Editor Reflects on Oaklawn Racing and Color Photography
A Winter Street column recalls racing at Oaklawn and the tedium of long waits for a second shot, while a Denver reader discusses Berkey color separators, trade work potential, and price schedules. Letters mention a 1967 Star issue and nostalgia for early color processes.
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Star
Allan Kahn
Berkey Technical Corp
New York
Berkey
Kahn
Denver
Woman Acquitted After Saying She Obeyed Instinct
London AP report says Judith Ritchings, 30, was found not guilty of dangerous driving after her defense claimed she turned to comfort her baby, causing her car to leave the road and strike a road sign that toppled onto and killed Doris Rogerson, 38, in a sidewalk incident.
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Old Bailey Court
Judith Ritchings
Hitche Logs
Jury Indicts Shaw in JFK Case Probe
A grand jury in New Orleans indicts Clay L. Shaw on a single count of wilfully and unlawfully conspiring to murder President John F. Kennedy. Shaw, 54, was en route to Mississippi Gulf Coast with District Attorney Kim Garrison’s approval, free on a $10,000 bond since arrest on March 1. The indictment names David W. Ferrie and Lee Harvey Oswald as co conspirators with unnamed others. Russo testified he heard Shaw, Ferrie, and Oswald plotting in September 1963 to kill Kennedy. Shaw remains the only living conspirator named in the indictment.
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New Orleans
Clay L. Shaw
John F. Ketenedy
Shaw
Mississippi Gulf Coast
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International Trade Mart
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Loisiana
France
David W. Ferrie
Lee Harvey Oswald
John F. Kennedy
David W. Farrle
Hare ‘Vey -Hewald
Perry Raymond Russo
Russo
Ferrie
Oswald
Kennedy
Cambodia Asked to Give Asylum
AP report from Tokyo says South Vietnamese air force Major Ngo Tan Dieu, 37, flew to Cambodia in a small Cessna L19 on March 19 seeking political asylum. He landed at Veanvong Airport in Kompong Cham Province and was taken to Phnom Penh with the aircraft. No further details were provided.
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Johnsons Domestic Programs Face Real Trouble
AP dispatch from Washington notes House budget cutters, backed by Republicans, reduced proposed funding for domestic programs. A key appropriations bill totaling 7.5 billion for Treasury and Postal departments, the White House staff and related offices was cut by 112 million below request, signaling potential across the board reductions next year. The measure funds mail carriers, postal staff, and Treasury personnel, with further cuts to postal field positions and the Treasury secretary's office. House action precedes a 10 day Easter recess. returns set for April 3.
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U.N
Cartel Rigs Quinine Price for U.S. Resale
Senate probe finds an international cartel bought quinine from the U.S. stockpile at about 21 cents an ounce and resold it in the United States at nearly 10 times that price. Dr John M Blair testified that three English firms two French firms two West German firms and one Dutch firm helped rig prices and control sources while stockpile releases shielded profits.
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Senate
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Senate Antitrust and Monopoly Subcommittee
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Feild to Back Newsboy Exemption From 1914 Law
Hempstead County Representative Talbot Feild Jr announces support for a concurrent resolution to exempt newsboys under 14 from the Arkansas 1914 act after a 1924 court decision jeopardized routes. He cites federal acts and recalls delivering papers to defend allowing youths to continue news distribution statewide.
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Star of Hope
Hope Star
House of Representatives
Arkansas
Talbot Feild, JR
Hempstead Co
Hammerschmidt Announces Final Army Approval for Spring Creek Flood Project
Rep. John Paul Hammerschmidt says Army Engineers granted final approval to a flood control plan on Spring Creek at Springdale. The project calls for widening and straightening the channel in the Springdale area.
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John Paul Hammerschmidt
Rark
Army
Spring Creek
Springdale
Two Newsmen Jailed in Bribe Probe
In Little Rock two reporters testified before a grand jury that lawmakers offered bribes to back a casino gambling bill for Hot Springs. They were jailed for contempt until they named others or the Supreme Court intervened. The case sparked a wider probe as five newsmen were subpoenaed.
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Hot Springs
William J. Kirby
Pulaski County
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Gayle Windsor
Jack Baker
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Pine Bluff
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Ndsor
Arkansas House
Senate
Winthrop Rockefeller
Newse
Baker
Smith
Dorado Man Shot to Death Follows Argument in El Dorado
El Dorado Arkansas AP Leo Ready, 37, was killed Wednesday after a verbal fight. He was shot in the throat by a 20 gauge shotgun. Police said Reedy was killed following an argument. Another man was held in connection with the shooting.
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Leo Ready
el Dorado
Reedy
Hope Prescott Highway to Be Re paved
Arkansas Highway Commission approved fourteen road projects totaling 844600 dollars. Items include resurfacing Arkansas 15 near Calmer, U S 270 and shoulders in Garland and Hot Springs, and widening near Pine Bluff. Also slated are resurfacing jobs on U S 67, U S 82, U S 70, and a 93 foot bridge project on Arkansas 10.
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Witness Misses Subpoena in Arkansas Voting Hearing
Wanda Tudor declined to appear before Judge Russell Roberts after her attorney argued the subpoenas were invalid. Prosecutor will have subpoenas reissued as a new form and Tudor may attend Conway hearing on Saturday. In Pine Bluff, Mrs. Winthrop Rockefeller announced plans to mail layman friendly legislature explanations to Republican women.
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Ark
Wanda Tudor
Russell Roberts
Sun District
Winslow Drummond
Tudor
Pine Bluff
Winthrop Rockefeller
Intensified Bombing Forecast in Vietnam War Talks
U S officials report 2,675 Communist deaths last week with 211 Americans killed and 1,874 wounded. The balance of strength shows 427,000 U S troops in Vietnam and 286,000 Communist forces as Red mortar barrages rise near the DMZ and along the Cambodian border.
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Marionettes Enter Oz Adventure in Hope Arkansas
The Nicole Marionettes bring a Hope Junior Auxiliary sponsored musical voyage to Oz on Monday March 27 1967 in Hope High School Auditorium Hope Arkansas with two matinee and evening performances. The puppets are promoted for humanlike flexibility and stylized to match the Wizard of Oz tale with a sparkling stage presence. The times are 10 00 p m and 1 00 p m.
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Hope
Land of Oz
Nicolo
Arkansas
Nicole
Hope High School
Millican earns second Arkansas honor in Homemaker contest
Miss Carolyn Ann Millican of Hope High School won second honors in Arkansas for the Betty Crocker Homemaker of Tomorrow program and will receive a $500 scholarship. A special assembly at Hope High recognized her. she is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Thomas J Millican. Jaycees announce an Easter Egg Hunt at Fair Park Sunday at 1:30 pm with prizes by age group. event is free. Also noted: a car wash hosted by the 10th grade Sunday School at First Methodist Church on March 24 from 9:30 am to 4 pm to aid a needy Hope family. Linda K Reece will attend the 4-H Club national meeting in Washington DC April 22-25. National Honor Society expects Crit Stuart, Ellen Turner, Jimmy Turner, Carol Anthony, Dwight Galloway, Marsha Bader, Wayne Norvell, and Janice Russell to be inducted. Ten girls will attend Girls State next summer: Charlotte Moore, Jenny Tolleson, Radger Batson, Martha Bader, Carol Anthony, Twila Hunt, Ellen Turner, Debbie Watson, Cathy Feild, and Sally Booth. Diane Ellis, daughter of Mr. and Mrs Leonard Ellis, is among the top 10 percent of University of Arkansas fall honor roll with a 3.71 GPA.
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Carolyn Ann Millican
Hope High School
Arkansas
Betty Crocker
Milllican
Hope High Pees
Thomas J. Millican
First Methodist Church
Hope
Crit Stuart
Ellen Turner
Jimmy Turner
Carol Anthony
Dwight Galloway
Marsha Bader
Wayne Norvell
Janice Russell
Charlotte Moore
Jenny Tolleson
Radhger Batson
Martha Bader
Twila Hunt
Debbie Watson
Cathy Feild
Sally Booth
Diane Ellis
Leonard Ellis
East Second
University of Arkansas
Arkansan Named Head of School at UMKC Pharmacy
Dr. William A. Strickland Jr., 43, of Little Rock Arkansas, named dean of the University of Missouri at Kansas City School of Pharmacy. Strickland previously served as a professor at the University of Arkansas Medical Center in Little Rock.
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William A. Strickland Jr
Little Rock
Ark
University of Missouri At
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University of Arkansas Medical Center
Hope to Form Beta Sigma Phi Chapter in Hope
Mrs. Ruby Wadsworth, official representative of Beta Sigma Phi Sorority, plans to interview women recommended for membership and establish a new chapter in Hope within two weeks. Beta Sigma Phi, founded 1931, is a worldwide, nonsecret, all-female organization focused on cultural, social, and service activities with 185,000 members.
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Bata Sigma Phi Sorority
Wadsworth
Beta Sigma Phi
Abilene
Kansas
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