Offset printing sweep boosts newspapers nation wide
A March 4 bulletin from Southern Newspaper Publishers Association reports 1971 newspaper advertising share rose to 30.3 percent from 29.3 percent in 1970, with television, radio, and magazines edging or shrinking. Arkansas shows high offset adoption: 71.2 percent of papers use offset, including all dailies in the state. The Star notes its Dec 1965 offset conversion and benefits from local pictures and plant sale proceeds.
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Southern Newspaper Publishers Association
The
Star
SNPA
American Newspaper Publishers Association
Research Institute
Arkansas
Arkansas Press Association
Local Resident Wins $7500 in Digest Sweepstakes
Mrs Lillian Hickerson was notified she won second place in Readers Digest Sweepstakes. A registered mail check for 7500 arrived Monday as proof of the prize and promotion aimed at boosting the magazine's circulation.
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Lillian Hickerson
Reader’s Digest
Muskie Wins New Hampshire Primary Fight for Delegation
Sen Edmund Muskie of Maine won New Hampshire’s Democratic primary edging Sen George McGovern for a stake in the state’s delegation to the party convention. McGovern finished a strong second with a little over one third of the vote in the presidential preference contest.
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Manchester
N.H
Edmund S. Muskie
Maine
New Hampshire
George S. McGovern
South Dakota
Key Figures Still to Testify Before Probers
Three figures remain to testify in a probe of ITT and the Justice Department antitrust action. Former Attorney General John N. Mitchell and columnist Jack Anderson may testify today, while ITT lobbyist Dita Beard is hospitalized. The panel weighs Kleindienst’s nomination and possible impact on action about ITT funding.
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Washington
Justice Department
Atty
John N. Mitchell
Jack Anderson
Dita D. Beard
International Telephone & Telegraph Corp
Denver
Mitchell
Anderson
Judiciary Committee
Richard G. Kleindienst
Justice Antitrust
Richard McLaren
Felix Rohatyn
ITT
Kleindienst
Beard
Louie B. Nunn
Kentucky
Gered Mitchell
Governor’s
Nunn
Mills Surprised by New Hampshire Vote Totals
Rep. Wilbur Mills said he was surprised to win 5 percent of the total votes in New Hampshire as the unofficial primary returns placed Sen. Edmund Muskie first and Sen. George McGovern second. Mills noted limited campaigning and planned to actively campaign in Tennessee and previously Massachusetts and Rhode Island.
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Muskie
McGovern
Florida
New England
White House
Washington
Wilbur D. Mills
D-Ark
New Hampshire
Mills
Edmund Muskie
Dmaine
George McGovern
D-S.d
Tennessee
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Delois Walker
West Memphis
Walker
Group Named to Plan Hope's Centennial
At a Chamber of Commerce Board meeting Haskell Jones of KXAR was named general chairman for Hope's Centennial observance in 1975. He called a mass meeting for May 2, 1972 at Hope City Hall to gather ideas from citizens. The Centennial group will be separate from the Chamber and begin forming plans soon.
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Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors
Haskell Jones
KXAR
Hope
Jones
Hope City Hall
Citizens of Hope
Chamber of Commerce
Agriculture Committee
John Lester
Rogers to Defend Policy Before Senate Panel
Secretary of State William P. Rogers testifies to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Nixon era foreign policy and the State Department’s role. He releases a 621 page report on 1971 foreign affairs and forecasts progress in 1972. Rogers defends the policy and confirms not being bypassed by Nixon’s Peking visit while pledging to speak up for policy in nonpartisan terms.
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Washington
William P. Rogers
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Nixon
State Department
J. W. Fulbright
D.-Ark
Rogers
Fulbright
Executive Branch
Congress
Peking
Moscow
Henry A. Kissinger
Secretary of State
Chou En-lai
Mao Tse Tung
Bomb Rips Empty TWA Plane at Las Vegas
A bomb exploded inside an idle Trans World Airlines Boeing 707 at McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas. Authorities link the blast to a extortion plot seeking 2 million dollars from TWA, with armed guards stationed and other jets searched but untouched.
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TWA
Las Vegas
Nev
Trans World Airlines
New York
McCarran International
Los Angeles
Charles Wyre
U S Bombers Hit North Vietnam Antiaircraft Posts Again
U S fighter bombers pressed antiaircraft defenses in North Vietnam for the seventh straight day while more than two dozen B 52s conducted raids south of the DMZ. A Tomcat mission targeted an antiaircraft site 25 miles north of the DMZ. a Navy A 4 fighter was forced down near Da Nang but the pilot was rescued. Cambodian forces retook Koh Sotin island, with air strikes killing at least 100 enemy troops as 15 Cambodians died and 63 wounded overall.
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Saigon
U.S
North Vietnam
Demilitarized Zone
U.S. Command
Dmz
Laos
South Vietnam
da Nang
Khe Sanh
A Shau
Ban Me Thuot
U Minh Forest
Mekong Delta
Phnom Penh
Mekong River
Koh Sotin
Cambodia
Siem Reap
Angkor Temple
Battambang
Editor to Surrender Texarkana Gazette Editor Faces Contempt
Texarkana Arkansas AP reports Harry Wood executive editor of the Texarkana Gazette and News will surrender to answer a contempt citation from Circuit Court Judge John Goodson. Wood published a trial verdict in defiance of a court order prompting the arrest warrant after he failed to appear for a hearing.
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Texarkana, Ark
Harry Wood
Texarkana
Goodson
Wood
Law School Deception Raises Doubts About Dean’s Word
The Arkansas Gazette cites a confidential law school faculty report alleging Dean Ralph Barnhart has been caught in deceptions that cast doubts on his credibility. The document from the Committee on Faculty Tenure and Promotion, prepared to influence university politics, was first shown to administrators in August amid moves to oust James W. Gallman, a fulltime law professor.
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Little Rock
The
Arkansas Gazette
University of Arkansas Law School
Law School
Ralph Barnhart
Barnhart
James W. Gallman
Gallman
American Bar Association
Association of American Law Schools
ABA
AALS
Fayetteville
Palmer Pilcher
Police radar to curb city traffic speeds
Chief Willis announces a new radar system to be used frequently inside the city to reduce accidents. Community leaders urge attendance at a March 9 meeting at Hope City Hall to discuss school quality, with Hempstead County candidates invited to speak. A March 11 musical jamboree at Patmos School features the Country Souls and Edna & the Misfits with no admission.
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AS. Willis
Citizens Committee For Better Quality Schools
Hope City Hall
Hempstead County
Patmos
Texarkana
Edna & the Misfits
Comedian Bob Hope Defends Reputation at Dinner
New York AP report says comedian Bob Hope denies false accusation of being prowar after the New York City Council of Churches reversed its Family of Man award amid protests over his ties to the war. Hope, who has performed for troops in Vietnam, states he could never be prowar.
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New York
Bob Hope
Hope
New York City Council of Churches
Vietnam
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