Process Color Trade Paper Distribution Report
Our Daily Sliced Thin editorial note by Alex H. Washburn explains that today marks the 20th run of process color distribution to 306 newspapers printers and ad agencies in Arkansas and Shreveport area Louisiana. It highlights progress in a three year test and the Berkey color separator as a cost effective color solution for smaller papers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alex. H. Washburn
Nashville
Arkansas
Shreveport
Louisiana
Nashville News Converts to Offset Printing
Louis Graves announces in today’s edition that Nashville News will switch permanently to offset printing with the Thursday April 1 edition. Arkansas presses now show growing use of offset among dailies and weeklies, with The Star earlier adopting offset. Graves prints text on a Card graphic machine, photographs pages, makes press plates, and sends plates to local papers for the run.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Graves
Nashville News
Howard County
Arkansas
The
Star
Graves
DeQueen Citizen
Bee
Reader defends Hope residents against outside appraisers
In a letter to the editor Lester Wade of Blevins Ark defends Hope residents, praises local insight, and opposes letting outside experts handle Hempstead County property tax assessment, urging adherence to lawful channels and the tax assessor.
License System Stays Same in Arkansas Veto Decision
Gov. Dale Bumpers vetoed a bill that would repeal the year round staggered car licensing method. The veto preserves the existing license system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock
Dale Bumpers
Hope Models Parade Spring Fashion in Hope Salute
Hope models showcase spring styles from Lewis McCarty Inc and local shops. Mrs Jim James models a Justin McCarty custom dress in 100 polyester with a wide collar and side buttons. Sandra Stevenson wears a washable J C Penney pant suit, while Margie Royston and Miss Congeniality wear a Howard Wolf two piece from Ladies Specialty Shop, and Sandy Sinyard models a Loom Treasure dacron dress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis McCarty, Inc
Jim James
Justin McCarty
Brand and
Purity
Sandra Stevenson
J. C. Penney Company
Sandy
FFA
Hope High
Hope
Margie Royston
Arkansas
Howard Wolf
Sandy Sinyard
West’s Department Store
Dacron
Correction Board Fires Prison Chief After Pressure
In Little Rock the state Board of Correction voted 3-1 to fire C. Robert Sarver, the corrections commissioner since 1968, amid legislative pressure. Interim director Bill Steed named as acting head while the board seeks a permanent successor. Sarver refused to resign. The board meeting ran over two hours with four members backing dismissal and one opposing.
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Bill Simmons
Associated Press
Little Rock
State Board of Correction
Robert Sarver
Correction
John Haley
Sarver
Haley
General Assembly
Department of Corrections
Bill Steed
Cummins Prison Farm
Steed
Correction Department
Temperatures in Arkansas Rise With Warm Weather Ahead
The Associated Press reports a high pressure center over Eastern Texas moving eastward today to bring southwesterly winds and a warming trend. Temperatures climb from the upper 60s to low 70s today, with low 80s possible Wednesday in parts. tonight’s lows in the 40s to 50s, with no precipitation expected at least until Thursday.
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Associated Press
Arkansas
Texas
Escapee Decker Captured Near Tucker Reformatory
William W. Decker, 27, of Little Rock, who escaped earlier in the day, was apprehended near Tucker Reformatory in Arkansas on Monday afternoon. He is serving four years from Pulaski County for robbery.
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Tucker Intermediate Reformatory
Ark
William W. Decker
Little Rock
Tucker Prison
Decker
Pulaski County
Two-Car Crash Kills Arkansas Woman in Missouri
Lena White, 79, of Salem Arkansas, died in a two car wreck on U S 160 about 12 miles southwest of West Plains Missouri. The collision occurred Monday and involved non specified circumstances with both vehicles.
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Arkansan
Missouri West Plains
Lena White
Salem
Ark
U.S. 160
West Plains
Man Killed in Collision Near Gurdon
John O. Calloway, 28, of Camden was killed Monday night when his truck collided with a Missouri Pacific freight train at a crossing on U.S. 67 near Gurdon Arkansas.
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Gurdon, Ark
John O. Calloway
Camden
Missouri Pacific
U.S. 67
Gurdon
Death for Manson and his three women verdict
Los Angeles jury, after a nine month trial, imposed the death penalty on Charles Manson and his three female co defendants Patricia Krenwinkel Leslie Van Houten and Susan Atkins for first degree murder and conspiracy in the Tate LaBianca killings. Judge Older will sentence them April 19 with automatic appeals to the state Supreme Court and potential US Supreme Court review.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linda Deutsch
Associated Press
LOS Angeles
Charles Manson
Tate-LaBianca
Manson
Patricia Krenwinkel
Leslie van Houten
Susan Atkins
Charles Older
State Supreme Court
Atty
Vincent Bugliosi
U.S. Supreme Court
Calley Guilty to Get Life or Death
Lt. William L. Calley Jr. faces a life or death sentence after being convicted of murdering 22 civilians in My Lai. His 70 year old lawyer pleads for sparing his life as reviewing authorities can temper the sentence. Calley spoke of the My Lai tragedy and wartime hell in an AP interview. The case marks the first American convicted in the massacre.
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Harry F. Rosenthal
Associated Press
FT. Benning
William L. Calley Jr
My Lai
Calley
George Latimer
Salt Lake City
Calley A
Hope School to dismiss early for regional teachers conference
All Around Town reports Hope Schools will release Thursday April 1 for teachers to attend a regional conference in Magnolia. Elementary at 1:45 p.m., Junior High at 1:55 and Senior High at 2:05, with Easter holidays the week of April 5 and regular classes resuming Monday April 12. Supt James H. Jones notes. The bake sale by lunchroom staff raised funds to send a lunchroom worker to a University of Arkansas workshop. Two Easter cakes were awarded to Onzie Loudermilk and Mrs Melda Vickers. A Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center bulletin lists Harry Grabstald M.D. as editor in chief and cites his Hope Arkansas birthplace. A local feature recalls a year-era article about him. US Air Force Captain Thomas M Baker of Hope has received the Bronze Star Medal for service against Viet Cong. Baber of Hope, son of Mr and Mrs W T Baber, was cited for administrative duty at Phan Rang Vietnam. honored at Chanute AFB Illinois, where he serves as commander of the 3345th Technical School HQ squadron. He holds a BS from the University of Arkansas, and was commissioned via ROTC. His wife Teresa is daughter of Mr and Mrs A R Drake of Fullerton California.
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Hope
Magnolia
James H. Jones
University of Arkansas Workshop
Onzie Loudermilk
Melda Vickers
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
New York City
Harry Grabstald
Arkansas
Urology
U.S. Air Force
Thomas M. Baker
Hope, Ark
Baber
W.T. Baber
S. Elm Hope
Phan Rang AB
Vietnam
Chanute Afb
Ill
3345Th Technical School
Air Training Command
Hope High
University of Arkansas
Reserve Officers Training Corps Program
Teresa
A.R. Drake
S. Cornell
Fullerton
Calif
Calley faces life term after verdict in court
Lt. William L. Calley returns to the courtroom with a life-or-death sentence and possible appeals. Charles Manson and three female co defendants are sentenced to die in the gas chamber for the Tate LaBianca murders. AP dispatches report Viet Cong and North Vietnamese attacks on South Vietnamese positions near Chup plantation in eastern Cambodia. Brezhnev seeks endorsement at the 24th Soviet Congress while the Senate proposes 13 weeks of additional unemployment benefits to aid about 30,000 workers.
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Los Angeles
Charles Manson
Tate- LaBianca
Saigon
Big Chup
Cambodia
Washington
Senate
Three Cited for Contempt in Watson Chapel Case
Writs for civil contempt were issued by federal court in Little Rock against John Warnock of Camden Harris F. Mitchell and C. E. Garmon of the Watson Chapel School Board. Mitchell and Garmon were arrested. Warnock sought for arrest as hearings proceed before Judge Oren Harris. Subpoenas were issued to three KATV Little Rock reporters for the hearing.
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Little Rock
Watson Chapel
John N. Warnock
Camden
Harris F. Mitchell
C. E. Garmon
Mitchell
Garmon
Warnock
Oren Harris
Katv News Department
Harris
U S Jets Strike in Neutral Zone as Tensions Rise
U S jets hit targets near the DMZ in a brief strike. Command reported four planes returned safely and offered no hit confirmation. North Vietnamese artillery had moved into the buffer zone, with about a dozen 122mm guns noted in the central DMZ sector. The five hour battle left 225 enemy soldiers dead and government forces with 50 killed and 130 wounded.
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Michael Putzel
Associated Press
Saigon
Ben Hai
U.S
North
South Vietnam
Pentagon
Dmz
Laos
McNamara Line
Calvary
Route 7
Immunization rules for entering first grade
Superintendent James H. Jones urges parents of upcoming first graders to begin immunizations now so shots are completed by June 1. Children must have smallpox, diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis, polio, and measles vaccines, plus a certified state birth certificate. Arkansas-born children must send $2 to the state health department for a birth certificate by mail.
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James H. Jones
Arkansas
Arkansas State Department of Health
Little Rock
Ireland Quiz Spotlights II. People and Places Quiz item
Quiz feature reviews Northern Ireland events leading to Prime Minister James Chichester-Clark resignation. Readers are invited to test knowledge with a five part quiz on Page 4, with answers on Page 3. Materials sponsored by Hope Auto Company and Hope Star.
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Northern Ireland
James Chichester-Clark
Hope Auto Company
Hope Star
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the Star
C.W. Snowden
Wm. E. Tarpley
Hempstead County
Lester Wade
Blevins, Ark
Correction Board
State Capitol
Lynn Wade
Fayetteville
Bumpers
Wade
Marshall Rush
Pine Bluff
W. L. Currie
Osceola
Bill Lytle
Clarksville
Rush
Currie
Lytle
Winthrop Rockefeller
Star Building
Clyde
Davis
Dallas
Eastman
Wick McCaleb
Garland Bosley
Jungkind Photo Graphic
Bosley
Berkey
Clyde Davis
Omer
Alfred E. Ellis
Gale Weeks
Robinson Auditorium
Civil Service Commission
Ellis
Memorial
AP News Digest
FT. Benning, Ga
William L. Calley
Ben Hai River
Moscow
Soviet Communist Party
Leonid J. Brezhnev
Ireland
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