Letter From Home Towner No for Serial
A reader letter from Sydney S. McMath Jr praises The Star for daily editorial voice while noting political shifts in Boston. The column discusses investment insight and contrasts private business with government, ending with The Star ending its long running serial story after reader feedback.
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Boston Report
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the Star
Daily Bread
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Boston
UBS Weekly
Sydney S. McMath, JR
United Business Service
Newbury St
Mass
Weather report and regional forecast snapshot
Weather Experiment Station reports 24 hours ending 7 am Tuesday with a high of 73 and a low of 63 and precipitation totaling 2.25 inches. Arkansas Regional Forecast from Associated Press notes Central Arkansas cloudy to partly cloudy tonight with a lower 60s low and 80s high Wednesday.
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Arkansas
Associated Press
Wilson warns NATO against military nationalism in warning to De Gaulle
British Prime Minister Harold Wilson opened NATO's spring meeting with a warning to the idea of military nationalism. He urged interdependence and alliance unity, noting only the United States and the Soviet Union remain truly nuclear powers. He stressed no nation can go it alone and called for renewed dedication to alliance cohesion amid Viet Nam and Dominican Republic concerns.
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London
Harold Wilson
North Atlantic Alliance
Charles de Gaulle
Wilson
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NATO
United States
Soviet Union
France
China
Britain
U.S.A
U.S.S.R
Paul-Henri Spaak
NATO Council
Manlio Brosio
Italy
Spaak
Viet Nam
Dominican Republic
Viet Cong occupy Song Be killing five Americans
Viet Cong seize Song Be, a 15 000 resident town, for seven hours killing five Americans and wounding 11. U S Embassy sources report Gen Elias Wessin Wessin agreed to resign from Dominican military service then changed his mind.
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Song Be
U.S
Elias Wessing Wessin
Dominican Republic
North Atlantic Alliance
London
de Gaulle
Johnson
Federal Grant Aids Hope Sewer Project
A federal grant of 28,500 dollars toward the Hope sewer outfall project was announced from Washington by Arkansas congressional delegation. The total project cost is 95,900 dollars, with the grant provided through the Health, Education and Welfare Department per telegrams to The Star from Senators McClellan and Fulbright and Congressman Harris.
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City of Hope
Washington
Arkansas
Health, Education and Welfare Department
Star
John L. McClellan
J. William Fulbright
Oren Harris
Nguyen Duc Tan Leads Viet Nam School Graduation
In Da Nang near the battlefront, 11 year old Nguyen Duc Tan topped his Buddhist school class as Marines Lt Col Jim Williams and Lt. Donald Harris presented a commendation and books. Harris promotes pacification programs including a free medical clinic serving 150 in three days and efforts to fund cleft palate surgeries for three children.
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Hoa Phat
South Viet Nam
Nguyen Duc Tan
da Nang
U.S
Jim Williams
Coronado
Calif
U.S. Marine
Williams
Son
Donald W. Harris
Phoenix
Ariz
Harris
New York State
Navy
Saigon
Young
Pendal
Haris
Battle intensifies in Viet Nam as Viet Cong seize town
Viet Cong occupied a town 74 miles north of Saigon for seven hours killing five U.S. advisers and wounding eleven. A U.S. Marine was killed and six wounded near Da Nang as Marines fought into Communist village complexes. Total U.S. combat deaths rise to 372 since 1961 as major fighting looms near Song Be with air and ground actions continuing.
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Malcolm W. Browne
Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
da Nang
Viet Nam
Song
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Multistate fruit crop losses hit millions across regions
An Associated Press survey shows winter cold and spring frosts causing heavy damage from California to New England, with losses estimated above ten million dollars. Apples peaches and strawberries suffered widespread harm, while Utah requested disaster declarations for five counties.
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New England
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Arkansas
Chicago
Associated Press
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Oregon
Hood River
Dalles
Freewater
la Grande
Utah
Midwest
Illinois
Michigan
James Mawry
Southern Illinois University
U S Negro Expelled by Russia Over Anti Soviet Activities
Norris D. Garnett a Negro cultural attaché at the U S Embassy was ordered out of the Soviet Union on charges of anti-Soviet activities among African students. He was declared persona non grata and will be forced to leave the country. Garnett made no comment when Tass announced the charges from the Foreign Ministry.
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Moscow
Norris D. Garnett
U.S
Soviet Union
Garnett
Siviet
Tass
Foreign Ministry
48 Hour Rain Totals Hit 3.1 Inches in Hope Area
The Fruit & Truck Branch Experiment Station reports 3.1 inches of rain fell in Hope over the 48 hours from 7 a.m. Sunday to 7 a.m. Tuesday. The heaviest 6-hour period produced 1.92 inches between 7 a.m. Monday and noon Monday, aiding crops and city gardens after a drought threat.
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Hope
Fruit & Truck Branch Experiment Station
Mrs. Floyd J. Bruce Wins The Star Letter Prize
The Star awarded a $10 cash prize for April to Mrs. Floyd J. Bruce of Hope Route 4 Box 37 for a letter about unsightly litter on Rocky Mound road published April 21. The prize has been given monthly since last September except during December holidays due to writer shortages.
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Floyd J. Bruce
Hope Rt. 4
Rocky Mound Road
Star
Hope Lions to Dedicate Scout Building to Dr Brents
The Hope Lions Club voted to dedicate the Scout Building to the memory of Dr Harold Brents. A plaque will mark the dedication and memorial gifts are welcomed to the Dr Harold Brents Memorial Fund, sent to treasurer Paul Rawson at 1112 Park Drive Hope Arkansas. Construction is expected to begin soon.
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Hope Lions Club
Harold Brents
Dr. Brents
Paul Rawson
Park Drive
Hope
Arkansas
Rescuer Electrocuted While Aiding Auto Crash in SCOTT
William Martin 21 of Little Rock died after touching a downed power line while rescuing a woman at a crash scene in Scott Arkansas. He and ambulance attendant William Daring, 21, were sent to assist Mrs Lilian Stewart 53 of Keo whose car struck a pole and plunged into a ditch. L M Fletcher a Little Rock policeman arrived first.
Oklahoma Sanctioned by NEA Over Subminimal School Conditions
The National Education Association blacklisted Oklahoma and warned out of state teachers not to take jobs there. It plans relocation centers to help Oklahoma teachers find work elsewhere as sanctions target alleged subminimal conditions across the Oklahoma school program. An NEA source estimates hundreds of the state’s 22 000 teachers may seek positions outside the state before fall.
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National Education Association
Oklahoma
NEA
Oklahoma Education Association
Volunteer Army Costs 5 Billion
Washington sources say moving to an all volunteer military would cost 3 to 5 billion dollars yearly for pay and incentives. The study indicates the draft must continue at least to 1970 and recommends steps to boost enlistments and use untapped manpower, with possible civilian substitutions for some jobs now done by servicemen.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr
New York
Senate
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Pentagon
Communications Satellite Corp
National
Fred S. Hoffman
Washington
Uni
Dominican General Will Not Resign
Brig. Gen. Elias Wessing Wessin reversed a plan to resign as a peace gesture toward Dominican rebels. The U S government had hoped Brig. Gen. Antonio Imbert Barreras would persuade him to quit, but U S Embassy officials said Wessin is reconsidering the decision.
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Robert Berrellez
Santo Domingo
Dominican Republic
Elias Wessing Wessin
U.S
Antonio Imbert Barreras
Wessin
United States
Reb
SMU Moot Court picks Teddy Jones Jr for trial team
Teddy Jones Jr a first year SMU law student from Hope is named to the SMU Moot Court Trial Law team among eight selected from the law school. He ranks sixth in a class of 131 and joins the Southwestern Law Journal editorial staff. He is a 1960 graduate of Hope High and 1964 Hendrix College alum. His wife Linda Thrash is also a Hope and Hendrix graduate and teaches in Richardson schools.
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Teddy Jones, Jr
SMU
Southwestern Law Journal
Teddy
Hope High
Hendrix College
SMU Law School
Linda Thrash
Hope
Hope and Hendrix
Richardson
Texas
Teddy Jones
One Cent Gas Tax Hike Backed by Committees
Two Legislative Council committees urged a one cent per gallon rise in the state fuel tax and higher highway user taxes to fund an accelerated road program. They also proposed changing revenue distribution to give counties and cities 15 percent of net revenues starting 1967-68, with 70 percent to the state highway fund, a trade for support from the County Judges Association. The judges’ stance on the start date was not immediately clear.
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Little Rock
Legislative Council
County Judges Association
Graduation Events for Blevins Seniors May 28
Blevins High School hosts commencement at 8 p.m. May 28 in the gym with Reo Flaherty of Crossett as guest speaker. Baccalaureate is May 23 at 4 p.m. Rev. Harley Sisson will deliver the sermon. The class presents a three act play Headin for the Hills on May 14 with seniors listed as cast.
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Clayton M. Kenney
Glen Kennedy
Route 2
Hope
Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary
Fort Worth Worth
Southwestern
Blevins
Blevins High School
Reo Flaherty
Crossett High School
Barbara Avery
Bobby Bonds
Delaine Bonds
Bobby Brotherton
Sharon Carman
Lavon Flaherty
Mary Alice Fyjten
Bobby Harden
Ricky Hays
Nelda Hoover
Donald Hugg
Jerry Ingram
Tommy Ledbetter
Doug Neece
Linda Roberts
Ronald Sweat
Glen
Harley Sisson
Mary Alice Fulton
Glenda Thurman
Pat Watson
Brenda White
Jane White
Jackie Wilson
Velaine Bonds
Jess Tinsley
Arkansas Weather Forecast Sees Slowed Sunshine Return
The Weather Bureau reports cloudy skies with showers and a few thunderstorms across the state tonight with lows from 50 to 66. Rainfall totals by 6 p.m. vary from about 1.25 inches in Texarkana and Little Rock to a trace at Walnut Ridge as a change to more sun is expected by Wednesday.
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Weather Bureau
Arkansas
Texarkana
Little Rock
Walnut Ridge
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Haygood Pool
Lera Callicott
Elizabeth Smith
Judy Robins
Raymond Robins
Crossett Junior High School
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Guy Lee
Prescott
Crossett Senior High School
Hope Youth Center
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George Frazier
Forrest Singleton
Arnold Middlebrooks
Ny League
Ernest Morton
Little and
Doctors Leagues
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Bald Knob
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Bev Robinson
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Army
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Ernest Ridgdill
Route 4
Third Marine Regiment
Fort Ord
Ridghill
Hope High School
Fexarkana Junior College
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James D. Braden
Braden
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M. L. Bennett
Route 4 Hope
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Texarkana Junior College
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