named acting head of Arkansas American Party
Mrs. Kirby Thompson of Holly Grove says she feels she has a tiger by the tail as acting chairman of the Arkansas American Party after Walter Carruth resigned to run for governor. She notes she would not want the post permanently, citing belief it should be led by a man, while praising the party’s constitutional aims and her independent political stance. The APA lists Carruth Warnock Blanton as statewide candidates.
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Tommy Yates
Associated Press
Holly Grove
Ark
Kirby Thompson
Thompson
H. L
Monroe County
APA
Carruth
John Norman Warnock
Camden
Hubert L. Blanton
Hughes
United States
Education aid bill looms as conference trims likely
The House and Senate budget battle over a 4.13 billion education spending bill moves to conference. In Miami Dade the school board boosted police spending to 1.2 million amid tensions over integration. In Houston white residents oppose decaying black schools while minority transfers redraw attendance. Nixon previews talks on Cambodia and TV Q A plus a family wedding in Newport Beach as he hosts editors. He urges frank talk on race and the American dream and cautions that ending the Vietnam war and environmental fixes won’t suffice without broad support from older Americans.
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House
Senate
Dade County
Miami
Fla
Houston
Texas
Dade
Holmes Braddock
House Education Committee
George Oser
Houston School Board
Williams School
Washington
Here
U.S
Cambodia
Nixon
John Chancellor
NBC
Eric Severeid
CBS
Howard K. Smith
ABC
Pat
Newport Beach
Henry A. Kissinger
White House
St. Louis
United States
Obituary and Cambodia policy notes mix in brief item
Mrs. Bertrid McDowell Coffey of Coushatta died early Thursday in a Shreveport hospital leaving a nephew Robert C. McDowell of Hope as survivor. The short obituary appears amid a political wrap of U S Cambodia debate noting Allott amendment moves to affect military sales and 1964 Tonkin Gulf resolution repeal. Relay stations of the Pony Express were set up 10 to 15 miles apart along the route.
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Bertrid McDowell Coffey
Coushatta
Shreveport
Robert C. McDowell
Hope
Louisiana
Asia
Allott
U.S
Cambodia
McGovern
Senate
Tonkin Gulf
Lyndon Johnson
House
Nixon
John Sherman Cooper
R-Ky
Frank Church
Idaho
Congress
Cooper Church
Hatfield and McGovern
Pony Express
Cambodian Front Pressure Rises Near Phnom Penh
North Vietnamese and Viet Cong forces launched a new attack on Kompong Speu, imperiling a supply depot at Long Vek and threatening Oudong. U S Navy reconnaissance escorts returned fire inside North Vietnam after gun positions fired on the escort aircraft. Cannes.
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Hugh A. Mulligan
Phnom Penh
Cambodia
Kompong Speu
Long Vek
Oudong
U.S
Saigon
North Vietnam
Vinh
Demilitarized Zone
Kampong Speu
Kompong Som
United States
Battambang
Siem Reap
Angkor
Kompong Thom
Dry Group Chooses Sheriff Candidates Discussion
Hempstead County Christian Civic Foundation executive board hosted a meeting at the Diamond Cafe inviting all sheriff candidates to share views on law enforcement. Henry Sinyard and Larry Arnett advocated impartial enforcement, with Dr. Henry Goodloe of the Arkansas Christian Civic Foundation assisting.
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Hempstead County Christian Civic Foundation
Diamond Cafe
Sheriff's Office
Henry Sinyard
Larry Arnett
Henry Goodloe
Arkansas Christian Civic Foundation
Pulaski
Garland
Women Barred at Temple Opens to Public on Oahu
HONOLULU AP Some taboos will be imposed when Kaneaki the largest of Oahu's ancient Hawaiian temples is opened to the public this summer. Women will be barred from the temple's upper platform to avoid upsetting Lona the god of peace. Smoking will be forbidden due to dry brush, officials say. The Bishop Museum and the National Park Service are restoring the four century old temple.
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Honolulu
Kaneaki
Oahu
Lona
Peace
F Russell Apple
National Park Service
Apple
Bishop Museum
Arkansas Weather Summary for 24 Hours Ending Friday
Weather report from the Weather Experiment Station notes high 91 and low 66. Partly cloudy warm humid conditions persist in Arkansas with scattered afternoon and evening thundershowers. A few heavy storms possible mainly south tonight. Saturday highs in the upper 80s to mid 90s with overnight lows upper 60s to mid 70s.
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Arkansas
Margie Grant Tops Bar Scene as Grandmom Waitress
Margie Grant a 37-year-old divorcee and bar waitress in Atlanta recently wed in a topless ceremony. She shows off 42-24-36 measurements and a wallet with family photos including five children and her grandchild born June 8. Her 27-year-old security guard husband supports the idea despite initial misgivings.
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William Chaze
Associated Press
Atlanta, Ga
Margie Grant
Margie
Grant
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Mac” MacKrell
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NEM, Inc
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