Editorial Stand: Knight on Credibility in Newsrooms
Veteran editor John S. Knight of the Knight newspaper chain and Detroit Free Press voice laments media credibility while urging truth and accountability. He notes criticism is merited when the press strays from accuracy and urges editors to pursue unvarnished truth even at the cost of popularity.
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John S. Knight
Knight
Detroit Free Press
American Society of Newspaper Editors
Washington
Ivory Tower
Jackson
Miss
Clarion-Ledger and
Daily News
National Freight Car Pool Is R R Goal
Railroads seek a federally financed national freight car pool to back a bank loan and lease new general service cars. The plan, backed by Sen. Magnuson, would create a nonprofit National Freight Car Corp funded by 50 cents per day per car surcharges and initial lending between ten and thirty million dollars.
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Janet Staihar
Associated Press
Washington (Ap
Amtrak
Congress
Midwest
West
Penn Central
Warren G. Magnuson
Senate Commerce Committee
National Freight Car Corp
Interstate Commerce Commission
Tragic Yugoslav Jet Crash Kills 72 Britons
A Yugoslav Aviogenex TU134 crashed on landing at Rijeka airport killing 72 British tourists and a Yugoslav family of three. One passenger survived. crew escaped as the left wing broke off and fire followed. Weather was overcast but conditions deemed suitable for landing.
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Rijeka
Yugoslavia
Ljubljana
Soviet Union
Aviogenex Line
Split
Gatwick
London
Krk
Adriatic
Jrajko Sarajcic
Yugotaurs Agency
Sarajekc
Zagreb University
Boy 10 Drowns at Marked Tree Arkansas
Bradley Neal McCoy aged 10 of Tyronza drowned while fishing with others near Marked Tree when he fell from a lock and dam structure on the St. Francis River north of the town. Authorities identified his parents as Mr and Mrs Harold Blackwood of Tyronza.
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Marked Tree
Ark
Bradley Neal McCoy
Tyronza
St. Francis River
Harold Blackwood
Admiral Sees Fewer But Better Carriers for Navy
Adm Elmo R Zumwalt Jr says the Navy faces a squeeze between a growing Soviet fleet and a shrinking defense budget. He foresees helicopters and VTOL aircraft growing in naval use and supports a fourth nuclear powered carrier but notes costs exceed 800 million dollars.
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Robert A. Dobkin
Washington (Ap
Adm
Elmo R. Zumwalt Jr
U.S
Zumwalt
Naval Operations
Pentagon
Guards Move In as Chattanooga Curfew Fails
More than 1,500 National Guardsmen were ordered into Chattanooga to back local and state police after three nights of firebombings sniper fire and property destruction. The curfew failed to curb violence while most incidents occurred in black neighborhoods and 64 people were arrested bringing the total to about 300.
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Joe Edwards
Associated Press
Chattanooga, Tenn
National
Chattanooga
Winfield Dunn
Robert Kirk Walker
Gene Roberts
Roberts
Wilson Pickett
Officers Who Signed Anti War Ad May Resign From Service
FT BRAGG NC AP One of 29 officers who signed a Fayetteville Observer advertisement opposing the Vietnam war says he and other signers may resign. Maj Stuart Freyer Army physician at Ft Bragg said each man was questioned by his unit commander and given the chance to resign. The 29 included 28 Army officers and one Air Force officer. 13 are doctors. Maj Jimmie Wilson said Lt Gen John Hay ordered interviews, noting no action would be taken. Freyer said the process started May 15 with interviews on May 21 and that resigning would be under honorable conditions. He is unsure if the Army would consider his resignation.
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FT. Bragg
N.C
Stuart Freyer
Air Force
Freyer
A F. Bagg
Public Informa
Tion
Jimmie Wilson
John Hay
Wilson
Death Ship Meteor Burns 21 as 11 Missing Crew Sought
In Vancouver a fire aboard the Norwegian cruise Meteor killed 21 crewmen and left 11 crew members missing while 67 passengers escaped unharmed. The ship was en route from Alaska when the blaze started in the forward crew area and the vessel arrived listing at Vancouver harbor. Canadian authorities and RCMP boarded the ship along with Bergen Lines officials as investigations begin. The Norwegian consul said his office will probe separately.
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Vancouver
B.C
Vancouver Harbor
Canadian Department of Transport
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
A. Morner
Tor Virding
Bergen Lines of Norway
Oslo
Virding
Hope Police Weekends See 120 Traffic Accidents This Year
Police report weekend violations totaling 120 accidents with 33 injuries and 2 deaths for the year. Violations include 7 traffic, 10 license, 10 liquor, 7 public drunkenness, 9 DWI, 1 concealed weapon, 1 improper muffler, 1 drinking on highway, 2 resisting arrest, 1 AWOL, 1 shoplifting, 1 failure to answer summons and 1 no ACC authority.
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Hope Police Dept
Tornado injures four in north Arkansas area
Four persons were injured, none seriously, as a tornado destroyed the Mike Miller home in Hill Creek nine miles northeast of Morristown. The same turbulent weather produced funnel cloud sightings near Alma Harmony and near Fort Smith, with high winds damaging structures and power lines across several counties.
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Associated Press
Mike Miller
Hill Creek
Morriston
Fort Smith
Alma
Harmony
Clarksville
Arthur Atkinson
Shady Grove
Conway
Mena
van Buren
Clinton
Travis Hamilton
Dardanelle
Miller
National Weather Service
Fayettville
Harrison
Jonesboro
Pine Bluff
Texarkana
el Dorado
Memphis
Little Rock
Must Notify SS to Receive Student Pay
Summer vacations will be here soon and students receiving social security benefits are reminded that failure to notify social security of their intent to continue as full time students will result in their checks being stopped. Otis A. Blackwood, manager of the Texarkana social security office, stated that a student beneficiary, age 18 or older, continues to receive his checks during summer vacation months. Payments cannot exceed four months during the summer break and students must intend to return to full-time attendance in the fall. A simple notice to the Social Security Administration of intent is all that is necessary. A timely notice will avoid delays. Benefits are no longer payable when a student marries or changes his mind about attending school full time. Summer work will not interfere with students checks unless the earnings exceed $1680. If they do a report of actual earnings must be filed with the social security office. For more information contact your social security office at 121 College Drive, Texarkana, Texas or telephone 794-3755.
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Social Security
Otis A. Blackwood
Texarkana Social Security Office
Social Security Administration
Social Security Office
College Drive
Texarkana
Texas
Youths Drown in Gravel Pit Near Stuttgart
In Stuttgart Arkansas two boys ages 12 and 11 were found dead after disappearing Friday afternoon in a gravel pit south of the city. Officials identified them as Dale Fitzpatrick and Albert Gibson.
Disaster in Public Housing Spurs Mansions for Poor
Washington AP. A plan to demolish the Pruitt Igoe public housing project in St. Louis has sparked a vision of $60,000 townhouses for the displaced poor. The proposed razing sits on the desk of Secretary Romney at HUD, reflecting a debate among housing officials.
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Washington
St. Louis
George Romney
Department of Housing and Urban Development
British Consul Kidnapped in Rosario by Leftist Group
In Rosario Argentina the honorary British consul Stanley E M Sylvester 58 was abducted outside his home by three armed men with no ransom named. A communique from the Revolutionary Army of the People claimed the act linked to a leftist vigil and the death anniversary of a boy killed in 1969. Police comb the city of one million as authorities vow all measures to locate Sylvester.
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Rosario
Argentina
Revolutionary Army of the People
Stanley E.M. Sylvester
Sylvester
Luis Norberto Blanco
Swift Meat Packing Company
Santa Fe
Revolutionary Army
Pedro Aramburu
Montoneros
Argentine Liberation Front
Waldemar Sanchez
Ernesto ‘Che’ Guevara
Juan D. Peron
Dodd dies at 64 after Senate censure
former Senator Thomas Dodd of Connecticut died of a heart attack at 64 in Old Lyme. He was censured by the Senate in 1967 for alleged campaign fund misuse and never charged with a crime. Dodd had run as an independent in 1970 after not seeking re election, and earlier backed gun control and anti- Communist causes.
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Old Lyme
Joseph Barbarette
Dodd
Senate
Democratic Party
Bar
Rette
House of Representatives
Lowell P. Wicker Jr
Joseph Duffey
Connecticut
House
U.S
Fidel Castro
All Around Town highlights graduates and community notices
William Henry Etter will graduate June 2 from Bob Jones University with a BA in history. About 570 degrees will be conferred at the 44th Convocation in Rodeheaver Auditorium. Also, American Legion Auxiliary juniors plan Poppy Day May 29. Kindergarten closes May 26 with activities at Hope City Pack Youth Center. Army Pvt Jimmy Howell completed basic training at Ft Polk. Lt Ronald Stuart assigned as supply officer in Arlington Heights. Magnolia Junior High honors go to Carolyn Shapley for Straight A's in 1970-71. she is the daughter of Hilton and Mrs. Shapley.
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William Henry Etter
W.H. Etter
Washington
Bob Jones University
Greenville
S.C
Phi Kappa Pi Litterary Society
Rodeheaver
Leslie Huddleston
American Legion Auxiliary
Joe Jones
E. 13Th St
Army
Jimmy D. Howell
Carl H. Howell
Hope
U.S. Army Training Center
Ft. Polk
Ronald F. Stuart
Verga Stuart
45Th Artillery Brigade
Arlington Heights
Ill
Magnolia Junior High School
Carolyn Shapley
Hilton Shapley
Pearl Matties
N. Ferguson
John Shapley
Rt. 3
Ash Flat Bank Robbed of $25,000
Two armed men abducted Bank of Ash Flat president Boyd Carpenter and his wife and daughter then robbed the bank of about 25000 late Sunday night. The Carpenters were left tied in their car near Rector, unharmed, as police set roadblocks in the Rector area.
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Ash Flat
Ark
Boyd Carpenter
Bank of Ash
Carpenter
Miss Carpenter
Boydsville
Rector
Court Grants say on Union Gift
The Supreme Court granted a hearing to Pipefitters Union Local 562 of St Louis and three union officials convicted of conspiring to make contributions to federal election campaigns. The appeal argues workers contributed voluntarily and had a constitutional right to contribute to advance unionism. The Justice Department says the local set up a fund as a subterfuge to make barred political contributions, the union could not donate directly.
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Washington
Supreme Court
St. Louis
Justice Department
Panther Jury Returns for Re-Reading
The Black Panthers trial jury in New Haven cannot reach a verdict on all charges against Bobby Seale and Ericka Huggins. A juror note prompted a rereading of Warren Kimbro testimony, who testified about Rackley’s death and a warning allegedly made by Huggins.
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Peter Cowen
Associated Press
New Haven
Warren Kimbre
Huggins
Kimbre
Alex Rackley
Rackley
New York City
Panthers
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