Yerger High School installs officers amid student council
Yerger High School’s student council held its annual installation with Incoming President Mary Blake and outgoing leader Charles Martin among the officers. Photos show the lineup: Vice-president Thomas Williams, Secretary Mary Brown, Assistant Secretary Linda Walker, Treasurer Ralph Martin, Reporter Bridgett Bennett, Assistant Reporter Donald McClure, and outgoing officers Evelyn Walker, Charles Jones, Margaret Maulden, Betty Phillips, and Charles Martin. Separately, Malcolm Coulter, part of a birdwatching expedition near the Farallon Islands, needed Coast Guard air transport for a shin bite from an elephant seal, described by a zoologist as generally nonaggressive unless provoked.
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Yerger High School
Mary Blake
Charles Martin
Thomas Williams
Mary Brown
Linda Walker
Ralph Martin
Bridgett Bennett
Donald McClure
Evelyn Walker
Charles Jones
Margaret Maulden
Betty Phillips
San Francisco
Malcolm Coulter
Farallon Islands
Pacific
Here
Coast Guard
Pawtucket Mayor Threatens Blackstone Valley Program
Pawtucket Mayor Robert F. Burns issued an ultimatum to the Blackstone Valley Community Action Program. He demanded the agency drop a controversial birth control program or lose its hall and offices. Burns warned he would force departure by 7 p.m. June 7 if any portion of a $12,791 federal grant was accepted.
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Pawtucket
Rit
Blackstone Valley Antipoverty Agency
Pawtucket’s
Robert F. Burns
Hall
Blackstone Valley Community Action Program
Burns
Court Asked to Stay Suit of Taxpayer
Arkansas Supreme Court was asked by Atty. Gen. Joe Purcell and the Highway Commission to stop a Pulaski County chancellor from proceeding with a taxpayer price fixing suit against five asphalt companies. The suit, by G. D. Nelson, seeks to challenge alleged price fixing while the state argues trial could jeopardize Sherman Antitrust actions in federal court. The state noted the appointment of a special master and asked for a writ of prohibition to halt the trial, contending the judge abdicated his function.
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Little Rock
Joe Purcell
State Highway Commission
Arkansas Supreme Court
Pulaski County
G. D. Nelson
Commission
Purcell
Sherman Aclantic Trust
U.S. District Court
Murray O. Reed
Bruce T. Bullion
Bullion
Reed
High Court
Circuit
Henry M. Britt
Hot Springs
Cotton Acres Transfer Vote Set in May
Cotton farmers in Hempstead County will vote mid May to decide if they may sell or lease 1969 upland cotton allotments outside the county. The referendum runs May 13 to 17 with ballots by mail or in person.
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Hempstead
R. B. Arnold
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation County Committee
ASCS
ALCS
Yerger Tiger Patrol members named for safety and fair play
Members of Yerger High School Tiger Patrol honored for student safety and fair play during the past semester. Edwin Crawford Claude Simpson and James Patterson are pictured left to right.
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Yerger High School
Tiger Patrol
Edwin Crawford
Claude Simpson
James Patterson
Detroit Marchers Hurt in Skirmish With Police
About 100 marchers from the Midwest contingent of the March on Washington clashed with mounted police in downtown Detroit near Cobo Hall. Five protesters were treated for bruises and cuts, none seriously injured, as police moved in to clear a stalled communications car.
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Stephen H. Wildstrom
Associated Press
Detroit
Milwaukee
James Gropps
Groppi
Midwest
Washington
Cobo Hall
Abraham Rice
Chicago
Rice
Detroit General Hospital
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Anthony Bertoni
Ray Girardin
Top Sergeant Otis Holbrook Sets Extreme Standard in Vietnam
Otis Holbrook, a 6 foot 200 pound top sergeant from Portland Maine, commands Company B 2d Battalion 14th Infantry 25th Division in Vietnam. His blunt talk and fearless leadership have kept him in combat for two years, earning a Silver Star and carrying shrapnel wounds while guiding 33 killed in action and 250 evacuated with severe wounds. He plans to retire in Hawaii after 22 years of service, saying two more years is his limit.
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George McArthur
Associated Press
Chu Chi
Vietnam
Otis Holbrook
Army
Portland
Maine
14Th Infantry
25Th U
Panic Palace
Holbrook
Hawaii
Salvation Army Week Proclaimed in Hope Arkansas 1968
Mayor Donal Parker proclaims May 13 to 19 1968 as Salvation Army Week in Hope Arkansas urging citizens to honor the organization. The proclamation notes Salvation Army actions aiding those in distress and promoting physical mental and spiritual health through its programs. The mayor signs and seals the document on May 13 1968.
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Salvation Army
Donal Parker
City of
Hope
Arkansas
Hope, Ark
Garbage Strike Hits Another Southern City
In St Petersburg Florida a major garbage strike disrupts the Gulf Coast tourist city. City Manager Lynn Andrews fired 170 strikers May 6 amid wage demands from $1875 to $2.50 hourly. NAACP threats of boycotts and outside agitation accusations swirl as talks stall.
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St, Petersburg
Fila
Gulf Coast
Memphis
Lynn Andrews
Marvin Davies
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Chamber of Commerce
Andrews
Community Relations Commission
St. Petersburg
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
James Bandarlin
Young Men’s Progressive Club
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Francisco Franco
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