Long Trip and Tax Views Share Broad Public Notes
An assortment of reader items and editorials discusses a U S Bureau estimate that Americans logged over one trillion miles in 1968, the value of summer interns from The Newspaper Fund, Inc., and debates on closing tax loopholes for foundations with calls for regular public reports and tighter taxation. Also noted are Tallahassee's 1969 legislature hair trends and a quip about Florida barbers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
Newspaper Fund, Inc
Bosnia
Herzegovina
Ford Foundation
Rockefeller Foundation
St. Petersburg
Fla
Tallahassee
Florida
Miami
Perjury Charge Filed Against Clay Shaw
New Orleans AP reports Clay Shaw faces two counts of perjury after allegedly lying under oath during the Kennedy conspiracy trial, which ended in his acquittal. Shaw’s lawyer calls the move ridiculous and vows to fight it. District Attorney Jim Garrison says Shaw testified about knowing Lee Harvey Oswald and David Ferrie, prompting Shaw to express shock at the charge. Shaw was freed on a $1,000 bond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Clay Shaw
Shaw
John F. Kennedy
Atty
Jim Garrison
Garrison
Lee Harvey Oswald
David W. Ferrie
Edward F. Wegmann
Shan
Wegma
Risky Tests on Apollo 9 Move Ahead
Apollo 9 astronauts McDivitt Scott and Schweickart roared higher to prove ship handling for rescue scenarios. They fired their engine for nearly two minutes at 9 12 a m EST and exchanged brisk banter with ground controllers as they updated the flight plan and prepared for laboratory work and breakfast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Barbour
AP Science Wesler Space Center
Houston
Apollo 9
Air Force
James A. McDivitt
David R. Scott
Russell J. Schweickart
Smokey
McDivitt
Apollo
Stuart Roosa
Roosa
Scott
Ron Evans
Evans
Space
Sock It To Me Girl to Wed in Brampton
Judy Carne, the sock It to me girl from Laugh In, prepares for marriage to photographer Dean Goodhill, 24, after meeting when she received a custard pie. She plans to marry soon in Brampton England and says she will become a home body and learn to cook.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brampton
England
Judy Carne
Rowan and Martin
Judy
Dean Goodhill
Ike
Pueblo Capture Unpreventable Says Navy Chief
Adm. Thomas H. Moorer told a House subcommittee that the Pueblo could not be saved once boarded by North Koreans and entered Wonsan Harbor. He cited time distance and darkness, noting deployments of Enterprise Truxton and escort ships, plus fighter readiness, but outcomes remained unchanged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Seppy
Associated Press
Washington AP
Adm
Thomas H. Moorer
Naval Operations
Moorer
Special House
Armed Services Subcommittee
Wonsan Harbor
North Korea
Pueblo
Enterprise
Truxton
Wonsan
7Th Fleet
Pacific Fleet
Chief of
Sth Air Force
Nixon Readies Nationwide Address On European Trip
President Nixon prepares a 9 p.m. national broadcast focused on foreign policy and his European trip. He will not take domestic questions, but reporters may query Vietnam and Berlin tensions, including rocklet attacks on Saigon and West Berlin air safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Bell
Washington
Nixon
Vietnam
Berlin
White House
Ronald Zeigler
United States
Saigon
William P. Rogers
State Department
Robert J. McCloskey
West Berlin
Soviet Union
Moscow
Peking Demonstrations After Soviet China Clash
Tokyo AP report says Peking mobilized tens of millions in protests over a border clash with the Soviet Union. Red Guards and workers gathered around the Soviet Embassy, while Beijing denounced Moscow as seeking Chinese occupation and called for punishment of aggressors. Both sides filed protest notes amid clashes on the Chenpei island along the Ussur River.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Roderick
Associated Press
Tokyo
Peking
Soviet Union
Red China
United States
China
Radio Peking
Alexei N. Kosygin
Fry
Communist Party
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Ussur
Manchuria
Tvhe Island
Chenpeo
Damansky
Vladivostok
Uneries
Moscow
Peking People’s Daily
Liberation Army Daily
Europe
Sirhan Admits Slaying in Casual Voice
Sirhan Hishara Sirhan testified in a Los Angeles court that he killed Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, delivering calm, polite answers. He admitted shooting Kennedy and noted he might have wounded Paul Schrade, arguing his actions occurred in a trance and outside reality. He answered quickly, eager to speak after weeks of testimony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry F. Rosenthal
Associated Press
LOS Angeles
Sirhan Hishara Sirhan
Robert F. Kennedy
Robert Francis Kennedy
Grant B. Cooper
Sen. Kennedy
Sirhan
Paul Schrade
Mr. Schrade
Kennedy
Cooper
Chance of Rain Is Predicted for Arkansas
Clear to partly cloudy skies and rising temperatures are in store for Arkansas. A low pressure system in western New Mexico and Arizona is expected to reach Arkansas late Wednesday bringing a chance of rain Wednesday or Wednesday night. Monday highs ranged from 54 at Little Rock to 48 at Harrison and Blytheville, with lows from 20 at Fayetteville to 33 at Texarkana. Rainfall over the prior 24 hours ranged from 4 trace at Texarkana to .43 at Camden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Arkansas
New Mexico
Arizona
Little Rock
Harrison
Blytheville
Fayetteville
Texarkana
Trace
Texarks
Camden
West Berlin Election Plans Amid Troop and Traffic Moves
East German authorities disrupted traffic on the Berlin autobahn as West German Chancellor Kurt Georg Kiesinger traveled to West Berlin for the presidential election. Soviet warnings raised tempers while 8,000 police kept watch for demonstrations as electors gathered in the Western enclave.
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Otto Doelling
Associated Press
Berlin
East Germany
Kurt Georg Kiesinger
West Berlin
Helmstedt
West Germany
West Berin
Soviet Union
U.S
Federal Assembly
Nixon
Arkla Uses Natural Gas in Autos
W R Stephens of Arkansas Louisiana Gas Co unveils a 1966 Chevrolet Biscayne converted to run on natural gas alongside a 1967 Ford. The two cars, used in Little Rock and Shreveport, slim fuel costs and cut air pollution. Conversion cost about $200 with ability to reconvert to gasoline. each car carries gas in three steel cylinders for about 150 miles between fills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock
W. R. Stephens
Board of Arkansas Louisiana Gas Co
Arkla Equipment Co
Shreveport
Lva
Arkla
Ford
Orly Flanigan
Hopedale officer holds six town positions
Hopedale Massachusetts AP reports W Chester Sanborn, opposed Monday for town tree warden, already holds six posts in the 4500 population town. He is chief of police keeper of the lockup constable superintendent of usect pest control and animal and slaughtering inspector.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hopedale
Mass
W. Chester Sanborn
First Phase of Gang Offense Ends in Saigon Area
U.S. military analysts say the Viet Cong has ended the first phase of its spring offensive around Saigon and is preparing for a second phase, possibly this weekend or early next week. Some officers caution Phase Two may not occur, with focus shifting to rocket and mortar attacks if it proceeds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Esper
Associated Press
Saigon
U.S
Vietnam
North Vietnam
Central Highlands
Nixon
AP AP
Delaware
Sen
John J. Williams
Congress
Washington
House
Pueblo
National
Sirhan Bishara
Sirhan
Robert F. Kennedy
International
West Germany
West Berlin
Peking
Soviet Union
Golda Meir
Israel
Noth Vietnam
South Vietnam
Cambodia
Laos
Ben Het
Kontum
Tri-Border
DMZ
Beer tax hike moves through Arkansas legislature
Arkansas lawmakers spent six hours on revenue bills passing a Senate measure to raise the beer tax from about 5 to 7.50 per 32 gallon barrel, estimated to yield 1.3 million yearly. The House approved other tax changes while defeating higher cigarette and corporate income tax hikes. A separate Senate bill would impose a documentary stamp tax on real property and hold tavern operators liable for damages from intoxicated patrons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ED Shearer
Associated Press
Little Rock
Senate
House
House Revenue and Taxation Committee
N. B
Napp
Murphy
Hamburg
Hope area notes and updates across town
Hempstead County reports no traffic fatalities this year while Arkansas State University students from nearby towns top fall honor rolls. February traffic deaths drop to 66 for the year, and a $54 620 grant supports Southwest Arkansas economic planning. PTA meets March 6 and continuing night classes begin tonight at Red River Vocational Technical School with registration at 6 30 p.m.
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Arkansas State University
Jonesboro
Dwight Galloway
Hope
Dan W. Pittman
Prescott
Arkansas
Economic Development Administration
U. S. Department of Commerce
Southwest
Calhoun
Columbia
Dallas
Hempstead
Howard
Lafayette
Little River
Miller
Nevada
Ouachita
Sevell
Union
Red River Vocational Technical School
Patrolman Regains Car Thief After He Mistakes His Own Vehicle
Lansdowne Pennsylvania AP patrolman Ted Basquill directing traffic waved a car through an intersection and thought he recognized it. It was his own car parked near the police station. Basquill alerted fellow officers who captured Richard E. Childs 22 of New Philadelphia after a short chase Monday. Childs was charged with larceny of an auto.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lansdowne, Pa
Ted Basquill
Basquill
Richard E. Childs
New Philadelphia
Childs
Tank Column Backed By Bombers In Central Highlands
North Vietnam pushed a tank column into South Vietnam, first time in a year tanks seen in action, as American bombers struck and forced several units back. The attack targeted Ben Het Camp near Kontum, with tanks identified as PT76s and T34-85s.
Spa Votes on Mixed Drinks Sales in Hot Springs
Hot Springs City Council adopted a resolution for a special election on April 28 to legalize mixed drinks in hotels motels and restaurants. It would be the first Arkansas city to set an election after the legislature approved local options. Countywide election plans could override a city vote if successful.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hot Springs
Ark
Arkansas
Wolf
Refused to Shine Shoes of Enemy
Radioman 2C Charles Henry Crandell Jr., 24, of the USS Pueblo, testified at a Navy court of inquiry in Coronado California that a North Korean guard ordered his shoes shined and he refused. He said the guard threatened him with a gun until a duty officer intervened to stop the incident.
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Coronado
Calif
Charles Henry Crandel Jr
Pueblo
Crandell
el Reno
Oklo
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Hempstead County
Brenda J. Murphy
Hope Junior-Senior High
PTA
Hope High School
James Rowland
Spa
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